Exhibit
10.10
Conformed Copy Incorporating First, Second
Third, Fourth,
Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Amendments
U.S. $100,000,000
RECEIVABLES LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
Dated as of March 31, 2006
Among
RESOURCE CAPITAL FUNDING, LLC,
as the Borrower
and
LEAF FINANCIAL CORPORATION,
as the Servicer
and
BLACK FOREST FUNDING CORPORATION,
as a Lender
and
BAYERISCHE HYPO- UND VEREINSBANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH
as the Agent
and
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as the Custodian and the Agent’s 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
March 31, 2006, among:
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RESOURCE CAPITAL FUNDING, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (the “ Borrower ”);
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(2)
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LEAF FINANCIAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“
LEAF Financial ”), as the Servicer (as defined
herein);
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BLACK FOREST FUNDING CORPORATION (“ Black Forest
”), as a Lender (as defined herein);
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BAYERISCHE HYPO- UND VEREINSBANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH (“
HVB ”), as agent for the Lender (the “
Agent ”);
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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as the Custodian and the
Agent’s Bank (as each such term is defined herein); and
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LYON FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. (d/b/a U.S. Bank Portfolio
Services), a Minnesota corporation, as the Backup Servicer (as
defined herein).
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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 6.13(b) .
“ Active Backup Servicer’s Fee ” means,
for any Fee Period or portion thereof after the occurrence of a
Servicer Default and the appointment of the Backup Servicer as
Servicer hereunder, an amount, payable out of Collections on the
Pledged Receivables and amounts applied to the payment of, or
treated as payments on, the Pledged Receivables, equal to the
greater of (i) the Active Backup Servicing Fee Rate,
multiplied by the Net Eligible Receivables Balance as of the first
day of such Fee Period, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of
which shall be the actual number of days in such Fee Period and the
denominator of which shall be 360, and (ii) $5,000.
“ Active Backup Servicing Fee Rate ” means
1.00%.
“ Active Backup Servicer’s Indemnified Amounts
” has the meaning assigned to that term in
Section 6.11 .
“ Adjusted 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.
“ Adjusted Eligible Receivables Balance ” means,
at any time, the aggregate Adjusted Discounted Balances of all
Eligible Receivables which are Pledged hereunder to secure Loans at
such time.
“ Adjusted Eurodollar Rate ” means, with respect
to any Fixed Period for any Loan allocated to such Fixed 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 Fixed Period on Telerate Access Service Page 3750 (British
Bankers Association Settlement Rate) as the London Interbank
Offered Rate for United States dollar deposits having a term of
thirty (30) days and in a principal amount of $1,000,000 or
more (or, if such page shall cease to be publicly available or, if
the information contained on such page, in the Lender’s sole
judgment, shall cease to accurately reflect such London Interbank
Offered Rate, such rate as reported by any publicly available
recognized source of similar market data selected by the Lender
that, in the Lender’s reasonable judgment, accurately
reflects such London Interbank Offered Rate).
“ Adjusted Eurodollar Rate Margin ” has the
meaning ascribed thereto in the Fee Letter.
“ Adjusted Net Eligible Receivables Balance ”
means, at any time, an amount equal to (a) the Adjusted
Eligible Receivables Balance at such time minus (b) the
Pool A Overconcentration Amount at such time, calculated using a
Global Overconcentration Amount determined without reference to
clause (ii) of the definition of such term minus
(c) the Pool B Overconcentration Amount at such time,
calculated using a Global Overconcentration Amount determined
without reference to clause (ii) of the definition of such
term.
“ 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 Lender (or the Agent on behalf of the Lender) or
(ii) any Permitted Lien.
“ Affected Party ” has the meaning assigned to
that term in Section 2.13 .
“ 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
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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.
“ Agent ” has the meaning assigned to that term
in the preamble hereto.
“ Agent’s Bank ” means U.S. Bank National
Association and its successors and assigns that are Eligible
Depository Institutions.
“ Agent’s Bank Fee ” means an annual fee,
paid in advance, payable out of Collections on the Pledged
Receivables and amounts applied to the payment of, or treated as
payments on, the Pledged Receivables, equal to $6,000.
“ Agreement ” means this Receivables Loan and
Security Agreement, as the same may be amended, restated,
supplemented and/or otherwise modified from time to time hereafter
in accordance with its terms.
“ Allonge ” means an allonge in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit G, provided that , with respect
to each Allonge required to be delivered as part of a Pool B Master
Receivable File relating to an Underlying Originator Loan Contract
acquired by TRS from the Originator, “ Allonge ”
shall mean an allonge in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
G , but with each reference to “RCC Commercial,
Inc.” therein replaced by a reference to “Resource TRS,
Inc.
“ Amortized Equipment Cost ” means, as of any
date of determination, (i) for any Pool A Receivable, the net
investment with respect to such Pool A Receivables, where
“net investment” means (a) the present value of
the remaining Scheduled Payments under the related Contract,
discounted at the rate at which the present value of all Scheduled
Payments under the related Contract, including any Balloon Payment
or Put Payment, equals the original equipment cost related to such
Receivable, plus (b) the associated amortized indirect costs
related to the applicable equipment, amortized using the interest
method over the life of the related Contract, provided that
initial indirect costs will be capped at 5% of the original
equipment cost and (ii) for any Pool B Receivable, the net
investment with respect to such Pool B Receivable, where “net
investment” means (a) the sum of the present values of
the remaining Underlying Scheduled Payments under each related
Eligible Underlying Contract, discounted at the rate at which the
present value of all scheduled payments under such Eligible
Underlying Contract, including any Balloon Payment or Put Payment,
equals the original equipment cost related to such Eligible
Underlying Contract, plus (b) the associated amortized
indirect costs related to the applicable equipment, amortized using
the interest method over the life of the related Underlying
Contract, provided that initial indirect costs will be
capped at 5% of the original equipment cost.
