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AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

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Title: AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
Governing Law: New York     Date: 9/25/2008
Industry: Containers and Packaging     Sector: Basic Materials

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Exhibit 10.1

     

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

dated as of September 19, 2008

among

PACKAGING RECEIVABLES COMPANY, LLC,
as Borrower

PACKAGING CREDIT COMPANY, LLC,
as Initial Servicer

YC SUSI TRUST,
as a Lender

and

BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
individually as a Lender and as Agent

     

 

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ARTICLE I THE CREDIT

 

 

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Section 1.1. The Facility

 

 

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Section 1.2. Funding Mechanics; Liquidity Fundings

 

 

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Section 1.3. Interest Rates

 

 

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Section 1.4. Payment Dates; Noteless Agreement

 

 

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Section 1.5. Prepayments

 

 

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Section 1.6. Reductions in Aggregate Commitment

 

 

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Section 1.7. Requests for Increases in Aggregate Commitment

 

 

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Section 1.8. Extension of the Scheduled Termination Date

 

 

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Section 1.9. Distribution of Certain Notices; Notification of Interest Rates

 

 

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ARTICLE II BORROWING AND PAYMENT MECHANICS; CERTAIN COMPUTATIONS

 

 

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Section 2.1. Method of Borrowing

 

 

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Section 2.2. Selection of Interest Periods for Eurodollar Loans

 

 

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Section 2.3. Computation of Concentration Limits and Unpaid Balance

 

 

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Section 2.4. Maximum Interest Rate

 

 

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Section 2.5. Payments and Computations, Etc

 

 

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Section 2.6. Non-Receipt of Funds by the Agent

 

 

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ARTICLE III SETTLEMENTS

 

 

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Section 3.1. Reporting

 

 

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Section 3.2. Allocations and Distributions

 

 

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Section 3.3. Non-Distribution of Servicer’s Fee

 

 

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Section 3.4. Deemed Collections

 

 

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ARTICLE IV FEES AND YIELD PROTECTION

 

 

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Section 4.1. Fees

 

 

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Section 4.2. Yield Protection

 

 

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Section 4.3. Funding Losses

 

 

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ARTICLE V CONDITIONS OF ADVANCES

 

 

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Section 5.1. Conditions Precedent to Initial Advance

 

 

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Section 5.2. Conditions Precedent to All Advances

 

 

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(continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ARTICLE VI REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

 

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Section 6.1. Representations and Warranties of the Borrower and the Servicer

 

 

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ARTICLE VII GENERAL COVENANTS OF THE BORROWER AND SERVICER

 

 

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Section 7.1. Affirmative Covenants of the Borrower and Servicer

 

 

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Section 7.2. Reporting Requirements of the Borrower

 

 

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Section 7.3. Negative Covenants of the Borrower and the Servicer

 

 

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Section 7.4. Separate Corporate Existence of the Borrower

 

 

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ARTICLE VIII ADMINISTRATION AND COLLECTION

 

 

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Section 8.1. Designation of Servicer

 

 

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Section 8.2. Duties of Servicer

 

 

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Section 8.3. Rights of the Agent

 

 

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Section 8.4. Responsibilities of the Borrower

 

 

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Section 8.5. Further Action Evidencing the Security Interest

 

 

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Section 8.6. Application of Collections

 

 

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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. Remedies

 

 

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Section 9.3. Termination after Final Payout Date

 

 

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Section 9.4. Limitation on Rights to Collateral Proceeds

 

 

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ARTICLE X EVENTS OF DEFAULT

 

 

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Section 10.1. Events of Default

 

 

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Section 10.2. Remedies

 

 

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ARTICLE XI THE AGENT

 

 

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Section 11.1. Appointment

 

 

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Section 11.2. Delegation of Duties

 

 

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Section 11.3. Exculpatory Provisions

 

 

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Section 11.4. Reliance by Agent

 

 

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Section 11.5. Notice of Events of Default

 

 

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Section 11.6. Non-Reliance on Agent and Other Lenders

 

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Section 11.7. Indemnification of Agent

 

 

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Section 11.8. Agent in its Individual Capacity

 

 

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Section 11.9. Successor Agent

 

 

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Section 11.10. Agent’s Conflict Waivers

 

 

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Section 11.11. UCC Filings

 

 

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ARTICLE XII ASSIGNMENTS AND PARTICIPATIONS

 

 

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Section 12.1. Restrictions on Assignments, etc

 

 

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Section 12.2. Rights of Assignees and Participants

 

 

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Section 12.3. Terms and Evidence of Assignment

 

 

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ARTICLE XIII INDEMNIFICATION

 

 

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Section 13.1. Indemnities by the Borrower

 

 

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Section 13.2. Indemnities by Servicer

 

 

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ARTICLE XIV MISCELLANEOUS

 

 

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Section 14.1. Amendments, Etc

 

 

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Section 14.2. Notices, Etc

 

 

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Section 14.3. No Waiver; Remedies

 

 

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Section 14.4. Binding Effect; Survival

 

 

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Section 14.5. Costs, Expenses and Taxes

 

 

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Section 14.6. No Proceedings

 

 

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Section 14.7. Confidentiality Provisions

 

 

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Section 14.8. [Reserved]

 

 

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Section 14.9. Captions and Cross References

 

 

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Section 14.10. Integration

 

 

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Section 14.11. Governing Law

 

 

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Section 14.12. Waiver of Jury Trial

 

 

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Section 14.13. Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Immunities

 

 

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Section 14.14. Execution in Counterparts

 

 

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Section 14.15. No Recourse Against Other Parties

 

 

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Section 14.16. Amendment and Restatement

 

 

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ARTICLE XV ADDITIONAL LIQUIDITY BANK PROVISIONS

 

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Section 15.1. Assignment to Liquidity Banks

 

 

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Section 15.2. Downgrade of Liquidity Bank

 

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

     THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT is entered into as of September 19, 2008, by and among:

     (1) Packaging Receivables Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (together with its successors and permitted assigns, the “ Borrower ”),

     (2) Packaging Credit Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (together with its successors, the “ Initial Servicer ”), as initial servicer hereunder (in such capacity, together with any successor servicer or sub-servicer appointed pursuant to Section 8.1, the “ Servicer ”),

     (3) YC SUSI Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (together with its successors, “ YC SUSI ”), and Bank of America, National Association, a national banking association, in its capacity as a Liquidity Bank to YC SUSI (together with its successors, “ Bank of America ”), as Lenders (hereinafter defined), and

     (4) Bank of America, National Association, as agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with any successors thereto in such capacity, the “ Agent ”).

     Unless otherwise indicated, capitalized terms used in this Agreement are defined in Annex A.

W I T N E S S E T H:

     WHEREAS, the Borrower is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Packaging Corporation of America;

     WHEREAS, Packaging Corporation of America, as Originator, and Packaging Credit Company, LLC (“ Seller ”) have entered into a Receivables Sale Agreement (the “ Sale Agreement ”) pursuant to which the Originator has sold, and hereafter will sell, to the Seller all of its right, title and interest in and to its accounts receivable and certain related rights;

     WHEREAS, the Seller sells or contributes to the Borrower under the Purchase and Sale Agreement all of its right, title and interest in and to its accounts receivable and certain related rights;

     WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Servicer, Blue Ridge Asset Funding Corporation (“ Blue Ridge ”), as a Lender, and Wachovia Bank, N.A. (“ Wachovia ”), as a Lender and as Agent, entered into that certain Credit and Security Agreement, dated as of November 29, 2000 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Original Credit Agreement ”);

     WHEREAS, Blue Ridge, Wachovia, YC SUSI and Bank of America have entered into that certain Assignment and Acceptance Agreement (the “ Assignment Agreement ”), dated as of the date hereof, pursuant to which Blue Ridge and Wachovia have assigned to YC SUSI and

 


 

Bank of America their respective rights as Lenders and Agent, as applicable, under the Original Credit Agreement and other Transaction Documents;

     WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to amend and restate the Original Credit Agreement to make certain changes thereto;

     WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Lenders make revolving loans to the Borrower from time to time hereafter secured by the Collateral, and, subject to the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement, the Lenders are willing to make such secured loans;

     WHEREAS, the Lenders have requested that Initial Servicer act as the initial Servicer for the Collateral, and, subject to the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement, Initial Servicer is willing to act in such capacity; and

     WHEREAS, Bank of America has been requested, and is willing, to act as the Agent under this Agreement.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements herein contained, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I
THE CREDIT

      Section 1.1. The Facility . On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Borrower (or the Servicer on the Borrower’s behalf) may from time to time during the Revolving Period request Advances by delivering a Borrowing Request to the Agent in accordance with Section 2.1. Upon receipt of a copy of each Borrowing Request from the Borrower or Servicer, the Agent shall advise the Borrower not later than 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the Business Day following such receipt whether YC SUSI and/or the Liquidity Banks will fund a Loan (or Loans) in the aggregate amount of the requested Advance, and in the event that YC SUSI elects not to make any such Loan to the Borrower, each of the Liquidity Banks severally agrees to make its Ratable Share of such Loan to the Borrower, on the terms and subject to the conditions hereof, provided that at no time may the aggregate principal amount of YC SUSI’s and the Liquidity Banks’ Loans at any one time outstanding exceed the lesser of (i) the aggregate amount of the Liquidity Banks’ Commitments, and (ii) the Borrowing Base (such lesser amount, the “ Allocation Limit ”). If the Agent advises the Borrower that YC SUSI elects not to fund a Loan, the Borrower or Servicer may rescind the Borrowing Request. Each Loan shall be in the minimum amount of $1,000,000 or a larger integral multiple of $500,000. In no event may the aggregate principal amount of the Advances hereunder exceed the lesser of (x) the Aggregate Commitment, or (y) the Borrowing Base. All Liquidity Banks’ Commitments shall terminate on the Termination Date. Each of the Loans, and all other Obligations of the Borrower, shall be secured by the Collateral as provided in Article IX.

      Section 1.2. Funding Mechanics; Liquidity Fundings . (a) Each Advance hereunder shall consist of Loans made from YC SUSI and/or the Liquidity Banks.

