REVOLVING CREDIT
AGREEMENT
This REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT , dated
as of September 25, 2009, is entered into by and among PAGE FOUR
FUNDING LLC , a Delaware limited liability company (the "
Borrower "), CONSUMER PORTFOLIO SERVICES, INC., a
California corporation, (" CPS "), and FORTRESS CREDIT
CORP. (" Fortress "), as Administrative Agent (in such
capacity, the " Administrative Agent "), Collateral Agent
(in such capacity, the " Collateral Agent ") and as
Lender.
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, the Lender has agreed to extend a
credit facility (the " Facility ") to the Borrower,
consisting of up to $50,000,000 aggregate principal amount of
Revolving Commitments, the proceeds of which will be used by the
Borrower to acquire Receivables and to pay fees and expenses
related to the foregoing; and
WHEREAS, the Borrower has agreed to secure all
of its Obligations by granting to the Collateral Agent, for the
benefit of the Secured Parties, a first priority Lien on all of its
assets;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises
and the agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
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1.
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
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1.1.
Definitions
. The following terms
used herein, including in the preamble, recitals, exhibits and
schedules hereto, shall have the following meanings:
" Act " as defined in Section
4.22.
" Adjusted LIBOR Rate " means, for any
Interest Period for any LIBOR Rate Loan made or continued during
such Interest Period, the per annum rate equal to the greater of
(i) 2.00% per annum and (ii)(x) the rate per annum (rounded to the
nearest 1/100 of 1%) equal to the rate determined by the
Administrative Agent to be the offered rate which appears on the
page of the Reuters Screen which displays an average British
Bankers Association Interest Settlement Rate (such page currently
being Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page) for deposits (for delivery on
the first day of such period) for a one-month period in Dollars,
determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) on
the related Interest Rate Reset Date, or (y) in the event the rate
referenced in the preceding clause (x) does not appear on such page
or service or if such page or service shall cease to be available,
the rate per annum (rounded to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) equal to
the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the offered
rate on such other page or other service which displays an average
British Bankers Association Interest Settlement Rate for deposits
(for delivery on the first day of such period) for a one-month
period in Dollars, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m.
(London, England time) on the related Interest Rate Reset Date, or
(z) in the event the rates referenced in the preceding clauses (x)
and (y) are not available, the rate per annum (rounded to the
nearest 1/100 of 1%) equal to the offered quotation rate to first
class banks in the London interbank market for deposits (for
delivery on the first day of the relevant period) in Dollars of
amounts in same day funds comparable to the principal amount of the
applicable Revolving Loan for which the Adjusted LIBOR Rate is then
being
determined with
maturities equal to a one-month period as of approximately 11:00
a.m. (London, England time) on such Interest Rate Reset
Date.
" Adjusted Tangible Net Worth " means,
with respect to any fiscal quarter, the total shareholders’
equity of the Servicer and its consolidated Subsidiaries that, in
accordance with GAAP, is reflected on the consolidated balance
sheet of the Servicer and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the
end of such fiscal quarter, minus the amount equal to the
net deferred tax assets of the Servicer and its consolidated
Subsidiaries reflected on such consolidated balance sheet,
plus the amount equal to the net deferred tax assets of the
Servicer and its consolidated Subsidiaries reflected on the
consolidated balance sheet of the Servicer and its consolidated
Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2008 (which amount is $52,727,000),
minus the aggregate amount of the Servicer’s and its
consolidated Subsidiaries’ intangible assets, including
without limitation, goodwill, franchises, licenses, patents,
trademarks, tradenames, copyrights and service marks.
" Administrative Agent " as defined in
the preamble hereto.
" Adverse Proceeding " means, with
respect to any Person, any action, suit, proceeding (whether
administrative, judicial or otherwise), governmental investigation
or arbitration (whether or not purportedly on behalf of such
Person) at law or in equity, or before or by any Governmental
Authority, domestic or foreign, whether pending or, to the
knowledge of such Person, threatened against or affecting such
Person or its properties.
" Affected Loans " as defined in Section
2.14(b).
" Affiliate " means, as applied to any
Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling
(including any member of senior management of such Person),
controlled by, or under common control with, that Person. For the
purposes of this definition, " control " (including, with
correlative meanings, the terms " controlling, " "
controlled by " and " under common control with "),
as applied to any Person, means the possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power (a) to vote 20% or more of the Securities
having ordinary voting power for the election of directors of such
Person or (b) to direct or cause the direction of the management
and policies of that Person, whether through the ownership of
voting securities or by contract or otherwise.
" Agent " means each of the
Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent.
" Agreement " means this Revolving Credit
Agreement, dated as of September 25, 2009, as it may be amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance
with the terms hereof.
" Allowed Financing " as defined in
Section 9.22.
" Annualized Third Party Fee Rate "
means, with respect to any Collection Period, a per annum
percentage equal to a fraction (a) the numerator of which is equal
to sum of (i) the aggregate amount paid to the Custodian with
respect to the Custodian Fees for such Collection Period, (ii) the
aggregate amount paid to the Backup Servicer with respect to the
Backup Servicing Fee for such Collection Period and (iii) the
aggregate amount paid to the Controlled Account Bank with respect
to the Controlled
Account Bank
Fee, and (b) the denominator of which is the aggregate principal
balance of the Eligible Receivables as of the first day of such
Collection Period.
" Applicable Margin " as defined in the
Fee Letter.
" APR " means, with respect to a
Receivable, the annual percentage rate of finance charges stated in
such Receivable; provided that if the annual percentage rate
with respect to such Receivable, is reduced as a result of (i) an
insolvency proceeding involving the related Obligor or (ii)
pursuant to the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, the APR shall
refer to such reduced rate.
" Assignment Agreement " means an
Assignment and Assumption Agreement substantially in the form of
Exhibit D , with such amendments or modifications as may be
approved by the Administrative Agent.
" Authorized Officer " means, as applied
to any Person, any individual holding the position of chairman of
the board (if an officer), chief executive officer, president or
one of its vice presidents (or the equivalent thereof), and such
Person's chief financial officer or treasurer.
" Average Delinquency Rate " means, with
respect to any Vintage Pool and any Reporting Date, the
arithmetic average of the Delinquency Rate for each of the three
(3) Collection Periods immediately preceding the month in which
such Reporting Date occurs.
" Average Elapsed Period " means, with
respect to any Vintage Pool and any Reporting Date, the number of
months elapsed between (x) the first day of the second month of the
applicable calendar quarter of origination with respect to such
Vintage Pool and (y) the first day of the month in which such
Reporting Date occurs.
" Average Maximum Advance Rate " means,
with respect to any date of determination, the weighted average of
the Maximum Advance Rates for the Eligible Receivables as of the
last calculation of the Borrowing Base.
" Average Repossession Rate " means, with
respect to any Reporting Date, the arithmetic average of the
Repossession Rate for each of the three (3) Collection Periods
immediately preceding the month in which such Reporting Date
occurs.
" Backup Servicer " means Wells Fargo
Bank, National Association, or any independent third party selected
by the Administrative Agent, in its reasonable discretion, to
perform monitoring functions with respect to the
Receivables.
" Backup Servicing Agreement " means that
certain Backup Servicing Agreement, dated as of September 25, 2009,
by and among the Backup Servicer, the Servicer and Fortress, as
Controlling Party, as may be further amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time.
" Backup Servicing Fees " as defined in
the Backup Servicing Agreement.
" Bankruptcy Code " means Title 11
of the United States Code entitled " Bankruptcy, " as now
and hereafter in effect, or any successor statute.
" Base Rate " means, for any day, a rate
per annum equal to the greater of (i) the Prime Rate in effect on
such day, and (ii) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on
such day plus ½ of 1%. Any change in the Base
Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds
Effective Rate shall be effective on the effective day of such
change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate,
respectively.
" Base Rate Loan " means a Revolving Loan
bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Base
Rate.
" Borrower " as defined in the preamble
hereto.
" Borrowing Base " means, subject to
Section 2.18(a), as of any date of determination, the sum
of:
(a) the Maximum
Advance for such date; plus
(b) the aggregate
amount then on deposit in the Collection Account;
minus
(c) all interest,
fees, expenses (exclusive of legal fees and expenses) and
indemnification amounts with respect to the Facility payable on the
immediately succeeding Settlement Date.
" Borrowing Base Certificate " means a
certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit C ,
executed by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower and delivered to
the Collateral Agent and the Administrative Agent, which sets forth
the calculation of the Borrowing Base, including a calculation of
each component thereof.
" Borrowing Base Deficiency " means the
amount (if any) by which the Total Utilization of Revolving
Commitments exceeds the lesser of (a) the Revolving Commitments
then in effect and (b) the Borrowing Base. For the
avoidance of doubt, a "Borrowing Base Deficiency" shall be deemed
to exist at any time following the occurrence and continuance of an
Event of Default, to the extent that any deficiency balance exists
with respect to the Obligations remaining due and payable by the
Borrower.
" Borrowing Base Guaranty " means that
certain Guaranty dated as of September 25, 2009 by CPS in favor of
the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Lender, as may be
further amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in
accordance with the terms thereof.
" Business Day " means (a) any day
excluding Saturday, Sunday and any day which is a legal holiday
under the laws of the State of New York, the State of Minnesota or
the State of California or is a day on which banking institutions
located in either such state are authorized or required by law or
other governmental action to close, and (b) with respect to all
notices, determinations, fundings and payments in connection with
the Adjusted LIBOR Rate or any LIBOR Rate Loans, the term "
Business Day " shall mean any day which is a Business Day
described in clause (a) and which is also a day for trading by and
between banks in Dollar deposits in the London interbank
market.
" Capital Lease " means, as applied to
any Person, any lease of any property (whether real, personal or
mixed) by that Person (a) as lessee that, in conformity with GAAP,
is or should be accounted for as a capital lease on the balance
sheet of that Person or (b) as lessee which is a transaction of a
type commonly known as a " synthetic lease " (i.e., a
transaction that is treated as an operating lease for accounting
purposes but with respect to which payments of rent are intended to
be treated as payments of principal and interest on a loan for
Federal income tax purposes).
