CRONOS FUNDING
(BERMUDA) LIMITED
CRONOS FINANCE
(BERMUDA) LIMITED
ALL RIGHT,
TITLE AND INTEREST OF CRONOS FINANCE (BERMUDA) LIMITED IN AND
TO THIS AGREEMENT HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED TO AND ARE SUBJECT TO A
SECURITY INTEREST IN FAVOR OF FORTIS BANK (NEDERLAND) N.V., AS
AGENT, UNDER THE LOAN AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF JULY 30, 1999, AS
AMENDED AND RESTATED AS OF JULY 19, 2001, SECOND AMENDED AND RESTED
AS OF SEPTEMBER 23, 2003, AND THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED AS OF
AUGUST 1, 2005, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS PARTY
THERETO.
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
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1.1
Definitions
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ARTICLE II
TRANSFER OF CONTAINERS
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2.1 Purchase
and Sales of Containers
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2.2 Intention
of Parties
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2.3 Required
Financing Statements and Registration of Charges; Marking of
Records
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ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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3.1
Representations and Warranties of Seller
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3.2
Representations and Warranties of Issuer
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3.3 Repurchase
of Containers by Seller
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ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS OF SELLER AND ISSUER
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4.1 Seller
Covenants
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4.2 Issuer
Covenants
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ARTICLE V
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
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5.1 Conditions
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5.2 Conditions
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ARTICLE VI
TERMINATION
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6.1
Termination
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6.2 Effect of
Termination
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ARTICLE VII
INDEMNIFICATION PAYMENTS
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7.1
Indemnification
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(Cont’d)
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ARTICLE VIII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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8.1
Amendment
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8.2 Governing
Law
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8.3
Notices
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8.4
Severability of Provisions
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8.5
Assignment
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8.6 Further
Assurances
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8.7 No Waiver;
Cumulative Remedies
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8.8
Counterparts
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8.9 Binding
Effect; Third-Party Beneficiaries
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8.10 Merger and
Integration
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8.11
Headings
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8.12 Schedules
and Exhibits
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8.13 General
Interpretive Principles
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8.14 Third
Party Beneficiaries
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8.15 Consent To
Jurisdiction
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8.16 Judgment
Currency
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8.17 Waiver Of
Jury Trial
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8.18 Waiver of
Immunity
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Primary Section
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Exhibit
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Description
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Reference
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List of
Containers
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2.1
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(a)
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THIS
CONTAINER SALE AGREEMENT, dated as of August 1, 2005 (the
“ Agreement ”), is entered into by and between
CRONOS FUNDING (BERMUDA) LIMITED (the “ Seller
”) a company organized and existing under the laws of
Bermuda, located at Clarendon House, Church Street, Hamilton HM 11,
Bermuda, and CRONOS FINANCE (BERMUDA), LIMITED (the “
Issuer ”), a company organized and existing under the
laws of Bermuda, located at Clarendon House, Church Street,
Hamilton HM 11, Bermuda.
WHEREAS,
the Seller will sell, transfer and convey to the Issuer on the
Closing Date, and the Issuer will purchase from the Seller on the
Closing Date, Containers and Related Transferred Assets upon the
terms and conditions hereinafter set forth; and
WHEREAS,
the Containers and Related Transferred Assets transferred hereunder
will be pledged by the Issuer to Fortis Bank (Nederland) N.V., a
Naamloze Vennootschap (the “ Agent ”) as
collateral for the Notes to be issued pursuant to the terms of the
Loan Agreement (the “ Notes ”); and
WHEREAS,
the Seller and the Issuer agree that the Issuer may charge, assign,
pledge or hypothecate its rights under this Agreement, and the
Seller hereby acknowledges that the Issuer will pledge all of its
right, title and interest under this Agreement to the Agent as
collateral security for the obligations of the Issuer under the
Loan Agreement;
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained
herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
adequacy of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree
as follows:
Capitalized
terms used in this Agreement shall have the following meanings and
the definitions of such terms shall be equally applicable to the
singular and plural forms of such terms:
Aggregate Book Value of Net Finance Lease Receivables : This
term shall have the meaning set forth in Section 101 of the
Loan Agreement.
