Exhibit
10.1
THIRD AMENDED
AND RESTATED RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
dated as of May
4, 2009,
Among
ENERGIZER
RECEIVABLES FUNDING CORPORATION, as Seller,
ENERGIZER
BATTERY, INC., as Servicer
ENERGIZER
PERSONAL CARE, LLC, as Sub-Servicer
THE
BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD., NEW YORK BRANCH
as
Administrative Agent and as an Agent
and
THE
SEVERAL AGENTS, CONDUITS AND COMMITTED PURCHASERS PARTY
HERETO
FROM TIME TO
TIME
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
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Collections
Prior to Amortization
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Collections
Following Amortization
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Application of
Collections
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Maximum
Purchaser Interests
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COMMITTED
PURCHASER FUNDING
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Committed
Purchaser Funding
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Selection and
Continuation of Tranche Periods
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Committed
Purchaser Discount Rates
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Suspension of
the LIBO Rate
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Extension of
Liquidity Termination Date.
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
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Representations
and Warranties of the Seller Parties
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Committed
Purchaser Representations and Warranties
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Conditions
Precedent to Initial Incremental Purchase
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Conditions
Precedent to All Purchases and Reinvestments
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Affirmative
Covenants of the Seller Parties
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Negative
Covenants of the Seller Parties
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ADMINISTRATION
AND COLLECTION
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Responsibilities
of Seller
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Section
10.1Indemnities by the Seller Parties
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Section
10.2Increased Cost and Reduced Return
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Section
10.3Other Costs and Expenses
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Section
11.1Authorization and Action
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Section
11.2Delegation of Duties
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Section
11.3Exculpatory Provisions
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Section
11.4Reliance by Agent
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Section
11.5Non-Reliance on Agent and Other Purchasers
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Section
11.6Reimbursement and Indemnification
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Section
11.7Agent in its Individual Capacity
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Section
11.8Successor Agent
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ASSIGNMENTS;
PARTICIPATIONS
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Section
12.2Participations
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Section
14.1Waivers and Amendments
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Section
14.3Ratable Payments
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Section
14.4Protection of Ownership Interests of the
Purchasers
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Section
14.5Confidentiality
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Section
14.6Bankruptcy Petition
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Section
14.7Limitation of Liability
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Section
14.8CHOICE OF LAW
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Section
14.9CONSENT TO JURISDICTION
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Section
14.10WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
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Section
14.11Integration; Binding Effect; Survival of
Terms
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Section
14.12Counterparts; Severability; Section
References
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Section
14.13BTMU Corporate Bank Roles
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Section
14.14Characterization
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Section 14.17
No Recourse
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Exhibits and Schedules
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Exhibit
I
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Definitions
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Exhibit
II
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Form of
Purchase Notice
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Exhibit
III
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Places of
Business of the Seller Parties; Locations of Records; Federal
Employer Identification Number(s)
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Exhibit
IV
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Names of
Collection Banks; Collection Accounts
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Exhibit
V
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Form of
Compliance Certificate
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Exhibit
VI
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Form of
Collection Account Agreement
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Exhibit
VII
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Form of
Assignment Agreement
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Exhibit
VIII
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Credit and
Collection Policy
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Exhibit
IX
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Form of
Contract(s)
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Exhibit
X
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Form of Monthly
Report
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Exhibit
XI
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Form of
Performance Undertaking
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Exhibit
XII
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Form of Interim
Report
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Schedule
A
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Commitments
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Schedule
B
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Closing
Documents
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THIRD AMENDED
AND RESTATED RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This Third
Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of May
4, 2009 is among ENERGIZER RECEIVABLES FUNDING CORPORATION, a
Delaware corporation (“ Seller ”), ENERGIZER
BATTERY, INC., a Delaware corporation (“ Energizer
”), as Servicer, ENERGIZER PERSONAL CARE, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company (“ EPC ”), as
Sub-Servicer (Sub-Servicer together with Seller and Servicer, the
“ Seller Parties ” and each a “ Seller
Party ”), the Committed Purchasers listed from time to
time on Schedule A to this Agreement (together with any of
their respective successors and assigns hereunder), GOTHAM FUNDING
CORPORATION (“ Gotham ”), VICTORY RECEIVABLES
CORPORATION (“ Victory ” and together with
Gotham and any conduit that becomes a party hereto from time to
time, the “ Conduits ”), THE BANK OF
TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD., NEW YORK BRANCH (“ BTMU
”), as an Agent and as administrative agent for the
Purchasers hereunder or any successor agent hereunder (together
with its successors and assigns hereunder, the “
Administrative Agent ”). Unless defined
elsewhere herein, capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall
have the meanings assigned to such terms in Exhibit I
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PRELIMINARY
STATEMENTS
Seller desires
to transfer and assign Purchaser Interests to the Purchasers from
time to time.
Each Conduit
may, in its absolute and sole discretion, purchase Purchaser
Interests from Seller from time to time.
In the event
that a Conduit declines to make any purchase, the Committed
Purchaser(s) in the relevant Conduit Group shall, at the request of
Seller, purchase Purchaser Interests from time to time.
The Bank of
Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., New York Branch, has been requested and
is willing to act as Administrative Agent on behalf of the Conduits
and the Committed Purchasers in accordance with the terms
hereof.
Seller,
Servicer, the Committed Purchasers, the Conduits, the Agents and
the Administrative Agent are parties to that certain Receivables
Purchase Agreement dated as of April 4, 2000 (the “
Original RPA ”), as amended and restated by that
certain First Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement
dated as of June 30, 2008 (the “ First Amended and
Restated RPA ”), as amended and restated by that certain
Second Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as
of March 27, 2009 (the “ Second Amended and Restated
RPA ”), as amended or otherwise modified to and including
the date hereof (the Original RPA, the First Amended and Restated
RPA and the Second Amended and Restated RPA together, the “
Original Agreement ”), and desire to amend and restate
the Original Agreement to appoint EPC as Sub-Servicer of
Receivables under this Agreement and to make certain other changes
as are set forth in this Agreement.
ARTICLE
I
PURCHASE
ARRANGEMENTS
Section 1.1
Purchase Facility . Upon the terms and subject to the
conditions hereof, Seller may, at its option, sell and assign
Purchaser Interests to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of
one or more of the Purchasers. In accordance with the
terms and conditions set forth herein, the Relevant Conduits in
their respective Conduit Groups may collectively, at their option,
instruct the Administrative Agent to purchase on their behalf, or
if either of the Relevant Conduits shall decline to purchase, the
Administrative Agent shall purchase, on behalf of the Committed
Purchasers in the related Conduit Group, Purchaser Interests from
time to time in an aggregate amount not to exceed at such time the
lesser of (i) the Purchase Limit and (ii) the aggregate amount of
the Commitments during the period from the date hereof to but not
including the Facility Termination Date. Furthermore,
with respect to each Conduit Group, the product of (x) the Purchase
Pro Rata Share of such Conduit Group and (y) the aggregate amount
of outstanding Capital of the Purchaser Interests so purchased by
the Purchasers in such Conduit Group from time to time shall not
exceed at such time the lesser of (a) the related Group Purchase
Limit and (b) the aggregate amount of the related Commitments for
such Conduit Group during the period from the date hereof to but
not including the Facility Termination Date.
Section 1.2
Increases . Seller shall provide the Agents with
at least one Business Days’ prior notice in a form set forth
as Exhibit II hereto of each Incremental Purchase (a “
Purchase Notice ”), with a written copy thereof
delivered simultaneously to the Administrative
Agent. 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 be at least $1,000,000 and integral multiples of $100,000 in
excess thereof) and date of purchase and, in the case of an
Incremental Purchase to be funded by the Committed Purchasers, the
requested Discount Rate and Tranche Period. Following
receipt of a Purchase Notice, the Agents will determine whether the
Relevant Conduits in their respective Conduit Groups agree to make
the purchase. Without the prior approval of the Relevant
Conduit in each Conduit Group, Seller shall not request more than
three proposed purchases in any calendar month and, unless approved
by each Relevant Conduit in its sole discretion, any such requests
in excess of three in any calendar month shall be
void. If the Relevant Conduit in a Conduit Group
declines to make a proposed purchase, Seller may cancel the
Purchase Notice (with a written copy of the notice of such
cancellation delivered simultaneously to the Administrative Agent)
or, in the absence of such a cancellation, the Incremental Purchase
of the Purchaser Interest will be made by the Committed Purchasers
in the related Conduit Group. On the date of each
Incremental Purchase, upon satisfaction of the applicable
conditions precedent set forth in Article VI , each Agent on
behalf of the Relevant Conduit or the Committed Purchasers in each
Conduit Group, as applicable, shall deposit to the Facility
Account, in immediately available funds, no later than 3:00 p.m.
