COMPOSITE VERSION
Reflects all Amendments through April 29, 2009
SALE AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT
CAPITALSOURCE FUNDING III
LLC,
as the Seller
CAPITALSOURCE FINANCE
LLC,
as the Originator and as the Servicer
EACH OF THE CONDUIT PURCHASERS
AND THE INSTITUTIONAL
PURCHASERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO,
as Purchasers
EACH OF THE PURCHASER AGENTS
FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO,
as the Purchaser Agents
WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS,
LLC,
as the Administrative Agent and as the WBNA Agent
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
as the Backup Servicer and as the Collateral
Custodian
Dated as of April 20, 2004
Conformed as of April 29, 2009
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Section 1.1 Certain Defined
Terms
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2
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51
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Section 1.3 Computation of Time
Periods
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Section 1.4 Interpretation
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ARTICLE II PURCHASE OF THE VARIABLE FUNDING
NOTES
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52
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Section 2.1 The Variable Funding
Notes
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53
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Section 2.3 Procedures for Advances by
Purchasers
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Section 2.4 Reduction of the Facility
Amount; Mandatory and Optional Repayments
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Section 2.5 Determination of
Interest
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Section 2.8 Notations on Variable Funding
Notes
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55
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Section 2.9 Settlement Procedures During
the Revolving Period
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Section 2.10 Settlement Procedures During
the Amortization Period
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57
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Section 2.11 Collections and
Allocations
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58
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Section 2.12 Payments, Computations,
Etc
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59
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Section 2.13 Optional Repurchase
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60
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60
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Section 2.15 Increased Costs; Capital
Adequacy; Illegality
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Section 2.17 Assignment of the Sale
Agreement
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64
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Section 2.18 Substitution of
Assets
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64
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Section 2.19 Optional Sales
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65
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Section 2.20 Discretionary Sales
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Section 2.21 Loans Originated by Affiliates
of CapitalSource Inc. Other than the Originator
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ARTICLE III CONDITIONS TO ADVANCES
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68
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Section 3.1 Conditions to Closing and
Initial Advance
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Section 3.2 Conditions Precedent to All
Advances
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69
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ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
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71
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Section 4.1 Representations and Warranties
of the Seller
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71
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Section 4.2 Representations and Warranties
of the Seller Relating to the Agreement and the
Collateral
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81
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Section 4.3 Representations and Warranties
of the Servicer
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82
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Section 4.4 Representations and Warranties
of the Backup Servicer
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85
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Section 4.5 Representations and Warranties
of the Collateral Custodian
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85
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Section 4.6 Breach of Certain
Representations and Warranties
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86
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ARTICLE V GENERAL COVENANTS
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87
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Section 5.1 Affirmative Covenants of the
Seller
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87
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Section 5.2 Negative Covenants of the
Seller
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90
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Section 5.3 Covenants of the Seller
Relating to the Hedging of Assets
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92
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Section 5.4 Affirmative Covenants of the
Servicer
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93
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Section 5.5 Negative Covenants of the
Servicer
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96
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Section 5.6 Affirmative Covenants of the
Backup Servicer
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97
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Section 5.7 Negative Covenants of the
Backup Servicer
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98
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Section 5.8 Affirmative Covenants of the
Collateral Custodian
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98
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Section 5.9 Negative Covenants of the
Collateral Custodian
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98
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ARTICLE VI ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF
CONTRACTS
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98
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Section 6.1 Designation of the
Servicer
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Section 6.2 Duties of the
Servicer
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99
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Section 6.3 Authorization of the
Servicer
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101
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Section 6.4 Collection of
Payments
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101
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Section 6.5 Servicer Advances
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103
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Section 6.6 Realization Upon Charged-Off
Assets
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103
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Section 6.7 Maintenance of Insurance
Policies
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Section 6.8 Servicing
Compensation
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Section 6.9 Payment of Certain Expenses by
Servicer
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105
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Section 6.11 Annual Statement as to
Compliance
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105
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Section 6.12 Annual Independent Public
Accountant’s Servicing Reports
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106
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Section 6.13 Limitation on Liability of the
Servicer and Others
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106
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Section 6.14 The Servicer Not to
Resign
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Section 6.15 Servicer Defaults
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107
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Section 6.16 Appointment of Successor
Servicer
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108
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ARTICLE VII THE BACKUP SERVICER
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110
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Section 7.1 Designation of the Backup
Servicer
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Section 7.2 Duties of the Backup
Servicer
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111
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Section 7.3 Merger or
Consolidation
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112
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Section 7.4 Backup Servicing
Compensation
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112
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Section 7.5 Backup Servicer
Removal
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112
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Section 7.6 Limitation on
Liability
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113
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Section 7.7 The Backup Servicer Not to
Resign
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ARTICLE VIII THE COLLATERAL CUSTODIAN
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Section 8.1 Designation of Collateral
Custodian
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Section 8.2 Duties of Collateral
Custodian
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Section 8.3 Merger or
Consolidation
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116
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Section 8.4 Collateral Custodian
Compensation
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Section 8.5 Collateral Custodian
Removal
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116
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Section 8.6 Limitation on
Liability
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116
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Section 8.7 The Collateral Custodian Not to
Resign
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Section 8.8 Release of Documents
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117
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Section 8.9 Return of Required Asset
Documents
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118
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Section 8.10 Access to Certain
Documentation and Information Regarding the Collateral;
Audits
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ARTICLE IX SECURITY INTEREST
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Section 9.1 Grant of Security
Interest
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Section 9.2 Release of Lien on
Collateral
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120
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Section 9.3 Further Assurances
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Section 9.5 Waiver of Certain
Laws
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120
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Section 9.6 Power of Attorney
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ARTICLE X TERMINATION EVENTS
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Section 10.1 Termination Events
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124
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ARTICLE XI INDEMNIFICATION
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Section 11.1 Indemnities by the
Seller
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Section 11.2 Indemnities by the
Servicer
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128
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Section 11.3 After-Tax Basis
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128
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ARTICLE XII THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND
PURCHASER AGENTS
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Section 12.1 The Administrative
Agent
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129
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Section 12.2 The Purchaser
Agents
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Section 12.3 Additional Agent
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ARTICLE XIII MISCELLANEOUS
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Section 13.1 Amendments and
Waivers
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Section 13.2 Notices, Etc
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Section 13.3 Ratable Payments
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Section 13.4 No Waiver; Remedies
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Section 13.5 Binding Effect; Benefit of
Agreement
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137
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Section 13.6 Term of this
Agreement
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Section 13.7 Governing Law; Consent to
Jurisdiction; Waiver of Objection to Venue
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137
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Section 13.8 Waiver of Jury
Trial
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137
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Section 13.9 Costs, Expenses and
Taxes
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138
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Section 13.10 No Proceedings
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138
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Section 13.11 Recourse Against Certain
Parties
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139
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Section 13.12 Protection of Right, Title
and Interest in the Collateral; Further Action Evidencing
Advances
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140
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Section 13.13 Confidentiality
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141
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Section 13.14 Execution in Counterparts;
Severability; Integration
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143
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Section 13.15 Waiver of Setoff
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143
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Section 13.16 Assignments
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143
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Section 13.17 Heading and
Exhibits
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144
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Section 13.18 Loans Subject to Retained
Interest Provisions
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144
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Section 13.19 Tax Treatment of
Advances
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SALE AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT
THIS SALE AND
SERVICING AGREEMENT (such agreement as amended, modified,
waived, supplemented, restated or replaced from time to time, the
“ Agreement ”) is made as of this April 20,
2004, by and among:
(1)
CAPITALSOURCE FUNDING III LLC , a Delaware limited liability
company (as successor-in-interest to CapitalSource Funding III
Inc.), as the seller (together with its successors and assigns in
such capacity, the “ Seller ”);
(2)
CAPITALSOURCE FINANCE LLC , a Delaware limited liability
company (“ CapitalSource Finance ”), as the
originator (together with its successors and assigns in such
capacity, the “ Originator ”), and as the
servicer (together with its successors and assigns in such
capacity, the “ Servicer ”);
(3) EACH
OF THE CONDUIT PURCHASERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO
(together with their successors and assigns in such capacity, each
a “ Conduit Purchaser ”);
(4) EACH
OF THE INSTITUTIONAL PURCHASERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO
(together with their respective successors and assigns in such
capacities, each an “ Institutional Purchaser ”,
and together with Conduit Purchasers, the “ Purchasers
”); and
(5) EACH
OF THE PURCHASER AGENTS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO
(together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, each a
“ Purchaser Agent ”);
(6)
WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC , a Delaware limited liability
company (together with its successors and assigns, “
WCM ”), as the administrative agent for the Purchaser
Agents hereunder (together with its successors and assigns in such
capacity, the “ Administrative Agent ”), and as
the Purchaser Agent for Wachovia Bank, National Association
(“ WBNA ”), as an Institutional Purchaser
(together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the
“ WBNA Agent ”); and
(7) WELLS
FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“ Wells Fargo
”), not in its individual capacity but as the backup servicer
(together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the
“ Backup Servicer ”), and not in its individual
capacity but as the collateral custodian (together with its
successors and assigns in such capacity, the “ Collateral
Custodian ”).
WHEREAS ,
the Seller has acquired, and may from time to time continue to
acquire, certain Assets from the Originator pursuant to the Sale
Agreement;
WHEREAS ,
the Seller is prepared to grant security interests in, certain
Assets and other proceeds with respect thereto to the Purchasers
from time to time;
WHEREAS ,
the Purchasers may, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement,
purchase such Assets;
WHEREAS ,
it is the intention of the parties hereto that (i) in
connection with each Advance hereunder, the Seller hereby grants a
security interest to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of
the Secured Parties, in all of the Seller’s right, title and
interest in and to the Assets and proceeds with respect thereto,
and (ii) this Agreement shall constitute a security agreement
under Applicable Law, in respect of the grant described in the
second Recital above, and all other security interests granted
hereunder; and
WHEREAS ,
all other conditions precedent to the execution of this Agreement
have been complied with.
NOW,
THEREFORE, based upon the foregoing Recitals, the mutual
premises and agreements contained herein, and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally
bound, hereby agree as follows:
Section 1.1 Certain Defined Terms .
(a) Certain
capitalized terms used throughout this Agreement are defined above
or in this Section 1.1 . As used in this Agreement and
its schedules, exhibits and other attachments, unless the context
requires a different meaning, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
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Act ”: Defined in Section 10.1(i)
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“ Accrual
Period ”: With respect to each Advance (or portion
thereof), (i) with respect to the first Payment Date, the
period from and including the Closing Date to and including the
last day of the calendar month in which the Closing Date occurs and
(ii) with respect to any subsequent Payment Date, the period
ending on the last day of the calendar month immediately preceding
the month in which the Payment Date occurs and commencing on the
first (1st) day of such immediately preceding calendar
month.
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Addition Date ”: With respect to any Additional
Assets, the date on which such Additional Assets become part of the
Collateral.
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Additional Agent ”: Each Person (together with its
successors and assigns) that becomes a party to this Agreement as
an Additional Agent, on behalf of any Additional Purchaser,
pursuant to an Additional Purchaser Agreement.
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Additional Agent Fee Letter ”: Each Additional Agent
Fee Letter Agreement that shall be entered into by and among the
Seller, the Servicer and such Additional Agent in connection with
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, as amended,
modified, waived, supplemented, restated or replaced from time to
time.
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Additional Agent’s Account ”: A special account,
designated by the Additional Agent in an Additional Purchaser
Agreement, in the name of an Additional Agent maintained with the
related Additional Purchaser.
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Additional Assets ”: All Assets that become part of
the Collateral after the Closing Date.
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Additional Purchaser ”: Each Person (together with its
successors and assigns) that becomes a party to this Agreement as
an Additional Purchaser pursuant to an Additional Purchaser
Agreement.
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Additional Purchaser Agreement ”: With respect to each
Additional Purchaser, the Transferee Letter or Assumption Agreement
relating to such Additional Purchaser.
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Adjusted Eurodollar Rate ”: For any Accrual Period, an
interest rate per annum equal to a fraction, expressed as a
percentage and rounded upwards (if necessary) to the nearest 1/100
of 1%, (i) the numerator of which is equal to the LIBOR Market
Index Rate for such Accrual Period and (ii) the denominator of
which is equal to 100% minus the Eurodollar Reserve
Percentage for such Accrual Period.
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Administrative Agent ”: WCM, in its capacity as
administrative agent for the Purchaser Agents, together with its
successors and assigns, including any successor appointed pursuant
to ARTICLE XII .
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Advance ”: Defined in Section 2.1(b)
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“ Advance
Rate ”: With respect to any type of Asset on any date of
determination, the corresponding percentage set forth
below:
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Type of
Asset
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Advance
Rate
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77.5
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72.5
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Stretch Senior Secured Loans
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67.5
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60.0
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40.0
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provided , however , with respect to
any Assigned Loans, Agented Loans, Participation Loans and DIP
Loans, the applicable Advance Rate will be determined by reference
to the type of underlying Loan being acquired, assigned, agented or
participated in, as the case may be.
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Advances Outstanding ”: On any day, the aggregate
principal amount of all Advances outstanding on such day, after
giving effect to all repayments of Advances and the making of new
Advances on such day.
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Affected Party ”: The Administrative Agent, the
Purchaser Agents, the Purchasers, each Liquidity Bank, all
assignees and participants of the Purchasers and each Liquidity
Bank, any successor to WCM as Administrative Agent and any
sub-agent of the Administrative Agent and any successor to a
Purchaser Agent.
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Affiliate ”: With respect to a Person, means any other
Person that, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by or
under common control with such Person, or is a director or officer
of such Person. For purposes of this definition,
“control” (including the terms
“controlling,” “controlled by” and
“under common control with”) when used with respect to
any specified Person means the possession, direct or indirect, of
the power to vote 20% or more of the voting securities of such
Person or to direct or cause the direction of the management or
policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise.
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Agent’s Account ”: The WBNA Agent’s
Account or any Additional Agent’s Account, as
applicable.
“ Agented
Loans ”: With respect to any Loan, one or more loans to
an Eligible Obligor wherein (a) the loan(s) are originated by
the Originator in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy
as a part of a loan transaction that has been fully consummated
between the Originator and the related Obligor (without regard to
any subsequent syndication of such Loan) prior to such Agented
Loans becoming part of the Collateral hereunder, (b) upon an
assignment of the loan under the Sale Agreement to the Seller, any
related original note will be endorsed to the Administrative Agent
and held by the Collateral Custodian, on behalf of the Secured
Parties and any Loan Register will be revised to reflect the
transfer of the loan to the Seller, (c) the Seller, as
assignee of the loan, will have all of the rights but none of the
obligations of the Originator with respect to such loan and the
Originator’s right, title and interest in and to the Related
Property including the right to receive and collect payments
directly in its own name and to enforce its rights directly against
the Obligor thereof to the extent the Originator has such rights,
(d) the loan, if secured, is secured by an undivided interest
in the Related Property that also secures and is shared by, on a
pro-rata basis, all other holders of such Obligor’s loans of
equal priority and (e) the Originator (or a wholly-owned
subsidiary of CapitalSource Inc.) is the collateral agent and
payment agent for all holders of such Loan.
“
Aggregate Outstanding Asset Balance ”: On any date of
determination, the sum of the Outstanding Asset Balances of all
Eligible Assets included as part of the Collateral on such date,
minus the Outstanding Asset Balances of any Delinquent
Assets. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein,
for purposes of determining the Aggregate Outstanding Asset
Balance, if any portion of an Asset is deemed to be
“charged-off” in accordance with the provisions of the
definition of Charged-Off Asset, then the entire Asset shall be
deemed to have
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a zero
Outstanding Asset Balance, except for purposes of calculating
Average Pool Charged-Off Ratio.
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Aggregate Unpaids ”: At any time, an amount equal to
the sum of all unpaid Advances Outstanding, Interest, Breakage
Costs, Hedge Breakage Costs and all other amounts owed by the
Seller to the Purchasers, the Purchaser Agents, the Administrative
Agent, the Backup Servicer, each Hedge Counterparty and the
Collateral Custodian hereunder (including, without limitation, all
Indemnified Amounts, other amounts payable under
Article XI and amounts required under
Section 2.9 , Section 2.10 ,
Section 2.14 , Section 2.15 and
Section 2.16 to the Affected Parties or Indemnified
Parties) or under any Hedging Agreement (including, without
limitation, payments in respect of the termination of any such
Hedging Agreement) or by the Seller or any other Person under any
fee letter (including, without limitation, the Purchaser Fee
Letter, any Additional Agent Fee Letter, the Backup Servicer Fee
Letter and the Collateral Custodian Fee Letter) delivered in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
(whether due or accrued).
“ Alarm
Service Agreement ”: An agreement between a Dealer and
its customer pursuant to which the Dealer is obligated to service
and monitor the customer’s alarm system in consideration for
monthly payments by the customer.
“
Allocation Adjustment Event ”: With respect to each
Loan included in the Collateral subject to the Retained Interest
provisions of this Agreement, the occurrence of any one or more of
the following under and as defined in any Permitted Securitization
Transaction rated by the Rating Agencies, as applicable: (i) a
“servicer default”, (ii) an “event of
default”, (iii) an “accelerated amortization
event”, (iv) a “collateral manager default”,
(v) a “termination event”, (vi) a
“servicer termination event” or (vii) any event
with substantially similar results to the foregoing.
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Alternative Rate ”: An interest rate per annum equal
to the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate; provided, however , that
the Alternative Rate shall be the Base Rate if a Eurodollar
Disruption Event occurs.
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Amortization Period ”: The period beginning on the
Termination Date and ending on the Collection Date.
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Applicable Law ”: For any Person or property of such
Person, all existing and future applicable laws, rules, regulations
(including proposed, temporary and final income tax regulations),
statutes, treaties, codes, ordinances, permits, certificates,
orders and licenses of and interpretations by any Governmental
Authority (including, without limitation, usury laws, the Federal
Truth in Lending Act, and Regulation Z and Regulation B
of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), and
applicable judgments, decrees, injunctions, writs, awards or orders
of any court, arbitrator or other administrative, judicial, or
quasi-judicial tribunal or agency of competent
jurisdiction.
“ Asset
Checklist ”: An electronic list of loan documents
delivered by or on behalf of the Seller to the Collateral Custodian
that identifies each of the items contained in the related Asset
File, as amended from time to time.
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“ Asset
Files ”: With respect to any Asset and Related Security,
copies of each of the Required Asset Documents and duly executed
originals (to the extent required by the Credit and Collection
Policy) and copies of any other Records relating to such Asset and
Related Security.
“ Asset
List ”: The Asset List provided by the Seller to the
Administrative Agent and the Collateral Custodian, in the form of
Schedule IV hereto, as such list may be amended,
supplemented or modified from time to time in accordance with this
Agreement.
“
Assets ”: Loans, individually or collectively, as the
context requires.
“
Assigned Loan ”: A Loan originated by a Person other
than the Originator or any other Subsidiary of CapitalSource Inc.
in compliance with Section 2.21 in which a constant
percentage interest has been assigned to the Originator by such
Person in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy and
(i) such transaction has been fully consummated prior to such
Loan becoming part of the Collateral hereunder, (ii) the
Originator is a party to a credit agreement and/or an assignment
agreement and a promissory note or loan register, as applicable,
with the Obligor with respect to such Loan and (iii) the agent
receives payment directly from the Obligor thereof on behalf of
each lender that has been assigned a percentage interest in such
Loan.
“
Assignment of Mortgage ”: As to each Loan secured by
an interest in real property, one or more assignments, notices of
transfer or equivalent instruments, each in recordable form and
sufficient under the laws of the relevant jurisdiction to reflect
the transfer of the related mortgage, deed of trust, security deed
or similar security instrument and all other documents related to
such Loan and to the Seller and to grant a perfected lien thereon
by the Seller in favor of the Administrative Agent, on behalf of
the Secured Parties, each such Assignment of Mortgage to be
substantially in the form of Exhibit I
hereto.
“
Assumption Agreement ”: Defined in
Section 13.16(b) .
