EXECUTION COPY
FIFTH AMENDMENT TO RECEIVABLES
LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
THIS FIFTH AMENDMENT TO THE RECEIVABLES LOAN AND
SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of May 23, 2008 (this “
Amendment ”), is entered into by RESOURCE CAPITAL
FUNDING II, LLC (the “ Borrower ”), LEAF
FINANCIAL CORPORATION (the “ Servicer ”) and
MORGAN STANLEY BANK (“ Morgan Stanley ”), as a
Lender (the “ Lender ”).
R
E C I
T A L S
A. The
Borrower, the Servicer, Morgan Stanley, U.S. Bank National
Association and Lyon Financial Services, Inc. (d/b/a U.S. Bank
Portfolio Services) are parties to the Receivables Loan and
Security Agreement, dated as of October 31, 2006 (as amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “
Agreement ”);
B. The
parties hereto desire to amend the Agreement on the terms and
conditions set forth herein.
NOW THEREFORE , for good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties agree as follows:
1.
Certain Defined Terms . Capitalized terms used
but not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth for such
terms in Section 1.01 of the Agreement.
2.
Amendments to the Agreement . The Agreement is
hereby amended to incorporate the changes reflected on Exhibit
A hereto.
3.
Conditions Precedent . The effectiveness of this
Amendment is expressly conditioned upon the receipt by Morgan
Stanley of (i) executed signature pages to this Amendment from each
of the parties hereto, (ii) executed signature pages to that
certain Amended and Restated Fee Letter, dated as of the date
hereof, between the Borrower and Morgan Stanley (the “ Fee
Letter ”) from each of the parties thereto, (iii)
executed signature pages to that certain No Proceedings Letter
Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among LEAF Commercial
Finance Fund, LLC (“ LEAF Commercial ”), each of
the parties hereto, U.S. Bank National Association
and Lyon Financial Services, Inc. (d/b/a U.S. Bank Portfolio
Services) from each of the parties thereto, (iv) executed signature
pages to Third Amendment to Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as
of the date hereof, between the Borrower and the Originator from
each of the parties thereto, (v) payment by the Borrower of the
First Installment under and as defined in the Fee Letter, (vi)
favorable legal opinions and/or reliance letters of Thacher
Proffitt & Wood LLP, counsel to the Borrower and LEAF
Commercial, with respect to certain bankruptcy matters in form and
substance satisfactory to Morgan Stanley and (vii) such other
documents, instruments and opinions as Morgan Stanley may
request.
4.
Representations and Warranties . Each of the
Borrower and the Servicer represents and warrants to Morgan Stanley
that:
(a) this
Amendment has been duly authorized, executed and delivered on its
behalf, and the Agreement, as so amended, constitutes its legal,
valid and binding obligation enforceable against it in accordance
with the terms hereof or thereof;
(b) the
representations and warranties made by it in the Agreement (as
amended by this Amendment) are true and correct as of the date
hereof (except to the extent such representations and warranties
speak as a prior date or have been the subject of any prior notice
or waiver); and
(c) after
giving effect to this Amendment, no Program Termination Event,
Event of Default, or Unmatured Event of Default shall exist on the
date hereof.
5.
Effect of Amendment . Except as expressly amended
and modified by this Amendment, all provisions of the Agreement
shall remain in full force and effect. After the date
hereof, all references in the Agreement to “this
Agreement”, “hereof”, or words of similar effect
referring to the Agreement shall be deemed to be references to the
Agreement as amended by this Amendment. This Amendment
shall not be deemed to expressly or impliedly waive, amend or
supplement any provision of the Agreement other than as set forth
herein.
6.
Counterparts . This Amendment may be executed in
any number of counterparts and by different parties on separate
counterparts (including by facsimile or electronic transmission),
each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which
when taken together shall constitute but one and the same
instrument.
7.
Governing Law; Severability . THIS AMENDMENT
SHALL BE A CONTRACT MADE UNDER AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO ITS CONFLICTS OF LAW
PROVISIONS (OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL
OBLIGATIONS LAW). Wherever possible each provision of
this Amendment shall be interpreted in such manner as to be
effective and valid under applicable laws, such provision shall be
ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity,
without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the
remaining provisions of this Amendment.
8.
Section Headings . The various headings of this
Amendment are included for convenience only and shall not affect
the meaning or interpretation of this Amendment, the Agreement or
any provision hereof or thereof.
9.
Continued Effectiveness . Except as specifically
provided herein, the Agreement shall remain unmodified and is
specifically confirmed to be in full force and
effect. Upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, all
references in the Agreement and in the other Transaction Documents
to the Agreement or the like shall refer to the Agreement as hereby
amended.
[Signature pages follow]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this
Amendment to be executed by their respective officers thereunto
duly authorized, as of the date first above written.
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THE
BORROWER:
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RESOURCE
CAPITAL FUNDING II, LLC
By:______________________________
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THE
SERVICER:
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LEAF FINANCIAL
CORPORATION
By:______________________________
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THE
LENDER:
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MORGAN STANLEY
BANK
By:______________________________
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Exhibit A
[incorporates First
Amendment, dated as
of December 21, 2006, Second
Amendment,
dated as of February 28, 2007,
Third
Amendment, dated as of September
28, 2007 and 2007,
Fourth Amendment, dated as of
December 27, 2007 2007,
Consent to Receivables Loan and
Security Agreement
and Custodial Agreement, dated
May 9, 2008,
and Fifth Amendment, dated as of
May 23, 2008 ]
RECEIVABLES LOAN AND SECURITY
AGREEMENT
Dated as of October 31,
2006
Among
RESOURCE CAPITAL FUNDING II,
LLC,
as the Borrower
and
LEAF FINANCIAL
CORPORATION,
as the Servicer
and
MORGAN STANLEY BANK,
as a Lender and Collateral
Agent
and
U.S. BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
as the Custodian and the
Lender’s Bank
and
LYON FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. (D/B/A
U.S. BANK PORTFOLIO SERVICES),
This RECEIVABLES LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT is
made as of October 31, 2006, among:
(1) RESOURCE
CAPITAL FUNDING II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the
“ Borrower ”);
(2) LEAF
FINANCIAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“ LEAF
Financial ” or the “ initial Servicer
”), as the Servicer (as defined herein);
(3) MORGAN
STANLEY BANK (“ Morgan Stanley ”), as a Lender
and Collateral Agent (as defined herein);
(4) U.S.
BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as the Custodian and the Lender’s
Bank (as each such term is defined herein); and
(5) LYON
FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. (d/b/a U.S. Bank Portfolio Services), a
Minnesota corporation, as the Backup Servicer (as defined
herein).
SECTION 1.01 Certain Defined
Terms . a) Certain capitalized terms used throughout
this Agreement are defined above or in this
Section 1.01 .
(b) As used in this Agreement and the
exhibits and schedules thereto (each of which is hereby
incorporated herein and made a part hereof), the following terms
shall have the following meanings (such meanings to be equally
applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms
defined):
“ Accountants’ Report ”
has the meaning assigned to that term in
Section 6.11(b) .
“ Active Backup Servicer’s
Fee ” means, for any Fee Period or portion thereof after
the occurrence of a Servicer Default and the appointment of the
Backup Servicer as Servicer hereunder, an amount, payable out of
Collections on the Pledged Receivables and amounts applied to the
payment of, or treated as payments on, the Pledged Receivables,
equal to the greater of (i) the Active Backup Servicing Fee Rate,
multiplied by the Net Eligible Receivables Balance as of the first
day of such Fee Period, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of
which shall be the actual number of days in such Fee Period and the
denominator of which shall be 360, and (ii) $5,000. The
Active Backup Servicer’s Fees shall also include reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Backup Servicer in
performing its duties as Servicer.
“ Active Backup Servicing Fee Rate
” means 1.00%.
“ Active Backup Servicer’s
Indemnified Amounts ” has the meaning assigned to that
term in Section 6.09.
“ Adjusted Eurodollar Rate ”
means, with respect to any Interest Period for any Loan allocated
to such Interest Period, an interest rate per annum equal to the
sum of (i) the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate Margin and
(ii) an interest rate per annum equal to the average of the
interest rates per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the
nearest 1/16 of 1%) reported during such Interest Period on
Telerate Access Service Page 3750 (British Bankers Association
Settlement Rate) as the London Interbank Offered Rate for United
States dollar deposits having a term of thirty (30) days and in a
principal amount of $1,000,000 or more (or, if such page shall
cease to be publicly available or, if the information contained on
such page, in the Lender’s sole judgment, shall cease to
accurately reflect such London Interbank Offered Rate, such rate as
reported by any publicly available recognized source of similar
market data selected by the Lender that, in the Lender’s
reasonable judgment, accurately reflects such London Interbank
Offered Rate).
“ Adjusted Eurodollar Rate Margin
” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Fee
Letter.
“ Adverse Claim ” means a
lien, security interest, charge, encumbrance or other right or
claim of any Person other than, with (i) respect to the
Pledged Assets, any lien, security interest, charge, encumbrance or
other right or claim in favor of the Collateral Agent or
(ii) any Permitted Lien.
“ Affected Party ” has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.09
.
“ Affiliate ” when used with
respect to a Person, means any other Person controlling, controlled
by or under common control with such Person. For the
purposes of this definition, “control,” when used with
respect to any specified Person, means the power to direct the
management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and
“controlled” have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
“ Agreement ” means this
Receivables Loan and Security Agreement, as the same may be
amended, restated, supplemented and/or otherwise modified from time
to time hereafter in accordance with its terms.
“ Allonge ” means an allonge
in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G .
“ Amortized Equipment Cost ”
means, as of any date of determination, (i) for any
Pool A Receivable, the net investment with respect to such
Pool A Receivables, where “net investment” means
(a) the present value of the remaining Scheduled Payments
under the related Contract, discounted at the rate at which the
present value of all Scheduled Payments under the related Contract,
including any Balloon Payment or Put Payment, equals the original
equipment cost related to such Receivable, plus (b) the
associated amortized indirect costs related to the applicable
equipment, amortized using the interest method over the life of the
related Contract and (ii) for any Pool B Receivable, the
net investment with respect to such Pool B Receivable, where
“net investment” means (a) the sum of the present
values of the remaining Underlying Scheduled Payments under each
related Eligible Underlying Contract, discounted at the rate at
which the present value of all scheduled payments under such
Eligible Underlying Contract, including any Balloon Payment or Put
Payment, equals the original equipment cost related to such
Eligible Underlying Contract, plus (b) the associated
amortized indirect costs related to the applicable equipment,
amortized using the interest method over the life of the related
Underlying Contract.
“ Annualized Default Rate ”
means, as of any date of determination after the end of the first
Collection Period following the date hereof, an amount (expressed
as a percentage) equal to (i) the product of (A) the
aggregate Discounted Balances of all Pledged Receivables which were
Eligible Receivables at the time of their Pledge hereunder and
which became Defaulted Receivables during the six (or such lesser
number of Collection Periods since the date hereof) immediately
preceding Collection Periods and (B) 2 (if six or more
Collection Periods have occurred since the date hereof), 2.4 (if
five Collection Periods have occurred since the date hereof),
3 (if four Collection Periods have occurred since the date
hereof), 4 (if three Collection Periods have occurred since
the date hereof), 6 (if two Collection Periods have occurred
since the date hereof) or 12 (if one Collection Period has
occurred since the date hereof) divided by (ii) the average
Eligible Receivables Balance as of the first Business Day of each
of the six (or such lesser number of Collection Periods since the
date hereof) immediately preceding Collection Periods.
“ Annualized Net Loss Rate ”
means, as of any date of determination after the end of the first
Collection Period following the date hereof, an amount (expressed
as a percentage) equal to (i) the product of
(A) (x) the aggregate Discounted Balances of all Pledged
Receivables which were Eligible Receivables at the time of their
Pledge hereunder and which became Defaulted Receivables during the
six (or such lesser number of Collection Periods since the date
hereof) immediately preceding Collection Periods minus
(y) Recoveries received during the six (or such lesser number
of Collection Periods since the date hereof) immediately preceding
Collection Periods and (B) 2 (if six or more Collection
Periods have occurred since the date hereof), 2.4 (if five
Collection Periods have occurred since the date hereof), 3 (if
four Collection Periods have occurred since the date hereof),
4 (if three Collection Periods have occurred since the date
hereof), 6 (if two Collection Periods have occurred since the
date hereof) or 12 (if one Collection Period has occurred
since the date hereof) divided by (ii) the Eligible
Receivables Balance as of the first Business Day of the six (or
such lesser number of Collection Periods since the date hereof)
immediately preceding Collection Periods.
“ Applicable Date ” has the
meaning set forth in definition of Pool B Annualized Net Loss
Rate.
“ Approved Lienholder ” means
any Person that (i) has entered into a Nominee Lienholder
Agreement, a copy of which has been delivered by the Collateral
Agent to the Custodian and (ii) appears on the list of approved
lienholders provided by LEAF Financial Corporation to the Custodian
from time to time.
“ Assigned Documents ” has
the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.10
.
“ Assignment ” has the
meaning set forth in the Purchase and Sale Agreement.
“ Assignment and Acceptance ”
has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 9.04
.
“ Available Funds ” has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.04(c)
.
“ Backup Servicer ” means
Lyon Financial Services, Inc. (d/b/a U.S. Bank Portfolio Services)
or any successor Backup Servicer appointed by the Lender pursuant
to Section 6.13 .
“ Backup Servicer Delivery Date
” has the meaning assigned to that term in
Section 6.10(d) .
“ Balloon Payment ” means a
payment due, or which may be required, at the end of the term of a
Contract or Underlying Contract (which constitutes a loan) equal to
the principal amount under such Contract or Underlying Contract
which remains outstanding after the payment of all regular
scheduled payments of principal during the term of such Contract or
Underlying Contract.
“ Bankruptcy Code ” means
Title 11, United States Code, 11 U.S.C. §§ 101
et seq ., as amended.
“ Bankruptcy Event ” shall be
deemed to have occurred with respect to a Person if
either:
(a) (c) a case or other proceeding shall be
commenced, without the application or consent of such Person, in
any court, seeking the liquidation, reorganization, debt
arrangement, dissolution, winding up, or composition or
readjustment of debts of such Person, the appointment of a trustee,
receiver, custodian, liquidator, assignee, sequestrator or the like
for such Person or all or substantially all of its assets, or any
similar action with respect to such Person under any law relating
to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, winding up or
composition or adjustment of debts, and such case or proceeding
shall continue undismissed, or unstayed and in effect, for a period
of 60 consecutive days; or an order for relief in respect of such
Person shall be entered in an involuntary case under the federal
bankruptcy laws or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect;
or
(b) (d) such Person shall commence a voluntary
case or other proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, debt arrangement, dissolution or other
similar law now or hereafter in effect, or shall consent to the
appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator,
assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator (or other similar
official) for such Person or for any substantial part of its
property, or shall make any general assignment for the benefit of
creditors, or shall fail to, or admit in writing its inability to,
pay its debts generally as they become due, or, if a corporation or
similar entity, its board of directors or members shall vote to
implement any of the foregoing.
“ Base Rate ” means, on any
date, a fluctuating rate of interest per annum equal to the
arithmetic average of the rates of interest publicly announced by
JPMorgan Chase Bank and Citibank, N.A. (or their respective
successors) as their respective prime commercial lending rates (or,
as to any such bank that does not announce such a rate, such
bank’s “base” or other rate determined by the
Lender to be the equivalent rate announced by such bank), except
that, if any such bank shall, for any period, cease to announce
publicly its prime commercial lending (or equivalent) rate, the
Lender shall, during such period, determine the Base Rate based
upon the prime commercial lending (or equivalent) rates announced
publicly by the other such bank or, if each such bank ceases to
announce publicly its prime commercial lending (or equivalent)
rate, based upon the prime commercial lending (or equivalent) rate
or rates announced publicly by one or more other banks selected by
the Lender. The prime commercial lending (or equivalent)
rates used in computing the Base Rate are not intended to be the
lowest rates of interest charged by such banks in connection
with extensions of credit to debtors. The Base Rate
shall change as and when such banks’ prime commercial lending
(or equivalent) rates change.
“ Borrower ” has the meaning
assigned to that term in the preamble hereto.
“ Borrower Pension Plan ”
means a “pension plan” as such term is defined in
section 3(2) of ERISA, which is subject to title IV of ERISA and to
which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of Borrower may have any
liability, including any liability by reason of having been a
substantial employer within the meaning of section 4063 of ERISA at
any time during the preceding five years, or by reason of being
deemed to be a contributing sponsor under section 4069 of
ERISA.
“ Borrowing ” means a
borrowing of Loans under this Agreement.
“ Borrowing Base ” means, at
any time, the sum of the Pool A Borrowing Base plus the
Pool B Borrowing Base at such time.
“ Borrowing Base Certificate
” means a report, in substantially the form of
Exhibit A , prepared by the Borrower (or the initial
Servicer on its behalf) for the benefit of Lender pursuant to
Section 6.10(c) .
“ Borrowing Base Deficiency ”
means, at any time, that the Borrowing Base is less than the
Facility Amount, an amount equal to the amount of such
deficiency.
“ Borrowing Base Surplus ”
means, at any time, that the Borrowing Base exceeds the Facility
Amount, an amount equal to the amount of such excess.
