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RECEIVABLES
LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
Dated
as of November 1, 2007
Among
LEAF
CAPITAL FUNDING III, LLC,
as the Borrower
and
LEAF
FINANCIAL CORPORATION,
as the Servicer
and
MORGAN
STANLEY BANK
as Class A Lender and Collateral Agent
and
MORGAN
STANLEY ASSET FUNDING INC.
as Class B Lender
and
U.S.
BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as the Custodian and the Lenders’ Bank
and
LYON
FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. (D/B/A U.S. BANK PORTFOLIO
SERVICES),
as the Backup Servicer
This
RECEIVABLES LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT is made as of November
1, 2007, among:
(1) LEAF
CAPITAL FUNDING III, 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, as Class A Lender (“ Morgan Stanley
” and a “ Lender ” hereunder) and
Collateral Agent (as defined herein);
(4) MORGAN
STANLEY ASSET FUNDING INC., as Class B Lender (a “
Lender ” hereunder and, together with Morgan
Stanley, the “ Lenders ”);
(5) U.S.
BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as the Custodian and the
Lenders’ Bank (as each such term is defined herein);
and
(6) LYON
FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. (d/b/a U.S. Bank Portfolio Services),
a Minnesota corporation, as the Backup Servicer (as defined
herein).
IT
IS AGREED as follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
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 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)
$7,000. 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
1.50%.
“
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 (or portion thereof)
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 Reuters LIBOR01 Page (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 each
applicable 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 such Lender that, in such
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.
“
Aggregate Advance Amount ” means the Class A
Advance Amount plus the Class B Advance Amount.
“
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.
“
Amortized Equipment Cost ” means, (i) with
respect to all Eligible Receivables (a) as of the Borrowing
Date, the present value of the remaining Scheduled Payments
under all Eligible Receivables (including any Balloon Payment
or Put Payment), discounted monthly at the rate at which the
present value of all Scheduled Payments under all Eligible
Receivables (including any Balloon Payment or Put Payment)
equals the Purchase Price and, (b) as of any subsequent date
of determination, shall mean the present value of the then
remaining Scheduled Payments under all Eligible Receivables
(including any Balloon
Payment or Put Payment) discounted monthly at the
aforementioned discount rate, and (ii) with respect to an
Eligible Receivable (a) as of the Borrowing Date, the present
value of the remaining
Scheduled
Payments under such Eligible Receivable (including any Balloon
Payment or Put Payment), discounted monthly at the rate at which
the present value of all Scheduled Payments under all Eligible
Receivables (including any Balloon Payment
or Put Payment) equals the Purchase Price and, (b) as of any
subsequent date of determination, shall mean the present value of
the then remaining Scheduled Payments under such Eligible
Receivable (including any Balloon Payment or Put Payment)
discounted monthly at the aforementioned discount
rate.
“
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.
“
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 Lenders 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 (which
constitutes a loan) equal to the principal amount under such
Contract which remains outstanding after the payment of all
regular scheduled payments of principal during the term of
such 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:
(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
(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 Class A 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 Class A 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 Class A 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 the borrowing of the Class A
Loan and the Class B Loan under this Agreement.
“
Borrowing Date ” means, with respect to the
Borrowing, the date on which the Borrowing is
funded.
“
Borrowing Limit ” means on the Borrowing Date,
the lesser of (i) the Facility Limit and (ii) the Maximum
Advance Amount, and at any time the Aggregate Advance Amount,
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 each Lender in respect
of such Loans for such Interest Period and, if applicable,
(B) the income, if any, received by the Lenders from each
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 Lenders 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
Lenders, 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.
“
Certificate of Title ” means with respect to a
Vehicle, an original certificate of title issued by the
Registrar of Titles of the applicable State.
“
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 or
the Borrower merges or consolidates with any other Person
without the prior written consent of the Lenders, (v) the
initial Servicer or the Originator merges or consolidates with
any other Person and the initial Servicer 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
Lenders in writing within 90 days of any such
event.
“
Check-in Repurchase Event ” has the meaning set
forth in Section 5.02(e) .
“
Check-in Requirements ” means the procedures set
forth in Section 5.02 of this Agreement.
“
Class A Advance Amount ” means
$333,380,316.91.
“
Class A Facility Limit ” means, at any time, with
respect to the Class A Notes, the product of (x) 97.10%, (y)
89%, and (z) the Amortized Equipment Cost with respect to all
Pledged Receivables that are Eligible
Receivables.
“
Class A Interest Rate ” means (i) from the
Closing Date through August 7, 2008, the Adjusted Eurodollar
Rate plus 2.00%; (ii) from August 8, 2008 through the Facility
Maturity Date, the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate plus 2.50%; and
(iii) from and after the Facility Maturity Date or at any time
upon the occurrence and continuation of any Event of Default
or any Termination Event, the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate plus
3.00%.
“
Class A Lender ” means the Lender in respect of
the Class A Loan.
“
Class A Loan ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.01(a) .
“
Class A Note ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.01(b) .
“
Class B Advance Amount ” means
$33,712,616.32.
“
Class B Interest Rate ” means (i) from the
Closing Date through August 7, 2008, the Adjusted Eurodollar
Rate plus 10.00%; (ii) from August 8, 2008 through the
Facility Maturity Date, the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate plus
12.50%; and (iii) from and after the Facility Maturity Date or
at any time upon the occurrence and continuation of any Event
of Default or any Termination Event, the Adjusted Eurodollar
Rate plus 15.00%.
“
Class B Lender ” means the Lender in respect of
the Class B Loan.
“
Class B Loan ” means the sum of the Class B
Advance Amount plus $1,000,000.
“
Class B Note ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.01(b) .
“
Closing Date ” means November 7,
2007.
“
Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended.
“
Collateral Agent ” means the Class A Lender, in
its capacity as collateral agent on behalf of the Secured
Parties.
“
Collateral Agent’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 amount
listed in the Fee Letter.
“
Collateral Receipt ” has the meaning assigned to
that term in the Custodial Agreement.
“
Collection Account ” means a special trust
account (account number 119320000 at the Lenders’ 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
Lenders’ Bank and the Lenders, 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.
“
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
related to such Receivable, all prepayments and related
penalty payments with respect to the Contract related to such
Receivable, all overdue payments and related interest and
penalty payments with respect to the Contract 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 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 Eligible Receivables Balance.
“
Contract ” means a Lease Contract or a Loan
Contract.