     (b) If a Liquidity Bank fails to transfer to the Agent its full Ratable Share of any Loan when required by Section 1.1 (the aggregate amount not made available to the Agent by each

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such Liquidity Bank being the “ Unpaid Amount ”), then, upon notice from the Agent by not later than 1:15 p.m. (Chicago time), each Liquidity Bank not owing an Unpaid Amount shall transfer to the Agent, by not later than 1:45 p.m. (Chicago time), an amount equal to the lesser of such Liquidity Bank’s proportionate share (based on its Commitment divided by the Commitments of all Liquidity Banks that have not so failed to pay their full Ratable Share) of the Unpaid Amount and its Commitment. If the Agent does not then receive the Unpaid Amount in full, upon notice from the Agent by not later than 2:00 p.m. (Chicago time) on such day, each Liquidity Bank that has not failed to fund any part of its obligations on such day under this Section 1.2 shall pay to the Agent, by not later than 2:30 p.m. (Chicago time), its proportionate share (determined as described above) of the amount of such remaining deficiency up to the amount of its unused Commitment. Any Liquidity Bank that fails to make a payment under this Section 1.2 on the date of a Liquidity Funding shall pay on demand to each other Liquidity Bank that makes a payment under this subsection (b) the amount paid by it to cover such failure, together with interest thereon, for each day from the date such payment was made until the date such other Liquidity Bank has been paid such amount in full, at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate plus two percent (2%) per annum. In addition, without prejudice to any other rights YC SUSI may have under applicable law, any Liquidity Bank that has failed to transfer to the Agent under Section 1.1 its full Ratable Share of any Loan shall pay on demand to YC SUSI the difference between such unpaid Ratable Share of such Loan and the amount paid by other Liquidity Banks or the Agent to cover such failure, together with interest thereon, for each day from the date such Ratable Share of such Loan was due until the date paid, at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate plus two percent (2%) per annum.

     (c) While it is the intent of YC SUSI to fund each requested Advance through the issuance of Commercial Paper Notes, the parties acknowledge that if YC SUSI is unable, or determines that it is undesirable, to issue Commercial Paper Notes to fund all or any portion of the Loans, or is unable to repay such Commercial Paper Notes upon the maturity thereof, YC SUSI may put all or any portion of its Loans to the Liquidity Banks at any time pursuant to the Liquidity Agreement to finance or refinance the necessary portion of its Loans through a Liquidity Funding to the extent available. The Liquidity Fundings may be Alternate Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Loans, or a combination thereof, selected by the Borrower in accordance with Article II. Regardless of whether a Liquidity Funding constitutes an assignment of a Loan or the sale of one or more participations therein, each Liquidity Bank participating in a Liquidity Funding shall have the rights of a “Lender” hereunder with the same force and effect as if it had directly made a Loan to the Borrower in the amount of its Liquidity Funding.

     (d) Nothing herein shall be deemed to commit YC SUSI to make Loans. Nothing herein shall be deemed to give the Borrower the right to select Eurodollar Loans or Alternate Base Rate Loans for any Advance.

      Section 1.3. Interest Rates . (a) (i) Borrower shall pay CP Costs with respect to the principal balance of YC SUSI’s Loans from time to time outstanding. Each Loan of YC SUSI that is funded substantially with Pooled Commercial Paper will accrue CP Costs each day on a pro rata basis, based upon the percentage share that the principal in respect of such Loan represents in relation to all assets held by YC SUSI and funded substantially with related Pooled Commercial Paper. The Agent will notify the Borrower promptly after the commencement of

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any period during which CP Costs are calculated pursuant to the last sentence of the definition thereof, and will attempt to give prior notice if reasonably practicable under the circumstances.

     (ii) Not later than the third Business Day immediately preceding each Reporting Date, YC SUSI shall calculate the aggregate amount of CP Costs applicable to its CP Rate Loans for the Settlement Period then most recently ended and shall notify Borrower of such aggregate amount.

     (b) Each Eurodollar Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from and including the first day of the Interest Period applicable thereto selected in accordance with Article II of this Agreement to (but not including) the last day of such Interest Period at a rate per annum equal to the sum of (i) the applicable Eurodollar Rate (Reserve Adjusted) for such Interest Period plus (ii) the Bank Rate Spread.

     (c) Each Alternate Base Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof, for each day from and including the date such Loan is made to but excluding the date it is paid at a rate per annum equal to the Alternate Base Rate for such day. Changes in the rate of interest on Alternate Base Rate Loans will take effect simultaneously with each change in the Alternate Base Rate.

     (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Sections 1.3(a), (b) or (c), upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, and during the continuance thereof, all Obligations shall bear interest, payable upon demand, at the Default Rate.

     (e) Interest at any of the aforementioned rates shall be calculated for actual days elapsed on the basis of a 360-day year. Interest shall be payable for the day a Loan is made but not for the day of any payment on the amount paid if payment is received prior to noon (local time) at the place of payment. If any payment of principal of or interest on a Loan shall become due on a day which is not a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and, in the case of a principal payment, such extension of time shall be included in computing interest in connection with such payment.

      Section 1.4. Payment Dates; Noteless Agreement . (a) On each Settlement Date, Borrower shall pay to the Agent (for the benefit of YC SUSI) an aggregate amount equal to all accrued and unpaid CP Costs (to the extent allocated to the Borrower in accordance with Section 1.3(a)(i)) in respect of the principal associated with all CP Rate Loans for the Settlement Period then most recently ended in accordance with Article II. The principal on each CP Rate Loan shall be payable on and after the Termination Date as and when Collections are received.

     (b) The Borrower promises to pay each Eurodollar Loan on the last day of its Interest Period.

     (c) The Borrower promises to pay each Alternate Base Rate Loan, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, on or before the earlier to occur of (i) the Termination Date, and (ii) refinancing of such Loan with a CP Rate Loan or a Eurodollar Loan.

     (d) The Borrower promises to pay all accrued and unpaid interest on each Loan (other than a CP Rate Loan) on its applicable Interest Payment Date.

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     (e) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such Lender from time to time, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder. Upon request of the Borrower or the Agent, such Lender will confirm the outstanding principal balances of its Loans and the amount of any accrued and unpaid interest thereon. The entries maintained in the accounts maintained pursuant to this Section shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the Obligations therein recorded; provided , however , that the failure of any Lender to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay the Obligations in accordance with their terms.

      Section 1.5. Prepayments . Subject, in the case of CP Rate Loans and Eurodollar Loans, to the funding indemnification provisions of Section 4.3:

     (a) The Borrower may from time to time prepay, without penalty or premium, all outstanding Loans, or, in a minimum aggregate amount of $2,000,000 (or a larger integral multiple of $1,000,000), any portion of the outstanding Loans upon two Business Days’ prior written notice to the Agent (each, a “ Prepayment Notice ”), provided that each such prepayment of principal is accompanied by a payment of all accrued and unpaid interest thereon and is made ratably amongst the Lenders; it being understood that the Borrower, in its discretion, may designate the outstanding Loans to which the Agent will apply each such prepayment or portion thereof, subject to, in the case of CP Rate Loans or Eurodollar Loans, the funding indemnification provisions of Section 4.3 hereof;

     (b) If on any Business Day, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of YC SUSI’s Loans and the Liquidity Fundings made by the Liquidity Banks exceeds the Allocation Limit, the Borrower shall prepay such Loans, subject, in the case of CP Rate Loans and Eurodollar Loans, to the funding indemnification provision of Section 4.3 but otherwise without premium or penalty, by initiating a wire transfer to the Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the second Business Day thereafter in an amount sufficient to eliminate such excess, together with interest accrued and to accrue on the amount prepaid; and

     (c) Upon receipt of any wire transfer pursuant to Section 1.5(b), the Agent shall initiate a wire transfer to the Lenders of their respective shares thereof not later than 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date when received.

     (d) Upon the occurrence of a Credit Event, the Agent shall have the right (x) to declare that the Termination Date has occurred, whereupon the Aggregate Commitment shall terminate and all Collections shall be allocated and distributed pursuant to Section 3.2(b) hereof (the “ Credit Event Amortization Option ”) or (y) to require the Borrower to pay additional interest of 2.0% per annum on the principal amount of any Loan (the “ Additional Interest Option ”). Within ten (10) days of the occurrence of a Credit Event, the Borrower will deliver a notice (the “ Credit Event Amortization Notice ”) to the Agent describing such event. Promptly after the occurrence of the Credit Event, the Agent will elect the Credit Event Amortization Option or the Additional Interest Option, and the Agent shall deliver a notice (the “ Credit Event

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Election Notice ”) to the Borrower informing the Borrower of such election. If the Agent elects the Credit Event Amortization Option, then on the date of delivery of the Credit Event Notice, the Agent shall allocate and distribute all Collections pursuant to Section 3.2(b) and on the earlier of (A) the date of such distribution and (B) the date the Borrower receives the Credit Event Election Notice, the Aggregate Commitment shall automatically terminate. If the Agent elects the Additional Interest Option, then from the date of the occurrence of such Credit Event, the Borrower shall pay interest on the principal amount of any Loan at a rate per annum equal at all times to 2.0% per annum above the rate per annum required to be paid on such Loan pursuant to Section 1.3.

      Section 1.6. Reductions in Aggregate Commitment . The Borrower may permanently reduce the Aggregate Commitment in whole, or ratably in part, in a minimum amount of $5,000,000 (or a larger integral multiple of $1,000,000), upon at least five (5) Business Days’ written notice to the Agent (each, a “ Commitment Reduction Notice ”), provided , however , that (a) the amount of the Aggregate Commitment may not be reduced below the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Advances, and (b) the amount of the Aggregate Commitment may not be reduced below $5,000,000 unless the Aggregate Commitment is terminated in full. All accrued and unpaid fees shall be payable on the effective date of any termination of the Aggregate Commitment. Each Commitment Reduction Notice shall be irrevocable once delivered to the Agent.

      Section 1.7. Requests for Increases in Aggregate Commitment . The Borrower may from time to time request increases in the Aggregate Commitment in a minimum amount of $5,000,000 (or a larger integral multiple of $1,000,000), upon at least thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Agent, which notice shall specify the amount of and proposed effective date for any such requested increase (each, a “ Commitment Increase Request ”). If each of the Lenders agrees to the requested increase by notifying the Agent and the Borrower in writing of their concurrence, such increase shall be made to the Commitments of the Liquidity Banks, ratably in accordance with their respective Ratable Shares as of the effective date specified in the Commitment Increase Request. If less than all of the Lenders agree to such increase, the amount of the Aggregate Commitment shall remain unchanged.