“ Borrowing Date ” means,
with respect to any Borrowing, the date on which such Borrowing is
funded, which date, other than in the case of the initial
Borrowing, shall be a Subsequent Borrowing Date.
“ Borrowing Limit ” means
$250,000,000, as such amount may be increased pursuant to
Section 2.16 ; provided , however , that at
all times, on or after the Program Termination Date, the Borrowing
Limit shall mean the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the
Loans.
“ Breakage Fee ” means, for
Loans allocated to any Interest Period during which such Loans are
repaid (in whole or in part) prior to the end of such Interest
Period, the breakage costs, if any, related to such repayment plus
the amount, if any, by which (i) interest (calculated without
taking into account any Breakage Fee), which would have accrued on
the amount of the payment of such Loans during such Interest Period
(as so computed) if such payment had not been made, as the case may
be, exceeds (ii) the sum of (A) interest actually
received by the Lender in respect of such Loans for such Interest
Period and, if applicable, (B) the income, if any, received by
the Lender from the Lender’s investing the proceeds of such
payments on such Loans.
“ Business Day ” means a day
of the year other than a Saturday or a Sunday or any other day on
which banks are authorized or required to close in New York City,
St. Paul, Minnesota or Salt Lake City, Utah; provided ,
that, if any determination of a Business Day shall relate to a Loan
bearing interest at the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate, the term
“Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which
banks are not open for dealings in dollar deposits in the London
interbank market.
“ Calculated Swap Amortizing
Balance ” means, with respect to a Qualifying Interest
Rate Swap and as of any date of determination, the projected
scheduled amortizing balance of the Pledged Receivables which were
Pledged during the period ending on the Remittance Date on which
such Qualifying Interest Rate Swap became effective and beginning
on the day following the immediately preceding Remittance Date,
determined by the Servicer and accepted by the Lender based upon
the Discounted Balance of such Pledged Receivables as of such date
of determination, adjusted for prepayments using an absolute
prepayment speed which, in the judgment of the Lender, is
consistent with the speed with which the Pledged Receivables have
prepaid in the past.
“ Capital Stock ” of any
Person means any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase,
warrants, options, contingent share issuances, participations or
other equivalents of or interest in equity (however designated) of
such Person.
“ Cash Reserve ” means
any amount paid to the Originator, the Servicer or the Borrower by
an Obligor that is an Underlying Originator as a cash reserve which
may be drawn upon if amounts due under the related Underlying
Originator Loan Contract are not paid when due (or by the end of
any cure period related thereto), which has not previously been
refunded to such Obligor or applied toward such Obligor’s
obligations under such Underlying Originator Loan
Contract.
“ Cash Reserve Account ” has
the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.06
.
“ Cash Reserve Account Agreement
” means any Securities Account Agreement with respect to any
Cash Reserve Account established by an Originator, among the
Borrower, the Servicer, the Lender’s Bank and the Lender, in
form and substance satisfactory to the parties thereto, as such
agreement may from time to time be amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified in accordance with the terms thereof.
“ Certificate of Title ”
means with respect to a Vehicle, (i) if such Vehicle is registered
in Florida, (x) to the extent the related Receivable has been
originated by an Originator, an original certificate of title or
(y) to the extent the related Receivable has been Originated by a
Person other than an Originator, (A) an original certificate of
title or (B) if the original certificate of title has been sent to
the registered owner of such Vehicle, an original computer
confirmation of lien, (ii) if such Vehicle is registered in Kansas,
a true copy of the application for certificate of title
and registration, (iii) if such Vehicle is registered in Kentucky,
an original notice of lien, (iv) if such Vehicle is registered in
Maryland, an original notice of security interest filing, (v) if
such Vehicle is registered in Minnesota, an original lien card,
(vi) if such Vehicle is registered in Missouri, an original notice
of recorded lien, (vii) if such Vehicle is registered in Montana, a
true copy of the application for certificate of title, (viii) if
such Vehicle is registered in New York, an original notice of lien,
(ix) if such Vehicle is registered in Oklahoma, an original,
file-stamped lien entry form, (x) if such Vehicle is registered in
Wisconsin, an original lien confirmation card or (xi) if such
Vehicle is registered in any other State, an original certificate
of title, in each case issued by the Registrar of Titles of the
applicable State listing the lienholder of record with respect to
such Vehicle (it being understood and agreed that solely for
purposes of clauses (i) through (x) above (other than
clauses (i)(x) and (i)(y)(A) ), the
“original” of any document required thereby shall
consist of whatever documentation has been issued by the Registrar
of Titles of the related State to the lienholder).
“ Change of Control ” means
that at any time (i) Owner shall own directly or indirectly less
than 100% of all membership interests of the Borrower,
(ii) Resource America shall own directly or indirectly less
than 50.1% of all Capital Stock or voting power of the initial
Servicer, (iii) the initial Servicer shall own directly or
indirectly less than 80% of all Capital Stock or voting power of
Originator and Owner, (iv) Resource America, Owner , the
Originator or the Borrower merges or consolidates with any
other Person without the prior written consent of the Lender,
(v) the initial Servicer , the Owner or the Originator
merges or consolidates with any other Person and the initial
Servicer , the Owner or the Originator, as applicable, is
not the surviving entity or (vi) either of Crit DeMent or
Miles Herman is not employed in a senior management position at the
initial Servicer, is not involved in the day-to-day operations of
the initial Servicer or is not able to perform substantially all of
his duties as an employee of the initial Servicer during any three
month period and, in each case, has not been replaced by a person
approved by the Lender in writing within 90 days of any such
event.
“ Closing Date ” means
October 31, 2006.
“ Code ” means the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“ Collateral Agent ” means
the Lender in its capacity as collateral agent on behalf of the
Secured Parties.
“ Collateral Receipt ” has
the meaning assigned to that term in the Custodial
Agreement.
“ Collection Account ” means
a special trust account (account number 106682000 at the
Lender’s Bank) in the name of the Borrower and under the
control of the Lender; provided , that the funds deposited
therein (including any interest and earnings thereon) from time to
time shall constitute the property and assets of the Borrower and
the Borrower shall be solely liable for any taxes payable with
respect to the Collection Account.
“ Collection Account Agreement
” means that certain Collection Account Agreement, dated the
date of this Agreement, among the Borrower, the Servicer, the
Lender’s Bank and the Lender, as such agreement may from time
to time be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in
accordance with the terms thereof.
“ Collection Date ” means the
date on which the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the
Loans have been repaid in full and all interest and Fees and all
other Obligations have been paid in full, and the Lender shall have
no further obligation to make any additional Loans.
“ Collection Period ” means,
(i) with respect to any Remittance Date (including the initial
Remittance Date), the period beginning on, and including, the first
day of the most recently ended calendar month and ending on, and
including, the last day of the most recently ended calendar month;
provided , that the final Collection Period shall begin on,
and include, the first day of the then current calendar month and
shall end on the Collection Date and (ii) in any context other than
with respect to any Remittance Date, a calendar month.
“ Collections ” means,
without duplication, with respect to any Pledged Receivable, all
Scheduled Payments (and, in the case of a Pledged Pool B Receivable
after a Pool B Termination Event has occurred with respect to the
related Underlying Originator, all Underlying Scheduled Payments)
related to such Receivable, all prepayments and related penalty
payments with respect to the Contract (and any related Underlying
Contract related to a Pledged Pool B Receivable after a Pool B
Termination Event has occurred with respect to the related
Underlying Originator) related to such Receivable, all overdue
payments and related interest and penalty payments with respect to
the Contract (and any related Underlying Contract related to a
Pledged Pool B Receivable after a Pool B Termination Event has
occurred with respect to the related Underlying Originator) related
to such Receivable, all Guaranty Amounts, all Insurance Proceeds,
all Servicing Charges, all proceeds under “buyout
letters” or other prepayment/termination agreements and all
Recoveries related to such Receivable, all amounts paid to the
Borrower related to such Receivable pursuant to the terms of the
Purchase and Sale Agreement, all amounts paid by the Servicer
related to such Receivable in connection with its obligations under
Section 6.20 hereof, and all other payments received
with respect to the Contract (and, if applicable, Underlying
Contract) related to such Receivable, all cash receipts and
proceeds in respect of the Other Conveyed Property or Related
Security (including, without limitation, the Obligor Collateral)
related to such Receivable, any Servicer Advances related to such
Receivable, and any amounts paid to the Borrower under or in
connection with any Qualifying Interest Rate Swap or the hedging
arrangements contemplated thereunder.
“ Commitment Percentage ” has
the meaning assigned to that term in Section 9.04(b)
.
“ Computer Tape or Listing ”
means the computer tape or listing (whether in electronic form or
otherwise) generated by the Servicer on behalf of the Borrower,
which provides information relating to the Receivables included in
the Net Eligible Receivables Balance.
“ Contract ” means a
Pool A Contract or a Pool B Contract.
“ Credit and Collection Policy
” means (i) collectively, the “Operations Policies
& Procedures” memorandum, the “Limited
Recourse Term Debt Facility” memorandum of the Servicer, and
certain other items, as annexed hereto as Schedule IV
as such policy may hereafter be amended, modified or supplemented
from time to time in compliance with this Agreement and (ii) with
respect to any Servicer other than LEAF Financial, that
Servicer’s collection policies for similar assets in effect
from time to time.
“ Critical Defaults ” has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 5.01(u)
hereof.
“ Custodial Agreement ” means
that certain Custodial Agreement dated as of the date hereof among
the Servicer, the Borrower, the Lender and the Custodian, together
with all instruments, documents and agreements executed in
connection therewith, as such Custodial Agreement may from time to
time be amended, restated, supplemented and/or otherwise modified
in accordance with the terms thereof.
“ Custodian ” means U.S. Bank
National Association (or a sub-custodian on its behalf) or any
substitute Custodian appointed by the Lender pursuant to the
Custodial Agreement.
“ Custodian’s Fee ”
means, for any Fee Period, an amount, payable out of Collections on
the Pledged Receivables and amounts applied to the payment of, or
treated as payments on, the Pledged Receivables, equal to the
aggregate fees listed in that certain “Schedule of
Fees” letter dated October 19, 2006 between U.S. Bank
National Association and Leaf Financial Corporation which relate to
such Fee Period.
“ Debt ” of any Person means
(i) indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money,
(ii) obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds,
debentures, notes or other similar instruments related to
transactions that are classified as financings under GAAP,
(iii) obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase
price of property or services, (iv) obligations of such Person
as lessee under leases which shall have been or should be, in
accordance with GAAP, recorded as capital leases,
(v) obligations secured by an Adverse Claim upon property or
assets owned (under GAAP) by such Person, even though such Person
has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such
obligations and (vi) obligations of such Person under direct
or indirect guaranties in respect of, and obligations (contingent
or otherwise) to purchase or otherwise acquire, or otherwise to
assure a creditor, against loss in respect of, indebtedness or
obligations of others of the kinds referred to in clauses (i)
through (v) above.
“ Default Funding Rate ”
means an interest rate per annum equal to 1.50% plus the Base
Rate.
“ Defaulted Receivable ”
means, as of any date of determination, any Pledged
Receivable:
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with respect to
which any part of any Scheduled Payment, or any tax-related
payment, owed by the applicable Obligor under the terms of the
related Contract remains unpaid for more than 120 days after
the due date therefor set forth in such Contract;
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with respect to
which the first or second Scheduled Payment is not paid in full
when due under the related Contract;
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with respect to
which any payment or other material terms of the related Contract
have been modified due to credit related reasons after such
Contract was acquired by the Borrower pursuant to the Purchase and
Sale Agreement;
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which has been
or should be charged off as a result of the occurrence of a
Bankruptcy Event with respect to the related Obligor or Underlying
Obligor, if any, or which has been or should otherwise be deemed
uncollectible by the Servicer, in each case, in accordance with the
Credit and Collection Policy; or
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with respect to
which the Servicer has repossessed the related
Equipment.
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“ Delinquency Rate ” means,
as of any date of determination, an amount (expressed as a
percentage) equal to (i) the aggregate Discounted Balances of
all Delinquent Receivables as of the last day of the immediately
preceding Collection Period divided by (ii) the Net Eligible
Receivables Balance as of such day.
“ Delinquent Receivable ”
means, as of any date of determination, any Pledged Receivable
(other than a Defaulted Receivable) with respect to which any part
of any Scheduled Payment (or other amount payable under the terms
of the related Contract) remains unpaid for more than 60 days
but not more than 120 days after the due date therefor set forth in
such Contract.
“ Depository Institution ”
means a depository institution or trust company, incorporated under
the laws of the United States or any State thereof, that is subject
to supervision and examination by federal and/or State banking
authorities.
“ Discount Rate ” means, as
of any date of determination, a percentage equal to the sum of
(i) the Weighted Average Swapped Rate as of such date of
determination, (ii) the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate Margin, (iii)
at any time prior to the occurrence of a Servicer Default and the
appointment of the Backup Servicer as Servicer hereunder, the
Servicing Fee Rate and the Standby Backup Servicing Fee Rate,
(iv) at any time after the occurrence of a Servicer Default
and the appointment of the Backup Servicer as Servicer hereunder,
the Active Backup Servicing Fee Rate and (vi) a rate per annum
equal to 0.05%.
“ Discounted Balance ” means,
with respect to any Contract or Underlying Contract, as of any date
of determination, the present value of the aggregate amount of
Scheduled Payments or, in the case of an Underlying Contract,
Underlying Scheduled Payments (including any Balloon Payment or Put
Payment but, in any event, calculated without giving effect to any
booked residual value with respect to any related Equipment) due or
to become due under the terms of the related Contract or Underlying
Contract after the Cut-Off Date applicable to the Receivable
related thereto, which remain unpaid as of such date of
determination, calculated by discounting such aggregate amount of
such Scheduled Payments or, in the case of an Underlying Contract,
such Underlying Scheduled Payments to such date of determination at
an annual rate equal to the Discount Rate.
“ Dollar Purchase Option Contract
” means a Contract or an Underlying Contract, as applicable,
(i) in connection with which an agreement was executed which
grants the related Obligor or Underlying Obligor, as applicable, a
right to purchase the Equipment or Underlying Equipment leased
under such Contract or Underlying Contract for $1.00 or other
nominal consideration at the end of the initial term of such
Contract or Underlying Contract or (ii) grants the related
Obligor or Underlying Obligor, as applicable, a right to purchase
the Equipment or Underlying Equipment leased under such Contract
for $1.00 or other nominal consideration at the end of the initial
term of such Contract.
“ Eligible Depository Institution
” means a Depository Institution the short term unsecured
senior indebtedness of which is rated at least Prime-1 by
Moody’s, A-1 by S&P, and F1 by Fitch, if rated by
Fitch.
“ Eligible Pool A Receivable
” means, at any time, a Pledged Pool A Receivable with
respect to which each of the representations and warranties
regarding the Contract related to such Pledged Pool A
Receivable contained in Schedule III-A hereto is true
and correct at such time.
“ Eligible Pool A Receivables
Balance ” means, at any time, the aggregate Discounted
Balances of all Eligible Pool A Receivables which are Pledged
hereunder to secure Loans at such time.
“ Eligible Pool B Receivable
” means, at any time, a Pledged Pool B Receivable with
respect to which each of the representations and warranties
regarding the Contract related to such Pledged Pool B
Receivable contained in Schedule III-B hereto is true
and correct at such time.
“ Eligible Pool B Receivables
Balance ” means, at any time, the aggregate Discounted
Balances of all Eligible Pool B Receivables which are Pledged
hereunder to secure Loans at such time.
“ Eligible Pool B Underlying Lease
Contract ” means, at any time, an Underlying Lease
Contract with respect to which each of the representations and
warranties contained in Schedule III-C hereto is true
and correct at such time.
“ Eligible Pool B Underlying Loan
Contract ” means, at any time, an Underlying Loan
Contract with respect to which each of the representations and
warranties contained in Schedule III-C hereto is true
and correct at such time.
“ Eligible Receivable ”
means, at any time, a Pledged Receivable which is an Eligible
Pool A Receivable or an Eligible Pool B Receivable at
such time.
“ Eligible Receivables Balance
” means, at any time, the aggregate Discounted Balances of
all Eligible Receivables which are Pledged hereunder to secure
Loans at such time.
“ Eligible Underlying Contract
” means an Eligible Pool B Underlying Lease Contract or
Eligible Pool B Underlying Loan Contract.
“ Eligible Underlying Originator
” means an Underlying Originator that has been approved by
the initial Servicer in accordance with the Credit and Collection
Policy.
“ Equipment ” means the
equipment or Vehicle (i) leased to an Obligor, or serving as
collateral for a loan to an Obligor, under a Contract together with
any replacement parts, additions and repairs thereof, and any
accessories incorporated therein and/or affixed thereto or (ii)
leased to an Underlying Obligor, or serving as collateral for a
loan to an Underlying Obligor, under a Underlying Contract together
with any replacement parts, additions and repairs thereof, and any
accessories incorporated therein and/or affixed thereto.
“ Equipment Category ” means
any of the Equipment Categories set forth on Schedule V hereto, as
such schedule may be updated from time to time by the Borrower with
the consent of the Lender (which such consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld).
“ ERISA ” means the United
States Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
from time to time.
“ ERISA Affiliate ” means a
corporation, trade or business that is, along with any Person, a
member of a controlled group of corporations or a controlled group
of trades or businesses, as described in section 414 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or section 4001 of
ERISA.