“
Controlling Holders ” means, so long as any
amounts payable hereunder to the holders of the Class A Notes
remain outstanding, the holders of a majority of the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the Class A Notes, and
thereafter, so long as any amounts payable hereunder to the
holders of the Class B Notes remain outstanding, the holders
of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Class B
Notes.
“
Credit and Collection Policy ” means (i)
collectively, the “Operations Policies &
Procedures” memorandum 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.
“
Custodial Agreement ” means that certain
Custodial Agreement dated as of the date hereof among the
Servicer, the Borrower, the Lenders 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 Lenders 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 23, 2007 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.
“
Defaulted Receivable ” means, as of any date of
determination, any Pledged Receivable:
(i) 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;
(ii) with
respect to which the first or second Scheduled Payment is not
paid in full when due under the related Contract;
(iii) 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;
(iv) which
has been or should be charged off as a result of the
occurrence of a Bankruptcy Event with respect to the related
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
(v) with
respect to which the Servicer has repossessed the related
Equipment.
“
Deficiency ” has the meaning assigned to that
term in the Custodial Agreement.
“
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) aggregate Discounted
Balances of all Pledged Receivables which are Eligible
Receivables 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) 7.20% per
annum, (ii) 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, (iii) 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 (iv) a rate per annum equal to
0.05%.
“
Discounted Balance ” means, with respect to any
Contract, as of any date of determination, the present value
of the aggregate amount of 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 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
to such date of determination at an annual rate equal to the
Discount Rate.
“
Dollar Purchase Option Contract ” means a
Contract (i) in connection with which an agreement was
executed which grants the related Obligor a right to purchase
the Equipment leased under such Contract for $1.00 or other
nominal consideration at the end of the initial term of such
Contract or (ii) grants the related Obligor a right to
purchase the 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 Receivable ” means, at any time, a
Pledged Receivable with respect to which each of the
representations and warranties regarding the Contract related
to such Pledged Receivable contained in
Schedule III hereto is true and correct at such
time.
“
Eligible Receivables Balance ” means, at any
time, the aggregate Discounted Balances of all Eligible
Receivables which are Pledged Receivables hereunder to secure
Loans at such time.
“
Equipment ” means the equipment or Vehicle 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.
“
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 Lenders (which such consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld).
“
Equity Investment ” means
$10,210,637.42.
“
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 any 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 any 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 such Lender of making, funding or maintaining any Loan
or (iii) the inability of any 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 Reuters LIBOR01 Page (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 Report ” has the meaning set forth in
the Custodial Agreement.
“
Exception Sublimit Receivable ” means a
Receivable arising under a Lease Contract related to Equipment
having an Amortized Equipment 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.
“
Excluded Assets ” means all Receivables and other
assets acquired by the Originator pursuant to the FDIC
Purchase Agreement which are not Pledged Assets.
“
Exit Fee ” has the meaning set forth in the Fee
Letter.
“
Facility Amount ” means, at any time, the
difference between the aggregate Loans Outstanding hereunder
minus $1,000,000 (the deferred, capitalized portion of the
Class B Arrangement Fee (as defined in the Fee Letter) payable
by the Borrower to the Class B Lender).
“
Facility Deficiency ” means, at any time, that
either: (i) the Class A Facility Limit is less than the
aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Class A Notes,
or (ii) the Facility Limit is less than the Facility Amount;
an amount equal to the amount of such deficiency,
respectively.
“
Facility Limit ” means, at any time, with respect
to the Class A Notes and the Class B Notes, collectively, the
product of (x) 97.10%, (y) 98%, and (z) the Amortized
Equipment Cost with respect to all Pledged Receivables that
are Eligible Receivables.
“
Facility Limit 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 Lenders pursuant to Section 6.10(c)
.
“
Facility Maturity Date ” means November 1, 2008,
unless extended by the Lenders in their sole discretion, at
the written request of the Borrower, by written notice to the
other parties hereto.
“
FDIC Documents ” has the meaning specified in the
Purchase and Sale Agreement.
“
FDIC Purchase Agreement ” means the Loan Sale
Agreement between Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, as
Receiver of Netbank and the Originator with respect to the
Pledged Receivables and other assets.
“
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 7,
2007.
“
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 which (i) in
connection with which any agreement was executed which grants
the related Obligor a right to purchase the Equipment leased
under such Contract for the fair market value thereof at the
end of the initial term of such Contract or (ii) grants
the related Obligor a right to purchase the 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.
“
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.
“
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
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 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) the standard form
equipment lease contract of NBBF in the form delivered to the
Servicer and the Lenders and which shall be deemed
incorporated herein as Exhibit D-1 attached hereto or
(ii) 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 NBBF or Originator,
together with all schedules, supplements and amendments
thereto and each other document and instrument related to such
lease.
“
Lease File ” has the meaning assigned to that
term in clause (a) of the definition of
“Receivable File”.
“
Lender ” means, any one of and
“Lenders” means all of, the Class A Lender and the
Class B Lender, and each such Person’s successors and
assigns.
“
Lenders’ Bank ” means U.S. Bank National
Association and its successors and assigns that are Eligible
Depository Institutions.
“
Lenders’ 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
$6,000. The “Lenders’ 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 Lenders’ 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 either of the Class A Loan or the
Class B Loan and “ Loans ” means the Class
A Loan and the Class B Loan.
“
Loan Contract ” means, (i) the standard form
equipment loan/security contract of NBBF delivered to the
Servicer and the Lenders and which shall be deemed
incorporated herein as Exhibit D-2 and Exhibit
D-3 or (ii) a loan/security agreement and promissory note
otherwise approved by the Servicer in compliance with the
Credit and Collection Policy, in each case, pursuant to which
NBBF or 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.
“
Loan File ” has the meaning assigned to that term
in clause (b) of the definition of “Receivable
File”.
“
Loans Outstanding ” means the sum of the
principal amounts of all Loans, as 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 Lenders 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 any 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.
“
Maximum Advance Amount ” means, on the Borrowing
Date, $367,092,933.23.
“
Minimum Equity Requirement ” means
$10,000,000.
“
Minimum Tangible Net Worth ” means, with respect
to Resource America, a Tangible Net Worth (measured as of each
fiscal quarter end) of not less than
$125,000,000.
“
Monthly Remittance Report ” means a report, in
substantially the form of Exhibit C , furnished by
the Servicer to the Lenders 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 ” means NetBank, FSB, Alpharetta,
Georgia, a federally chartered savings bank.
“
NBBF ” means NetBank Business Finance, a division
of NetBank. All references to NBBF shall also mean
NetBank or any other applicable division thereof.
“
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.