(New York time), an amount equal to (i) in the case of the Relevant
Conduit, the relevant Purchase Pro Rata Share of the aggregate
Purchase Price of the Purchaser Interests such Relevant Conduit is
then purchasing or (ii) in the case of a Committed Purchaser, such
Committed Purchaser’s Pro Rata Share of the relevant Purchase
Pro Rata Share of the aggregate Purchase Price of the Purchaser
Interests the Committed Purchasers in the related Conduit Group are
purchasing. A default by a Purchaser in the performance
of its obligations under this Agreement shall not relieve the other
Purchasers of their obligations hereunder. The Purchase
Notice which is to be effective on the date hereof shall not be
required to be provided with at least one Business Day’s
prior notice.
Section 1.3
Decreases . Seller shall provide the Agents with
prior written notice in conformity with the Required Notice Period
(a “ Reduction Notice ”) in the form of
Exhibit XIII hereto of any proposed reduction of Aggregate
Capital from Collections, with a copy of such Reduction Notice
delivered simultaneously to the Administrative
Agent. 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 applied ratably
to the Purchaser Interests of each Conduit Group in accordance with
the amount of Capital (if any) owing to such Conduit Group
(ratably, based on their respective Reduction Pro Rata
Shares). The Reduction Pro Rata Share of such Aggregate
Reduction with respect to a Conduit Group shall in turn be applied
ratably to the Purchaser Interests of the Conduit(s) and the
Committed Purchasers in such Conduit Group in accordance with the
amount of Capital (if any) owing to such Conduit(s), on the one
hand, and the amount of Capital (if any) owing to such Committed
Purchasers (ratably, based on their respective Pro Rata Shares), on
the other hand. 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 Administrative Agent and each Agent.
Section 1.4
Payment Requirements . All amounts to be paid or
deposited by any Seller Party pursuant to any provision of this
Agreement shall be paid or deposited in accordance with the terms
hereof no later than 12:00 p.m. (New York time) on the day when due
in immediately available funds, and if not received before 12:00
p.m. (New York time) shall be deemed to be received on the next
succeeding Business Day. If such amounts are payable to
a Purchaser they shall be paid to the relevant Agent, for the
account of such Purchaser, at 1251 Avenue of the Americas, New
York, New York 10020 (in the case of a Purchaser in the Conduit
Group with BTMU as an Agent), until the applicable Seller Party is
otherwise notified in writing by the relevant Agent. Upon
notice to Seller, the relevant Agent may debit the Facility Account
for all relevant amounts due and payable hereunder. 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
Letter 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.
Section 1.5
Restated Agreement . Upon the effectiveness of
this Agreement, each reference to the Original Agreement in any
other Transaction Document, and any document, instrument or
agreement executed and/or delivered in connection with the Original
Agreement or any other Transaction Document, shall mean and be a
reference to this Agreement. The other Transaction
Documents and all agreements, instruments and documents executed or
delivered in connection with the Original Agreement or any other
Transaction Document shall each be deemed to be amended to the
extent necessary, if any, to give effect to the provisions of this
Agreement, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or
restated from time to time. The effect of this Agreement
is to amend and restate the Original Agreement in its entirety, and
to the extent that any rights, benefits or provisions in favor of
the Administrative Agent or any Purchaser existed in the Original
Agreement and continue to exist in this Agreement without any
written waiver of any such rights, benefits or provisions prior to
the date hereof, then such rights, benefits or provisions are
acknowledged to be and to continue to be effective from and after
April 4, 2000. This Agreement is not a
novation. The parties hereto agree and acknowledge that
any and all rights, remedies and payment provisions under the
Original Agreement, including, without limitation, any and all
rights, remedies and payment provisions with respect to (i) any
representation and warranty made or deemed to be made pursuant to
the Original Agreement, or (ii) any indemnification provision,
shall continue and survive the execution and delivery of this
Agreement. The parties hereto agree and acknowledge that
any and all amounts owing as or for Capital, Yield, CP Costs, fees,
expenses or otherwise under or pursuant to the Original Agreement,
immediately prior to the effectiveness of this Agreement, shall be
owing as or for Capital, Yield, CP Costs, fees, expenses or
otherwise, respectively, under or pursuant to this
Agreement.
ARTICLE
II
PAYMENTS AND
COLLECTIONS
Section 2.1
Payments . Notwithstanding any limitation on
recourse contained in this Agreement, Seller shall immediately pay
to each Agent (or to an account designated by such Agent) when due,
for the account of the Purchaser or Purchasers in the relevant
Conduit Group on a full recourse basis, (i) such relevant fees as
set forth in the Fee Letter (which fees shall be sufficient to pay
all fees owing to the relevant Committed Purchasers), (ii) all
relevant CP Costs, (iii) all relevant amounts payable as Yield,
(iv) all relevant amounts payable as Deemed Collections (which
shall be immediately due and payable by Seller and applied to
reduce outstanding Aggregate Capital hereunder in accordance with
Sections 2.2 and 2.3 hereof), (v) all relevant
amounts payable to reduce the Purchaser Interest, if required,
pursuant to Section 2.6 , (vi) all relevant amounts payable
pursuant to Article X , if any, (vii) all relevant Servicer
costs and expenses, including the Servicing Fee, in connection with
servicing, administering and collecting the Receivables, (viii) all
relevant Broken Funding Costs and (ix) all relevant Default Fees
(collectively, the “ Obligations
”). If any Person fails to pay any of the
Obligations when due, such Person agrees to pay, on demand, the
Default Fee in respect thereof until
paid. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of
this Agreement or the Fee Letter shall require the payment or
permit the collection of any amounts hereunder in excess of the
maximum permitted by applicable law. If at any time
Seller receives any Collections or is deemed to receive any
Collections, Seller shall immediately pay such Collections or
Deemed Collections to 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 and the
Agents.
Section 2.2
Collections Prior to Amortization . Prior to the
Amortization Date, any Collections and/or Deemed Collections
received by Servicer shall be set aside and held in trust by
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 and/or Deemed
Collections are received by Servicer prior to the Amortization
Date, (i) Servicer shall set aside the Termination Percentage
(hereinafter defined) of Collections evidenced by the Purchaser
Interests of each Terminating Committed Purchaser and (ii) Seller
hereby requests and the Purchasers (other than any Terminating
Committed Purchasers) hereby agree to make, simultaneously with
such receipt, a reinvestment (each a “ Reinvestment
”) with that portion of the balance of each and every
Collection and Deemed Collection received by Servicer that is part
of any Purchaser Interest (other than any Purchaser Interests of
Terminating Committed Purchasers), such that after giving effect to
such Reinvestment, the amount of Capital of such Purchaser Interest
immediately after such receipt and corresponding Reinvestment shall
be equal to the amount of Capital immediately prior to such
receipt. On each Settlement Date prior to the occurrence
of the Amortization Date, Servicer shall remit to the account of,
or designated by, each Agent the relevant portion of the amounts
set aside during the preceding Settlement Period that have not been
subject to a Reinvestment and apply such amounts (if not previously
paid in accordance with Section 2.1 ) first , to
reduce the relevant unpaid Obligations and second , to
reduce the Capital of all Purchaser Interests of Terminating
Committed Purchasers in the relevant Conduit Group, applied ratably
to each Terminating Committed Purchaser according to its respective
Termination Percentage. If such Capital and Obligations
shall be reduced to zero with respect to the Purchasers in a
Conduit Group, any additional Collections received by Servicer (i)
if applicable, shall be remitted to an account designated by the
relevant Agent no later than 12:00 p.m. (New York time) to the
extent required to fund such Conduit Group’s Reduction Pro
Rata Share of any Aggregate Reduction on such Settlement Date and
(ii) any balance remaining thereafter shall be remitted from
Servicer to Seller on such Settlement Date. Each
Terminating Committed Purchaser shall be allocated a ratable
portion of Collections from the Liquidity Termination Date that
such Terminating Committed Purchaser did not consent to extend (as
to such Terminating Committed Purchaser, 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 Committed Purchaser as a percentage equal to (i)
Capital of such Terminating Committed Purchaser outstanding on its
Termination Date, divided by (ii) the Aggregate
Capital outstanding on such Termination Date (the “
Termination Percentage ”). Each Terminating
Committed Purchaser’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 Committed Purchaser’s
Capital shall be reduced ratably with all Committed Purchasers in
accordance with Section 2.3 .