“ Eurodollar Disruption Event
” means any of the following: (i) a
determination by the Lender that it would be contrary to law or to
the directive of any central bank or other governmental authority
(whether or not having the force of law) to obtain United States
dollars in the London interbank market to make, fund or maintain
any Loan, (ii) a determination by the Lender that the rate at
which deposits of United States dollars are being offered in the
London interbank market does not accurately reflect the cost to the
Lender of making, funding or maintaining any Loan or (iii) the
inability of the Lender to obtain United States dollars in the
London interbank market to make, fund or maintain any
Loan.
“ Eurodollar Index ” means an
index based upon an interest rate reported on Telerate Access
Service Page 3750 (British Bankers Association Settlement
Rate) as the London Interbank Offered Rate for United States dollar
deposits.
“ Event of Default ” has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 7.01
.
“ Exception Sublimit Receivable
” means a Pool A Receivable arising under a Lease Contract
related to Equipment having an original cost of less than $100,000
as to which the original, executed Lease Contract has not been
forwarded to the Custodian for inclusion in the related Receivable
File.
“ Facility Amount ” means, at
any time, the sum of the aggregate Loans Outstanding hereunder
bearing interest at the Interest Rate, plus accrued interest
and Fees with respect to such amounts.
“ Facility Maturity Date ”
means the third anniversary of the date of this
Agreement.
“ Fee Letter ” has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.08(a)
.
“ Fee Period ” means a period
commencing on (and including) a Remittance Date and ending on (and
including) the day prior to the next Remittance Date;
provided , that, the initial Fee Period hereunder shall
commence on (and include) the date hereof and end on (and include)
December 22, 2006.
“ Fees ” has the meaning
assigned to that term in Section 2.08(a) .
“ Fitch ” means Fitch, Inc.
(or its successors in interest).
“ FMV Contract ” means a
Contract or an Underlying Contract, as applicable, which
(i) in connection with which any agreement was executed which
grants the related Obligor or Underlying Obligor, as applicable, a
right to purchase the Equipment or Underlying Equipment leased
under such Contract or Underlying Contract for the fair market
value thereof at the end of the initial term of such Contract or
Underlying Contract or (ii) grants the related Obligor or
Underlying Obligor, as applicable, a right to purchase the
Equipment or Underlying Equipment leased under such Contract for
the fair market value thereof at the end of the initial term of
such Contract.
“ GAAP ” means generally
accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time in
the United States.
“ Global Overconcentration Amount
” means, at any time (x) after the first anniversary of the
Closing Date or (y) the aggregate outstanding principal balance of
the Loans is greater than $35,000,000, without duplication, the sum
of:
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the amount by
which the sum of the Discounted Balances of all Eligible Pool A
Receivables related to any one Obligor (or any Affiliate thereof)
at such time exceeds $3,000,000;
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the amount by
which the sum of the Discounted Balances at such time of all
Eligible Pool A Receivables related to the three Obligors which,
together with any Affiliates thereof, owe the greatest amounts
under their respective Contracts, in the aggregate, exceeds
$9,500,000;
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the amount by
which the sum of the Discounted Balances of all Eligible
Receivables with respect to which the related Contract is a
Non-Level Payment Contract exceeds 20% of the sum of the Discounted
Balances of all Eligible Receivables at such time;
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the amount by
which the sum of the Discounted Balances of all Eligible
Receivables with respect to which the related Contract provides for
Scheduled Payments to be paid for any period other than monthly
exceeds 10% of the sum of the Discounted Balances of all Eligible
Receivables at such time;
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the amount by
which the sum of the Discounted Balances of all Eligible
Receivables related to Obligor Collateral located in the State of
California at such time exceeds 30% of the sum of the Discounted
Balances of all Eligible Receivables at such time;
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the amount by
which the sum of the Discounted Balances of all Eligible
Receivables related to Obligor Collateral located in any State
other than the State of California exceeds 20% of the sum of the
Discounted Balances of all Eligible Receivables at such
time;
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the amount by
which the sum of the Discounted Balances of all Eligible
Receivables related to Equipment within any one Equipment Category
exceeds the sum of the Discounted Balances of all Eligible
Receivables at such time multiplied by 50%;
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the amount by
which the sum of the Discounted Balances of all Eligible
Receivables, with respect to which the related Obligor Collateral
is a Vehicle or other type of equipment which requires a security
interest therein to be noted on the Certificate of Title with
respect thereto in order to be perfected, exceeds 50% of the sum of
the Discounted Balances of all Eligible Receivables at such
time;
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the amount by
which the sum of the Discounted Balances of all Eligible
Receivables, with respect to which the related Obligor is a
Government Entity, exceeds 10% of the sum of the Discounted
Balances of all Eligible Receivables at such time;
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the amount by
which the sum of the Discounted Balances of all Eligible
Receivables, which are Exception Sublimit Receivables, exceeds 10%
of the sum of the Discounted Balances of all Eligible Receivables
at such time (it being understood and agreed that, notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary (including clauses (x) and
(y) above), this component of the Global Overconcentration
Amount shall apply at all times on and after the Closing Date);
and
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the amount by
which the sum of the Discounted Balances of all Eligible
Receivables with respect to which the related Obligor Collateral is
a work vehicle exceeds 20% of the sum of the Discounted Balances of
all Eligible Receivables at such time.
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“ Government Entity ” means
the United States, any State, any political subdivision of a State
and any agency or instrumentality of the United States or any State
or political subdivision thereof and any entity exercising
executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative
functions of or pertaining to government.
“ Guaranty Amounts ” means
any and all amounts paid by any guarantor with respect to the
applicable Contract.
“ Holdback Amount ” means,
with respect to any Pool B Receivable, the amount of any loan
principal or purchase price which would otherwise be advanced by
the Originator to the applicable Obligor pursuant to the terms of
such Contract, but which was held back by the Originator as a
liquidity reserve or similar reserve.
“ Included Repurchased Receivable
” means any Receivable repurchased by the Originator pursuant
to Section 6.1(b) of the Purchase and Sale Agreement with respect
to which, as of the date of repurchase, any part of any Scheduled
Payment (or other amount payable under the terms of the related
Contract) remained unpaid after the due date therefor set forth in
such Contract.
“ Indemnified Amounts ” has
the meaning assigned to that term in Section 8.01
.
“ Independent Accountants ”
has the meaning assigned to that term in
Section 6.11(b) .
“ Initial Qualified Swap
Counterparty ” means Morgan Stanley Capital Services
Inc., a Delaware corporation and its successors and permitted
assigns.
“ Insurance Certificate ”
means the insurance certificate related to the Insurance Policy
with respect to such Receivable (which insurance certificate shall
list the Servicer or the Originator as a loss
payee).
“ Insurance Policy ” means,
with respect to any Obligor Collateral, the insurance policy
maintained by or on behalf of the Obligor pursuant to the related
Contract that covers physical damage to the related Equipment (in
an amount sufficient to insure completely the value of such
Equipment) and general liability (including policies procured by
the Borrower or the Servicer, or any agent thereof, on behalf of
the Obligor).
“ Insurance Proceeds ” means,
with respect to an item of Obligor Collateral and a related
Contract, any amount paid under an Insurance Policy or an
Underlying Insurance Policy issued with respect to such Obligor
Collateral and/or the related Contract.
“ Interest Period ” means,
for any outstanding Loans, a period determined pursuant to
Section 2.03(a) .
“ Interest Rate ” has the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.03(b)
.
“ LEAF Financial ” has the
meaning assigned to that term in the preamble hereto.
“ Lease Contract ” means (i)
a “Master Lease Schedule” in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit D-1(b) , Exhibit D-1(c) ,
Exhibit D-1(d) , together with a “Master Lease
Agreement” in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit D-1(a) which is related to, and incorporated by
reference into, a “Master Lease Schedule” (as such
exhibits may be updated from time to time by the Borrower with the
consent of the Lender), (ii) a “Lease Agreement” in
the
form attached hereto as
Exhibit D-1(e) or (iii) a lease agreement otherwise
approved by the Servicer in compliance with the Credit and
Collection Policy, pursuant to which Equipment is leased to an
Obligor by Originator, together with all schedules, supplements and
amendments thereto and each other document and instrument related
to such lease.
“ Lender ” means,
collectively, Morgan Stanley and/or any other Person that is an
Affiliate of Morgan Stanley and/or, with the consent of the
Borrower (which such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld) at
any time prior to the occurrence of a Program Termination Event
(and without the consent of the Borrower at any time after the
occurrence of a Program Termination Event), any other Person that
is not an Affiliate of Morgan Stanley, in each case, that agrees,
pursuant to the pertinent Assignment and Acceptance, to make Loans
secured by Pledged Assets pursuant to Article II of this
Agreement.
“ Lender’s Bank ” means
U.S. Bank National Association and its successors and assigns that
are Eligible Depository Institutions.
“ Lender’s Bank Fee ”
means an annual fee paid in advance, payable out of Collections on
the Pledged Receivables and amounts applied to the payment of, or
treated as payments on, the Pledged Receivables, equal to
$7,000. The “Lender’s Bank Fee” shall
also include (i) a one-time acceptance fee of $4,500 payable on the
Closing Date and (ii) reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by
the Lender’s Bank in the performance of its
duties.
“ Liquidation Proceeds ”
means, with respect to a Receivable with respect to which the
related Obligor Collateral has been repossessed or foreclosed upon
by the Servicer, all amounts realized with respect to such
Receivable net of (i) reasonable expenses of the Servicer
incurred in connection with the collection, repossession,
foreclosure and/or disposition of the related Obligor Collateral
and (ii) amounts that are required to be refunded to the
Obligor on such Receivable; provided , however , that
the Liquidation Proceeds with respect to any Receivable shall in no
event be less than zero.
“ Loan ” means each loan
advanced by the Lender to the Borrower on a Borrowing Date pursuant
to Article II .
“ Loan Contract ” means,
collectively, (i) a “Term Note (Level Payments)”
together with the “Master Loan and Security Agreement”
related thereto and incorporated by reference therein, each in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit D-2(a) (as such exhibit
may be updated from time to time by the Borrower with the consent
of the Lender), (ii) a “Term Note (Level Payments)” or
“Term Note (Step Payments)” together with the
“Master Loan and Security Agreement” related thereto
and incorporated by reference therein, each in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit D-2(b) (as such exhibit may be
updated from time to time by the Borrower with the consent of the
Lender) or (iii , (iii) a “Finance Agreement”
in one of the forms attached as Exhibit D-2(c) or similar agreement
approved in writing by the Lender (in its reasonable discretion),
or (iv ) a loan agreement and promissory note otherwise
approved by the Servicer in compliance with the Credit and
Collection Policy as to which the Servicer has notified the
Collateral Agent in writing , in each case, pursuant to which
the Originator makes a loan to an Obligor secured by Equipment
purchased by such Obligor, together with all schedules, supplements
and amendments thereto and each other document and instrument
related thereto.
“ Loans Outstanding ” means
the sum of the principal amounts of Loans loaned to the Borrower
for the initial and any subsequent borrowings pursuant to
Sections 2.01 and 2.02 , reduced from time to
time by Collections with respect to any Pledged Receivable received
and distributed as repayment of principal amounts of Loans
outstanding pursuant to Section 2.04 and any other
amounts received by the Lender to repay the principal amounts of
Loans outstanding pursuant to Section 2.15 or
otherwise; provided , however , that the principal
amounts of Loans outstanding shall not be reduced by any
Collections with respect to any Pledged Receivable or other amounts
if at any time such Collections or other amounts are rescinded or
must be returned for any reason.
“ Lockbox ” means a post
office box to which Collections with respect to any Pledged
Receivable are remitted for retrieval by the Lockbox Bank and for
deposit by the Lockbox Bank into the Lockbox Account.
“ Lockbox Account ” means the
deposit account (account number 153910088597 at the
Lockbox Bank) in the name of “U.S. Bank NA as Securities
Intermediary for LEAF Financial and various
lenders”.
“ Lockbox Bank ” means U.S.
Bank National Association and its successors in
interest.
“ Lockbox Intercreditor Agreement
” means the Amended and Restated Lockbox Intercreditor
Agreement, dated as of April 18, 2005, among the Lockbox Bank, the
Servicer, the Borrower, and certain other parties.
“ Material Adverse Effect ”
means a material adverse effect on (i) the ability of the
Borrower, the Originator and/or the Servicer to conduct its
business, (ii) the ability of the Borrower, the Originator
and/or the Servicer to perform its respective obligations under
this Agreement and/or any other Transaction Document to which it is
a party, (iii) the validity or enforceability of this
Agreement and/or any other Transaction Document to which the
Borrower, the Originator and/or the Servicer is a party,
(iv) the rights and remedies of the Lender under this
Agreement and/or any of the Transaction Documents and/or
(v) the validity, enforceability or collectibility of all or
any portion of the Pledged Receivables.
“ Minimum Tangible Net Worth means,
(i) with respect to Resource America, a Tangible Net Worth
(measured as of each fiscal quarter end) of not less than $
125,000,000. 125,000,000 and (ii) with respect to the
Owner, a Tangible Net Worth (measured as of each fiscal quarter
end) of not less than (x) $2,500,000 plus, (y) only if the Owner
Issuance Condition has been satisfied, the product of 50.00%, times
the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Owner Secured
Recourse Promissory Notes held by Persons that are not Affiliates
of the Owner.
“ Monthly Remittance Report ”
means a report, in substantially the form of Exhibit C
, furnished by the Servicer to the Lender pursuant to
Section 6.10(b) .
“ Moody’s ” means
Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (or its successors in
interest).
“ Morgan Stanley ” has the
meaning assigned to that term in the preamble hereto.
“Netbank Facility” means the
facility evidenced by the Receivables Loan and Security Agreement,
dated as of November 1, 2007, among Leaf Capital Funding III, LLC,
as borrower, LEAF Financial, Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley Asset
Funding Inc., The Royal Bank of Scotland, U.S. Bank National
Association and Lyon Financial Services, Inc. (d/b/a U.S. Bank
Portfolio Services), as the same may be modified, amended, or
supplemented from time to time.
“ Net Eligible Receivables Balance
” means, at any time, (i) the Eligible Receivables
Balance at such time, minus (ii) the Overconcentration Amount
at such time.
“ Nominee Lienholder Agreement
” means either (i) a “Vehicle Lienholder Nominee
Agreement” in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E
(with such modifications as the Collateral Agent may approve) or
(ii) any other nominee lienholder agreement or collateral agency
agreement approved in writing by the Collateral Agent.
“ Non-Level Payment Contract
” means a Contract that does not provide for level Scheduled
Payments during the term of such Contract.
“ Notice of Borrowing ” has
the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.02(b)
hereof.
“ Notice of Pledge ” has the
meaning assigned to that term in the Custodial
Agreement.
“ Obligations ” means all
present and future indebtedness and other liabilities and
obligations (howsoever created, arising or evidenced, whether
direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, or due or to become
due) of the Borrower to the Secured Parties arising under this
Agreement and/or any other Transaction Document and shall include,
without limitation, all liability for principal of and interest on
the Loans, indemnifications and other amounts due or to become due
by the Borrower to the Secured Parties under this Agreement and/or
any other Transaction Document, including, without limitation,
interest, fees and other obligations that accrue after the
commencement of an insolvency proceeding (in each case whether or
not allowed as a claim in such insolvency proceeding).
“ Obligor ” means,
collectively, each Person obligated to make payments under a
Contract.
“ Obligor Collateral ” means
(i) the Equipment leased to an Obligor under a Lease Contract,
(ii) the Equipment and other property pledged by an Obligor to
secure its obligations under a Loan Contract, (iii) the
Equipment and other property pledged by an Obligor to secure its
obligations under a Practice Acquisition Loan Contract and
(iv) the Underlying Originator Loan Collateral and other
property pledged by an Obligor to secure its obligations under an
Underlying Originator Loan Contract.
“ Obligor Financing Statement
” means a UCC financing statement filed by Originator against
an Obligor under a Contract which evidences a security interest in
the related Obligor Collateral.
“ Officer’s Certificate
” means a certificate signed by the president, the secretary,
the chief financial officer or any vice president of any
Person.
“ Opinion of Counsel ” means
a written opinion of independent counsel acceptable to the Lender,
which opinion, if such opinion or a copy thereof is required by the
provisions of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to
be delivered to the Borrower or the Lender, is acceptable in form
and substance to the Lender.
“ Originator ” means LEAF
Funding, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“ Originator Insurance Agreement
” means that certain letter agreement regarding the
Originator’s obligations as named loss payee under Insurance
Policies and Underlying Insurance Policies, dated as of the date
hereof, among the Originator, the Servicer, the Borrower and the
Lender, as such agreement may from time to time be amended,
restated, supplemented and/or otherwise modified in accordance with
the terms thereof.
“ Other Commercial Contract ”
means any agreement approved by the Servicer in compliance with the
Credit and Collection Policy, in each case, pursuant to which the
commercial Obligor thereunder agrees to make periodic payments in
connection with any loan, services, rental or sale, together with
all schedules, supplements and amendments thereto and each other
document and instrument related thereto.