“
Notes ” has the meaning assigned to that term in
Section 2.01(b) hereof.
“
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,
the Notes 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 and (iii) any other
property pledged by an Obligor to secure its obligations under
a Loan Contract.
“
Obligor Financing Statement ” means a UCC
financing statement filed by Originator or the Underlying
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 Lenders, 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 Lenders, is acceptable
in form and substance to the Lenders.
“
Originator ” means LEAF Funding, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company and/or the Partnership.
“
Originator Insurance Agreement ” means that
certain letter agreement regarding the Originator’s
obligations as named loss payee under Insurance Policies,
dated as of the date hereof, among the Originator, the
Servicer, the Borrower and the Lenders, as such agreement may
from time to time be amended, restated, supplemented and/or
otherwise modified in accordance with the terms
thereof.
“
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 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) 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 (ix) 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.
“
Other Swap Breakage Cost ” has the meaning
assigned to that term in Section 2.15
hereof.
“
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 Lenders (such consent not
to be unreasonably withheld), the Partnership or any
subsidiary thereof or of the initial Servicer (each, a
“Permitted Transferee”) which acquires all of the
membership interests of the Borrower.
“
Partnership ” means, LEAF Equipment Leasing
Income Fund III, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership.
“
Permitted Investments ” means any one or more of
the following:
(i) 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;
(ii) repurchase
obligations (the collateral for which is held by a third party
or the Collateral Agent), 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;
(iii) 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;
(iv) 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;
(v) money
market mutual funds, including funds managed by the
Lenders’ 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
(vi) any
other investments approved in writing by the
Lenders.
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 Lenders’ Bank or through
an Affiliate of the Lenders’ Bank.
“
Permitted Liens ” means 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.
“
Permitted Transferee ” has the meaning given to
such term in the definition of “Owner”
herein.
“
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 ” has the meaning assigned to
that term in Section 2.11(a) .
“
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.
“
Priority Documents ” means, (i) with respect to a
Lease Contract, 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) and the item listed in
clause (4) of subsection (a)(i) of the definition of
Receivable File, and (ii) with respect to a Loan Contract, the
items listed in clauses (1), (2) and (4) of subsection (b)(i)
of the definition of Receivable File. The term
“Priority Documents” shall also include a machine
copy of the existing Certificate of Title with respect to any
Vehicle subject to a Contract.
“
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 Lenders upon the occurrence of a
Program Termination Event.
“
Program Termination Event ” means the occurrence
of any of the following events:
(i) a
regulatory, tax or accounting body has ordered that the
activities of any Lender or any Affiliate thereof contemplated
hereby be terminated or, as a result of any other event or
circumstance, the activities of any Lender or any Affiliate
contemplated hereby may reasonably be expected to cause such
Lender or the Person, if any, then acting as the administrator
or the manager for such Lender or any of its Affiliates to
suffer materially adverse regulatory, accounting or tax
consequences;
(ii) an
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;
(iii) Reserved;
(iv) the
Annualized Default Rate exceeds 3.5%;
(v) the
rolling weighted average of the Delinquency Rates in respect
of any three consecutive Collection Periods exceeds
4.0%;
(vi) the
Annualized Net Loss Rate exceeds 3.5%;
(vii) Reserved;
(viii) Reserved;
(ix) Reserved;
(x) a
Servicer Default has occurred and is continuing;
or
(xi)
(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 Lenders within 45 days and
(B) is not replaced within 45 days by a replacement
acceptable to the Lenders 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
(xii) the
occurrence of three or more Termination Events.
“
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.
“
Purchase Date ” has the meaning set forth in the
Purchase and Sale Agreement.
“
Purchase Price ” means
$385,772,014.15.
“
Put Payment ” means with respect to any 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 of the related
Equipment at the end of the term of such lease.
“
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 Lenders 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 the 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 Lenders or
(Y) an alternative interest rate hedging agreement agreed
to in writing by the Borrower and the Lenders.
“
Qualifying Swap Counterparty ” means Morgan
Stanley Capital Services Inc. (or any successors or permitted
assigns), any Lender or any Affiliate of a
Lender.
“
Rating Agencies ” means Moody’s, S&P
and Fitch, or any other nationally recognized statistical
rating organizations as may be designated by the
Lenders.
“
Receivable ” means the rights to all payments
from an Obligor under 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.
“
Receivable File ” means with respect to each
Receivable:
(a) if
such Receivable is related to a Lease Contract the following
items (collectively, a “ Lease File
”):
(i) (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 Amortized Equipment Cost in
excess of $50,000, (3) a true copy of the Insurance
Certificate if such Receivable is related to Equipment with an
Amortized Equipment Cost in excess of $100,000, (4) other
than with respect to a Lease Contract related to Equipment
which has an Amortized Equipment 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
(ii) copies
of any additional documents, other than servicing related
documents, that the Borrower keeps on file with respect to
such Receivable;
(b) if
such Receivable is related to a Loan Contract the following
items (collectively, a “ Loan File
”):
(i) (1) the
original, executed payment schedule or promissory note (if
any), (2) a true, executed copy of the related
“Master Agreement” or “Finance
Agreement”, (3) a true copy of the related
Insurance Certificate if such Receivable is related to
Equipment with an Amortized Equipment Cost in excess of
$100,000 and (4) other than with respect to a Receivable
related to Equipment which has an Amortized Equipment 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
(ii) copies
of any additional documents, other than servicing related
documents, that the Borrower keeps on file with respect to
such Receivable;
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:
(i) any
and all security interests or liens and property subject
thereto from time to time securing or purporting to secure
payment of such Receivable;
(ii) 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
(iii) all
proceeds of the foregoing.
“
Release Price ” means, with respect to a Pledged
Receivable to be released hereunder, an amount equal to the
present value of the then remaining Scheduled Payments under
such Pledged Receivables (including any Balloon Payment or Put
Payment) discounted monthly at the discount rate used in
calculating the Amortized Equipment Cost, plus interest
accrued thereon 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 (7 th ) day
of each month beginning December, 2007, 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.
“
Reuters LIBOR01 Page ” means the display page so
designated on the Reuters Monitor Money Rates Service or any
other page that may replace that page on that service for the
purpose of displaying comparable rates or prices.
“
Resource America ” means Resource America, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation.
“
Rollover Interest Period ” means any Interest
Period other than any Interest Period applicable to the Loan
arising as a result of the Borrowing on the 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 Class A Lender, the
Class B Lender, the Servicer, the Backup Servicer, the
Custodian, the Lenders’ Bank, each Qualified Swap
Counterparty and their respective successors and
assigns.