Section 2.3
Collections Following Amortization . On the
Amortization Date and on each day thereafter, Servicer shall set
aside and hold in trust, for the holder of each Purchaser Interest,
all Collections received on such day and an additional amount, from
Seller’s assets, for the payment of any accrued and unpaid
Obligations owed by Seller and not previously paid by Seller in
accordance with Section 2.1 . On and after the
Amortization Date, Servicer shall, at any time upon the request
from time to time by (or pursuant to standing instructions from)
any Agent (i) remit to an account designated by such Agent the
relevant portion of the amounts set aside pursuant to the preceding
sentence, and (ii) apply such relevant amounts to reduce the
Capital associated with each such Purchaser Interest held by a
Purchaser in the relevant Conduit Group and any other relevant
Aggregate Unpaids.
Section 2.4
Application of Collections . If there shall be
insufficient funds on deposit for Servicer to distribute funds in
payment in full of the aforementioned amounts pursuant to
Section 2.2 or 2.3 (as applicable), Servicer shall
distribute such funds:
first
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to the payment of Servicer’s reasonable out-of-pocket costs
and expenses in connection with servicing, administering and
collecting the Receivables , including the Servicing Fee, if Seller
or one of its Affiliates is not then acting as Servicer,
second
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to the reimbursement of the Administrative Agent’s or each of
the Agents’ (as the case may be) costs of collection and
enforcement of this Agreement,
third
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for the ratable payment of all other unpaid Obligations ,
provided that to the extent such Obligations relate to the
payment of Servicer costs and expenses, including the Servicing
Fee, when Seller or one of its Affiliates is acting as Servicer,
such costs and expenses will not be paid until after the payment in
full of all other Obligations,
fourth
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(to the extent applicable) to the ratable reduction of the
Aggregate Capital (without regard to any Termination Percentage)
and
fifth
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after the Aggregate Unpaids have been indefeasibly reduced to zero,
to Seller.
Collections
applied to the payment of Aggregate Unpaids shall be distributed in
accordance with the aforementioned provisions, and, giving effect
to each of the priorities set forth in Section 2.4 above,
shall be shared ratably (within each priority) among the
Administrative Agent, the Agents and the Purchasers in accordance
with the amount of such Aggregate Unpaids owing to each of them in
respect of each such priority.
Section 2.5
Payment Recission . 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 relevant Agent (for application to the
Person or Persons who suffered such recission, return or refund)
the full amount thereof, plus the related Default Fee from the date
of any such recission, return or refunding.
Section 2.6
Maximum Purchaser Interests . Seller shall ensure
that the Purchaser Interests of the Purchasers shall at no time
exceed in the aggregate 100%. If the aggregate of the
Purchaser Interests of the Purchasers exceeds 100%, Seller shall
pay to each Agent within three (3) Business Days an amount to be
applied to reduce its Conduit Group’s Reduction Pro Rata
Shares of the Aggregate Capital, such that after giving effect to
such payment the aggregate of the Purchaser Interests equals or is
less than 100%. !
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 Agents (with a copy thereof
to the Administrative 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 100.0% of the original
Purchase Limit, to repurchase from the Purchasers all, but not less
than all, of the then outstanding Purchaser
Interests. The purchase price in respect thereof shall
be an amount equal to the Aggregate Unpaids through the date of
such repurchase, payable in immediately available funds to the
Agents. Such repurchase shall be without representation,
warranty or recourse of any kind by, on the part of, or against any
Purchaser, any Agent or the Administrative Agent.
ARTICLE
III
CONDUIT
FUNDING
Section 3.1
CP
Costs . Seller shall pay the relevant 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 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 the relevant Conduit
and funded substantially with its Pooled Commercial
Paper.
Section 3.2
CP
Costs Payments . On each Settlement Date, Seller
shall pay to each Agent (for the benefit of the Conduit(s) in the
relevant Conduit Group) an aggregate amount in each case equal to
all accrued and unpaid CP Costs in respect of the Capital
associated with all Purchaser Interests of the relevant Conduit(s)
in such Conduit Group for the immediately preceding Accrual Period
in accordance with Article II .
Section 3.3
Calculation of CP Costs . On the tenth calendar
day of each month or, if such day is not a Business Day, on the
next succeeding Business Day, each Agent shall calculate the
aggregate amount of the relevant CP Costs for the applicable
Accrual Period and shall notify Seller of such aggregate
amount.
ARTICLE
IV
COMMITTED
PURCHASER FUNDING
Section 4.1
Committed Purchaser Funding . Each Committed
Purchaser Interest shall accrue Yield for each day during its
Tranche Period at either the LIBO Rate or the Alternate Base Rate
in accordance with the terms and conditions
hereof. Until Seller gives notice to the Administrative
Agent of another Discount Rate in accordance with Section
4.4 , the initial Discount Rate for any Committed Purchaser
Interest shall be the Alternate Base Rate. If any
Funding Source acquires by assignment from a Conduit any Purchaser
Interest pursuant to any Funding Agreement, each Purchaser Interest
so assigned shall each be deemed to have a new Tranche Period
commencing on the date of any such assignment and shall accrue
Yield for each day during its Tranche Period at either the LIBO
Rate or the Alternate Base Rate in accordance with the terms and
conditions hereof as if each such Purchaser Interest was held by a
Committed Purchaser, and with respect to each such Purchaser
Interest, the assignee thereof shall be deemed to be a Committed
Purchaser solely for the purposes of Sections 4.1 ,
4.2 , 4.3 , 4.4 and 4.5 .
Section 4.2
Yield Payments . On the Settlement Date for each
Committed Purchaser Interest , Seller shall pay to each Agent (for
the benefit of the Committed Purchasers in the relevant Conduit
Group) an aggregate amount equal to the accrued and unpaid Yield
for the entire Tranche Period of each such Purchaser Interest held
by a Purchaser in such Conduit Group in accordance with Article
II .
Section 4.3
Selection and Continuation of Tranche Periods
(a)
With
consultation from (and approval by) the relevant Agent, Seller
shall from time to time request Tranche Periods for the Committed
Purchaser Interests in a Conduit Group, provided that, if at any
time the Committed Purchasers shall have a Purchaser Interest,
Seller shall always request Tranche Periods such that at least one
Tranche Period shall end on the date specified in clause (A) of the
definition of Settlement Date.
(b)
Seller or the relevant Agent, upon notice to and consent by the
other received at least three (3) Business Days prior to the end of
a Tranche Period (the “ Terminating Tranche ”)
for any Purchaser Interest, may, effective on the last day of the
Terminating Tranche: (i) divide any such Purchaser
Interest into multiple Purchaser Interests, (ii) combine any such
Purchaser Interest 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 on the day such
Terminating Tranche ends, provided , that in no event may a
Purchaser Interest of a Conduit be combined with a Committed
Purchaser Interest or of another Conduit, and in no event may a
Committed Purchaser Interest be combined with a Purchaser Interest
of a Purchaser in a different Conduit Group.
Section 4.4
Committed Purchaser Discount Rates . Seller may
select the LIBO Rate or the Alternate Base Rate for each Committed
Purchaser Interest. Seller shall by 12:00 p.m. (New York
time): (i) at least three (3) Business Days prior to the expiration
of any Terminating Tranche with respect to which the LIBO Rate is
being requested as a new Discount Rate and (ii) at least one (1)
Business Day prior to the expiration of any Terminating Tranche
with respect to which the Alternate Base Rate is being requested as
a new Discount Rate, give the relevant Agent irrevocable notice of
the new Discount Rate for the Purchaser Interest associated with
such Terminating Tranche. Until Seller gives notice to
the relevant Agent of another Discount Rate, the initial Discount
Rate for any Purchaser Interest transferred to the Committed
Purchasers pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof (or assigned
or transferred to any Funding Source or to any other Person) shall
be the Alternate Base Rate.
Section 4.5
Suspension of the LIBO Rate
. (a) If
any Committed Purchaser notifies the relevant Agent and the
Administrative Agent that it has determined that funding its Pro
Rata Share of the Committed Purchaser Interest at a LIBO Rate would
violate any applicable law, rule, regulation or directive of any
governmental or regulatory authority, whether or not having the
force of law, or that (i) deposits of a type and maturity
appropriate to match fund its Purchaser 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 the relevant Agent shall suspend the
availability of such LIBO Rate and require Seller to select the
Alternate Base Rate for any Purchaser Interest accruing Yield at
such LIBO Rate.