“ Other Conveyed Property ”
means, with respect to any Receivable, all of the Borrower’s
right, title and interest in, to and under (i) all Collections
and other monies at any time received or receivable with respect to
such Receivable after the applicable Cut-Off Date (as defined in
the Purchase and Sale Agreement), (ii) the Equipment or
Underlying Equipment related to such Receivable (to the extent of
the Borrower’s ownership rights, if any, therein),
(iii) in the case of a Receivable related to any Contract, any
and all agreements, documents, certificates and instruments
evidencing the Borrower’s security interest or other interest
in and to the related Obligor Collateral or any intercreditor
agreement with respect thereto, including, without limitation, any
Certificate of Title, (iv) the Obligor Collateral related to
such Receivable including, without limitation, the security
interest in such Obligor Collateral granted by the related Obligor
to Originator under the related Contract and assigned by Originator
to the Borrower under the Purchase and Sale Agreement, (v) the
Obligor Financing Statement, if any, related to such Receivable,
(vi) the Insurance Policy and any proceeds from the Insurance
Policy relating to such Receivable, including rebates of premiums
not otherwise due to an Obligor, (vii) the related Contract
and all other items required to be contained in the related
Receivable File, any and all other documents or electronic records
that the Borrower keeps on file in accordance with its customary
procedures relating to such Receivable, the related Obligor
Collateral or the related Obligor, (viii) any Security
Deposits or Cash Reserve related to such Receivable, (ix) all
property (including the right to receive future Liquidation
Proceeds) that secures such Receivable and that has been acquired
by or on behalf of the Borrower pursuant to the liquidation of such
Receivable, and (x) all present and future rights, claims,
demands, causes and chooses in action in respect of any or all of
the foregoing and all payments on or under and all proceeds and
investments of any kind and nature in respect of any of the
foregoing.
“ Overconcentration Amount ”
means, at any time, the sum of the Pool A Overconcentration Amount
at such time and the Pool B Overconcentration Amount at such
time.
“ Overdue Payment ” means,
with respect to a Collection Period, all payments due in a prior
Collection Period that the Servicer receives from or on behalf of
an Obligor during such Collection Period, including any Servicing
Charges.
“ Owner ” means (i) the Originator or (ii) subject
to the prior written consent of the Lender (such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld), any other subsidiary of the initial
Servicer which acquires all or part of the membership interests of
the Borrower.
“Owner” means LEAF Commercial
Finance Fund, LLC.
“Owner Issuance Condition” shall be
deemed to be satisfied if, on or prior to October 1, 2008 or such
other date, not later than June 1, 2009, as the Owner shall have
provided by prior written notice to the Lender, (i) the Owner
has received offering proceeds of at least $1,000,000 from the
issuance of the Owner Secured Recourse Promissory Notes and (ii)
such proceeds have been released to the Owner (and not returned to
the subscribers of the Owner Secured Recourse Promissory Notes)
from the escrow account described in the Owner Private Placement
Memorandum.
“Owner Private Placement Memorandum”
means that certain Private Placement Memorandum, dated October 1,
2007, as supplemented or restated from time to time, and titled
“Leaf Commercial Finance Fund, LLC Secured Recourse
Promissory Notes”, a copy of which has been provided to the
Collateral Agent by the Owner.
“Owner Secured Promissory Notes”
means the Secured Recourse Promissory Notes issued by the Owner
pursuant to the Indenture described in Owner Private Placement
Memorandum.
“ Parallel Defaults ” has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 5.01(u)
hereof.
“ Permitted Investments ”
means any one or more of the following:
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direct
obligations of, or obligations fully guaranteed as to principal and
interest by, the United States or any agency or instrumentality
thereof, provided such obligations are backed by the full faith and
credit of the United States;
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repurchase
obligations (the collateral for which is held by a third party or
the Trustee), with respect to any security described in
clause (i) above, provided that the long-term unsecured
obligations of the party agreeing to repurchase such obligations
are at the time rated by Moody’s and S&P in one of their
two highest long-term rating categories and if rated by Fitch, in
one of its two highest long-term rating categories;
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certificates of
deposit, time deposits, demand deposits and bankers’
acceptances of any bank or trust company incorporated under the
laws of the United States or any State thereof or the District of
Columbia, provided that the short-term commercial paper of such
bank or trust company (or, in the case of the principal depository
institution in a depository institution holding company, the
long-term unsecured debt obligations of the depository institution
holding company) at the date of acquisition thereof has been rated
by Moody’s and S&P in their highest short-term rating
category, and if rated by Fitch, in its highest short-term rating
category;
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commercial
paper (having original maturities of not more than 270 days)
of any corporation incorporated under the laws of the United States
or any State thereof or the District of Columbia, having a rating,
on the date of acquisition thereof, of no less than A-1 by
Moody’s, P-1 by S&P and F-1 if rated by Fitch;
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money market
mutual funds, including funds managed by the Lender’s Bank or
its Affiliates, registered under the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended, having a rating, at the time of such investment,
of no less than Aaa by Moody’s, AAA by S&P and AAA if
rated by Fitch; and
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any other
investments approved in writing by the Lender.
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provided , that no such instrument shall be a Permitted
Investment if such instrument evidences the right to receive either
(a) interest only payments with respect to the obligations
underlying such instrument or (b) both principal and interest
payments derived from obligations underlying such instrument, where
the principal and interest payments with respect to such instrument
provide a yield to maturity exceeding 120% of the yield to maturity
at par of such underlying obligation. Each Permitted
Investment may be purchased by the Lender’s Bank or through
an Affiliate of the Lender’s Bank.
“ Permitted Liens ”
means:
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with respect to
Obligor Collateral, (A) liens and security interests in favor
of the Collateral Agent, granted pursuant to the Transaction
Documents, (B) the interests of an Obligor arising under the
Contract to which it is a party in the Obligor Collateral related
to such Contract, (C) liens for taxes, assessments, levies,
fees and other governmental and similar charges either not yet due
or being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings,
provided, that appropriate reserves shall have been established
with respect to any such taxes either not yet due or being
contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings,
(D) any liens with respect to any mechanics, suppliers,
materialmen, laborers, employees, repairmen and other like liens
arising in the ordinary course of a servicer’s,
lessor’s/lender’s or lessee’s/borrower’s
business securing obligations which are not due and payable, and
(E) salvage rights of insurers with respect to the equipment
subject to a Contract under insurance policies maintained pursuant
to the Transaction Documents or a Contract; and
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with respect to
Underlying Collateral, in addition to the Permitted Liens described
in clause (i) above, (x) liens in favor of Originator or
the Borrower, granted by the applicable Underlying Obligor, in each
case, solely to the extent assigned to the Collateral Agent and
(y) the interests of an Underlying Obligor arising under the
Underlying Contract to which it is a party in the Underlying
Originator Loan Collateral related to such Underlying
Contract.
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“ Person ” means an
individual, partnership, corporation (including a business trust),
limited liability company, joint stock company, trust,
unincorporated association, joint venture, government (or any
agency or political subdivision thereof) or other
entity.
“ Pledge ” means the pledge
of any Receivable pursuant to Article II .
“ Pledged Assets ” has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.11
.
“ Pledged Receivables ” means
Pledged Pool A Receivables and Pledged Pool B
Receivables.
“ Pledged Pool A Receivables
” has the meaning assigned to that term in
Section 2.11(a) .
“ Pledged Pool B Receivables
” has the meaning assigned to that term in
Section 2.11(a) .
“ Pledged Receivables Balance
” means, at any time, the aggregate Discounted Balances of
all Receivables which are Pledged hereunder to secure Loans at such
time.
“ Pool A Annualized Net Loss
Rate ” means, as of any date of determination after the
end of the third Collection Period following the date hereof, an
amount (expressed as a percentage) equal to (i) the product of
(A) (x) the aggregate Discounted Balances of all Pledged
Pool A Receivables which were Eligible Pool A Receivables
at the time of their Pledge hereunder and which became Defaulted
Receivables during the six (or such lesser number of Collection
Periods since the date hereof) immediately preceding Collection
Periods minus (y) Recoveries related to Pool A
Receivable received during the six (or such lesser number of
Collection Periods since the date hereof) immediately preceding
Collection Periods and (B) 2 (if six or more Collection
Periods have occurred since the date hereof), 2.4 (if five
Collection Periods have occurred since the date hereof), 3 (if
four Collection Periods have occurred since the date hereof),
4 (if three Collection Periods have occurred since the date
hereof), 6 (if two Collection Periods have occurred since the
date hereof) or 12 (if one Collection Period has occurred
since the date hereof) divided by (ii) the Eligible
Pool A Receivables Balance as of the first Business Day of the
six (or such lesser number of Collection Periods since the date
hereof) immediately preceding Collection Periods.
“ Pool A Borrowing Base ”
means, at any time, the lowest of:
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98% of the
Amortized Equipment Cost with respect to all Eligible Pool A
Receivables; and
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an amount equal
to the Pool A Net Eligible Receivables Balance multiplied by a
percentage equal to 92%.
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“ Pool A Contract ” means a
Lease Contract, a Loan Contract, a Practice Acquisition Loan
Contract, a Real Estate Contract or an Other Commercial
Contract.
“ Pool A Lease File ” has the
meaning assigned to that term in clause (a) of the
definition of “Receivable File”.
“ Pool A Loan ” has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.01
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“ Pool A Loan File ” has the
meaning assigned to that term in clause (b) of the
definition of “Receivable File”.
“ Pool A Net Eligible Receivables
Balance ” means, at any time, (i) the Eligible
Pool A Receivables Balance at such time minus
(ii) the Pool A Overconcentration Amount at such
time.
“ Pool A Overconcentration
Amount ” means, at any time, (x) after the first
anniversary of the Closing Date or (y) the aggregate outstanding
principal balance of the Loans is greater than $35,000,000, without
duplication, the sum of:
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an amount equal
to the Global Overconcentration Amount at such time multiplied by a
fraction the numerator of which is the aggregate Discounted
Balances of all Eligible Pool A Receivables at such time and
the denominator of which is the aggregate Discounted Balances of
all Eligible Receivables at such time;
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the amount by
which the sum of the Discounted Balances of all Eligible
Pool A Receivables with respect to which the related Contract
has a remaining term greater than 85 months and equal to or less
than 120 months exceeds 50% of the sum of the Discounted Balances
of all Eligible Pool A Receivables at such time;
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the amount by
which the sum of the Discounted Balances of all Eligible
Pool A Receivables with respect to which the related Contract
has a remaining term greater than 120 months exceeds 15% of the sum
of the Discounted Balances of all Eligible Pool A Receivables
at such time;
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the amount by
which the sum of the Discounted Balances of all Eligible
Pool A Receivables with respect to which the related Contract
has a Discounted Balance greater than $1,000,000 exceeds 50% of the
sum of the Discounted Balances of all Eligible Pool A
Receivables at such time;
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the amount by
which the sum of the Discounted Balances of all Eligible
Pool A Receivables related to any one vendor of Equipment (or
Affiliate thereof) at such time exceeds 35% of the sum of the
Discounted Balances of all Eligible Pool A Receivables at such
time;
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the amount by
which the sum of the Discounted Balances of all Eligible
Pool A Receivables arising under a Contract which provides for
a Balloon Payment or Put Payment, the amount of which is in excess
of 34% of the original amount of the Scheduled Payments to be made
under such Contract, exceeds 20% of the sum of the Discounted
Balances of all Eligible Pool A Receivables at such
time;
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the amount by
which the sum of the Discounted Balances of all Eligible
Pool A Receivables arising from Practice Acquisition Loan
Contracts at such time exceeds 50% of the sum of the Discounted
Balances of all Eligible Pool A Receivables at such time;
and
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the amount by
which the sum of the Discounted Balances of all Eligible
Pool A Receivables that are Stand Alone Working Capital Loans
at such time exceeds 15% of the sum of the Discounted Balances of
all Eligible Pool A Receivables at such time.
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“ Pool A Receivable ”
means the rights to all payments from an Obligor under a
Pool A Contract, including, without limitation, any right to
the payment with respect to (i) Scheduled Payments,
(ii) any prepayments or overdue payments made with respect to
such Scheduled Payments, (iii) any Guaranty Amounts,
(iv) any Insurance Proceeds, (v) any Servicing Charges
and (vi) any Recoveries.
“ Pool A Termination Event
” means the occurrence of any of the following
events:
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the rolling
weighted average of the Delinquency Rates in respect of any three
consecutive Collection Periods, calculated by the Lender solely
with respect to Pool A Receivables, exceeds 3.5%;
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the Annualized
Default Rate, calculated by (or in a manner satisfactory to) the
Lender solely with respect to Pool A Receivables, exceeds
4.0%; or
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the Pool A
Annualized Net Loss Rate exceeds 3.5%.
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“ Pool B Annualized Net Loss Rate
” means with respect to any Underlying Originator, as of any
date of determination at least three Collection Periods after the
date that the Pool B Receivable related to such Underlying
Originator is Pledged hereunder (the “ Applicable Date
”), an amount (expressed as a percentage) equal to
(i) the product of (A) (x) the aggregate Discounted
Balances of all Underlying Contracts related to such Underlying
Originator which were Eligible Underlying Contracts at the time of
the Pledge of the related Pool B Receivable hereunder and as
to which an Underlying Contract Event of Default has occurred
during the six (or such lesser number of Collection Periods since
the Applicable Date) immediately preceding Collection Periods
minus (y) recoveries received by the Underlying
Originator during the six (or such lesser number of Collection
Periods since the Applicable Date) immediately preceding Collection
Periods and (B) 2 (if six or more Collection Periods have
occurred since the Applicable Date), 2.4 (if five Collection
Periods have occurred since the Applicable Date), 3 (if four
Collection Periods have occurred since the Applicable Date),
4 (if three Collection Periods have occurred since the
Applicable Date), 6 (if two Collection Periods have occurred
since the Applicable Date) or 12 (if one Collection Period has
occurred since the Applicable Date) divided by (ii) the
aggregate Discounted Balances of all Underlying Contracts related
to such Underlying Originator which are Eligible Underlying
Contracts as of the first Business Day of the six (or such lesser
number of Collection Periods since the Applicable Date) immediately
preceding Collection Periods.
“ Pool B Borrowing Base ”
means, at any time, (x) the sum of the amounts calculated with
respect to each Eligible Pool B Receivable, equal to the least
of:
(i) the sum of (A) 92% of the
aggregate Discounted Balance of all related Underlying Contracts
and (B) the amount of funds on deposit in the Cash Reserve Account
related to such Eligible Pool B Receivable;
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100% of the
Amortized Equipment Cost with respect to such Eligible Pool B
Receivable at such time (calculated without giving effect to any
associated amortized indirect costs related to the applicable
Equipment) minus the Holdback Amount for such Eligible Pool B
Receivable; or
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the Discounted
Balance of such Eligible Pool B Receivable
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minus (y) the Pool B Overconcentration
Amount.
“ Pool B Contract ”
means an Underlying Originator Loan Contract.
“ Pool B Loan ” has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.01
.
“ Pool B Master Receivable File
” has the meaning assigned to that term in clause (c)
of the definition of “Receivable File”.
“ Pool B Micro Ticket Receivables
” means a Pool B Receivable related to equipment with an
original cost of less than $3000 and with respect to which the
related Obligor is an Obligor approved in writing by the Lender in
its sole discretion.
“ Pool B Net Eligible Receivables
Balance ” means, at any time, (i) the Eligible
Pool B Receivables Balance at such time minus
(ii) the Pool B Overconcentration Amount at such
time.
“ Pool B Overconcentration
Amount ” means, at any time, (x) after the first
anniversary of the Closing Date or (y) the aggregate outstanding
principal balance of the Loans is greater than $35,000,000, without
duplication, the sum of:
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an amount equal
to the Global Overconcentration Amount at such time multiplied by a
fraction the numerator of which is the aggregate Discounted
Balances of all Eligible Pool B Receivables at such time and
the denominator of which is the aggregate Discounted Balances of
all Eligible Receivables at such time;
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the amount by
which the sum of the Discounted Balances of all Eligible
Pool B Receivables related to any one Underlying Originator
(or Affiliate thereof) at such time exceeds $25,000,000;
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the amount by
which the sum of the Discounted Balances of all Eligible
Pool B Receivables related to any one Underlying Obligor (or
Affiliate thereof) at such time exceeds $1,000,000;
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the amount by
which the sum of the Discounted Balances of all Eligible
Pool B Receivables with respect which the related Contract has
a remaining term greater than 84 months exceeds 20% of the sum
of the Discounted Balances of all Eligible Pool B Receivables
at such time; and
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the amount by
which the sum of the Discounted Balances of all Eligible Pool B
Receivables that are Pool B Micro Ticket Receivables at such time
exceeds $15,000,000.
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“ Pool B Receivable ”
means the rights to all payments from an Obligor under a
Pool B Contract, including, without limitation, any right to
the payment with respect to (i) Scheduled Payments and
Underlying Scheduled Payments, (ii) any prepayments or overdue
payments made with respect to such Scheduled Payments and
Underlying Scheduled Payments, (iii) any Guaranty Amounts,
(iv) any Insurance Proceeds, (v) any Servicing Charges
and (vi) any Recoveries.