      Section 1.8. Extension of the Scheduled Termination Date . Provided that no Event of Default exists and is continuing, the Borrower may request an extension of the Scheduled Termination Date by submitting a request for an extension (each, an “ Extension Request ”) to the Agent no more than sixty (60) days prior to the Scheduled Termination Date then in effect. The Extension Request must specify the new Scheduled Termination Date requested by the Borrower and the date (which must be at least thirty (30) days after the Extension Request is delivered to the Agent) as of which the Agent, the Lenders and the Liquidity Banks must respond to the Extension Request (the “ Response Date ”). The new Scheduled Termination Date shall be no more than 364 days after the Scheduled Termination Date in effect at the time the Extension Request is received, including the Scheduled Termination Date as one of the days in the calculation of the days elapsed. Promptly upon receipt of an Extension Request, the Agent shall notify YC SUSI and the Liquidity Banks of the contents thereof and shall request each such Person to approve the Extension Request. Each Lender and Liquidity Bank approving the Extension Request shall deliver its written approval to the Agent no later than the Response Date, whereupon the Agent shall notify the Borrower within one (1) Business Day thereafter as

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to whether all of the Lenders have approved the Extension Request. If all of the Lenders have approved the Extension Request, the Scheduled Termination Date specified in the Extension Request shall become effective on the existing Scheduled Termination Date, and the Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the new Scheduled Termination Date. If all of the Lenders do not unanimously agree to an Extension Request, the Scheduled Termination Date shall remain unchanged.

      Section 1.9. Distribution of Certain Notices; Notification of Interest Rates . Promptly after receipt thereof, the Agent will notify YC SUSI and the Liquidity Banks of the contents of each Information Package, Borrowing Request, Extension Request, Commitment Reduction Notice, Prepayment Notice, Commitment Increase Request or notice of default received by it from the Borrower or the Servicer hereunder. In addition, the Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders and the Borrower of each determination of and change in Interest Rates.

ARTICLE II
BORROWING AND PAYMENT MECHANICS; CERTAIN COMPUTATIONS

      Section 2.1. Method of Borrowing . The Borrower (or the Servicer on the Borrower’s behalf) shall give the Agent irrevocable notice in the form of Exhibit 2.1 hereto (each, a “ Borrowing Request ”) not later than 12:00 noon (New York City time) at least two Business Days before the Borrowing Date of each Advance. On each Borrowing Date, each Lender shall make available its Loan or Loans in immediately available funds to the Agent by initiating a wire transfer in such amount not later than 12:00 noon (New York City time). Subject to its receipt of such wire transfers, the Agent will initiate a wire transfer of the funds so received from the Lenders to the Borrower at the account specified in its Borrowing Request not later than 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the applicable Borrowing Date. Neither the Borrower, nor the Servicer on the Borrower’s behalf, may deliver more than four (4) Borrowing Requests in any month.

      Section 2.2. Selection of Interest Periods for Eurodollar Loans . If the Borrower has been informed by the Agent that CP Rate Loans are not available, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Borrower or the Servicer in its Borrowing Request may request Interest Periods for Eurodollar Loans from time to time to apply to each Lender’s Eurodollar Loans; provided , however , that (i) at least one Interest Period shall mature on each Settlement Date, and (ii) no Interest Period which began prior to the Scheduled Termination Date shall extend beyond the Scheduled Termination Date.

     While the Agent will use reasonable efforts to accommodate the Borrower’s or the Servicer’s requests for Interest Periods prior to an Event of Default, the Agent shall have the right to subdivide any requested Eurodollar Loan into one or more Eurodollar Loans of different Interest Periods, or, if the requested period is not feasible, to suggest an alternative Interest Period, provided that not less than $1,000,000 of principal may be allocated to any Interest Period of any Lender, and no Alternate Base Rate Loan may have a principal amount of less than $1,000,000.

     The Borrower (or the Servicer on the Borrower’s behalf) may not request an Interest Period for a Eurodollar Loan unless it shall have given the Agent written notice of its desire

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therefor not later than 12:00 noon (New York City time) at least three (3) Business Days prior to the first day of the desired Interest Period. Accordingly, all Liquidity Fundings shall initially be Alternate Base Rate Loans.

     Unless the Agent shall have received written notice by 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the third Business Day prior to the last day of an Interest Period that the Borrower intends to reduce the aggregate principal amount of the Eurodollar Loans outstanding from the Liquidity Banks, each of the Liquidity Banks shall be entitled to assume that the Borrower desires to refinance its maturing Eurodollar Loans on the last day of such Interest Period with Eurodollar Loans with an Interest Period of one (1) month.

     The Agent acknowledges and agrees that a Borrowing Request shall not be required in connection with the refinancing on the last day of an Interest Period of maturing Eurodollar Loans.

     If the Agent or any Liquidity Bank determines (i) that maintenance of any Eurodollar Loan would violate any applicable law or regulation, (ii) that deposits of a type and maturity appropriate to match fund any of such Liquidity Bank’s Eurodollar Loans are not available or (iii) that the maintenance of any Eurodollar Loans will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost of such Liquidity Bank of funding Eurodollar Loans, then the Agent, upon the direction of such Liquidity Bank, shall suspend the availability of future Eurodollar Loans until such time as the Agent or applicable Liquidity Bank provides notice that the circumstances giving rise to such suspension no longer exist, and, if required by any applicable law or regulation, terminate any outstanding Eurodollar Loan so affected. All Loans allocated to any such terminated Eurodollar Loan shall be reallocated to an Alternative Base Rate Loan.

      Section 2.3. Computation of Concentration Limits and Unpaid Balance . The Obligor Concentration Limits and the aggregate Unpaid Balance of Receivables of each Obligor and its Affiliated Obligors (if any) shall be calculated as if each such Obligor and its Affiliated Obligors were one Obligor.

      Section 2.4. Maximum Interest Rate . No provision of this Agreement shall require the payment or permit the collection of interest in excess of the maximum permitted by applicable law.

      Section 2.5. Payments and Computations, Etc . (a) Payments . The Borrower or the Servicer, as the case may be, shall initiate a wire transfer of immediately available funds of all amounts to be paid or deposited by the Borrower or the Servicer to the Agent or any of the Lenders (other than amounts payable under Section 4.2) no later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the day when due in lawful money of the United States of America to the Agent at its address specified in Schedule 14.2, and, to the extent such payment is for the account of a Lender, the Agent shall promptly disburse such funds to the appropriate Lender.

     (b)  Late Payments . To the extent permitted by law, upon demand, the Borrower or the Servicer, as applicable, shall pay to the Agent for the account of each Person to whom payment of any Obligation is due, interest on all amounts not paid or deposited by 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date when due (without taking into account any applicable grace

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period) at the Default Rate as specified in Section 10.1(a), provided, however, that no such interest rate shall at any time exceed the maximum rate permitted by applicable law.

     (c)  Method of Computation . All computations of interest, Servicer’s Fee, any per annum fees payable under Section 4.1 and any other per annum fees payable by the Borrower to the Lenders, the Servicer or the Agent under the Loan Documents shall be made on the basis of a year of 360 days for the actual number of days (including the first day but excluding the last day) elapsed.

     (d)  Avoidance or Recission of Payments . To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, no payment of any Obligation shall be considered to have been paid if at any time such payment is rescinded or must be returned for any reason.

      Section 2.6. Non-Receipt of Funds by the Agent . Unless a Lender notifies the Agent prior to the date and time on which it is scheduled to fund a Loan that it does not intend to fund, the Agent may assume that such funding will be made and may, but shall not be obligated to, make the amount of such Loan available to the intended recipient in reliance upon such assumption. If such Lender has not in fact funded its Loan proceeds to the Agent, the recipient of such payment shall, on demand by the Agent, repay to the Agent the amount so made available together with interest thereon in respect of each day during the period commencing on the date such amount was so made available by the Agent until the date the Agent recovers such amount at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate for such day.

ARTICLE III
SETTLEMENTS

      Section 3.1. Reporting . (a) Information Packages . On the 15th Business Day after each Cut-Off Date hereafter (each, a “ Reporting Date ”), the Servicer shall deliver to the Agent, a report in the form of Exhibit 3.1(a) (each, an “ Information Package ”) accompanied by an electronic file in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Agent; provided , however , that if an Event of Default shall exist and be continuing, the Agent may request that a computation of the Borrowing Base be made more frequently than monthly but no more frequently than once per day.

     (b)  Interest; Other Amounts Due . At or before 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the Business Day before each Settlement Date, the Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Servicer of (i) the aggregate principal balance of all Loans made by the Lenders that are then outstanding, and (ii) the aggregate amount of all principal, interest and fees that will be due and payable by the Borrower to the Agent for the account of the Agent or the Lenders on such Settlement Date.

      Section 3.2. Allocations and Distributions .

     (a)  Revolving Period . On each day during the Revolving Period, the Servicer shall set aside and hold in trust solely for the account of the Agent, for the benefit of the Agent and the Lenders (or deliver to the Collection Account as required pursuant to Section 7.1(i) hereof), the Percentage Share of all Collections and Deemed Collections received on such day, to the extent required for the payment of any accrued and unpaid Obligations (other than principal) on the

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next Settlement Date or Interest Payment Date. If at any time Collections are received by the Servicer during the Revolving Period, the Servicer shall (i) set aside such amounts as are required pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence to satisfy all Obligations (including but not limited to interest, fees, principal, increased costs or indemnification payments required hereunder or under any other Transaction Document) and the Servicer’s Fee due or to become due as of the next Settlement Date or Interest Payment Date, as applicable, and (ii) provided clause (i) above has been satisfied, unless otherwise requested by the Borrower, apply the remaining Collections to the purchase of additional Receivables from the Seller under and in accordance with the Purchase and Sale Agreement. On each Settlement Date or Interest Payment Date, as applicable, during the Revolving Period, the Servicer shall remit the amounts set aside above that have not been used for the purchase of additional Receivables, first , to the Lenders in reduction of the Obligations due and owing, and second , to the Servicer, for payment of the Servicer’s Fee then due and owing.