“ Annualized Default Rate ” means, as of any
date of determination, 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 either
(x) became Defaulted Receivables or Missed Payment/Modified
Receivables or (y) were repurchased by the PCA Seller pursuant
to the terms of Section 6.1(b) of the Purchase and
Contribution Agreement and as to which, as of the date of such
repurchase, any part of any
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Scheduled Payment (or
other amount payable under the terms of the related Contract)
remained unpaid for more than 60 days after the due date therefor
set forth in such Contract, in each case during the six immediately
preceding Collection Periods and (B) 2, divided by
(ii) the average of the Eligible Receivables Balances as of
the first Business Day of each of the six immediately preceding
Collection Periods.
“ Annualized Net Loss Rate ” means, as of any
date of determination, 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 either
(1) became Defaulted Receivables or Missed Payment/Modified
Receivables or (2) were repurchased by PCA Seller pursuant to
the terms of Section 6.1(b) of the Purchase and Contribution
Agreement and as to which, as of the date of such repurchase, any
part of any Scheduled Payment (or other amount payable under the
terms of the related Contract) remained unpaid for more than 60
days after the due date therefor set forth in such Contract, in
each case during the six immediately preceding Collection Periods
minus (y) Recoveries received during the six
immediately preceding Collection Periods and (B) 2, divided by
(ii) the average of the Eligible Receivables Balances as of
the first Business Day of each of the six immediately preceding
Collection Periods.
“ Applicable Date ” has the meaning set forth in
definition of Pool B Annualized Net Loss Rate.
“ Assigned Documents ” has the meaning assigned
to that term in Section 2.14 .
“ Assignment ” has the meaning set forth in the
Purchase and Contribution 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 2.05(c) .
“ Backup Servicer ” means Lyon Financial
Services, Inc. (d/b/a U.S. Bank Portfolio Services) or any
successor Backup Servicer appointed by the Agent pursuant to
Section 6.15 .
“ Backup Servicer Delivery Date ” has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 6.12(e) .
“ Balloon Payment ” means a payment due, or
which may be required, at the end of the term of a Contract or
Underlying Contract (which constitutes a loan) equal to the
principal amount under such Contract or Underlying Contract which
remains outstanding after the payment of all regular scheduled
payments of principal during the term of such Contract or
Underlying Contract.
“ Bankruptcy Code ” means Title 11, United
States Code, 11 U.S.C. §§ 101 et seq ., as
amended.
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“ Bankruptcy Event ” shall be deemed to have
occurred with respect to a Person if either:
(a) a case or other
proceeding shall be commenced, without the application or consent
of such Person, in any court, seeking the liquidation,
reorganization, debt arrangement, dissolution, winding up, or
composition or readjustment of debts of such Person, the
appointment of a trustee, receiver, custodian, liquidator,
assignee, sequestrator or the like for such Person or all or
substantially all of its assets, or any similar action with respect
to such Person under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, winding up or composition or adjustment of debts,
and such case or proceeding shall continue undismissed, or unstayed
and in effect, for a period of 60 consecutive days; or an order for
relief in respect of such Person shall be entered in an involuntary
case under the federal bankruptcy laws or other similar laws now or
hereafter in effect; or
(b) such Person
shall commence a voluntary case or other proceeding under any
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, debt
arrangement, dissolution or other similar law now or hereafter in
effect, or shall consent to the appointment of or taking possession
by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian,
sequestrator (or other similar official) for such Person or for any
substantial part of its property, or shall make any general
assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall fail to, or admit
in writing its inability to, pay its debts generally as they become
due, or, if a corporation or similar entity, its board of directors
or members shall vote to implement any of the foregoing.
“ Base Rate ” means, on any date, a fluctuating
rate of interest per annum equal to the arithmetic average of the
rates of interest publicly announced by JPMorgan Chase Bank and
Citibank, N.A. (or their respective successors) as their respective
prime commercial lending rates (or, as to any such bank that does
not announce such a rate, such bank’s “base” or
other rate determined by the Lender to be the equivalent rate
announced by such bank), except that, if any such bank shall, for
any period, cease to announce publicly its prime commercial lending
(or equivalent) rate, the Agent 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 Agent. 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.
“ Black Forest ” has the meaning assigned to
that term in the preamble hereto.
“ Borrower ” has the meaning assigned to that
term in the preamble hereto.
“ Borrowing ” means a borrowing of Loans under
this Agreement.
“ Borrowing Base ” means, at any time, the sum
of the Pool A Borrowing Base plus the Pool B Borrowing Base at such
time.
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“ Borrowing Base Certificate ” means a report,
in substantially the form of Exhibit A , prepared by the
Servicer for the benefit of Lender pursuant to
Section 6.12(c) .
“ Borrowing Base Deficiency ” means, at any
time, that the Borrowing Base is less than the Facility Amount, an
amount equal to the amount of such deficiency.
“ Borrowing Base Surplus ” means, at any time,
that the Borrowing Base exceeds the Facility Amount, an amount
equal to the amount of such excess.
“ Borrowing Date ” means, with respect to any
Borrowing, the date on which such Borrowing is funded, which date,
other than in the case of the initial Borrowing, shall be a
Subsequent Borrowing Date.
“ Borrowing Limit ” means initially $100,000,000
as such amount may be increased pursuant to
Section 2.21 ; 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 Fixed Period during which such Loans are repaid (in whole or in
part) prior to the end of such Fixed Period, the breakage costs, if
any, related to such repayment plus the amount, if any, by which
(i) Yield (calculated without taking into account any Breakage
Fee), which would have accrued on the amount of the payment of such
Loans during such Fixed Period (as so computed) if such payment had
not been made, as the case may be, exceeds (ii) the sum of
(A) Yield actually received by the Lender in respect of such
Loans for such Fixed Period and, if applicable, (B) the
income, if any, received by the Lender from the Lender’s
investing the proceeds of such payments on such Loans.
“ BUFCO ” means Bavaria Universal Funding
Corporation.
“ 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 or St. Paul,
Minnesota; 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 Agent 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 Agent, 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.
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“ Cash Reserve ” means any amount paid to the
Originator, the Servicer or the Borrower by an Obligor that is an
Underlying Originator as a cash reserve which may be drawn upon if
amounts due under the related Underlying Originator Loan Contract
are not paid when due (or by the end of any cure period related
thereto), which has not previously been refunded to such Obligor or
applied toward such Obligor’s obligations under such
Underlying Originator Loan Contract.
“ Cash Reserve Account ” has the meaning
assigned to that term in Section 2.07 .