“ Pool B Termination Event
” means, with respect to an Underlying Originator, the
occurrence of any of the following events:
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other than with
respect to Pool B Micro Ticket Receivables, the rolling weighted
average of the Underlying Delinquency Rates with respect to such
Underlying Originator in respect of any three consecutive
Collection Periods exceeds 8%;
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other than with
respect to Pool B Micro Ticket Receivables, the Pool B Annualized
Net Loss Rate with respect to such Underlying Originator in respect
of any Collection Period exceeds 6%;
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other than with
respect to Pool B Micro Ticket Receivables, the current amount of
recourse, if any, against such Underlying Originator with respect
to its obligations under the related Underlying Originator Loan
Contract is less than 5% of the maximum amount of such
recourse;
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with respect to
Pool B Micro Ticket Receivables only, the rolling weighted average
of the Underlying Delinquency Rates with respect to such Underlying
Originator in respect of any three consecutive Collection Periods
exceeds 10%;
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with respect to
Pool B Micro Ticket Receivables only, the Pool B Annualized Net
Loss Rate with respect to such Underlying Originator in respect of
any Collection Period exceeds 25%;
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with respect to
Pool B Micro Ticket Receivables only, the current amount of
recourse, if any, against such Underlying Originator with respect
to its obligations under the related Underlying Originator Loan
Contract is less than 5% of the maximum amount of such recourse;
or
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the occurrence
of any Bankruptcy Event in respect of such Underlying
Originator.
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“ Pool B Underlying Lease File
” has the meaning assigned to that term in clause (d)
of the definition of “Receivable File”.
“ Pool B Underlying Loan File
” has the meaning assigned to that term in clause (e)
of the definition of “Receivable File”.
“ Practice Acquisition Loan
Contract ” means, collectively, (i) a “Term
Note (Level Payments)” together with the “Master Loan
and Security Agreement” related thereto and incorporated by
reference therein, each in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit D-3 (as such exhibit may be updated from time
to time by the Borrower with the consent of the Lender) or a
“Finance Agreement” in one of the forms attached as
Exhibit D-2(c) (as such exhibit may be updated from time to
time by the Borrower with the consent of the Lender) or (ii) a
loan agreement and promissory note otherwise approved by the
Servicer in compliance with the Credit and Collection Policy as
to which the Servicer has notified the Collateral Agent in writing,
in each case , pursuant to which Originator makes a loan to an
Obligor to enable such Obligor to acquire a dental, medical,
osteopathic medical, optometric or veterinary practice, secured by
Equipment related to the practice of dentistry, medicine or
veterinary medicine and certain non-equipment assets, together with
all schedules, supplements and amendments thereto and each other
document and instrument related thereto.
“ Prepayment Amount ” means
the principal amount of Loans repaid by the Borrower in connection
with an optional prepayment of Loans made by the Borrower pursuant
to Section 2.15 hereof.
“ Prepayment Date ” means any
date on which an optional prepayment of Loans is made by the
Borrower pursuant to Section 2.15 hereof.
“ Prepayment Premium ” has
the meaning ascribed thereto in the Fee Letter.
“ Program Termination Cure Event
” means the occurrence of any of the following
events:
(i) following the occurrence of a
Program Termination Event described in clause (iv), (v), (vi),
(vii), (viii) or (ix) of the definition thereof, such Program
Termination Event is cured within the following two Collection
Periods and two further Collection Periods pass without the
occurrence of such a Program Termination Event; or
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following the
occurrence of a Program Termination Event described in
clause (xi) of the definition thereof, such Program
Termination Event is cured;
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provided that, in any event, no other Program Termination
Event shall have occurred and be continuing.
“ Program Termination Date ”
means the earliest of (i) the date of occurrence of any event
described in Section 7.01(a) hereof, (ii) the date
of the declaration of the Program Termination Date pursuant to any
other subsection of Section 7.01 or (iii) the date
of the declaration of the Program Termination Date by, and at the
option of, the Lender upon the occurrence of a Program Termination
Event.
“ Program Termination Event ”
means the occurrence of any of the following events:
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a regulatory,
tax or accounting body has ordered that the activities of the
Lender or any Affiliate thereof contemplated hereby be terminated
or, as a result of any other event or circumstance, the activities
of the Lender or any Affiliate contemplated hereby may reasonably
be expected to cause the Lender or the Person, if any, then acting
as the administrator or the manager for the Lender or any of its
Affiliates to suffer materially adverse regulatory, accounting or
tax consequences;
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an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing;
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the Facility
Maturity Date shall have occurred;
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other than with
respect to Pool B Micro Ticket Receivables, the
Annualized Default Rate exceeds 4.5%;
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other than with
respect to Pool B Micro Ticket Receivables, the rolling weighted
average of the Delinquency Rates in respect of any three
consecutive Collection Periods exceeds 4.0%;
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other than with
respect to Pool B Micro Ticket Receivables, the Annualized Net Loss
Rate exceeds 4.0%;
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with respect to
Pool B Micro Ticket Receivables only, the Annualized Default Rate
exceeds 25.0%;
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with respect to
Pool B Micro Ticket Receivables only, the rolling weighted average
of the Delinquency Rates in respect of any three consecutive
Collection Periods exceeds 10.0%;
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with respect to
Pool B Micro Ticket Receivables only, the Annualized Net Loss Rate
exceeds 25.0%;
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a Servicer
Default has occurred and is continuing; or
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(1) any
Qualifying Swap Counterparty ceases to maintain the long-term debt
ratings required of a Qualifying Swap Counterparty and
(A) does not post cash collateral in a manner acceptable to
the Lender within 45 days and (B) is not replaced within
45 days by a replacement acceptable to the Lender or
(2) the Borrower fails to comply with any term, covenant or
agreement hereunder related to the maintenance of any Qualifying
Interest Rate Swaps; or
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the occurrence
of three or more Pool A Termination Events and/or Pool B
Termination Events.
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“
Purchase and Sale Agreement ” means that certain
Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between
the Originator, as seller, and the Borrower, as purchaser, together
with all instruments, documents and agreements executed in
connection therewith, as such Purchase and Sale Agreement may from
time to time be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in
accordance with the terms hereof.
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“ Purchase Date ” has the
meaning set forth in the Purchase and Sale Agreement.
“ Put Payment ” means with
respect to any Contract or Underlying Contract constituting a
lease, the payment, if any, required to be made by the Obligor
under the terms of such lease in connection with the required
purchase by such Obligor or Underlying Obligor of the related
Equipment or Underlying Equipment at the end of the term of such
lease.
“ QSC Subordinated Termination
Payment ” means a termination payment required to be made
by the Borrower to a Qualifying Swap Counterparty upon
the termination of the related Qualifying Interest Rate Swap
pursuant to an event of default or termination event (other than
Illegality or Tax Event) (each as defined in the related Qualifying
Interest Rate Swap) as to which the Qualifying Swap Counterparty
was the defaulting party or the sole affected party under the
Qualifying Interest Rate Swap.
“ Qualifying Interest Rate Swap
” means (X) an interest rate swap agreement
(i) between the Borrower and a Qualifying Swap Counterparty,
(ii) under which the Borrower shall receive a floating rate of
interest based on a Eurodollar Index acceptable to the Lender in
exchange for the payment by the Borrower of a fixed rate of
interest equal to the applicable Swapped Rate, (iii) the
effective date of which is a Borrowing Date, (iv) having a
varying notional balance which is, as of the effective date
thereof, in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of
the Loans advanced on such effective date and (v) which shall
otherwise be on such terms and conditions and pursuant to such
documentation as shall be acceptable to the Lender or (Y) an
alternative interest rate hedging agreement agreed to in writing by
the Borrower and the Lender.
“ Qualifying Swap Counterparty
” means Morgan Stanley Capital Services Inc. (or any
successors or permitted assigns) or any other financial institution
that is in the business of entering into interest rate swap
transactions, is acceptable to the Lender and has a long-term
senior unsecured debt rating of “A” or higher (or the
equivalent) by each Rating Agency then rating such long-term senior
unsecured debt) or posts cash collateral in a manner and amount
satisfactory to the Lender.
“ Rating Agencies ” means
Moody’s, S&P and Fitch, or any other nationally
recognized statistical rating organizations as may be designated by
the Lender.
“ Real Estate Contract ”
means a loan agreement and promissory note , finance agreement
or similar agreement, in each case, (i) in a form approved
by the Servicer in compliance in writing by the Lender
(in its reasonable discretion) and that is consistent with the
Credit and Collection Policy , in each case, and (ii)
pursuant to which the Originator makes a loan to an Obligor secured
by rentals or other receivables arising from the use of real
property, together with all schedules, supplements and amendments
thereto and each other document and instrument related
thereto.
“ Receivable ” means a
Pool A Receivable or a Pool B Receivable.
“ Receivable File ” means
with respect to each Receivable:
(a) if such Receivable is related to a
Lease Contract the following items (collectively, a “ Pool
A Lease File ”):
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(1) the
related original, executed Lease Contract (or, in the case of a
Lease Contract under a master lease, a machine or facsimile copy of
the related master lease certified by an authorized officer of the
Borrower and stamped “I hereby certify that this is a true
and exact copy of the original” and an original, executed
schedule thereto describing the related Equipment) unless such
Lease Contract is related to an Exception Sublimit Receivable, in
which event the executed Lease Contract (or, in the case of Lease
Contracts under a master lease, the related schedule) may be a
machine or facsimile copy certified in the manner described above,
(2) a true, executed copy of the related delivery/installation
certificate or acknowledgment and acceptance of delivery
certificate if such Receivable is related to Equipment with an
original cost in excess of $50,000, (3) a true copy of the
Insurance Certificate if such Receivable is related to
Equipment with an original cost in excess of $100,000,
(4) other than with respect to a Lease Contract related to
Equipment which has an original cost of less than $25,000 if such
Lease Contract is a Dollar Purchase Option Contract or $50,000 if
such Lease Contract is a FMV Contract, a “transmittal
order” from the Servicer to a filing service company and an
“in process report” from such filing service company to
the Servicer (or other evidence of the submission of the related
UCC financing statement for filing in the appropriate filing
office) and, within 45 days of the related Contract being
executed, a file-stamped copy of the related UCC financing
statement and (5) vendor order(s) or invoice(s);
and
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copies of any
additional documents, other than servicing related documents, that
the Borrower keeps on file with respect to such
Receivable;
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(b) if such Receivable is related to a Loan
Contract or a Practice Acquisition Loan Contract the
following items (collectively, a “ Pool A Loan File
”):
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(1)
the original, if a promissory note was executed by
the related Obligor in connection with such Loan Contract or
Practice Acquisition Loan Contract, the original of such
executed promissory note (with a fully executed, original
Allonge attached thereto) ; provided that, with regard to any
“Finance Agreement”, no executed promissory note or
fully executed, original Allonge need be included , (2) a
true, executed copy of the related “Master Loan and Security
Agreement” , “Finance Agreement” or similar
agreement pursuant to which the Originator made the related loan to
the related Obligor (and any amendments thereto) , (3) a
true copy of the related Insurance Certificate if such Receivable
is related to Equipment with an original cost in excess of $100,000
and (4) other than with respect to a Receivable related to
Equipment which has an original cost of less than $25,000, a
“transmittal order” from the Servicer to a filing
service company and an “in process report” from such
filing service company to the Servicer (or other evidence of the
submission of the related UCC financing statement for filing in the
appropriate filing office) and, within 45 days of the related
Contract being executed, a file-stamped copy of the related UCC
financing statement; and
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copies of any
additional documents, other than servicing related documents, that
the Borrower keeps on file with respect to such
Receivable;
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(c) if such Receivable is related to an
Underlying Originator Loan Contract the following items
(collectively, a “ Pool B Master Receivable File
”):
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(1)
the original, if a promissory note was executed by the
related Obligor in connection with such Underlying Originator Loan
Contract, the original of such executed promissory note (with
a fully executed, original Allonge attached thereto)
unless such Underlying Originator Loan Contract is in the form
of a “Master Purchase and Sale Agreement, ; provided
that, with regard to any “Finance Agreement ” ,
no executed promissory note or fully executed, original Allonge
need be included, (2) a true, executed copy of the related
security agreement unless such Underlying Originator Loan Contract
is in the form of a “Master Purchase and Sale
Agreement” that , “Finance Agreement”
or such other form of agreement approved in writing by the Lender
(in its reasonable discretion) that, in any case, includes
language granting to the purchaser thereunder a security interest
in all the related Underlying Originator Loan Collateral and other
property pledged by the related Obligor to secure its obligations
under such Underlying Originator Loan Contract, and (3) a
“transmittal order” from the Servicer to a filing
service company and an “in process report” from such
filing service company to the Servicer (or other evidence of the
submission of the related UCC financing statement for filing in the
appropriate filing office) and, within 45 days of the related
Contract being executed, a file-stamped copy of the related UCC
financing statement; and
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copies of any
additional documents, other than servicing related documents, that
the Borrower keeps on file with respect to such
Receivable;
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(d) if such Receivable is related to a
Underlying Originator Loan Contract which finances an Underlying
Lease Contract the following items (collectively, a “ Pool
B Underlying Lease File ”):
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(1) the
related original, executed Underlying Lease Contract (or, in the
case of an Underlying Lease Contract under a master lease, a
machine or facsimile copy of the related master lease certified by
an authorized officer of the Borrower and stamped “I hereby
certify that this is a true and exact copy of the original”
and an original, executed schedule thereto describing the related
Equipment) and (2) other than with respect to an Underlying
Lease Contract related to Equipment which has an original cost of
less than $25,000 if such Underlying Lease Contract is a Dollar
Purchase Option Contract or $50,000 if such Underlying Lease
Contract is a FMV Contract, a “transmittal order” from
the Underlying Originator to a filing service company and an
“in process report” from such filing service company to
the Underlying Originator (or other evidence of the submission of
the related UCC financing statement for filing in the appropriate
filing office) and, within 45 days of the related Underlying
Lease Contract being executed, a file-stamped copy of the related
UCC financing statement; and
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copies of any
additional documents, other than servicing related documents, that
the Borrower keeps on file with respect to such
Receivable;
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(e) if such Receivable is related to an
Underlying Originator Loan Contract which finances an Underlying
Loan Contract the following items (collectively, a “ Pool
B Underlying Loan File ”):
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(1) the
original, executed promissory note (with fully executed, original
Allonge attached thereto), (2) a true, executed copy of the
related security agreement and (3) other than with respect to
an Underlying Loan Contract related to Equipment which has an
original cost of less than $25,000 a “transmittal
order” from the Underlying Originator to a filing service
company and an “in process report” from such filing
service company to the Underlying Originator (or other evidence of
the submission of the related UCC financing statement for filing in
the appropriate filing office) and, within 45 days of the
related Contract being executed, a file-stamped copy of the related
UCC financing statement; and
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copies of any
additional documents, other than servicing related documents, that
the Borrower keeps on file with respect to such
Receivable.
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In addition, if the Obligor Collateral related
to such Receivable is a Vehicle, the related Receivable File shall
include the original copy of the Certificate of Title with respect
to such Vehicle, which such Certificate of Title satisfies the
Titling Requirements or (prior to the 90th day after such
Receivable was first included in the calculation of the Eligible
Receivables Balance, if such Certificate of Title has not yet been
received by the Servicer or the Borrower) a copy of the application
for such Certificate of Title.
“ Receivables Schedule ” has
the meaning assigned to that term in the Custodial
Agreement.
“ Records ” means all
documents, books, records and other information (including, without
limitation, tapes, disks, punch cards and related property and
rights) maintained with respect to Receivables and the related
Obligors which the Borrower has itself generated, in which the
Borrower has acquired an interest pursuant to the Purchase and Sale
Agreement or in which the Borrower has otherwise obtained an
interest.
“ Recoveries ” means, for any
Collection Period during which, or any Collection Period after the
date on which, any Receivable becomes a Defaulted Receivable and
with respect to such Defaulted Receivable, all payments
that the Servicer received from or on behalf of
the related Obligor during such Collection Period in respect of
such Defaulted Receivable or from the repossession, liquidation or
re-leasing of the related Obligor Collateral, including but not
limited to Scheduled Payments, Overdue Payments, Guaranty Amounts
and Insurance Proceeds.
“ Registrar of Titles ” means
with respect to any State, the governmental agency or body
responsible for the registration of, and the issuance of
certificates of title relating to, motor vehicles and liens
thereon.
“ Related Security ” means
with respect to any Receivable:
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any and all
security interests or liens and property subject thereto from time
to time securing or purporting to secure payment of such
Receivable;
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all guarantees,
indemnities, warranties, letters of credit, insurance policies and
proceeds and premium refunds thereof and other agreements or
arrangements of whatever character from time to time supporting or
securing payment of such Receivable; and
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all proceeds of
the foregoing.
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“ Release Price ” means, with
respect to a Pledged Receivable to be released hereunder, an amount
equal to the Discounted Balance of such Pledged Receivable at the
time of such release plus interest accrued thereon at the
Discount Rate from and including the Remittance Date immediately
preceding the date such Pledged Receivable is to be released
through (but not including) the next succeeding Remittance
Date.
“ Remittance Date ” means the
twenty-third (23 rd )
day of each month beginning December, 2006, or, if such date is not
a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day; provided, that
the final Remittance Date shall occur on the Collection
Date.
“ Resource America ” means
Resource America, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“ Rollover Interest Period ”
means any Interest Period other than any Interest Period
(i) applicable to the Loan arising as a result of the
Borrowing on the initial Borrowing Date or (ii) applicable to
any new Loan arising as a result of a Borrowing on a Subsequent
Borrowing Date.
“ S&P ” means Standard
& Poor’s Ratings Group, a division of The McGraw-Hill
Companies, Inc. (or its successors in interest).
“ Scheduled Payments ” means,
with respect to any Receivable, the periodic payments payable under
the terms of the related Contract (but not including any such
periodic payment to the extent paid in advance by the related
Obligor).