     (b)  Termination Date . On each day on and after the Termination Date, the Servicer shall set aside and hold in trust solely for the account of the Agent, for the benefit of the Agent and the Lenders (or delivered to the Collection Account as required pursuant to Section 7.1(i) hereof), the Percentage Share of all Collections received on such day and such Collections shall be remitted as follows on each Settlement Date, or if an Event of Default has occurred, on each other Business Day specified by the Agent ( provided the Servicer has been given two (2) Business Days’ prior notice thereof):

     (i) first , to the Lenders (ratably, based on their Ratable Share) until all Loans of, and interest due but not already paid to, the Lenders have been paid in full;

     (ii) second , to the Lenders until all other amounts owed to the Lenders have been paid in full;

     (iii) third , to the Agent until all amounts owed to the Agent have been paid in full;

     (iv) fourth , to any other Person to whom any amounts are owed under the Transaction Documents until all such amounts have been paid in full;

     (v) fifth , to the Servicer until all amounts owed to the Servicer under the Agreement have been paid in full; and

     (vi) sixth , to the Borrower (or as otherwise required by applicable law).

      Section 3.3. Non-Distribution of Servicer’s Fee . Each of the Agent and the Secured Parties hereby consents to the retention by the Servicer of a portion of the Percentage Share of the Collections equal to the Servicer’s Fee (and, if applicable, any invoiced expenses of such Servicer that are due and owing pursuant to Section 8.1(d)) so long as the Collections received by the Servicer are sufficient to pay all amounts pursuant to Section 3.2 of a higher priority as specified in such Section.

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      Section 3.4. Deemed Collections . If on any day:

     (a) the Unpaid Balance of any Receivable is reduced as a result of any defective or rejected goods or services, any cash discount or any other adjustment by any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof, or as a result of any tariff or other governmental or regulatory action, or

     (b) the Unpaid Balance of any Receivable is reduced or canceled as a result of a setoff in respect of any claim by the Obligor thereof (whether such claim arises out of the same or a related or an unrelated transaction), or

     (c) the Unpaid Balance of any Receivable is reduced on account of the obligation of any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof to pay to the related Obligor any rebate or refund, or

     (d) the Unpaid Balance of any Receivable is less than the amount included in calculating the Net Pool Balance for purposes of any Information Package (for any reason other than such Receivable becoming a Defaulted Receivable), or

     (e) any of the representations or warranties of the Borrower set forth in Section 6.1(j), (l) or (p) were not true when made with respect to any Receivable, or any of the representations or warranties of the Borrower set forth in Section 6.1(k) are no longer true with respect to any Receivable, or any Receivable is repurchased by the Seller pursuant to the Purchase and Sale Agreement,

then, on such day, the Borrower shall be deemed to have received a Collection of such Receivable (1) in the case of clauses (a)-(d) above, in the amount of such reduction or cancellation or the difference between the actual Unpaid Balance and the amount included in calculating such Net Pool Balance, as applicable; and (2) in the case of clause (e) above, in the amount of the Unpaid Balance of such Receivable.

ARTICLE IV
FEES AND YIELD PROTECTION

      Section 4.1. Fees . The Borrower shall pay to the Agent and the Lenders certain fees from time to time in amounts and payable on such dates as are set forth in the Fee Letter (including the Facility Fees, the Program Fees and the Structuring Fee).

      Section 4.2. Yield Protection . If (i) a change to Regulation D or (ii) any Regulatory Change, in either case, occurring after the date hereof:

     (a) shall subject an Affected Party to any tax, duty or other charge with respect to its Obligations or, as applicable, its Commitment or its commitment under any Liquidity Agreement, or shall change the basis of taxation of payments to the Affected Party of any Obligations, owed to or funded in whole or in part by it or any other amounts due under this Agreement in respect of its Obligations or, as applicable, its Commitment or its commitment under any Liquidity Agreement except for (1) taxes based on, or measured by, net income, or changes in the rate of tax on or determined by reference to the overall net income, of such Affected Party, (2) franchise taxes, taxes on, or in the nature of, doing business taxes or capital taxes, or (3) withholding taxes required

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for payments made to any foreign entity which, at the time such foreign entity issues its Commitment or Liquidity Commitment or becomes an assignee of a Lender hereunder, fails to deliver to the Agent and the Borrower an accurate IRS Form W-8 BEN or W-8 ECI, as applicable; or

     (b) shall impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve (including, without limitation, any reserve imposed by the Federal Reserve Board, but excluding any reserve included in the determination of interest), special deposit or similar requirement against assets of any Affected Party, deposits or obligations with or for the account of any Affected Party or with or for the account of any affiliate (or entity deemed by the Federal Reserve Board to be an affiliate) of any Affected Party, or credit extended by any Affected Party; or

     (c) shall affect the amount of capital required or expected to be maintained by any Affected Party; or

     (d) shall impose any other condition affecting any Obligation owned or funded in whole or in part by any Affected Party, or its rights or obligations, if any, to make Loans or Liquidity Fundings; or

     (e) shall change the rate for, or the manner in which the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (or a successor thereto) assesses deposit insurance premiums or similar charges;

and the result of any of the foregoing is or would be:

     (x) to increase the cost to or to impose a cost on (I) an Affected Party funding or making or maintaining any Loan, any Liquidity Funding, or any commitment of such Affected Party with respect to any of the foregoing, or (II) any Agent for continuing its or the Borrower’s relationship with any Affected Party, in each case, in an amount deemed to be material by such Affected Party,

     (y) to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by an Affected Party under this Agreement or under the Liquidity Agreement, or

     (z) to reduce the rate of return on such Affected Party’s capital as a consequence of its Commitment, its Liquidity Commitment or the Loans made by it to a level below that which such Affected Party could have achieved but for the occurrence of such circumstances,

then, within thirty (30) days after demand by such Affected Party (which demand shall be accompanied by a certificate setting forth, in reasonable detail, the basis of such demand and the methodology for calculating, and the calculation of, the amounts claimed by the Affected Party), the Borrower shall pay directly to such Affected Party such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Affected Party for such actual additional cost, actual increased cost or actual reduction.

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     (f) Each Affected Party will promptly notify the Borrower and the Agent of any event of which it has knowledge (including any future event that, in the judgment of such Affected Party, is reasonably certain to occur) which will entitle such Affected Party to compensation pursuant to this Section 4.2; provided , however , no failure to give or delay in giving such notification shall adversely affect the rights of any Affected Party to such compensation.

     (g) In determining any amount provided for or referred to in this Section 4.2, an Affected Party may use any reasonable averaging and attribution methods (consistent with its ordinary business practices) that it (in its reasonable discretion) shall deem applicable. Any Affected Party when making a claim under this Section 4.2 shall submit to the Borrower the above-referenced certificate as to such actual increased cost or actual reduced return (including calculation thereof in reasonable detail), which statement shall, in the absence of demonstrable error, be conclusive and binding upon the Borrower.

     (h) Each of the Lenders agrees, and will require each Affected Party to agree that, with reasonable promptness after an officer of such Lender or such Affected Party responsible for administering the Transaction Documents becomes aware that it has become an Affected Party under this Section 4.2, is entitled to receive payments under this Section 4.2, or is or has become subject to U.S. withholding taxes payable by any Loan Party in respect of its investment hereunder, it will, to the extent not inconsistent with any internal policy of such Person or any applicable legal or regulatory restriction, (i) use all reasonable efforts to make, fund or maintain its commitment or investment hereunder through another branch or office of such Affected Party, or (ii) take such other reasonable measures, if, as a result thereof, the circumstances which would cause such Person to be an Affected Party under this Section 4.2 would cease to exist, or the additional amounts which would otherwise be required to be paid to such Person pursuant to this Section 4.2 would be reduced, or such withholding taxes would be reduced, and if the making, funding or maintaining of such commitment or investment through such other office or in accordance with such other measures, as the case may be, would not otherwise adversely affect such commitment or investment or the interests of such Person; provided that , such Person will not be obligated to utilize such other lending office pursuant to this Section 4.2 unless the Borrower agrees to pay all incremental expenses incurred by such Person as a result of utilizing such other office as described in clause (i) above. For the avoidance of doubt, any interpretation of Accounting Research Bulletin No. 51 by the Financial Accounting Standards Board which becomes applicable to the Liquidity Banks shall constitute a Regulatory Change subject to this Section 4.2.

      Section 4.3. Funding Losses . In the event that any Lender shall actually incur any actual loss or expense (including any actual loss or expense incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by such Lender to make any Loan or any Liquidity Funding, as applicable, or maintain any Loan or Liquidity Funding, as applicable) as a result of (i) any payment of principal with respect to such Lender’s Loan being made on any day other than a Settlement Date or the scheduled last day of an applicable Interest Period with respect thereto, as applicable (it being understood that the foregoing shall not apply to any Alternate Base Rate Loans), or (ii) any Loan not being made in accordance with a request therefor under Section 2.1, then, upon written notice from the Agent to the Borrower and the

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Servicer, the Borrower shall pay to the Servicer and the Servicer shall pay to the Agent for the account of such Lender the amount of such actual loss or expense. Such written notice (which notice shall set forth in reasonable detail the basis to the loss or expense and shall include the methodology for calculating, and the calculation of, the amount of such actual loss or expense, in reasonable detail) shall, in the absence of demonstrable error or unreasonable assumption, methodology or allocations, be conclusive and binding upon the Borrower and the Servicer.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless the Agent gives notice to the Borrower and the Servicer that it is obligated to pay an amount pursuant to this Section 4.3 within one year after the date the Lender obtained knowledge of the respective actual loss or expense, then such Lender shall only be entitled to be compensated for such actual loss or expense as are incurred or suffered on or after the date which occurs one year prior to the Agent giving notice to the Borrower and the Servicer unless such loss or expense is incurred on a retroactive basis, in which case, such Lender shall be entitled to be compensated for all loss and expense provided the Agent or such Lender gives notice within one year from the date of such retroactive change. If the Borrower pays any additional amount under this Section 4.3 to a Lender and such Lender determines that it has actually received or realized in connection therewith any refund or any reduction of, or credit against its tax liabilities in or with respect to the taxable year in which the additional amount is paid (a “ Tax Benefit ”), such Lender shall pay to the Borrower an amount that such Lender shall determine is equal to the net benefit, after tax, which was obtained by such Lender in such year as a consequence of such Tax Benefit; provided , however , that nothing in this Section 4.3 shall require any Lender to (i) seek a Tax Benefit or (ii) disclose any confidential information to the Borrower or Servicer (including, without limitation, its tax returns).