“ Cash Reserve Account (Northern) ” has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.07 .
“ Cash Reserve Account Agreement ” means
(i) the Cash Reserve Account Agreement (Northern) or
(ii) any Securities Account Agreement substantially similar to
the Cash Reserve Account Agreement (Northern), among Originator,
the Borrower, the Servicer, the Agent’s Bank and the Agent,
as such agreement may from time to time be amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified in accordance with the terms thereof.
“ Cash Reserve Account Agreement (Northern) ”
means that certain Securities Account Agreement, dated the date of
this Agreement, among Originator, the Borrower, the Servicer, the
Agent’s Bank and the Agent, as such agreement may from time
to time be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in
accordance with the terms thereof.
“ Certificate of Title ” means with respect to a
Vehicle, an original certificate of title issued by the Registrar
of Titles of the applicable State.
“ Change of Control ” means that at any time
(i) Resource Capital Corp. shall own directly or indirectly
less than 100% of all membership interests of TRS, (ii) TRS
shall own directly or indirectly less than 100% of all membership
interests of the Borrower, (iii) Resource America shall own
directly or indirectly less than 50.1% of all Capital Stock or
voting power of the Servicer, (iv) the Servicer shall own
directly or indirectly less than 80% of all Capital Stock or voting
power of Originator, (v) Resource Capital Corp., TRS or the
Borrower merges or consolidates with any other Person without the
prior written consent of the Agent, (v) the Servicer or the
Originator merges or consolidates with any other Person and the
Servicer or the Originator, as applicable, is not the surviving
entity or (vii) either of Crit DeMent or Miles Herman is not
employed in a senior management position at the Servicer, is not
involved in the day-to-day operations of the Servicer or is not
able to perform substantially all of his duties as an employee of
the Servicer during any three month period and, in each case, has
not been replaced by a person approved by the Agent in writing
within 90 days of any such event.
“ Closing Date ” means March 31, 2006.
“ Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended.
“ Collateral Receipt ” has the meaning assigned
to that term in the Custodial Agreement.
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“ Collection Account ” means a special trust
account (account number 793489000 at the Agent’s Bank) in the
name of the Borrower and under the control of the Agent for the
benefit 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 Agent’s Bank
and the Agent, 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 Yield and Fees and all other Obligations
have been paid in full, and the Lender shall have no further
obligation to make any additional Loans.
“ Collection Period ” means, (i) with
respect to any Remittance Date (including the initial Remittance
Date), the period beginning on, and including, the first day of the
most recently ended calendar month and ending on, and including,
the last day of the most recently ended calendar month;
provided , that the final Collection Period shall begin on,
and include, the first day of the then current calendar month and
shall end on the Collection Date and (ii) in any context other
than with respect to any Remittance Date, a calendar month.
“ Collections ” means, without duplication, with
respect to any Pledged Receivable, all Scheduled Payments (and, in
the case of a Pledged Pool B Receivable after a Pool B Termination
Event has occurred with respect to the related Underlying
Originator, all Underlying Scheduled Payments) related to such
Receivable, all prepayments and related penalty payments with
respect to the Contract (and any related Underlying Contract
related to a Pledged Pool B Receivable after a Pool B Termination
Event has occurred with respect to the related Underlying
Originator) related to such Receivable, all overdue payments and
related interest and penalty payments with respect to the Contract
(and any related Underlying Contract related to a Pledged Pool B
Receivable after a Pool B Termination Event has occurred with
respect to the related Underlying Originator) related to such
Receivable, all Guaranty Amounts, all Insurance Proceeds, all
Servicing Charges, all proceeds under “buyout letters”
or other prepayment/termination agreements and all Recoveries
related to such Receivable, all amounts paid to the Borrower
related to such Receivable pursuant to the terms of the Purchase
and Contribution Agreement, all amounts paid by the Servicer
related to such Receivable in connection with its obligations under
Section 6.22 hereof, and all other payments received
with respect to the Contract (and, if applicable, Underlying
Contract) related to such Receivable, all cash receipts and
proceeds in respect of the Other Conveyed Property or Related
Security (including, without limitation, the Obligor Collateral)
related to such Receivable, any Servicer Advances related to such
Receivable, and any amounts paid to the Borrower under or in
connection with any Qualifying Interest Rate Swap or the hedging
arrangements contemplated thereunder.
“ Commitment Percentage ” has the meaning
assigned to that term in Section 9.04(b) .
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“ Computer Tape or Listing ” means the computer
tape or listing (whether in electronic form or otherwise) generated
by the Servicer on behalf of the Borrower, which provides
information relating to the Receivables included in the Net
Eligible Receivables Balance.
“ Contract ” means a Pool A Contract or a Pool B
Contract.
“ CP Disruption Event ” means, at any time, the
inability of the Issuer to raise (whether as a result of a
prohibition or any other event or circumstance whatsoever) funds
through the issuance of commercial paper notes in the United States
commercial paper market, including, without limitation, by virtue
of (i) any disruption in the commercial paper market,
(ii) insufficient availability under the liquidity or
enhancement facility entered into by the Issuer with respect to
this Agreement or (iii) a downgrade of the rating of one or
more financial institutions extending credit to or for the account
of the Issuer or having a commitment to extend credit to the Lender
under a liquidity or enhancement facility which relates to this
Agreement to a level lower than that required by the Rating
Agencies.
“ CP Rate ” means, with respect to any Fixed
Period for all Loans allocated to such Fixed Period, the per annum
rate equivalent to the rate (expressed as a percentage and an
interest yield equivalent and calculated on the basis of a 360-day
year) or, if more than one rate, the weighted average thereof, paid
or payable by the Lender from time to time as interest on or
otherwise in respect of the commercial paper notes issued by the
Lender that are allocated, in whole or in part, by the Lender to
fund the advance or maintenance of Loans hereunder (and which may
also be allocated in part to the funding of other assets of the
Lender and which commercial paper notes need not mature on the last
day of any Fixed Period) allocated to such Fixed Period as
determined by the Lender, which rates shall reflect and give effect
to (i) certain documentation and transaction costs (including,
without limitation, dealer and placement agent commissions, and
incremental carrying costs incurred with respect to commercial
paper notes maturing on dates other than those on which
corresponding funds are received by the Lender) associated with the
issuance of the Lender’s commercial paper notes, and
(ii) other borrowings by the Lender, including borrowings to
fund small or odd dollar amounts that are not easily accommodated
in the commercial paper market, to the extent such amounts are
allocated, in whole or in part, by the Lender to fund the
Lender’s advance or maintenance of Loans during such Fixed
Period; provided , that if any component of such rate is a
discount rate, in calculating the applicable “CP Rate”
for such day, the Lender shall for such component use the rate
resulting from converting such discount rate to an interest bearing
equivalent rate per annum.