(b)
If
less than all of the Committed Purchasers give a notice to the
relevant Agent pursuant to Section 4.5(a) , each Committed
Purchaser which gave such a notice shall be obliged, at the request
of Seller, a Conduit in the same Conduit Group, the Administrative
Agent or any Agent, to assign all of its rights and obligations
hereunder to (i) another Committed Purchaser in the same
Conduit Group or (ii) another funding entity nominated by Seller,
the Administrative Agent or any Agent that is acceptable to such
Conduit and willing to participate in this Agreement through the
Liquidity Termination Date in the place of such notifying Committed
Purchaser; provided that (i) the notifying Committed
Purchaser receives payment in full, pursuant to an Assignment
Agreement, of an amount equal to such notifying Committed
Purchaser’s Pro Rata Share of the Capital and Yield owing to
all of the Committed Purchasers in the same Conduit Group and
all accrued but unpaid fees and other costs and expenses payable in
respect of its Pro Rata Share of the Purchaser Interests of the
Committed Purchasers in the same Conduit Group, and (ii) the
replacement Committed Purchaser otherwise satisfies the
requirements of Section 12.1(b) .
Section 4.6
Extension of Liquidity Termination Date.
(a)
Seller may request one or more 364-day extensions of the Liquidity
Termination Date then in effect by giving written notice of such
request to the Administrative Agent (each such notice an “
Extension Notice ”) at least 60 days prior to the
Liquidity Termination Date then in effect. After the
Administrative Agent’s receipt of any Extension Notice, the
Administrative Agent shall promptly advise each Committed Purchaser
of such Extension Notice. Each Committed Purchaser may,
in its sole discretion, by a revocable notice (a “ Consent
Notice ”) given to the Administrative Agent on or prior
to the 30th day prior to the Liquidity Termination Date then in
effect (such period from the date of the Extension Notice to such
30th day being referred to herein as the “ Consent
Period ”), consent to such extension of such Liquidity
Termination Date; provided , however , that, except
as provided in Section 4.6(b) , such extension shall not be
effective with respect to any of the Committed Purchasers if any
one or more Committed Purchasers: (i) notifies the
Administrative Agent during the Consent Period that such Committed
Purchaser either does not wish to consent to such extension or
wishes to revoke its prior Consent Notice or (ii) fails to respond
to the Administrative Agent within the Consent Period (each
Committed Purchaser or its related Conduit Group that does not wish
to consent to such extension or wishes to revoke its prior Consent
Notice or fails to respond to the Administrative Agent within the
Consent Period is herein referred to as a “ Non-Renewing
Committed Purchaser ”). If none of the events
described in the foregoing clauses (i) or (ii) occurs during the
Consent Period and all Consent Notices have been received, then,
the Liquidity Termination Date shall be irrevocably extended until
the date that is 364 days after the Liquidity Termination Date then
in effect. The Administrative Agent shall promptly
notify Seller of any Consent Notice or other notice received
by the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 4.6(a)
.
(b)
Upon
receipt of notice from the Administrative Agent pursuant to
Section 4.6(a) of any Non-Renewing Committed Purchaser or
that the Liquidity Termination Date has not been extended, one or
more of the Committed Purchasers (including any Non-Renewing
Committed Purchaser) may proffer to the Administrative Agent and
each Agent the names of one or more institutions meeting the
criteria set forth in Section 12.1(b)(i) that are willing to
accept assignments of and assume the rights and obligations under
this Agreement and the other applicable Transaction Documents of
the Non-Renewing Committed Purchaser. Provided the
proffered name(s) are acceptable to the Administrative Agent and
each Agent, the Administrative Agent shall notify the remaining
Committed Purchasers of such fact, and the then existing Liquidity
Termination Date shall be extended for an additional 364 days upon
satisfaction of the conditions for an assignment in accordance with
Section 12.1 and the Commitment of each Non-Renewing
Committed Purchaser shall be reduced to zero. If the
rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other
applicable Transaction Documents of each Non-Renewing Committed
Purchaser are not assigned as contemplated by this Section
4.6(b) (each such Non-Renewing Committed Purchaser or its
related Conduit Group, as the case may be, whose rights and
obligations under this Agreement and the other applicable
Transaction Documents are not so assigned is herein referred to as
a “ Terminating Committed Purchaser ”) and at
least one Committed Purchaser is not a Non-Renewing Committed
Purchaser, the then existing Liquidity Termination Date shall be
extended for an additional 364 days; provided ,
however , that (i) each of the Purchase Limit and the
relevant Group Purchase Limit shall be reduced on the Liquidity
Termination Date that such Terminating Committed Purchaser did not
consent to extend by an aggregate amount equal to the Terminating
Commitment Availability as of such date of each Terminating
Committed Purchaser and shall thereafter continue to be reduced by
amounts equal to any reduction in the Capital of any Terminating
Committed Purchaser (after application of Collections pursuant
to Sections 2.2 and 2.3 ) and (ii) the
Commitment of each Terminating Committed Purchaser shall be reduced
to zero on the Termination Date applicable to such Terminating
Committed Purchaser. Upon reduction to zero of the
Capital of all of the Purchaser Interests of a Terminating
Committed Purchaser (after application of Collections thereto
pursuant to Sections 2.2 and 2.3 ) all rights and
obligations of such Terminating Committed Purchaser hereunder shall
be terminated and such Terminating Committed Purchaser shall no
longer be a “Committed Purchaser”; provided ,
however , that the provisions of Article X shall
continue in effect for its benefit with respect to Purchaser
Interests held by such Terminating Committed Purchaser prior to its
termination as a Committed Purchaser. For the avoidance
of doubt, each reference to a Committed Purchaser in the context of
a Terminating Committed Purchaser shall be deemed to refer to the
related Conduit Group if any Conduit in such related Conduit Group
continues to hold a Purchaser Interest as a Terminating Committed
Purchaser.
(c)
Any
requested extension of the Liquidity Termination Date may be
approved or disapproved by a Committed Purchaser in its sole
discretion. In the event that the Commitments are not
extended in accordance with the provisions of this Section
4.6 , the Commitment of each Committed Purchaser shall be
reduced to zero on the Liquidity Termination Date. Upon
reduction to zero of the Commitment of a Committed Purchaser and
upon reduction to zero of the Capital of all of the Committed
Purchaser Interests all rights and obligations of such Committed
Purchaser hereunder shall be terminated and such Committed
Purchaser shall no longer be a “Committed Purchaser”;
provided , however , that the provisions of
Article X shall continue in effect for its benefit with
respect to Purchaser Interests held by such Committed Purchaser
prior to its termination as a Committed Purchaser.
ARTICLE
V
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
Section 5.1
Representations and Warranties of the Seller Parties
. Each Seller Party hereby represents and warrants to
the Administrative Agent, the Agents and the Purchasers, as to
itself, as of the date hereof and as of the date of each
Incremental Purchase and the date of each Reinvestment
that:
(a)
Existence and Power . Such Seller Party is a
limited liability company or a corporation duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of its state of
organization. Such Seller Party is duly qualified to do
business and is in good standing as a foreign entity, and has and
holds all corporate or limited liability company power and all
governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals
required to carry on its business in each jurisdiction in which its
business is conducted, except where the failure to so qualify or so
hold could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(b)
Power and Authority; Due Authorization, Execution and
Delivery . The execution and delivery by such Seller
Party of this Agreement and each other Transaction Document to
which it is a party, and the performance of its obligations
hereunder and thereunder and, in the case of Seller, Seller’s
use of the proceeds of purchases made hereunder, are within its
corporate or limited liability company powers and authority and
have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or limited
liability company action on its part. This Agreement and
each other Transaction Document to which such Seller Party is a
party has been duly executed and delivered by such Seller
Party.
(c)
No
Conflict . The execution and delivery by such Seller
Party of this Agreement and each other Transaction Document to
which it is a party, and the performance of its obligations
hereunder and thereunder do not contravene or violate (i) its
certificate or articles of incorporation or by-laws or operating
agreement, (ii) any law, rule or regulation applicable to it, (iii)
any restrictions under any agreement, contract or instrument to
which it is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound,
or (iv) any order, writ, judgment, award, injunction or decree
binding on or affecting it or its property, and do not result in
the creation or imposition of any Adverse Claim on assets of such
Seller Party or its Subsidiaries (except as created hereunder),
except, in any case, where such contravention or violation
could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
and no transaction contemplated hereby requires compliance with any
bulk sales act or similar law.
(d)
Governmental Authorization . Other than the
filing of the financing statements required hereunder, no
authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or
filing with, any governmental authority or regulatory body is
required for the due execution and delivery by such Seller Party of
this Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which it is a
party and the performance of its obligations hereunder and
thereunder.