ARTICLE V
CONDITIONS OF ADVANCES

      Section 5.1. Conditions Precedent to Initial Advance . The initial Advance pursuant to this Agreement is subject to the condition precedent that (i) the Borrower or the Originator shall have paid in full (x) all amounts required to be paid by each of them on or prior to the date hereof pursuant to the Fee Letter and (y) the fees and expenses described in Section 14.5(a) and invoiced prior to the date hereof, and (ii) the Agent shall have received, on or before the date of such initial Advance, the following, each (unless otherwise indicated) dated such date and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent:

     (a) This Agreement, the Sale Agreement, the Purchase and Sale Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents executed by the Originator, the Borrower or the Servicer, as applicable, each duly executed by the parties thereto;

     (b) A certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary or other appropriate officer of each Loan Party certifying the names and true signatures of the officers authorized on its behalf to sign this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to be delivered by it hereunder (on which certificate the Agent and the Lenders may conclusively rely until such time as the Agent shall receive from such Loan Party a revised certificate meeting the requirements of this subsection (b));

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     (c) The Certificate of Formation or other organizational documents of each Loan Party, duly certified by the Secretary of State of such Loan Party’s state of incorporation or organization, as of a recent date acceptable to the Agent in each case together with a copy of the limited liability company agreement or other organizational document of such Loan Party, duly certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of such Loan Party or other appropriate officer;

     (d) Resolutions of the board of managers or other governing body of each Loan Party authorizing its execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and all other documents evidencing necessary corporate action and government approvals, if any;

     (e) Copies of good standing certificates or similar certificates of existence for each Loan Party, issued by the Secretaries of State of the state of incorporation or organization of such Loan Party and the state where such Loan Party’s principal place of business is located;

     (f) UCC financing statements and/or UCC financing statement amendments satisfactory to the Agent with respect to the Collateral together with written evidence satisfactory to the Agent that the same have been filed or submitted for filing in the appropriate public filing offices(s), in the Agent’s sole discretion, to perfect the Secured Parties’ first priority security interest in the Collateral;

     (g) A signed acknowledgment by the Lockbox Bank, Wachovia and the Servicer of the assignment of the rights under the Lockbox Agreement to the Agent;

     (h) Search reports provided in writing to the Agent (i) listing all effective financing statements that name any Loan Party as debtor and that are filed in the jurisdictions in which filings were made pursuant to subsection (f) above and in such other jurisdictions that the Agent shall reasonably request, together with copies of such financing statements, and (ii) listing all tax liens and judgment liens (if any) filed against any debtor referred to in clause (i) above in the jurisdictions described therein and showing no such Liens;

     (i) The Seller Note, duly executed by the Borrower and the Initial PCA Note, duly executed by the Seller;

     (j) A favorable opinion of counsel to Loan Parties admitted to practice in the State of Illinois, covering the matters set forth in Exhibit 5.1(j);

     (k) Favorable opinions of counsel to Loan Parties, as to:

     (1) the existence of a “true sale” of the Receivables from the Originator to the Seller and from the Seller to the Borrower under the Sale Agreement and the Purchase and Sale Agreement, respectively; and

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     (2) the inapplicability of the doctrine of substantive consolidation to the Borrower and the Originator and to the Borrower and the Seller in connection with any bankruptcy proceeding involving any Loan Party;

     (l) A pro forma Information Package, prepared as of the Cut-Off Date of August 31, 2008;

     (m) Satisfactory results of a review and audit of the Originator’s collection, operating and reporting systems, Credit and Collection Policy, historical receivables data and accounts, including satisfactory results of a review of the Originator’s operating location(s) and satisfactory review and approval of the Eligible Receivables then in existence and a written outside audit report of a financial consultant reasonably acceptable to the Agent as to such matters, in each case, as of a recent date.

     (n) The Liquidity Agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, duly executed by the parties thereto;

     (o) With respect to the Performance Guarantor, copies of its most recent reports on SEC Forms 10-K and 10-Q;

     (p) The Fee Letter, together with payment of any and all fees due on or prior to the date of the initial Advance;

     (q) A certificate of an Authorized Officer of each of the Loan Parties certifying that as of the date of the initial Advance, no Event of Default or Unmatured Default exists and is continuing;

     (r) The Assignment Agreement, duly executed by the parties thereto; and

     (s) Such other agreements, instruments, certificates, opinions and other documents as the Agent may reasonably request.

      Section 5.2. Conditions Precedent to All Advances . Each Advance (including the initial Advance) shall be subject to the further conditions precedent that on the applicable Borrowing Date, each of the following statements shall be true (and the Borrower, by accepting the amount of such Advances or by receiving the proceeds of any Loan comprising such Advance, and each other Loan Party, upon such acceptance or receipt by the Borrower, shall be deemed to have certified that):

     (a) the representations and warranties contained in Section 6.1 are accurate in all material respects on and as of the date of such Advance as though made on and as of such day and shall be deemed to have been made on such day,

     (b) no event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such Advance, that constitutes an Event of Default or Unmatured Default,

     (c) after giving effect to each proposed Advance, (i) the outstanding Loans made by YC SUSI and the Liquidity Banks will not exceed the Allocation Limit, and (ii)

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the sum of (x) the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Advances as of the date of such Advance and (y) the Required Reserves as of such date shall not exceed the Net Pool Balance as of such date.

     (d) the Termination Date shall not have occurred, and

     (e) the Agent shall have timely received an appropriate Borrowing Request in accordance with Section 2.1.

ARTICLE VI
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

      Section 6.1. Representations and Warranties of the Borrower and the Servicer . Each of the Borrower and the Servicer represents and warrants as of the date hereof and as of the date of any subsequent Borrowing Date, as follows:

     (a) Due Organization and Good Standing; Ownership . It is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization or formation. Performance Guarantor owns, directly or indirectly, all outstanding ownership interests of the Borrower and the Servicer, and all of such ownership interests are fully paid and non-assessable and free and clear of any Liens.

     (b) Due Qualification . It is duly qualified to do business and in good standing in all jurisdictions not covered by Section 6.1(a) in which the ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified or have such licenses or approvals would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

     (c) Power and Authority; Due Authorization . It (i) has all necessary power, authority and legal right, and has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals, (A) to execute and deliver this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, (B) to carry out the terms of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, (C) in the case of the Servicer (or any Affiliate thereof that is acting as a sub-servicer), to service the Receivables and the Related Assets in accordance with this Agreement and the Purchase and Sale Agreement, and (D) in the case of the Borrower, to grant the security interest in the Collateral and borrow the Loans on the terms and conditions herein provided, and (ii) has duly authorized by all necessary corporate action the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and, in the case of the Borrower, the granting of the security interest described in clause (i)(D) above.

     (d) Title to Receivables; Valid Security Interest . Each Receivable has been acquired by the Borrower from the Seller in accordance with the terms of the Purchase and Sale Agreement, and the Borrower has thereby irrevocably obtained all legal and equitable title to, and has the legal right to sell and encumber, such Receivable and the Related Assets. Each such Receivable has been transferred to the Borrower free and clear of any Lien except as created hereby. Without limiting the foregoing, there have been duly filed all financing statements or other similar instruments or documents

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necessary under the UCC of all appropriate jurisdictions to perfect the Borrower’s ownership interest in such Receivable. This Agreement creates a valid security interest in the Collateral in favor of the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, enforceable against creditors of and purchasers from the Borrower.

     (e) Noncontravention . Its execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which it is party do not and will not: (i) contravene the terms of any of its certificate of formation or limited liability company agreement or other appropriate organizational documents; (ii) conflict with or result in a material breach or contravention of, or the creation of any Lien under, any document evidencing any material Contractual Obligation to which it is a party or any order, injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority to which it or its property is subject; or (iii) violate any Requirement of Law.

     (f) No Proceedings . There are no actions, suits, labor controversies, proceedings, claims or disputes pending, or to its knowledge, threatened or contemplated, at law, in equity, in arbitration or before any Governmental Authority, against it or its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties which: (i) purport to affect or pertain to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby; or (ii) if determined adversely to it or its Subsidiaries, would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. No injunction, writ, temporary restraining order or order of any nature has been issued by any court or other Governmental Authority purporting to enjoin or restrain the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, or directing that the transactions provided for herein or therein not be consummated as herein or therein provided. It is generally subject to suit and it does not nor do any of its properties or revenues enjoy any right of immunity from judicial proceedings.

     (g) Enforceability . Each of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party has been duly executed and delivered and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms (except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability).

     (h) Government Approvals . No approval, consent, exemption, authorization, or other action by, or notice to, or filing with, any Governmental Authority is necessary or required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by the Borrower or the Servicer of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, or the enforcement thereof, except for (i) the filing of the UCC financing statements referred to in Sections 5.1(f), and (ii) the filing of any UCC continuation statements and amendments from time to time required in relation to any UCC financing statements filed in connection with this Agreement, as provided in Section 8.5, all of which, at the time required in such Sections, shall have been duly made and shall be in full force and effect.

     (i) Nature of Receivables . Each Receivable constitutes an Account.

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     (j) Margin Regulations . Its use of all funds obtained under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document will not conflict with or contravene any of Regulations T, U and X promulgated by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from time to time.

     (k) Quality of Title . In the case of the Borrower, (i) each Receivable, together with the Related Assets, is owned by the Borrower free and clear of any Lien (other than any Lien arising solely as the result of any action taken by the Agent or one of the Secured Parties); (ii) the Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, has a valid and perfected first priority security interest in the Collateral; and (iii) no financing statement or other instrument similar in effect covering any portion of the Collateral is on file in any recording office except such as may be filed (A) in favor of the Originator in accordance with the Contracts, (B) in favor of the Seller in accordance with the Sale Agreement (C) in favor of the Borrower and its assigns in connection with the Purchase and Sale Agreement, or (D) in favor of the Agent in accordance with this Agreement or in connection with any Lien arising solely as the result of any action taken by the Agent or one of the Secured Parties.

     (l) Accurate Reports . No Information Package (if prepared by the Borrower or the Servicer, or to the extent information therein was supplied by the Borrower or the Servicer), no other information furnished verbally or in writing prior to the date of this Agreement, and no other information, exhibit, financial statement, document, book, record or report furnished or to be furnished in writing after the date of this Agreement, by or on behalf of the Borrower or the Servicer to the Agent or any of the Lenders pursuant to this Agreement was or will be inaccurate in any material respect as of the date it was or will be dated or (except as otherwise disclosed to the Agent or the Lenders at such time) as of the date so furnished, or contained or (in the case of information or other materials to be furnished in the future) will contain any material misstatement of fact or omitted or (in the case of information or other materials to be furnished in the future) will omit to state a material fact or any fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not materially misleading in light of the circumstances made or presented.