“ Credit and Collection Policy ” means
(i) collectively, the “Operations Policies &
Procedures” memorandum, the “Limited Recourse Term Debt
Facility” memorandum of the Servicer, and certain other
items, as annexed hereto as Schedule IV as such policy may
hereafter be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in
compliance with this Agreement and (ii) with respect to any
Servicer other than LEAF Financial, that Servicer’s
collection policies for similar assets in effect from time to
time.
“ Critical Defaults ” has the meaning assigned
to that term in Section 5.01(v) hereof.
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“ Custodial Agreement ” means that certain
Custodial Agreement dated as of the date hereof among the Servicer,
the Borrower, the Agent 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 any substitute Custodian appointed by the Agent
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 Exhibit F hereto which relate to such Fee
Period.
“ Debt ” of any Person means
(i) indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money,
(ii) obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds,
debentures, notes or other similar instruments related to
transactions that are classified as financings under GAAP,
(iii) obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase
price of property or services, (iv) obligations of such Person
as lessee under leases which shall have been or should be, in
accordance with GAAP, recorded as capital leases,
(v) obligations secured by an Adverse Claim upon property or
assets owned (under GAAP) by such Person, even though such Person
has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such
obligations and (vi) obligations of such Person under direct
or indirect guaranties in respect of, and obligations (contingent
or otherwise) to purchase or otherwise acquire, or otherwise to
assure a creditor, against loss in respect of, indebtedness or
obligations of others of the kinds referred to in clauses
(i) through (v) above.
“ Default Funding Rate ” means an interest rate
per annum equal to 1.50% plus the Base Rate.
“ Defaulted Receivable ” means, as of any date
of determination, any Pledged Receivable:
(i) with respect to which any
part of any Scheduled Payment (which, for purposes of
clarification, shall not include 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) which has been or should be
charged off as a result of the occurrence of a Bankruptcy Event
with respect to the related Obligor or Underlying Obligor, if any,
or which has been or should otherwise be deemed uncollectible by
the Servicer, in each case, in accordance with the Credit and
Collection Policy; or
(iii) with respect to which the Servicer has
repossessed the related Equipment.
“ Delinquency Rate ” means, as of any date of
determination, an amount (expressed as a percentage) equal to
(i) the aggregate Discounted Balances of all Delinquent
Receivables as of the last day of the immediately preceding
Collection Period divided by (ii) the Net Eligible Receivables
Balance as of such day.
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“ Delinquent Receivable ” means, as of any date
of determination, any Pledged Receivable (other than a Defaulted
Receivable or Missed Payment/Modified 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 30 days but not more than 120 days after the due date therefor
set forth in such Contract.
“ Depository Institution ” means a depository
institution or trust company, incorporated under the laws of the
United States or any State thereof, that is subject to supervision
and examination by federal and/or State banking authorities.
“ Discount Rate ” means, as of any date of
determination, a percentage equal to the sum of (i) the
Weighted Average Swapped Rate as of such date of determination,
(ii) the Facility Fee Rate, (iii) at any time prior to
the occurrence of a Servicer Default and the appointment of the
Backup Servicer as Servicer hereunder, the Servicing Fee Rate,
(iv) at any time after the occurrence of a Servicer Default
and the appointment of the Backup Servicer as Servicer hereunder,
the Active Backup Servicing Fee Rate and (v) a rate per annum
equal to 0.10%.
“ Discounted Balance ” means, with respect to
any Contract or Underlying Contract, as of any date of
determination, the present value of the aggregate amount of
Scheduled Payments or, in the case of an Underlying Contract,
Underlying Scheduled Payments (including any Balloon Payment or Put
Payment but, in any event, calculated without giving effect to any
booked residual value with respect to any related Equipment) due or
to become due under the terms of the related Contract or Underlying
Contract after the Cut-Off Date applicable to the Receivable
related thereto, which remain unpaid as of such date of
determination, calculated by discounting such aggregate amount of
such Scheduled Payments (or, in the case of a Pool B Contract, an
amount equal to (i) the related Scheduled Payment multiplied
by (ii) (a)100% minus (b) the amount of any loan
principal or purchase price which would otherwise be advanced by
the Originator to the applicable Obligor pursuant to the terms of
such Contract or Underlying Contract, but which was held back by
the Originator as a liquidity reserve or similar reserve, expressed
as a percentage of the total amount of such loan principal or
purchase price (it being agreed by the Borrower that no similar
hold back shall exist with respect to any Pool A Contract) or, in
the case of an Underlying Contract, such Underlying Scheduled
Payments to such date of determination at an annual rate equal to
the Discount Rate.
“ Dollar Purchase Option Contract ” means a
Contract or an Underlying Contract, as applicable, (i) in
connection with which an agreement was executed which grants the
related Obligor or Underlying Obligor, as applicable, a right to
purchase the Equipment or Underlying Equipment leased under such
Contract or Underlying Contract for $1.00 or other nominal
consideration at the end of the initial term of such Contract or
Underlying Contract or (ii) grants the related Obligor or
Underlying Obligor, as applicable, a right to purchase the
Equipment or Underlying Equipment leased under such Contract for
$1.00 or other nominal consideration at the end of the initial term
of such Contract.
“ Eligible Depository Institution ” means a
Depository Institution the short term unsecured senior indebtedness
of which is rated at least Prime-1 by Moody’s, A-1 by
S&P, and F1 by Fitch, if rated by Fitch.
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“ Eligible Pool A Receivable ” means, at any
time, a Pledged Pool A Receivable with respect to which each of the
representations and warranties regarding the Contract related to
such Pledged Pool A Receivable contained in Schedule III-A
hereto is true and correct at such time.
