Exhibit 99.1
EXECUTION COPY
WAIVER AND FIRST AMENDMENT
TO
AMENDED AND RESTATED RECEIVABLES
SALE AGREEMENT
This WAIVER AND FIRST AMENDMENT TO
AMENDED AND RESTATED RECEIVABLES SALE AGREEMENT dated as of March
31, 2005 (this “ Amendment ”) is entered into
among SIRVA RELOCATION CREDIT, LLC, as Seller, SIRVA RELOCATION LLC
(“ SIRVA Relo ”) and EXECUTIVE RELOCATION
CORPORATION (“ Executive Relo ”), as Servicers
and Originators, GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION and
LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“ LaSalle
”), as Purchasers, and LaSalle, as Agent (in such capacity,
the “ Agent ”).
RECITALS
A.
The Seller, the Servicers, the
Purchasers and the Agent are parties to that certain Amended and
Restated Receivables Sale Agreement dated as of December 23, 2004
(the “ Receivables Sale Agreement ”).
B.
The parties wish to amend the
Receivables Sale Agreement as hereinafter set forth.
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:
1.
Certain Defined Terms
. Capitalized terms which are
used herein without definition and that are defined in the
Receivables Sale Agreement shall have the same meanings herein as
in the Receivables Sale Agreement, as amended by this
Amendment.
2.
Amendments to Receivables Sale
Agreement . The
Receivables Sale Agreement is hereby amended as follows:
(a)
No Initial Lock-Box
Agreements .
Section 1.8(a) of the Receivables Sale Agreement is hereby amended
so that the second and third sentences thereof read in their
entirety as follows:
The Servicers have given, or will
give, written directions to each Included Employer and each
Origination Home Closing Agent, no later than February 15,
2005 (or, if later, the date on which such Person becomes an
Included Employer or otherwise becomes obligated to remit any
amounts in respect of the Receivables), to remit all amounts due in
respect of the Receivables to the Collection Account;
provided that if the Seller or a Servicer shall receive any
Collections, it shall remit such Collections to the Collection
Account within three Business Days of such receipt.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to March 31, 2005,
Collections relating to Receivables originated by Executive Relo
may be sent to the BofA Box/Account, provided that (i) no checks
received by BofA shall be deposited, but shall instead be sent in
the form received to the Agent for deposit in the Collection
Account, (ii) all amounts deposited to
the BofA Box/Account by wire
transfer shall be remitted to the Agent by BofA no later than the
Business Day following BofA’s receipt thereof, and (iii)
prior to February 15, 2005, Executive Relo shall have instructed
all related Included Employers to send all Collections relating to
Receivables originated by Executive Relo to the Collection
Account.”.
The second sentence of Section
3.2(a), the first sentence of Section 5.1(i) and the first sentence
of Section 5.3(h) of the Receivables Sale Agreement are each hereby
amended and restated to read as follows:
Subject to Section 1.8(a), the
Servicers will give written directions to each Included Employer
and each Origination Home Closing Agent, no later than
February 15, 2005 (or, if later, the date on which such Person
becomes obligated to remit any amounts in respect of the
Receivables), to remit all amounts due in respect of the
Receivables to the Collection Account; provided that if the
Seller or a Servicer shall receive any Collections, it shall remit
such Collections to the Collection Account within three Business
Days of such receipt.