“ Secured Parties ” means the
Lender, the Servicer, the Backup Servicer, the Custodian, the
Lender’s Bank, each Qualified Swap Counterparty and their
respective successors and assigns.
“ Security Deposit ” means
any amount paid to the Servicer or the Borrower by an Obligor as a
security deposit or as a payment in advance of any amounts to
become due under a Contract, which has not previously been refunded
to such Obligor or applied toward such Obligor’s obligations
under such Contract (for purposes of clarification, a Cash Reserve
shall not be deemed to constitute a Security Deposit).
“ Security Deposit Account ”
has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.05
.
“ Security Deposit Account
Agreement ” means that certain Securities Account
Agreement, dated the date of this Agreement, among the Borrower,
the Servicer, the Lender’s Bank and the Lender, as such
agreement may from time to time be amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified in accordance with the terms thereof.
“ Servicer ” means, at any
time, LEAF Financial or any other Person then authorized, pursuant
to Section 6.01 , to service, administer and collect
Pledged Receivables.
“ Servicer Advance ” has the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.19
.
“ Servicer Default ” means
the occurrence of any of the following events:
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the failure of
the Servicer to deliver any payments, collections or proceeds which
it is obligated to deliver under the terms hereof or of any other
Transaction Document at the times it is obligated to make such
deliveries under the terms hereof or of any other Transaction
Document, and such failure remains unremedied for two Business
Days;
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the failure of
the Servicer to satisfy any of its reporting, certification,
notification or documentation requirements under the terms hereof
or of any other Transaction Document or the failure of the Servicer
to observe or perform any material term, covenant or agreement
hereunder or under any other Transaction Document (other than those
described in clause (i) above) and such failure shall remain
unremedied for 10 days after the Servicer first has knowledge,
whether constructive or actual, of such failure;
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any
representation, warranty or statement of the Servicer made herein
or in any other Transaction Document shall prove to be incorrect in
any material respect, and, solely if such incorrect representation,
warranty or statement can be remedied, such representation,
warranty or statement is not made true within
15 days;
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the occurrence
of an Event of Default;
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the occurrence
of a Program Termination Event described in clauses (iv), (v),
(vi), (vii), (viii), (ix) or (xii) of the definition of Program
Termination Events; or
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the occurrence
of any Bankruptcy Event in respect of the Servicer.
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“ Servicer Pension Plan ”
means a “pension plan” as such term is defined in
section 3(2) of ERISA, which is subject to title IV of ERISA and to
which the Servicer or any ERISA Affiliate of Servicer may have any
liability, including any liability by reason of having been a
substantial employer within the meaning of section 4063 of ERISA at
any time during the preceding five years, or by reason of being
deemed to be a contributing sponsor under section 4069 of
ERISA.
“ Servicing Charges ” means
the sum of (a) all late payment charges paid by Obligors under
Contracts after payment in full of any Scheduled Payments due in a
prior Collection Period and Scheduled Payments for the related
Collection Period and (b) any other incidental charges or fees
received from an Obligor, including, but not limited to, late fees,
collection fees, taxes and charges for insufficient
funds.
“ Servicing Fee ” means, for
any Fee Period, an amount, payable out of Collections on the
Pledged Receivables and amounts applied to the payment of, or
treated as payments on, the Pledged Receivables, equal to
(i) the Servicing Fee Rate multiplied by (ii) the Net
Eligible Receivables Balance as of the first day of such Fee Period
multiplied by (iii) a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the
actual number of days in such Fee Period and the denominator of
which shall be 360. Upon assuming the duties of the
Servicer hereunder, the Backup Servicer shall also be entitled to
receive a one-time acceptance fee of $60,000, which shall be
considered part of the “Servicing Fee” hereunder but
shall be in addition to the amount set forth in the sentence
above.
“ Servicing Fee Rate ” means
1.00%.
“ Stand Alone Working Capital Loan
” means a loan to a dental, medical, osteopathic medical,
optometric or veterinary practice that may be secured by all assets
of such dental, medical, osteopathic medical, optometric or
veterinary practice or that might be unsecured.
“ Standby Backup Servicer’s
Fee ” means, for any Fee Period or portion thereof prior
to the occurrence of a Servicer Default and the appointment of the
Backup Servicer as Servicer hereunder, an amount, payable out of
Collections on the Pledged Receivables and amounts applied to the
payment of, or treated as payments on, the Pledged Receivables,
equal to the greater of (i) the Standby Backup Servicing Fee Rate,
multiplied by the Net Eligible Receivables Balance as of the first
day of such Fee Period, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of
which shall be the actual number of days in such Fee Period and the
denominator of which shall be 360, or (ii) $1,500. The
“Standby Backup Servicer’s Fee” shall also
include (i) a one-time acceptance fee of $4,000 payable on the
Closing Date and (ii) reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by
the Standby Backup Servicer in the performance of its
duties.
“ Standby Backup Servicing Fee Rate
” means .0215%.
“ State ” means one of the
fifty states of the United States or the District of
Columbia.
“ Subsequent Borrowing ”
means a Borrowing which occurs on a Subsequent Borrowing
Date.
“ Subsequent Borrowing Date ”
means each Business Day occurring after the initial Borrowing Date
on an additional Borrowing is funded from the Lender to the
Borrower.
“ Swapped Rate ” means, with
respect to any Qualifying Interest Rate Swap, the annual rate of
interest (expressed as a percentage) which the Borrower, as the
fixed-rate payor, is required to pay under such Qualifying Interest
Rate Swap in order to receive the floating rate of interest
provided for under such Qualifying Interest Rate Swap.
“ Tangible Net Worth ” means,
with respect to any Person, the amount calculated in accordance
with GAAP as (i) the consolidated net worth of such Person and
its consolidated subsidiaries (excluding, solely with respect to
the Owner and only to the extent otherwise included in such
consolidated net worth, any mark-to-market gain or loss on any swap
or other hedge transaction of the Owner and its consolidated
subsidiaries) , plus (ii) to the extent not
otherwise included in such consolidated net worth, unsecured
subordinated Debt of such Person (and, solely with respect to
the Owner and only to the extent not otherwise included in such
consolidated net worth, (x) intercompany Debt of the Owner and (y)
the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Owner Secured
Recourse Promissory Notes held by Persons that are not Affiliates
of the Owner) and its consolidated subsidiaries, the terms and
conditions of which are reasonably satisfactory to the Lender,
minus (iii) the consolidated intangibles of such Person
and its consolidated subsidiaries, including, without limitation,
goodwill, trademarks, tradenames, copyrights, patents, patent
allocations, licenses and rights in any of the foregoing and other
items treated as intangibles in accordance with GAAP.
“ Titling Requirements ”
means that:
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in the case of
any Vehicle leased or sold to an Obligor pursuant to a Pool A
Contract, the Certificate of Title for such Vehicle indicates the
Obligor, as owner, and the Borrower or an Approved Lienholder, as
lienholder;
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in the case of
any Vehicle leased or sold to an Underlying Obligor pursuant to an
Underlying Contract, the Certificate of Title for such Vehicle
indicates the Underlying Obligor, as owner, and an Approved
Lienholder, as lienholder.
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“ Transaction Documents
” means this Agreement, the Purchase and Sale Agreement, the
Lockbox Intercreditor Agreement, the Collection
Account Agreement, the Security Deposit Account Agreement, each
Cash Reserve Account Agreement, the Fee Letter, the Custodial
Agreement, the Originator Insurance Agreement, any lease bailment
agreement with a sub-custodian and each Qualifying Interest Rate
Swap and each document and instrument related to any of the
foregoing.
“ Transition Costs ” means
any documented expenses and allocated cost of personnel reasonably
incurred by the Backup Servicer in connection with a transfer of
servicing from the Servicer to the Backup Servicer as the successor
Servicer; provided, that such expenses and allocated costs do not
exceed $60,000.
“ UCC ” means the Uniform
Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the specified
jurisdiction.
“ Underlying Collateral ”
means the Underlying Equipment leased or sold to an Underlying
Obligor, or serving otherwise as collateral for a loan to an
Underlying Obligor under an Underlying Contract.
“ Underlying Contract ” means
an Underlying Lease Contract or an Underlying Loan
Contract.
“ Underlying Contract Event of
Default ” means, as of any time of determination, the
occurrence and continuation of any of the following events with
respect to any Underlying Contract:
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any Underlying
Scheduled Payment (or other amount payable under the terms of the
related Underlying Contract) remains unpaid for more than
120 days after the due date therefor set forth in such
Underlying Contract;
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the first or
second Underlying Scheduled Payment is not paid in full when due
under the related Underlying Contract;
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any payment or
other material terms of the related Underlying Contract have been
modified due to credit related reasons after such Underlying
Contract was acquired by Originator;
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such Underlying
Contract has been or should be charged off as a result of the
occurrence of a Bankruptcy Event with respect to the related
Underlying Obligor, if any, or has been or should otherwise be
deemed uncollectible by the Underlying Originator in accordance
with its credit and collection policy; or
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the related
Underlying Equipment has been repossessed.
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“ Underlying Delinquency Rate
” means with respect to any Underlying Originator, as of any
date of determination, an amount (expressed as a percentage) equal
to (i) the aggregate Discounted Balances of all Underlying
Contracts related to such Underlying Originator as to which any
part of any Underlying Scheduled Payment (or other amount payable
under the terms of the related Underlying Contract) remains unpaid
for more than 30 days but not more than 120 days after
the due date therefor set forth in such Underlying Contract as of
the last day of the immediately preceding Collection Period divided
by (ii) the aggregate Discounted Balances with respect to all
Eligible Pool B Underlying Lease Contracts and Eligible
Pool B Underlying Loan Contracts related to such Underlying
Originator as of such day.
“ Underlying Equipment ”
means the equipment or Vehicle leased or sold to an Underlying
Obligor by an Underlying Originator, or serving as collateral for a
loan to an Underlying Obligor by an Underlying Originator, under an
Underlying Contract together with any replacement parts, additions
and repairs thereof, and any accessories incorporated therein
and/or affixed thereto.
“ Underlying Insurance Certificate
” means with respect to any Pool B Receivable, the
insurance certificate related to the Underlying Insurance Policy
with respect to the Underlying Contract relating to such Receivable
(which insurance certificate shall list the Originator
or the Underlying Originator as the loss
payee).
“ Underlying Insurance Policy
” means, with respect to any Underlying Collateral, the
insurance policy maintained by or on behalf of the Obligor pursuant
to the related Contract that covers physical damage to the related
Equipment (in an amount sufficient to insure completely the value
of such Equipment) and general liability (including policies
procured by the Borrower or the Servicer, or any agent thereof, on
behalf of the Obligor).
“ Underlying Lease Contract ”
means a lease contract , finance agreement and/or similar
agreement(s) (in any case, which is in the form of a lease)
pursuant to which Underlying Equipment is leased to an Underlying
Obligor by an Underlying Originator, together with all schedules,
supplements and amendments thereto and each other document and
instrument related to such lease contract.
“ Underlying Lease Documents
” means, with respect to any Pool B Receivable, the
Underlying Lease Contract and all agreements, documents or
instruments evidencing, securing, guaranteeing or otherwise
relating to the obligations of the Underlying Obligor
thereunder.
“ Underlying Loan Contract ”
means, collectively, a promissory note, a loan agreement and
a , finance agreement, security agreement and/or
similar agreement(s), pursuant to which an Underlying
Originator makes a loan to an Underlying Obligor secured by
Underlying Equipment owned by such Underlying Obligor, together
with all schedules, supplements and amendments thereto and each
other document and instrument related thereto.
“ Underlying Loan Documents ”
means, with respect to any Pool B Receivable, the Underlying
Loan Contract and all agreements, documents or instruments
evidencing, securing, guaranteeing or otherwise relating to the
obligations of the Underlying Obligor thereunder, including,
without limitation, the note or notes evidencing such
indebtedness.
“ Underlying Obligor ” means,
collectively, each Person obligated to make payments under an
Underlying Contract.
“ Underlying Originator ”
means an Obligor engaged, in the ordinary course of business in
providing financing to Underlying Obligors for the purposes of
acquiring Underlying Equipment.
“ Underlying Originator Credit and
Collection Policy ” means the credit and collection
policy of an Underlying Originator, as such policy may hereafter be
amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in compliance
with this Agreement.
“ Underlying Originator Loan
Collateral ” means Underlying Loan Contracts and
Underlying Lease Contracts and all other assets of the Underlying
Originators which secure the obligations of Underlying Originators
under an Underlying Originator Loan Contract, or which are sold to
the Originator by Underlying Originators under an Underlying
Originator Loan Contract, in each case whether now owned or
hereafter acquired, and including without limitation the Underlying
Loan Documents, the Underlying Lease Documents, Underlying Security
Deposit (if any) and the Underlying Equipment related thereto,
together with all proceeds of every kind and nature, including
proceeds of proceeds, of any and all of the foregoing.
“ Underlying Originator Loan
Contract ” means, collectively, a “Master Purchase
and Sale Agreement,” a “Master Loan and Security
Agreement,” or a “Loan and Security
Agreement,” a “Finance Agreement” or similar
agreement in a form approved in writing by the Lender (in its
reasonable discretion), each of which complies with all of the
criteria set forth in Exhibit D-4 hereto (as such
exhibit may be updated from time to time by the Borrower with the
consent of the Lender), pursuant to which Originator makes a
purchase of Underlying Originator Loan Collateral from an
Underlying Originator or makes a loan to an Underlying Originator
secured by Underlying Originator Loan Collateral, together with all
schedules, supplements and amendments thereto and each other
document and instrument related thereto.
“ Underlying Scheduled Payments
” means, with respect to any Underlying Contract, the
periodic payments payable under the terms of such Underlying
Contract (but not including any such periodic payment to the extent
paid in advance by the related Underlying Obligor).
“ Underlying Security Deposit
” means any amount paid to an Underlying Originator by an
Underlying Obligor as a security deposit or as a payment in advance
of any amounts to become due under an Underlying Contract, which
has not previously been refunded to such Underlying Obligor or
applied toward such Underlying Obligor’s obligations under
such Underlying Contract.
“ United States ” means the
United States of America.
“ Unmatured Event of Default
” means any event that, if it continues uncured, will, with
lapse of time or notice or lapse of time and notice, constitute an
Event of Default.
“ Vehicle ” means a new or a
used automobile, minivan, sports utility vehicle, light duty truck
or heavy duty truck.
“ Weighted Average Swapped Rate
” means, as of any date of determination, the weighted
average (weighted solely based on the Calculated Swap Amortizing
Balances of such Qualifying Interest Rate Swaps as of such date of
determination) of the Swapped Rates of the Qualifying Interest Rate
Swaps in effect on such date of determination.
SECTION 1.02 Other Terms
. All accounting terms not specifically defined herein
shall be construed in accordance with GAAP. All terms
used in Article 9 of the UCC in the State of New York, and not
specifically defined herein, are used herein as defined in such
Article 9.
SECTION 1.03 Computation of Time
Periods . Unless otherwise stated in this Agreement,
in the computation of a period of time from a specified date to a
later specified date, the word “from” means “from
and including” and the words “to” and
“until” each mean “to but
excluding.”
SECTION 2.01 Borrowings
. On the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, the
Lender shall make loans (“ Loans ”) to the
Borrower secured by Pledged Assets from time to time during the
period from the date hereof until the earlier of the Program
Termination Date or the Facility Maturity Date. Separate Loans will
be made to finance the Borrower’s acquisition of
(x) Pool A Receivables (“ Pool A Loans
”) and (y) Pool B Receivables (“
Pool B Loans ”), and no Loan shall finance both
Pool A Receivables and Pool B
Receivables. Under no circumstances shall the Lender
make, or the Borrower request, any Loan if (a) the principal
amount of such Loan is less than (i) with respect to the initial
Borrowing only, $10,000,000 and (ii) with respect to any Subsequent
Borrowing, $500,000, or (b) after giving effect to the
Borrowing of such Loan, either (i) a Program Termination Event
or an event that but for notice or lapse of time or both would
constitute a Program Termination Event has occurred and is
continuing or (ii) the aggregate Facility Amount hereunder
would exceed the lesser of (A) the Borrowing Limit and
(B) the Borrowing Base. Under no circumstances
shall the Lender make, or the Borrower request, any Loan secured by
Pool A Receivables if after giving effect to the Borrowing of
such Loan, either (1) the aggregate Facility Amount hereunder,
calculated solely with respect to Loans secured by Pool A
Receivables, would exceed the Pool A Borrowing Base or
(2) a Pool A Termination Event shall
exist. Under no circumstances shall the Lender make, or
the Borrower request, any Loan secured by any Pool B
Receivable if after giving effect to the Borrowing of such Loan,
either (1) the aggregate Facility Amount hereunder, calculated
solely with respect to Loans secured by Pool B Receivables,
would exceed the Pool B Borrowing Base or (2) a Pool B
Termination Event shall exist with respect to the Underlying
Originator related to such Pool B Receivable.
SECTION 2.02 The Initial Borrowing and
Subsequent Borrowings.
(a) Until the occurrence of the earlier of
the Program Termination Date and the Facility Maturity Date, the
Lender will make Loans on any Business Day at the request of the
Borrower, subject to and in accordance with the terms and
conditions of Sections 2.01 and 2.02 and subject
to the provisions of Article III hereof.