" Capital Stock " means any and all
shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however
designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all
equivalent ownership interests in a Person (other than a
corporation), including, without limitation, partnership interests
and membership interests, and any and all warrants, rights or
options to purchase or other arrangements or rights to acquire any
of the foregoing.
" Cash " means money, currency or a
credit balance in any demand or deposit account.
" Cash Equivalents " means, as at any
date of determination, (a) marketable securities (i) issued or
directly and unconditionally guaranteed as to interest and
principal by the United States Government, or (ii) issued by any
agency of the United States the obligations of which are backed by
the full faith and credit of the United States, in each case
maturing within one (1) year after such date; (b) marketable direct
obligations issued by any state of the United States of America or
any political subdivision of any such state or any public
instrumentality thereof, in each case maturing within one (1) year
after such date and having, at the time of the acquisition thereof,
a rating of at least A-1 from S&P or at least P-1 from Moody's;
(c) commercial paper maturing no more than one (1) year from
the date of creation thereof and having, at the time of the
acquisition thereof, a rating of at least A-1 from S&P or at
least P-1 from Moody's; (d) certificates of deposit or bankers'
acceptances maturing within one (1) year after such date and issued
or accepted by the Lender or by any commercial bank organized under
the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof or
the District of Columbia that (i) is at least " adequately
capitalized " (as defined in the regulations of its primary
Federal banking regulator), and (ii) has Tier 1 capital (as defined
in such regulations) of not less than $100,000,000; and (e) shares
of any money market mutual fund that (i) has substantially all of
its assets invested continuously in the types of investments
referred to in clauses (a) and (b) above, (ii) has net assets of
not less than $500,000,000, and (iii) has the highest rating
obtainable from either S&P or Moody's.
" Change of Control " means, at any time,
(i) with respect to the Borrower, CPS shall cease to beneficially
own and control 100% on a fully diluted basis of the economic and
voting interest in the Capital Stock of the Borrower and (ii) with
respect to CPS, the acquisition by any Person, or two (2) or more
Persons acting in concert, of beneficial ownership (within the
meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the Securities and Exchange Commission
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) of outstanding shares of
voting stock of CPS, as applicable, at any time if after giving
effect to such acquisition such Person or Persons owns fifty
percent (50%) or more of such outstanding voting stock.
" Charge-Off Receivable " means any
Receivable (or any other automobile receivable acquired or
originated by the Originator) with respect to which the earlier of
any of the following
shall have
occurred (without duplication): (i) the Receivable has been
liquidated by the Servicer through the sale of the Financed
Vehicle, (ii) the related Obligor has failed to make a Scheduled
Receivable Payment by its due date and such failure continues for
one hundred and twenty (120) days (or, if the related Financed
Vehicle has been repossessed, two hundred and ten (210) days ),
(iii) ninety (90) days following the repossession of the related
Financed Vehicle by the Servicer, (iv) the related Obligor is
subject to a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code or other
applicable Debtor Relief Laws and the related Receivable is not a
performing contract, (v) the related Obligor is deceased, (vi)
proceeds have been received which, in the Servicer's good faith
judgment, constitute the final amounts recoverable in respect of
such Receivable, or (vii) the Servicer has otherwise determined, in
accordance with its Collection Policy, that the related Receivable
should be charged-off.
" Closing Date " means the date on which
the initial Revolving Loans are made.
" Closing Date Certificate " means a
Closing Date Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit
E-1 .
" Closing Date Material Adverse Change "
means a material adverse change in (i) the business operations,
assets, condition (financial or otherwise), liabilities or
prospects of any Credit Party or the Originator, since August 31,
2009; (ii) the ability of the Borrower to fully and timely perform
its material Obligations under any of the Credit Documents to which
it is a party, or the legality, validity, binding effect, or
enforceability against the Borrower of any such Credit Documents;
or (iii) the ability of CPS to fully and timely perform its
material obligations under the Credit Documents to which it is a
party, or the legality, validity, binding effect, or enforceability
against CPS of any such Credit Documents.
" Collateral " means, collectively, all
of the real, personal and mixed property in which Liens are
purported to be granted pursuant to the Collateral Documents as
security for the Obligations.
" Collateral Agent " as defined in the
preamble hereto.
" Collateral Documents " means the
Security Agreement, the Control Agreements and all other
instruments, documents and agreements delivered by any Credit Party
pursuant to this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents in
order to grant to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured
Parties, a Lien on any real, personal or mixed property of that
Credit Party, as the case may be, as security for the
Obligations.
" Collateral Receipt and Exception Report
" as defined in the Custodial Agreement.
" Collection Account " as defined in the
Security Agreement.
" Collection Period " means, (i) with
respect to the initial Settlement Date, the period beginning on the
Closing Date and ending on the last day of the immediately
preceding calendar month and (ii) with respect to any other
Settlement Date, the immediately preceding calendar
month.
" Collection Policy " as defined in the
Servicing Agreement.
" Collections " means all collections on
the Receivables, including, without limitation, all Scheduled
Receivable Payments, all non-scheduled payments, all prepayments,
all late fees, all other fees, all insurance proceeds, all
Liquidation Proceeds, all Recoveries, all payments received under
any Interest Rate Agreement, investment earnings, rental payments,
residual proceeds, payments received under any personal guaranty
with respect to a Receivable and all other payments received with
respect to the Receivables, but excluding sales and property tax
payments.
" Contractual Obligation " means, as
applied to any Person, any provision of any Security issued by that
Person or of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, contract,
undertaking, agreement or other instrument to which that Person is
a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound or to
which it or any of its properties is subject.
" Control Agreements " means,
collectively, the Lockbox Control Agreement and the Controlled
Account Control Agreement.
" Controlled Account " as defined in
Section 2.11(a).
" Controlled Account Bank " means
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, in its capacity as account
bank under the Controlled Account Control Agreement, and its
successors and assigns.
" Controlled Account Bank Fee " as
defined in the Controlled Account Control Agreement.
" Controlled Account Control Agreement "
as defined in the Security Agreement.
" CPS " means Consumer Portfolio
Services, Inc., a California corporation.
" Credit Date " means the date of a
Credit Extension.
" Credit Document " means any of (a) this
Agreement, the Fee Letter, the Revolving Loan Notes, if any, the
Collateral Documents, the Related Agreements, the Warrants, the
Borrowing Base Guaranty and the Limited Guaranty and (b) all other
documents, instruments or agreements executed and delivered by a
Credit Party for the benefit of any Agent or the Lender in
connection herewith.
" Credit Extension " means the making of
a Revolving Loan.
" Credit Party " means the Borrower and
CPS.
" Credit Score " means the applicable
credit score, for each primary Obligor, as determined by Equifax,
Inc. or a comparable credit bureau.
" Cumulative Net Loss Rate " means, as of
any Reporting Date and with respect to any Vintage Pool, a rate,
expressed as a percentage equal to a fraction, (I) the numerator of
which is the Cumulative Net Losses with respect to all
automobile receivables acquired or originated by the Originator in
the related Vintage Pool and (II) the denominator of which is the
aggregate
principal
balance of all automobile receivables acquired or originated by the
Originator in the related Vintage Pool at the time of origination
or acquisition by the Originator; provided that, if any sale or
securitization of receivables by the Originator occurs on a
servicing released basis, the Originator and the Administrative
Agent shall negotiate in good faith to amend the calculation of
Cumulative Net Loss Rate if such sale or securitization results in
an inability to calculate the Cumulative Net Loss Rate because of
lack of information upon which to make such calculation.
" Cumulative Net Losses " means, as of
any date of determination and with respect to any Vintage Pool, the
aggregate cumulative principal amount of automobile receivables
acquired or originated by the Originator that have become
Charge-Off Receivables during the period beginning on the
applicable date of origination through the end of the Collection
Period immediately preceding the month in which such date of
determination occurs, net of all Net Liquidation Proceeds with
respect to such receivables as of the end of the Collection Period
immediately preceding the month in which such date of determination
occurs.
" Custodial Agreement " means that
certain Custodial and Collateral Agency Agreement dated as of
September 25, 2009 by and among the Borrower, the Servicer,
Custodian and the Collateral Agent, as may be further amended,
modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the
terms thereof.
" Custodian " means Wells Fargo Bank,
National Association, in its capacity as custodian under the
Custodial Agreement, or any successor thereto acceptable to the
Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.
" Custodian Fee " as defined in the
Custodial Agreement.
" Custodian Fee and Expenses " as defined
in the Custodial Agreement.
" Dealer " means, with respect to a
Receivable, the seller of the related Financed Vehicle, who
originated and assigned such Receivable to the Originator pursuant
to a Dealer Agreement.
" Dealer Agreement " means each agreement
between a Dealer and the Originator pursuant to which such Dealer
assigned, sold or otherwise conveyed a Receivable to the
Originator.
" Debtor Relief Laws " means the
Bankruptcy Code, and all other applicable liquidation,
conservatorship, bankruptcy, moratorium, rearrangement,
receivership, insolvency, reorganization, suspension of payments,
readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets, assignment for the
benefit of creditors or similar debtor relief laws of the United
States, any state or any foreign country from time to time in
effect, affecting the rights of creditors generally or the rights
of creditors of banks.
" Default " means a condition or event
that, after notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute an
Event of Default.
" Default Rate " means the interest rate
provided in Section 2.6.
" Defaulted Receivable " means, with
respect to any date of determination, a Receivable with respect to
which the earliest of any of the following shall have
occurred: (i) the related Obligor has failed to make the
first periodic payment within thirty (30) days following the last
day of the calendar month during which such Receivable's first
payment was due under the terms of such Receivable, (ii) the
related Obligor has failed to make any Scheduled Receivable Payment
by its due date and such failure continues for one hundred and
twenty (120) days, (iii) the Servicer has repossessed the related
Financed Vehicle (and any applicable redemption period has expired)
(iv) such Receivable is in default and the Servicer has determined
in good faith that payments thereunder are not likely to be resumed
or (v) such Receivable is a Charge-off Receivable.