(b)
Additional Included
Employers . Article
1 of the Receivables Sale Agreement is hereby amended by adding
thereto the following Section 1.9:
Section 1.9. Additional
Included Employers and Eligible Relocation Services
Agreements. Schedule III to the Receivables Sale
Agreement may be amended from time to time at the request of the
Seller and the Originators with the consent of the Agent to add an
additional Employer and Relocation Services Agreement as an
Included Employer and an Eligible Relocation Services Agreement,
provided that (i) the Agent has received a complete and
correct copy of the related Relocation Services Agreement
(including, without limitation, all exhibits, schedules, amendments
and addenda thereto), (ii) the related Relocation Services
Agreement is in a form substantially similar to one or more
Relocation Services Agreements from which Eligible Receivables have
arisen prior to February 28, 2005 and otherwise is in form and
substance satisfactory to the Agent, (iii) such additional Included
Employer provides a written consent to the assignments under the
Transaction Documents in a form substantially similar to the form
of consent obtained from one or more Eligible Employers prior to
February 28, 2005 and otherwise in form and substance satisfactory
to the Agent prior to Schedule III being amended to add such
additional Included Employer, ( provided that in the case of
additional Included Employers added pursuant to Section 2(n) of the
First Amendment, such consents shall be provided no later than May
31, 2005) (iv) all necessary approvals and releases with respect to
the conveyance of the Receivables arising under such related
Relocation Services Agreement have been obtained and are in form
and substance satisfactory to the Agent, (v) such additional
Included Employer otherwise meets the criteria set forth in the
definition of “Eligible Employer”, (vi) such
related Relocation Services Agreement otherwise meets
the
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criteria set forth in the definition
of “Eligible Relocation Services Agreement”, and (vii)
such additional Included Employer is acceptable to the
Agent.”
(c)
Collections
. Section 1.8 of the
Receivables Sale Agreement is hereby amended by adding the
following new clause (g) at the end thereof:
“(g)
If at any time Servicer shall have
notified the Agent that a portion of the funds deposited into the
Collection Account do not constitute the Collections or other
proceeds of the Receivables, and shall have provided to the Agent
such other information or verification as the Agent shall request
with respect thereto, the Agent shall instruct LaSalle to remit the
amount of such funds to the Seller from collected funds then on
deposit in the Collection Account.”
(d)
Reporting . The following changes are hereby made
with respect to reporting:
(i)
Section 5.2 of the Receivables Sale
Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the word “and”
at the end of Section 5.2(a)(ii), by renumbering Section
5.2(a)(iii) as Section 5.2(a)(iv) and adding the following new
clause above Section 5.2(a)(iv):
“(iii)
Monthly Reports.
As soon as available, but in any
event not later than the 30 th day following the end of
each of the monthly periods of each fiscal year of the Master
Servicer, the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Master
Servicer and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such
month and the related unaudited consolidated statements of income
and of cash flows of the Master Servicer and its consolidated
Subsidiaries for such month and the portion of the fiscal year
through the end of such month, setting forth in each case in
comparative form the figures for the corresponding period of the
previous fiscal year, certified by a Designated Financial Officer
of the Master Servicer as being (A) fairly stated in all
material respects, (B) complete and correct in all material
respects in conformity with GAAP, and (C) prepared in
reasonable detail in accordance with GAAP applied consistently
throughout the periods reflected therein and with prior periods
(subject to normal year end audit and other adjustments);
and”.
(ii)
Section 5.3 of the Receivables Sale
Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the word “and”
at the end of Section 5.3(a)(ii), by renumbering
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Section 5.3(a)(iii) as Section
5.3(a)(v) and inserting before such clause the following new
clauses above Section 5.3(a)(v):
“(iii)
Monthly Reports.
As soon as available, but in any
event not later than the 30 th day following the end of
each of the monthly periods of each fiscal year of the Subservicer,
the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Subservicer and its
consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such month and the
related unaudited consolidated statements of income and of cash
flows of the Subservicer and its consolidated Subsidiaries for such
month and the portion of the fiscal year through the end of such
month, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures
for the corresponding period of the previous fiscal year, certified
by a Designated Financial Officer of the Subservicer as being
(A) fairly stated in all material respects, (B) complete
and correct in all material respects in conformity with GAAP, and
(C) prepared in reasonable detail in accordance with GAAP
applied consistently throughout the periods reflected therein and
with prior periods (subject to normal year end audit and other
adjustments);
“(iv)
Historical Financial
Statements. No
later than the fifth Business Day after the 180th day following the
end of the 2004 fiscal year of SIRVA, Inc., (A) the audited
financial statements of the Subservicer for the year ended
December 31, 2003 and (B) the unaudited financial statements
of the Subservicer for nine month periods ended September 30,
2003 and September 31, 2004; and”.