(e)
Actions, Suits . There are no actions, suits or
proceedings pending, or to the best of such Seller Party’s
knowledge, threatened, against or affecting such Seller Party, or
any of its properties, in or before any court, arbitrator or other
body, that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. Such Seller Party is not in default with respect
to any order of any court, arbitrator or governmental body, which
default, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(f)
Binding Effect . This Agreement and each other
Transaction Document to which such Seller Party is a party
constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of such Seller
Party enforceable against such Seller Party in accordance with
their respective terms, except as such enforcement may be limited
by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other
similar laws relating to or limiting creditors’ rights
generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of
whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at
law).
(g)
Accuracy of Information . All information
heretofore furnished by such Seller Party or any of its Affiliates
to the Administrative Agent, the Agents or the Purchasers for
purposes of or in connection with this Agreement, any of the other
Transaction Documents or any transaction contemplated hereby or
thereby is, and all such information hereafter furnished by such
Seller Party or any of its Affiliates to the Administrative Agent,
the Agents or the Purchasers will be, true and accurate in every
material respect on the date such information is stated or
certified and does not and will not contain any material
misstatement of fact or omit to state a material fact or any fact
necessary to make the statements contained therein not
misleading.
(h)
Use of Proceeds . No proceeds of any purchase
hereunder will be used (i) for a purpose that violates, or would be
inconsistent with, Regulation T, U or X promulgated by the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System from time to time or (ii)
to acquire any security in any transaction which is subject to
Section 12, 13 or 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
(i)
Good Title . Immediately prior to each purchase
hereunder, Seller shall be the legal and beneficial owner of the
Receivables and Related Security with respect thereto, free and
clear of any Adverse Claim, except as created by the Transaction
Documents. There have been duly filed all financing
statements or other similar instruments or documents necessary
under the UCC (or any comparable law) of all appropriate
jurisdictions to perfect Seller’s ownership interest in each
Receivable, its Collections and the Related Security.
(j)
Perfection . This Agreement, together with the
filing of the financing statements contemplated hereby, is
effective to, and shall, upon each purchase hereunder, transfer to
the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the relevant Purchaser
or Purchasers (and the Administrative Agent for the benefit of such
Purchaser or Purchasers shall acquire from Seller) a valid and
perfected first priority undivided percentage ownership or security
interest in each Receivable existing or hereafter arising and in
the Related Security and Collections with respect thereto, free and
clear of any Adverse Claim, except as created by the Transactions
Documents. There have been duly filed all financing
statements or other similar instruments or documents necessary
under the UCC (or any comparable law) of all appropriate
jurisdictions to perfect the Administrative Agent’s (on
behalf of the Purchasers) ownership or security interest in the
Receivables, the Related Security and the Collections.
(k)
Places of Business and Locations of Records . The
principal places of business and chief executive office of such
Seller Party 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 Administrative Agent and the
Agents have been notified in accordance with Section 7.2(a)
in jurisdictions where all action required by Section
14.4(a) has been taken and completed. Such Seller
Party’s Federal Employer Identification Number is correctly
set forth on Exhibit III .
(l)
Collections
. The
conditions and requirements set forth in Section 7.1(j) and
Section 8.2 have at all times been satisfied and duly
performed. The names and addresses of all Collection
Banks, together with the account numbers of the Collection Accounts
of Seller at each Collection Bank and the post office box number of
each Lock-Box, are listed on Exhibit IV . Seller
has not granted any Person, other than the Administrative 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.
(m)
Material Adverse Effect . (i) The initial
Servicer represents and warrants that since December 31, 1999, and
the initial Sub-Servicer represents and warrants that since
December 31, 2008, no event has occurred that would have a material
adverse effect on the financial condition or operations of the
initial Servicer and its Subsidiaries or the initial Sub-Servicer
and its Subsidiaries, as applicable, or the ability of the initial
Servicer or the initial Sub-Servicer to perform its obligations
under this Agreement, and (ii) Seller represents and warrants that
since the date of this Agreement, no event has occurred that would
have a material adverse effect on (A) the financial condition or
operations of Seller, (B) the ability of Seller to perform its
obligations under the Transaction Documents, or (C) the
collectibility of the Receivables generally or any material portion
of the Receivables.
(n)
Names . In the past five (5) years, Seller has
not used any corporate names, trade names or assumed names other
than the name in which it has executed this Agreement.
(o)
Ownership of Seller . Originator owns, directly
or indirectly, 100% of the issued and outstanding capital stock of
Seller, free and clear of any Adverse Claim. Such
capital stock is validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and
there are no options, warrants or other rights to acquire
securities of Seller.
(p)
Not an Investment Company . Such Seller Party is
not an “investment company” within the meaning of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or any successor
statute.
(q)
Compliance with Law . Such Seller Party has
complied in all respects with all applicable laws, rules,
regulations, orders, writs, judgments, injunctions, decrees or
awards to which it may be subject, except where the failure to so
comply could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. Each Receivable, together with the Contract
related thereto, does not contravene any laws, rules or regulations
applicable thereto ( including , without
limitation , laws, rules and regulations relating to truth
in lending, fair credit billing, fair credit reporting, equal
credit opportunity, fair debt collection practices and privacy),
and no part of such Contract is in violation of any such law, rule
or regulation, except where such contravention or violation
could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(r)
Compliance with Credit and Collection Policy
. Such Seller Party has complied in all material
respects with the Credit and Collection Policy with regard to each
Receivable and the related Contract, and has not made any change to
such Credit and Collection Policy, except such material change as
to which the Administrative Agent and the Agents have been
notified in accordance with Section 7.1(a)(vii) .
(s)
Payments to Originator and Original Sellers
. With respect to each Receivable transferred to Seller
under the Receivables Sale Agreement, Seller has given reasonably
equivalent value to Originator in consideration therefor and such
transfer was not made for or on account of an antecedent
debt. No transfer by Originator of any Receivable under
the Receivables Sale Agreement is or may be voidable under any
section of the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 (11 U.S.C.
§§ 101 et seq. ), as
amended. With respect to each Receivable transferred to
Originator under the Transfer Agreement, Originator has given
reasonably equivalent value to the applicable Original Seller in
consideration therefor and such transfer was not made for or on
account of an antecedent debt. No transfer by any
Original Seller of any Receivable under the Transfer Agreement is
or may be voidable under any section of the Bankruptcy Reform Act
of 1978 (11 U.S.C. §§ 101 et seq.), as
amended.
(t)
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).
(u)
Eligible Receivables . Each Receivable included
in the Net Receivables Balance as an Eligible Receivable on the
date of its purchase under the Receivables Sale Agreement was an
Eligible Receivable on such purchase date.
(v)
Net Receivables Balance . Seller has determined
that, immediately after giving effect to each purchase hereunder,
the Net Receivables Balance is at least equal to the sum of
(i) the Aggregate Capital, plus (ii) the Aggregate
Reserves.
(w)
Accounting . The manner in which such Seller
Party accounts for the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
and the Receivables Sale Agreement does not jeopardize the true
sale analysis.
Section 5.2
Committed Purchaser Representations and Warranties
. Each Committed Purchaser hereby represents and
warrants to the Administrative Agent, the Agents and the Conduit(s)
in the related Conduit Group that:
(a)
Existence and Power . Such Committed Purchaser is
a corporation or a banking association duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization, and has all corporate power to
perform its obligations hereunder.
(b)
No
Conflict . The execution and delivery by such
Committed Purchaser of this Agreement and the performance of its
obligations hereunder are within its corporate powers, have been
duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, do not
contravene or violate (i) its certificate or articles of
incorporation or association or by-laws, (ii) any law, rule or
regulation applicable to it, (iii) any restrictions under any
agreement, contract or instrument to which it is a party or any of
its property is bound, or (iv) any order, writ, judgment, award,
injunction or decree binding on or affecting it or its property,
and do not result in the creation or imposition of any Adverse
Claim on its assets. This Agreement has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by such Committed
Purchaser.
(c)
Governmental Authorization . No authorization or
approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any
governmental authority or regulatory body is required for the due
execution and delivery by such Committed Purchaser of this
Agreement and the performance of its obligations
hereunder.
(d)
Binding Effect . This Agreement constitutes the
legal, valid and binding obligation of such Committed Purchaser
enforceable against such Committed Purchaser in accordance with its
terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws
relating to or limiting creditors’ rights generally and by
general principles of equity (regardless of whether such
enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at
law).
ARTICLE
VI
CONDITIONS OF
PURCHASES
Section 6.1
Conditions Precedent to Initial Incremental Purchase
. The initial Incremental Purchase of a Purchaser
Interest under this Agreement is subject to the conditions
precedent that the Administrative Agent and the Agents shall have
received on or before the date of such purchase those documents
listed on Schedule B that are required to be delivered on or
before such date. The documents listed on part V of
Schedule B are required to be delivered on or before the
effective date of this Agreement. The Administrative
Agent and each Agent shall have received all fees and expenses
required to be paid pursuant to the terms of this Agreement
(including, without limitation, Section 10.3 hereof), the Fee
Letter and any other fee, charge, or expense required to be paid
prior to the effectiveness of this agreement.