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Applicable Law : With reference to any Person, all laws
(foreign or domestic), treaties, judgments, decrees, injunctions,
writs and orders of any court, Governmental Authority or authority
and rules, regulations, orders, directives, licenses and permits of
any Governmental Authority, instrumentality, agency or authority
applicable to such Person or its property or in respect of its
operations.
Asset Base : This term shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 101 of the Loan Agreement.
Authorized Signatory : This term shall have the meaning set
forth in the Management Agreement.
Casualty Event : This term shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 101 of the Loan Agreement.
Container : This term shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 101 of the Loan Agreement.
Container Fleet : This term shall have the meaning set forth
in the Management Agreement.
Container Representations and Warranties : With respect to
each Transferred Container and the Related Transferred Assets, the
representations and warranties of the Seller as set forth in
paragraphs (r), (s), (v), (w), (x), (aa), and (cc) of
Section 3.1 of this Agreement.
Closing Date : August 1, 2005.
Eligible Container : Any Container that, as of the Closing
Date, when considered with all other Containers then owned by the
Issuer, satisfies all of the Container Representations and
Warranties.
Fair Market Value : The value which would be obtained in an
arm’s-length transaction between an informed and willing
purchaser under no compulsion to buy and an informed and willing
seller under no compulsion to sell such property.
Finance Lease : A Lease which satisfies the criteria for
classification as a capital lease pursuant to generally accepted
allocating principles, including Financial Accounting Standards
Board Statement No. 13, as amended.
Governmental Authority : This term shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 101 of the Loan Agreement.
Insolvency Law : This term shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 101 of the Loan Agreement.
Insolvency Proceeding : This term shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 101 of the Loan Agreement.
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Lease : This term shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 101 of the Loan Agreement.
Lien : This term shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 101 of the Loan Agreement.
List of Containers : The printed list of the Transferred
Containers attached hereto as Exhibit A which sets
forth the Transferred Containers sold by the Seller to the Issuer
on the Closing Date. Such list shall be certified by an Authorized
Signatory of the Seller and shall include a true and complete list
of all Containers to be delivered on the Closing Date and the
following information for each such Container as of the Closing
Date: (i) the dollar amount paid by the Seller, (ii) the
Net Book Value of such Container as of the Closing Date,
(iii) the type of Container, (iv) the acceptance date of
the Container, and (v) listing any Lease to which such
Container is subject on the Closing Date.
Loan Agreement : The Loan Agreement, dated as of
July 30, 1999, amended and restated as of July 19, 2001,
second amended and restated as of September 23, 2003 and third
amended and restated as of August 1, 2005, by and among the
Issuer, the Agent, and the Noteholders (as defined therein) and all
amendments and supplements thereto.
Management Agreement : This term shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 101 of the Loan Agreement.
Manager : This term shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 101 of the Loan Agreement.
Manager Default : This term shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 101 of the Loan Agreement.
Permitted Liens : This term shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 101 of the Loan Agreement.
Purchase Price : With respect to the Transferred Assets
purchased by the Issuer on the Closing Date, an amount equal to
$19,280,392.
Related Transferred Assets : With respect to any Transferred
Container, all of the following: (i) all of the Seller’s
right, title and interest in and to, but none of its obligations
under, any agreement between the Seller and the manufacturer of
each such Transferred Container pursuant to which the Seller
acquired a Transferred Container from such manufacturer, and all
amendments, additions and supplements hereafter made with respect
thereto, (ii) all of the Seller’s right, title and
interest in and to any Lease which such Transferred Container is
subject to on the Closing Date, including all lease revenues
accrued on or after the Transfer Date, and (iii) all payments,
proceeds and income of the foregoing or related thereto.
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Seller Loan Agreement : The Amended and Restated Master Loan
Agreement, dated as of August 15, 1997 and amended as of
February 4, 2005, and all amendments and supplements thereto,
by and between the Seller and the Agent.
Solvent : This term shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 101 of the Loan Agreement.
Transfer Date : The date on which a Container is sold by the
Seller to the Issuer in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
Transferred Assets : Collectively, the Transferred
Containers and the Related Transferred Assets.