" Delinquency Rate " means, with respect
to any date of determination and any Vintage Pool, a rate,
expressed as a percentage, equal to a fraction (I) the numerator of
which is the aggregate outstanding principal balance of all
automobile receivables acquired or originated by the Originator in
such Vintage Pool that are Delinquent Receivables as of the last
day of the most recently ended Collection Period and (II) the
denominator of which is the aggregate outstanding principal balance
of all automobile receivables acquired or originated by the
Originator in such Vintage Pool as of the last day of the most
recently ended Collection Period; provided that, if any sale or
securitization of receivables by the Originator occurs on a
servicing released basis, the Originator and the Administrative
Agent shall negotiate in good faith to amend the calculation of
Delinquency Rate if such sale or securitization results in an
inability to calculate the Delinquency Rate because of lack of
information upon which to make such calculation.
" Delinquent Receivable " means, with
respect to any date of determination, a Receivable (or any other
automobile receivable acquired or originated by the Originator)
with respect to which the related Obligor is more than
thirty (30) days but less than one hundred and twenty (120) days
past due with respect to 10% or more of a Scheduled Receivable
Payment.
" Depository Institution " means,
collectively, any "depository institution" or any "subsidiary" of a
depository institution, as such terms are defined in the Federal
Deposit Insurance Act of 1950, as amended to date.
" Dollars " and the sign " $ "
mean the lawful money of the United States of America.
" Effective Advance Rate " means a
fraction (i) the numerator of which is equal to the Total
Utilization of Revolving Commitments and (ii) the denominator of
which is the aggregate principal balance of all Eligible
Receivables.
" Eligible Dealer " means a Dealer that
satisfies the following criteria: (a) the related Dealer Agreement
provides for full recourse to the Dealer in the event of any fraud
or misrepresentation on the part of the Dealer, (b) to the extent
applicable, the Dealer has obtained all applicable Governmental
Authorizations, and (c) the Dealer otherwise qualifies as an
"Eligible Dealer" in accordance with the Underwriting
Policies.
" Eligible Hedge Counterparty " means (i)
the Lender or any of its Affiliates or (ii) any party that enters
into an Interest Rate Agreement with the Borrower; provided
, that such hedge
counterparty
must maintain long term senior unsecured debt ratings of "A" and
"A2" by S&P and Moody's, respectively, and be otherwise
acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
" Eligible Obligor " means an Obligor
that (a) is not currently in bankruptcy, (b) is not a party to more
than one (1) installment loan contract with the Originator or any
of its Affiliates, (c) is not an employee, or affiliated with any
employee of, the Originator or any of its Affiliates and (d) is
domiciled in the United States.
" Eligible Receivable " means a
Receivable with respect to which the Eligibility Criteria are
satisfied as of any date of determination.
" Eligibility Criteria" means the
criteria set forth on Appendix B.
" ERISA " means the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and any
successor thereto.
" Event of Default " means any of the
conditions or events set forth in Section 7.1.
" Excess Concentration Amounts " means,
each of the amounts set forth on Appendix C hereto, which amounts
shall be excluded from the calculation of the aggregate unpaid
principal balance of Eligible Receivables.
" Excess Interest Rate " means, with
respect to any Collection Period, a rate equal to (i) the weighted
average APR of the Eligible Receivables, minus (ii) the
Servicing Fee Rate, minus (iii) the Annualized Third Party
Fee Rate, minus (iv) the product of (x) the applicable
Interest Rate for such Collection Period ( provided , that,
in the event the Interest Rate is determined by reference to the
Base Rate, the Interest Rate for a Collection Period shall be the
weighted average of the Base Rates in effect during such Collection
Period) and (y) the Effective Advance Rate.
" Excess Spread Account Amounts " means
amounts, if any, in the Spread Account in excess of the Required
Spread Account Amount on any date of determination.
" Exchange Act " means the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended to the date hereof and from time
to time hereafter, and any successor statute.
" Exclusivity Covenant " as defined in
Section 9.22.
" Facility " as defined in the preamble
hereto.
" Federal Funds Effective Rate " means
for any day, the rate per annum (expressed, as a decimal, rounded
upwards, if necessary, to the next higher 1/100 of 1%) equal to the
weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds
transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by
Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York on the next succeeding Business Day;
provided , (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the
Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day shall be such rate on
such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so
published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such
rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the
Federal
Funds Effective
Rate for such day shall be the average rate charged to Fortress on
such day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative
Agent.
" Fee Letter " means the letter
agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the
Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lender, the Borrower and
CPS.
" Final Bid " as defined in Section
9.22.
" Financed Vehicle " means a new or used
automobile, van, minivan, sport utility vehicle or light duty
truck, together with all accessions thereto, securing an Obligor's
indebtedness under a Receivable.
" Fiscal Quarter " means, with respect to
a particular Fiscal Year, a fiscal quarter corresponding to such
Fiscal Year.
" Fiscal Year " means for the Borrower,
any consecutive twelve-month period commencing on the date
following the last day of the previous Fiscal Year and ending on
December 31.
" Fortress " as defined in the Preamble
hereto.
" Fortress Affiliate Lender " as defined
in Section 9.6(j).
" Funding Notice " means a notice
substantially in the form of Exhibit A .
" Funding Termination Event " means the
occurrence of either of the following: (i) the
Originator makes any material change to the Underwriting Guidelines
without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent or
(ii) any two (2) Key Employees cease to be involved in the
day-to-day operations of the Originator or are unable to work for
three (3) consecutive months and are not replaced by successors
acceptable to the Administrative Agent within sixty (60)
days.
" GAAP " means, subject to the
limitations on the application thereof set forth in Section 1.2,
United States generally accepted accounting principles in effect as
of the date of determination thereof.
" Governmental Authority " means any
federal, state, municipal, national or other government,
governmental department, commission, board, bureau, court, agency
or instrumentality or political subdivision thereof or any entity
or officer exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory
or administrative functions of or pertaining to any government or
any court, in each case whether associated with a state of the
United States, the United States, or a foreign entity or
government.
" Governmental Authorization " means any
permit, license, authorization, plan, directive, consent order or
consent decree of or from any Governmental Authority.
" Grantor " as defined in the Security
Agreement.
" Highest Lawful Rate " means the maximum
lawful interest rate, if any, that at any time or from time to time
may be contracted for, charged, or received under the laws
applicable to the Lender which are presently in effect or, to the
extent allowed by law, under such applicable laws which may
hereafter be in effect and which allow a higher maximum nonusurious
interest rate than applicable laws now allow.
" Indebtedness, " as applied to any
Person, means, without duplication, (a) all indebtedness for
borrowed money; (b) that portion of obligations with respect
to Capital Leases that is properly classified as a liability on a
balance sheet in conformity with GAAP; (c) notes payable and
drafts accepted representing extensions of credit whether or not
representing obligations for borrowed money; (d) any
obligation owed for all or any part of the deferred purchase price
of property or services (excluding any such obligations incurred
under ERISA), which purchase price is (i) due more than six
(6) months from the date of incurrence of the obligation in respect
thereof or (ii) evidenced by a note or similar written instrument;
(e) all indebtedness secured by any Lien on any property or
asset owned or held by that Person regardless of whether the
indebtedness secured thereby shall have been assumed by that Person
or is nonrecourse to the credit of that Person; (f) the face
amount of any letter of credit issued for the account of that
Person or as to which that Person is otherwise liable for
reimbursement of drawings; (g) the direct or indirect guaranty,
endorsement (otherwise than for collection or deposit in the
ordinary course of business), co-making, discounting with recourse
or sale with recourse by such Person of the obligation of another;
(h) any obligation of such Person the primary purpose or intent of
which is to provide assurance to an obligee that the obligation of
the obligor thereof will be paid or discharged, or any agreement
relating thereto will be complied with, or the holders thereof will
be protected (in whole or in part) against loss in respect thereof;
(i) any liability of such Person for an obligation of another
through any agreement (contingent or otherwise) (A) to purchase,
repurchase or otherwise acquire such obligation or any security
therefor, or to provide funds for the payment or discharge of such
obligation (whether in the form of loans, advances, stock
purchases, capital contributions or otherwise) or (B) to maintain
the solvency or any balance sheet item, level of income or
financial condition of another if, in the case of any agreement
described under subclauses (A) or (B) of this clause (i), the
primary purpose or intent thereof is as described in clause (h)
above; and (j) all obligations of such Person in respect of any
exchange traded or over the counter derivative transaction,
including, without limitation, any Interest Rate Agreement, whether
entered into for hedging or speculative purposes; provided ,
in no event shall obligations under any Interest Rate Agreement be
deemed " Indebtedness " for any purpose under Section
6.1.
" Indemnified Liabilities " means,
collectively, any and all liabilities, obligations, losses,
damages, penalties, claims, costs, expenses and disbursements of
any kind or nature whatsoever (including the reasonable,
documented, out-of-pocket fees and disbursements of counsel for
Indemnitees in connection with any investigative, administrative or
judicial proceeding commenced by any Person, whether or not any
such Indemnitee shall be designated as a party or a potential party
thereto, and any reasonable, documented, out-of-pocket fees or
expenses incurred by Indemnitees in enforcing the indemnification
provisions of Section 9.3), whether direct, indirect or
consequential and whether based on any federal, state or foreign
laws, statutes, rules or regulations (including securities and
commercial laws, statutes, rules or regulations, on
common law or
equitable cause or on contract or otherwise) that may be imposed
on, incurred by, or asserted against any such Indemnitee, in any
manner relating to or arising out of this Agreement or the other
Credit Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby
(including the Lender's agreement to make Credit Extensions or the
use or intended use of the proceeds thereof, or any enforcement of
any of the Credit Documents (including any sale of, collection
from, or other realization upon any of the Collateral or the
enforcement of the Limited Guaranty or the Borrowing Base
Guaranty)) ; provided, however, that "Indemnified Liabilities"
shall not include any liabilities, obligations, losses, damages,
penalties, claims, costs, expenses and disbursements resulting from
credit losses on or diminution in value of Receivables or other
Collateral unless such credit loss or diminution in value was a
result of the action or inaction of the Borrower or the Servicer in
contravention of the Credit Documents.