     (m) Offices . The principal places of business and chief executive offices of the Servicer and the Borrower are located at the respective addresses set forth on Schedule 14.2, and the offices where the books, records and documents evidencing the Receivables, the related Contracts and all purchase orders and other agreements related to such Receivables are located are specified in Schedule 6.1(m) (or at such other locations, notified to the Agent in accordance with Section 7.1(f), in jurisdictions where all action required by Section 8.5 has been taken and completed).

     (n) Lock-Box Accounts . The names and addresses of all the Lock-Box Banks, together with the account numbers of the accounts of the Borrower at such Lock-Box Banks, are specified in Schedule 6.1(n) (or have been notified to and approved by the Agent in accordance with Section 7.3(d)). Each of the Lock-Box Accounts is subject to a Lock-Box Agreement that is in full force and effect.

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     (o) Eligible Receivables . Each Receivable included as an Eligible Receivable in the Net Pool Balance in connection with any computation or recomputation of the Borrowing Base is an Eligible Receivable on such date.

     (p) Names . In the past five years, the Borrower has not used any corporate names, trade names or assumed names other than the name in which it has executed this Agreement.

     (q) Credit and Collection Policy . With respect to each Receivable, each of the Originator, the Borrower and the Servicer has complied in all material respects with the applicable Credit and Collection Policy, and no change has been made to such Credit and Collection Policy since the date of this Agreement which would be reasonably likely to materially and adversely affect the collectibility of the Receivables or decrease the credit quality of any newly created Receivables except for such changes as to which each of the Agent have received the notice required under Section 7.2(g) and, to the extent that such change is material, has given its prior written consent thereto (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

     (r) Payments to Seller . With respect to each Receivable sold to the Borrower by the Seller, the Borrower has given reasonably equivalent value to the Seller in consideration for such Receivable and the Related Assets with respect thereto pursuant to, and in accordance with, the Purchase and Sale Agreement and such transfer was not made for or on account of an antecedent debt. No transfer by the Seller of any Receivable is or may be voidable under any Section of the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 (11 U.S.C. §§101 et seq.), as amended.

     (s) Not an Investment Company . The Borrower is not an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended from time to time, or any successor statute.

     (t) Borrowing Base . As of each Borrowing Date, after giving effect to the Loans to be made on such date, the Borrowing Base is at least equal to the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Advances.

     (u) ERISA . The Borrower is not (and throughout the term of this Agreement will not be), and is not acting on behalf of (and throughout the term of this Agreement will not be acting on behalf of), (i) an “employee benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (ii) a “plan” as defined in and subject to Section 4975 of the Code, or (iii) an entity deemed to hold “plan assets” (within the meaning of 29 C.F.R. 2510.3-101, as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA) of either of the foregoing, no steps have been taken by the Originator, the Servicer or the Borrower to terminate any Pension Plan the assets of which are not sufficient to satisfy all of its benefit liabilities (as determined on a termination basis under Title IV of ERISA), no contribution failure has occurred or is expected to occur with respect to any Pension Plan sufficient to give rise to a lien under Section 303(k) of ERISA or Section 430(k) of the Code, no Pension Plan is in “at risk” status within the meaning of Section 303(i) of ERISA or Section 430(i) of the Code, and each Pension Plan has been administered in all

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material respects in compliance with its terms and applicable law, including, without limitation, applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code.

     (v) Bulk Sales . No transaction contemplated hereby or by the Sale Agreement requires compliance with any bulk sales act or similar law.

     (w) Nonconsolidation . The Borrower is in compliance with each of the covenants set forth in Section 7.4.

ARTICLE VII
GENERAL COVENANTS OF THE BORROWER AND SERVICER

      Section 7.1. Affirmative Covenants of the Borrower and Servicer . From the date hereof until the Final Payout Date, unless the Agent shall otherwise consent in writing:

     (a) Compliance With Laws, Etc . The Borrower and the Servicer will comply with all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders, including those with respect to the Receivables and related Contracts, except where the failure to so comply would not individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect.

     (b) Preservation of Corporate Existence . Each of the Borrower and the Servicer will preserve and maintain its limited liability company (or such other entity that may apply to any successor Servicer) existence, rights, franchises and privileges in the jurisdiction of its organization, and qualify and remain qualified in good standing in each jurisdiction where the failure to preserve and maintain such existence, rights, franchises, privileges and qualification would have a Material Adverse Effect.

     (c) Audits . The Borrower and the Servicer will (i) at any time and from time to time upon not less than ten (10) Business Days’ notice (unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, in which case no such notice shall be required) during regular business hours, permit the Agent or any of its agents or representatives: (A) to examine and make copies of and abstracts from all books, records and documents (including, without limitation, computer tapes and disks) in the possession or under the control of or accessible to the Borrower or Servicer, as applicable, relating to Receivables, including, without limitation, the related Contracts and purchase orders and other agreements, and (B) to visit the offices and properties of the Borrower or Servicer, as applicable, for the purpose of examining such materials described in clause (i) (A) next above, and to discuss matters relating to Receivables or the Borrower’s or Servicer’s respective performance hereunder with any of the officers or employees of the Borrower or Servicer, as applicable, having knowledge of such matters; and (ii) without limiting the provisions of clause (i) above, from time to time upon not less than ten (10) Business Days notice, at the expense of the Borrower or Servicer, as applicable, permit Performance Guarantor’s outside auditors (except as hereinafter provided) or other certified public accountants or auditors acceptable to the Agent to conduct a review of the Borrower’s or Servicer’s respective books and records with respect to the Receivables and Related Assets (each of the reviews described in clause (i) and (ii) hereof, a “ Review ”); provided , however , that, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is

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continuing, (i) each of the Borrower and Servicer shall only be responsible for the costs and expenses of one such Review under this Section or under Section 7.2(h) in any one calendar year and (ii) there shall be no more than two such Reviews under this Section or under Section 7.2(h) in any one calendar year.

     (d) Keeping of Records and Books of Account . Each of the Borrower and the Servicer will maintain and implement administrative and operating procedures (including, without limitation, an ability to recreate records evidencing Receivables in the event of the destruction of the originals thereof), and keep and maintain, all documents, books, records and other information reasonably necessary or advisable for the collection of all Receivables (including, without limitation, records adequate to permit the daily identification of outstanding Unpaid Balances by Obligor and related debit and credit details of the Receivables).

     (e) Performance and Compliance with Receivables and Contracts . Each of the Borrower and the Servicer will, at its expense, timely and fully perform and comply with all material provisions, covenants and other promises, if any, required to be observed by it under the Contracts related to the Receivables and all agreements related to such Receivables.

     (f) Location of Chief Executive Office . Each of the Borrower and the Servicer will keep its chief place of business and chief executive office, and the offices where records concerning the Receivables and all related Contracts are kept (and all original documents relating thereto), at the address(es) referred to in Section 6.1(m) or, upon 15 days’ prior written notice to the Agent, at such other locations in jurisdictions where all action required by Section 8.5 shall have been taken and completed.

     (g) Credit and Collection Policies . The Borrower and the Servicer will comply in all material respects with the Credit and Collection Policy in regard to each Receivable and the related Contracts.

     (h) Purchase and Sale Agreement . The Borrower will perform and comply in all material respects with all of its covenants and agreements set forth in the Purchase and Sale Agreement, and will enforce the performance by the Seller of its obligations under the Purchase and Sale Agreement.

     (i) Collections . All Obligors shall be instructed to make payments on Receivables directly to a Lock-Box Account which is the subject of a Lock-Box Agreement. If, notwithstanding the foregoing, any Collections are paid directly to the Borrower or the Servicer, the Borrower or the Servicer, as applicable, shall deposit the same (with any necessary endorsements) to such a Lock-Box Account within two (2) Business Days after receipt thereof. Upon demand of the Agent to the extent that the Agent reasonably determines necessary in order to protect the interests of the Agent or the Secured Parties under this Agreement, the Borrower or the Servicer shall establish a segregated account at Bank of America, National Association, which is subject to a perfected security interest in favor of the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties (the “ Collection Account ”), into which all deposits from time to time in Lock-Box Accounts,

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and all other Collections, are concentrated pending application in accordance with the terms of this Agreement to the Obligations.

     (j) Further Assurances . The Borrower shall take all necessary action to establish and maintain (i) in favor of the Borrower, a valid and perfected ownership interest in the Receivables and Related Assets (other than books and records evidencing or otherwise relating to any Receivables), and (ii) in favor of the Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a valid and perfected first priority security interest in the Receivables and the Related Assets (other than books and records evidencing or otherwise relating to any Receivables), including, without limitation, taking such action to perfect, protect or more fully evidence the interest of the Agent as the Agent may reasonably request.