“
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:
(i) 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;
(ii) 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;
(iii) 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;
(iv) the
occurrence of an Event of Default;
(v) the
occurrence of a Program Termination Event described in
clauses (iv), (v), (vi) or (xii) of the definition of
Program Termination Events; or
(vi) the
occurrence of any Bankruptcy Event in respect of the
Servicer.
“
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 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%.
“
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 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)
$2,000. The “Standby Backup Servicer’s
Fee” shall also include (i) a one-time acceptance fee of
$5,000 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
.0150%.
“
State ” means one of the fifty states of the
United States or the District of Columbia.
“
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, plus (ii) to the extent
not otherwise included in such consolidated net worth,
unsecured subordinated Debt of such Person and its
consolidated subsidiaries, the terms and conditions of
which
are reasonably satisfactory to the Lenders, 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.
“
Termination Event ” means the occurrence, on or
after 60 days after the Borrowing Date, of any of the
following events:
(i) the
rolling weighted average of the Delinquency Rates in respect
of any three consecutive Collection Periods, calculated by the
Lenders solely with respect to Receivables, exceeds
3.5%;
(ii) the
Annualized Default Rate, calculated by (or in a manner
satisfactory to) the Lenders solely with respect to
Receivables, exceeds 4.0%; or
(iii) the
Annualized Net Loss Rate exceeds 3.5%.
“
Titling Requirements ” means, (i) in the case of
any Vehicle leased or sold to an Obligor pursuant to a
Contract, the Certificate of Title for such Vehicle indicates
the Obligor, as owner, and the Borrower or an Approved
Lienholder, as lienholder, or (ii) in the event that any
Vehicle leased or sold to an Obligor pursuant to a Contract
indicates NBBF, as owner, on the related Certificate of Title,
then within 90 days after the Closing Date the Certificate of
Title for such Vehicle shall indicate the Borrower, as owner,
and an Approved Lienholder, as lienholder.
“
Transaction Documents ” means this Agreement, the
Purchase and Sale Agreement, the Lockbox Intercreditor
Agreement, the Collection Account Agreement, the Fee Letter,
the Custodial Agreement, the Originator Insurance Agreement,
the FDIC Documents, the Class A Notes, the Class B Notes, each
lease bailment agreement with a sub-custodian, 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 Originator ” means Netbank or other
originator of a Contract, other than the Originator, engaged,
in the ordinary course of business in providing financing to
Obligors for the purposes of acquiring or leasing the related
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.
“
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, or any other equipment, ownership of which is
subject to a motor vehicle certificate of title
statute.
“
Warehouse Facility ” means the facility in the
aggregate amount of up to $250,000,000, as evidenced by the
Receivables Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of October
31, 2006, among Resource Capital Funding II, LLC as borrower,
LEAF Financial, Morgan Stanley Bank, as lender and U.S. Bank
National Association, as same may be modified, amended, or
supplemented from time to time.
“
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.”
ARTICLE
II
THE RECEIVABLES FACILITY
SECTION
2.01
Borrowings . b) On the Borrowing
Date, subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set
forth, the Class A Lender and the Class B Lender shall make
the term loan in principal amounts equal to (i) in the case of
the Class A Lender, the Class A Advance Amount (the “
Class A Loan ” and a “ Loan
”), and (ii) in the case of the Class B Lender, the
Class B Advance Amount, respectively, to the Borrower secured
by Pledged Assets. On the Borrowing Date, no Loan shall be
made if (i) the Aggregate Advance Amount shall exceed the
Maximum Advance Amount, (ii) any Program Termination Event or
an event that but for notice or lapse of time or both would
constitute a Program Termination Event shall have occurred and
be continuing or (iii) the Facility Amount, after giving
effect to such Borrowing, would exceed the Borrowing
Limit.
(b) The
Class A Loan shall be evidenced by a promissory note
substantially in the form of Exhibit H-1 (a “ Class A
Note ” and collectively the “ Class A
Notes ”) and the Class B Loan shall be evidenced by
a promissory note substantially in the form of Exhibit H-2 (a
“ Class B Note ” and collectively the
“ Class B Notes ” and, together with the
Class A Notes, collectively, the “ Notes
”).
SECTION
2.02
The Borrowing .
(a) [Reserved]
(b) i) The
Borrowing shall be made on at least two (2) Business
Days’ irrevocable written notice from the Borrower to
the applicable Lender (such written notice, the “
Notice of Borrowing ”), provided that such Notice
of Borrowing is received by such 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. The Notice of Borrowing shall specify
(A) the aggregate amount of the Borrowing, (B) the
date of the Borrowing, (C) the allocation of the Loans as
Class A Loans and Class B Loans and (D) in an electronic
file acceptable to the Lenders, the Eligible Receivables to be
Pledged in connection with the Borrowing (and upon the
Borrowing, such Receivables shall be Pledged Receivables
hereunder). On the date of the Borrowing, upon
satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in
Article III the Class A Lender and the Class B Lender
shall make available to the Borrower the portion of the
Borrowing constituting the Class A Advance Amount and the
Class B Advance Amount, respectively, on the Borrowing Date,
no later than 2:00 P.M. (New York City time), in same day
funds (net of amounts payable to or for the benefit of each
related Lender), by payment into the account which the
Borrower has designated in writing.
(ii) The
Notice of Borrowing delivered to a Lender pursuant to this
Section 2.02(b) shall be in an electronic file
format acceptable to such 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.
(iii) The
Class A Loan shall bear interest at the Class A Interest Rate
and the Class B Loan shall bear interest at the Class B
Interest Rate.
(iv) The
Borrower may not reborrow any amounts that are repaid with
respect to the Loans.
(v) Determinations
by any Lender of the existence of any Eurodollar Disruption
Event (any such determination to be communicated to the
Borrower and the other Lender by written notice from such
Lender promptly after such 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 or the Base
Rate, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
SECTION
2.03
Determination of Interest Periods and Interest Rates
.
(a) The
initial Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing shall
commence on, and include, the date of the Borrowing and shall
terminate on, and include, the day immediately prior to the
next occurring Remittance Date or such earlier date as the
Lenders may determine (an “ Early Interest Period
Termination Date ”). All outstanding
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 applicable Class A Interest Rate (for the
Class A Notes) or the applicable Class B Interest Rate (for
the Class B Notes); provided , however , that if
a Lender shall have notified the Borrower that a Eurodollar
Disruption Event has occurred, the Interest Rate for all Loans
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 applicable Class A Interest Rate
and applicable Class B Interest Rate.