" Indemnitee " as defined in Section
9.3(a).
" Independent Accountants " means (a)
Crowe Horwath LLP or (b) a firm of independent certified public
accountants registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight
Board and otherwise acceptable to the Administrative
Agent.
" Independent Manager " means an employee
of Lord Securities Corporation, or another natural person meeting
the qualifications set forth in Section 6.15 and otherwise
acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its sole
discretion.
" Indicative Bid " as defined in Section
9.22.
" Interest Period " means, (a) with
regard to the initial Settlement Date, the period commencing on
(and including) the Closing Date and ending on the last day of the
immediately preceding calendar month; and (b) with regard to any
other Settlement Date, the immediately preceding calendar month;
provided , no Interest Period with respect to any portion of
the Revolving Loans shall extend beyond the Revolving Commitment
Termination Date.
" Interest Rate " means, with respect to
(i) any Revolving Loan that is a LIBOR Rate Loan and any Interest
Period, the Adjusted LIBOR Rate plus the Applicable Margin for such
Interest Period and (ii) any Revolving Loan that is a Base Rate
Loan and any Interest Period, the Base Rate plus the Applicable
Margin for such Interest Period.
" Interest Rate Agreement " means any
interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest
rate collar agreement, interest rate hedging agreement or other
similar agreement or arrangement that (a) has been entered into by
the Borrower for the purpose of hedging the interest rate exposure
associated with the Borrower's operations and not for speculative
purposes, (b) is entered into with an Eligible Hedge Counterparty,
(c) is approved by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable
discretion and (d) has been collaterally assigned to the Collateral
Agent pursuant to an instrument satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent.
" Interest Rate Reset Date " means, with
respect to any Interest Period, the date that is two (2) Business
Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period.
" Internal Revenue Code " means the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended to the date hereof and
from time to time hereafter, and any successor statute.
" Investment " means (a) any direct
or indirect purchase or other acquisition by the Borrower of, or of
a beneficial interest in, any of the Securities of any other
Person; (b) any direct or indirect redemption, retirement,
purchase or other acquisition for value, from any Person, of any
Capital Stock of such Person; and (c) any direct or indirect
loan, advance or capital contributions by the Borrower to any other
Person, including all indebtedness and accounts receivable from
that other Person that are not current assets or did not arise from
sales to that other Person in the ordinary course of business. The
amount of any Investment shall be the original cost of such
Investment plus the cost of all additions thereto, without any
adjustments for increases or decreases in value, or write-ups,
write-downs or write-offs with respect to such
Investment.
" Key Employee " means each of Charles
Bradley, Jr., Robert Riedl and Chris Terry or any successor thereto
approved by the Administrative Agent in its sole
discretion.
" Lender " means Fortress and its
successors and assigns.
" LIBOR Rate Loan " means a Revolving
Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the
Adjusted LIBOR Rate and maturing on the last day of each Interest
Period (unless otherwise continued pursuant to Section
2.5).
" LIBOR Unavailability " as defined in
Section 2.14(a).
" Lien " means (a) any lien, mortgage,
pledge, assignment, security interest, charge or encumbrance of any
kind (including any agreement to give any of the foregoing, any
conditional sale or other title retention agreement, and any lease
in the nature thereof) and any option, trust or other preferential
arrangement having the practical effect of any of the foregoing and
(b) in the case of Securities, any purchase option, call or similar
right of a third party with respect to such Securities.
" Limited Guaranty " means that certain
Limited Guaranty dated as of September 25, 2009 by CPS in favor of
the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Lender, as may be
further amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in
accordance with the terms thereof.
" Liquidation Proceeds " as defined in
the Servicing Agreement.
" Lockbox Account " as defined in the
Security Agreement.
" Lockbox Control Agreement " as defined
in the Security Agreement.
" Lockbox System " as defined in Section
5.9(a)(i).
" LTV " means, with respect to any
Receivable, the ratio, at the time of origination, of (i) the
unpaid principal balance of such Receivable to (ii) the wholesale
book value of the related Financed Vehicle as set forth in the
Kelly Blue Book ®
or the NADA Official Used Car
Guide ®
.
" Margin Stock " as defined in
Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System as in effect from time to time.
" Material Adverse Effect " means, a
material adverse effect on (a) the business operations, assets,
condition (financial or otherwise), liabilities or prospects of a
Credit Party, (b) the ability of a Credit Party to fully and timely
perform its obligations under the Credit Documents (including,
without limitation, the Obligations of the Borrower); (c) the
legality, validity, binding effect, or enforceability against a
Credit Party of any Credit Document to which it is a party; or (d)
the rights, remedies and benefits available to, or conferred upon,
any Agent, the Lender or any Secured Party under any Credit
Document.
" Material Contract " means any contract
or other arrangement to which a Credit Party is a party (other than
the Credit Documents) for which breach, nonperformance,
cancellation or failure to renew could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
" Maturity Date " means the second
(2 nd ) anniversary of the Closing Date.
" Maximum Advance " means, as of any date
of determination, the lesser of (A) $50,000,000 and (B) the product
of (x) the Average Maximum Advance Rate and (y)(i) the aggregate
unpaid principal balance of the Eligible Receivables minus
(ii) any Excess Concentration Amounts.
" Maximum Advance Rate "
means,
(i) with respect to
each Receivable that is an Eligible Receivable and is not a
Delinquent Receivable or a Defaulted Receivable, the lesser of (A)
75% and (B) the product of (x) one (1) minus the weighted average
Purchase Discount and (y) 88%;
(ii) with respect to
each Eligible Receivable that is a Delinquent Receivable, 35%;
and
(iii) with respect to
each Defaulted Receivable, 0%.
" Monthly Servicing Report " means that
Monthly Servicing Report in the form attached as Exhibit A
to the Servicing Agreement.
" Moody's " means Moody's Investor
Services, Inc., and any successor thereto.
" Net Insurance Proceeds " means an
amount equal to: (a) any Cash payments or proceeds received by
the Borrower under any casualty, business interruption or " key
man " insurance policies in respect of any covered loss
thereunder, minus (b) any actual and reasonable costs
incurred by the Borrower in connection with the adjustment or
settlement of any claims of the Borrower in respect
thereof.
" Net Liquidation Proceeds " as defined
in the Servicing Agreement.
" Obligations " means all obligations of
every nature of the Borrower from time to time owed to the Agents
(including former Agents), the Lender (including in its capacity as
a counterparty to an Interest Rate Agreement) or any of them, under
any Credit Document (including, without limitation, with respect to
an Interest Rate Agreement, obligations owed thereunder to any
person who was a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender at the time
such Interest
Rate Agreement
was entered into), whether for principal, interest (including
interest which, but for the filing of a petition in bankruptcy with
respect to the Borrower, would have accrued on any Obligation,
whether or not a claim is allowed against the Borrower for such
interest in the related bankruptcy proceeding), payments for early
termination of Interest Rate Agreements, fees, expenses,
indemnification or otherwise.
" Obligor " means, with respect to a
Receivable, the purchaser or co-purchasers of the related Financed
Vehicle or any other Person who owes or may be liable for payments
under such Receivable.
" Offering Materials " as defined in
Section 9.22.
" Organizational Documents " means (a)
with respect to any corporation, its certificate or articles of
incorporation or organization, as amended, and its by-laws, as
amended, (b) with respect to any limited partnership, its
certificate of limited partnership, as amended, and its partnership
agreement, as amended, (c) with respect to any general partnership,
its partnership agreement, as amended, and (d) with respect to any
limited liability company, its articles of organization, as
amended, and its operating agreement, as amended. In the
event any term or condition of this Agreement or any other Credit
Document requires any Organizational Document to be certified by a
secretary of state or similar governmental official, the reference
to any such " Organizational Document " shall only be to a
document of a type customarily certified by such governmental
official.
" Originator " means CPS.
" Permitted Expenses " means
the reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the Administrative
Agent (and its agents or professional advisors) in connection with
the preparation, administration, amendment and due diligence of
this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and, which costs and
expenses the Borrower shall reimburse to the Administrative Agent
or shall pay or cause to be paid. "Permitted Expenses"
shall include, without limitation, the expenses set forth in
Sections 5.4, 5.5, 5.14 and 9.2 hereof.
" Permitted Investments " means the
following, subject to qualifications hereinafter set
forth:
(i) obligations of, or
obligations guaranteed as to principal and interest by, the U.S.
government or any agency or instrumentality thereof, when such
obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United
States of America;
(ii) federal funds,
unsecured certificates of deposit, time deposits, banker's
acceptances, and repurchase agreements having maturities of not
more than 365 days of any bank, the short-term debt obligations of
which are rated A-1+ (or the equivalent) by each of the Rating
Agencies and, if it has a term in excess of three (3) months, the
long-term debt obligations of which are rated AAA (or the
equivalent) by each of the Moody's and S&P;
(iii) deposits that are
fully insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
(FDIC);
(iv) investments in
money market funds (including those owned or managed by the
Controlled Account Bank) rated in the highest investment category
by each of the Moody's and S&P; and
(v) such other
investments as to which the Administrative Agent
consents.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, "Permitted Investments" (i) shall exclude any
security with the S&P's "r" symbol (or any other Rating
Agency's corresponding symbol) attached to the rating (indicating
high volatility or dramatic fluctuations in their expected returns
because of market risk), as well as any mortgage-backed securities
and any security of the type commonly known as "strips"; (ii) shall
not have maturities in excess of one (1) year; (iii) shall be
limited to those instruments that have a predetermined fixed dollar
of principal due at maturity that cannot vary or change; and (iv)
shall exclude any investment where the right to receive principal
and interest derived from the underlying investment provides a
yield to maturity in excess of 120% of the yield to maturity at par
of such underlying investment. Interest may either be
fixed or variable, and any variable interest must be tied to a
single interest rate index plus a single fixed spread (if any), and
move proportionately with that index. No investment
shall be made which requires a payment above par for an obligation
if the obligation may be prepaid at the option of the issuer
thereof prior to its maturity. All investments shall
mature or be redeemable upon the option of the holder thereof on or
prior to the earlier of (x) three (3) months from the date of
their purchase or (y) the Business Day preceding the day
before the date such amounts are required to be applied
hereunder.