Section 6.2
Conditions Precedent to All Purchases and Reinvestments
. Each purchase of a Purchaser Interest and each
Reinvestment shall be subject to the further conditions precedent
that (a) in the case of each such purchase or Reinvestment: (i)
Servicer shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent and the
Agents, on or prior to the date of such purchase, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Agents,
all Monthly Reports and Interim Reports as and when due under
Section 8.5 and (ii) upon the request of the Administrative
Agent any of the Agents, Servicer shall have delivered to the
Administrative Agent and each of the Agents at least three (3) days
prior to such purchase or Reinvestment an interim Monthly Report
showing the amount of Eligible Receivables; (b) the Facility
Termination Date shall not have occurred; (c) the Administrative
Agent and the Agents shall have received such other approvals,
opinions or documents as it may reasonably request and (d) on the
date of each such Incremental Purchase or Reinvestment, the
following statements shall be true (and acceptance of the proceeds
of such Incremental Purchase or Reinvestment shall be deemed a
representation and warranty by Seller that such statements are then
true):
(i) the
representations and warranties set forth in Section 5.1 are
true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of
such Incremental Purchase or Reinvestment as though made on and as
of such date;
(ii) no
event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such
Incremental Purchase or Reinvestment, that would constitute an
Amortization Event or a Potential Amortization Event;
and
(iii) the
Aggregate Capital does not exceed the Purchase Limit and the
aggregate Purchaser Interests do not exceed 100%.
It is expressly
understood that each Reinvestment shall, unless otherwise directed
by the Administrative Agent, any of the Agents or any Purchaser,
occur automatically on each day that 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 Administrative Agent
and each of the Agents, which right may be exercised at any time on
demand of the Administrative Agent or any of the Agents, to rescind
the related purchase and direct Seller to pay to the Agents for the
benefit of the Purchasers in their respective Conduit Groups an
aggregate amount equal to the Collections prior to the Amortization
Date that shall have been applied to the affected
Reinvestment.
ARTICLE
VII
COVENANTS
Section 7.1
Affirmative Covenants of the Seller Parties
. Until the date on which the Aggregate Unpaids have
been indefeasibly paid in full and this Agreement terminates in
accordance with its terms, each Seller Party hereby covenants, as
to itself, as set forth below:
(a)
Financial Reporting . Such Seller Party will
maintain, for itself and each of its Subsidiaries, a system of
accounting established and administered in accordance with GAAP,
and furnish or cause to be furnished to the Administrative Agent
and the Agents:
(i)
Annual Reportin g. Within 90 days after the close
of each of its respective fiscal years, (i) audited financial
statements (which shall include balance sheets, statements of
income and retained earnings and a statement of cash flows) for
Provider for such fiscal year, together with an unqualified audit
report (in form satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the
Agents) on such financial statements of, and certified in a manner
acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Agents by,
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP or other independent public
accountants reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and
the Agents and (ii) an unaudited balance sheet and income statement
of the Seller in a form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative
Agent and the Agents.
(ii)
Quarterly Reporting . Within 45 days after the
close of the first three (3) quarterly periods of each of its
fiscal years, balance sheets of Provider as at the close of each
such period and statements of income and retained earnings and a
statement of cash flows for the Provider for the period from the
beginning of such fiscal year to the end of such quarter, all
certified by its chief financial officer on behalf of the
Provider.
(iii)
Compliance Certificate . Together with the
financial statements required hereunder, a compliance certificate
in substantially the form of Exhibit V signed by such Seller
Party’s or Provider’s, as applicable, Authorized
Officer on behalf of such Person and dated the date of such annual
financial statement or such quarterly financial statement, as the
case may be.
(iv)
Shareholders Statements and Reports . Promptly
upon the furnishing thereof to the shareholders of such Seller
Party or Provider copies of all financial statements, reports and
proxy statements so furnished; provided , that Seller
Parties shall not be required to provide any registration
statements or reports which are available on the EDGAR system of
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
(v)
S.E.C. Filings . Promptly upon the filing
thereof, copies of all registration statements (other than
registration statements on Form S-8) and annual, quarterly or other
reports which Originator, any Original Seller, Provider or any of
their respective Subsidiaries files with the Securities and
Exchange Commission; provided , that Seller Parties shall
not be required to provide any registration statements or reports
which are available on the EDGAR system of the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
(vi)
Copies of Notices . Promptly upon its receipt of
any notice, request for consent, financial statements,
certification, report or other communication under or in connection
with any Transaction Document from any Person other than the
Administrative Agent, any Agent or Conduit, copies of the
same.
(vii)
Change in Credit and Collection Policy . At least
thirty (30) days prior to the effectiveness of any material change
in or material amendment to the Credit and Collection Policy, a
copy of the Credit and Collection Policy then in effect and a
notice (A) indicating such change or amendment, and (B) if such
proposed change or amendment would be reasonably likely to
adversely affect the collectibility of the Receivables or decrease
the credit quality of any newly created Receivables, requesting the
consent of the Administrative Agent and the Agents thereto;
provided that if such change or amendment was required
pursuant to any change in any applicable law, rule or regulation,
such Seller Party shall only be required to give prompt notice of
such change or amendment and shall not be required to request the
consent of the Administrative Agent and the Agents.
(viii)
Other Information . (A) Within 45 days after a
request from the Administrative Agent or any of the Agents,
internally prepared financial statements (which shall
include balance sheets, statements of income and retained earnings
and a statement of cash flow) for such Seller Party for any
quarterly period in any fiscal year of such Seller Party, all
certified by its chief financial officer, and (B) promptly,
from time to time, such other information, documents, records or
reports relating to the Receivables or the condition or operations,
financial or otherwise, of such Seller Party, any Original
Seller or Provider as the Administrative Agent or any of the Agents
may from time to time reasonably request in order to protect the
interests of the Administrative Agent, the Agents and the
Purchasers under or as contemplated by this Agreement.
(b)
Notices . Such Seller Party will notify the
Administrative Agent and the Agents in writing of any of the
following promptly upon becoming aware of the occurrence thereof,
describing the same and, if applicable, the steps being taken with
respect thereto:
(i)
Amortization Events or Potential Amortization Events
. The occurrence of each Amortization Event and each
Potential Amortization Event, by a statement of an Authorized
Officer on behalf of such Seller Party.
(ii)
Judgment and Proceedings . (A) The entry of any
judgment or decree against Provider or any of its Subsidiaries if
the aggregate amount of all judgments and decrees then outstanding
against Provider and its Subsidiaries exceeds $10,000,000 and (B)
the institution of any material litigation, arbitration
proceeding or governmental proceeding against Provider or any of
its Subsidiaries; and (C) the entry of any judgment or decree or
the institution of any litigation, arbitration proceeding or
governmental proceeding against Seller.
(iii)
Material Adverse Effect . The occurrence of any
event or condition that has had, or could reasonably be expected to
have, a Material Adverse Effect.
(iv)
Termination Date . The occurrence of (A) the
“ Termination Date ” under and as defined in the
Receivables Sale Agreement and (B) the “Termination
Date” under and as defined in the Transfer
Agreement.
(v)
Defaults Under Other Agreements . (A) The
occurrence of a default or an event of default under any other
financing arrangement pursuant to which Seller is a debtor or an
obligor and (B) the occurrence of any default or event of default
under any other financing arrangement or arrangements governing
Indebtedness, individually or in the aggregate, greater than or
equal to $30,000,000 pursuant to which Provider or any of its
Subsidiaries is a debtor or an obligor.
(vi)
Downgrade of Originator or Provider . Any
downgrade in the rating of any Indebtedness of Originator, any
Original Seller or Provider by Standard & Poor’s Ratings
Group or by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., setting forth
the Indebtedness affected and the nature of such change.