SECTION
2.04
Remittance Procedures . The Servicer, as
agent for the Lenders, shall instruct the Lenders’ Bank
and, if the Servicer fails to do so, the Collateral Agent
shall instruct the Lenders’ 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 Lenders may
direct the Lenders’ Bank to, retain in the Collection
Account for transfer at the further direction of the Lenders
or any duly authorized agent of the Lenders (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 each Lender on such
day. On or before the last day of each Interest
Period, the Lenders 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
Lenders’ Bank to pay collected funds set aside in
respect of accrued and unpaid interest pursuant to this
Section 2.04(a) to each Lender (or the designee of
such 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 Lenders’ Bank to pay such
funds to the Lenders in payment of such Breakage
Fees.
(b)
Interest Period Loan Principal Repayment
. The Servicer shall, and if the Servicer fails to
do so the Lenders 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 Lenders’ Bank to transfer
collected funds held by the Lenders’ Bank in the
Collection Account on such date, to pay the Lenders 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, or (iii) 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 Facility Limit and (B) the Borrowing Limit
(after giving effect to the Borrowing 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
Lenders’ Bank to transfer collected funds held by the
Lenders’ 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:
(i) 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), together with (provided the
current Scheduled Payment has been paid in full) late fees,
interest on overdue amounts and other amounts not in respect
of Scheduled Payments;
(ii) 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;
(iii) on
a pro rata basis, to (w) 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 (x) the Custodian, the Custodian’s Fee (y) the
Collateral Agent, the Collateral Agent’s Fee and
(z) the Lenders’ Bank, the Lenders’ Bank
Fee;
(iv) 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 of the last day of the immediately
preceding Fee Period and, 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;
(v) on
a pro rata basis, (x) to the Collateral Agent,
any indemnification amounts then due and payable to the
Collateral Agent and (y) to the Custodian, any indemnification
amounts then due and payable to the Custodian;
(vi) [Reserved];
(vii) (A)
first, to the Class A Lender in an amount equal to (and for
the pro rata payment of) the Fees which are due
and payable to it on such Remittance Date pursuant to the
terms of the Fee Letter, including (without duplication)
interest on the Class A Loan which is accrued and unpaid as of
the last day of the immediately preceding Fee Period; and then
(B) to the Class B Lender, in
an amount equal to (and for the pro
rata payment of) the Fees which are due and payable to
it on such Remittance Date pursuant to the term of the Fee
Letter, including (without duplication)
interest
on the Class B Loan which is accrued and unpaid as of the last day
of the immediately preceding Fee Period.
(viii) to
the Servicer in an amount equal to any Servicer Advances (and
amounts to be reimbursed as Servicer Advances pursuant to
Section 6.19 ) not previously reimbursed to the
Servicer;
(ix) to
the Owner (if the Owner is a Permitted Transferee), so long as
no Termination Event or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the amount then required to be paid by the
Partnership (pursuant to its partnership agreement) to its
limited partners, provided that the aggregate amount payable
to the Owner in any twelve-month period shall not exceed the
product of 8.5% times the arithmetic average monthly Equity
Investment for such period;
(x) so
long as no Termination Event or Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing, and prior to the Facility Maturity Date, to
the holders of the Class A Notes and Class B Notes, pro
rata and pari passu , all remaining
amounts to pay principal on the Notes until the principal
amount of all Notes shall have been paid in full;
(xi) if
an Event of Default or Termination Event has occurred and is
continuing, or if the Facility Maturity Date has occurred,
then (A) to the holders of the Class A Notes, all remaining
amounts to pay principal on the Class A Notes until the
principal amount of all Class A Notes shall have been paid in
full, and (B) thereafter, to the holders of the Class B Notes
until the principal amount of all Class B Notes shall have
been paid in full;
(xii) (A)
first, to the Class A Lender in an amount equal to the
aggregate amount of all other Obligations then due from the
Borrower to the Class A Lender or any Affected Party hereunder
related to the Class A Lender for the account of such parties
as applicable; and then (B) second, to the Class B Lender in
an amount equal to the aggregate amount of all other
Obligations then due from the Borrower to the Class B Lender
or any Affected Party hereunder related to the Class B Lender
for the account of such parties as applicable;
and
(xiii) to
the order of the Borrower, any remaining amounts.
(d)
Subordination . Except as otherwise provided
in this Agreement or as otherwise agreed in a writing signed
by the Class A Lender and the Class B Lender, the payment of
all principal, interest or other amounts due under or in
connection with the Class B Notes (collectively, the “
Junior Obligations ”) is hereby postponed and
subordinated to the payment in full in cash of all principal
and interest due in respect of the Class A Notes, and,
notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, all payments
or other distributions whatsoever in respect of any Junior
Obligations owed to a holder of a Class B Note shall be made
in accordance with the priority of payments set forth in
Section 2.04(c) . Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the holders of the Class B Notes
agree that all liens and security interests which secure the
payment or performance of the Junior Obligations are hereby
subordinated to any lien or security interest now or hereafter
securing the payment or performance of any liability or other
obligation owed to the holders of the Class A Notes
(regardless of the order or manner of perfection thereof or
any non-perfection thereof).
(e)
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, a
Facility Deficiency shall have occurred, then the Borrower
shall remit to the respective Lenders,
no
later than the close of business of such Lender on such day
(or if such day is not a Business Day, no later than the close
of business of such Lender on the next succeeding Business
Day), (i) so long as no Termination Event or Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing, the amount required to
eliminate any Facility Deficiency or (ii) if any Termination
Event or Event of Default shall have occurred and is
continuing, the entire outstanding Facility Amount, first to
the Class A Notes until paid in full, and then to the Class B
Notes until paid in full.
(f)
Remittance Reports . On each Remittance
Date, the Servicer shall deliver to the Lenders an electronic
file, in a form acceptable to the Lenders, setting forth all
of the information set forth on Schedule VII
.
(g)
Instructions to the Lenders’ Bank
. All instructions and directions given to the
Lenders’ Bank by the Servicer, the Borrower or the
Lenders pursuant to this Section 2.04 shall be in
writing (including instructions and directions transmitted to
the Lenders’ 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 Lenders by telecopy
a copy of all instructions and directions given to the
Lenders’ 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 Lenders’ Bank by the Lenders, pursuant to this
Section 2.04 .
SECTION
2.05
Reserved .
SECTION
2.06
Reserved .