“ Eligible Pool A Receivables Balance ” means,
at any time, the aggregate Discounted Balances of all Eligible Pool
A Receivables which are Pledged hereunder to secure Loans at such
time.
“ Eligible Pool B Receivable ” means, at any
time, a Pledged Pool B Receivable with respect to which each of the
representations and warranties regarding the Contract related to
such Pledged Pool B Receivable contained in Schedule III-B
hereto is true and correct at such time.
“ Eligible Pool B Receivables Balance ” means,
at any time, the aggregate Discounted Balances of all Eligible Pool
B Receivables which are Pledged hereunder to secure Loans at such
time.
“ Eligible Pool B Underlying Lease Contract ”
means, at any time, an Underlying Lease Contract with respect to
which each of the representations and warranties contained in
Schedule III-C hereto is true and correct at such time.
“ Eligible Pool B Underlying Loan Contract ”
means, at any time, an Underlying Loan Contract with respect to
which each of the representations and warranties contained in
Schedule III-C hereto is true and correct at such time.
“ Eligible Receivable ” means, at any time, a
Pledged Receivable which is an Eligible Pool A Receivable or an
Eligible Pool B Receivable at such time.
“ Eligible Receivables Balance ” means, at any
time, the aggregate Discounted Balances of all Eligible Receivables
which are Pledged hereunder to secure Loans at such time.
“ Eligible Underlying Contract ” means an
Eligible Pool B Underlying Lease Contract or Eligible Pool B
Underlying Loan Contract.
“ Eligible Underlying Originator ” means an
Underlying Originator that has been approved by the Servicer in
accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy.
“ Equipment ” means the equipment or Vehicle
(i) leased to an Obligor, or serving as collateral for a loan
to an Obligor, under a Contract together with any replacement
parts, additions and repairs thereof, and any accessories
incorporated therein and/or affixed thereto or (ii) leased to
an Underlying Obligor, or serving as collateral for a loan to an
Underlying Obligor, under a Underlying Contract together with any
replacement parts, additions and repairs thereof, and any
accessories incorporated therein and/or affixed thereto.
“ Equipment Category ” means any of the
Equipment Categories set forth on Schedule V hereto, as such
schedule may be updated from time to time by the Borrower with the
consent of the Agent (which such consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld).
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“ Equipment Category Percentage ” means, with
respect to any Equipment Category, the percentage set forth below
for such Equipment Category:
(1) for Equipment Category
“002.00-Furniture”: 15%
(2) for Equipment Category “007.005-ATM
Machines”: 2%
(3) for Equipment Category “0011.000 or
0011.001-Software”: 5%
(4) for Equipment Category “012.000 or
102.001-Dry-Cleaning Machines”: 20%
(5) for Equipment Category “013.000 or
013.001-Restaurant Equipment”: 20%
(6) for Equipment Category “015.000-Compressor
Eq.”: 15%
(7) for Equipment Category “016.000-Security
systems”: 10%
(8) for any other Equipment Category: (i) during
the period prior to the first anniversary of the Closing Date, 35%,
and (ii) thereafter, 30%.
“ ERISA ” means the United States Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to
time.
“ Eurodollar Disruption Event ” means any of the
following: (i) a determination by the Lender that it would be
contrary to law or to the directive of any central bank or other
governmental authority (whether or not having the force of law) to
obtain United States dollars in the London interbank market to
make, fund or maintain any Loan, (ii) a determination by the
Lender that the rate at which deposits of United States dollars are
being offered in the London interbank market does not accurately
reflect the cost to the Lender of making, funding or maintaining
any Loan or (iii) the inability of the Lender to obtain United
States dollars in the London interbank market to make, fund or
maintain any Loan.
“ Eurodollar Index ” means an index based upon
an interest rate reported on Telerate Access Service Page 3750
(British Bankers Association Settlement Rate) as the London
Interbank Offered Rate for United States dollar deposits.
“ Event of Default ” has the meaning assigned to
that term in Section 7.01 .
“ Facility Amount ” means, at any time, the sum
of (i) the face amount of outstanding commercial paper notes
(net of the amount of all interest scheduled to accrue thereon
through their respective stated maturity if such commercial paper
notes are issued on a discount basis) of the Issuer issued to fund
the purchase of commercial paper issued by the Lender to fund Loans
hereunder, plus (ii) the aggregate Loans Outstanding
hereunder bearing interest at the Non-CP Rate, plus
(iii) accrued Yield and Fees with respect to the amounts
described in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii).
“ Facility Fee ” has the meaning ascribed
thereto in the Fee Letter.
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“ Facility Fee Rate ” means, as of any date of
determination, the amount of the Facility Fee paid on the most
recent Remittance Date divided by the average Loans Outstanding
during the Fee Period immediately prior to Remittance Date.
“ Facility Maturity Date ” means the fourth
anniversary of the date of this Agreement.
“ Fee Letter ” has the meaning assigned to that
term in Section 2.12(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) May 21, 2006.
“ Fees ” has the meaning assigned to that term
in Section 2.12(a) .
“ Fifth Amendment Effective Date ” means
December 15, 2006.
“ Fitch ” means Fitch, Inc. (or its successors
in interest).
“ Fixed Period ” means, for any outstanding
Loans, a period determined pursuant to Section 2.04
.
“ FMV Contract ” means a Contract or an
Underlying Contract, as applicable, which (i) in connection
with which any agreement was executed which grants the related
Obligor or Underlying Obligor, as applicable, a right to purchase
the Equipment or Underlying Equipment leased under such Contract or
Underlying Contract for the fair market value thereof at the end of
the initial term of such Contract or Underlying Contract or
(ii) grants the related Obligor or Underlying Obligor, as
applicable, a right to purchase the Equipment or Underlying
Equipment leased under such Contract for the fair market value
thereof at the end of the initial term of such Contract.
“ GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting
principles as in effect from time to time in the United States.