      Section 7.2. Reporting Requirements of the Borrower . From the date hereof until the Final Payout Date, unless the Agent shall otherwise consent in writing:

     (a) Quarterly Financial Statements . (i) The Borrower will cause the Performance Guarantor to furnish to the Agent as soon as available and in any event within fifty (50) days after the end of each of the first three quarters of each fiscal year of Performance Guarantor, copies of its consolidated balance sheets and related statements of income and statements of cash flow, showing the financial condition of Performance Guarantor and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the close of such fiscal quarter and the results of its operations and the operations of such Subsidiaries during such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year, together with a Certificate of Financial Officer in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 7.2 executed by the chief financial officer or treasurer of Performance Guarantor; and (ii) the Borrower will furnish to the Agent, as soon as available and in any event within fifty (50) days after the end of each of the first three quarters of each fiscal year of the Borrower, copies of the financial statements of the Borrower, consisting of at least a balance sheet as at the close of such quarter and statements of earnings and changes in cash flows for such quarter and for the period from the beginning of the fiscal year to the close of such quarter, together with a Certificate of Financial Officer in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 7.2 executed by the chief financial officer or treasurer of the Borrower;

     (b) Annual Financial Statements . (i) The Borrower will cause the Performance Guarantor to furnish to the Agent, as soon as available and in any event within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year of Performance Guarantor, copies of its consolidated balance sheets and related statements of income and statements of cash flow, showing the financial condition of Performance Guarantor and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the close of such fiscal year and the results of its operations and the operations of such Subsidiaries during such year, all audited by independent public accountants of recognized national standing acceptable to the Agent and accompanied by an opinion of such accountants (which shall not be qualified in any material respect with respect to any matter related to the Receivables or the collectability of the Receivables) to the effect that such consolidated financial statements fairly present the financial condition and results of operations of Performance Guarantor on a consolidated basis (except as noted therein) in accordance with GAAP consistently applied; and (ii) the Borrower will furnish to the Agent, as soon as available and in any event within ninety (90) days after

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the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, copies of the financial statements of the Borrower, consisting of at least a balance sheet of Borrower for such year and statements of earnings, cash flows and shareholders’ equity, setting forth in each case in comparative form corresponding figures from the preceding fiscal year, together with a Certificate of Financial Officer in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 7.2 executed by the chief financial officer or treasurer of the Borrower;

     (c) Reports to SEC and Exchanges . In addition to the reports required by subsections (a) and (b) next above, promptly upon the Agent’s reasonable request, the Borrower will cause the Performance Guarantor to furnish to the Agent copies of any reports or registration statements that Performance Guarantor files with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any national securities exchange other than registration statements relating to employee benefit plans and to registrations of securities for selling securityholders;

     (d) ERISA . Promptly after the filing or receiving thereof, the Borrower will furnish to the Agent copies of all Annual Reports (Form 5500 series) with schedules and attachments with respect to each Pension Plan and all reports and notices with respect to any Reportable Event which the Borrower, the Performance Guarantor or any ERISA Affiliate files with the Internal Revenue Service, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or the U.S. Department of Labor or which the Borrower, the Performance Guarantor or any ERISA Affiliate receives from the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, the Internal Revenue Service or the U.S. Department of Labor;

     (e) Events of Default, etc . As soon as possible and in any event within five (5) Business Days after any Responsible Officer of the Borrower obtains knowledge of the occurrence of any Event of Default or any Unmatured Default, the Borrower will furnish to the Agent a written statement of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower setting forth details of such event and the action that the Borrower will take with respect thereto;

     (f) Litigation . As soon as possible and in any event within ten (10) Business Days after any Responsible Officer of the Borrower obtains knowledge thereof, the Borrower will furnish to the Agent notice of (i) any litigation, investigation or proceeding which may exist at any time which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (ii) any development in previously disclosed litigation which development would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

     (g) Change in Business, Auditors or Credit and Collection Policy . The Borrower will furnish to the Agent prompt written notice of (i) any material change in the character of the Borrower’s business prior to the occurrence of such change and (ii) any change in the outside auditor of the Borrower or the Originator, and the Borrower will provide the Agent with not less than fifteen (15) Business Days’ prior written notice of any material change in the Credit and Collection Policy (together with a copy of such proposed change); and

     (h) Other . Promptly, from time to time, the Borrower will furnish to the Agent such other information, documents, records or reports respecting the Receivables

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(including all Records) or the condition or operations, financial or otherwise, of the Borrower as the Agent may from time to time reasonably request in order to protect the interests of the Agent or the Secured Parties under or as contemplated by this Agreement.

     Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, as long as the Agent is a party to the Five Year Credit Agreement, the Borrower shall be deemed to be in compliance with Section 7.2(a)(i), 7.2(b)(i) and 7.2(c) to the extent the Performance Guarantor is in compliance with Section 5.01(i) of the Five Year Credit Agreement.

      Section 7.3. Negative Covenants of the Borrower and the Servicer . From the date hereof until the Final Payout Date, without the prior written consent of the Agent:

     (a) Sales, Liens, Etc . (i) The Borrower or the Servicer will not, except as otherwise provided herein and in the other Transaction Documents, sell, assign (by operation of law or otherwise) or otherwise dispose of, or create or suffer to exist any Lien upon or with respect to, any Collateral, or any account to which any Collections are sent, or any right to receive income or proceeds from or in respect of any of the foregoing (except, prior to the execution of Lock-Box Agreements, set-off rights of any bank at which any such account is maintained), and (ii) the Servicer will not assert any interest in the Receivables, except as the Servicer.

     (b) Extension or Amendment of Receivables . The Borrower or the Servicer will not, except as otherwise permitted in Section 8.2(c), extend, amend or otherwise modify the terms of any Receivable, or amend, modify or waive any material term or condition of any Contract related thereto in any way that materially adversely affects the collectibility of any Receivable or any Lender’s rights therein.

     (c) Change in Business or Credit and Collection Policy . The Borrower or the Servicer will not make or permit to be made any change in the character of its business or in the Credit and Collection Policy, which change would, in either case, impair the collectibility of any significant portion of the Receivables or otherwise materially and adversely affect the interests or remedies of each Lender under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document.

     (d) Change in Payment Instructions to Obligors . Neither the Borrower nor the Servicer will add or terminate any bank as a Lock-Box Bank from those listed in Schedule 6.1(n) or, after the Collection Account has been established pursuant to Section 7.1(i), make any material change in its instructions to Obligors regarding payments to be made to the Borrower or the Servicer or payments to be made to any Lock-Box Bank (which shall not include a change in instructions solely for the purpose of directing Obligors to make such payments to another existing Lock-Box Bank), unless (i) the Agent shall have received prior written notice of such addition, termination or change and (ii) the Agent shall have received duly executed copies of Lock-Box Agreements in a form reasonably acceptable to the Agent with each new Lock-Box Bank.

     (e) Deposits to Lock-Box Accounts and Collection Account . The Borrower will not deposit or otherwise credit, or cause or permit to be so deposited or credited, to

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any Lock-Box Account or the Collection Account, any cash or cash proceeds other than Collections of Receivables.

     (f) Changes to Other Documents . The Borrower will not, without the consent of the Agent, enter into any amendment or modification of, or supplement to, the Purchase and Sale Agreement, the Seller Note, the Borrower’s certificate of formation or the Borrower’s limited liability company agreement.

     (g) Restricted Payments by the Borrower . The Borrower will not:

     (i) declare or pay any distributions in respect of any membership or other equity interest in the Borrower or set aside any funds for any such purpose, unless, in each of the foregoing cases: (A) such distribution is made on, or immediately following, a Settlement Date after payment of all Obligations due and owing on such Settlement Date, and (B) after giving effect to such distribution, the Borrower’s net worth (determined in accordance with GAAP) will be at least $20,000,000; or

     (ii) Make any payment of principal or interest on the Seller Note if any Event of Default exists or would result therefrom or if such payment would result in the Borrower’s having insufficient cash on hand to pay all Obligations that will be due and owing on the next succeeding Settlement Date.

     (h) Borrower Indebtedness . The Borrower will not incur or permit to exist any Indebtedness or liability on account of deposits except: (A) current accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business and not overdue in an aggregate amount at any time outstanding not to exceed $50,000 (B) Indebtedness incurred in accordance with the Purchase and Sale Agreement and evidenced by the Seller Note and (C) current payables not mentioned in Clause (A) of this subsection (h) and expense reimbursement obligations arising under the Transaction Documents and not overdue.

     (i) Prohibition on Additional Negative Pledges . The Borrower will not enter into or assume any agreement (other than this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents) prohibiting the creation or assumption of any Lien upon any Receivables or Related Assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except as contemplated by the Transaction Documents, or otherwise prohibiting or restricting any transaction contemplated hereby or by the other Transaction Documents, and the Borrower will not enter into or assume any agreement creating any Lien upon the Seller Note.

     (j) Name Change, Offices . The Borrower will not change its state of organization or its name or identity unless it shall have: (i) given the Agent at least fifteen (15) Business Days’ prior written notice thereof and (ii) prior to effectiveness of such change, delivered to the Agent all financing statements, instruments and other documents requested by the Agent in connection with such change.

     (k) Mergers, Consolidations and Acquisitions . The Borrower will not merge into or consolidate with any other Person, or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with it, or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a series

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of transactions) all or substantially all of the assets of any other Person (whether directly by purchase, lease or other acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets of such Person or indirectly by purchase or other acquisition of all or substantially all of the capital stock of such other Person) other than the acquisition of the Receivables and Related Assets pursuant to the Purchase and Sale Agreement.

     (l) Disposition of Receivables and Related Assets . Except pursuant to this Agreement, the Borrower or the Servicer will not sell, lease, transfer, assign or otherwise dispose of (in one transaction or in a series of transactions) any Receivables or Related Assets.

     (m) Borrowing Base . The Borrower will not request any Advance if, after giving effect thereto, the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Loans would exceed the Borrowing Base.

      Section 7.4. Separate Corporate Existence of the Borrower . The Borrower hereby acknowledges that the Lenders and the Agent are entering into the transactions contemplated hereby in reliance upon the Borrower’s identity as a legal entity separate from the Performance Guarantor, the Servicer and their other Affiliates. Therefore, the Borrower shall, from the date hereof until the Final Payout Date, take all steps specifically required by this Agreement or reasonably required by the Agent to continue the Borrower’s identity as a separate legal entity and to make it apparent to third Persons that the Borrower is an entity with assets and liabilities distinct from those of its Affiliates, and is not a division of Performance Guarantor or any other Person. Without limiting the foregoing, the Borrower will, from the date hereof until the Final Payout Date, take such actions as shall be required in order that:

     (a) The Borrower will be a limited purpose company whose primary activities are restricted in its organizational documents to purchasing or otherwise acquiring from Seller, owning, holding, granting security interests in the Collateral, entering into agreements for the financing and servicing of the Receivables, and conducting such other activities as it deems necessary or appropriate to carry out its primary activities;

     (b) Not less than one member of the Borrower’s board of managers (the “ Independent Manager ”) shall be an individual who is not, and never has been, a direct, indirect or beneficial stockholder (other than through a mutual fund the investment decisions of which are not controlled by such person), officer, director, employee, affiliate, associate, material supplier or material customer of Performance Guarantor or any of its Affiliates (other than an Affiliate organized with a limited purpose charter for the purpose of acquiring receivables or other financial assets or intangible property). The organizational documents of the Borrower shall provide that (i) at least one member of the Borrower’s board of managers or other similar governing body shall be an Independent Manager, (ii) the Borrower’s board of managers or other similar governing body shall not approve, or take any other action to cause the filing of, a voluntary bankruptcy petition with respect to the Borrower unless the Independent Manager shall approve the taking of such action in writing prior to the taking of such action and (iii) the provisions requiring an Independent Manager and the provision described in clauses (i)