" Permitted Liens " means:
(i) Liens imposed by
law for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges payable by
the Borrower that are not yet due or are being contested in
compliance with Section 5.3;
(ii) Liens arising in
favor of the applicable financial institution under the Lockbox
Account Control Agreement or the Controlled Account Control
Agreement;
(iii) Liens arising in
favor of the applicable counterparty under any Interest Rate
Agreement permitted under this Agreement; and
(iv) Liens on Financed
Vehicles that are junior in right to the Lien of the Borrower, or
that are possessory liens (such as for storage or repair), tax
liens (such as property taxes or registration fees), or statutory
enforcement liens (such as for parking tickets).
" Person " means and includes natural
persons, corporations, limited partnerships, general partnerships,
limited liability companies, limited liability partnerships, joint
stock companies, joint ventures, associations, companies, trusts,
banks, trust companies, land trusts, business trusts or other
organizations, whether or not legal entities, and Governmental
Authorities.
" Prime Rate " means the rate of interest
quoted in The Wall Street Journal, Money Rates Section as the Prime
Rate (currently defined as the base rate on corporate loans posted
by at least 75% of the nation's 30 largest banks), as in effect
from time to time.
" Principal Office " means, for the
Administrative Agent, 1345 Avenue of the Americas, 46th Floor, New
York, New York 10105 (or such other location in the
United States of America as the Administrative Agent may from time
to time designate in writing to the Borrower and the
Lender).
" Proposed Facility " as defined in
Section 9.22.
" Protective Advances " as defined in
Section 2.1(c).
" Purchase Agreement " means that certain
Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of September 25, 2009, by
and among the Originator and the Borrower, as may be further
amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance
with the terms thereof.
" Purchase Discount " means, with respect
to any Eligible Receivable, a fraction, (i) the numerator of which
is the difference between (A) the aggregate unpaid principal
balance of such Eligible Receivable at the time of acquisition or
origination by the Originator and (B) the purchase price paid with
respect to such Eligible Receivable by the Originator to the
related Eligible Dealer, and (ii) the denominator of which is the
aggregate unpaid principal balance of such Eligible Receivable at
the time of acquisition or origination by the
Originator.
" Rating Agencies " means each of Moody's
and S&P.
" Receivable " means each non-cancelable,
unconditional, fixed-rate, automobile installment sale contract or
promissory note secured by a first priority, perfected security
interest in a Financed Vehicle that was originated or acquired by
the Originator, sold by the Originator to the Borrower.
" Receivable File " as defined in the
Custodial Agreement.
" Recoveries " means, with respect to a
Defaulted Receivable, the monies collected from whatever source
during any Collection Period following the Collection Period in
which such Receivable became a Defaulted Receivable, net of any
amounts required by law to be remitted to the Obligor.
" Register " as defined in Section
2.3(a).
" Regulation D " means
Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, as in effect from time to time.
" Related Agreements " means,
collectively, the Purchase Agreement, the Servicing Agreement, the
Custodial Agreement, the Backup Servicing Agreement and any
Interest Rate Agreements.
" Reporting Date " means the tenth
(10 th ) calendar day of each month (or if such day is
not a Business Day, the immediately succeeding Business
Day).
" Repossession Rate " means, with respect
to any date of determination, a rate, expressed as a percentage,
equal to a fraction (I) the numerator of which is the aggregate
number of Financed Vehicles that have been repossessed and not
resold as of the last day of the most recently ended Collection
Period (excluding, however, any Financed Vehicles that had been
repossessed and not resold as of the date of any sale or
securitization of all or substantially all of the Receivables) and
(II) the denominator of which is the aggregate number of Financed
Vehicles as of the last day of the most recently ended Collection
Period.
" Repurchase Event " means, at any time
during which a Borrowing Base Deficiency exists, with respect to
any Receivable, the failure of such Receivable to satisfy the
Eligibility Criteria at the time of its pledge under the Security
Agreement.
" Repurchase Price " means, with respect
to any Receivable and any date of determination, the principal
balance of such Receivable, as of the close of business on the last
day of the immediately preceding Collection Period plus all accrued
and unpaid interest thereon through the date on which such
Receivable is repurchased.
" Required Spread Account Amount " means,
as of any date of determination, and subject to Section 5.10
hereof, (i) if no Spread Account Increase Event has occurred and is
continuing, the Required Spread Account Floor and (ii) if a Spread
Account Increase Event has occurred and is continuing, an amount
equal to the product of (x) 10% multiplied by (y) the Total
Utilization of Revolving Commitments as of such date (after giving
effect to any borrowings hereunder on such date).
" Required Spread Account Deposit " as
defined in Section 5.10(b).
" Required Spread Account Floor " means,
as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the lesser of
(x) the product of (i) 0.50% multiplied by (ii) the
Revolving Commitments in effect as of such date, and (y) the then
outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Loan (after giving
effect to any borrowings hereunder on such date).
" Revolving Availability " means, as of
any date of determination, the difference of (i) the lesser of (a)
the Revolving Commitments and (b) the Borrowing Base, minus (ii)
the Total Utilization of Revolving Commitments.
" Revolving Commitment " means the
commitment of the Lender to make or otherwise fund any Revolving
Loan. The aggregate amount of the Revolving Commitments
is $50,000,000.
" Revolving Commitment Period " means the
period from the Closing Date to but excluding the Revolving
Commitment Termination Date.
" Revolving Commitment Termination Date "
means the earliest to occur of (a) the Maturity Date, (b) the date
on which a Funding Termination Event occurs, and (c) the date of
the termination of the Revolving Commitments pursuant to Section
7.1.
" Revolving Loan " as defined in Section
2.1.
" Revolving Loan Note " means a
promissory note substantially in the form of Exhibit B , as
it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time in accordance with the terms thereof.
" Right of First Refusal " as defined in
Section 9.22.
" S&P " means Standard & Poor's
Ratings Group, a division of The McGraw Hill Corporation, and any
successor thereto.
" Scheduled Receivable Payment " means,
for any Collection Period and for any Receivable, the amount
indicated in such Receivable as required to be paid by the Obligor
in such Collection Period. If after the Closing Date the
Obligor's obligation under such Receivable with respect to a
Collection Period has been modified so as to differ from the amount
specified in such Receivable as a result of (i) the order of a
court in an insolvency proceeding involving the Obligor, (ii)
pursuant to the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act or (iii)
modifications or extensions of the Receivable permitted by the
Credit Documents and the Servicing Agreement, the Scheduled
Receivable Payment with respect to such Collection Period shall
refer to the Obligor's payment obligation with respect to such
Collection Period as so modified.
" Secured Party " as defined in the
Security Agreement.
" Securities " means any stock, shares,
partnership interests, limited liability company interests, voting
trust certificates, certificates of interest or participation in
any profit-sharing agreement or arrangement, options, warrants,
bonds, debentures, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness,
secured or unsecured, convertible, subordinated or otherwise, or in
general any instruments commonly known as " securities " or
any certificates of interest, shares or participations in temporary
or interim certificates for the purchase or acquisition of, or any
right to subscribe to, purchase or acquire, any of the
foregoing.
" Securities Act " means the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended to the date hereof and from time to time
hereafter, and any successor statute.
" Security Agreement " means the Security
Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between the Borrower
and the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties, as it
may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time in accordance with the terms thereof.
" Servicer " means, initially CPS,
subject to removal pursuant to the terms of the Servicing
Agreement, and thereafter shall mean the Backup Servicer, or any
successor servicer appointed pursuant to the Servicing
Agreement.
" Servicer Default " as defined in the
Servicing Agreement.
" Servicing Agreement " means that
certain Servicing Agreement dated as of September 25, 2009, by and
among the Borrower, the Servicer and the Administrative Agent, as
may be
further
amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance
with the terms thereof.
" Servicing Fee " as defined in the
Servicing Agreement.
" Servicing Fee Rate " as defined in the
Servicing Agreement.
" Settlement Date " means (a) the
fifteenth (15 th
) calendar day of each month (or if
such day is not a Business Day, the immediately succeeding Business
Day) beginning in the month of October 2009 and (b) the Maturity
Date.
" Shortfall Percentage " means, (i) with
respect to any Settlement Date beginning on the sixth (6
th ) Settlement Date following the Closing Date and
prior to the twelfth (12 th )
Settlement Date following the Closing Date, an amount equal to the
excess, if any, of (x) 50% minus (y) the percentage equal to
(A) the average Total Utilization of Revolving Commitments during
the immediately preceding Collection Period divided by (B)
the Revolving Commitments during the immediately preceding
Collection Period; and (ii) with respect to any Settlement Date
beginning on the twelfth (12 th )
Settlement Date following the Closing Date, an amount equal to the
excess, if any, of (x) 75% minus (y) the percentage equal to
(A) the average Total Utilization of Revolving Commitments during
the immediately preceding Collection Period divided by (B)
the Revolving Commitments during the immediately preceding
Collection Period.
" Solvency Certificate " means a Solvency
Certificate of the chief financial officer of CPS or the Borrower,
as the case may be, substantially in the form of Exhibit E-2
.
" Solvent " means, with respect the
Borrower or CPS, that as of the date of determination, both (a) (i)
the sum of such entity's debt (including contingent liabilities)
does not exceed the present fair saleable value of such entity's
present assets; (ii) such entity's capital is not unreasonably
small in relation to its business as contemplated on the Closing
Date; and (iii) such entity has not incurred and does not intend to
incur, or believe (nor should it reasonably believe) that it will
incur, debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they become
due (whether at maturity or otherwise); and (b) such entity is "
solvent " within the meaning given that term and similar
terms under applicable laws relating to fraudulent transfers and
conveyances. For purposes of this definition, the amount
of any contingent liability at any time shall be computed as the
amount that, in light of all of the facts and circumstances
existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be
expected to become an actual or matured liability (irrespective of
whether such contingent liabilities meet the criteria for accrual
under Statement of Financial Accounting Standard
No. 5).