“
Availability ”: At any time, an amount equal to the
excess, if any, of (i) the lesser of (a) the Facility
Amount and (b) the Maximum Availability minus
(ii) the Advances Outstanding on such day; provided
that during the Amortization Period, the Availability shall be
zero.
“
Available Funds ”: With respect to any Payment Date,
all amounts received in the Collection Account (including, without
limitation, any Collections on Assets included in the Collateral
and earnings from Permitted Investments in the Collection Account)
during the Collection Period that ended on the last day of the
calendar month immediately preceding the calendar month in which
such Payment Date occurs.
“ Average
Pool Charged-Off Ratio ”: As of any Determination Date,
the percentage equivalent of a fraction (i) the numerator of
which is equal to the sum of the Outstanding Asset Balance of all
Assets that became Charged-Off Assets (net of Recoveries during
such Collection Period) during the Collection Period related to
such Determination Date and each of the 11 preceding Determination
Dates (or such lesser number as shall have elapsed as of such
Determination Date), and (ii) the denominator of which is
equal to a fraction the numerator of which is the sum of the
Aggregate Outstanding Asset Balance as of the first day of the
Collection Period related to such Determination Date and each of
the 11 preceding Determination Dates (or such lesser number as
shall have elapsed as of such Determination Date)
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and the
denominator of which is twelve (or the corresponding lesser number
of Determination Dates included in the calculations described
herein).
“ Average
Portfolio Charged-Off Ratio ”: As of any Determination
Date, the percentage equivalent of a fraction (i) the
numerator of which is equal to the sum of the Portfolio Outstanding
Asset Balance of all Portfolio Assets (excluding equity
investments) that became Charged-Off Portfolio Assets (net of
Recoveries during such Collection Period) during the Collection
Period related to such Determination Date and each of the 11
preceding Determination Dates (or such lesser number as shall have
elapsed as of such Determination Date), and (ii) the
denominator of which is equal to a fraction the numerator of which
is the sum of the Portfolio Outstanding Asset Balance (excluding
equity investments) as of the first day of the Collection Period
related to such Determination Date and each of the 11 preceding
Determination Dates (or such lesser number as shall have elapsed as
of such Determination Date) and the denominator of which is twelve
(or the corresponding lesser number of Determination Dates included
in the calculations described herein).
“ Average
Portfolio Delinquency Ratio ”: As of any Determination
Date, the percentage equivalent of a fraction the numerator of
which is equal to the sum of the Portfolio Delinquency Ratio on
such Determination Date and each of the two preceding Determination
Dates (or such lesser number as shall have elapsed as of such
Determination Date) and the denominator of which is equal to three
(or the corresponding lesser number of Determination Dates included
in the calculations described herein).
“ Backup
Servicer ”: Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, not
in its individual capacity, but solely as Backup Servicer, its
successor in interest pursuant to Section 7.3 or such
Person as shall have been appointed as Backup Servicer pursuant to
Section 7.5 .
“ Backup
Servicer Fee Letter ”: The Backup Servicer Fee Letter,
dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Servicer, the
Administrative Agent, and the Backup Servicer, as such letter may
be amended, modified, supplemented, restated or replaced from time
to time.
“ Backup
Servicer Fee Rate ”: The rate per annum set forth in the
Backup Servicer Fee Letter as the “Backup Servicer Fee
Rate.”
“ Backup
Servicer Termination Notice ”: Defined in
Section 7.5 .
“ Backup
Servicing Fee ”: Defined in the Backup Servicer Fee
Letter.
“ Banded
Floating Rate Asset ”: An Asset where the interest rate
payable by the Obligor thereof fluctuates between a minimum
interest rate and a maximum interest rate allowable under its
Required Asset Documents.
“ Bank
Subsidiary ”: CapitalSource Bank, an industrial bank
incorporated under the laws of the State of California.
“
Bankruptcy Code ”: The United States Bankruptcy Reform
Act of 1978 (11 U.S.C. § 101, et seq .), as amended
from time to time.
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“ Base
Rate ”: On any date, a fluctuating interest rate per
annum equal to the higher of (a) the Prime Rate or
(b) the Federal Funds Rate plus 1.5%.
“ Benefit
Plan ”: Any employee benefit plan as defined in
Section 3(3) of ERISA in respect of which the Seller or
any ERISA Affiliate of the Seller is, or at any time during the
immediately preceding six years was, an “employer” as
defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
“
Borrowing Base ”: On any date of determination, the
sum of (i) the Aggregate Outstanding Asset Balance and (ii)
(a) the Outstanding Asset Balances of all Additional Assets
that are Eligible Assets to be included as part of the Collateral
on such date minus (b) the amount (calculated without
duplication) by which such Eligible Assets exceed any applicable
Pool Concentration Criteria.
“
Borrowing Base Certificate ”: Each certificate, in the
form of Exhibit A-3 , required to be delivered by the
Seller along with each Borrowing Notice.
“
Borrowing Notice ”: Each notice, in the form of
Exhibit A-1 or A-2 (as applicable), required to
be delivered by the Seller (i) in respect of (a) the
Initial Advance, each incremental Advance (as applicable),
(b) any reduction of the Facility Amount or repayment of
Advances Outstanding, or (c) any reinvestment of Principal
Collections under Section 2.9(b) ; and (ii) on each
Determination Date.
“
Breakage Costs ”: Any amount or amounts as shall
compensate a Purchaser for any loss, cost or expense incurred by
such Purchaser (as determined by such Purchaser’s Purchaser
Agent in such Purchaser Agent’s sole discretion) as a result
of (i) a prepayment by the Seller of Advances Outstanding or
Interest or (ii) any difference between the CP Rate and the
Adjusted Eurodollar Rate. All Breakage Costs shall be due and
payable hereunder upon demand.
“
Business Day ”: Any day other than a Saturday or a
Sunday on which (a) banks are not required or authorized to be
closed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, New York City, New York,
Charlotte, North Carolina, and (b) if the term “Business
Day” is used in connection with the determination of the
LIBOR Market Index Rate, dealings in United States dollar deposits
are carried on in the London interbank market.
“
CapitalSource Bank Transaction ”: The acquisition by
CapitalSource Inc. of the assets of Fremont Investment & Loan
that occurred on July 25, 2008.
“
CapitalSource LIBOR Rate ”: The London interbank
offered rate for deposits in Dollars for the applicable maturity,
as and when determined in accordance with the applicable Required
Asset Documents.
“
CapitalSource Prime Rate ”: The rate designated by
CapitalSource Finance (or the originator of, or applicable agent
with respect to, an Assigned Loan) from time to time and/or
pursuant to the related loan documents as its prime rate in the
United States, such rate to change as and when the designated rate
changes; provided , however , the CapitalSource Prime
Rate is not intended to be the lowest rate of interest charged by
CapitalSource (or such originator) in connection with extensions of
credit to debtors.
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“ Capital
Stock ”: With respect to any Person, shares of capital
stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person,
warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or other
acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock of (or
other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, securities
convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of (or
other ownership or profit interests in) such Person or warrants,
rights or options for the purchase or other acquisition from such
Person of such shares (or such other interests), and other
ownership or profit interests in such Person (including, without
limitation, partnership, member or trust interests therein),
whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not such shares,
warrants, options, rights or other interests are authorized or
otherwise existing on any date of determination.
“
Change-in-Control ”: Means (a) any Person or two
or more Persons acting in concert shall have acquired
“beneficial ownership,” directly or indirectly, of, or
shall have acquired by contract or otherwise, or shall have entered
into a contract or arrangement that, upon consummation, will result
in its or their acquisition of, or control over, Voting Stock of
CapitalSource Inc. (or other securities convertible into such
Voting Stock) representing 33-1/3% or more of the combined voting
power of all Voting Stock of CapitalSource Inc., (b) the sale,
lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way
of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related
transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of
CapitalSource Inc. and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any
“person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d)
and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), (c) the failure of
CapitalSource Inc. to own (directly or through wholly owned
subsidiaries) 99.9% of the outstanding Voting Stock of
CapitalSource TRS LLC (f/k/a CapitalSource TRS Inc.) or any
Servicing Guarantor, (d) the failure of CapitalSource TRS LLC
(f/k/a CapitalSource TRS Inc.) to own (directly or through wholly
owned subsidiaries) 99.9% of the outstanding Voting Stock of the
Originator or any Servicing Guarantor, (e) the creation or
imposition of any Lien on any limited liability company membership
interests in the Seller; provided , however , that it
shall not be a Change-in-Control if a Lien on such limited
liability membership interests of the Seller shall be created or
imposed in favor of WBNA, as agent, or its successors, assigns or
subsequent transferees in such capacity, in connection with
(i) that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of March 14,
2006, by and among CapitalSource Inc., the guarantors listed
therein, the lenders listed therein, WBNA and Bank of America,
N.A., and all Credit Documents (as defined therein) thereunder,
(ii) that certain Pledge Agreement, dated as of
December 23, 2008, by and among CapitalSource Inc., its direct
and indirect subsidiaries listed therein, WBNA, the Collateral
Custodian and the Servicer, and (iii) that certain Security
Agreement, dated as of December 23, 2008, by and among
CapitalSource Inc., its direct and indirect subsidiaries listed
therein and WBNA or (f) the failure by the Originator to own
all of the limited liability company membership interests in the
Seller; provided , however , that it shall not be a
Change-in-Control if WBNA, or its successors, assigns or subsequent
transferees, shall own such limited liability membership interests
of the Seller. Notwithstanding the foregoing, solely for the
purpose of determining whether there has been a Change-in-Control
pursuant to clause (a) above, any purchase by one or more
Excluded Persons which increases any of such Excluded
Persons’ direct or indirect ownership interest (whether
individually or in the aggregate) in the Voting Stock of
CapitalSource Inc. shall not constitute a Change-in-Control even if
the amount of Voting Stock acquired or controlled by such Excluded
Person(s) exceeds (whether individually or in the aggregate)
33-1/3% of the combined voting power of all Voting Stock of the
Originator, any Servicing Guarantor or CapitalSource Inc., as
applicable; provided that for so long as any of such
Excluded Persons’ direct or indirect ownership interest in
the Voting Stock
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of the
Originator, any Servicing Guarantor or CapitalSource Inc. exceeds
(individually or in the aggregate) 33-1/3% of the combined voting
power of all Voting Stock of the Originator, any Servicing
Guarantor or CapitalSource Inc., as applicable, the initiation by
the Originator, any Servicing Guarantor or CapitalSource Inc. of
any action intended to terminate or having the effect of
terminating the registration of its securities under
Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act or intended to
suspend or having the effect of suspending its obligation to file
reports with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under
Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, shall
constitute a Change-in-Control. “Excluded Person” shall
mean each of John Delaney, Farallon Capital Management, LLC and
Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC and their Affiliates. As used
herein, “beneficial ownership” shall have the meaning
provided in Rule 13d-3 of the Securities and Exchange
Commission under the Exchange Act.
“
Charged-Off Asset ”: An Asset (or portion thereof
deemed to be “charged-off”) as to which any of the
following first occurs: (i) the Servicer has determined or
should have reasonably determined in accordance with the Credit and
Collection Policy that such Asset is not collectible, (ii)
(a) all or any portion of one or more principal or interest
payments (other than in respect of default rate interest) remain
unpaid for at least ninety (90) days from the original due
date for such payment (without giving effect to any Servicer
Advance thereon), in which case not less than fifty percent (50%)
of the Outstanding Asset Balance shall be deemed to be
“charged-off” for purposes of this Agreement (and for
the avoidance of doubt, the remaining fifty percent (50%) of such
Outstanding Asset Balance shall be deemed to be
“delinquent” for purposes of this Agreement), and
(b) all or any portion of one or more principal or interest
payments (other than in respect of default rate interest) remain
unpaid for at least one hundred and eighty (180) days from the
original due date for such payment (without giving effect to any
Servicer Advance thereon), in which case not less than one hundred
percent (100%) of the Outstanding Asset Balance of an Asset shall
be deemed to be “charged-off” for purposes of this
Agreement, or (iii) (a) the Obligor thereof or any Person
obligated thereon is subject to an Insolvency Event, in which case
not less than fifty percent (50%) of the Outstanding Asset Balance
of an Asset shall be deemed to be “charged-off” as of
the date of the occurrence of such Insolvency Event for purposes of
this Agreement, (b) the Obligor thereof or any Person
obligated thereunder has suffered a material adverse change which
materially affects its viability as a going concern as reasonably
determined by the Servicer, or (c) adequate collateral or
other source of payment does not exist to repay the full amount due
to the Seller under the Asset as determined by the
Servicer.
“
Charged-Off Portfolio Asset ”: A Portfolio Asset (or
portion thereof deemed to be “charged-off”) (excluding
equity investments) as to which any of the following first occurs:
(i) the Servicer has determined or should have reasonably
determined in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy (or
such similar policies and procedures utilized by the Servicer in
servicing such Portfolio Asset) that such Portfolio Asset is not
collectible, (ii) (a) all or any portion of one or more
principal or interest payments (other than in respect of default
rate interest) remain unpaid for at least ninety (90) days
from the original due date for such payment (without giving effect
to any Servicer Advance thereon), in which case not less than fifty
percent (50%) of the Portfolio Outstanding Asset Balance of such
Portfolio Asset shall be deemed to be “charged-off” for
purposes of this Agreement (and for the avoidance of doubt, the
remaining fifty percent (50%) of such Outstanding Asset Balance
shall be deemed to be “delinquent” for purposes of this
Agreement), and (b) all or any portion of one or more
principal or interest payments (other than in respect of default
rate interest) remain unpaid for at least one hundred
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and eighty
(180) days from the original due date for such payment
(without giving effect to any Servicer Advance thereon), in which
case not less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Portfolio
Outstanding Asset Balance of such Portfolio Asset shall be deemed
to be “charged-off” for purposes of this Agreement, or
(iii) (a) the Obligor thereof or any Person obligated thereon
is subject to an Insolvency Event, in which case not less than
fifty percent (50%) of the Portfolio Outstanding Asset Balance of
such Portfolio Asset shall be deemed to be
“charged-off” as of the date of the occurrence of such
Insolvency Event for purposes of this Agreement, (b) the
Obligor or any Person obligated thereon has suffered a material
adverse change which materially affects its viability as an ongoing
concern as reasonably determined by the Servicer, or
(c) adequate collateral or other source of payment does not
exist to repay the principal due under the Portfolio Asset as
determined by the Servicer.
“
Clearing Agency ”: An organization registered as a
“clearing agency” pursuant to Section 17A of the
Exchange Act.
“ Closing
Date ”: April 20, 2004.
“
Code ”: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
from time to time.
“
Collateral ”: All right, title, and interest (whether
now owned or hereafter acquired or arising, and wherever located)
of the Seller in all accounts, cash and currency, chattel paper,
tangible chattel paper, electronic chattel paper, copyrights,
copyright licenses, equipment, fixtures, general intangibles,
instruments, commercial tort claims, deposit accounts, inventory,
investment property, letter-of-credit rights, software, supporting
obligations, accessions, and other property consisting of, arising
out of, or related to any of the following (in each case excluding
the Retained Interest and the Excluded Amounts): (i) the
Existing Assets and Additional Assets, and all monies due or to
become due in payment under such Existing Assets and Additional
Assets on and after the related Cut-Off Date, including but not
limited to all Collections, but excluding any Excluded Amounts;
(ii) all Related Security with respect to the Assets referred
to in clause (i) and (iii) all income and Proceeds of
the foregoing.
“
Collateral Custodian ”: Wells Fargo Bank, National
Association, not in its individual capacity, but solely as
Collateral Custodian, its successor in interest pursuant to
Section 8.3 or such Person as shall have been appointed
Collateral Custodian pursuant to Section 8.5 .
“
Collateral Custodian Fee ”: Defined in the Collateral
Custodian Fee Letter.
“
Collateral Custodian Fee Letter ”: The Collateral
Custodian Fee Letter, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the
Originator, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Custodian,
as such letter may be amended, modified, supplemented, restated or
replaced from time to time.
“
Collateral Custodian Termination Notice ”: Defined in
Section 8.5 .
“
Collection Account ”: Defined in
Section 6.4(f) .
“
Collection Date ”: The date following the Termination
Date on which the Aggregate Unpaids have been reduced to zero and
indefeasibly paid in full.
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“
Collection Period ”: Each calendar month.
“
Collections ”: (a) All cash collections and other
cash proceeds of any Asset, including, without limitation,
Scheduled Payments, Finance Charges, Prepayments, Insurance
Proceeds, Distributions, all Recoveries or other amounts received
in respect thereof but excluding any Excluded Amounts, (b) any
cash proceeds or other funds received by the Seller or the Servicer
with respect to any Related Security, (c) all payments
received pursuant to any Hedging Agreement or Hedge Transaction and
(d) all Deemed Collections.
“
Commercial Paper Notes ”: On any day, any short-term
promissory notes of any Purchaser (or its related commercial paper
issuer) issued in the commercial paper market.
“
Commitment ”: With respect to each Purchaser, the
commitment of such Purchaser to make Advances in accordance
herewith in an amount not to exceed (i) (a) prior to the
Termination Date, the dollar amount set forth opposite such
Purchaser’s signature on the signature pages hereto or the
signature pages of the Additional Purchaser Agreement relating to
such Purchaser, as applicable, under the heading
“Commitment” and (b) on or after the Termination
Date, such Conduit Purchaser’s Pro Rata Share of the
aggregate Advances Outstanding or (ii) as to Conduit
Purchasers only, with respect to each Advance, the Pro-Rata
Share.
“
Commitment Fee ”: (a) With respect to any
Purchaser, as defined in such Purchaser’s Purchaser Fee
Letter and (b) with respect to any Additional Purchaser, as
defined in such Additional Purchaser’s Additional Agent Fee
Letter.
“ Conduit
Purchasers ”: Defined in the Preamble of this
Agreement.
“
Consolidated Funded Indebtedness ”: As of any date of
determination, all outstanding Indebtedness of the Originator and
its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance
with GAAP.
“
Consolidated Subsidiary ”: With respect to any Person,
at any date, any Subsidiary the accounts of which, in accordance
with GAAP, would be consolidated with those of such Person in its
consolidated and consolidating financial statements as of such
date.
“
Consolidated Tangible Net Worth ”: As of any date of
determination, (i) with respect to CapitalSource Inc., the
assets less the liabilities of CapitalSource Inc. and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries, less intangible assets (including
goodwill), less loans or advances to stockholders, directors,
officers or employees, all determined in accordance with GAAP;
provided , however , that if CapitalSource
Inc.’s financial statements as of such date include goodwill
created as a result of the CapitalSource Bank Transaction, then all
such goodwill in an amount not to exceed $200,000,000 shall be
treated as a tangible asset for the purpose of this definition;
provided , further , however , that with
respect to any Consolidated Subsidiary, if all of the shares of
Capital Stock are not, directly or indirectly, owned by
CapitalSource Inc., then, with respect to any such Person, the
Consolidated Tangible Net Worth of such Person shall be calculated
by multiplying the Consolidated Tangible Net Worth of such Person
by the percentage of the aggregate proceeds that would be
distributed to CapitalSource Inc., directly or indirectly, upon the
dissolution of such Person, and (ii) with respect to any other
Person, the assets less the liabilities of such Person
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and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, less intangible assets
(including goodwill), all determined in accordance with
GAAP.
“
Contractual Obligation ”: With respect to any Person,
any provision of any securities issued by such Person or any
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, contract, undertaking,
agreement, instrument or other document to which such Person is a
party or by which it or any of its property is bound or is
subject.
“ CP
Rate ”: For any day during any Accrual Period, the per
annum rate equivalent to the weighted average of the per
annum rates paid or payable by a Conduit Purchaser from time to
time as interest on or otherwise (by means of interest rate hedges
or otherwise taking into consideration any incremental carrying
costs associated with short-term promissory notes issued by such
Conduit Purchaser (or its related commercial paper issuer) maturing
on dates other than those certain dates on which such Conduit
Purchaser is to receive funds) in respect of the promissory notes
issued by such Conduit Purchaser (or its related commercial paper
issuer) that are allocated, in whole or in part, by such Conduit
Purchaser’s Purchaser Agent (on its behalf) to fund or
maintain the Advances Outstanding funded by such Conduit Purchaser
during such period, as determined by such Conduit Purchaser’s
Purchaser Agent (on its behalf) and reported to the Seller and the
Servicer, which rates shall reflect and give effect to (i) the
commissions of placement agents and dealers in respect of such
promissory notes, to the extent such commissions are allocated, in
whole or in part, to such promissory notes by such Conduit
Purchaser’s Purchaser Agent (on its behalf) and
(ii) other borrowings by such Conduit Purchaser, including,
without limitation, borrowings to fund small or odd dollar amounts
that are not easily accommodated in the commercial paper market;
provided that if any component of such rate is a discount
rate, in calculating the CP Rate, such Conduit Purchaser’s
Purchaser Agent shall for such component use the rate resulting
from converting such discount rate to an interest bearing
equivalent rate per annum .