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and (ii) of this paragraph (b) cannot be amended without the prior written consent of the Independent Manager;

     (c) The Independent Manager shall not at any time serve as a trustee in bankruptcy for the Borrower or any Affiliate thereof;

     (d) Any director, employee, consultant or agent of the Borrower will be compensated from the Borrower’s funds for services provided to the Borrower. The Borrower will not engage any agents other than its attorneys, auditors and other professionals and a servicer (which servicer will be fully compensated for its services by payment of the Servicer’s Fee) and any other agent contemplated by the Transaction Documents for the Collateral;

     (e) The Borrower will contract with the Servicer to perform for the Borrower all operations required on a daily basis to service the Collateral. The Borrower will pay the Servicer the Servicer’s Fee pursuant hereto. The Borrower will not incur any material indirect or overhead expenses for items shared with Performance Guarantor (or any other Affiliate thereof) which are not reflected in the Servicer’s Fee. To the extent, if any, that the Borrower (or any other Affiliate thereof) shares items of expenses not reflected in the Servicer’s Fee, for legal, auditing and other professional services and directors’ fees, such expenses will be allocated to the extent practical on the basis of actual use or the value of services rendered, and otherwise on a basis reasonably related to the actual use or the value of services rendered, it being understood that Performance Guarantor shall pay all expenses relating to the preparation, negotiation, execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents, including, without limitation, legal, rating agency and other fees;

     (f) The Borrower’s operating expenses will not be paid by any other Loan Party or other Affiliate of the Borrower;

     (g) The Borrower will have its own stationery;

     (h) The books of account, financial reports and corporate records of the Borrower will be maintained separately from those of Performance Guarantor and each other Affiliate of the Borrower;

     (i) Any financial statements of any Loan Party or Affiliate thereof which are consolidated to include the Borrower will contain detailed notes clearly stating that (A) all of the Borrower’s assets are owned by the Borrower, and (B) the Borrower is a separate corporate entity with its own separate creditors that will be entitled to be satisfied out of the Borrower’s assets prior to any value in the Borrower becoming available to the Borrower’s equity holders; and the accounting records and the published financial statements of the Seller will clearly show that, for accounting purposes, the Receivables and Related Assets have been sold by the Seller to the Borrower;

     (j) The Borrower’s assets will be maintained in a manner that facilitates their identification and segregation from those of the Servicer and the other Affiliates;

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     (k) Each Affiliate of the Borrower will strictly observe corporate formalities in its dealings with the Borrower, and, except as permitted pursuant to this Agreement with respect to Collections, funds or other assets of the Borrower will not be commingled with those of any of its Affiliates;

     (l) No Affiliate of the Borrower will maintain joint bank accounts with the Borrower or other depository accounts with the Borrower to which any such Affiliate (other than in the Borrower’s or such Affiliate’s existing or future capacity as the Servicer hereunder or under the Purchase and Sale Agreement) has independent access, provided that prior to demand by the Agent pursuant to Section 7.1(i) to establish a segregated Collection Account, Collections may be deposited into general accounts of Performance Guarantor, subject to the obligations of the Servicer hereunder;

     (m) No Affiliate of the Borrower shall, directly or indirectly, name the Borrower or enter into any agreement to name the Borrower as a direct or contingent beneficiary or loss payee on any insurance policy covering the property of any Affiliate of the Borrower;

     (n) Each Affiliate of the Borrower will maintain arm’s length relationships with the Borrower, and each Affiliate of the Borrower that renders or otherwise furnishes services or merchandise to the Borrower will be compensated by the Borrower at market rates for such services or merchandise;

     (o) No Affiliate of the Borrower will be, nor will it hold itself out to be, responsible for the debts of the Borrower or the decisions or actions in respect of the daily business and affairs of the Borrower. Packaging Corporation of America and the Borrower will immediately correct any known misrepresentation with respect to the foregoing and they will not operate or purport to operate as an integrated single economic unit with respect to each other or in their dealing with any other entity;

     (p) The Borrower will keep correct and complete books and records of account and minutes of the meetings and other proceedings of its member(s) and board of managers, and the resolutions, agreements and other instruments of the Borrower will be continuously maintained as official records by the Borrower; and

     (q) Each of the Borrower, on the one hand, and the Seller and the Originator, on the other hand, will conduct its business solely in its own corporate name and in such a separate manner so as not to mislead others with whom they are dealing.

ARTICLE VIII
ADMINISTRATION AND COLLECTION

      Section 8.1. Designation of Servicer . (a) Seller as Initial Servicer . The servicing, administering and collection of the Receivables shall be conducted by the Person designated as Servicer hereunder from time to time in accordance with this Section 8.1. Until the Agent gives to Seller a Successor Notice (as defined in Section 8.1(b)), Seller is hereby designated as, and hereby agrees to perform the duties and obligations of, Servicer pursuant to the terms hereof.

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     (b)  Successor Notice; Servicer Transfer Events . Upon Seller’s receipt of a notice from the Agent following a Servicer Transfer Event of the designation of a new Servicer (a “ Successor Notice ”), Seller agrees that it will terminate its activities as Servicer hereunder in a manner that will facilitate the transition of the performance of such activities to the new Servicer, and the Agent (or the designee of the Agent) shall assume each and all of Seller’s obligations to service and administer such Receivables, on the terms and subject to the conditions herein set forth, and Seller shall use its reasonable best efforts to assist the Agent (or the Agent’s designee) in assuming such obligations. Without limiting the foregoing, Seller agrees, at its expense, to take all actions necessary to provide the new Servicer with access to all computer software necessary to generate reports useful in collecting or billing Receivables, solely for use in collecting and billing Receivables. If Seller disputes the occurrence of a Servicer Transfer Event, Seller may take appropriate action to resolve such dispute; provided that Seller must terminate its activities hereunder as Servicer and allow the newly designated Servicer to perform such activities on the date specified by the Agent as described above, notwithstanding the commencement or continuation of any proceeding to resolve the aforementioned dispute, if the Agent reasonably determines, in good faith, that such termination is necessary or advisable to protect the Secured Parties’ interests hereunder.

     (c)  Subcontracts . So long as Seller is acting as the Servicer, it may subcontract with the Originator for servicing, administering or collecting all or any portion of the Receivables, provided , however , that no such subcontract shall relieve Seller of its primary liability for performance of its duties as Servicer pursuant to the terms hereof and any such subservicing arrangement may be terminated at the request of the Agent at any time after a Successor Notice has been given. In addition to the foregoing, with the prior written consent of the Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), any Servicer may subcontract with other Persons for servicing, administering or collecting all or any portion of the Receivables, provided , however , that no such subcontract shall relieve such Servicer of its primary liability for performance of its duties as Servicer pursuant to the terms hereof and any such subservicing arrangement may be terminated at the request of the Agent at any time that such Agent reasonably determines that such subservicer is not performing adequately.

     (d)  Expense Indemnity after a Servicer Transfer Event . In addition to, and not in lieu of the Servicer’s Fee, if Seller or one of its Affiliates is replaced as Servicer following a Successor Notice, the Borrower shall reimburse the Servicer within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of a written invoice, any and all reasonable costs and expenses (based on then current market prices) of the Servicer incurred in connection with its servicing of the Receivables for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

      Section 8.2. Duties of Servicer .

     (a)  Appointment; Duties in General . Each of the Borrower, the Lenders and the Agent hereby appoints as its agent, the Servicer, as from time to time designated pursuant to Section 8.1, to enforce its rights and interests in and under the Receivables, the Related Security and the related Contracts. The Servicer shall take or cause to be taken all such actions as may be necessary or advisable to collect each Receivable from time to time, all in accordance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, with reasonable care and diligence, and in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy and the terms of the Transaction Documents.

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     (b)  Segregation of Collections . The Servicer shall not be required (unless otherwise requested by the Agent) to segregate the funds constituting the Collections prior to the remittance thereof in accordance with Article III. If the Agent determines in its reasonable judgment that it is necessary or desirable and so instructs the Servicer, the Servicer shall segregate and deposit into the Collection Account Collections not later than the second Business Day following receipt by the Servicer of such Collections in immediately available funds.

     (c)  Modification of Receivables . Seller, while it is the Servicer, may, in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy, so long as no Event of Default and no Unmatured Default shall have occurred and be continuing, extend the maturity as Seller may reasonably determine to be appropriate to maximize Collections thereof or adjust the Unpaid Balance of any Receivable in a manner consistent with the Credit and Collection Policy (although no such extension or adjustment shall alter the status of such Receivable as a Defaulted Receivable or a Delinquent Receivable or, in the case of an adjustment, limit the rights of the Agent or the Lenders under Section 3.4).

     (d)  Documents and Records . The Borrower shall deliver to the Servicer, and the Servicer shall hold in trust for the Borrower and the Secured Parties, all documents, instruments and records (including, without limitation, computer tapes or disks) that evidence or relate to Receivables.

     (e)  Certain Duties to the Borrower . The Servicer shall, as soon as practicable following receipt, turn over to the Borrower (i) that portion of the Collections which are not required to be turned over to the Agent, less the Servicer’s Fee, and, in the event that neither Seller nor any other Loan Party or Affiliate thereof is the Servicer, all reasonable and appropriate out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the Servicer of servicing, collecting and administering the Receivables to the extent not covered by the Servicer’s Fee received by it, and (ii) the collections of any receivable which is not a Receivable. The Servicer, if other than Seller or any other Loan Party or Affiliate thereof, shall, as soon as practicable upon demand, deliver to the Borrower all documents, instruments and records in its possession that evidence or relate to Receivables of the Borrower, and copies of documents, instruments and records in its possession that evidence or relate to Receivables.

     (f)  Termination . The Servicer’s authorization under this Agreement shall terminate upon the Final Payout Date.

     (g)  Power of Attorney . The Borrower hereby grants to the Servicer an irrevocable power of attorney, with full power of substitution, coupled with an interest, to take in the name of the Borrower all steps which are necessary or advisable to endorse, negotiate or otherwise realize on any writing or other right of any kind held or transmitted by the Borrower or transmitted or received by Lender (whether or not from the Borrower) in connection with any Receivable.

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      Section 8.3. Rights of the Agent .

     (a)  Notice to Obligors . At any time when an Unmatured Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Agent may notify the Obligors of Receivables,


 
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