" Spread Account " as defined in the
Security Agreement.
" Spread Account Increase Event " means
an uncured breach of a Tier 1 Performance Trigger; provided,
that once a Tier 1 Performance Trigger has been breached, such Tier
1 Performance Trigger shall be deemed to be "uncured" until such
time as such Tier 1 Performance Trigger has been cured for three
(3) consecutive months.
" Subsidiary " means, with respect to any
Person, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company,
association, joint venture or other business entity of which more
than 50% of
the total
voting power of shares of stock or other ownership interests
entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to
vote in the election of the Person or Persons (whether directors,
managers, trustees or other Persons performing similar functions)
having the power to direct or cause the direction of the management
and policies thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly
or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other
Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof;
provided , in determining the percentage of ownership
interests of any Person controlled by another Person, no ownership
interest in the nature of a " qualifying share " of the
former Person shall be deemed to be outstanding.
" Tax " means any present or future tax,
levy, impost, duty, assessment, charge, fee or deduction or
withholding in respect thereof of any similar nature and whatever
called, imposed by a Governmental Authority, on whomsoever and
wherever imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed;
provided , " Tax on the overall net income " of a
Person shall be construed as a reference to a Tax imposed by the
jurisdiction in which that Person is organized or in which that
Person's applicable principal office (and/or, in the case of the
Lender, its lending office) is located or in which that Person
(and/or, in the case of the Lender, its lending office) is deemed
to be doing business on all or part of the net income, profits or
gains (whether worldwide, or only insofar as such income, profits
or gains are considered to arise in or to relate to a particular
jurisdiction, or otherwise) of that Person (and/or, in the case of
the Lender, its applicable lending office) and shall include any
backup or other withholding tax that shall be eligible to be
credited against any such Tax.
" Tier 1 Performance Trigger " means the
breach of any of the collateral performance tests set forth on
Appendix D hereto.
" Tier 2 Performance Trigger " means the
breach of any of the collateral performance tests set forth on
Appendix E hereto.
" Total Utilization of Revolving
Commitments " means, as of any date of determination, an amount
equal to the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding
Revolving Loans.
" Transaction Costs " means the fees,
costs and expenses payable by CPS or the Borrower on or before the
Closing Date in connection with the transactions contemplated by
the Credit Documents and the Related Agreements, to the extent
approved in writing by the Administrative Agent.
" UCC " means the Uniform Commercial Code
(or any similar or equivalent legislation) as in effect in any
applicable jurisdiction.
" Underwriting Policies " means the
credit policies and practices and underwriting guidelines of the
Originator in effect as of the date hereof and attached hereto as
Exhibit F , as such guidelines may be amended from time to
time, (x) in the case of any material change, with the prior
written consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent to not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed) and (y) in the case of any other
change, with written notice to the Administrative Agent within ten
(10) Business Days of the implementation of any such
change.
" Vintage Pool " means, as of any date of
determination occurring after the last day of the last calendar
quarter of 2009, the pool of all automobile receivables originated,
or acquired from
Eligible
Dealers by the Originator during any completed calendar
quarter. The first such calendar quarter to be measured
will be the quarter ending December 31, 2009.
" Warrants " means (i) that certain
Warrant, dated as of September 25, 2009, issued by CPS to
Drawbridge Special Opportunities Fund LP and (ii) any additional
Warrants issued by CPS in connection with an assignment in whole or
in part of a warrant by Fortress or a designated Affiliate of
Fortress, in each case as the same may be further amended, modified
or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms
thereof.
(a) Generally
. All accounting terms not specifically or completely
defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all
financial data (including financial ratios and other financial
calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement
shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP applied on a consistent
basis, as in effect from time to time, applied in a manner
consistent with that used in preparing CPS’ audited financial
statements, except as otherwise specifically prescribed
herein.
(b) Changes in
GAAP . If at any time any change in GAAP would
affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set
forth in any Credit Document, and either the Borrower, CPS or the
Lender shall so request, the Administrative Agent, the Lender, CPS
and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio
or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of
such change in GAAP; provided that , until so
amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be
computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and
(ii) CPS and the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative
Agent and the Lender financial statements and other documents
required under this Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder
setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio
or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change
in GAAP.
1.3.
Interpretation,
etc . Any of the terms defined herein may, unless the
context otherwise requires, be used in the singular or the plural,
depending on the reference. References herein to any
Section, Appendix, Schedule or Exhibit shall be to a Section, an
Appendix, a Schedule or an Exhibit, as the case may be, hereof
unless otherwise specifically provided. The use herein
of the word " include " or " including, " when
following any general statement, term or matter, shall not be
construed to limit such statement, term or matter to the specific
items or matters set forth immediately following such word or to
similar items or matters, whether or not no limiting language (such
as " without limitation " or " but not limited to "
or words of similar import) is used with reference thereto, but
rather shall be deemed to refer to all other items or matters that
fall within the broadest possible scope of such general statement,
term or matter. The words " hereof ", "
herein ", " hereunder " and words of similar import
when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a
whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. Unless
the context requires otherwise or otherwise specified in any
applicable Credit Document, (a) reference to any Person include
that Person's successors and assignees, (b) any definition of or
reference to any Credit Document, agreement, instrument or other
document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement,
instrument or other document as from time to time amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on
such
amendments,
supplements, or modifications set forth herein or therein), and (c)
any reference to any law or regulation herein shall refer to such
law or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to
time.
(a) Revolving
Commitments . During the Revolving Commitment
Period, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Lender
agrees from time to time to make loans to the Borrower (each a "
Revolving Loan " and collectively, the " Revolving
Loans ") in an aggregate amount up to but not exceeding the
Revolving Commitment; provided , that after giving effect to
the making of any Revolving Loans in no event shall the Total
Utilization of Revolving Commitments exceed the lesser of (i) the
Revolving Commitments then in effect and (ii) the Borrowing
Base. Amounts borrowed pursuant to this Section 2.1(a)
may be repaid and reborrowed during the Revolving Commitment
Period. The Revolving Commitment shall expire on the
Revolving Commitment Termination Date and all Revolving Loans and
all other amounts owed hereunder with respect to the Revolving
Loans and the Revolving Commitments shall be paid in full no later
than such date.
(b) Borrowing
Mechanics for Revolving Loans .
(i)
Revolving Loans shall be in an
aggregate minimum amount of $250,000.
(ii) Whenever the
Borrower desires that the Lender make Revolving Loans, the Borrower
shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a fully executed and
delivered Funding Notice together with a Borrowing Base Certificate
no later than 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) at least two (2)
Business Days in advance of the proposed Credit
Date. Each such Funding Notice shall be delivered
reflecting sufficient Revolving Availability for the requested
Revolving Loans.
(iii) Notice of receipt
of each Funding Notice and Borrowing Base Certificate in respect of
Revolving Loans, together with the applicable Interest Rate, shall
be provided by the Administrative Agent to the Lender by
telefacsimile with reasonable promptness, but not later than 2:00
p.m. (New York City time) on the same day as the Administrative
Agent's receipt of such Funding Notice from the Borrower (
provided the Administrative Agent shall have received such
notice from the Borrower by 1:00 p.m. (New York City
time)).
(iv)
The Lender shall make the amount of
its Revolving Loan available to the Administrative Agent not later
than 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the applicable Credit Date
by wire transfer of same day funds in Dollars, at the
Administrative Agent's Principal Office. Except as
provided herein, upon satisfaction or waiver by the Administrative
Agent of the conditions precedent specified herein, the
Administrative Agent shall make the proceeds of such Revolving
Loans available to the Borrower on the applicable Credit Date by
causing an amount of same day funds in Dollars equal to the
proceeds of all such Revolving Loans received by the
Administrative
Agent from the
Lender to be credited to the account of the Borrower at the
Administrative Agent's Principal Office or such other account as
may be designated in writing to the Administrative Agent by the
Borrower.
(v)
Unless otherwise permitted by the
Administrative Agent in its sole and absolute discretion and
subject to an administration fee of $2,500 per Revolving Loan, no
more than two (2) Revolving Loans shall be made per calendar
week.
(c) Protective
Advances . Subject to the limitations set forth
below and in the proviso to the first sentence of Section 2.1(a),
and whether or not an Event of Default or a Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, the Administrative Agent is authorized
by the Borrower and the Lender, from time to time in the
Administrative Agent's sole good faith discretion, to make
Revolving Loans to the Borrower on behalf of the Lender, which the
Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, deems necessary (i)
to preserve or protect the Collateral, or any portion thereof, (ii)
to enhance the likelihood of, or maximize the amount of, repayment
of the Revolving Loans and other Obligations, or (iii) to pay any
other amount chargeable to or required to be paid by the Borrower
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the other Credit
Documents, including, without limitation, payments of principal,
interest, fees and reimbursable expenses, in the event that any
amounts are still owing after application of the amounts in the
Spread Account pursuant to Sections 2.10 or 2.12 (any of such
Revolving Loans are herein referred to as " Protective
Advances "). Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary set forth herein, in no event shall the aggregate amount
of Protective Advances made by the Administrative Agent pursuant to
this Section 2.1(c) exceed $5,000,000. Protective
Advances may be made even if the conditions precedent set forth in
Section 3 have not been satisfied. The Protective
Advances shall be secured by the Collateral and shall constitute
Obligations. The Borrower shall pay the unpaid principal
amount and all unpaid and accrued interest of each Protective
Advance on the earlier of the Revolving Commitment Termination Date
and within two (2) Business Days following demand for payment by
the Administrative Agent. All Protective Advances shall
be Base Rate Loans.
2.2.