Transferred Container : Any Container transferred by the
Seller to the Issuer pursuant to this Agreement.
Warranty Purchase Amount : With respect to any Container,
the Purchase Price allocable to such Container.
Capitalized
terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined shall have
the meanings set forth in the Loan Agreement.
2.1 Purchase
and Sales of Containers
(a)
Agreement to Sell and Purchase . On and subject to the terms
of this Agreement, the Seller agrees to sell to Issuer on the
Closing Date, and the Issuer agrees to purchase from the Seller on
the Closing Date, all of the Seller’s right, title and
interest in, to and under the Containers identified on
Exhibit A hereto and all Related Transferred Assets.
Such sale shall be without recourse to the Seller except as
provided in Section 3.3 of this Agreement. In connection with
the sale set forth in this Section 2.1, the Seller shall
execute and deliver on or prior to the Closing Date, each of the
documents set forth in Section 2.2(f) hereof.
(b)
Purchase Price . In consideration of any purchase and sale
made pursuant to Section 2.1(a) hereof, the Issuer hereby
agrees to pay to the Seller on the Closing Date the Purchase Price
consisting of a cash payment of $19,280,392 by wire transfer of
immediately available funds.
(c)
Issuer’s Rights in Transferred Assets . After giving
effect to the transfers set forth in Section 2.1 above, the
Issuer shall have, subject to the restrictions set forth in the
Loan Agreement, the unrestricted right to further assign, transfer,
deliver, hypothecate, subdivide or otherwise deal with the
Transferred Containers and the Related Transferred Assets, and all
of the Issuer’s right, title and interest in, to and under
this
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Agreement, on
whatever terms the Issuer shall determine. The Issuer shall have
the sole right to retain any gains or profits created by buying,
selling or holding the Transferred Assets and shall have the sole
risk of and responsibility for losses or damages created by such
buying, selling or holding.
(a) The
execution and delivery of this Agreement shall constitute an
acknowledgment by the Seller and the Issuer that each intends that
the transfers herein contemplated constitute a valid sale and/or
transfer and conveyance (and not for security) to the Issuer by the
Seller of its interest in the Transferred Containers and the
Related Transferred Assets, and an absolute conveyance to the
Issuer of good title in such Transferred Assets free and clear of
any Liens, and that such Transferred Assets shall not be a part of
the Seller’s estate in the event of the bankruptcy or the
occurrence of another similar event of, or with respect to, the
Seller.
(b) The
Issuer and the Seller further intend that, following the conveyance
of the Transferred Containers pursuant to this Agreement, such
Transferred Containers will be managed by the Manager pursuant to
the terms of the Management Agreement.
(c) The
Seller and the Issuer intend that their operations and business
would not be substantively consolidated in the event of the
bankruptcy or insolvency of the Seller and that the separate
existence of the Seller and the Issuer would not be disregarded in
the event of the insolvency or the bankruptcy of the
Seller.
(d) Notwithstanding
the intention of the parties as set forth in Section 2.2(a)
above, in the event that a court of competent jurisdiction shall
determine that (i) any such Transferred Assets are property of
the Seller’s bankruptcy estate, (ii) this Agreement
creates a security interest in, and the Seller shall have been
deemed, as legal and beneficial owner, to have charged the
Transferred Assets as a continuing security for the Purchase Price,
or (iii) the Seller shall be consolidated with the Issuer in
any Insolvency Proceeding, then in such circumstance, (x) this
Agreement shall constitute a charge under the laws of Bermuda and,
to the extent applicable, a security agreement within the meaning
of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in
the State of New York and (y) the conveyances provided for in
Section 2.1 hereof shall be deemed a grant by the Seller to
the Issuer of a valid security interest in and the Seller hereby
charges in favor of the Issuer a security all of the Seller’s
right, title and interest in and to the Transferred Assets, which
security interest has been assigned to the Agent pursuant to
Section 2.2(e) hereof. In the event of the consolidation of the
Seller and the Issuer in any Insolvency Proceeding, such security
interest will be deemed to have been granted directly to the Agent
from the Seller.