“ Credit
and Collection Policy ”: The written credit policies and
procedures manual of the Originator and the Servicer (which
policies shall include without limitation policies on a risk rating
system, due diligence format, underwriting parameters and credit
approval procedures) in the form provided to the Administrative
Agent prior to the Closing Date, as it may be as amended or
supplemented from time to time in accordance with
Section 5.1(h) and Section 5.4(f) .
“ Cut-Off
Date ”: With respect to each Asset and Additional Asset,
the related Funding Date therefor.
“ Deemed
Collection ”: Defined in Section 2.4(c)
.
“
Delinquent Asset ”: An Asset (that is not a
Charged-Off Asset) as to which either of the following first
occurs: (a) all or any portion of one or more principal or
interest payments (other than in respect of default rate interest)
remain unpaid for (i) at least thirty (30) days but less
than sixty (60) days from the original due date for such
payment (without giving effect to any Servicer Advance thereon), in
which case not less than fifty percent (50%) of the Outstanding
Asset Balance of such Asset shall be deemed to be
“delinquent” for purposes of this Agreement, (ii) at
least sixty (60) days from the original due date for such
payment (without giving effect to
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any Servicer
Advance thereon), in which case, for the avoidance of doubt, one
hundred percent (100%) of the Outstanding Asset Balance of such
Asset shall be deemed to be “delinquent” for purposes
of this Agreement, or (b) consistent with the Credit and
Collection Policy such Asset would be classified as delinquent by
the Servicer.
“
Delinquent Portfolio Asset ”: A Portfolio Asset (that
is not a Charged-Off Portfolio Asset) (excluding equity
investments) as to which either of the following first occurs:
(a) all or any portion of one or more principal or interest
payments (other than in respect of default rate interest) remain
unpaid for at least sixty (60) days from the original due date
for such payment (without giving effect to any Servicer Advance
thereon) or (b) consistent with the Credit and Collection
Policy (or such similar policies and procedures utilized by the
Servicer in servicing such Portfolio Asset) such Portfolio Asset
would be classified as delinquent by the Servicer.
“
Derivatives ”: Any exchange-traded or over-the-counter
(i) forward, future, option, swap, cap, collar, floor or
foreign exchange contract or any combination thereof, whether for
physical delivery or cash settlement, relating to any interest
rate, interest rate index, currency, currency exchange rate,
currency exchange rate index, debt instrument, debt price, debt
index, depository instrument, depository price, depository index,
equity instrument, equity price, equity index, commodity, commodity
price or commodity index, (ii) any similar transaction,
contract, instrument, undertaking or security, or (iii) any
transaction, contract, instrument, undertaking or security
containing any of the foregoing.
“
Determination Date ”: The last day of each Collection
Period.
“ DIP
Loan ”: Any Loan to an Obligor that is a Chapter 11
debtor under the Bankruptcy Code which is permitted by the Credit
and Collection Policy and also satisfies the following criteria:
(a) the Loan is duly authorized by a final order of the
applicable bankruptcy or federal district court under the
provisions of subsection (b) , (c) or (d) of
11 U.S.C. § 364, (b) the Obligor’s bankruptcy case
is still pending as a case under the provisions of Chapter 11
of Title 11 of the Bankruptcy Code and has not been dismissed or
converted to a case under the provisions of Chapter 7 of Title
11 of the Bankruptcy Code, (c) the Obligor’s obligations
under such Loan have not been (i) disallowed, in whole or in
part, or (ii) subordinated, in whole or in part, to the claims
or interests of any other Person under the provisions of 11 U.S.C.
§ 510, (d) the Loan is secured and the liens and security
interests granted by the applicable federal bankruptcy or district
court in relation to the Loan have not been subordinated, in whole
or in part, to the liens or interests of any other lender under the
provisions of 11 U.S.C. § 364(d) or otherwise, (e) the
Obligor is not in default on its payment obligations under the
Loan, (f) neither the Obligor nor any party in interest has
filed a Chapter 11 plan with the applicable federal bankruptcy
or district court that, upon confirmation, would (i) disallow
or subordinate the Loan, in whole or in part,
(ii) subordinate, in whole or in part, any lien or security
interest granted in connection with such Loan, (iii) fail to
provide for the repayment, in full and in cash, of the Loan upon
the effective date of such plan or (iv) otherwise impair, in
any manner, the claim evidenced by the Loan and (g) the Loan
is substantially in a form previously delivered by the Originator
to the Administrative Agent in connection with this transaction or
in such other form as shall be adopted by the Originator and
approved in writing by the Administrative Agent at least ten days
prior to such Loan becoming part of the Collateral hereunder. For
the purposes of this definition, an order is a “final
order” if the applicable period for filing a motion to
reconsider or notice of
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appeal in
respect of a permanent order authorizing the Obligor to obtain
credit has lapsed and no such motion or notice has been filed with
the applicable federal bankruptcy or district court or the clerk
thereof.
“
Discretionary Sale ”: Defined in
Section 2.20 .
“
Discretionary Sale Date ”: The Business Day identified
by the Seller to the Administrative Agent in a Discretionary Sale
Notice as the proposed date of a Discretionary Sale.
“
Discretionary Sale Notice ”: Defined in
Section 2.20 .
“
Distributions ”: All dividends, payments, deferred
payments, money and other distributions (whether in cash or in
kind) on and all interest on and in respect of, and all proceeds of
the Collateral, of whatever kind or description, real or personal,
whether in the ordinary course or in partial or total liquidation
or dissolution, or any recapitalization, reclassification of
capital, or reorganization or reduction of capital, or
otherwise.
“
Dollars ”: Means, and the conventional “
$ ” signifies, the lawful currency of the United
States.
“
Eligible Asset ”: On any date of determination, each
Asset (A) for which the Administrative Agent, Collateral
Custodian and Backup Servicer have received the following no later
than 2:00 p.m. (Charlotte, North Carolina time) on the day prior to
the related Funding Date: (1) a faxed copy of the duly executed
original promissory note, master purchase agreement and purchase
statements, Loan Register and Asset Checklist in a form and
substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and, with
respect to any Loans closed in escrow, a certificate (in the form
of Exhibit L ) from the counsel to the Originator or
the Obligor of such Loans certifying the possession of the Required
Asset Documents; provided that, notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Required Asset Documents (including any UCCs
included in the Required Asset Documents) shall be in the
possession of the Collateral Custodian within two Business Days of
any related Funding Date as to any Additional Assets; (2) a
Borrowing Notice delivered by the Seller to the Collateral
Custodian and the Administrative Agent as part of the Borrowing
Notice or Monthly Report delivered by the Servicer, (3) a
Borrowing Base Certificate, and (4) a Certificate of
Assignment ( Exhibit A to the Sale Agreement, including
Schedule I thereto); provided , further ,
that if such Asset is part of a capital contribution to the Seller
the Collateral Custodian shall have received the Required Asset
Documents within three Business Days of receipt of the Certificate
of Assignment and (B) that satisfies each of the following
eligibility requirements, as applicable:
(1) With
respect to any Asset:
(a) the
Asset, together with the Related Security, has been originated or
acquired by the Originator, sold to the Seller pursuant to (and in
accordance with) the Sale Agreement and the Seller has good title,
free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens), on such
Asset and Related Security;
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(b) the Asset
(together with the Collections and Related Security related
thereto) has been the subject of a grant by the Seller in favor of
the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, of a
first priority perfected security interest;
(c) at the
time such Asset is included in the Collateral, the Asset
(i) is not (and since its origination by the Originator) a
Charged-Off Asset (either in whole or in part), (ii) is not
more than ten days past due with respect to payments of principal
or interest, and (iii) has never been more than thirty days
past due (after giving effect to a five day grace period in
determining the number of days past due) with respect to payments
of principal or interest;
(d) the Asset
is an “eligible asset” as defined in Rule 3a-7
under the 40 Act;
(e) the Asset
is a contract the purchase of which with the proceeds of Commercial
Paper Notes would constitute a “current transaction”
within the meaning of Section 3(a)(3) of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended;
(f) the Asset
is an “account”, “chattel paper”,
“instrument” or a “general intangible”
within the meaning of Article 9 of the UCC of all applicable
jurisdictions;
(g) the
Obligor with respect to such Asset is an Eligible Obligor and such
Asset is payable only in United States Dollars and the Related
Property with respect to which the Asset is principally
underwritten is located in the United States;
(h) the Asset
is evidenced by (1) a promissory note or Loan Register and
(2) a credit agreement, security agreement, loan or note
purchase agreement or other Underlying Instruments, in each case,
that have been duly authorized and executed, are in full force and
effect and constitute the legal, valid, binding and absolute and
unconditional payment obligation of the related Obligor,
enforceable against such Obligor in accordance with their terms
(subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium or other
similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and to
general principles of equity, whether considered in a suit at law
or in equity), and there are no conditions precedent to the
enforceability or validity of the Asset that have not been
satisfied or validly waived; provided that, in the case of clause
(2) above, in the absence of a separate security agreement,
the related credit agreement, loan or note purchase agreement or
other Underlying Instruments shall provide for the grant of a
security interest in the Related Property by the
Obligor;
(i) the Asset
does not contravene in any material respect any Applicable Laws
(including, without limitation all applicable predatory and abusive
lending laws and all laws, rules and regulations relating to usury,
truth in lending, fair credit billing, fair credit reporting, equal
credit opportunity, fair debt collection practices, licensing and
privacy) and with respect to which no part thereof is in violation
of any Applicable Law in any material respect;
(j) neither
the assignment of the Asset under the Sale Agreement by the
Originator nor the granting of a security interest hereunder by the
Seller violates, conflicts with or contravenes any Applicable Laws
or any contractual or other restriction, limitation or
encumbrance;
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(k) on or
before the applicable Cut-Off Date, the Obligor of such Asset or
agent for such Asset, as applicable, shall have been directed to
make all payments to the Lock-Box or directly to the Lock-Box
Account;
(l) the Asset
requires the Obligor thereof to maintain reasonable and customary
property damage and loss insurance with respect to the real or
personal property constituting the Related Property (if any) if
such Related Property is of a type customarily so
insured;
(m) the
Related Property (if any) (i) has not been foreclosed on or
repossessed from the current Obligor by the Servicer, and
(ii) has not suffered any material loss or damage that has not
been repaired or restored or for which insurance proceeds are not
available;
(n) the Asset
provides by its terms that the Obligor’s payment obligations
are absolute and unconditional without any right of rescission,
setoff, counterclaim or defense for any reason against the
Originator and the Asset contains a clause that has the effect of
unconditionally and irrevocably obligating the Obligor to make
periodic payments (including taxes) notwithstanding any damage to,
defects in, or destruction of the Related Property (if any) or any
other event, including obsolescence of any property or
improvements;
(o) the Asset
is not subject to any litigation, dispute, refund, claims of
rescission, setoff, netting, counterclaim or defense whatsoever,
including but not limited to, claims by or against the Obligor
thereof or a payor to or account debtor of such Obligor;
(p) the Asset
requires the Obligor to maintain the Related Property in good
condition and to bear all the costs of operating and maintaining
same, including taxes and insurance relating thereto;
(q) the Asset
shall not have been originated in, nor shall it be subject to the
laws of, any jurisdiction under which the sale, transfer and
assignment of such Asset under the Transaction Documents would be
unlawful, void or voidable;
(r) the
Asset, together with the Required Asset Documents and Asset File
related thereto, is assignable and does not require the consent of
or notice to the Obligor to consummate the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents or contain any other
restriction on the transfer or the assignment of the Asset for the
purpose of consummating the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents other than a consent or waiver of such
restriction that has been obtained prior to the date on which the
Asset was sold to the Seller;
(s) the
Obligor of such Asset is legally responsible for all taxes relating
to the Related Security or other security relating to such Asset,
and all payments in respect of the Asset are required to be made
free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for or on
account of, any taxes, unless such withholding or deduction is
required by Applicable Law in which case the Obligor thereof is
required to make “gross-up” payments that cover the
full amount of any such withholding taxes on an after-tax
basis;
(t) the Asset
complies with the representations and warranties made by the Seller
and Servicer hereunder and all information provided by the Seller
or the Servicer with respect to the Asset is true and correct in
all material respects;
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(u) the Asset
and the Related Security have not been sold, transferred, assigned
or pledged by the Seller to any Person;
(v) no
selection procedure adverse to the interests of the Administrative
Agent, the Purchaser Agents or the Secured Parties was utilized by
the Seller or Originator in the selection of Asset for inclusion in
the Collateral; it being understood that selection procedures used
by the Seller or Originator for the inclusion of Assets in one or
more of its various securitizations or other financing facilities
and which are solely intended to obtain the most beneficial advance
rates thereunder and/or otherwise maximize the efficiency of such
facilities, shall not be deemed to be adverse procedures for
purposes of this paragraph;
(w) the Asset
has not been compromised, adjusted, extended, satisfied, rescinded,
set-off or modified by the Seller, the Originator or the Obligor
with respect thereto, and no Asset is subject to compromise,
adjustment, extension, satisfaction, rescission, set-off,
counterclaim, defense, abatement, suspension, deferment,
deductible, reduction, termination or modification, whether arising
out of transactions concerning the Asset, or otherwise, by the
Seller, the Originator or the Obligor with respect thereto except
for amendments to such Asset otherwise permitted under
Section 7.4(a) of this Agreement and in accordance with
the Credit and Collection Policy;
(x) the
particular Asset is not one as to which the Seller has knowledge
which should lead it to expect such Asset will not be paid in
full;
(y) except
with respect to DIP Loans, the Obligor of such Asset is not and has
not been the subject of an Insolvency Event or Insolvency
Proceeding in the past three years;
(z) the Asset
is secured by a valid, perfected, first priority (other than with
respect to Subordinated Loans) security interest in all assets that
constitute the collateral for the Asset (subject to Liens expressly
permitted by the Underlying Instruments; provided that such Liens
are not material in relation to the value of the Related Property
and are customary for transactions of such nature), and, other than
the loan types listed above, such collateral shall include but not
be limited to the material intellectual property of the Obligor (if
any);
(aa) all
material consents, licenses, approvals or authorizations of, or
registrations or declarations with, any Governmental Authority
required to be obtained, effected or given in connection with the
making or performance of the Asset have been duly obtained,
effected or given and are in full force and effect;
(cc) the
Asset satisfies all applicable requirements of and was originated
or acquired, underwritten and closed in accordance with the Credit
and Collection Policy (including without limitation the execution
by the Obligor of all documentation required by the Credit and
Collection Policy);
(dd) the
Asset was generated in the ordinary course of the
Originator’s business;
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(ee) the
Asset arises pursuant to documentation with respect to which the
Originator has performed all obligations required to be performed
by it thereunder;
(ff) the
Asset is not Margin Stock;
(gg) the
acquisition of the Asset by the Seller will not cause the Seller or
the pool of Collateral to be required to be registered as an
investment company under the 40 Act;
(hh) the
Asset was purchased, acquired or originated by the Originator (or
an Affiliate thereof) at not less than 85% of its par value as of
the date of its purchase, acquisition or origination;
(ii) from and
after the date on which the Asset was first added to the
Collateral, the Asset has not been, and is not, a Materially
Modified Asset; and
(jj) the
Asset is not subject to a guaranty by the Originator or any
Affiliate thereof.
(2) With
respect to any Loan:
(a) the Loan
provides (i) for periodic payments of interest and/or
principal in cash, which are due and payable on a monthly,
quarterly or semi-annual basis unless otherwise consented to in
writing by the Administrative Agent, and (ii) that the
Servicer (or, with respect to Agented Loans and Assigned Loans,
that the agent or a majority of the related lenders) may accelerate
all payments on the Loan, if the Obligor is in default under the
Loan and any applicable grace period has expired (in the case of
any Subordinated Loan, subject to any applicable intercreditor or
subordination agreement);
(b) unless
such Loan is a Security System Loan, the Loan provides for cash
payments that fully amortize the Outstanding Asset Balance of such
Loan on or by its maturity and does not provide for such
Outstanding Asset Balance to be discounted pursuant to a prepayment
in full;
(c) the Loan
does not permit the Obligor to defer all or any portion of the
current cash interest due thereunder;
(d) the Loan
does not permit the payment obligation of the Obligor thereunder to
be converted or exchanged for equity capital of such
Obligor;
(e) other
than Participation Loans, Agented Loans and Assigned Loans, with
respect to the Originator’s obligation to fund and the actual
funding of the Loan by the Originator, the Originator has not
assigned or granted participations to, in whole or in part, any
Person;
(f) with
respect to any DIP Loan, the Originator or its assignee has been
granted a first priority lien status in respect of all or certain
of the Obligor’s assets by final order of the applicable
federal bankruptcy or district court;
(g) if the
Obligor of such Loan is the Obligor of more than one Loan, all such
Loans are cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted;
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(h) the Loan
does not represent capitalized interest or payment obligations
relating to “put” rights;
(j) the
Originator (i) has completed to its satisfaction, in
accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy, a due diligence
audit and collateral assessment with respect to such Loan and
(ii) has done nothing to impair the rights of the
Administrative Agent, the Purchaser Agents or the Secured Parties
with respect to the Loan, the Related Security, the Scheduled
Payments or any income or Proceeds therefrom;
(k) the Loan
(or the underlying Loan in the case of any Agented Loan, Assigned
Loan or Participation Loan) is a Senior Secured ABL Loan, Senior
Secured Loan, Stretch Senior Secured Loan, Senior B-Note Loan or
Subordinated Loan;
(l) except
with respect to Subordinated Loans and, to the extent set forth in
the definition thereof, Senior B-Note Loans, the Loan is not
subordinated to any other loan or financing to the related
Obligor;
(m) if the
Loan is a Revolving Loan, either it provides by its terms that any
future funding thereunder is in the Originator’s sole and
absolute discretion or it is subject to the Retained Interest
provision of this Agreement;
(n) the Face
Amount of the Loan is the dollar amount thereof shown on the books
and records of the Originator and Seller;
(o) with
respect to Senior B-Note Loans or Subordinated Loans, the
Originator has entered into an intercreditor agreement or
subordination agreement (or such provisions are contained in the
principal loan documents) with, or provisions for the benefit of,
the senior lender, which agreement or provisions are assignable to
and have been assigned to the Seller, and which provide that any
standstill of remedies by the Originator or its assignee is limited
(A) such that there shall be no standstill of remedies
(x) until after a payment default with respect to the senior
obligation or the Originator’s or assignee’s receipt
from the senior lender or Obligor of a notice of default by the
Obligor under the senior debt and (y) unless a covenant or
payment default is also in effect, and (B) to no longer than
one hundred eighty (180) days in duration in the aggregate in
any given year;
(p) with
respect to any Assigned Loan, such Loan has been re-underwritten by
the Originator and satisfies all of the Originator’s
underwriting criteria;
(q) such Loan
is not a Real Estate Loan (other than a Senior Secured ABL Loan
that is secured by timeshare receivables);
(s) with
respect to Agented Loans, the related underlying loan documents
(i) shall include a credit agreement, note purchase agreement
or similar agreement containing provisions relating to the
appointment and duties of a payment agent and a collateral agent
and intercreditor
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and (if
applicable) subordination provisions substantially similar to the
forms previously delivered by the Originator to the Administrative
Agent in connection with this transaction, (ii) are duly
authorized, fully and properly executed and are the valid, binding
and unconditional payment obligation of the Obligor thereof and
(iii) are consistent with the documentation and perfection
standards of transactions of such nature;
(t) with
respect to Agented Loans, the Originator (or a wholly owned
subsidiary of CapitalSource Inc.) has been appointed the collateral
agent of the security and the payment agent for all such loans
prior to such Agented Loan becoming a part of the
Collateral;
(u) with
respect to Agented Loans, (i) if the entity serving as the
collateral agent of the security of the lenders to such Obligor
with respect to such loan has or will change from the time of the
origination of the notes, all appropriate assignments of the
collateral agent’s rights in and to the collateral on behalf
of the noteholders have been executed and filed or recorded as
appropriate prior to such Agented Loan becoming a part of the
Collateral and (ii) if the entity serving as the collateral
agent of the security of the lenders to such Obligor with respect
to such loan has or will change after such Agented Loan becomes
part of the Collateral, all appropriate assignments of the
collateral agent’s rights in and to the collateral on behalf
of the noteholders have been executed and filed or recorded as
appropriate prior to such entity being the collateral agent of the
security of the lenders to such Obligor;
(v) with
respect to any Agented Loan, all required notifications, if any,
have been given to the collateral agent, the payment agent and any
other parties required by the Required Asset Documents of, and all
required consents, if any, have been obtained with respect to, the
Originator’s assignment of such Agented Loan and the
Originator’s right, title and interest in the Related
Property to the Seller and the Administrative Agent’s
security interest therein on behalf of the secured
parties;
(w) with
respect to Agented Loans, the right to control the actions of and
replace the collateral agent and/or the paying agent of the
syndicated loans is to be exercised by at least a majority in
interest of all holders of such Agented Loans;
(x) with
respect to Agented Loans, all syndicated loans of the Obligor of
the same priority are cross-defaulted, the Related Property
securing such loans is held by the collateral agent for the benefit
of all holders of the syndicated loans and all holders of such
loans (a) have an undivided interest in the collateral
securing such loans, (b) share in the proceeds of the sale or
other disposition of such collateral on a pro-rata basis and
(c) may transfer or assign their right, title and interest in
the Related Property;
(y) no
portion of the proceeds used to make payments of principal or
interest on such Loan have come from a new loan by the Originator,
CapitalSource Inc. or an Affiliate of CapitalSource
Inc.;
(z) does not
contain a confidentiality provision that restricts or purports to
restrict the ability of the Administrative Agent or any Secured
Party to exercise their rights under this Agreement, including,
without limitation, their rights to review the Loan, the Required
Asset Documents and Asset File;
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(aa) has an
original term to maturity (A) in the case of Senior Secured
ABL Loans, Senior Secured Loans, Stretch Senior Secured Loans and
Senior B-Note Loans of not greater than 84 months, or
(B) in the case of Subordinated Loans of not greater than
120 months;
(bb) is not a
consumer loan;
(cc) none of
the Loans secured by a mortgage are high-cost loans as defined by
applicable predatory- and abusive-lending laws; and
(dd) the
proceeds of the Loan will not be used to finance activities of the
type engaged in by businesses classified under NAICS Codes 2361
(Residential Building Construction), 2362 (Nonresidential Building
Construction), 2371 (Utility System Construction), 2372 (Land
Subdivision); provided , that the foregoing shall not be
deemed to render inventory loans to timeshare operators
ineligible.