Use of Proceeds
. The proceeds of the
Revolving Loans, if any, made on the Closing Date shall be applied
by the Borrower to finance the acquisition of Eligible Receivables
from the Originator and to pay Transaction Costs. The proceeds of
the Revolving Loans made after the Closing Date shall be applied by
the Borrower to finance the acquisition of Receivables from the
Originator pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, to fund any Required
Spread Account Amount in connection with the funding of a Revolving
Loan, to pay distributions on its Capital Stock to CPS and to pay
ongoing operating expenses of the Borrower. No portion
of the proceeds of any Credit Extension shall be used in any manner
that causes such Credit Extension or the application of such
proceeds to violate Regulation T, Regulation U or
Regulation X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System or any other regulation thereof or to violate the Exchange
Act.
(a) Register
. The Administrative Agent shall maintain at its
Principal Office a register for the recordation of the names and
addresses of the Lender and the Revolving Commitments and Revolving
Loans from time to time (the " Register "). The
Register shall be
for inspection
by the Borrower or the Lender at any reasonable time and from time
to time upon reasonable prior notice to the Administrative
Agent. The Administrative Agent shall record in the
Register the Revolving Commitments and the Revolving Loans, and
each repayment or prepayment in respect of the principal amount of
the Revolving Loans, and any such recordation shall be conclusive
and binding on the Borrower and the Lender, absent manifest error;
provided , failure to make any such recordation, or any
error in such recordation, shall not affect the Revolving
Commitments or the Borrower's Obligations in respect of any
Revolving Loan. The Borrower hereby designates the
entity serving as Administrative Agent to serve as the Borrower's
agent solely for purposes of maintaining the Register as provided
in this Section 2.3, and the Borrower hereby agrees that, to the
extent such entity serves in such capacity, the entity serving as
Administrative Agent and its officers, directors, employees, agents
and affiliates shall constitute " Indemnitees. "
(b) Revolving Loan
Notes . If so requested by the Lender prior to the
Closing Date, or upon two (2) Business Days prior written notice at
any time after the Closing Date, the Borrower shall execute and
deliver to the Lender (and/or, if applicable and if so specified in
such notice, to any Person who is an assignee of the Lender
pursuant to Section 9.6) on the Closing Date (or, if such notice is
delivered after the Closing Date, promptly after the Borrower's
receipt of such notice) a Revolving Loan Note or Revolving Loan
Notes, as so requested, to evidence the Revolving Loan.
2.4.
Interest on Revolving
Loans .
(a) Except as
otherwise set forth herein, each Revolving Loan shall bear interest
on the unpaid principal amount thereof from the date made through
repayment (whether by acceleration or otherwise) as follows: (i) if
a Base Rate Loan, at the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin; or
(ii) if a LIBOR Rate Loan, at the Adjusted LIBOR Rate plus the
Applicable Margin.
(b) Interest payable
pursuant to Section 2.4(a) shall be computed on the basis of a
360-day year, in each case for the actual number of days elapsed in
the period during which it accrues. In computing
interest on any Revolving Loan, the date of the making of such
Revolving Loan or the first day of an Interest Period applicable to
such Revolving Loan shall be included, and the date of payment of
such Revolving Loan or the expiration date of an Interest Period
applicable to such Revolving Loan shall be excluded;
provided , if a Revolving Loan is repaid on the same day on
which it is made, one (1) day's interest shall be paid on that
Revolving Loan.
(c) Except as
otherwise set forth herein, interest on each Revolving Loan shall
be payable in arrears on (i) each Settlement Date applicable to
that Revolving Loan; (ii) with respect to any prepayment in whole
or in part of such Revolving Loan, whether voluntary or mandatory,
the Settlement Date immediately following such prepayment in an
amount equal to the interest accrued and unpaid on the amount so
prepaid to the date of prepayment; and (iii) at
maturity.
2.5.
Continuation
.
Subject to Section 2.14 and so long
as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, upon the expiration of any Interest Period
applicable to
any LIBOR Rate Loan, such LIBOR Rate Loan shall automatically
continue for an additional Interest Period at the Adjusted LIBOR
Rate calculated as of the most recent Interest Rate Reset
Date.
2.6.
Default
Interest . Upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, the principal amount of all
Revolving Loans outstanding and, to the extent permitted by
applicable law, any interest payments on the Revolving Loans or any
fees or other amounts owed hereunder, shall thereafter bear
interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under
the Bankruptcy Code or other applicable Debtor Relief Laws) payable
in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.10 or 2.12, as the
case may be, at a rate that is 3% per annum in excess of the
Interest Rate otherwise payable hereunder with respect to the
applicable Revolving Loans until no Event of Default is then
continuing. Payment or acceptance of the increased rates
of interest provided for in this Section 2.6 is not a permitted
alternative to timely payment and shall not constitute a waiver of
any Event of Default or otherwise prejudice or limit any rights or
remedies of the Administrative Agent or the Lender.
2.7.
Fees
. The Borrower and CPS
agree, jointly and severally, to pay each of the fees referred to
in the Fee Letter.
(a) The Facility shall
not be terminated prior to the Maturity Date.
(b) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in the event the Facility is terminated by the
Borrower or CPS prior to the Maturity Date, the Borrower shall pay
to the Lender, on the date of such termination, a fee equal to the
product of (x) the applicable Interest Rate at the time of such
termination, (y) the Revolving Commitments and (z) the remaining
term of the Facility (expressed as an annualized
number).
2.9.
Mandatory
Prepayments .
(a) Borrowing Base
Deficiency . The Borrower shall prepay the Revolving
Loans within one (1) Business Day of the earlier of (i) an
Authorized Officer of the Borrower becoming aware that a Borrowing
Base Deficiency exists and (ii) receipt by the Borrower of notice
from the Administrative Agent that a Borrowing Base Deficiency
exists, in each case in an amount equal to such Borrowing Base
Deficiency, which shall be applied to repay the Revolving
Loans.
(b) Repurchase
Events . Upon the occurrence of a Repurchase Event:
(i) the Borrower shall cause the Originator to repurchase each
affected Receivable at a price equal to the Repurchase Price and
(ii) the Borrower shall prepay the Revolving Loans in an amount
equal to the Repurchase Price with respect to the related
Receivable(s).
(c) Prepayment
Certificate . Concurrently with any prepayment of
the Revolving Loans pursuant to Sections 2.9(a) and 2.9(b), the
Borrower shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the
Administrative Agent a certificate of an Authorized Officer
demonstrating the calculation of the amount of the applicable net
proceeds.
2.10.
Payments during Event of
Default or Following a Funding Termination Event
. Upon the occurrence and
during the continuance of an Event of Default or a Funding
Termination Event on each Settlement Date, (a) all payments made
hereunder and under the other Credit Documents (including in
respect of proceeds from any Collateral) and (b) all amounts on
deposit in the Controlled Accounts and any income and gains from
investment of funds in any Controlled Account that accrued during
the immediately preceding Collection Period shall be applied by the
Controlled Account Bank at the written direction of the Collateral
Agent as follows:
(i) First, to the
payment of, and in the same priority as, items (i) through (vi) and
(viii) through (ix) in Section 2.12 below;
(ii) Second, to the
Lender, to reduce the outstanding principal balance on the
Revolving Loans to zero; and
(iii) Third, to the
Borrower, any remaining amounts.
2.11.
Controlled Accounts and
Amounts .
(a) On or prior to the
date hereof, the Borrower shall cause to be established and
maintained, (i) securities accounts at the Controlled Account Bank
in the name of the Collateral Agent designated as the Collection
Account and the Spread Account as to which the Collateral Agent for
the benefit of the Lender has control over such accounts within the
meaning of Section 9-106 of the UCC pursuant to the Controlled
Account Control Agreement (each, a " Controlled Account "
and collectively, the " Controlled Accounts "), and (ii) a
deposit account at the Lockbox Account Bank in the name of the
Borrower designated as the Lockbox Account as to which the
Collateral Agent has control over such account for the benefit of
the Lender within the meaning of Section 9-104(a)(2) of the UCC
pursuant to the Lockbox Account Control Agreement.
(b) So long as no
Event of Default has occurred and shall be continuing, the Borrower
or the Servicer shall be permitted to direct the investment of the
funds from time to time held in the Controlled Accounts in
Permitted Investments and to sell or liquidate such Permitted
Investments and reinvest proceeds from such sale or liquidation in
other Permitted Investments (but none of the Collateral Agent, the
Administrative Agent, or the Lender shall have liability whatsoever
in respect of any failure by the Controlled Account Bank to do so),
with all such proceeds and reinvestments to be held in the
applicable Controlled Account; provided , however ,
that the maturity of the Permitted Investments on deposit in the
Controlled Accounts shall be no later than the Business Day
immediately preceding the date on which such funds are required to
be withdrawn therefrom pursuant to this Agreement; and,
provided further , that the Borrower shall remit into
the applicable Controlled Account an amount equal to any losses
realized on Permitted Investments contained therein. No
Permitted Investment shall be liquidated at a loss at the direction
of the Borrower except to the extent necessary to make a required
payment as described herein. All income and gains from the
investment of funds in the Controlled Accounts shall be retained in
the respective Controlled Account from which they were derived,
until the next Settlement Date, at which time such income and gains
shall be applied in accordance with Section 2.10 or Section 2.12,
as the case may be. As between the
Borrower and
the Collateral Agent, the Borrower shall treat all income, gains
and losses from the investment of amounts in the Controlled
Accounts as its income or loss for federal, state and local income
tax purposes.
(c) The Control
Agreements will provide that all funds in the Lockbox will be swept
daily into the Collection Account.
2.12.
Application of
Collections .