(e) The
Seller understands that the Issuer intends to assign the
Transferred Assets and its rights under this Agreement to the Agent
as collateral security for the Issuer’s obligations under the
Loan Agreement, and hereby consents to the assignment of all or any
portion of this Agreement by the Issuer to the Agent. The
Seller
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agrees that
upon such assignment the Agent may exercise the rights of the
Issuer hereunder and shall be entitled to all of the benefits of
the Issuer hereunder.
(f) In
connection with the sale of Transferred Assets pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement, the Seller and the Issuer shall execute
and deliver to the Agent, on or before the Closing Date, completed
UCC financing or termination statements, registration of charges,
memoranda of satisfaction or release of charge or amendment
thereto, or documents of similar import described in
Section 2.3 hereof together with evidence of filing in the
appropriate filing offices and jurisdictions as may be required
with respect to the Containers and the Related Transferred Assets;
and
(g) This
Agreement shall operate as an assignment, without recourse,
representation, or warranty, except for the warranty of title and
other representations and warranties specifically set forth in this
Agreement, of all the Seller’s right, title, and interest in
and to such Transferred Assets, such assignment being an outright
assignment and not for security; and the Issuer will thereupon own
such Transferred Assets free of any claims of or further
obligations to the Seller with respect thereto.
2.3 Required
Financing Statements and Registration of Charges; Marking of
Records
(a) In
connection with the transfer on the Closing Date, the Seller agrees
to record and file, at its own expense, the following UCC financing
statements, registration of charges or documents of similar import
(and/or amendments to previously filed UCC financing statements,
registration of charges or documents of similar import):
(i) UCC
financing statements, registration of charges or documents of
similar import (or amendments to existing UCC financing statements,
registration of charges or documents of similar import), naming the
Seller, as chargor/debtor/seller, the Issuer, as chargee/secured
party/purchaser, the Agent, as additional secured party or assignee
of the secured party/purchaser, as the case may be, and the
Transferred Assets, as collateral. Such financing statements,
registration of charges or documents of similar import shall be
filed in the appropriate filing offices in the
(A) jurisdiction in which the Seller is organized, (B) if
different, the jurisdiction in which the Seller maintains its
principal place of business, and (C) if the Seller maintains a
place of business in the United States, in the jurisdiction in
which the Seller maintains such place of business;
(ii) UCC
financing statements, registration of charges or documents of
similar import (or amendments to existing UCC financing statements,
registration of charges or documents of similar import), naming the
Issuer, as debtor, the Agent, as secured party and the Collateral,
as collateral. Such UCC financing statements, registration of
charges or documents of similar import shall be filed in the
appropriate filing offices in the District of Columbia, the
jurisdiction in which the Issuer is organized and, if different, in
the jurisdiction in which it maintains its principal place of
business; and
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(iii) UCC
financing statements, registration of charges or documents of
similar import, evidencing the release of the security interest of
any other Person with respect to any of the Collateral.
(b) All
UCC financing statements, registration of charges or documents of
similar import shall meet the requirements of Applicable Law. The
Seller shall deliver to the Issuer (with copies to the Agent) a
file-stamped copy of such UCC financing statements, registration of
charges or documents of similar import or other evidence of
submission of such documents for filing on or prior to the Closing
Date. Nothing contained in this Section 2.3 shall limit the
Seller’s obligation to file continuation or termination
statements in accordance with Section 4.1(k) of this Agreement
and any Applicable Law.
(c) In
connection with the sale of Transferred Containers and Related
Transferred Assets, the Seller shall, at its own expense on or
prior to the Closing Date, cause its computer records to be marked
to show that such Transferred Containers and Related Transferred
Assets have been transferred to the Issuer in accordance with this
Agreement and then pledged to the Agent.
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
3.1
Representations and Warranties of Seller
The
Seller hereby makes the following representations and warranties
for the benefit of the Issuer and the Noteholders, on which the
Issuer relies in accepting the conveyance of the Transferred Assets
and on which the Noteholders rely in purchasing the Notes. Such
representations and warranties are made as of the Closing Date,
unless otherwise indicated, but shall survive the assignment,
transfer and conveyance of the Transferred Assets to the Issuer and
the pledge of such Transferred Assets to the Agent.