(c)
Compliance with Laws and Preservation of Corporate Existence
. Such Seller Party will comply in all respects with all
applicable laws, rules, regulations, orders, writs, judgments,
injunctions, decrees or awards to which it may be subject, except
where the failure to so comply could not reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect. Such Seller Party will
preserve and maintain its 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,
except where the failure to so preserve and maintain or qualify
could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(d)
Audits . Such Seller Party will furnish to the
Administrative Agent (with the Administrative Agent providing
copies thereof to each Committed Purchaser, subject to the
Administrative Agent receiving any necessary consents to
disclosure) from time to time such information with respect to it,
any Original Seller and the Receivables as the Administrative Agent
may reasonably request. Such Seller Party will (and will
cause Originator and each Original Seller to), from time to time
during regular business hours as requested by the Administrative
Agent upon reasonable notice and at the sole cost of such Seller
Party, permit the Administrative Agent, or its agents or
representatives, (i) to examine and make copies of and abstracts
from all Records in the possession or under the control of such
Person relating to the Receivables and the Related Security,
including, without limitation, the related Contracts, and (ii) to
visit the offices and properties of such Person for the purpose of
examining such materials described in clause (i) above, and to
discuss matters relating to such Person’s financial condition
or the Receivables and the Related Security or any Person’s
performance under any of the Transaction Documents or any
Person’s performance under the Contracts and, in each case,
with any of the Authorized Officers or financial officers of
Seller, any Original Seller or Servicer having knowledge of such
matters. So long as no Potential Amortization Event or
Amortization Event exists, the visits under this Section
7.1(d) that are at the sole cost of the applicable Seller Party
shall be limited to four times a calendar year; and upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of a Potential Amortization
Event or an Amortization Event, any and all visits shall be at the
sole cost of the applicable Seller Party, provided that if
the Administrative Agent or its agent or representative fails to
make any such examination and/or visit during any calendar year
period, any Committed Purchaser or its agent or representative may
make such examination and/or visit in the Administrative
Agent’s stead.
(e)
Keeping and Marking of Records and Books .
(i)
Servicer will (and will cause Originator and each Original Seller
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 immediate identification of each new
Receivable and all Collections of and adjustments to each existing
Receivable). Servicer will (and will cause Originator
and each Original Seller to) give the Administrative Agent and
the Agents notice of any material change in the administrative and
operating procedures referred to in the previous
sentence.
(ii)
Such
Seller Party will (and will cause Originator and each Original
Seller to) (A) not later than 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 Administrative
Agent, describing the Purchaser Interests and (B) upon the request
of the Administrative Agent (x) mark each Contract with a legend
describing the Purchaser Interests and (y) at any time after the
occurrence of a Potential Amortization Event, deliver to the
Administrative Agent all Contracts (including, without limitation,
all multiple originals of any such Contract) relating to the
Receivables.
(f)
Compliance with Contracts and Credit and Collection Policy
. Such Seller Party will (and will cause Originator and
each Original Seller to) timely and fully (i) perform and comply
with all provisions, covenants and other promises required to be
observed by it under the Contracts related to the Receivables and
(ii) comply in all respects with the Credit and Collection Policy
in regard to each Receivable and the related Contract.
(g)
Performance and Enforcement of Receivables Sale Agreement
. Seller will, and will require Originator to, perform
each of their respective obligations and undertakings under and
pursuant to the Receivables Sale Agreement, will purchase
Receivables thereunder in strict compliance with the terms thereof
and will vigorously enforce the rights and remedies accorded to
Seller under the Receivables Sale Agreement. Seller will
take all actions to perfect and enforce its rights and interests
(and the rights and interests of the Administrative Agent, the
Agents and the Purchasers as assignees of Seller) under the
Receivables Sale Agreement as the Administrative Agent or any
of the Agents may from time to time reasonably request,
including , without limitation , making
claims to which it may be entitled under any indemnity,
reimbursement or similar provision contained in the Receivables
Sale Agreement.
(h)
Performance and Enforcement of Transfer Agreement
. Originator shall not enter into a Transfer Agreement
or amend, modify, supplement or restate a Transfer Agreement
without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and
each of the Agents. When a Transfer Agreement is
effective, Seller will require Originator and each Original Seller
to perform each of their respective obligations
and undertakings under and pursuant to the Transfer Agreement,
will require that Originator purchase Receivables thereunder in
strict compliance with the terms thereof and will require that
Originator vigorously enforce the rights and remedies accorded to
Originator under the Transfer Agreement. Seller will
require Originator to take all actions to perfect and enforce
Originator’s rights and interests (and the rights and
interests of Seller as assignee of Originator, and the rights and
interests of the Administrative Agent, the Agents and the
Purchasers as assignees of Seller) under the Transfer Agreement as
Seller, the Administrative Agent or any of the Agents may from time
to time reasonably request, including , without
limitation , making claims to which it may be
entitled under any indemnity, reimbursement or similar provision
contained in the Transfer Agreement.
(i)
Ownership by Seller . Seller will (or will cause
Originator to) take all necessary action to (i) vest legal and
equitable title to the Receivables, the Related Security and the
Collections purchased under the Receivables Sale Agreement
irrevocably in Seller, free and clear of any Adverse Claims other
than Adverse Claims in favor of the Administrative Agent, the
Agents and the Purchasers ( including , without
limitation , the filing of all financing statements
or other similar instruments or documents necessary under the UCC
(or any comparable law) of all appropriate jurisdictions to perfect
Seller’s interest in such Receivables, Related Security and
Collections and such other action to perfect, protect or more fully
evidence the interest of Seller therein as the Administrative Agent
or any of the Agents may reasonably request), and (ii) establish
and maintain, in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit
of the Agents and the Purchasers, a valid and perfected first
priority undivided percentage ownership interest (or a valid and
perfected first priority security interest) in all Receivables,
Related Security and Collections to the full extent contemplated
herein, free and clear of any Adverse Claims other than Adverse
Claims in favor of the Administrative Agent or the Agents for the
benefit of the Purchasers ( including , without
limitation , the filing of all financing statements
or other similar instruments or documents necessary under the UCC
(or any comparable law) of all appropriate jurisdictions to perfect
the Administrative Agent’s and the Agents’ (for
the benefit of the Purchasers) interest in such Receivables,
Related Security and Collections and such other action to perfect,
protect or more fully evidence the interest of the Administrative
Agent or the Agents for the benefit of the Purchasers as the
Administrative Agent or any of the Agents may reasonably
request).
(j)
Ownership by Originator . Seller will cause
Originator to take all necessary action to (i) vest legal and
equitable title to the Receivables, the Related Security and the
Collections purchased under the Transfer Agreement irrevocably in
Originator, free and clear of any Adverse Claims other than
Adverse Claims in favor of Seller, the Administrative Agent, the
Agents and the Purchasers ( including , without
limitation , the filing of all financing statements
or other similar instruments or documents necessary under the UCC
(or any comparable law) of all appropriate jurisdictions to perfect
Originator’s interest in such Receivables, Related Security
and Collections and such other action to perfect, protect or more
fully evidence the interest of Originator therein as Seller or the
Administrative Agent or any of the Agents may reasonably request),
and (ii) establish and maintain, in favor of Seller and the
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Agents and the
Purchasers, a valid and perfected first priority undivided
percentage ownership interest (or a valid and perfected first
priority security interest) in all Receivables, Related Security
and Collections purchased under the Transfer Agreement, to the full
extent contemplated herein, free and clear of any Adverse Claims
other than Adverse Claims in favor of Seller, the Administrative
Agent and the Agents (for the benefit of the Purchasers) (
including , without limitation , the
filing of all financing statements or other similar instruments or
documents necessary under the UCC (or any comparable law) of all
appropriate jurisdictions to perfect Seller’s, the
Administrative Agent’s and the Agents’ (for the benefit
of the Purchasers) interest in such Receivables, Related Security
and Collections and such other action to perfect, protect or more
fully evidence the interest of Seller and the Administrative Agent,
for the benefit of the Agents and the Purchasers, as Seller, the
Administrative Agent or any of the Agents may reasonably
request).