“ Global Overconcentration Amount ” means, at
any time, without duplication, the sum of:
(i) the amount by which the sum
of the Discounted Balances of all Eligible Receivables related to
any one Obligor (or any Affiliate thereof) at such time exceeds
$3,000,000;
(ii) the amount by which the sum of
the Discounted Balances at such time of all Eligible Receivables
related to the three Obligors which, together with any Affiliates
thereof, owe the greatest amounts under their respective Contracts,
in the aggregate, exceeds an amount equal to (a) the Adjusted
Net Eligible Receivables Balance minus (b) the Facility
Amount at such time;
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(iii) the amount by which the sum of the
Discounted Balances of all Eligible Receivables with respect to
which the related Contract is a Non-Level Payment Contract exceeds
15% of the sum of the Discounted Balances of all Eligible
Receivables at such time;
(iv) the amount by which the sum of the
Discounted Balances of all Eligible Receivables with respect to
which the related Contract provides for Scheduled Payments to be
paid for any period other than monthly exceeds 5% of the sum of the
Discounted Balances of all Eligible Receivables at such time;
(v) the amount by which the sum of the
Discounted Balances of all Eligible Receivables related to Obligor
Collateral located in the State of California at such time exceeds
25% of the sum of the Discounted Balances of all Eligible
Receivables at such time;
(vi) the amount by which the sum of the
Discounted Balances of all Eligible Receivables related to Obligor
Collateral located in any State other than the State of California
exceeds 15% of the sum of the Discounted Balances of all Eligible
Receivables at such time;
(vii) the sum of the amounts for each Equipment
Category equal to the amount by which the sum of the Discounted
Balances of all Eligible Receivables related to Equipment within
such Equipment Category exceeds the sum of the Discounted Balances
of all Eligible Receivables at such time multiplied by the
Equipment Category Percentage with respect to such Equipment
Category;
(viii) the amount by which the sum of the
Discounted Balances of all Eligible Receivables (including, without
limitation, Vehicle Sublimit Pledged Receivable), with respect to
which the related Obligor Collateral is a Vehicle or other type of
equipment which requires a security interest therein to be noted on
the certificate of title with respect thereto in order to be
perfected, exceeds 15% of the sum of the Discounted Balances of all
Eligible Receivables at such time;
(ix) the amount by which the sum of the
Discounted Balances of all Eligible Receivables which are Vehicle
Sublimit Pledged Receivable, exceeds 2% of the sum of the
Discounted Balances of all Eligible Receivables at such time;
(x) the amount by which the sum of the
Discounted Balances of all Eligible Receivables, with respect to
which the related Obligor or any related guarantor is TRS, Resource
Capital Corp., the Originator, the Servicer or any Affiliate
thereof, exceeds 0% of the sum of the Discounted Balances of all
Eligible Receivables at such time;
(xi) the amount by which the sum of the
Discounted Balances at such time of all Eligible Receivables
related to the four Obligors which, together with any Affiliates
thereof, owe the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh greatest amounts
under their respective Contracts, in the aggregate, exceeds an
amount equal to the lesser of (a) $7,000,000 and (b) 10%
of the sum of the Discounted Balances of all Eligible Receivables
at such time; and
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(xii) the amount by which the sum of the
Discounted Balances at such time of all Eligible Receivables 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 Contribution Agreement and with respect to which, as of the
date of such modification, any part of any Scheduled Payment (or
other amount payable under the terms of the related Contract)
remained unpaid for 60 days or less after the due date set forth in
such Contract, exceeds 5% of the sum of the Discounted Balances of
all Eligible Receivables at such time.
“ 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.
“ HVB ” has the meaning assigned to that term in
the preamble hereto.
“ Indemnified Amounts ” has the meaning assigned
to that term in Section 8.01 .
“ Independent Accountants ” has the meaning
assigned to that term in Section 6.13(b) .
“ 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 or an Underlying Insurance Policy issued
with respect to such Obligor Collateral and/or the related
Contract.
“ Issuer ” means, collectively, BUFCO and any
presently existing or future Person administered by HVB or, with
the consent of the Borrower (which such consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld) at any time prior to the occurrence of a
Program Termination Event (and without the consent of the Borrower
at any time after the occurrence of a Program Termination Event),
any presently existing or future Person not administered by HVB, in
either case, whose principal business consists of issuing
commercial paper or other securities to (i) fund or maintain
loans secured by receivables, accounts, instruments, chattel paper,
general intangibles and other similar assets or (ii) fund its
acquisition and maintenance of receivables, accounts, instruments,
chattel paper, general intangibles and other similar assets.
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“ Large Contract Percentage ” means
(i) during the period prior to the first anniversary of the
Closing Date, 50%, and (ii) thereafter, 40%.
“ LEAF Financial ” has the meaning assigned to
that term in the preamble hereto.
“ Lease Contract ” means (i) a
“Master Lease Schedule” in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit D-1(b) , Exhibit D-1(c) , Exhibit
D-1(d) , together with a “Master Lease Agreement”
in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D-1(a) which is
related to, and incorporated by reference into, “Master Lease
Schedule” (as such exhibits may be updated from time to time
by the Borrower with the consent of the Agent), (ii) a
“Lease Agreement” in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit D-1(e) or (iii) a lease agreement otherwise
approved by the Servicer in compliance with the Credit and
Collection Policy, pursuant to which Equipment is leased to an
Obligor by Originator, together with all schedules, supplements and
amendments thereto and each other document and instrument related
to such lease.
“ Lender ” means, collectively, Black Forest
and/or any other Person that is an Affiliate of HVB and/or, with
the consent of the Borrower (which such consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld) at any time prior to the occurrence of a
Program Termination Event (and without the consent of the Borrower
at any time after the occurrence of a Program Termination Event)
any other Person that is not an Affiliate of HVB, in each case,
that agrees, pursuant to the pertinent Assignment and Acceptance,
to make Loans secured by Pledged Assets pursuant to Article II of
this Agreement.
“ Limited Guaranty and Indemnification Agreement
” means that certain Limited Guaranty and Indemnification
Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by Resource Capital
Corp.
“ Limited Guaranty and Indemnification Agreement (TRS)
” means that certain Limited Guaranty and Indemnification
Agreement (Resource TRS, Inc. Obligations), dated as of the Fifth
Amendment Effective Date, by Resource Capital Corp.