(a)
Organization and Good Standing . The Seller is a company
duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation with corporate power
and authority to own its properties and to conduct its business as
such properties are currently owned and such business is currently
conducted, had at all relevant times, and now has, power,
authority, and legal right to acquire and own the Transferred
Assets and to perform its obligations hereunder and under any
Transaction Document to which it is a party, has had no other legal
name during the past five years except as stated in the preamble to
this Agreement and does not do business under any other
name;
(b)
Due Qualification . The Seller is qualified as a foreign
entity in each jurisdiction where it is required to be so qualified
to conduct its business and has obtained all necessary licenses and
approvals as required under Applicable Law, in each case, where the
failure to be so qualified, licensed or approved, could reasonably
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materially and adversely to affect the ability of Seller to perform
its obligations under and comply with the terms of this Agreement
and any other Transaction Document to which it is a
party;
(c)
Power and Authority . The Seller has the corporate power and
authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and any other
Transaction Document to which it is a party and to carry out their
terms; the Seller has duly authorized the transfer and assignment
to the Issuer of the Transferred Assets by all necessary corporate
action; the execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement
and any other Transaction Document to which it is a party has been
duly authorized by the Seller by all necessary corporate action and
this Agreement and any other Transaction Document to which it is a
party have been duly executed and delivered by the
Seller;
(d)
Valid Assignment; Binding Obligations . This Agreement and
any other Transaction Document to which the Seller is a party, have
been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Seller and
constitute a legal, valid, and binding obligation of the Seller
enforceable against the Seller in accordance with their terms
subject as to enforceability to applicable bankruptcy,
reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other laws affecting
creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of
equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding
in equity or at law);
(e)
No Violation . Subject to Seller’s obtaining the
consent of Agent under the Seller Loan Agreement to the
Seller’s sale and transfer of the Containers and Related
Transferred Assets to the Issuer pursuant to this Agreement, the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by and the
fulfillment of the terms of this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents to which it is a party will not conflict
with, result in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of,
or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) a
default under, the certificate of incorporation, memorandum of
association or other organizational document or bye-laws of the
Seller, or any material term of any indenture, agreement, mortgage,
deed of trust, or other instrument to which the Seller is a party
or by which it is bound, or result in the creation or imposition of
any Lien upon any of its properties pursuant to the terms of any
such indenture, agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, or other
instrument, other than this Agreement, or violate any law or any
order, rule, or regulation applicable to the Seller of any court or
of any federal or state regulatory body, administrative agency, or
other Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Seller or
any of its properties, in each case which would reasonably be
expected to materially and adversely affect the ability of the
Seller to perform its obligations under and to comply with the
terms of this Agreement and any other Transaction Document to which
it is a party;
(f)
No Proceedings or Injunctions . There are (i) no
proceedings or investigations pending, or, to the knowledge of the
Seller, threatened, before any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency, or other tribunal or Governmental Authority
(A) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement or any other
Transaction Document to which it is a party, (B) seeking to
prevent the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it is a
party, or (C) seeking any determination or ruling that is
reasonably likely to materially
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and adversely
affect the performance by the Seller of its obligations under, or
the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement or any other
Transaction Document to which it is a party and (ii) no
injunction, writ, restraining order or other order in effect
against the Seller that is reasonably likely to materially and
adversely affect its ability to perform under this Agreement or any
other Transaction Document to which it is a party;
(g)
Not Rendered Insolvent . The Seller will not be rendered
insolvent by the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; the
Seller is paying its debts as they become due and, after giving
effect to the transactions contemplated hereby, will have adequate
capital to conduct its business;
(h)
Principal Place of Business . The Seller’s principal
place of business and registered office is Clarendon House, Church
Street, Hamilton HM 11, Bermuda, and has been maintained at such
address for the four months immediately preceding the date hereof;
and the Seller does not have an office or place of business in the
United States;
(i)
No Subsidiaries . The Seller has no subsidiaries.