(b) (i) The initial
Borrowing shall be made on at least five (5) Business Days’
irrevocable written notice from the Borrower to the Lender and each
Subsequent Borrowing shall be made on at least three (3) Business
Days’ irrevocable written notice from the Borrower to the
Lender (any such written notice, a “ Notice of
Borrowing ”), provided that such Notice of Borrowing is
received by the Lender no later than 12:00 noon (New York City
time) on the Business Day of receipt. Any Notice of
Borrowing received after 12:00 noon (New York City time) shall be
deemed received prior to 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the
following Business Day. Each such Notice of Borrowing
shall specify (A) the aggregate amount of such Borrowing,
(B) the date of such Borrowing, (C) the allocation of the
Loans as Pool A Loans and Pool B Loans, and (D) the
Eligible Pool A Receivables and the Eligible Pool B
Receivables to be Pledged in connection with such Borrowing (and
upon such Borrowing, such Receivables shall be Pledged Receivables
hereunder). On the date of each Borrowing, the Lender
shall, upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in
Article III , make available to the Borrower on the
applicable Borrowing Date, no later than 2:00 P.M. (New York City
time), in same day funds, the amount of such Borrowing (net of
amounts payable to or for the benefit of the Lender), by payment
into the account which the Borrower has designated in
writing.
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Each Notice of
Borrowing delivered to the Lender pursuant to this
Section 2.02(b) shall be in an electronic file format
acceptable to the Lender (A) accompanied by a copy of the Notice of
Pledge (and the Receivables Schedule attached thereto), which was
sent to the Custodian pursuant to the terms of the Custodial
Agreement in connection with the pledge of Eligible Receivables to
be made in connection therewith and (B) specifying for each
Receivables pledged therein the information set forth on Exhibit B
hereto.
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The Loans shall
bear interest at the Interest Rate.
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Subject to
Section 2.15 and the other terms, conditions,
provisions and limitations set forth herein, the Borrower may
borrow, repay or prepay and reborrow Loans, on and after the date
hereof and prior to the earlier to occur of the Facility Maturity
Date and the Program Termination Date.
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Determinations
by the Lender of the existence of any Eurodollar Disruption Event
(any such determination to be communicated to the Borrower by
written notice from the Lender promptly after the Lender learns of
such event), or of the effect of any Eurodollar Disruption Event on
its making or maintaining Loans at the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate,
shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
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SECTION 2.03 Determination of Interest
Periods and Interest Rates.
(a) The initial Interest Period applicable
to any new Loan arising as a result of a Borrowing shall commence
on, and include, the date of such Borrowing and shall terminate on,
and include, the day immediately prior to the next occurring
Remittance Date or such earlier date as the Lender may determine
(an “ Early Interest Period Termination Date
”). All outstanding Pool A Loans allocated to one
or more initial Interest Periods or Rollover Interest Periods
maturing on the same date shall be combined and allocated to a
single Rollover Interest Period at the end of such initial Interest
Periods or Rollover Interest Periods. All outstanding
Pool B Loans allocated to one or more initial Interest Periods or
Rollover Interest Periods maturing on the same date shall be
combined and allocated to a single Rollover Interest Period at the
end of such initial Interest Periods or Rollover Interest
Periods. Each Rollover Interest Period shall commence
on, and include, the Remittance Date following the last day of the
immediately preceding Interest Period (or, if applicable, on an
Early Interest Period Termination Date) and shall terminate on, and
include, the day immediately prior to the next occurring Remittance
Date.
(b) The interest rate per annum (the
“ Interest Rate ”) applicable to any Loan for
any Interest Period shall be equal to the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate;
provided , however , that if the Lender shall have
notified the Borrower that a Eurodollar Disruption Event has
occurred, the Interest Rate for such Loan shall be equal to the
Base Rate until such Eurodollar Disruption Event has ceased, at
which time the Interest Rate shall again be equal to the Adjusted
Eurodollar Rate. Notwithstanding the
foregoing:
(c) upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of any Program Termination Event, the applicable
Interest Rate for all Interest Periods in effect at the time of
such occurrence shall convert to, and for all Interest Periods that
come into effect during the continuance of any Event of Default
shall be, the Default Funding Rate;
(d) upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of any Pool A Termination Event, the applicable
Interest Rate for all Interest Periods with respect to all Pool A
Loans in effect at the time of such occurrence shall
convert to, and for all Interest Periods with
respect to all Pool A Loans that come into effect during the
continuance of any Pool A Termination Event shall be, the Default
Funding Rate; and
(e) upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of any Pool B Termination Event, the applicable
Interest Rate for all Interest Periods with respect to all Pool B
Loans in effect at the time of such occurrence shall convert to,
and for all Interest Periods with respect to all Pool B Loans that
come into effect during the continuance of any Pool B Termination
Event shall be, the Default Funding Rate.
SECTION 2.04 Remittance Procedures
. The Servicer, as agent for the Lender, shall instruct
the Lender’s Bank and, if the Servicer fails to do so, the
Collateral Agent shall instruct the Lender’s Bank, to apply
funds on deposit in the Collection Account as described in this
Section 2.04 .
(a) Interest and Breakage Fees
. On each Business Day (including any Remittance Date),
the Servicer shall, and, if the Servicer fails to do so, the Lender
may direct the Lender’s Bank to, retain in the Collection
Account for transfer at the further direction of the Lender or any
duly authorized agent of the Lender (whether on such day or on a
subsequent day) collected funds in an amount equal to accrued and
unpaid interest through such day on the Loans not so previously
retained and the amount of any accrued and unpaid Breakage Fees
owed to the Lender on such day. On or before the last
day of each Interest Period, the Lender shall notify the Servicer
of the accrued and unpaid interest for such Interest Period and the
Servicer shall, on the last day of each Interest Period, direct the
Lender’s Bank to pay collected funds set aside in respect of
accrued and unpaid interest pursuant to this
Section 2.04(a) to the Lender (or the designee of the
Lender) in respect of payment of such accrued and unpaid interest
for such Interest Period. On any Business Day on which
an amount is set aside in respect of Breakage Fees pursuant to this
Section 2.04(a) , the Servicer shall direct the
Lender’s Bank to pay such funds to the Lender in payment of
such Breakage Fees.
(b) Interest Period Loan Principal
Repayment . The Servicer shall, and if the Servicer
fails to do so the Lender may, by 10:00 a.m. (St. Paul, Minnesota
time) on the last day of each Interest Period that is not a
Remittance Date, direct the Lender’s Bank to transfer
collected funds held by the Lender’s Bank in the Collection
Account on such date, to pay the Lender in payment (or partial
payment) of the outstanding principal amount of all Loans allocated
to such Interest Period, in an amount equal to the least of
(i) the amount of such collected funds held in the Collection
Account other than funds set aside pursuant to
Section 2.04(a) , (ii) the aggregate outstanding
principal amount of Loans allocated to such Interest Period,
(iii) if no Program Termination Event shall have occurred and
be continuing, an amount equal to the sum of (A) the excess,
if any, of the Facility Amount immediately prior to such
distribution, calculated solely with respect to Loans secured by
Pool A Receivables over the Pool A Borrowing Base and
(B) the excess, if any, of the Facility Amount immediately
prior to such distribution, calculated solely with respect to Loans
secured by Pool B Receivables over the Pool B Borrowing Base
(with respect to Pool A Loans and Pool B Loans
collectively, after giving effect to any Borrowing made on such
date and any distributions of amounts on deposit in the Collection
Account made on such date) or (iv) if no Program Termination
Event shall have occurred and be continuing, an amount equal to the
excess, if any, of the Facility Amount immediately prior to such
distribution over the lesser of (A) the Borrowing Base and
(B) the Borrowing Limit (after giving effect to any Borrowing
made on such date and any distributions of amounts on deposit in
the Collection Account made on such date).
(c) Remittance Date Transfers From
Collection Account . The Servicer shall, and if the
Servicer fails to do so the Collateral Agent shall, by 10:00 a.m.
(St. Paul, Minnesota time) on each Remittance Date, direct the
Lender’s Bank to transfer collected funds held by the
Lender’s Bank in the Collection Account which were remitted
to the Collection Account during the Collection Period with respect
to such Remittance Date (“ Available Funds ”),
in the following amounts and priority:
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to the
Borrower, in an amount equal to such funds which were paid by
Obligors with respect to their obligation under the related
Contracts to pay any taxes (it being agreed by the Borrower that
such amount shall be promptly paid to the taxing authorities
entitled thereto);
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to the related
Qualifying Swap Counterparty under each Qualifying Interest Rate
Swap, in an amount equal to (and for the payment of) all amounts
which are due and payable by the Borrower to such Qualifying Swap
Counterparty on such Remittance Date, pursuant to the terms of the
applicable Qualifying Interest Rate Swap or this Agreement, other
than any QSC Subordinated Termination Amounts which are due and
payable by the Borrower pursuant to the applicable Qualifying
Interest Rate Swap;
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on a pro rata
basis, to (x) the Backup Servicer in an amount equal to the
Standby Backup Servicer’s Fee (to the extent accrued and
unpaid as of the last day of the immediately preceding Fee Period)
at any time prior to the occurrence of a Servicer Default and the
appointment of the Backup Servicer as the Servicer hereunder and
(y) the Custodian, the Custodian’s Fee and (z) the
Lender’s Bank, the Lender’s Bank Fee;
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at any time
after the occurrence of a Servicer Default and the appointment of
the Backup Servicer as the Servicer hereunder, to the Backup
Servicer in an amount equal to (1) the Active Backup
Servicer’s Fees which are accrued and unpaid as of the last
day of the immediately preceding Fee Period plus (2) any Transition
Costs not previously reimbursed to the Backup Servicer plus (3) the
Active Backup Servicer’s Indemnified Amounts;
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to the Lender
in an amount equal to (and for the pro rata payment of)
(A) the Fees which are due and payable on such Remittance Date
pursuant to the terms of the Fee Letter and (B) any interest
on any Loan which is accrued and unpaid as of the last day of the
immediately preceding Fee Period;
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at any time
prior to the occurrence of a Servicer Default and the appointment
of the Backup Servicer as the Servicer hereunder, to the Servicer
in an amount equal to the Servicing Fee which is accrued and unpaid
as the last day of the immediately preceding Fee Period;
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to the Lender
(for application to the repayment of Loans Outstanding) in an
amount equal to the sum (in the following order, if the available
amount should be insufficient to pay in full such sum), without
duplication, of:
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(x) any
Borrowing Base Deficiency;
(y) the
excess of the aggregate Facility Amount hereunder, calculated
solely with respect to Loans secured by Pool A Receivables,
over the Pool A Borrowing Base; and
(z) the
excess of the aggregate Facility Amount hereunder, calculated
solely with respect to Loans secured by Pool B Receivables,
over the Pool B Borrowing Base;
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on a pro rata
basis, (A) to the Servicer in an amount equal to any Servicer
Advances (and amounts to be reimbursed as Servicer Advances
pursuant to Section 6.03 ) not previously reimbursed to
the Servicer and (B) to the Lender in an amount equal to the
aggregate amount of all other Obligations then due from the
Borrower to the Lender or any Affected Party hereunder for the
account of such parties as applicable (other than those specified
in clauses (ix) through (xii) below);
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on or after the
occurrence of the Program Termination Date (but prior to any
Program Termination Cure Event with respect to the Program
Termination Event related to such Program Termination Date), to the
Lender for the repayment of Loans Outstanding in an amount equal to
the lesser of (A) all remaining Available Funds in the
Collection Account and (B) an amount necessary to repay the
outstanding principal amount of all Loans in full;
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on or after the
occurrence of a Pool A Termination Event, to the Lender for
the repayment of Pool A Loans in an amount equal to the lesser
of (A) all remaining Available Funds in the Collection Account
and (B) an amount necessary to repay the outstanding principal
amount of all Pool A Loans in full;
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on or after the
occurrence of a Pool B Termination Event with respect to any
Underlying Originator, to the Lender for the repayment of
Pool B Loans related to such Underlying Originator in an
amount equal to the lesser of (A) all remaining Available
Funds in the Collection Account and (B) an amount necessary to
repay the outstanding principal amount of all Pool B Loans
related to such Underlying Originator in full;
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to the related
Qualifying Swap Counterparty under each Qualifying Interest Rate
Swap in an amount equal to (and for the payment of) any QSC
Subordinated Termination Payments which are due and payable by the
Borrower to such Qualifying Swap Counterparty on such Remittance
Date pursuant to the applicable Qualifying Interest Rate Swap;
and
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to the order of
the Borrower, any remaining amounts.
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(d) Borrower Deficiency Payments
. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
this Section 2.04 or in any other provision in this
Agreement, if, on any day prior to the Collection Date, the
Facility Amount shall exceed the Borrowing Limit, then the Borrower
shall remit to the Lender, prior to any Borrowing and in any event
no later than the close of business of the Lender on such day (or
if such day is not a Business Day, no later than the close of
business of the Lender on the next succeeding Business Day), a
payment (to be applied by the Lender to repay Loans selected by the
Lender, in its sole discretion), in such amount as may be necessary
to reduce the Facility Amount to an amount less than or equal to
the Borrowing Limit. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in this Section 2.04 or in any other
provision in this Agreement, if, on any day prior to the Collection
Date, the Facility Amount shall exceed the Borrowing Base, then the
Borrower shall (X) remit to the Lender, prior to any Borrowing
and in any event no later than the close of business of the Lender
on such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, no later than
the close of business of the Lender on the next succeeding Business
Day), a payment (to be applied by the Lender to repay Loans
selected by the Lender, in its sole discretion), in such amount as
may be necessary to reduce the Facility Amount to an amount less
than or equal to the Borrowing Base or (Y) Pledge additional
Eligible Receivables hereunder, prior to any Borrowing and in any
event no later than the close of business of the Lender on such day
(or if such day is not a Business Day, no later than the close of
business of the Lender on the next succeeding Business Day) in such
amount as may be necessary to increase the Borrowing Base to an
amount equal to or greater than the Facility Amount.
(e) Pool A Deficiency Payments
. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
this Section 2.04 or in any other provision in this
Agreement, if, on any day prior to the Collection Date, the
aggregate Facility Amount hereunder, calculated solely with respect
to Loans secured by Pool A Receivables, would exceed the
Pool A Borrowing Base, then the Borrower shall remit to the
Lender, prior to any Borrowing and in any event no later than the
close of business of the Lender on such day (or if such day is not
a Business Day, no later than the close of business of the Lender
on the next succeeding Business Day), a payment (to be applied by
the Lender to repay Loans with respect to Pool A Receivables
selected by the Lender, in its sole discretion), in such amount as
may be necessary to reduce such excess to zero.
(f) Pool B Deficiency Payments
. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
this Section 2.04 or in any other provision in this
Agreement, if, on any day prior to the Collection Date, the
aggregate Facility Amount hereunder, calculated solely with respect
to Loans secured by Pool B Receivables, would exceed the Pool
B Borrowing Base, then the Borrower shall remit to the Lender,
prior to any Borrowing and in any event no later than the close of
business of the Lender on such day (or if such day is not a
Business Day, no later than the close of business of the Lender on
the next succeeding Business Day), a payment (to be applied by the
Lender to repay Loans with respect to Pool B Receivables
selected by the Lender, in its sole discretion), in such amount as
may be necessary to reduce such excess to zero.
(g) Instructions to the Lender’s
Bank . All instructions and directions given to the
Lender’s Bank by the Servicer, the Borrower or the Lender
pursuant to this Section 2.04 shall be in writing
(including instructions and directions transmitted to the
Lender’s Bank in electronic format), and such written
instructions and directions shall be delivered with a written
certification that such instructions and directions are in
compliance with the provisions of this Section 2.04
. The Servicer and the Borrower shall immediately
transmit to the Lender by telecopy a copy of all instructions and
directions given to the Lender’s Bank by such party pursuant
to this Section 2.04 . The Lender shall
immediately transmit to the Servicer and the Borrower by telecopy a
copy of all instructions and directions given to the Lender’s
Bank by the Lender, pursuant to this Section 2.04
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SECTION 2.05 Security Deposit
Account.
(a) On or before the date hereof, the
Borrower shall enter into a Security Deposit Account Agreement and
open and maintain a segregated trust account (the “
Security Deposit Account ”) at the Lender’s
Bank, for the receipt of amounts representing any Security Deposits
with respect to any Pool A Contract by the related
Obligor. The Servicer shall promptly deposit into the
Security Deposit Account, all Security Deposits related to Pledged
Pool A Receivables which are in the possession of, or come into the
possession of, the Servicer or the Originator. Monies
received in the Security Deposit Account shall be invested in
Permitted Investments at the written direction of the Servicer or
the Lender (as determined in accordance with the Security Deposit
Account Agreement) during the term of this Agreement, and any
income or other gain realized from such investment shall be held in
the Security Deposit Account, subject to disbursement and
withdrawal as herein provided. No such Permitted
Investment shall mature later than the Business Day preceding the
next following Remittance Date and shall not be sold or disposed of
prior to its maturity. Monies shall be subject to
withdrawal in accordance with Section 2.05(d)
hereof.