(k)
Purchasers’ Reliance . Seller acknowledges
that the Purchasers are entering into the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement in reliance upon Seller’s identity as a
legal entity that is separate from Originator and any Original
Seller. Therefore, from and after April 4, 2000, Seller
shall take all reasonable steps, including, without limitation, all
steps that the Administrative Agent, the Agents or any Purchaser
may from time to time reasonably request, to maintain
Seller’s identity as a separate legal entity and to make it
manifest to third parties that Seller is an entity with assets and
liabilities distinct from those of Originator, any Original Seller
and any Affiliates thereof and not just a division of Originator,
any Original Seller or any such Affiliate. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing and in addition to the
other covenants set forth herein, Seller will:
(A)
conduct its own business in its own name and require that all
full-time employees of Seller, if any, identify themselves as such
and not as employees of Originator or any Original Seller
(including, without limitation, by means of providing appropriate
employees with business or identification cards identifying such
employees as Seller’s employees);
(B)
compensate all employees, consultants and agents directly, from
Seller’s own funds, for services provided to Seller by such
employees, consultants and agents and, to the extent any employee,
consultant or agent of Seller is also an employee, consultant or
agent of Originator, any Original Seller or any Affiliate thereof,
allocate the compensation of such employee, consultant or agent
between Seller and Originator, any Original Seller or such
Affiliate, as applicable, on a basis that reflects the services
rendered to Seller and Originator, such Original Seller or such
Affiliate, as applicable;
(C)
clearly identify its offices (by signage or otherwise) as its
offices and, if such office is located in the offices of Originator
or any Original Seller, Seller shall lease such office at a fair
market rent;
(D)
have
a separate telephone number, which will be answered only in its
name and separate stationery, invoices and checks in its own
name;
(E)
conduct all transactions with Originator, any Original Seller and
Servicer (including, without limitation, any delegation of its
obligations hereunder as Servicer) strictly on an
arm’s-length basis, allocate all overhead expenses
(including, without limitation, telephone and other utility
charges) for items shared between Seller and Originator or any
Original Seller on the basis of actual use to the extent
practicable and, to the extent such allocation is not practicable,
on a basis reasonably related to actual use;
(F)
at
all times have a Board of Directors consisting of three members, at
least one member of which is an Independent Director;
(G)
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);
(H)
maintain Seller’s books and records separate from those of
Originator, any Original Seller and any Affiliate thereof and
otherwise readily identifiable as its own assets rather than assets
of Originator, any Original Seller and any Affiliate
thereof;
(I)
prepare its financial statements separately from those of
Originator and any Original Seller and insure that any
consolidated financial statements of Originator, any Original
Seller or any Affiliate thereof that include Seller and that are
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other
governmental agency have notes clearly stating that Seller is a
separate corporate entity and that its assets will be available
first and foremost to satisfy the claims of the creditors of
Seller;
(J)
except as herein specifically otherwise provided, maintain the
funds or other assets of Seller separate from, and not commingled
with, those of Originator, any Original Seller or any Affiliate
thereof and only maintain bank accounts or other depository
accounts to which Seller alone is the account party;
(K)
pay
all of Seller’s operating expenses from Seller’s own
assets (except for certain payments by Originator, any Original
Seller or other Persons pursuant to allocation arrangements that
comply with the requirements of this Section 7.1(i)
);
(L)
operate its business and activities such that: it does
not engage in any business or activity of any kind, or enter into
any transaction or indenture, mortgage, instrument, agreement,
contract, lease or other undertaking, other than the transactions
contemplated and authorized by this Agreement and the Receivables
Sale Agreement; and does not create, incur, guarantee, assume or
suffer to exist any indebtedness or other liabilities, whether
direct or contingent, other than (1) as a result of the endorsement
of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar
transactions in the ordinary course of business, (2) the incurrence
of obligations under this Agreement, (3) the incurrence of
obligations, as expressly contemplated in the Receivables Sale
Agreement, to make payment to Originator thereunder for the
purchase of Receivables from Originator under the Receivables Sale
Agreement, and (4) the incurrence of operating expenses in the
ordinary course of business of the type otherwise contemplated by
this Agreement;
(M)
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;
(N)
maintain the effectiveness of, and continue to perform under the
Receivables Sale Agreement, the Transfer Agreement and the
Performance Undertaking, such that it does not amend, restate,
supplement, cancel, terminate or otherwise modify the Receivables
Sale Agreement, the Transfer Agreement or the Performance
Undertaking, or give any consent, waiver, directive or approval
thereunder or waive any default, action, omission or breach under
the Receivables Sale Agreement, the Transfer Agreement or the
Performance Undertaking or otherwise grant any indulgence
thereunder, without (in each case) the prior written consent of the
Administrative Agent and the Agents;
(O)
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.
(P)
maintain at all times the Required Capital Amount (as defined in
the Receivables Sale Agreement) and refrain from making any
dividend, distribution, redemption of capital stock or payment of
any subordinated indebtedness which would cause the Required
Capital Amount to cease to be so maintained; and
(Q)
take
such other actions as are necessary on its part to ensure that the
facts and assumptions set forth in the opinions issued by Bryan
Cave LLP, as counsel for Seller, in connection with the Original
Agreement, this Agreement or initial Incremental Purchase under
this Agreement and relating to substantive consolidation issues,
and in the certificates accompanying such opinions, remain true and
correct in all material respects at all times.
(l)
Collections . Such Seller Party 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. In
the event any payments relating to Receivables are remitted
directly to any Seller Party or any Affiliate of any Seller Party,
such Seller Party will remit (or will cause all such payments to be
remitted) directly to a Collection Bank and deposited into a
Collection Account within two (2) Business Days following receipt
thereof, and, at all times prior to such remittance, such Seller
Party or Affiliate will itself hold or, if applicable, will cause
such payments to be held in trust for the exclusive benefit of the
Administrative Agent and the Purchasers. Seller will
maintain exclusive ownership, dominion and control (subject to the
terms of this Agreement and the applicable Collection Account
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 Administrative Agent as
contemplated by this Agreement.
(m)
Taxes . Such Seller Party will file all tax
returns and reports required by law to be filed by it and will
promptly pay all taxes and governmental charges at any time owing
by it. Seller will pay when due any taxes payable in
connection with the Receivables, exclusive of taxes on or measured
by income or gross receipts of any Conduit, the Administrative
Agent, the Agents or any Committed Purchaser.
(n)
Insurance . Seller will maintain in effect, or
cause to be maintained in effect, at Seller’s own expense,
such casualty and liability insurance as Seller shall deem
appropriate in its good faith business judgment. The
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Purchasers, shall be
named as an additional insured with respect to all such liability
insurance maintained by Seller. Seller will pay or cause
to be paid, the premiums therefor and deliver to the Administrative
Agent evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent of such
insurance coverage. Evidence of each policy shall be
furnished to the Administrative Agent and any Purchaser in
certificated form upon the Administrative Agent’s or such
Purchaser’s request. The foregoing requirements
shall not be construed to negate, reduce or modify, and are in
addition to, Seller’s obligations hereunder.
(o)
Payment to Originator and to any Original Seller
. With respect to any Receivable purchased by Seller
from Originator, such sale shall be effected under, and in strict
compliance with the terms of, the Receivables Sale Agreement,
including, without limitation, the terms relating to the amount and
timing of payments to be made to the Originator in respect of the
purchase price for such Receivable. With respect to any
Receivable purchased by Originator from any Original Seller, such
sale shall be effected under, and in strict compliance with the
terms of, the Transfer Agreement, including, without limitation,
the terms relating to the amount and timing of payments to be made
to the applicable Original Seller in respect of the purchase price
for such Receivable.
(p)
Certificates and Lien Searches . Within thirty
(30) days after the date of this Agreement or such later date to
which the Administrative Agent and the Agents shall agree, the
Seller Parties will deliver (i) a good standing certificate for
each Seller Party and Provider issued by the Secretary of State of
each jurisdiction in which it has material operations and (ii)
state tax lien and judgment lien searches against the Seller
Parties in each jurisdiction in which any of them have material
operations.
Section 7.2
Negative Covenants of the Seller Parties . Until
the date on which the Aggregate Unpaids have been indefeasibly paid
in full and this Agreement terminates in accordance with its terms,
each Seller Party hereby covenants, as to itself, that:
(a)
Name Change, Offices and Records . Such Seller
Party will not change its name, identity or corporate structure
(within the meaning of Section 9-402(7) of any applicable enactment
of the UCC) or relocate its chief executive office or any office
where Records are kept unless it shall have: (i) given
the Administrative Agent at least thirty (30) days’ prior
written notice thereof and (ii) delivered to the Administrative
Agent all financing statements, instruments and other documents
requested by the Administrative Agent in connection with such
change or relocation.
(b)
Change in Payment Instructions to Obligors
(c)
. Except as may be required by the Administrative Agent
pursuant to Section 8.2(b) , such Seller Party will not add
or terminate any bank as a Collection Bank, or make any change in
the instructions to Obligors regarding payments to be made to any
Lock-Box or Collection Account, unless the Administrative 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
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.
(c)
Modifications to Contracts and Credit and Collection Policy
. Such Seller Party will not, and will not permit
Originator or any Original Seller 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(d) , Servicer will not, and will not permit
Originator or any Original Seller 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.
(d)
Sales, Liens . Seller will not sell, assign (by
operation of law or otherwise) or otherwise dispose of, or grant
any option with respect to, or create or suffer to exist any
Adverse Claim upon (including, without limitation, the filing of
any financing statement) or with respect to, any Receivable,
Related Security 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 Administrative Agent for the
benefit of the Agents and the Purchasers provided for herein), and
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