SECTION
2.07
Payments and Computations, Etc . c) All
amounts to be deposited or paid by the Borrower or the
Servicer to any 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
such Lender. The Borrower shall, to the extent
permitted by law, pay to each applicable 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 such Lender in respect of each of
the Class A Note and the Class B Note and shall be paid in
accordance with Section 2.04(c) . 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 a 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
the Borrowing requested by the Borrower and approved by the
Lenders pursuant to Section 2.02 is not for any
reason whatsoever, except as a result of the gross negligence
or willful misconduct of a Lender or an Affiliate thereof,
made or effectuated, as the case may be, on the date specified
therefor, the Borrower shall indemnify such Lender against any
loss, cost or expense incurred by such Lender related thereto
(other than any such loss, cost or expense solely due to the
gross negligence or willful misconduct of such 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 such Lender to fund Loans or maintain Loans made
by such Lender during such Interest Period. The
applicable 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 . d) The Borrower shall pay each Lender
certain fees, including the Exit Fee, (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 Lenders.
(b) All
of the Fees payable pursuant to this Section 2.08
(other than Fees payable on or prior to the Borrowing Date)
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 . e) 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 any 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 any 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 such Lender, on behalf of such
Affected Party, pay to such 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), each 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. Each
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
Receivables purchased by, or otherwise transferred or pledged
to (pursuant to the terms of the Purchase and Sale Agreement)
the Borrower under the Purchase and Sale Agreement from time
to time (such Receivables, the “ Pledged
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), all Collections and other monies due
and to become due under the 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, 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, 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;
(f) [Reserved];
(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 . Each Lender shall
maintain an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of
the Borrower to such Lender resulting from the related Loan
(and related Class A Note and Class B Note) owing to such
Lender from time to time, including the amounts of principal
and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time
hereunder. The entries made in such account(s) of
such Lender shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes,
absent manifest error.
SECTION
2.13
Release of Pledged Receivables . f) Subject
to Section 2.15 hereof, upon the repayment of the
Loans and all other amounts payable to each Lender under this
Agreement and any other Transaction Document, the security
interest of the Collateral Agent in each Pledged Receivable
and the related Other Conveyed Property and Related Security
shall be released and the Borrower hereby authorized to file,
on behalf of the Collateral Agent, UCC termination statements
in respect thereof.
(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
. g) The Borrower may prepay, in whole or in part,
the outstanding principal amount of any Class A Notes and/or
Class B Notes. 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 related Lender. If the Borrower intends to
make an optional prepayment pursuant to this Section
2.15(a) , the Borrower shall give five (5) Business Days'
prior written notice thereof to the Lenders, specifying the
intended Prepayment Date, the intended Prepayment Amount, a
calculation of any applicable Breakage Fee and any other
breakage costs in connection with a Qualified Interest Rate
Swap (such cost, an “Other Swap Breakage
Cost”). Any such optional prepayment shall be
accompanied by all interest accrued with respect thereto and
the Breakage Fee and Other Swap Breakage Cost with respect to
the applicable Prepayment Amount and Prepayment
Date. If such notice is given, the principal amount
specified in such notice (together with all interest accrued
with respect thereto and the Breakage Fee and Other Swap
Breakage Cost related thereto) shall be due and payable on the
Prepayment Date specified therein. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any payment by the Borrower required pursuant
to Section 2.04(e) or (f) or, in connection with
the occurrence of an Event of Default, pursuant to Section
7.01 hereof shall not be considered an optional prepayment
and no Breakage Fee or Other Swap Breakage Cost shall be
required to be paid in respect thereof.
(b) Without
limiting any other provision hereof, the Borrower agrees to
indemnify each Lender, the Qualifying Swap Counterparty and
any Affiliate thereof and to hold each such Person
harmless
from any cost, loss or expense which it may sustain or incur
as a consequence of (i) the Borrower making any optional
prepayment pursuant to Section 2.15(a) hereof, (ii) any
default by the Borrower in making any optional prepayment
pursuant to Section 2.15(a) hereof after notice of such
prepayment has been given, (iii) any failure by the Borrower
to take a Loan hereunder after notice of such Loan has been
given pursuant to this Agreement, (iv) any acceleration of the
maturity of any Loans by any Lender in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement, including, but not limited to, any
Breakage Fees, any cost, loss or expense arising related to
the termination (in whole or in part) or amendment of any
Qualifying Interest Rate Swap and from interest or fees
payable by such Lender to lenders of funds obtained by it in
order to advance or maintain the Loans
hereunder. Indemnification pursuant to this Section
shall survive the termination of this Agreement and shall
include reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and expenses
of litigation.
(c) Notwithstanding
any other provision hereof, the Borrower shall not terminate
or amend this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or
reduce the Borrowing Limit prior to the Facility Maturity Date
without the Lenders’ prior written consent, which
consent may be withheld in each Lender’s sole
discretion.
(d) At
any time prior to the occurrence of a Termination Event or an
Event of Default, the Borrower shall have the right to deliver
written notice, which notice shall be sent to
the Lenders and the holders of the Class B Notes
(the “Class B Buyout Notice”) designating a
purchaser for (without recourse, warranty or representation
(other than the holders of such Class B Notes own such Class B
Notes free and clear of any liens created or granted by the
holders of such Class B Notes)) the entire (but not less than
the entire) outstanding principal amount of Class B Notes (and
all associated rights, titles, claims and privileges
associated therewith, including rights under this Agreement)
for an amount (the “Class B Buyout Price”) equal
to the outstanding principal amount of, and accrued but unpaid
interest on, the Class B Notes (including any make-whole
premium payable) and all other amounts then payable to the
holder(s) of the Class B Notes under this
Agreement. The purchase of the Class B Notes
pursuant to this Section shall close no later than the date
specified in such Class B Buyout Notice, which date shall be
subject to the prior written approval of the holder of the
Class B Notes. The Class B Buyout Price shall be
remitted by wire transfer in immediately available federal
funds to the holder(s) of the Class B Notes to account(s)
specified by such holder(s). Interest shall be
calculated to but excluding the Business Day on which such
purchase shall occur if the Class B Buyout Price is wired to
the holder(s) of the Class B Notes prior to 1:00 pm New York
time and interest shall be calculated to and including such
Business Day if the Class B Notes Buyout Price is wired to the
holder(s) of the Class B Notes later than 1:00 pm New York
time.