(b) The Servicer shall provide to the
Borrower monthly written confirmation of investments of funds held
in the Security Deposit Account, describing the Permitted
Investments in which such amounts have been
invested. Any funds not so invested shall be insured by
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
(c) If any amounts invested as provided in
Section 2.05(a) hereof shall be subject to disbursement
from the Security Deposit Account as set forth in
Section 2.05(d) hereof, the Servicer shall cause such
investments of such Security Deposit Account to be sold or
otherwise converted to cash to the credit of such Security Deposit
Account. The Servicer shall not be liable for any
investment loss resulting from investment of money in the Security
Deposit Account in any Permitted Investment in accordance with the
terms hereof (other than in its capacity as obligor under any
Permitted Investment and other than to the extent such loss results
from the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of the
Servicer).
(d) Disbursements from the Security Deposit
Account shall be made, to the extent funds therefore are available,
only as follows:
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for deposit in
the Collection Account in accordance with the direction of the
Servicer prior to 2:00 p.m. New York time on the Business Day
prior to any Remittance Date to the extent that the Servicer, in
accordance with the terms of a Pool A Contract, has determined that
amounts in respect of a Security Deposit shall be applied as full
or partial Recoveries or, in its discretion, as a full or partial
Scheduled Payment under such Pool A Contract;
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the Security
Deposit with respect to a Pledged Pool A Receivable shall be paid
to or upon the order of the Servicer at any time that the Pool A
Contract with respect to which such Security Deposit has been made
is no longer a Pledged Pool A Receivable, whether through maturity
of such Pool A Contract or repurchase by the Servicer, for further
disposition by the Servicer in accordance with the terms of the
related Pool A Contract or applicable law; and
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any amounts
remaining in the Security Deposit Account upon the Collection Date
shall be distributed to or at the direction of the Servicer for
further disposition in accordance with the terms of the related
Contract or applicable law.
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SECTION 2.06 Cash Reserve Account
.
(a) From time to time after the date
hereof, the Borrower may enter into one or more Cash Reserve
Account Agreements and open and maintain a segregated trust account
(any such account, a “ Cash Reserve Account ”)
at the Lender’s Bank, for the receipt of amounts representing
any Cash Reserves funded with respect to any Pool B Contract. The
Servicer shall promptly deposit into the Cash Reserve Account, all
Cash Reserves related to Pledged Pool B Receivables which are
in the possession of, or come into the possession of, the Servicer
or the Originator. Monies received in any Cash Reserve
Account shall be invested in Permitted Investments at the written
direction of the Servicer or the Lender (as determined in
accordance with the Cash Reserve Account Agreement) during the term
of this Agreement, and any income or other gain realized from such
investment shall be held in such Cash Reserve Account, subject to
disbursement and withdrawal as herein provided. No such
Permitted Investment shall mature later than the Business Day
preceding the next following Remittance Date and shall not be sold
or disposed of prior to its maturity. Monies shall be
subject to withdrawal in accordance with
Section 2.06(d) hereof.
(b) The Servicer shall provide to the
Borrower monthly written confirmation of investments of funds held
in each Cash Reserve Account, describing the Permitted Investments
in which such amounts have been invested. Any funds not
so invested shall be insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation.
(c) If any amounts invested as provided in
Section 2.06(a) hereof shall be subject to disbursement
from a Cash Reserve Account as set forth in
Section 2.06(d) hereof, the Servicer shall cause such
investments of such Cash Reserve Account to be sold or otherwise
converted to cash to the credit of such Cash Reserve
Account. The Servicer shall not be liable for any
investment loss resulting from investment of money in the Cash
Reserve Account in any Permitted Investment in accordance with the
terms hereof (other than in its capacity as obligor under any
Permitted Investment and other than to the extent such loss results
from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the
Servicer).
(d) Disbursements from any Cash Reserve
Account shall be made, to the extent funds therefore are available,
only as follows:
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for deposit in
the Collection Account in accordance with the direction of the
Servicer prior to 2:00 p.m. New York time on the Business Day
prior to any Remittance Date to the extent that the Servicer, in
accordance with the terms of a Pool B Contract, has determined that
amounts in respect of a Cash Reserve shall be applied as full or
partial Recoveries or, in its discretion, as a full or partial
Scheduled Payment under such Pool B Contract;
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the Cash
Reserve with respect to a Pool B Contract shall be paid to or
upon the order of the Servicer at any time that the related
Pool B Loan has been repaid in full and the Pool B
Contract with respect to which such Cash Reserve has been made is
no longer a Pledged Receivable, whether through maturity of such
Contract or repurchase by the Servicer, for further disposition by
the Servicer in accordance with the terms of the related Pool B
Contract or applicable law; and
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any amounts
remaining in the Cash Reserve Account upon the Collection Date
shall be distributed to or at the direction of the Servicer for
further disposition in accordance with the terms of the related
Pool B Contract or applicable law.
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SECTION 2.07 Payments and Computations,
Etc . a) All amounts to be deposited or paid by the
Borrower or the Servicer to the Lender hereunder shall be paid or
deposited in accordance with the terms hereof no later than
12:00 noon (New York City time) on the day when due in lawful
money of the United States in immediately available funds to the
Collection Account or such other account as is designated by the
Lender. The Borrower shall, to the extent permitted by
law, pay to the Lender interest on all amounts not paid or
deposited when due hereunder (whether owing by the Borrower or the
Servicer) at the Base Rate, plus 2%, payable on demand;
provided , however , that such interest rate shall
not at any time exceed the maximum rate permitted by applicable
law. Such interest shall be for the account of the
Lender. Any Obligation hereunder shall not be reduced by
any distribution of any portion of Collections with respect to any
Pledged Receivable if at any time such distribution is rescinded or
returned by the Lender to the Borrower or any other Person for any
reason. All computations of interest and all
computations of Breakage Fee and other fees hereunder (including,
without limitation, the Fees, the Active Backup Servicer’s
Fee, the Standby Backup Servicer’s Fee, the Custodian’s
Fee and the Servicing Fee) shall be made on the basis of a year of
360 days (or 365 or 366 days for interest calculated at the
Base Rate) for the actual number of days (including the first but
excluding the last day) elapsed.
(b) Whenever any payment hereunder shall be
stated to be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment
shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and such
extension of time shall in such case be
included in the computation of payment of
interest or any fee payable hereunder, as the case may be;
provided , however , that with respect to the
calculation of interest, such extension of time shall not be
included in more than one Interest Period.
(c) If any Borrowing requested by the
Borrower and approved by the Lender pursuant to
Section 2.02 is not for any reason whatsoever, except
as a result of the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of the
Lender or an Affiliate thereof, made or effectuated, as the case
may be, on the date specified therefor, the Borrower shall
indemnify the Lender against any loss, cost or expense incurred by
the Lender related thereto (other than any such loss, cost or
expense solely due to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of
the Lender or an Affiliate thereof), including, without limitation,
any loss (including cost of funds and reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses), cost or expense incurred by reason of the liquidation or
reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by the Lender to
fund Loans or maintain Loans during such Interest
Period. The Lender shall provide to the Borrower
documentation setting forth the amounts of any loss, cost or
expense referred to in the previous sentence, such documentation to
be conclusive absent manifest error.
SECTION 2.08 Fees . a)
The Borrower shall pay the Lender certain fees (the “
Fees ”) in the amounts and on the dates set forth in a
fee letter (the “ Fee Letter ”), dated the date
hereof, among the Borrower and the Lender , as may be amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time
.
(b) All of the Fees payable pursuant to
this Section 2.08 (other than Fees payable on the date
hereof) shall be payable solely from amounts available for
application pursuant to, and subject to the priority of, payment
set forth in, Section 2.04 .
SECTION 2.09 Increased Costs; Capital
Adequacy . a) If, due to either (i) the
introduction of or any change (including, without limitation, any
change by way of imposition or increase of reserve requirements) in
or in the interpretation of any law or regulation (including,
without limitation, any law or regulation resulting in any interest
payments paid to a Lender under this Agreement being subject to
United States withholding tax) or (ii) the compliance with any
guideline or request from any central bank or other governmental
authority (whether or not having the force of law), there shall be
any increase in the cost to the Lender or any Affiliate, successor
or assign or participant thereof (each of which shall be an “
Affected Party ”) of agreeing to make or making,
funding or maintaining any Loan (or any reduction of the amount of
any payment (whether of principal, interest, fee, compensation or
otherwise) to any Affected Party hereunder), as the case may be,
the Borrower shall, from time to time, within ten days after
written demand complying with Section 2.09(c) by the
Lender, on behalf of such Affected Party, pay to the Lender, on
behalf of such Affected Party, additional amounts sufficient to
compensate such Affected Party for such increased costs or reduced
payments.
(b) If either (i) the introduction of
or any change in or in the interpretation of any law, guideline,
rule or regulation, directive, request or accounting principle or
(ii) the compliance by any Affected Party with any law,
guideline, rule, regulation, directive, request or accounting
principle from any central bank, other governmental authority,
agency or accounting authority (whether or not having the force of
law), including, without limitation, compliance by an Affected
Party with any request or directive regarding capital adequacy, has
or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on the
capital of any Affected Party, as a consequence of its obligations
hereunder or any related document or arising in connection herewith
or therewith to a level below that which any such Affected Party
could have achieved but for such introduction, change or compliance
(taking into consideration the policies of such Affected Party with
respect to capital adequacy), by an amount deemed by such Affected
Party to be material, then, from time to time, after demand by such
Affected Party (which demand shall be accompanied by a statement
setting forth the basis of such demand), the Lender shall be paid,
on behalf of such Affected Party (from Collections with respect to
Pledged Receivables pursuant to, and subject to the priority of
payment set forth in, Section 2.04 ), such additional
amounts as will compensate such Affected Party for such
reduction.
(c) In determining any amount provided for
in this Section 2.09 , the Affected Party may use any
reasonable averaging and attribution methods. The
Lender, on behalf of any Affected Party making a claim under this
Section 2.09 , shall submit to the Borrower a
certificate setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for and
the computations of such additional or increased costs, which
certificate shall be conclusive absent demonstrable
error.
(d) If, as a result of any event or
circumstance similar to those described in
Section 2.09(a) or 2.09(b) , any Affected Party
(that is a Lender) is required to compensate a bank or other
financial institution (including, without limitation, any Affiliate
of Morgan Stanley) providing liquidity support, credit enhancement
or other similar support to such Affected Party in connection with
this Agreement, then, upon demand by such Affected Party, the
Borrower shall pay, in accordance with Section 2.04 ,
to such Affected Party such additional amount or amounts as may be
necessary to reimburse such Affected Party for any amounts paid by
it, and shall notify each Qualified Swap Counterparty of such
payment.
SECTION 2.10 Collateral Assignment of
Agreements . The Borrower hereby collaterally
assigns to the Collateral Agent (and its successors and assigns)
for the benefit of the Secured Parties, all of the Borrower’s
right and title to and interest in, to and under (but not any
obligations under) the Purchase and Sale Agreement, each Qualifying
Interest Rate Swap, the Contract related to each Pledged
Receivable, all other agreements, documents and instruments
evidencing, securing or guarantying any Pledged Receivable and all
other agreements, documents and instruments related to any of the
foregoing (the “ Assigned Documents
”). Without limiting any obligation of the
Servicer hereunder, the Borrower confirms and agrees that the
Collateral Agent (or any designee thereof, including, without
limitation, the Servicer), following an Event of Default or a
Program Termination Event, shall have the right to enforce the
Borrower’s rights and remedies under each Assigned Document,
but without any obligation on the part of the Collateral Agent or
any of its Affiliates to perform any of the obligations of the
Borrower under any such Assigned Document. In addition,
each of the Servicer and the Borrower confirms and agrees that the
Servicer and the Borrower will, upon receipt of notice or discovery
thereof, promptly send to the Collateral Agent a notice of
(i) any breach of any representation, warranty, agreement or
covenant under any such Assigned Document or (ii) any event or
occurrence that, upon notice, or upon the passage of time or both,
would constitute such a breach, in each case, immediately upon
learning thereof. The parties hereto agree that such
assignment to the Collateral Agent shall terminate upon the
Collection Date.
SECTION 2.11 Grant of a Security
Interest . To secure the prompt and complete payment
when due of the Obligations and the performance by the Borrower of
all of the covenants and obligations to be performed by it pursuant
to this Agreement, the Borrower hereby (i) collaterally
assigns and pledges to the Collateral Agent (and its successors and
assigns), for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and
(ii) grants a security interest to the Collateral Agent (and
its successors and assigns), for the benefit of the Secured
Parties, in all property of the Borrower, whether tangible or
intangible and whether now owned or existing or hereafter arising
or acquired and wheresoever located (collectively, the “
Pledged Assets ”), including, without limitation, all
of the Borrower’s right, title and interest in, to and
under:
(a) all Pool A Receivables and
Pool B Receivables purchased by (or otherwise transferred or
pledged pursuant to the terms of the Purchase and Sale Agreement)
to the Borrower under the Purchase and Sale Agreement from time to
time (such Pool A Receivables, the “ Pledged
Pool A Receivables ”, and such Pool B
Receivables, the “ Pledged Pool B Receivables
”), all Other Conveyed Property related to the Pledged
Receivables purchased by (or otherwise transferred or pledged
pursuant to the terms of the Purchase and Sale Agreement) to the
Borrower under the Purchase and Sale Agreement, all Related
Security related to the Pledged Receivables, all interest of the
Borrower in all Obligor Collateral related to the Pledged
Receivables (together with all security interests in and insurance
proceeds related to such Obligor Collateral and all proceeds from
the disposition of such Obligor Collateral, whether by sale to the
related Obligors or otherwise), any Security Deposits or Cash
Reserve related to such Pledged Receivables, all Collections and
other monies due and to become due under the Contracts (and, if
applicable, Underlying Contracts) related to the Pledged
Receivables received on or after the date such Pledged Receivables
were purchased by (or purportedly purchased by) the Borrower under
the Purchase and Sale Agreement;
(b) the Assigned Documents, including, in
each case, without limitation, all monies due and to become due to
the Borrower under or in connection therewith;
(c) the Collection Account, the Lockbox,
the Lockbox Account, the Security Deposit Account, each Cash
Reserve Account and all other bank and similar accounts relating to
Collections with respect to Pledged Receivables (whether now
existing or hereafter established) and all funds held therein, and
all investments in and all income from the investment of funds in
the Collection Account, the Lockbox Account, the Security Deposit
Account, each Cash Reserve Account and such other
accounts;
(d) the Records relating to any Pledged
Receivables;
(e) all UCC financing statements filed by
the Borrower against the Originator under or in connection with the
Purchase and Sale Agreement;
(g) each Qualifying Interest Rate Swap, any
other interest rate protection agreement entered into with respect
to the transactions contemplated under the RLSA and, in each case,
all payments thereunder;
(h) all Liquidation Proceeds relating to
any Pledged Receivables; and
(i) all proceeds of the foregoing property
described in clauses (a) through (g) above, including
interest, dividends, cash, instruments and other property from time
to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of
or in exchange for or on account of the sale or other disposition
of any or all of the then existing Pledged Receivables.
The Borrower
hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent to file financing statements
describing as the collateral covered thereby as "all of the
debtor's personal property or assets" or words to that effect,
notwithstanding that such wording may be broader in scope than the
collateral described in this Agreement.
SECTION 2.12 Evidence of Debt
. The Lender shall maintain an account or accounts
evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to the Lender resulting
from each Loan owing to the Lender from time to time, including the
amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to the Lender
from time to time hereunder. The entries made in such
account(s) of the Lender shall be conclusive and binding for all
purposes, absent manifest error.
SECTION 2.13 Release of Pledged
Receivables . a) Subject to Section 2.15
hereof, upon the repayment of any Loan, the Borrower may obtain the
release of any Pledged Receivable and the related Other Conveyed
Property or Related Security securing such Loan (including, without
limitation, the release of any security interest of the Collateral
Agent or the Borrower therein) by depositing into an account
designated by the Lender the Release Price therefor on the date of
such repayment; provided , that the foregoing release shall
only be available if, after giving effect thereto and the
application of the proceeds thereof in accordance with the terms
hereof, there shall not be a Borrowing Base Deficiency, Program
Termination Event, Pool A Termination Event or a Pool B
Termination Event (and such Pool B Termination Event is
related to such Pledged Receivable), or an event that but for
notice or lapse of time or both would constitute any of the
foregoing events.
(b) The Borrower shall notify the
Collateral Agent of any Release Price to be paid pursuant to this
Section 2.13 on the Business Day on which such Release
Price shall be paid specifying the Pledged Receivables to be
released and the Release Price.
(c) Promptly after the Collection Date has
occurred, the Collateral Agent shall re-assign and transfer to the
Borrower, for no consideration but at the sole expense of the
Borrower, their respective remaining interests in the Pledged
Assets, free and clear of any Adverse Claim resulting solely from
an act by the Collateral Agent but without any other representation
or warranty, express or implied, by or recourse against the
Collateral Agent.
SECTION 2.14 Treatment of Amounts Paid
by the Borrower . Amounts paid by the Borrower
pursuant to Section 2.13 on account of Pledged
Receivables shall be treated as payments on Pledged Receivables
hereunder.
SECTION 2.15 Prepayment; Certain
Indemnification Rights; Termination . a) The
Borrower may prepay, in whole or in part, the outstanding principal
amount of any Loans advanced hereunder. Any amounts so
prepaid shall be applied to repay the outstanding principal amount
of Loans allocated to an Interest Period or Interest Periods
selected by the Lender. Amounts prepaid pursuant to this
Section 2.15(a) may be reborrowed in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement. If the Borr
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