“
Eligible Obligor ”: On any date of determination, any
Obligor that (i) is a business organization (and not a natural
person) duly organized and validly existing under the laws of its
jurisdiction of organization and has a billing address within the
United States, (ii) has not entered into the related asset
agreement primarily for personal, family or household purposes,
(iii) is not a Governmental Authority, (iv) is not an
Affiliate of the Originator or the Seller, (v) is not in the
gaming (other than Obligors in the business of providing services
to the gaming industry), real estate construction or development
(other than Obligors in the business of providing services to the
real estate construction or development industries), nuclear waste
or natural resource exploration/production and oil field service
industries, (vi) is not engaged in the business of conducting
proprietary research on new drug development, (vii) is not and
has not been the subject of an Insolvency Proceeding (except with
respect to a DIP Loan) in the past three years, (viii) as of
the applicable Cut-Off Date, has an Eligible Risk Rating, and
(ix) is not an Obligor of a Charged-Off Asset or Delinquent
Asset.
“
Eligible Repurchase Obligations ”: Repurchase
obligations with respect to any security that is a direct
obligation of, or fully guaranteed by, the United States or any
agency or instrumentality thereof the obligations of which are
backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in either
case entered into with a depository institution or trust company
(acting as principal) described in clauses (c)(ii) and
(c)(iv) of the definition of Permitted
Investments.
“
Eligible Risk Rating ”: With respect to a designated
Obligor, a “Risk Rating 1,” “Risk Rating 2”
or “Risk Rating 3,” each as determined in accordance
with the Credit and Collection Policy.
“
Environmental Laws ”: Any and all foreign, federal,
state and local laws, statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations,
permits, licenses, approvals, interpretations and orders of courts
or Governmental Authorities, relating to the protection of human
health or the environment, including, but not limited to,
requirements pertaining to the manufacture, processing,
distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transportation,
handling, reporting, licensing, permitting, investigation or
remediation of hazardous materials. Environmental Laws include,
without limitation, the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. § 9601 et
seq .), the Hazardous Material Transportation Act (49 U.S.C.
§ 331 et
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seq .), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
(42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq .), the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq .), the
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq .), the Toxic
Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq .), the
Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. § 300, et seq .),
the Environmental Protection Agency’s regulations relating to
underground storage tanks (40 C.F.R. Parts 280 and 281), and the
Occupational Safety and Health Act (29 U.S.C. § 651 et
seq .), and the rules and regulations thereunder, each as
amended or supplemented from time to time.
“
Equipment ”: Healthcare related equipment or such
other equipment types as are approved for inclusion in the
Collateral by the Administrative Agent (in its sole
discretion).
“ Equity
Contribution ”: On any date of determination, an amount
equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the sum of (i) the
Borrowing Base on such date plus (ii) all Principal
Collections on deposit in the Principal Collections Account on such
date, minus (b) the Advances Outstanding on such
date.
“
ERISA ”: The United States Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the
regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder.
“ ERISA
Affiliate ”: (a) Any corporation that is a member of
the same controlled group of corporations (within the meaning of
Section 414(b) of the Code) as the Seller, (b) a
trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common
control (within the meaning of Section 414(c) of the
Code) with the Seller, or (c) a member of the same affiliated
service group (within the meaning of Section 414(m) of
the Code) as the Seller, any corporation described in clause
(a) above or any trade or business described in clause
(b) above.
“
Eurocurrency Liabilities ”: Defined in
Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, as in effect from time to time.
“
Eurodollar Disruption Event ”: The occurrence of any
of the following: (a) any Liquidity Bank or any Institutional
Purchaser shall have notified the Administrative Agent of a
determination by such Liquidity Bank or any of its assignees or
participants or such Institutional Purchaser that it would be
contrary to law or to the directive of any central bank or other
governmental authority (whether or not having the force of law) to
obtain Dollars in the London interbank market to fund any Advance,
(b) any Liquidity Bank or any Institutional Purchaser shall
have notified the Administrative Agent of the inability, for any
reason, of such Liquidity Bank or any of its assignees or
participants or such Institutional Purchaser, as applicable, to
determine the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate, (c) any Liquidity Bank
or any Institutional Purchaser shall have notified the
Administrative Agent of a determination by such Liquidity Bank or
any of its assignees or participants or such Institutional
Purchaser, as applicable, that the rate at which deposits of
Dollars are being offered to such Liquidity Bank or any of its
assignees or participants or such Institutional Purchaser in the
London interbank market does not accurately reflect the cost to
such Liquidity Bank, such assignee or such participant or such
Institutional Purchaser of making, funding or maintaining any
Advance or (d) any Liquidity Bank any Institutional Purchaser
shall have notified the Administrative Agent of the inability of
such Liquidity Bank or any of its assignees or participants or such
Institutional Purchaser, as
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applicable, to
obtain Dollars in the London interbank market to make, fund or
maintain any Advance.
“
Eurodollar Reserve Percentage ”: For any period means
the percentage, if any, applicable during such period (or, if more
than one such percentage shall be so applicable, the daily average
of such percentages for those days in such period during which any
such percentage shall be so applicable) under regulations issued
from time to time by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System (or any successor) for determining the maximum reserve
requirement (including, without limitation, any basic, emergency,
supplemental, marginal or other reserve requirements) with respect
to liabilities or assets consisting of or including Eurocurrency
Liabilities having a term of one month.
“
Exchange Act ”: The United States Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.
“
Excluded Amounts ”: (a) Any amount received in
the Lock-Box by, on or with respect to any Asset included as part
of the Collateral, which amount is attributable to the payment of
any tax, fee or other charge imposed by any Governmental Authority
on such Asset, (b) any amount representing a reimbursement of
insurance premiums and (c) any amount with respect to any
Asset retransferred or substituted for upon the occurrence of a
Warranty Event (if the Seller has decided that such Asset is no
longer to be included in the Collateral) or that is otherwise
replaced by a Substitute Asset (if the Seller has decided that such
Asset is no longer to be included in the Collateral), to the extent
such amount is attributable to a time after the effective date of
such replacement.
“
Existing Assets ”: Each Asset purchased by the Seller
under the Sale Agreement and owned by the Seller on the Closing
Date.
“ Face
Amount ”: With respect to any Asset, the Outstanding
Asset Balance thereof shown on the applicable Asset
List.
“
Facility Amount ”: $90,000,000, as such amount may
vary from time to time upon the written agreement of the parties
hereto; provided, that such amount may not at any time
exceed the aggregate Commitments then in effect; provided,
further , that on or after the Termination Date, the Facility
Amount shall mean the Advances Outstanding.
“
FDIC ”: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and
any successor thereto.
“ Federal
Funds Rate ”: For any period, a fluctuating interest rate
per annum equal for each day during such period to the weighted
average of the overnight federal funds rates as in Federal Reserve
Board Statistical Release H.15(519) or any successor or substitute
publication selected by the Administrative Agent (or, if such day
is not a Business Day, for the next preceding Business Day), or,
if, for any reason, such rate is not available on any day, the rate
determined, in the sole opinion of the Administrative Agent, to be
the rate at which overnight federal funds are being offered in the
national federal funds market at 9:00 a.m. (Charlotte, North
Carolina time).
“ Finance
Charges ”: With respect to any Asset, any interest or
finance charges owing by an Obligor pursuant to or with respect to
such Asset.
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“
Financial Sponsor ”: Any Person, including any
Subsidiary of another Person, whose principal business activity is
acquiring, holding, and selling investments (including controlling
interests) in otherwise unrelated companies that each are distinct
legal entities with separate management, books and records and bank
accounts, whose operations are not integrated one with another and
whose financial condition and creditworthiness are independent of
the other companies so owned by such Person.
“
Fitch ”: Fitch, Inc. or any successor
thereto.
“ Fixed
Rate Asset ”: A Loan that is an Eligible Asset other than
a Floating Rate Asset.
“ Fixed
Rate Asset Percentage ”: As of any date of determination,
with respect to Loans, the percentage equivalent of a fraction
(i) the numerator of which is equal to the sum of the
Outstanding Asset Balances of all Fixed Rate Assets and Banded
Floating Rate Assets that are within 0.50% of the maximum interest
rate allowable under their Required Asset Documents as of such
date, and (ii) the denominator of which is equal to the
Aggregate Outstanding Asset Balance as of such date.
“
Floating Rate Asset ”: A Loan that is an Eligible
Asset where the interest rate payable by the Obligor thereof is
based on the CapitalSource Prime Rate or CapitalSource LIBOR Rate,
plus some specified interest percentage in addition thereto, and
the Loan provides that such interest rate will reset immediately
upon any change in the related CapitalSource Prime Rate or
CapitalSource LIBOR Rate.
“ Funding
Date ”: The third Business Day following the Closing
Date, and (i) as to any incremental Advance funded on a
same-day basis pursuant to Section 2.3(a) , the
Business Day of, and (ii) as to any other incremental Advance,
any Business Day that is one Business Day immediately following,
the receipt by the Administrative Agent and each Purchaser Agent of
a Borrowing Notice (along with a Borrowing Base Certificate) in
accordance with Section 2.3 .
“
GAAP ”: Generally accepted accounting principles as in
effect from time to time in the United States.
“
Governmental Authority ”: With respect to any Person,
any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision
thereof, any central bank (or similar monetary or regulatory
authority) thereof, any body or entity exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or
pertaining to government and any court or arbitrator having
jurisdiction over such Person.
“
H.15 ”: Federal Reserve Statistical Release
H.15.
“
Healthcare REIT ”: The REIT resulting from the
consummation of a spin-off or initial public offering of the
healthcare net-lease business of CapitalSource Inc. and its
Subsidiaries after which the shares of such REIT are listed on a
U.S. national securities exchange or the NASDAQ Stock
Market.
“
Healthcare REIT Consolidated Subsidiary ”: At any
date, any Healthcare REIT Entity, if such Healthcare REIT
Entity’s accounts, in accordance with GAAP, would be
consolidated with
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those of
CapitalSource Inc. in its consolidated and consolidating financial
statements as of such date.
“
Healthcare REIT Entities ”: The Healthcare REIT and
its Subsidiaries, as well as any direct or indirect Subsidiaries of
CapitalSource Inc. that are formed for the sole purpose of
establishing, structuring or capitalizing the Healthcare
REIT.
“ Hedge
Amount ”: On any day, an amount equal to the product of
(i) the product of (x) the Borrowing Base and (y) the
Fixed Rate Asset Percentage with respect to Loans on such day and
(ii) one minus the Overcollateralization Percentage on such
day.
“ Hedge
Collateral ”: Defined in Section 5.3(b)
.
“ Hedge
Breakage Costs ”: For any Hedge Transaction, any amount
payable by the Seller for the early termination of that Hedge
Transaction or any portion thereof.
“ Hedge
Counterparty ”: Means (a) Wachovia Bank, National
Association and its successors and assigns, and (b) any entity
that (i) on the date of entering into a Hedging Agreement
(x) is an interest rate swap dealer that has been approved in
writing by the Administrative Agent (which approval shall not be
unreasonably withheld), and (y) has a long-term unsecured debt
rating of not less than “A” by S&P, not less than
“A2” by Moody’s and not less than “A”
by Fitch (if such entity is rated by Fitch) (“Long-term
Rating Requirement”) and a short-term unsecured debt rating
of not less than “A-1” by S&P, not less than
“P-1” by Moody’s and not less than
“F-1” by Fitch (if such entity is rated by Fitch)
(“Short-term Rating Requirement”), and (ii) in a
Hedging Agreement (x) consents to the assignment of the
Seller’s rights under each Hedging Agreement to the
Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties
pursuant to Section 5.3(b) and (y) agrees that in
the event that Moody’s, S&P or Fitch reduces its
long-term unsecured debt rating below the Long-term Rating
Requirement, or reduces its short-term unsecured debt rating below
the Short-term Rating Requirement, it shall transfer its rights and
obligations under each Hedge Transaction to another entity that
meets the requirements of clauses (i) and (ii) hereof
and has entered into a Hedging Agreement with the Seller on or
prior to the date of such transfer.
“ Hedge
Guaranty ”: The Guaranty, dated as of the date hereof, by
and between CapitalSource Finance in favor of WBNA, as Hedge
Counterparty, as amended, modified, waived, supplemented, restated
or replaced from time to time.
“ Hedge
Notional Amount ”: For any Advance, the aggregate
notional amount in effect on any day under all Hedge Transactions
entered into pursuant to Section 5.3(a) for that
Advance.
“ Hedge
Percentage ”: With respect to:
(a) Fixed
Rate Assets that are Loans, on any day that (i) the Aggregate
Outstanding Asset Balance exceeds $150,000,000, an amount equal to
100% if the sum of the Outstanding Asset Balances of all Fixed Rate
Assets that are Loans exceeds $35,000,000 or (ii) the
Aggregate Outstanding Asset Balance is less than or equal to
$150,000,000, an amount equal to 100% if the sum of the Outstanding
Asset Balances of all Fixed Rate Assets that are Loans exceeds
$20,000,000;
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(b) Floating
Rate Assets is 0%; and
(c) Banded
Floating Rate Assets, on any day, is an amount equal to 100% if the
interest rate on any such Loan is within 0.50% of the maximum
interest rate allowable under its Required Asset
Documents.
“ Hedge
Transaction ”: Each interest rate or index rate swap
transaction between the Seller and a Hedge Counterparty that is
entered into pursuant to Section 5.3(a) and is governed
by a Hedging Agreement.
“ Hedged
Rate ”: For any Advance, the interest rate payable to a
Hedge Counterparty under the Hedge Transaction related to such
Advance computed as of the Cut-Off Date under or with respect to
the Asset to which that Advance relates.
“ Hedging
Agreement ”: Each agreement between the Seller and a
Hedge Counterparty that governs one or more Hedge Transactions
entered into pursuant to Section 5.3(a) , which
agreement shall consist of a “Master Agreement” in a
form published by the International Swaps and Derivatives
Association, Inc., together with a “Schedule” thereto
substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto or such
other form as the Administrative Agent shall approve in writing,
and each “Confirmation” thereunder confirming the
specific terms of each such Hedge Transaction.
“ Highest
Required Investment Category ”: (i) With respect to
ratings assigned by Moody’s, “Aa2” or
“P-1” for one month instruments, “Aa2” and
“P-1” for three month instruments, “Aa3”
and “P-1” for six month instruments and
“Aa2” and “P-1” for instruments with a term
in excess of six months, (ii) with respect to rating assigned
by S&P, “A-1” for short-term instruments and
“A” for long-term instruments, and (iii) with
respect to rating assigned by Fitch (if such investment is rated by
Fitch), “F-1+” for short-term instruments and
“AAA” for long-term instruments.
“
Increased Costs ”: Any amounts required to be paid by
the Seller to an Affected Party pursuant to
Section 2.15 .
“
Indebtedness ”: With respect to any Person at any
date, (a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money
or for the deferred purchase price of property or services (other
than current liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of
business and payable in accordance with customary trade practices)
or that is evidenced by a note, bond, debenture or similar
instrument or other evidence of indebtedness customary for
indebtedness of that type, (b) all obligations of such Person
under leases that shall have been or should be, in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles, recorded as capital
leases, (c) all obligations of such Person in respect of
acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person,
(d) all liabilities secured by any Lien on any property owned
by such Person even though such Person has not assumed or otherwise
become liable for the payment thereof, (e) all indebtedness,
obligations or liabilities of that Person in respect of
Derivatives, (f) all obligations of such Person to redeem
preferred stock of such Person (in the event such Person is a
corporation), (g) all obligations (absolute or contingent) of
such Person to reimburse any bank or other Person in respect of
amounts which are available to be drawn or have been drawn under a
letter of credit or similar instrument, (h) the principal
portion of all obligations of such Person under any synthetic
lease, tax retention
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operating
lease, off-balance sheet loan or similar off-balance sheet
financing product where such transaction in each case (I) is
considered borrowed money indebtedness for tax purposes, and
(II) is classified as an operating lease under GAAP and
(i) obligations under direct or indirect guaranties in respect
of obligations (contingent or otherwise) to purchase or otherwise
acquire, or to otherwise assure a creditor against loss in respect
of, indebtedness or obligations of others of the kind referred to
in clauses (a) through (h) above.
“
Indemnified Amounts ”: Defined in
Section 11.1 .
“
Indemnified Parties ”: Defined in
Section 11.1 .
“
Industry ”: The industry of an Obligor as determined
by reference to the two digit standard industry classification or
North American Industry Classification System codes.
“ Initial
Advance ”: The first Advance.
“
Insolvency Event ”: With respect to a specified
Person, (a) the filing of a decree or order for relief by a
court having jurisdiction in the premises in respect of such Person
or any substantial part of its property in an involuntary case
under any applicable Insolvency Law now or hereafter in effect, or
appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee,
sequestrator or similar official for such Person or for any
substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding-up or
liquidation of such Person’s affairs, and such decree or
order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of sixty
(60) consecutive days; or (b) the commencement by such
Person of a voluntary case under any applicable Insolvency Law now
or hereafter in effect, or the consent by such Person to the entry
of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law,
or the consent by such Person to the appointment of or taking
possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee,
sequestrator or similar official for such Person or for any
substantial part of its property, or the making by such Person of
any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the failure
by such Person generally to pay its debts as such debts become due,
or the taking of action by such Person in furtherance of any of the
foregoing.