(iii)
Sections 5.2 and 5.3 of the
Receivables Sale Agreement are hereby further amended by deleting
the word “or” at the end of clause (b)(v) thereof, by
renumbering clause (b)(vi) thereof as clause (b)(vii) thereof and
inserting the following new clause (b)(vi):
“(vi)
Allegations of
Misconduct . The
allegation by a Governmental Authority or Responsible Person that
(other than as disclosed by the Servicers to the Purchasers in the
supplement to the Fee Letter delivered in connection with the First
Amendment) the adjustments described in the definition of Specified
Adjustment result from fraud, misconduct or similar circumstances;
or”.
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(e)
Deletion of Aged Receivables
Ratio . Schedule I
to the Receivables Sale Agreement is hereby amended by deleting
therefrom the definition of “Aged Receivables
Ratio”.
(f)
Definition of Applicable Base
Margin . The
definition of “Applicable Base Margin” in Schedule I to
the Receivables Sale Agreement is hereby amended and restated to
read as follows:
“ Applicable Base
Margin ” means (i) with respect to the period following
the date of the First Amendment to and including December 31,
2005, 1.25% with respect to the Prime Rate and 2.25% with respect
to the Eurodollar Rate, and (ii) at any time thereafter the
percentage set forth below opposite the Consolidated Leverage Ratio
most recently reported by Parent and its Subsidiaries under the
SIRVA Credit Agreement, as such agreement is in effect on the date
hereof; provided that if and for so long as such Consolidated
Leverage Ratio has not been so reported, the Applicable Base Margin
shall be as set forth in clause (i) above.
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Consolidated Leverage Ratio
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Prime
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Eurodollar Rate
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Greater than or equal to
2.75
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1.25%
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2.25%
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greater than or equal to 1.75 and
less than 2.75
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1.00%
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2.00%
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less than 1.75
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0.75%
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1.75%
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(g)
Definition of Defaulted
Receivable . The
definition of “Defaulted Receivable” in Schedule I to
the Receivables Sale Agreement is hereby amended and restated to
read as follows:
“ Defaulted
Receivable” means any Receivable (a) as to which the
Disqualification Date has occurred, (b) any Obligor of which has
ceased to be an Eligible Employer, provided that this clause (b)
shall not apply to Employers to the extent (and only to the extent)
they cease to be Eligible Employers as a result of being listed on
Schedule I to the First Amendment, or (c) is a
Charge-Off.
(h)
Inclusion of SIRVA Relo
Miscellaneous Receivables . Schedule I to the Receivables Sale
Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the parenthetical phrase
“(with respect to Receivables originated by Executive
Relo)” from clause (vi) of the definition of “Eligible
Receivables,” and by deleting the phrase “originated by
Executive Relo” from the definition of “Miscellaneous
Receivable”.
(i)
Additional Eligibility
Criteria . The
definition of “Eligible Receivables” in Schedule I to
the Receivables Sale Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the
word “and” at the end of clause (xiv) thereof,
replacing the period at the end of clause (xv) with “;”
adding the following new clauses:
“(xvi) with respect to any
Unbilled Miscellaneous Receivable, such Receivable has been
originated by Executive Relo and is owed by an Obligor that was
included in Schedule III as such Schedule was in
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effect on December 23, 2004;
provided, however, that no Unbilled Miscellaneous Receivable may be
an Eligible Receivable after May 30, 2005 unless the
Reconciliation Conditions shall have been satisfied on or prior to
May 31, 2005 and shall continue to be satisfied;
and
(xvii) with respect to a Receivable
related to any Included Employer, such Receivable is of a type
shown to be a permitted Eligible Receivable opposite the name of
such Employer in Schedule III hereto.”
In addition, clause (viii) of such definition of
“Eligible Receivable” is amended by renumbering clause
(D) thereof to be clause (E) and inserting the following new clause
(D):
“(D)
in the case of such Eligible
Relocation Services Agreement, is completely and accurately
described in Schedule III ,”.
(j)
Permitted Exceptions
. The definition of
“Permitted Exceptions” in Schedule I to the Receivables
Sale Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating clause
(iv)(B) thereof to read as follows:
“(B)
if applicable, the
Originat