SECTION
2.16
Increase of Borrowing Limit . The Borrower
may, upon 30 days’ prior written notice to the
Lenders (with a simultaneous copy to the Initial Qualifying
Swap Counterparty), request that the Borrowing Limit be
increased, which request may be granted in the sole
discretion, and with the written consent, of the Lenders, it
being agreed that the Borrower shall pay to each Lender the
fee related to such increase that is required pursuant to the
terms of the Fee Letter and any other costs, fees and expenses
pursuant to Section 9.07 .
ARTICLE
III
CONDITIONS OF LOANS
SECTION
3.01
Conditions Precedent to Borrowing . The
Borrowing hereunder is subject to the conditions precedent
that:
(a) the
Arrangement Fee (as such term is defined in the Fee Letter)
shall have been paid in full and all other acts and conditions
(including, without limitation, the obtaining of any necessary
regulatory approvals and the making of any required filings,
recordings or registrations) required to be done and performed
and to have happened prior to the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement and all related documents and to
constitute the same legal, valid and binding obligations,
enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, shall
have been done and performed and shall have happened in due
and strict compliance with all applicable laws;
and
(b) each
Lender shall have received on or before the date of the
Borrowing the items listed in Schedule I hereto,
each in form and substance satisfactory to such
Lender.
SECTION
3.02
Conditions Precedent to All Borrowings . The
Borrowing by the Borrower from the Lenders shall be subject to
the further conditions precedent that:
(a) Reserved;
(b) After
giving effect to the Borrowing requested by the Borrower the
following statements shall be true (and the Borrower shall be
deemed to have certified that):
(i) the
Facility Amount will not exceed the Borrowing Limit;
and
(ii) the
Facility Amount will not exceed the Facility
Limit.
(c) On
the Borrowing Date, the following statements shall be true and
correct, and the Borrower by accepting any amount of the
Borrowing shall be deemed to have represented
that:
(i) the
representations and warranties contained in
Section 4.01 are true and correct in all material
respects, before and after giving effect to the Borrowing to
take place on the Borrowing Date and to the application of
proceeds therefrom, on and as of such day as though made on
and as of such date;
(ii) no
event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from the
Borrowing, which constitutes a Program Termination Event
hereunder or an event that but for notice or lapse of time or
both would constitute a Program Termination
Event;
(iii) no
event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from the
Borrowing, which constitutes a Termination Event hereunder or
an event that but for notice or lapse of time or both would
constitute a Termination Event;
(iv) Reserved;
(v) 1.2.the
requirements set forth in Section 2.01(a) hereof shall
have been complied with;
(vi) 3.(a)
the Borrower has delivered to each Lender a copy of the
applicable Notice of Borrowing and the related Notice of
Pledge (together with the attached Receivables Schedule)
pursuant to Section 2.02 , each appropriately
completed and executed by the Borrower, (b) the Borrower
has delivered or caused to have been delivered to the
Custodian the Notice of Pledge with respect to the Receivables
being Pledged hereunder three (3) Business Days prior to the
Borrowing Date, and (c) the Contract related to each
Receivable being Pledged hereunder on the Borrowing Date has
been duly assigned by the Originator to the Borrower and duly
assigned by the Borrower to the Collateral Agent;
(vii) all
terms and conditions of the Purchase and Sale Agreement
required to be satisfied in connection with the assignment of
each Receivable being Pledged hereunder on the Borrowing Date
(and the Other Conveyed Property and Related Security related
thereto), including, without limitation, the perfection of the
Borrower’s interests therein (other than with respect to
Equipment which has an Amortized Equipment Cost of less than
$25,000 and is leased under Dollar Purchase Option Contracts
or $50,000 and is leased under FMV Contracts), shall have been
satisfied in full, and all filings (including, without
limitation, UCC filings) required to be made by any Person and
all actions required to be taken or performed by any Person in
any jurisdiction to give the Collateral Agent a first priority
perfected security interest in such Receivables, Related
Security and the Other Conveyed Property related thereto and
the proceeds thereof shall have been made, taken or
performed;
(viii) (A) the
initial Servicer shall have taken or caused to be taken all
steps necessary under all applicable law (including the filing
of an Obligor Financing Statement) in order to cause a valid,
subsisting and enforceable perfected, first priority security
interest to exist in Originator’s favor in the Obligor
Collateral securing each Receivable being Pledged hereunder on
the Borrowing Date (other than with respect to Equipment which
has an Amortized Equipment Cost of less than $25,000 and is
leased under Dollar Purchase Option Contracts or $50,000 and
is leased under FMV Contracts), (B) the Originator shall have
assigned the perfected, first priority security interest in
the Obligor Collateral to the Borrower pursuant to the
Purchase and Sale Agreement and (C) the Borrower shall have
assigned the perfected, first priority security interest in
the Obligor Collateral (and the proceeds thereof) referred to
in clause (A) above to the Collateral Agent, pursuant to
Section 2.11 hereof;
(ix) [Reserved];
and
(x) the
Borrower shall have taken all steps necessary under all
applicable law in order to cause to exist in favor of the
Collateral Agent a valid, subsisting and enforceable first
priority perfected security interest in the Borrower’s
interest in the Obligor Collateral related to each Receivable
being Pledged hereunder on the Borrowing Date (other than with
respect to Equipment which has an Amortized Equipment Cost of
less than $25,000 and is leased under Dollar Purchase Option
Contracts or $50,000 and is leased under FMV
Contracts);
(d) No
law or regulation shall prohibit, and no order, judgment or
decree of any Government Entity shall prohibit or enjoin, the
making of such Loans by any Lender in accordance with the
provisions hereof; and
(e) The
Lenders shall have received and found to be satisfactory with
respect to Pledged Receivables being Pledged in connection
with the Borrowing, which have been previously pledged to any
lender by the Originator, the Borrower or any Affiliate
thereof under any other financing facility, evidence of the
release of any liens granted in connection with such financing
with respect to any such Pledged Receivables.
(f) Unless
a credit agreement and/or security agreement, including but
not limited to any such agreement with National City Bank, as
agent, related to Receivables being Pledged by the Borrower in
connection with the Borrowing, shall have provided for an
automatic release of the Agent’s or Collateral
Agent’s, as applicable, lien and security interest in
such Receivables granted thereunder, the applicable agent or
lender shall have executed and delivered to the Borrower and
the Collateral Agent a partial release letter and the Borrower
shall have duly filed with the appropriate filing office a
UCC-3 partial release evidencing the release contained in such
release letter, in each case in a form satisfactory to the
Collateral Agent.
SECTION
3.03
Advances Do Not Constitute a Waiver . No
advance of a Loan by any Lender hereunder shall constitute a
waiver of any condition to such Lender’s obligation to
make such an advance unless such waiver is in writing and
executed by such Lender.