“
Insolvency Laws ”: The Bankruptcy Code and all other
applicable liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, moratorium,
rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, suspension
of payments, or similar debtor relief laws from time to time in
effect affecting the rights of creditors generally.
“
Insolvency Proceeding ”: Any case, action or
proceeding before any court or other Governmental Authority
relating to any Insolvency Event.
“
Institutional Purchaser ”: Defined in the
Preamble of this Agreement.
“
Instrument ”: Any “instrument” (as defined
in Article 9 of the UCC), other than an instrument that
constitutes part of chattel paper.
“
Insurance Policy ”: With respect to any Asset, an
insurance policy covering liability and physical damage to or loss
of the Related Property.
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“
Insurance Proceeds ”: Any amounts payable or any
payments made on or with respect to an Asset under any Insurance
Policy.
“
Intercreditor Agreement ”: The Fourth Amended and
Restated Intercreditor and Lockbox Administration Agreement, dated
as of June 30, 2005, by and among each of the financing agents
from time to time party thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as the
lockbox bank, CapitalSource Finance LLC, as the originator, as the
original servicer and as the lockbox servicer, and CapitalSource
Funding Inc., as the owner of the account and as the owner of the
lockbox, as amended, modified, waived, supplemented, restated or
replaced from time to time.
“
Interest ”: For each Accrual Period and each Advance
outstanding, the sum of the products (for each day during such
Accrual Period) of:
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provided,
however , that
(i) no provision of this Agreement shall require the payment
or permit the collection of Interest in excess of the maximum
permitted by Applicable Law and (ii) Interest shall not be
considered paid by any distribution if at any time such
distribution is rescinded or must otherwise be returned for any
reason.
“
Interest Collections ”: Any and all amounts received
in respect of any interest, fees or other similar charges
(including any Finance Charges) on or with respect to a Loan from
or on behalf of any Obligor that are deposited into the Collection
Account, or received by or on behalf of the Seller by the Servicer
or Originator in respect of an Asset, in the form of cash, checks,
wire transfers, electronic transfers or any other form of cash
payment (net of any payment owed by the Seller to, and including
any receipts from, any Hedge Counterparties).
“
Interest Rate ”: For any Accrual Period and for each
Advance outstanding for each day during such Accrual
Period:
(i) to the extent
the applicable Conduit Purchaser has funded the applicable Advance
through the issuance of commercial paper, a rate equal to the
applicable CP Rate; or
(ii) to the extent
the applicable Conduit Purchaser or Institutional Purchaser did not
fund the applicable Advance through the issuance of commercial
paper, a rate equal to the Alternative Rate;
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provided,
however , the Interest
Rate shall be the Base Rate for any Accrual Period for any Advance
as to which a Conduit Purchaser has funded the making or
maintenance thereof by a sale of an interest therein to any
Liquidity Bank under the applicable Liquidity Agreement on any day
other than the first day of such Accrual Period without giving such
Liquidity Bank(s) at least two Business Days’ prior notice of
such assignment.
“
Investment ”: Any investment in any Person, whether by
means of purchase or acquisition of obligations or securities of
such Person, capital contribution to such Person, loan or advance
to such Person, making of a time deposit with such Person,
guarantee or assumption of any obligation of such Person or
otherwise.
“
Investment Loan ”: Any senior or subordinated loan
(including letters of credit issued under such loan) or lease
(a) arising from the extension of credit to an Obligor by
CapitalSource Inc. or its Consolidated Subsidiaries (excluding the
Bank Subsidiary and the Healthcare REIT Consolidated Subsidiaries)
in the ordinary course of business, (b) originated in
accordance with the policies and procedures set forth in the Credit
and Collection Policy, and (c) good and marketable title to
which is owned by CapitalSource Inc. or a Consolidated
Subsidiary
“
Investment Loan Subsidiary ”: Any Person that becomes
a Subsidiary as a result of the exercise of remedies by
CapitalSource Inc. or any Consolidated Subsidiary under any
Investment Loan.
“
Investment in Equity Instruments ”: Each Investment,
that is made in accordance with the policies and procedures set
forth in the Credit and Collection Policy, owned by CapitalSource
Inc. or its Consolidated Subsidiaries (excluding the Bank
Subsidiary and the Healthcare REIT Consolidated Subsidiaries) in
(a) common stock, partnership interests or membership
interests of any Person and that is classified as “Common
Stock,” “Partnership Units” or “Membership
Units” on the consolidated schedule of investments of
CapitalSource Inc. for the then most recently ended fiscal quarter,
(b) preferred stock (other than redeemable preferred stock) of
any Person and that is classified as “Preferred Stock”
on the consolidated schedule of investments of CapitalSource Inc.
for the then most recently ended fiscal quarter,
(c) redeemable preferred stock of any Person and that is
classified as “Redeemable Preferred Stock” on the
consolidated schedule of investments of CapitalSource Inc. for the
then most recently ended fiscal quarter, and (d) warrants to
purchase common stock, partnership interests or membership
interests of any Person and that is classified as “Common
Stock Warrants,” “Partnership Unit Warrants” or
“Membership Unit Warrants” on the consolidated schedule
of investments of CapitalSource Inc. for the then most recently
ended fiscal quarter.
“ ISDA
Definitions ”: The 2000 ISDA Definitions as published by
the International Swaps and Derivatives Association,
Inc.
“
Issuer ”: Any Conduit Purchaser whose principal
business consists of issuing commercial paper or other securities
to fund its acquisition or maintenance of receivables, accounts,
instruments, chattel paper, general intangibles and other similar
assets.
“ LIBOR
Market Index Rate ”: For any day, with respect to any
Advance (a) the rate per annum appearing on Page 3750 of the
Bridge Telerate Service (formerly Dow Jones Market
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Service) (or on
any successor or substitute page of such service, or any successor
to or substitute for such service, providing rate quotations
comparable to those currently provided on such page of such
service, as determined by the Administrative Agent from time to
time for purposes of providing quotations of interest rates
applicable to dollar deposits in the London interbank market) at
approximately 11:00 a.m., London time for such day, provided,
if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding
Business Day, as the rate for dollar deposits with a one-month
maturity; (b) if for any reason the rate specified in clause
(a) of this definition does not so appear on Page 3750 of the
Bridge Telerate Service (or any successor or substitute page or any
such successor to or substitute for such service), the rate per
annum appearing on Reuters Screen LIBO page (or any successor or
substitute page) as the London interbank offered rate for deposits
in dollars at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, for such
day, provided, if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately
preceding Business Day, for a one-month maturity; and (c) if
the rate specified in clause (a) of this definition does not
so appear on Page 3750 of the Bridge Telerate Service (or any
successor or substitute page or any such successor to or substitute
for such service) and if no rate specified in clause (b) of
this definition so appears on Reuters Screen LIBO page (or any
successor or substitute page), the interest rate per annum at which
dollar deposits of $5,000,000 and for a one-month maturity are
offered by the principal London office of WBNA in immediately
available funds in the London interbank market at approximately
11:00 a.m., London time, for such day.
“
Lien ”: Any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, right,
claim, security interest or encumbrance of any kind of or on any
Person’s assets or properties in favor of any other Person
(including any UCC financing statement or any similar instrument
filed against such Person’s assets or properties).
“ Liquid
Real Estate Assets ”: (a) Residential
mortgage-backed securities that (i) have a rating of not less
than “AA” by S&P/Fitch and “Aa2” by
Moody’s, (ii) are purchased by CapitalSource Inc. or its
Consolidated Subsidiaries solely to meet REIT asset and income
tests, and (iii) are leveraged through debt facilities
utilizing leverage greater than 12 times the amount of equity
investment in such Liquid Real Estate Assets and
(b) residential mortgage whole loan purchases made by
CapitalSource Inc. or its Consolidated Subsidiaries solely to meet
REIT asset and income tests, all in accordance with the Residential
Mortgage Policies and Procedures.
“
Liquidation Expenses ”: With respect to (a) any
Asset, the aggregate amount of all out-of-pocket expenses
reasonably incurred by the Servicer (including amounts paid to any
subservicer) and any reasonably allocated costs of counsel (if
any), in each case in accordance with the Servicer’s
customary procedures in connection with the repossession,
refurbishing and disposition of any related assets securing such
Asset upon or after the expiration or earlier termination of such
Asset and other out-of-pocket costs related to the liquidation of
any such assets, including the attempted collection of any amount
owing pursuant to such Asset if it is a Charged-Off Asset, and if
requested by the Administrative Agent, the Servicer and Originator
must provide to the Administrative Agent a breakdown of the
Liquidation Expenses for any Asset along with any supporting
documentation therefor, and (b) any Portfolio Asset, the
aggregate amount of all out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred
by the Servicer (including amounts paid to any subservicer) and any
reasonably allocated costs of counsel (if any), in each case in
accordance with the Servicer’s customary procedures in
connection with the repossession, refurbishing and disposition of
any related assets securing such Portfolio Asset
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upon or after
the expiration or earlier termination of such Portfolio Asset and
other out-of-pocket costs related to the liquidation of any such
assets, including the attempted collection of any amount owing
pursuant to such Portfolio Asset if it is a Charged-Off Portfolio
Asset, and if requested by the Administrative Agent, the Servicer
and Originator must provide to the Administrative Agent a breakdown
of the Liquidation Expenses for any Portfolio Asset along with any
supporting documentation therefor.
“
Liquidity Agreement ”: (a) with respect to each
Conduit Purchaser, the Liquidity Purchase Agreement or liquidity
loan agreement by and among such Conduit Purchaser, the Liquidity
Banks named therein, and the related Purchaser Agent, as such
agreement may be amended, modified, waived, supplemented, restated
or replaced from time to time, and (b) with respect to each
Additional Purchaser that is also a Conduit Purchaser, the
liquidity purchase agreement or liquidity loan agreement by and
among such Additional Purchaser, the Liquidity Banks named therein
and the related Additional Agent, as such agreement may be amended,
modified, waived, supplemented, restated or replaced from time to
time.
“
Liquidity Bank ”: The Person or Persons who provide
liquidity support to any Conduit Purchaser or Additional Purchaser
that is also a Conduit Purchaser pursuant to a Liquidity Agreement
in connection with the issuance by such Purchaser of Commercial
Paper Notes.
“
Liquidity Factor Reduction Event ”: With respect to
each Asset included as part of the Collateral subject to the
Retained Interest provisions of this Agreement, a “Liquidity
Factor Reduction Event” under and as defined in any Permitted
Securitization Transaction rated by the Rating Agencies.
“
Loan ”: Any loan originated by the Originator or, in
the case of an Assigned Loan, otherwise acquired by the Originator,
that is identified on an Asset List and sold or contributed to the
Seller hereunder and included as part of the Collateral, which loan
includes, without limitation, (i) the Required Asset Documents
and Asset File, and (ii) all right, title and interest of the
Originator in and to the loan and any Related Property.
“ Loan
Register ”: Defined in Section 5.4(n)
.
“
Loan-to-Liquidation Value or LLV ”: With
respect to any Loan, as of the date of origination, the percentage
equivalent of a fraction (i) the numerator of which is equal
to the maximum availability (as provided in the applicable
underlying loan documents) of such Loan as of the date of its
origination and (ii) the denominator of which is equal to the
liquidation value of the Related Property securing such Loan that
is subject to a first priority lien in favor of the Originator (as
determined by the Servicer in accordance with the Credit and
Collection Policy and in a commercially reasonable
manner).
“
Loan-to-Value Ratio or LTV ”: With respect to
any Loan, as of any date of determination, the percentage
equivalent of a fraction (a) the numerator of which is equal
to the total commitment amount of such Loan as of the date of its
origination (as provided in the related loan documents) plus
the total commitment amount or principal amount, as the case may
be, as of the applicable date of origination or incurrence, of all
loans and other indebtedness which is senior to such Loan in the
“capital structure” of the related Obligor (as defined
in, and as
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determined by
the Servicer in accordance with, the Credit and Collection Policy
and in a commercially reasonable manner), and (b) the
denominator of which is equal to the “capital
structure” of the related Obligor. With respect to any
Security System Loan, as of any date of determination, the
percentage equivalent of a fraction (a) the numerator of which
is equal to the related Security System Loan Advance Multiple and
(b) the denominator of which is equal to the related Security
System Loan Average Contract Term.
“
Lock-Box ”: The post office box to which Collections
are remitted for retrieval by a Lock-Box Bank and deposited by such
Lock-Box Bank into a Lock-Box Account, the details of which are
contained in Schedule II .
“
Lock-Box Account ”: The account maintained at the
Lock-Box Bank for the purpose of receiving Collections, the details
of which are contained in Schedule II , as such
schedule may be amended from time to time.
“
Lock-Box Agreement ”: The Fifth Amended and Restated
Three Party Agreement Relating to Lockbox Services and Control
(with Activation Upon Notice), dated as of June 30, 2005, by
and among Wells Fargo, as the indenture trustee and as the Citi
indenture trustee (as defined therein), Bank of America, N.A., as
the lockbox bank, WCM, as the conduit administrative agent and as
the acquisition administrative agent, CapitalSource Finance, as the
originator, as the original servicer and as the lockbox servicer,
and CapitalSource Funding LLC, as the owner of the account and as
the owner of the lockbox, as amended, modified, waived,
supplemented, restated or replaced from time to time.
“
Lock-Box Bank ”: Bank of America, N.A., or any of the
banks or other financial institutions holding one or more Lock-Box
Accounts.
“ Margin
Stock ”: Margin Stock as defined under
Regulation U.
“
Material Adverse Effect ”: With respect to any event
or circumstance, means a material adverse effect on (a) the
business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations,
performance, properties or prospects of the Originator, the
Servicer or the Seller, (b) the validity, enforceability or
collectibility of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document
or the validity, enforceability or collectibility of the Assets
generally or any material portion of the Assets, (c) the
rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Purchasers,
the Purchaser Agents and the Secured Parties, (d) the ability
of the Seller, the Servicer, the Backup Servicer or the Collateral
Custodian to perform its obligations under this Agreement or any
Transaction Document, or (e) the status, existence,
perfection, priority or enforceability of the Administrative
Agent’s, the Purchaser Agents’, or the Secured
Parties’ interest in the Collateral.
“
Material Modification ”: (1) Any amendment or
waiver of, or modification or supplement to, an Underlying
Instrument governing an Asset that (a) reduces the principal
amount of such Asset, (b) waives one or more interest
payments, or reduces the spread over the applicable reference rate
comprising the interest rate on such Asset if such Asset is a
Floating Rate Asset or reduces the coupon comprising the interest
rate on such Asset if such Asset is a Fixed Rate Asset;
provided that the foregoing shall not apply to waivers or
reductions related to the operation of default or penalty interest
clauses and, in addition, the spread or coupon, as
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applicable, may
be reduced by not more than 1.5% applicable to the spread or coupon
of such Asset, so long as the interest coverage ratio (howsoever
defined in the related Underlying Instruments) is greater than
2.0:1 at the time of such reduction, (c) contractually or
structurally subordinates such Asset by operation of a priority of
payments, turnover provisions, the transfer of assets in order to
limit recourse to the related Obligor or the granting of security
(other than permitted security) on any of the Related Property
securing such Asset, (d) postpones the due date of any
Scheduled Payment in respect of such Asset, (e) terminates or
releases any material lien or security interest securing such Asset
(other than the release of such lien or security interest (i) as
required by the Underlying Instruments so long as it does not
involve a material portion of the Collateral or (ii) in
conjunction with the sale or disposition of the assets subject to
such lien or security interest so long as 100% of the cash proceeds
from such sale or disposition ( minus any taxes and expenses
incurred in connection with such sale or disposition) are applied
to prepay the applicable Asset and the gross cash proceeds from
such sale or disposition are at least equal to 100% of the value of
the property being released from such lien or security interest) or
(f) alters the status of such Loan as a Delinquent Loan or
Charged-Off Loan and (2) any loan or extension of credit by the
Originator (or any other lender) to the Obligor for the purpose of
(a) making any past due principal, interest or other payments
due on such Asset, (b) preventing such Asset or any other loan to
the related Obligor from becoming past due or (c) causing a
Delinquent Loan or a Charged-Off Loan to cease to be so classified;
provided that a loan or extension of credit provided for
refinancing purposes at or around such Asset’s then schedule
maturity date shall not be deemed to be a Material
Modification.
“
Materially Modified Asset ”: Any Asset subject to a
Material Modification.
“
Materials of Environmental Concern ”: Any gasoline or
petroleum (including crude oil or any fraction thereof) or
petroleum products or any hazardous or toxic substances, materials
or wastes, defined or regulated as such in or under any
Environmental Laws, including, without limitation, asbestos,
polychlorinated biphenyls and urea-formaldehyde
insulation.
“ Maximum
Availability ”: An amount equal to the least
of:
(b) the sum
of (i) the product of the Borrowing Base and the Weighted
Average Advance Rate plus (ii) the amount on deposit in
the Principal Collections Account received in reduction of the
Outstanding Asset Balance of any Asset that is an Eligible Asset;
or
(c) an amount
equal to (i) the Borrowing Base minus (ii) the
Minimum Overcollateralization Amount plus (iii) the
amount on deposit in the Principal Collections Account received in
reduction of the Outstanding Asset Balance of any Asset that is an
Eligible Asset.
“ Minimum
Overcollateralization Amount ”: As of any date of
determination, an amount equal to the sum of the Outstanding Asset
Balances of all Eligible Assets attributable to the three Obligors
having the largest aggregate Outstanding Asset Balance of Eligible
Assets included as part of the Collateral (excluding the amount,
calculated without duplication, by which such
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Eligible Assets
exceed any applicable Pool Concentration Criteria), calculated for
the Borrowing Base on such date.
“ Minimum
Pool Yield ”: A Pool Yield equal to 2.15%.
“ Monthly
Report ”: Defined in Section 6.10(b)
.
“
Moody’s ”: Moody’s Investors Service,
Inc., and any successor thereto.
“
Multiemployer Plan ”: A “multiemployer
plan” as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA
that is or was at any time during the current year or the
immediately preceding five years contributed to by the Seller or
any ERISA Affiliate on behalf of its employees.
“ NAICS
Code ” means the North American Industry Classification
System Codes by two digits.
“ Net
Proceeds of Capital Stock/Conversion of Debt ”: Any and
all proceeds (whether cash or non-cash) or other consideration
received by CapitalSource Inc., its Consolidated Subsidiaries
(excluding the Healthcare REIT Consolidated Subsidiaries), on a
consolidated basis, in respect of the issuance of Capital Stock to
a Person other than CapitalSource Inc. or its Consolidated
Subsidiaries (including, without limitation, the aggregate amount
of any and all Indebtedness converted into Capital Stock), after
deducting therefrom all reasonable and customary costs and expenses
incurred by CapitalSource Inc. and such Consolidated Subsidiary in
connection with the issuance of such Capital Stock in each case to
the extent classified as equity on the consolidated balance sheet
of CapitalSource Inc. and its Consolidated Subsidiaries;
provided , however , that such proceeds shall exclude
any consideration received in connection with an initial public
offering of the Healthcare REIT.
“
Noteless Loan ”: A Loan with respect to which the
underlying loan documents do not require the Obligor to execute and
deliver a promissory note to evidence the indebtedness created
under such Loan.
“
Obligor ”: With respect to any Asset, any Person or
Persons obligated to make payments pursuant to or with respect to
such Asset, including any guarantor thereof. For purposes of
calculating any of the Pool Concentration Criteria only, all Assets
included as part of the Collateral or to be transferred to the
Collateral the Obligor of which is an Affiliate of another Obligor
(excluding any Financial Sponsor or Obligors that are Affiliates
solely because of common ownership or control by a Financial
Sponsor) shall be aggregated with all Assets of such other Obligor;
for example , if Corporation A is an Affiliate (other
than because of a common Financial Sponsor) of Corporation B, and
the sum of the Outstanding Asset Balances of all of Corporation
A’s Loans included as part of the Collateral constitutes 10%
of the Aggregate Outstanding Asset Balance and the sum of the
Outstanding Asset Balances all of Corporation B’s Loans
included as part of the Collateral constitutes 10% of the Aggregate
Outstanding Asset Balance, the combined Obligor concentration for
Corporation A and Corporation B would be 20%.