“ Limited PCA Repurchase ” means a repurchase of
Receivables from the Borrower by TRS pursuant to the terms of
Section 6.1 of the Purchase and Contribution Agreement.
“ 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.
“ Liquidity/Credit Enhancement Facility ” means
one or more Liquidity Agreements or similar agreements, to be
entered into on or after the date hereof among Lender and/or the
Issuer, the financial institutions party thereto (including, if
applicable and at any time, financial institutions which are not
Affiliates of HVB) and the Agent and/or a letter of credit or
similar instrument or agreement by the financial institutions party
thereto (including, if applicable and at any time, financial
institutions which are not Affiliates of HVB) in favor of
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Lender and/or the
Issuer, together with any related agreements, in each case, to be
entered into on or after the date hereof.
“ Loan ” means each loan advanced by the Lender
to the Borrower on a Borrowing Date pursuant to Article II
.
“ Loan Contract ” means, collectively,
(i) a “Term Note (Level Payments)” together with
the “Master Loan and Security Agreement” related
thereto and incorporated by reference therein, each in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit D-2(a) (as such exhibit may be
updated from time to time by the Borrower with the consent of the
Agent), (ii) a “Term Note (Level Payments)” or
“Term Note (Step Payments)” together with the
“Master Loan and Security Agreement” related thereto
and incorporated by reference therein, each in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit D-2(b) (as such exhibit may be updated
from time to time by the Borrower with the consent of the Agent) or
(iii) a loan agreement and promissory note otherwise approved
by the Servicer in compliance with the Credit and Collection
Policy, in each case, pursuant to which the Originator makes a loan
to an Obligor secured by Equipment purchased by such Obligor,
together with all schedules, supplements and amendments thereto and
each other document and instrument related thereto.
“ Loans Outstanding ” means the sum of the
principal amounts of Loans loaned to the Borrower for the initial
and any subsequent borrowings pursuant to Sections 2.01 and
2.02 , reduced from time to time by Collections with respect
to any Pledged Receivable received and distributed as repayment of
principal amounts of Loans outstanding pursuant to
Section 2.05 and any other amounts received by the
Lender to repay the principal amounts of Loans outstanding pursuant
to Section 2.20 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 Collection Percentage ” means, at any
time, a fraction expressed as a percentage equal to (i) the
sum of (x) the aggregate dollar amount of payments made by
Obligors with respect to Pool A Pledged Receivables directly into
the Lockbox Account and (y) the aggregate dollar amount of
payments made by Obligors with respect to Pool B Pledged
Receivables (or payments made by Underlying Obligors to the extent
such amounts do not exceed the amounts concurrently payable by the
related Obligors with respect to Pool B Pledged Receivables)
directly into the Lockbox Account, in each case, during the three
most recently ended Collection Periods, divided by (ii) the
aggregate dollar amount of all payments made by Obligors with
respect to Pledged Receivables during the three most recently ended
Collection Periods.
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“ 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, the Agent, and certain other parties.
“ Lockbox Bank ” means U.S. Bank National
Association and its successors in interest.
“ Material Adverse Effect ” means a material
adverse effect on (i) the ability of the Borrower and/or the
Servicer to conduct its business, (ii) the ability of the
Borrower 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 and/or the Servicer is a party, (iv) the rights and
remedies of the Lender and/or the Agent under this Agreement and/or
any of the Transaction Documents and/or (v) the validity,
enforceability or collectibility of all or any portion of the
Pledged Receivables.
“ Minimum Tangible Net Worth ” means, with
respect to LEAF Financial, Tangible Net Worth (measured as of each
fiscal quarter end) in an amount not less than the sum of
(i) $17,000,000, plus (ii) 50% of the aggregate
net income of LEAF Financial for each fiscal quarter beginning with
the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2008.
“ Missed Payment/Modified Receivable ” means, as
of any date of determination, any Pledged Receivable other than a
Defaulted Receivable with respect to which:
(i) any part of any tax-related
payment (which, for purposes of clarification, shall not include
any Scheduled Payment or any property taxes payable by the related
Obligor but advanced by the Servicer pursuant to Section 6.21
hereof) 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) the first or second Scheduled
Payment is not paid in full when due under the related Contract;
or
(iii) 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 Contribution Agreement and as of the date of
such modification, any part of any Scheduled Payment (or other
amount payable under the terms of the related Contract) remains
unpaid for more than 60 days after the due date therefor set forth
in such Contract.
“ Monthly Remittance Report ” means a report, in
substantially the form of Exhibit C , furnished by the
Servicer to the Agent for the Lender pursuant to
Section 6.12(b) .
“ Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors
Service, Inc. (or its successors in interest).
“ Net Eligible Receivables Balance ” means, at
any time, (i) the Eligible Receivables Balance such time,
minus (ii) the Overconcentration Amount at such time.
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“ Non-CP Rate ” means, with respect to any Fixed
Period for any Loan allocated to such Fixed Period, an interest
rate per annum equal to the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate;
provided , however , that if the Lender shall have
notified the Agent and the Borrower that a Eurodollar Disruption
Event has occurred, the Non-CP Rate shall be equal to the Base Rate
(until the Lender shall have notified the Agent that such
Eurodollar Disruption Event has ceased, at which time the Non-CP
Rate shall again be equal to the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate).
“ Non-Level Payment Contract ” means a Contract
that does not provide for level Scheduled Payments during the term
of such Contract but does require the Scheduled Payments due on
such Contract during the first half of the original term of the
Contract (discounted at an annual rate equal to the Discount Rate)
to equal at least 33% of the Discounted Balance of such
Contract.
“ Northern ” means Northern Leasing Systems,
Inc.
“ Northern Lease Bailment Agreement ” means that
certain Lease Bailment Agreement dated as of January 31, 2006
among JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Northern, Northern Capital
Associates X, L.P. and the Originator, as such agreement may from
time to time be amended in accordance with the terms thereof;
provided , that the Servicer shall not permit the amendment
of such agreement without the consent of the Agent.
“ Northern Lease Bailment Agreement Direction Letter
” means that certain letter agreement dated as of the date
hereof between JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and the Originator, as
such agreement may from time to time be amended in accordance with
the terms thereof; provided , that the Servicer shall not
permit the amendment of such agreement without the consent of the
Agent.