ARTICLE
IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
SECTION
4.01
Representations and Warranties of the Borrower
. The Borrower hereby represents and warrants, as
of the date hereof, on the Borrowing Date and on the first day
of each Rollover Interest Period, as follows:
(a) Each
Receivable designated as an Eligible Receivable on any
Facility Limit Certificate or Monthly Remittance Report is an
Eligible Receivable. Each Receivable included as an
Eligible Receivable in any calculation of the Facility Limit
or the Eligible Receivables Balance is an Eligible
Receivable.
(b) The
Borrower is a limited liability company duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its formation and has the power and all
licenses necessary to own its assets and to transact the
business in which it is engaged and is duly qualified and in
good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction where the
transaction of such business or its ownership of the Pledged
Receivables requires such qualification.
(c) The
Borrower has the power, authority and legal right to make,
deliver and perform this Agreement and each of the Transaction
Documents to which it is a party and all of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby, and has taken all necessary
action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement and each of the Transaction Documents to which
it is a party, and to grant to the Collateral Agent a first
priority perfected security interest in the
Pledged Assets on the terms and conditions of this
Agreement. This Agreement and each of the
Transaction Documents to which the Borrower is a party
constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the
Borrower, enforceable against it in accordance with their
respective terms, except as the enforceability hereof and
thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium,
reorganization and other similar laws of general application
affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general
principles of equity (whether such enforceability is
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). No
consent of any other party and no consent, license, approval
or authorization of, or registration or declaration with, any
Government Entity, bureau or agency is required in connection
with the execution, delivery or performance by the Borrower of
this Agreement or any Transaction Document to which it is a
party or the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or
any such Transaction Document or the Pledged Receivables,
other than such as have been met or obtained.
(d) The
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and all
other agreements and instruments executed and delivered or to
be executed and delivered pursuant hereto or thereto in
connection with the Pledge of the Pledged Assets will not
(i) create any Adverse Claim on the Pledged Assets or
(ii) violate any provision of any existing law or
regulation or any order or decree of any court, regulatory
body or administrative agency or the certificate of formation
or limited liability company agreement of the Borrower or any
contract or other agreement to which or the Borrower is a
party or by which the Borrower or any property or assets of
the Borrower may be bound.
(e) No
litigation or administrative proceeding of or before any
court, tribunal or governmental body is presently pending or,
to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against the
Borrower or any properties of Borrower or with respect to this
Agreement, which, if adversely determined, could have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(f) In
selecting the Receivables to be Pledged pursuant to this
Agreement, no selection procedures were employed which are
intended to be adverse to the interests of any
Lender.
(g) The
grant of the security interest in the Pledged Assets by the
Borrower to the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Agreement,
is in the ordinary course of business for the Borrower and is
not subject to the bulk transfer or any similar statutory
provisions in effect in any applicable
jurisdiction. No such Pledged Assets have been
sold, transferred, assigned or pledged by the Borrower to any
Person, other than the Pledge of such Assets to the Collateral
Agent pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
(h) The
Borrower has no Debt or other indebtedness which, in the
aggregate, exceeds $10,000, other than Debt incurred under the
terms of the Transaction Documents.
(i) The
Borrower has been formed solely for the purpose of engaging in
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents.
(j) No
injunction, writ, restraining order or other order of any
nature adversely affects the Borrower’s performance of
its obligations under this Agreement or any Transaction
Document to which the Borrower is a party.
(k) The
Borrower has filed (on a consolidated basis or otherwise) on a
timely basis all tax returns (including, without limitation,
all foreign, federal, state, local and other tax
returns) required
to be filed, is not liable for taxes payable by any other
Person and has paid or made adequate provisions for the
payment of all taxes, assessments and other governmental
charges due from the Borrower except for those taxes being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and in
respect of which no penalty may be assessed from such contest
and it has established proper reserves on its
books. No tax lien or similar adverse claim has
been filed, and no claim is being asserted, with respect to
any such tax, assessment or other governmental
charge. Any taxes, fees and other governmental
charges payable by the Borrower, as applicable, in connection
with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
other Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated
hereby or thereby have been paid or shall have been paid if
and when due.
(l) The
chief executive office of the Borrower (and the location of
the Borrower’s records regarding the Pledged Receivables
(other than those delivered to the Custodian)) is located at
1818 Market Street, 9th Floor, Philadelphia, PA
19103.
(m) The
Borrower’s legal name is as set forth in this Agreement;
other than as disclosed on Schedule II hereto (as
such schedule may be updated from time to by the Lenders upon
receipt of a notice delivered to the Lenders pursuant to
Section 6.18 ), the Borrower has not changed its
name since its formation; the Borrower does not have
tradenames, fictitious names, assumed names or “doing
business as” names other than as disclosed on
Schedule II hereto (as such schedule may be
updated from time to by the Lenders upon receipt of a notice
delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 6.18
).
(n) The
Borrower is solvent and will not become insolvent after giving
effect to the transactions contemplated hereby; the Borrower
is paying its debts as they become due; and the Borrower,
after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby,
will have adequate capital to conduct its
business.
(o) The
Borrower has no subsidiaries.
(p) The
Borrower has given fair consideration and reasonably
equivalent value in exchange for the sale of the Pledged
Receivables by the Originator under the Purchase and Sale
Agreement.
(q) No
Monthly Remittance Report or Facility Limit Certificate (each
if prepared by the Borrower or to the extent that information
contained therein is supplied by the Borrower), information,
exhibit, financial statement, document, book, record or report
furnished or to be furnished by the Borrower to the Lenders in
connection with this Agreement is or will be inaccurate in any
material respect as of the date it is or shall be dated or
(except as otherwise disclosed in writing to the Lenders, as
the case may be, at such time) as of the date so furnished,
and no such document contains or will contain any material
misstatement of fact or omits or shall omit to state a
material fact or any fact necessary to make the statements
contained therein not misleading.
(r) No
proceeds of the Loans will be used by the Borrower to acquire
any security in any transaction, which is subject to
Section 13 or 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended.
(s) There
are no agreements in effect adversely affecting the rights of
the Borrower to make, or cause to be made, the grant of the
security interest in the Pledged Assets contemplated by
Section 2.11 .
(t) The
Borrower is not an “investment company” or an
“affiliated person” of or “promoter”
or “principal underwriter” for an
“investment company” as such terms are defined in
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, nor is the
Borrower otherwise subject to regulation
thereunder.
(u) No
Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing.
(v) Reserved.
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