“
Officer’s Certificate ”: A certificate signed by
a Responsible Officer of the Seller or the Servicer, as the case
may be, and delivered to the Collateral Custodian.
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“ Opinion
of Counsel ”: A written opinion of counsel, which opinion
and counsel are acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its sole
discretion.
“
Optional Sale ”: Defined in
Section 2.19(a) .
“
Optional Sale Date ”: Any Business Day during the
Revolving Period, provided ten (10) Business Days’ prior
written notice is given in accordance with
Section 2.19(a) .
“
Originator ”: CapitalSource Finance, together with its
successors and assigns in such capacity; all Assets originated by
Affiliates of CapitalSource Inc. (other than CapitalSource Finance)
and acquired by CapitalSource Finance or its successors and assigns
from such Affiliates in compliance with Section 2.21
shall be deemed to have been originated by CapitalSource Finance or
its successors and assigns; provided that such acquisition
shall be reflected on the Borrowing Base Certificate.
“ Other
Costs ”: Defined in Section 13.9(c)
.
“
Outstanding Asset Balance ”: With respect to
(i) any Asset purchased at less than 95% of its par value, the
purchase price of such Asset (excluding any PIK component or
accrued interest payable) minus the sum of principal payments
received in respect of such Asset on or before the date of
determination and (ii) any Asset purchased at no less than 95%
of par or originated directly by the Originator or an Affiliate,
the sum of (a) the portion of all future Scheduled Payments
becoming due under or with respect to such Asset plus
(b) any past due Scheduled Payments with respect to such Asset
(other than with respect to those payments to the extent a Servicer
Advance is outstanding with respect thereto), provided that
notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, for
purposes of determining the Aggregate Outstanding Asset Balance, if
any portion of an Asset is deemed to be “charged-off”
in accordance with the provisions of the definition of Charged-Off
Asset, then the entire Asset shall be deemed to have an Outstanding
Asset Balance of zero, except for purposes of (i) calculating
the Average Pool Charged-Off Ratio and (ii)
Section 2.20(a)(vii) .
“
Overcollateralization Percentage ”: As of any date of
determination, the percentage equivalent of (a) one
minus (b) a fraction (i) the numerator of which is
equal to the Advances Outstanding on such date and (ii) the
denominator of which is equal to the Aggregate Outstanding Asset
Balance as of such date.
“
Participation Loan ”: A Loan to an Obligor, originated
by the Originator and serviced by the Servicer in the ordinary
course of its business, in which a participation interest has been
granted to another Person in accordance with the Credit and
Collection Policy and (i) such transaction has been fully
consummated, pursuant to a participation agreement in a form
previously delivered by the Originator to the Administrative Agent
in connection with this transaction or in such other form as shall
be adopted by the Originator and approved in writing by the
Administrative Agent at least five days prior to such Loan becoming
part of the Collateral hereunder, (ii) such Loan (other than
in the case of a Noteless Loan) is represented by a separate
promissory note, and (iii) the Originator has the right to
receive and collect payments directly in its own name, and to
enforce its rights directly against the Obligor thereof including
the right to
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proceed against
collateral; provided, however , any such Loan shall exclude
any Retained Interest.
“ Payment
Date ”: The fifteenth (15th) day of each calendar month
or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business
Day.
“
Permitted Investments ”: With respect to any Payment
Date means negotiable instruments or securities or other
investments maturing on or before such Payment Date (a) which,
except in the case of demand or time deposits, investments in money
market funds and Eligible Repurchase Obligations, are represented
by instruments in bearer or registered form or ownership of which
is represented by book entries by a Clearing Agency or by a Federal
Reserve Bank in favor of depository institutions eligible to have
an account with such Federal Reserve Bank who hold such investments
on behalf of their customers, (b) that, as of any date of
determination, mature by their terms on or prior to the Business
Day immediately preceding the next Payment Date immediately
following such date of determination, and (c) that
evidence:
(1) direct
obligations of, and obligations fully guaranteed as to full and
timely payment by, the United States (or by any agency thereof to
the extent such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit
of the United States);
(2) demand
deposits, time deposits or certificates of deposit of depository
institutions or trust companies incorporated under the laws of the
United States or any state thereof and subject to supervision and
examination by federal or state banking or depository institution
authorities; provided, however, that at the time of the
Seller’s investment or contractual commitment to invest
therein, the commercial paper, if any, and short-term unsecured
debt obligations (other than such obligation whose rating is based
on the credit of a Person other than such institution or trust
company) of such depository institution or trust company shall have
a credit rating from Fitch and each Rating Agency in the Highest
Required Investment Category granted by Fitch and such Rating
Agency, which in the case of Fitch, shall be
“F-1+”;
(3) commercial
paper, or other short term obligations, having, at the time of the
Seller’s investment or contractual commitment to invest
therein, a rating in the Highest Required Investment Category
granted by each Rating Agency, which in the case of Fitch, shall be
“F-1+”;
(4) demand
deposits, time deposits or certificates of deposit that are fully
insured by the FDIC and either have a rating on their certificates
of deposit or short-term deposits from Moody’s and S&P of
“P-1” and “A-1”, respectively, and if rated
by Fitch, from Fitch of “F-1+”;
(5) notes that are
payable on demand or bankers’ acceptances issued by any
depository institution or trust company referred to in clause
(2) above;
(6) investments in
taxable money market funds or other regulated investment companies
having, at the time of the Seller’s investment or contractual
commitment to invest therein, a rating of the Highest Required
Investment Category from Moody’s, S&P and Fitch (if rated
by Fitch);
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(7) time deposits
(having maturities of not more than ninety (90) days) by an
entity the commercial paper of which has, at the time of the
Seller’s investment or contractual commitment to invest
therein, a rating of the Highest Required Investment Category
granted by Fitch and each Rating Agency; or
(8) Eligible
Repurchase Obligations with a rating acceptable to the Rating
Agencies, which in the case of Fitch, shall be “F-1+”
and in the case of S&P shall be “A-1”.
The Collateral
Custodian may pursuant to the direction of the Servicer or
Administrative Agent, as applicable, purchase or sell to itself or
an Affiliate, as principal or agent, the Permitted Investments
described above.
“
Permitted Liens ”: Any of the following as to which no
enforcement, collection, execution, levy or foreclosure proceeding
shall have been commenced (a) Liens for state, municipal or
other local taxes if such taxes shall not at the time be due and
payable, (b) Liens imposed by law, such as
materialmen’s, mechanics’, carriers’,
workmen’s and repairmen’s Liens and other similar
Liens, arising in the ordinary course of business securing
obligations that are not overdue for a period of more than thirty
(30) days, and (c) Liens granted pursuant to or by the
Transaction Documents.
“
Permitted Securitization Transaction ”: Any financing
transaction undertaken by the Seller or an Affiliate of the Seller
that is secured, directly or indirectly, by the Collateral or any
portion thereof or any interest therein, including any sale, lease,
whole loan sale, asset securitization, secured loan or other
transfer.
“
Person ”: An individual, partnership, corporation
(including a business trust), limited liability company, joint
stock company, trust, unincorporated association, sole
proprietorship, joint venture, government (or any agency or
political subdivision thereof) or other entity.
“ Pool
Charged-Off Ratio ”: As of any Determination Date, the
product of (i) twelve (12) and (ii) the percentage
equivalent of a fraction, (a) the numerator of which is equal
to the sum of the Outstanding Asset Balances of all Eligible Assets
that became Charged-Off Assets (net of Recoveries during such
Collection Period) during the Collection Period related to such
Determination Date, and (b) the denominator of which is equal
to the Aggregate Outstanding Asset Balance as of the first (1st)
day of the Collection Period related to such Determination
Date.
“ Pool
Concentration Criteria ”: On any day, each of the
concentration limitations as set forth below, which concentration
limitations (unless otherwise indicated) shall be measured on the
basis of a percentage of the Aggregate Outstanding Asset
Balance:
(1) the sum of the
Outstanding Asset Balance of all Eligible Assets the Obligors of
which are resident of the same state shall not exceed
20%;
(2) the sum of the
Outstanding Asset Balances of all Eligible Assets the Obligors of
which are in the same Industry (as defined by 2-digit NAICS Codes)
shall not exceed 20%;
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(3) the sum of the
Outstanding Asset Balances of all Eligible Assets with a
“Risk Rating 4,” Risk Rating 5” and a “Risk
Rating 6” shall not exceed 20%, 5% and 0%,
respectively;
(4) the sum of the
Outstanding Asset Balances of all Eligible Assets that are DIP
Loans shall not exceed 10%;
(5) the sum of the
Outstanding Asset Balances of all Eligible Assets to a single
Obligor shall not exceed $20,000,000;
(6) the Aggregate
Outstanding Asset Balance divided by the number of Obligors
(including any Affiliates thereof) shall not exceed the greater of
(a) 2% or (b) $5,000,000;
(7) the sum of the
Outstanding Asset Balances of all Eligible Assets that are Senior
Secured ABL Loans or Revolving Loans shall not exceed
65%;
(8) the sum of the
Outstanding Asset Balances of all Eligible Assets that are
Subordinated Loans shall not exceed 5%;
(9) the sum of the
Outstanding Asset Balances of all Eligible Assets that are
Subordinated Loans and Senior B-Note Loans shall not exceed
10%;
(10) (a) up
to and including April 28, 2009, the sum of the Outstanding
Asset Balances of all Eligible Assets which have ever been included
as part of the Collateral for eighteen (18) months or more
shall not exceed 50%; and (b) from and after April 29,
2009, the sum of the Outstanding Asset Balances of all Eligible
Assets which have ever been included as part of the Collateral for
eighteen (18) months or more shall not exceed 20%;
(11) the sum of
the Outstanding Asset Balances of all Loans which provide for
payments of interest on a semi-annual basis shall not exceed the
lesser of (a) 5% and (b) $10,000,000;
(12) the sum of
the Outstanding Asset Balances of all Loans that are Security
System Loans shall not exceed 10%;
(13) the sum of
the Outstanding Asset Balances of all Loans that were first
purchased by the Originator or any affiliate thereof at a purchase
price of less than 95% of their par value shall not exceed 10%;
and
(14) the sum of
the Outstanding Asset Balances of all Loans that are Senior Secured
ABL Loans secured by timeshare receivables shall not exceed
10%.
“ Pool
Rate ”: As of any Determination Date, the annualized
percentage equivalent of a fraction, (a) the numerator of
which is equal to all Interest Collections on Assets included in
the Aggregate Outstanding Asset Balance as of the first (1st) day
of the Collection Period related to such Determination Date that
are deposited into the Collection Account during such
Collection
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Period, and
(b) the denominator of which is equal to the Aggregate
Outstanding Asset Balance as of the first (1st) day of such
Collection Period.
“ Pool
Weighted Average Life ”: At any point in time, the number
obtained by (i) for each Asset included in the Borrowing Base
as of such point in time, multiplying each Scheduled Payment by the
number of months from such point in time until such Scheduled
Payment is due; (ii) summing all of the products calculated
pursuant to clause (i); (iii) dividing the sum
calculated pursuant to clause (ii) by the sum of all
successive Scheduled Payments due on all Assets included in the
Borrowing Base as of such point in time; and (iv) dividing the
amount calculated pursuant to clause (iii) by 12.
“ Pool
Yield ”: On any day, the excess, if any, of (a) the
Pool Rate on such day minus (b) the sum of (i) the
Interest Rate multiplied by the Weighted Average Advance Rate,
(ii) the Program Fee Rate multiplied by the Weighted Average
Advance Rate and (iii) the Servicing Fee Rate, in each case as
of such day.
“
Portfolio Aggregate Outstanding Asset Balance ”: With
respect to all Portfolio Assets, on any day, the sum of the
Portfolio Outstanding Asset Balances of such Portfolio Assets on
such date. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, for purposes of determining the Portfolio Aggregate
Outstanding Asset Balance, if any portion of a Portfolio Asset is
deemed to be “charged-off” in accordance with the
provisions of the definition of Charged-Off Portfolio Asset, then
the entire Portfolio Asset shall have a zero (0) Outstanding
Asset Balance, except for purposes of calculating the Average
Portfolio Charged-Off Ratio.
“
Portfolio Asset ”: Any asset owned or serviced by the
Originator (including each Asset). For the avoidance of doubt, the
term Portfolio Asset shall not include any asset owned and/or
serviced solely by one or more Affiliates of the Originator (but
not by the Originator); provided , that (i) such asset
shall not have been originated or acquired by the Originator and
(ii) such asset shall not be included in the consolidated financial
statements of the Originator.
“
Portfolio Charged-Off Ratio ”: As of any Determination
Date, the product of (i) twelve (12) and (ii) the
percentage equivalent of a fraction, (a) the numerator of
which is equal to the sum of the Portfolio Outstanding Asset
Balances of all Portfolio Assets (excluding equity and preferred
stock investments) that became Charged-Off Portfolio Asset (net of
Recoveries during such Collection Period) during the Collection
Period related to such Determination Date and (b) the
denominator of which is equal to the Portfolio Aggregate
Outstanding Asset Balance (excluding equity and preferred stock
investments) as of the first (1st) day of the Collection Period
related to such Determination Date; provided that, such
calculation shall exclude the effects of any Liquid Real Estate
Assets that are acquired and levered by the Originator solely to
satisfy REIT asset and income tests.
“
Portfolio Delinquency Ratio ”: As of any Determination
Date, the percentage equivalent of a fraction, (i) the
numerator of which is equal to the sum of the Portfolio Outstanding
Asset Balances of all Delinquent Portfolio Assets on such date and
(ii) the denominator of which is equal to the Portfolio
Aggregate Outstanding Asset Balance on such date; provided
that, such calculation shall exclude the effects of any Liquid Real
Estate Assets that are acquired and levered by the Originator
solely to satisfy REIT asset and income tests.
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“
Portfolio Outstanding Asset Balance ”: With respect to
any Portfolio Asset, the sum of (i) the portion of all future
Scheduled Payments becoming due under or with respect to such
Portfolio Asset plus (ii) any past due Scheduled
Payments with respect to such Portfolio Asset.
“ Prepaid
Asset ”: Any Asset (other than a Charged-Off Asset) that
was terminated or has been prepaid in full or in part prior to its
scheduled expiration date.
“
Prepayment Amount ”: Defined in
Section 6.4(b) .
“
Prepayments ”: Any and all (i) partial or full
prepayments on or with respect to an Asset (including, with respect
to any Asset and any Collection Period, any Scheduled Payment,
Finance Charge or portion thereof that is due in a subsequent
Collection Period that the Servicer has received, and pursuant to
the terms of Section 6.4(b) expressly permitted the
related Obligor to make, in advance of its scheduled due date, and
that will be applied to such Scheduled Payment on such due date),
(ii) Recoveries, and (iii) Insurance Proceeds.
“ Prime
Rate ”: (a) The rate announced by WBNA from time to
time as its prime rate in the United States, such rate to change as
and when such designated rate changes, or (b) with respect to
any Additional Purchaser, as otherwise specified by or on behalf of
such Additional Purchaser in the applicable Additional Purchaser
Agreement. The Prime Rate is not intended to be the lowest rate of
interest charged by WBNA or any other specified financial
institution in connection with extensions of credit to
debtors.
“
Principal Collections ”: Any and all amounts received
in respect of any principal due and payable under the Loans from or
on behalf of Obligors that are deposited into the Principal
Collections Account, or received by or on behalf of the Seller by
the Servicer or Originator in respect of Assets, in the form of
cash, checks, wire transfers, electronic transfers or any other
form of cash payment.
“
Principal Collections Account ”: Defined in
Section 6.4(f) .
“
Proceeds ”: With respect to any Collateral, whatever
is receivable or received when such Collateral is sold, liquidated,
foreclosed, exchanged, or otherwise disposed of, whether such
disposition is voluntary or involuntary, and includes all rights to
payment with respect to any insurance relating to such
Collateral.
“ Program
Fee ”: (a) With respect to any Purchaser, as defined
in the applicable Purchaser Fee Letter and (b) with respect to
any Additional Purchaser, as specified in the applicable Additional
Agent Fee Letter.
“ Program
Fee Rate ”: (a) With respect to any Purchaser, the
rate set forth in the applicable Purchaser Fee Letter and
(b) with respect to any Additional Purchaser, the rate set
forth in the applicable Additional Agent Fee Letter as the
“Program Fee Rate.”
“
Pro-Rata Share ”: (i) the percentage obtained by
dividing each Conduit Purchaser’s, as applicable, Commitment
(as determined under subsection (i)(a) of the definition of
Commitment) by the aggregate Commitments of all the Conduit
Purchasers (as determined under subsection (i)(a) of the
definition of Commitment).
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“
Purchaser ”: (i) WBNA, (ii) any Additional
Purchaser, as the context requires, and “ Purchasers
” means collectively (a) WBNA and (b) the
Additional Purchasers.
“
Purchaser Agent ”: With respect to (i) WBNA, the
WBNA Agent, (ii) any Additional Purchasers, the related
Additional Agent and (iii) each Institutional Purchaser which
may from time to time become a party hereto, each shall be deemed
to be its own Purchaser Agent.
“
Purchaser Fee Letter ”: Each Fee Letter Agreement,
dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Seller, the Servicer,
and the applicable Purchaser Agent, as amended, modified, waived,
supplemented, restated or replaced from time to time.
“
Qualified Institution ”: Defined in
Section 6.4(f) .
“
Qualified Transferee ”:
(a) The
Seller, each Purchaser Agent and any Affiliate thereof, or the
Administrative Agent or any Affiliate of the Administrative Agent;
or
(b) any other
Person which:
(i) has at least
$50,000,000 in capital/statutory surplus or shareholders’
equity (except with respect to a pension advisory firm or similar
fiduciary); and
(ii) is regularly
engaged in the business of making or owning commercial real estate
loans or operating commercial real estate properties;
and
(iii) is one of
the following:
(A) an insurance
company, bank, savings and loan association, investment bank, trust
company, commercial credit corporation, pension plan, pension fund,
pension fund advisory firm, mutual fund, real estate investment
trust, governmental entity or plan, or
(B) an investment
company, money management firm or a “qualified institutional
buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or an “institutional
accredited investor” within the meaning of Regulation D
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; or
(C) the trustee,
collateral agent or administrative agent in connection with
(x) a securitization of the subject Asset through the creation
of collateralized debt or loan obligations or (y) an
asset-backed commercial paper transaction funded by a commercial
paper conduit whose commercial paper notes are rated at least
“A-1” by S&P or at least “P-1” by
Moody’s, or (z) a repurchase transaction funded by an
entity which would otherwise be a Qualified Transferee so long as
the “equity interest” (other than any nominal or de
minimis equity interest) in the special purpose entity that issues
notes or certificates in connection with any such collateralized
debt or loan obligation, asset-backed commercial paper
funded
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transaction or
repurchase transaction is owned by one or more entities that are
Qualified Transferees under sub clauses (A) or (B)
above; or
(D) any entity
Controlled (as defined below) by any of the entities described in
sub clauses (i) , (ii) or (iii)
above.
For purposes of
this definition only, “Control” means the ownership,
directly or indirectly, in the aggregate of more than fifty percent
(50%) of the beneficial ownership interests of an entity and the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause
the direction of the management or policies of an entity, whether
through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or
otherwise, and “Controlled” has the meaning correlative
thereto.
“
Quarterly Determination Date ”: March 31,
June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each
calendar year.
“ Rating
Agency ”: Each of S&P, Moody’s and any other
rating agency that has been requested to issue a rating with
respect to a Permitted Securitization Transaction.
“ Real
Estate Loan ”: Any Loan (including any lease financing)
(i) for which the underlying Related Property consists
primarily of real property or (ii) the proceeds of which are
primarily used to finance the acquisition, construction or
development of real property or (iii) the primary source of
repayment from which is from the sale or liquidation of real
property.