To the extent no Event of Default or Funding
Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Collateral
Agent will instruct the Controlled Account Bank (or will instruct
the Servicer to instruct the Controlled Account Bank pursuant to
the Servicing Agreement), on each Settlement Date, to transfer
collected funds held by the Controlled Account Bank in the
Collection Account, in the following amounts and priority in
accordance with the Monthly Servicing Report:
(i)
to any Eligible Hedge Counterparty,
amounts due under any outstanding Interest Rate Agreement, except
amounts due as fees, expenses or as a result of the occurrence of
an event of default or termination event under such Interest Rate
Agreement or otherwise due upon termination of such Interest Rate
Agreement, which amounts shall be paid as provided in (vi)
below;
(ii) to the Servicer,
any unpaid Servicing Fees;
(iii) on a pari
passu basis, (1) to the Custodian, the Custodian Fees and
Expenses accrued and unpaid as of the last day of the preceding
month, (2) to the Backup Servicer, the Backup Servicing Fees and
reimbursable expenses (including, without limitation, any
transition costs) of the Backup Servicer accrued and unpaid as of
the last day of the preceding month, and (3) to the Controlled
Account Bank, the Controlled Account Bank Fees accrued and unpaid
as of the last day of the preceding month;
(iv) to the
Administrative Agent, to pay any costs or fees due to the
Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent,
(v) to the Lender, any
accrued but unpaid interest, fees and expenses in connection with
this Agreement and any other Credit Document;
(vi) to any Eligible
Hedge Counterparty, any unpaid fees, expenses or amounts owed as a
consequence of an event of default or termination event under an
outstanding Interest Rate Agreement or otherwise due upon
termination of such Interest Rate Agreement;
(vii) to the Lender, any
amounts necessary to reduce the Borrowing Base Deficiency, if any,
to zero;
(viii) to the
Administrative Agent, to be deposited in the Spread Account to fund
the excess of the Required Spread Account Amount over the amounts
then on deposit in the Spread Account;
(ix) on a pari
passu basis, (1) to the Custodian, any other amounts payable to
the Custodian in its capacity as Custodian pursuant to this
Agreement or the Custodial Agreement to the extent unpaid by the
Borrower and not covered under item (iii) above, (2) to the Backup
Servicer, any other amounts payable to the Backup Servicer pursuant
to this Agreement or the Backup Servicing Agreement to the extent
unpaid by the Borrower and not covered under item (iii) above, and
(3) to the Controlled Account Bank, any other amounts payable to
the Controlled Account Bank pursuant to this Agreement or the
Control Agreements to the extent unpaid by the Borrower hereunder
and not covered under item (iii) above; and
(x) prior to the
Maturity Date, and provided that no Borrowing Base
Deficiency would occur after giving effect to such distribution, to
the Borrower for its own account.
2.13.
General Provisions Regarding
Payments .
(a) All payments by
the Borrower of principal, interest, fees and other Obligations
shall be made in Dollars in immediately available funds, without
defense, recoupment, setoff or counterclaim, free of any
restriction or condition, and delivered to the Administrative
Agent, for the account of the Lender, not later than 3:00 p.m. (New
York City time) on the date due at 1345 Avenue of the Americas,
46th Floor, New York, New York 10105 or via wire
transfer of immediately available funds to account number
2047628893919 maintained by the Administrative Agent with Bank of
America (ABA No. 026 009 593) in New York City (or at such other
location or bank account within the City and State of New York as
may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time);
funds received by the Administrative Agent after that time on such
due date shall be deemed to have been paid by the Borrower on the
next Business Day (except to the extent such delay in payment
results solely from the Controlled Account Bank's failure to
distribute funds on deposit in the Collection Account and available
for distribution as of 3:00 p.m. on such Business Day in accordance
with Section 2.10 or 2.12).
(b) All payments in
respect of the principal amount of any Revolving Loan (other than
voluntary or mandatory prepayments of any Revolving Loan as
provided in Section 2.4(c)) shall be accompanied by payment of
accrued interest on the principal amount being repaid or
prepaid.
(c) The Administrative
Agent shall promptly distribute to the Lender at such address or
via wire transfer as the Lender shall indicate in writing, all
payments and prepayments of principal and interest due hereunder,
together with all other amounts due with respect thereto,
including, without limitation, all fees payable with respect
thereto, to the extent received by the Administrative
Agent.
(d) Notwithstanding
the foregoing provisions hereof, if the Lender makes Base Rate
Loans in lieu of LIBOR Rate Loans, the Administrative Agent shall
give effect thereto in apportioning payments received
thereafter.
(e) Subject to the
proviso set forth in the definition of " Interest Period, "
whenever any payment to be made hereunder shall be stated to be due
on a day that is not a Business Day, such payment shall be made on
the next succeeding Business Day and such extension of time shall
be included in the computation of the payment of interest
hereunder.
(f) The Borrower
hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to charge the Borrower's
accounts with the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in
order to cause timely payment to be made to the Administrative
Agent of all principal, interest, fees and expenses due hereunder
(subject to sufficient funds being available in its accounts for
that purpose).
(g) The Administrative
Agent shall give prompt telephonic notice to the Borrower and the
Lender (confirmed in writing) if any payment is not made in
conformity with this Section 2.13. Interest shall
continue to accrue on any principal as to which a non-conforming
payment is made until such funds become available funds (but in no
event less than the period from the date of such payment to the
next succeeding applicable Business Day) at the Default Rate
determined pursuant to Section 2.6 (if applicable) from the date
such amount was due and payable until the date such amount is paid
in full.
2.14.
Making or Maintaining LIBOR
Rate Loans.
(a) Inability to
Determine Applicable Interest Rate . In the event
that the Administrative Agent shall have reasonably determined in
good faith (which determination shall be final and conclusive and
binding upon all parties hereto), on any Interest Rate Reset Date
with respect to any LIBOR Rate Loans, that by reason of
circumstances affecting the London interbank market adequate and
fair means do not exist for ascertaining the interest rate
applicable to such LIBOR Rate Loans on the basis provided for in
the definition of Adjusted LIBOR Rate (" LIBOR
Unavailability "), the Administrative Agent shall on such date
give notice (by telefacsimile or by telephone confirmed in writing)
to the Borrower and the Lender of such determination, whereupon
(i) no Revolving Loans may be made as LIBOR Rate Loans until
such time as the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the
Lender that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer
exist, (ii) the Borrower shall have the right to rescind any
Funding Notice previously given by the Borrower with respect to the
Revolving Loans in respect of which such determination was made by
giving notice (by telefacsimile or by telephone confirmed in
writing) to the Administrative Agent of such rescission on the date
on which the Administrative Agent gives notice of its determination
as described above (which notice of rescission the Administrative
Agent shall promptly transmit to the Lender), (iii) all
then-existing Revolving Loans shall convert automatically to Base
Rate Loans at the end of the then-applicable Interest Period if
such circumstances still exist at such time and (iv) any subsequent
borrowings shall be made as Base Rate Loans until such
circumstances no longer exist. At such time as the
Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lender that
any period of LIBOR Unavailability has ended, on the first day of
the Interest Period next following such determination, all Base
Rate Loans carried by the Lender as a consequence of this Section
2.14(a) shall automatically convert to LIBOR Rate Loans having an
initial Interest Period commencing on the first day of such
Interest Period.
(b) Illegality or
Impracticability of LIBOR Rate Loans . In the event
that on any date the Lender shall have reasonably determined in
good faith (which determination shall be final and conclusive and
binding upon all parties hereto but shall be made only after
consultation with the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) that
the making or maintaining of its LIBOR Rate Loans (i) has become
unlawful after the date hereof as a result of compliance by such
Lender in good faith with any law, treaty, governmental rule,
regulation, guideline or order (or would conflict with any such
treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order not
having the force of law even though the failure to comply therewith
would not be unlawful), or (ii) has become impracticable, as a
result of contingencies occurring after the date hereof which
materially and adversely affect the London interbank market or the
position of the Lender in that market, then, and in any such event,
the Lender shall on that day give notice (by telefacsimile or by
telephone confirmed in writing) to the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent of such determination. Thereafter
(1) the obligation of the Lender to make Revolving Loans as LIBOR
Rate Loans shall be suspended until such notice shall be withdrawn
by the Lender at such time as the circumstances giving rise to such
notice no longer exist, (2) to the extent such determination by the
Lender relates to a LIBOR Rate Loan then being requested by the
Borrower pursuant to a Funding Notice, the Lender shall make such
Revolving Loan (or continue such Revolving Loan) as a Base Rate
Loan, (3) the Lender's obligation to maintain its outstanding LIBOR
Rate Loans (the " Affected Loans ") shall be terminated at
the earlier to occur of the expiration of the Interest Period then
in effect with respect to the Affected Loans or when required by
law, and (4) the Affected Loans shall automatically convert into
Base Rate Loans on the date of such
termination. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the
extent a determination by the Lender as described above relates to
a LIBOR Rate Loan then being requested by the Borrower pursuant to
a Funding Notice, the Borrower shall have the option,
notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 2.1(b)(ii), to
rescind such Funding Notice by giving notice (by telefacsimile or
by telephone confirmed in writing) to the Administrative Agent of
such rescission on the date on which the Lender gives notice of its
determination as described above (which notice of rescission the
Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to the
Lender).
(c) Compensation
for Breakage or Non-Commencement of Interest Periods
. The Borrower shall compensate the Lender, upon written
request by the Lender (which request shall set forth the basis for
requesting such amounts), for all reasonable losses, expenses and
liabilities (including any interest paid or calculated to be due
and payable by the Lender to lenders of funds borrowed by it to
make or carry its LIBOR Rate Loans and any loss, expense or
liability sustained by the Lender in connection with the
liquidation or re-employment of such funds but excluding loss of
anticipated profits) which the Lender would sustain: (i) if for any
reason (other than a default by the Lender) a borrowing of any
LIBOR Rate Loan does not occur on a date specified therefor in a
Funding Notice; (ii) if any prepayment or other principal
payment of any of its LIBOR Rate Loans occurs on any day other than
the last day of an Interest Period applicable to that Revolving
Loan (whether voluntary, mandatory, automatic, by reason of
acceleration, or otherwise); or (iii) if any prepayment of any
of its LIBOR Rate Loans is not made on any date specified in a
notice of prepayment given by the Borrower.
(d) Booking of
LIBOR Rate Loans . The Lender may make, carry or
transfer LIBOR Rate Loans at, to, or for the account of any of its
branch offices or the office of an Affiliate of such
Lender.
2.15.
Increased Costs; Capital
Adequacy .
(a) Compensation
For Increased Costs and Taxes . Subject to the
provisions of Section 2.16 (which shall be controlling with respect
to the matters covered thereby), in the event that the Lender shall
determine (which determination shall, absent mani