(j)
Accounting and Tax Treatment . The Seller will treat the
sale of the Transferred Assets to the Issuer pursuant to this
Agreement as a sale of such assets for financial reporting,
accounting and income tax purposes;
(k)
Approvals . Subject to the Seller’s obtaining the
consent of Agent under the Seller Loan Agreement to the
Seller’s sale and transfer of the Containers and Related
Transferred Assets to the Issuer pursuant to this Agreement, all
approvals, authorizations, consents, orders or other actions of any
Person required to be obtained by the Seller in connection with the
execution and delivery of this Agreement or any other Transaction
Document to which it is a party have been or will be taken or
obtained on or prior to the date hereof;
(l)
Governmental Consent . No consent, approval or authorization
of, or filing, registration or qualification with, any Governmental
Authority is or will be necessary or required on the part of the
Seller in connection with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement or the assignment, contribution, conveyance and transfer
of the Transferred Assets hereunder;
(m)
Bulk Transfer Laws . The transfer, assignment and conveyance
of the Transferred Assets by the Seller to the Issuer is not
subject to the bulk transfer or any similar statutory provisions in
effect in any applicable jurisdiction;
(n)
Investment Company . The Seller is not an “investment
company” or a company controlled by an “investment
company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended;
(o)
Substantive Consolidation . The Seller is operated such that
the Issuer would not be substantively consolidated in the
bankruptcy estate of the Seller and its separate existence
disregarded in the event of the Seller’s bankruptcy;
specifically, the
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Seller:
(i) conducts its business in its own name, (ii) maintains
its books and records separate from those of any other person,
(iii) maintains its bank accounts separate from those of any
other person, (iv) maintains separate financial statements,
showing its assets and liabilities separate and apart from those of
any other person, (v) pays its own liabilities and expenses
only out of its own funds, (vi) enters into transactions with
an affiliate only if such transaction is intrinsically fair,
commercially reasonable and on the same terms as would be available
in an arm’s length transaction with a person or entity that
is not an affiliate, (vii) allocates fairly and reasonably any
overhead expenses that are shared with an affiliate,
(viii) holds itself out as a separate entity,
(ix) maintains adequate capital in light of its contemplated
business operations and (x) observes all other appropriate
corporate and other organizational formalities;
(p)
Valid Business Purpose . The Seller has valid business
reasons for selling the Transferred Assets to the Issuer rather
than obtaining a loan with such assets as collateral;
(q)
Net Book Values . The sum of the Net Book Values of the
Containers transferred to the Issuer on the Closing Date by the
Seller is $19,280,392;
(r)
Title to Containers . Subject to the Seller’s
obtaining the release by the Agent under the Seller Loan Agreement
of its security interest in and to the Containers and Related
Transferred Assets, immediately prior to the sale of the
Transferred Assets to the Issuer pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement, the Seller owned and had good and marketable title to
such Transferred Assets, free and clear of all Liens (whether
senior, junior, or pari passu ), claim or encumbrance of any
Person other than Permitted Liens. Other than for the grant of a
security interest in the Transferred Assets to the Agent under the
Seller Loan Agreement, the Seller has not authorized the filing of,
and is not aware of, any financing statements against the Seller
that include a description of collateral covering the Transferred
Assets other than any financing statement or document of similar
import (i) relating to the security interest granted to the
Issuer in this Agreement or (ii) that has been terminated. The
Seller is not aware of any judgment or tax lien filings against the
Seller. Immediately after the sale of the Transferred Assets to the
Issuer pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, title to the
Transferred Assets shall be indefeasibly vested in the
Issuer;
(s)
Casualty Event . No Container shall have suffered a Casualty
Event on or prior to the Transfer Date;
(t)
Financial Statements . The balance sheet of the Seller at
March 31, 2005 and the statements of income, retained earnings
and cash flows for the fiscal quarter then ended fairly present in
all material respects, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments
and the absence of footnotes to such statements, the financial
condition of the Seller and the results of its operations for the
period ended on such date, all in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent
basis.
Since
March 31, 2005, there has been no change in the business or
condition (financial or otherwise) of the Seller except changes in
the ordinary course of
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business, none
of which individually or in the aggregate has been materially
adverse. The Seller does not have any material liability or
obligation other than those disclosed in the financial statements
referred to in the preceding paragraph or for which adequate
reserves are reflected in such financial statements or that have
been incurred in the ordinary course of business since
March 31, 2005;
(u)
Business Purpose . The transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and the other Transaction
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