“
Records ”: All documents relating to the Assets,
including books, records and other information (including without
limitation, computer programs, tapes, disks, punch cards, data
processing software and related property and rights) executed in
connection with the origination or acquisition of the Collateral or
maintained with respect to the Collateral and the related Obligors
that the Seller, the Originator or the Servicer have generated, in
which the Seller, the Originator or the Servicer have acquired an
interest pursuant to the Sale Agreement or in which the Seller, the
Originator or the Servicer have otherwise obtained an
interest.
“
Recoveries ”: As of the time any Related Property or
any other related property is sold, discarded (after a
determination by the Servicer that such Related Property or any
other related property has little or no remaining value) or
otherwise determined to be fully liquidated by the Servicer in
accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy (or such similar
policies and procedures utilized by the Servicer in servicing the
Portfolio Assets) with respect to any Charged-Off Asset or
Charged-Off Portfolio Asset, the proceeds from the sale of the
Related Property or any other related property, the proceeds of any
related Insurance Policy, any other recoveries with respect to such
Charged-Off Asset or Charged-Off Portfolio Asset, the Related
Property, any other related property, and amounts representing late
fees and penalties, net of Liquidation Expenses and amounts, if
any, received that are required under such Asset or Portfolio
Asset, as applicable, to be refunded to the related
Obligor.
“
Regulation U ”: Regulation U of the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 12 C.F.R. §221, or
any successor regulation.
“
REIT ”: A “real estate investment trust”
as defined in Section 856(c)(5)(B) of the Code.
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“ REIT
Requirements ”: The requirements (including, without
limitation, the requirements relating to assets and income)
CapitalSource Inc. must satisfy to qualify as a REIT under the Code
and applicable regulations of the Department of the Treasury
promulgated thereunder.
“ Related
Property ”: With respect to an Asset, any property or
other assets pledged as collateral to the Originator to secure
repayment of such Asset, including all Proceeds from any sale or
other disposition of such property or other assets.
“ Related
Security ”: All of the Seller’s right, title and
interest in and to:
(a) any
Related Property securing an Asset and all Recoveries related
thereto;
(b) all
Required Asset Documents, Asset Files related to any Asset,
Records, and the documents, agreements, and instruments included in
the Asset File or Records, including without limitation, rights of
recovery of the Seller against the Originator;
(c) all
Insurance Policies with respect to any Asset;
(d) all
security interests, liens, guaranties, warranties, letters of
credit, accounts, bank accounts, mortgages or other encumbrances
and property subject thereto from time to time purporting to secure
or support payment of any Asset, together with all UCC financing
statements or similar filings signed by an Obligor relating
thereto;
(e) the
Collection Account, each Lock Box and all Lock Box Accounts,
together with all cash and investments in each of the foregoing
other than amounts earned on investments therein;
(f) any
Hedging Agreement and any payment from time to time due
thereunder;
(g) the Sale
Agreement and the assignment to the Administrative Agent of all UCC
financing statements filed by the Seller against the Originator
under or in connection with the Sale Agreement; and
(h) the
proceeds of each of the foregoing.
“
Replaced Asset ”: Defined in
Section 2.18(a) .
“
Reporting Date ”: The date that is two Business Days
prior to each Payment Date.
“
Required Advance Reduction Amount ”: On any day, an
amount equal to the positive difference, if any, of
(a) Advances Outstanding on such day minus (b) the
Maximum Availability on such day.
“
Required Asset Documents ”: With respect to
(i) any Noteless Loan identified as a Noteless Loan on the
Asset Checklist, a copy of the related Loan Register (together with
a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Servicer certifying
to the accuracy of such Loan Register as of the date such Loan is
included as a part of the Collateral), (ii) all Loans other
than Noteless Loans, the duly executed original of the promissory
note and an assignment (which may
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be by
endorsement or allonge) of each such promissory note to the Seller
and then the Administrative Agent, signed by an officer of the
Originator and the Seller, respectively, (iii) any Loan, any
related loan agreement and the Asset Checklist together with, to
the extent set forth on the Asset Checklist, duly executed (if
applicable) originals or copies of each of any related
participation agreement, acquisition agreement, subordination
agreement, intercreditor agreement, security agreements or similar
instruments, UCC financing statements, guarantee, or Insurance
Policy, (iv) each Loan secured by real property, an Assignment
of Mortgage and (v) any Loan identified as an Assigned Loan on
the Asset Checklist, the duly executed original assignment
agreement; provided, that with respect to any Assigned Loan,
any of the foregoing documents, other than any related promissory
notes in the case of Assigned Loans only, may be copies. For the
avoidance of doubt, with respect to any Loan originated by an
Affiliate of CapitalSource Inc. and acquired by CapitalSource
Finance or its successors and assigns from such Affiliate in
compliance with Section 2.21 , Required Asset Documents
shall include duly executed originals or copies, as applicable, of
each of the foregoing categories of documents with respect to the
sale or transfer of each such Loan from such Affiliate to
CapitalSource Finance.
“
Required Reports ”: Collectively, the Monthly Report,
the Servicer’s Certificate required pursuant to
Section 6.10(c) , the financial statements of the
Servicer required pursuant to Section 6.10(d) , the
annual statements as to compliance required pursuant to
Section 6.11 , and the annual independent public
accountant’s report required pursuant to
Section 6.12 .
“
Residential Mortgage Policies and Procedures ”: The
written residential mortgage policies and procedures manual of
CapitalSource Inc. in the form attached hereto as Schedule X
as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time.
“
Responsible Officer ”: With respect to any Person, any
duly authorized officer of such Person with direct responsibility
for the administration of this Agreement and also, with respect to
a particular matter, any other duly authorized officer to whom such
matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge of and
familiarity with the particular subject.
“
Restricted Junior Payment ”: (i) any dividend or
other distribution, direct or indirect, on account of any class of
membership interests of the Seller now or hereafter outstanding,
except a dividend payment solely in interests of that class of
membership interests or in any junior class of membership interests
of the Seller; (ii) any redemption, retirement, sinking fund
or similar payment, purchase or other acquisition for value, direct
or indirect, of any class of membership interest of the Seller now
or hereafter outstanding, (iii) any payment made to redeem,
purchase, repurchase or retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any
outstanding warrants, options or other rights to acquire membership
interests of Seller now or hereafter outstanding, and (iv) any
payment of management fees by the Seller (except for reasonable
management fees to the Originator or its Affiliates in
reimbursement of actual management services performed).
“
Retained Interest ”: (A) With respect to any
Revolving Loan or any Loan with an unfunded commitment on the part
of the Originator that does not provide by its terms that funding
thereunder is in Originator’s sole and absolute discretion
and that is transferred by the Originator to the Seller, all of the
obligations, if any, to provide additional funding with respect to
such Revolving Loan, and (B) with respect to any Assigned
Loan, any Participation Loan or any Agented Loan that is
transferred by the Originator to the Seller, (i) all of the
obligations, if
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any, of the
agent(s) under the documentation evidencing such Assigned Loan,
Participation Loan, or Agented Loan and (ii) the applicable
portion of the interests, rights and obligations under the
documentation evidencing such Assigned Loan, Participation Loan, or
Agented Loan that relate to such portion(s) of the indebtedness
that is owned by another lender or is being retained by the
Originator pursuant to clause (A) of this
definition.
“
Revolving Loan ”: A Loan that is a line of credit or
contains an unfunded commitment arising from an extension of credit
by the Originator to an Obligor, pursuant to the terms of which
amounts borrowed may be repaid and subsequently reborrowed;
provided, however , any such Loan shall exclude any Retained
Interest.
“
Revolving Period ”: The period commencing on the
Closing Date and ending on the day immediately preceding the
Termination Date.
“
S&P ”: Standard & Poor’s, a division of
The McGraw Hill Companies, Inc., and any successor
thereto.
“ Sale
Agreement ”: The Sale and Contribution Agreement, dated
as of the date hereof, between the Originator and the Seller, as
amended, modified, waived, supplemented, restated or replaced from
time to time.
“
Scheduled Payments ”: With respect to any Loan, each
monthly, quarterly, or annual payment of principal required to be
made by the Obligor thereof under the terms of such Loan; in all
cases, excluding any payment in the nature of, or constituting,
interest.
“ Secured
Party ”: (i) each Purchaser, (ii) the
Administrative Agent and each Purchaser Agent, and (iii) each
Hedge Counterparty that is either a Purchaser or an Affiliate of
the WBNA Agent if that Affiliate is a Hedge Counterparty that
executes a counterpart of this Agreement agreeing to be bound by
the terms of this Agreement applicable to a Secured
Party.
“
Security System Loan ”: A Loan with respect to which
the related Obligor is in the business classified under 2002 NAICS
Code 56162 (Security Systems Services) and which is secured by
Alarm Service Agreements.
“
Security System Loan Advance Multiple ”: With respect
to any Security System Loan, the amount funded under such Security
System Loan divided by the related RMR.
“
Security System Loan Average Contract Term ”: With
respect to any Security System Loan, the weighted average of the
non-cancellable terms measured in months of the Alarm Service
Agreements securing such Security System Loan.
“
Seller ”: Defined in the Preamble of this
Agreement.
“ Senior
B-Note Loan ”: Any Term Loan that (i) is secured by
a first priority Lien on all of the Obligor’s assets
constituting Related Property for the Loan, (ii) has a
“first dollar” at risk not to exceed 60% of the
Loan-to-Value and a “last dollar” at risk not to exceed
70% of the Loan-to-Value, (iii) contains terms which, upon the
occurrence of an event of default under the Loan Documents or in
the case of any liquidation or foreclosure on the Related Property,
provide
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that the
principal of the Seller’s portion of such Loan would be paid
only after the other lenders party to such Loan (including any
lender party making any Senior Secured Loan or Stretch Senior
Secured Loan whose right to payment is contractually senior to the
Seller) is paid in full, and (iv) is substantially in a form
of “Senior B-Note Loan” previously delivered by the
Originator to the Administrative Agent in connection with this
transaction or such other form as shall be adopted by the
Originator and approved in writing by the Administrative Agent at
least five days prior to such Loan becoming part of the Collateral
hereunder.
“ Senior
Secured ABL Loan ”: Any Revolving Loan that (i) is
secured by a first priority Lien on all of the Obligor’s
assets constituting Related Property for the Loan,
(ii) provides the related Obligor with the option to receive
additional borrowings thereunder based on the value of its eligible
accounts receivable, inventory or equipment, (iii) has a
Loan-to-Liquidation Value of less than or equal to (a) 85%
with respect to the Related Property which constitutes accounts
receivable, (b) 50% with respect to the Related Property which
constitutes inventory, and (c) 80% with respect to the Related
Property which constitutes Equipment, (iii) provides that the
payment obligation of the Obligor on such Loan is either senior to,
or pari passu with, all other loans or financings to such
Obligor, (iv) has an availability mechanism that is governed
by a dynamic borrowing base formula that specifies eligible
collateral and advance rates, and where the borrowing base and
availability are calculated at least monthly, (v) employs
lock-boxes for cash control and (vi) is substantially in the
form of a “Senior Secured ABL Loan” previously
delivered by the Originator to the Administrative Agent in
connection with this transaction or such other form as shall be
adopted by the Originator and approved in writing by the
Administrative Agent at least five days prior to such Loan becoming
part of the Collateral hereunder; provided, however , any
such Loan shall exclude any Retained Interest.
“ Senior
Secured Loan ”: Any Loan that (i) is secured by a
first priority Lien on all of the Obligor’s assets
constituting Related Property for the Loan, (ii) has a
Loan-to-Value of less than 60%, (iii) provides that the
payment obligation of the Obligor on such Loan is either senior to,
or pari passu with, all other loans or financings to such
Obligor, and (iv) is substantially in the form of a
“Senior Secured Loan” previously delivered by the
Originator to the Administrative Agent in connection with this
transaction or such other form as shall be adopted by the
Originator and approved in writing by the Administrative Agent at
least five days prior to such Loan becoming part of the Collateral
hereunder.
“
Servicer ”: CapitalSource Finance LLC, and each
successor (in the same capacity) appointed as Successor Servicer
pursuant to
Section 6.16(a) .
“
Servicer Advance ”: An advance of Scheduled Payments
made by the Servicer pursuant to Section 6.5
.
“
Servicer Default ”: Defined in
Section 6.15 .
“
Servicer Termination Notice ”: Defined in
Section 6.15 .
“
Servicer’s Certificate ”: Defined in
Section 6.10(c) .
“
Servicing Fee ”: Defined in
Section 2.14(b) .
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“
Servicing Fee Rate ”: 0.50% per annum.
“
Servicing Guarantor ”: An Affiliate of CapitalSource
Inc. that executes a Servicing Guaranty.
“
Servicing Guaranty ”: Each Servicing Guaranty by an
Affiliate of CapitalSource Inc. in favor of the Administrative
Agent, as agent for the Secured Parties, pursuant to Section
2.21 in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent in its sole discretion.
“
Solvent ”: As to any Person at any time, having a
state of affairs such that all of the following conditions are met:
(a) the fair value of the property of such Person is greater
than the amount of such Person’s liabilities (including
disputed, contingent and unliquidated liabilities) as such value is
established and liabilities evaluated for purposes of Section
101(32) of the Bankruptcy Code; (b) the present fair
salable value of the property of such Person in an orderly
liquidation of such Person is not less than the amount that will be
required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts
as they become absolute and matured; (c) such Person is able to
realize upon its property and pay its debts and other liabilities
(including disputed, contingent and unliquidated liabilities) as
they mature in the normal course of business; (d) such Person
does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts
or liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay as such
debts and liabilities mature; and (e) such Person is not
engaged in a business or a transaction, and is not about to engage
in a business or a transaction, for which such Person’s
property would constitute unreasonably small capital.
“ Stretch
Senior Secured Loan ”: Any Term Loan other than a Senior
Secured Loan that (i) is secured by a first priority Lien on
all of the Obligor’s assets constituting Related Property for
the Loan (which may include a pledge of common equity),
(ii) has a Loan-to-Value of greater than 60% and less than
70%, (iii) provides that the payment obligation of the Obligor
on such Loan is either senior to, or pari passu with, all
other loans or financings to such Obligor, and (iv) is
substantially in a form of “Stretch Senior Secured
Loan” previously delivered by the Originator to the
Administrative Agent in connection with this transaction or such
other form as shall be adopted by the Originator and approved in
writing by the Administrative Agent at least five days prior to
such Loan becoming part of the Collateral hereunder.
“
Subordinated Loan ”: Any Term Loan that (i) may
be secured by a combination of senior and/or junior Liens on
substantially all of the Obligor’s assets constituting
Related Property for the Loan, (ii) has a Loan-to-Value of
less than 85%, (iii) contains terms which, upon the occurrence
of certain events of default under the senior loan documents
between another lender and the Obligor or in the case of any
liquidation or foreclosure on any Related Property, provide that
the Seller’s portion of such Loan would be paid only after
the other lender party to such related senior loan documents
(including any lender party making any Senior Secured ABL Loan,
Senior Secured Loan, Stretch Senior Secured Loan or Senior B-Note
Loan whose right to payment is contractually senior to the Seller)
is paid in full, and (iv) is substantially in the form of a
“Subordinated Loan” previously delivered by the
Originator to the Administrative Agent in connection with this
transaction or such other form as shall be adopted by the
Originator and approved in writing by the Administrative Agent at
least five days prior to such Loan becoming part of the Collateral
hereunder.
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“
Subordinated Servicing Fee Ra te”: 0.50% per
annum.
“
Subsidiary ”: As to any Person, a corporation,
partnership or other entity of which shares of stock or other
ownership interests having ordinary voting power (other than stock
or such other ownership interests having such power only by reason
of the happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the board
of directors or other managers of such corporation, partnership or
other entity are at the time owned, or the management of which is
otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly, through one or more
intermediaries, or both, by such Person; provided ,
however , that, solely for the purpose of calculating the
Consolidated Tangible Net Worth, the term “Subsidiary”
shall not include any Person that constitutes an Investment in
Equity Instruments or an Investment Loan Subsidiary.
“
Substitute Asset ”: On any day, an Eligible Asset that
meets each of the conditions for substitution set forth in
Section 2.18 .
“
Successor Servicer ”: Defined in
Section 6.16(a) .
“
Tape ”: Defined in Section 7.2(b)(ii)
.
“
Taxes ”: Any present or future taxes, levies, imposts,
duties, charges, assessments or fees of any nature (including
interest, penalties, and additions thereto) that are imposed by any
Governmental Authority.
“
Termination Date ”: The earliest of (a) the date
of the termination of the Facility Amount pursuant to
Section 2.4 , (b) the Business Day designated by
the Seller to the Administrative Agent and each Purchaser Agent as
the Termination Date at any time following two Business Days’
prior written notice thereof to the Administrative Agent and each
Purchaser Agent, (c) May 29, 2009, (d) the date any
Liquidity Agreement shall cease to be in full force and effect, and
(d) the date of the declaration of the Termination Date
pursuant to Section 10.2(a) or the date of the
automatic occurrence of the Termination Date pursuant to
Section 10.2(b) .
“
Termination Event ”: Defined in
Section 10.1 .
“ Term
Loan ”: A Loan that is a term loan that has been fully
funded and does not contain any unfunded commitment on the part of
the Originator arising from an extension of credit by the
Originator to an Obligor.
“
Transaction ”: Defined in Section 3.2
.
“
Transaction Documents ”: The Agreement, the Sale
Agreement, each Hedging Agreement, the Hedge Guaranty, the Lock-Box
Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement, each Variable Funding Note,
each Servicing Guaranty, each Purchaser Fee Letter, any Additional
Agent Fee Letters, any Additional Purchaser Agreements, the Backup
Servicer Fee Letter, the Collateral Custodian Fee Letter, any UCC
financing statements filed pursuant to the terms of this Agreement,
and any additional document the execution of which is necessary or
incidental to carrying out the terms of the foregoing
documents.
“
Transferee Letter ”: Defined in
Section 13.16(a) .
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“
Transition Expenses ”: The reasonable costs (including
reasonable attorneys’ fees) of the Backup Servicer incurred
in connection with the transferring the servicing obligations under
this Agreement and amending this Agreement to reflect such transfer
in an amount not to exceed $100,000.
“ UCC
”: The Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect
in the applicable jurisdiction or jurisdictions.
“ United
States ”: The United States of America.
“
Unmatured Termination Event ”: Any event that, with
the giving of notice or the lapse of time, or both, would become a
Termination Event.
“
Variable Funding Note ” or “ VFN ”:
Defined in Section 2.1(a) .
“
VFCC ”: Variable Funding Capital Company LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company.
“ Voting
Stock ”: With respect to any Person, capital stock or
membership interests (in the case of a limited liability company)
issued by such Person the holders of which are ordinarily, in the
absence of contingencies, entitled to vote for the election of
directors (or persons performing similar functions) of such Person,
even though the right so to vote has been suspended by the
happening of such contingency.
“
Wachovia ”: Wachovia Bank, National Association, a
national banking association in its individual capacity, and its
successors and assigns.
“
Warranty Asset ”: Any Asset that fails to satisfy any
criteria of the definition of Eligible Asset; provided,
however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of
determining what is a Warranty Asset, the criteria set forth in
clauses (1)(c) , (1)(d) , 1(m)(i) ,
1(t) (but solely to the extent the criteria in such
clause 1(t) relates to any express representation and
warranty that an Asset is an Eligible Asset), 1(w) ,
1(x) , (1)(y) and clauses (2)(c) and
2(d) (but solely to the extent that the criteria in such
clauses 2(c) and 2(d) would not be satisfied as a
result of the operation of law or an effective court order in
connection with an Insolvency Event) of the definition of Eligible
Asset and clauses (vi) , (viii) and (ix) in
the definition of Eligible Obligor shall apply only as of the
applicable Cut-Off Date of such Asset.
“
Warranty Event ”: As to any Asset, the discovery that
as of the related Cut-Off Date or Funding Date there had existed a
breach of any representation or warranty relating to such Asset and
the continuance of such breach through any applicable determination
date or beyond any applicable cure period.
“
WBNA ”: Defined in the Preamble of this
Agreement.
“ WBNA
Agent ”: Defined in the Preamble of this
Agreement.
“ WBNA
Agent’s Account ”: A special account (account
number 1459160000192) in the name of the WBNA Agent maintained at
WBNA.
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“
Weighted Average Advance Rate ”: For any Advances
Outstanding on any day, the weighted average of the Advance Rates
applicable to the Eligible Assets backing such Advances on such
day, weighted according to the proportion of the Aggregate
Outstanding Asset Balance each type of Asset represents.
Section 1.2 Other Terms .
All accounting
terms used but not specifically defined herein shall be construed
in accordance with GAAP. All terms used in Article 9 of the
UCC in the State of New York, and used but not specifically defined
herein, are used herein as defined in such
Article 9.
Section 1.3 Computation of Time Periods
.
Unless otherwise
stated in this Agreement, in the computation of a period of time
from a specified date to a later specified date, the word
“from” means “from and including” and the
words “to” and “until” each mean “to
but excluding.”
Section 1.4 Interpretation .
In each
Transaction Document, unless a contrary intention
appears:
(i) the singular
number includes the plural number and vice versa;
(ii) reference to
any Person includes such Person’s successors and assigns but,
if applicable, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by
the Transaction Documents;
(iii) reference to
any gender includes each other gender;
(iv) reference to
day or days without further qualification means calendar
days;
(v) reference to
any time means Charlotte, North Carolina time;
(vi) reference to
any agreement (including any Transaction Document), document or
instrument means such agreement, document or instrument as amended,
modified, waived, supplemented, restated or replaced and in effect
from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if
applicable, the terms of the other Transaction Documents, and
reference to any promissory note includes any promissory note that
is an extension or renewal thereof or a substitute or replacement
therefor; and
(vii) reference to
any Applicable Law means such Applicable Law as amended, modified,
codified, replaced or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect
from time to time, including rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder and reference to any Section or other provision of any
Applicable Law means that provision of such Applicable Law from
time to time in effect and constituting the substantive amendment,
modification, codification, replacement or reenactment of such
Section or other provision.
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PURCHASE OF THE VARIABLE FUNDING
NOTES
Section 2.1 The Variable Funding Notes
.
(a) On the
terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, Seller shall deliver a
duly executed variable funding note (each such note, a “
Variable Funding Note ” or “ VFN
”), in substantially the form of Exhibit B-1 or
B-2 , as applicable, (i) on the Closing Date, to each
Purchaser Agent at their respective addresses set forth on the
signature pages of this Agreement, and (ii) on each date on
which an Additional Purchaser purchases a Variable Funding Note, to
the related Additional Agent at the address designated by such
Additional Agent. Each Variable Funding Note shall evidence each
Purchaser’s ratable share of the security interest in the
Collateral granted pursuant to Section 9.1 . Interest
shall accrue, and each VFN shall be payable, as described herein.
The VFN purchased by (1) WBNA shall be in the name of
“Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, as the WBNA Agent” and
shall be in the face amount equal to $90,000,000 and otherwise duly
completed, and (2) an Additional Purchaser shall be in the
name of such Additional Purchaser and shall be in a face amount to
be determined; provided , that the aggregate amount
outstanding under all VFNs at any one time shall not exceed the
Facility Amount.
(b) On the
terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, from the Closing Date
to, but excluding the Termination Date, the Seller may, at its
option, request the Purchasers to make advances of funds under the
VFNs (each, an “ Advance ”) and the Purchasers
shall make such Advance in an amount equal to their Pro-Rata Share
of such requested Advance; provided , that in no event shall
the Purchasers make any Advance if, after giving effect to such
Advance the aggregate Advances Outstanding hereunder would exceed
the lesser of (i) the Facility Amount or (ii) the Maximum
Availability. Notwithstanding anything contained in this
Section 2.1 or elsewhere in this Agreement to the
contrary, no Purchaser shall be obligated to provide its Purchaser
Agent or the Seller with aggregate funds in connection with an
Advance that would exceed such Purchaser’s unused Commitment
then in effect. Each Advance made by the Purchasers hereunder is
subject to the interests of the Hedge Counterparties under
Section 2.9(a)(i) and Section 2.10(a)(i) of this
Agreement.
(d) The
Seller may, within sixty (60) days but not less than
forty-five (45) days prior to the expiration of any Liquidity
Agreement in the case of an extension of any Liquidity Agreement or
the date set forth in clause (c) of the definition of
Termination Date in the case of an extension of this Agreement, by
written notice to each Purchaser Agent, make a request (i) for
each applicable Liquidity Bank to extend the term of such Liquidity
Agreement for an additional period of 364 days and
(ii) for each Purchaser to extend the date set forth in clause
(c) of the definition of Termination Date. Each Purchaser
Agent will give prompt notice to the applicable Purchaser and each
applicable Liquidity Bank of its receipt of such request, and each
Purchaser and each Liquidity Bank shall make a determination, in
their sole discretion, not less than fifteen (15) days prior to the
date set forth in clause (c) of the definition of Termination
Date or the expiration of any Liquidity Agreement (as applicable)
as to whether or not it will agree to the
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extension
requested. The failure of a Purchaser Agent or a Liquidity Bank to
provide timely notice of its decision to the Seller shall be deemed
to constitute a refusal by such Purchaser or such Liquidity Bank
(as applicable) to extend the date set forth in clause (c) of
the definition of Termination Date or the term of the Liquidity
Agreement, respectively. The Seller confirms that each Liquidity
Bank and each Purchaser, in their sole and absolute discretion,
without regard to the value or performance of the Collateral or any
other factor, may elect not to extend any Liquidity Agreement or
the date set forth in clause (c) of the definition of
Termination Date (as applicable).
Section 2.3 Procedures for Advances by
Purchasers .
(a) Each
Advance from a Purchaser hereunder shall be effected by the Seller
(or the Servicer on its behalf) delivering to the Administrative
Agent and each Purchaser Agent (with a copy to the Collateral
Custodian and the Backup Servicer) a duly completed Borrowing
Notice (along with a Borrowing Base Certificate) no later than 2:00
p.m. (Charlotte, North Carolina time) at least one Business Day
prior to the proposed Funding Date; provided ,
however , that Advances in an aggregate amount not to exceed
$15,000,000 may be requested no later than 2:00 p.m. on the
Business Day of the proposed Funding Date. Each Borrowing Notice
(along with a Borrowing Base Certificate) shall (i) specify
the desired amount of such Advance, which amount must be at least
equal to $250,000 per Purchaser, (ii) specify the date of such
Advance, (iii) specify the Assets to be financed on such
Funding Date (including the appropriate file number, Outstanding
Asset Balance for each Asset and identifying each Loan by type and
whether such Loan is a Senior Secured ABL Loan, Senior Secured
Loan, Stretch Senior Secured Loan, Senior B-Note Loan, Subordinated
Loan, Assigned Loan, or Participation Loan) and (iv) include a
representation that all conditions precedent for an Advance
described in Article III hereof have been met. Each
Borrowing Notice shall be irrevocable.
(b) On the
date of each Advance, each Purchaser shall, upon satisfaction of
the applicable conditions set forth in Article III ,
make available to the Seller in same day funds, at such bank or
other location reasonably designated by Seller in its Borrowing
Notice given pursuant to this Section 2.3 , an amount
equal to its Pro-Rata Share of the lesser of (i) the amount
requested by the Seller for such Advance, (ii) an amount equal
to the Availability on such Funding Date or (iii) the Facility
Amount.
(c) On each
Funding Date, the obligation of each Purchaser to remit its
Pro-Rata Share of any such Advance shall be several from that of
each other Purchaser and the failure of any Purchaser to so make
such amount available to the Seller shall not relieve any other
Purchaser of its obligation hereunder.
Section 2.4 Reduction of the Facility Amount; Mandatory
and Optional Repayments .
(a) The
Seller may, upon at least twenty (20) Business Days’
prior written notice (such notice to be received by the
Administrative Agent and each Purchaser Agent no later than 5:00
p.m. (Charlotte, North Carolina time) on such day) to the
Administrative Agent and each
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Purchaser
Agent, terminate in whole or reduce in part the portion of the
Facility Amount that exceeds the sum of the Advances Outstanding,
accrued Interest, Breakage Costs and Hedge Breakage Costs;
provided , however , that each partial reduction of
the Facility Amount shall be in an aggregate amount equal to at
least $1,000,000. Each notice of reduction or termination pursuant
to this Section 2.4(a) shall be irrevocable. The
Commitment of each Conduit Purchaser and each Institutional
Purchaser shall be reduced by an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share
(prior to giving effect to any reduction of Commitments hereunder)
of the aggregate amount of any reduction under this
Section 2.4(a) .
(b) The
Seller may, upon one Business Days’ prior written notice
(such notice to be received by the Administrative Agent, each Hedge
Counterparty and each Purchaser Agent no later than 2:00 p.m.
(Charlotte, North Carolina time) on such day) to the Administrative
Agent and each Purchaser Agent, reduce the Advances Outstanding by
remitting, in accordance with their Pro-Rata Share, to each
Purchaser Agent, for payment to the respective Purchasers,
(i) cash and (ii) instructions to reduce such Advances
Outstanding, related accrued Interest, Breakage Costs and Hedge
Breakage Costs; provided , that no such reduction shall be
given effect (1) unless the Seller has complied with the terms
of any Hedging Agreement requiring that one or more Hedge
Transactions be terminated in whole or in part as the result of any
such reduction of the Advances Outstanding, and Seller has paid all
Hedge Breakage Costs and any payments owing to the relevant Hedge
Counterparty for any such termination (2) if a Termination
Event or Unmatured Termination Event has occurred, is continuing or
would result from such reduction. Any reduction of the Advances
Outstanding shall be in a minimum amount of $500,000. Any such
reduction will occur only if sufficient funds have been remitted to
pay all such amounts in the succeeding sentence in full. Upon
receipt of such amounts, the Purchaser Agents shall apply such
amounts first to the pro-rata reduction of the Advances
Outstanding, second to the payment of related accrued
Interest on the amount of the Advances Outstanding to be repaid by
paying such amounts to the respective Purchasers, and third
to the payment of any Breakage Costs and Hedge Breakage Costs and
any other payments owing to the applicable Hedge Counterparty in
respect of the termination of any Hedge Transaction. Any notice
relating to any prepayment pursuant to this
Section 2.4(b) shall be irrevocable.
(c) If on any
day (i) the Administrative Agent, as agent for the Secured
Parties, does not own or have a valid and perfected first priority
security interest in any of the Collateral or (ii) any Asset
which has been represented by the Seller to be an Eligible Asset is
later determined not to have been an Eligible Asset as of the
related Cut-Off Date, upon the earlier of the Seller’s
receipt of notice from the Administrative Agent or the Seller
becoming aware thereof and the Seller’s failure to cure such
breach within thirty (30) days, the Seller shall be deemed to
have received on such day a collection (a “ Deemed
Collection ”) of such Asset in full and shall on such day
pay to the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Purchasers and
each Hedge Counterparty, an amount equal to (x) the
Outstanding Asset Balance of the Asset to be applied to the
pro-rata reduction of the principal of each VFN plus (y) any
Breakage Costs and Hedge Breakage Costs and any other payments
owing to the applicable Hedge Counterparty in respect of the
termination of any Hedge Transaction required as a result of the
Deemed Collection and release of the related Asset contemplated by
this Section 2.4(c) . In connection with any such
Deemed Collection, the Administrative Agent, as agent for the
Secured Parties, shall automatically and without further action, be
deemed to release to the Seller, free and clear of any Lien created
by the Administrative Agent, all of the right, title and interest
of the Administrative
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Agent, as agent
for the Secured Parties, in, to, and under the Asset with respect
to which the Administrative Agent has received such Deemed
Collection, but without any other representation and warranty of
any kind, express or implied.
Section 2.5 Determination of Interest
.
(a) Each
Purchaser Agent shall determine such Purchaser’s Interest
Rate and the Interest (including unpaid Interest, if any, due and
payable on a prior Payment Date) to be paid by the Seller with
respect to each Advance on each Payment Date for the related
Accrual Period and shall advise the Servicer thereof on or before
the third (3rd) Business Day prior to such Payment Date.
(b) Each
Additional Agent shall determine such Additional Purchaser’s
Interest Rate and Interest (including unpaid Interest related to
such Interest Rate, if any, due and payable to a prior Payment
Date) to be paid by the Seller with respect to each Advance on each
Payment Date for the related Accrual Period and shall advise the
Servicer thereof on or before the third (3rd) Business Day prior to
such Payment Date.
Section 2.6 [Reserved] .
Section 2.7 [Reserved].
Section 2.8 Notations on Variable Funding Notes
.
Each Purchaser
Agent is hereby authorized to enter on a schedule attached to the
VFN a notation (which may be computer generated) with respect to
each Advance under the VFN made by the related Purchaser of:
(a) the date and principal amount thereof, and (b) each
repayment of principal thereof, and any such recordation shall
constitute prima facie evidence of the accuracy of the information
so recorded. The failure of any Purchaser Agent to make any such
notation on the schedule attached to the VFN shall not limit or
otherwise affect the obligation of the Seller to repay the Advances
in accordance with their respective terms as set forth
herein.
Section 2.9 Settlement Procedures During the Revolving
Period .
(a) On each
Payment Date during the Revolving Period, the Servicer shall direct
the Collateral Custodian to pay pursuant to the Monthly Report to
the following Persons, from (1) the Collection Account, to the
extent of Available Funds, and (2) Servicer Advances received
with respect to the immediately preceding Collection Period that
ended on the last day of the calendar month immediately preceding
the calendar month in which such Payment Date occurs, the following
amounts in the following order of priority:
(i) FIRST ,
pro rata to each Hedge Counterparty, any amounts, (other than any
Hedge Breakage Costs and any payments due in respect of the
termination of any Hedging Transaction), owing to that Hedge
Counterparty under its respective Hedging Agreement in respect of
any Hedge Transaction(s), for the payment thereof;
(ii) SECOND
, to the Servicer, in an amount equal to any unreimbursed Servicer
Advances, for the payment thereof;
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(iii) THIRD
, to the Servicer, in an amount equal to any accrued and unpaid
Servicing Fees and, if the Servicer is not CapitalSource Finance,
CapitalSource, Inc. or an Affiliate of CapitalSource, Inc.,
Subordinated Servicing Fees, to the end of the preceding Collection
Period, for the payment thereof;
(iv) FOURTH
, to the extent not paid for by the Originator, pro rata to the
Backup Servicer and the Collateral Custodian, in an amount equal to
any accrued and unpaid Backup Servicing Fee, Collateral Custodian
Fee and Transition Expenses, for the payment thereof;
(v) FIFTH ,
to each Purchaser Agent, pro rata in accordance with the amount of
Advances Outstanding hereunder for the account of the applicable
Purchaser, in an amount equal to any accrued and unpaid Interest,
Program Fee, Commitment Fee and Breakage Costs, for the payment
thereof;
(vi) SIXTH
, (i) prior to the occurrence of a Termination Event, pro rata
in accordance with the amounts due under subclauses (a) and
(b) of this clause, (a) to each Purchaser Agent, if the
Required Advance Reduction Amount is greater than zero, an amount
necessary to reduce the Required Advance Reduction Amount to zero,
pro rata in accordance with the amount of Advances Outstanding
hereunder for the account of the applicable Purchaser, for the
payment thereof and (b) pro rata in accordance with the
amounts due under this subclause (b) , to each Hedge
Counterparty, any Hedge Breakage Costs and payments due in
termination of any Hedge Transaction, owing to that Hedge
Counterparty under its respective Hedging Agreement, for the
payment thereof; or (ii) following the occurrence of a Termination
Event, pro rata in accordance with the amounts due under
subclauses (1) and (2) of this clause, (1) to
each Purchaser Agent, pro rata in accordance with the amount of
Advances Outstanding hereunder for the account of the applicable
Purchaser, in an amount necessary to reduce the Advances
Outstanding and Aggregate Unpaids to zero, for the payment thereof
and (2) pro rata in accordance with the amounts due under this
subclause (2) , to each Hedge Counterparty, any Hedge
Breakage Costs and payments due in termination of any Hedge
Transaction, owing to that Hedge Counterparty under its respective
Hedging Agreement, for the payment thereof;
(vii)
SEVENTH , to the Servicer, if the Servicer is CapitalSource
Finance, CapitalSource, Inc. or an Affiliate of CapitalSource,
Inc., in an amount equal to any accrued and unpaid Subordinated
Servicing Fee to the end of the preceding Collection Period, for
the payment thereof;
(viii)
EIGHTH , to the Administrative Agent, each Purchaser Agent,
the applicable Purchaser, the Backup Servicer, the Collateral
Custodian, the Affected Parties, the Indemnified Parties or the
Secured Parties, pro rata in accordance with the amount owed to
such Person under this EIGHTH clause, all other amounts,
including Increased Costs but other than Advances Outstanding, then
due under this Agreement, for the payment thereof; and
(ix) NINTH
, any remaining amount shall be distributed to the
Seller.
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(b) On the
terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, from time to time
during the Revolving Period, the Servicer may, to the extent of any
Principal Collections on deposit in the Principal Collections
Account, withdraw such funds for the purpose of reinvesting in
additional Eligible Assets, provided the following conditions are
satisfied:
(i) all conditions
precedent set forth in Section 3.2(b) have been
satisfied;
(ii) the Servicer
provides same day written notice to the Administrative Agent and
Collateral Custodian by facsimile (to be received no later than
2:00 p.m. (Charlotte, North Carolina time) on such day) of the
request to withdraw Principal Collections and the amount
thereof;
(iii) the notice
required in clause (ii) above shall be accompanied by a
Borrowing Notice in the form of Exhibit A-2 and a
Borrowing Base Certificate and the same are executed by the Seller
and at least one Responsible Officer of the Servicer;
(iv) the
Collateral Custodian provides to the Administrative Agent by
facsimile (to be received no later than 2:00 p.m. (Charlotte, North
Carolina time) on that same date) a statement reflecting the total
amount on deposit on such day in the Principal Collections Account;
and
(v) upon the
satisfaction of the conditions set forth in clauses (i)
through (iv) above, and the Administrative Agent’s
confirmation of available funds, the Administrative Agent will
instruct the Collateral Custodian by facsimile on such day to
release funds from the Principal Collections Account to the
Servicer in an amount not to exceed the lesser of (A) the
amount requested by the Servicer and (B) the amount on deposit
in the Principal Collections Account on such day.
Section 2.10 Settlement Procedures During the
Amortization Period .
(a) On each
Payment Date during the Amortization Period, the Servicer shall
direct the Collateral Custodian to pay pursuant to the Monthly
Report to the following Persons, from (i) the Collection
Account, to the extent of Available Funds, and (ii) Servicer
Advances received with respect to the immediately preceding
Collection Period, the following amounts in the following order of
priority:
(i) FIRST ,
pro rata to each Hedge Counterparty, any amounts, (including any
Hedge Breakage Costs and any payments due in respect of the
termination of any Hedge Transaction in an amount not to exceed
$250,000 in the aggregate for all Hedging Agreements), owing to
that Hedge Counterparty under its respective Hedging Agreement in
respect of any Hedge Transaction(s), for the payment
thereof;
(ii) SECOND
, to the Servicer, in an amount equal to any unreimbursed Servicer
Advances, for the payment thereof;
(iii) THIRD
, to the Servicer, in an amount equal to any accrued and unpaid
Servicing Fee and, if the Servicer is not CapitalSource Finance,
CapitalSource, Inc. or an
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Affiliate of
CapitalSource, Inc., Subordinated Servicing Fee, to the end of the
preceding Collection Period, for the payment thereof;
(iv) FOURTH
, to the extent not paid for by the Originator, pro rata to the
Backup Servicer and the Collateral Custodian, in an amount equal to
any accrued and unpaid Backup Servicing Fee, Collateral Custodian
Fee and Transition Expenses, for the payment thereof;
(v) FIFTH ,
to each Purchaser Agent, pro rata in accordance with the amount of
Advances Outstanding hereunder for the account of the applicable
Purchaser, in an amount equal to any accrued and unpaid Interest,
Program Fee, Commitment Fee and Breakage Costs, for the payment
thereof;
(vi) SIXTH
, pro rata in accordance with the amounts due under
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