“ 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
Lender or the Agent arising under this Agreement and/or any other
Transaction Document and shall include, without limitation, all
liability for principal of and interest on the Loans,
indemnifications and other amounts due or to become due by the
Borrower to the Lender or the Agent 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
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under a Loan Contract,
(iii) the Equipment and other property pledged by an Obligor
to secure its obligations under a Practice Acquisition Loan
Contract and (iv) the Underlying Originator Loan Collateral
and other property pledged by an Obligor to secure its obligations
under an Underlying Originator Loan Contract.
“ Obligor Financing Statement ” means a UCC
financing statement filed by Originator against an Obligor under a
Contract other than a Lease Contract or an Underlying Originator
Loan Contract substantially in one of the forms attached hereto as
Exhibit E-1 , in the case of a Lease Contract, in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit E-2 , and in the case of an
Underlying Originator Loan Contract, in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit E-3 .
“ 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 Agent, 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 Agent, is acceptable in form and substance to
the Agent.
“ Original Balance ” means, with respect to any
Receivable, the Discounted Balance related thereto on the date that
the Contract related to such Receivable became effective.
“ Originator ” means Leaf Funding, Inc., a
Delaware corporation.
“ Originator Insurance Agreement ” means,
collectively, (i) that certain letter agreement regarding the
Originator’s obligations as named loss payee under Insurance
Policies and Underlying Insurance Policies, dated as of the date
hereof, among the Originator, the Servicer, the Borrower, RCC and
the Agent, as such agreement may from time to time be amended,
restated, supplemented and/or otherwise modified in accordance with
the terms thereof and (ii) that certain letter agreement
regarding the Originator’s obligations as named loss payee
under Insurance Policies and Underlying Insurance Policies, dated
as of the Fifth Amendment Effective Date, among the Originator, the
Servicer, the Borrower, TRS and the Agent, as such agreement may
from time to time be amended, restated, supplemented and/or
otherwise modified in accordance with the terms thereof.
“ Originator Sale Agreement ” means
(i) with respect to any Receivable acquired by RCC as PCA
Seller prior to the Fifth Amendment Effective Date, the applicable
“Assignment Agreement (Pool A Contracts)” or
“Assignment Agreement (Pool B Contracts),”
substantially in one of the forms attached hereto as Exhibit
K-1 , between Originator, as seller, and RCC, as purchaser,
together with all instruments, documents and agreements executed in
connection therewith, as such agreement may from time to time be
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified with the consent of the
Agent, and (ii) with respect to any Receivable acquired by TRS
as PCA Seller on or after to the Fifth Amendment Effective Date,
the applicable “Assignment Agreement (Pool A
Contracts)” or “Assignment Agreement (Pool B
Contracts),” substantially in one of the forms attached
hereto as Exhibit K-2 , between Originator, as seller, and
TRS, as purchaser, together with all instruments, documents and
agreements
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executed in connection
therewith, as such agreement may from time to time be amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified with the consent of the
Agent.
“ 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
Contribution Agreement), (ii) the Equipment or Underlying
Equipment related to such Receivable (to the extent of the
Borrower’s ownership rights, if any, therein), (iii) in
the case of a Receivable related to any Contract, any and all
agreements, documents, certificates and instruments evidencing the
Borrower’s security interest or other interest in and to the
related Obligor Collateral or any intercreditor agreement with
respect thereto, including, without limitation, any Certificate of
Title, (iv) the Obligor Collateral related to such Receivable
including, without limitation, the security interest in such
Obligor Collateral granted by the related Obligor to Originator
under the related Contract and assigned (1) by Originator to a
PCA Seller under any Originator Sale Agreement, and (2) by a
PCA Seller to the Borrower under the Purchase and Contribution
Agreement, (v) the Obligor Financing Statement, if any,
related to such Receivable, (vi) the Insurance Policy and any
proceeds from the Insurance Policy relating to such Receivable,
including rebates of premiums not otherwise due to an Obligor,
(vii) the related Contract and all other items required to be
contained in the related Receivable File, any and all other
documents or electronic records that the Borrower keeps on file in
accordance with its customary procedures relating to such
Receivable, the related Obligor Collateral or the related Obligor,
(viii) any Security Deposits or Cash Reserve related to such
Receivable, (ix) all property (including the right to receive
future Liquidation Proceeds) that secures such Receivable and that
has been acquired by or on behalf of the Borrower pursuant to the
liquidation of such Receivable, and (x) all present and future
rights, claims, demands, causes and chooses in action in respect of
any or all of the foregoing and all payments on or under and all
proceeds and investments of any kind and nature in respect of any
of the foregoing.
“ Overconcentration Amount ” means, at any time,
the sum of the Pool A Overconcentration Amount at such time and the
Pool B Overconcentration Amount at such time.
“ Overdue Payment ” means, with respect to a
Collection Period, all payments due in a prior Collection Period
that the Servicer receives from or on behalf of an Obligor during
such Collection Period, including any Servicing Charges.
“ Parallel Defaults ” has the meaning assigned
to that term in Section 5.01(v) hereof.
“ PCA Seller ” means individually, and “
PCA Sellers ” means collectively, each of RCC in its
capacity as seller/contributor under the Purchase and Contribution
Agreement prior to the Fifth Amendment Effective Date and TRS in
its capacity as seller/contributor under the Purchase and
Contribution Agreement on and after the Fifth Amendment Effective
Date.
“ PCA Seller Assignment Agreement ” means that
certain Sale, Assignment and Assumption Agreement, dated as of the
Fifth Amendment Effective Date, by and between RCC, as seller, and
TRS, as buyer.
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“ 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 Trustee), with
respect to any security described in clause (i) above,
provided that the long-term unsecured obligations of the party
agreeing to repurchase such obligations are at the time rated by
Moody’s and S&P in one of their two highest long-term
rating categories and if rated by Fitch, in one of its two highest
long-term rating categories;
(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 Agent’s Bank or its
Affiliates, registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, having a rating, at the time of such investment, of no
less than Aaa by Moody’s, AAA by S&P and AAA if rated by
Fitch; and”.
(vi) any other investments approved in
writing by the Agent and the Rating Agencies.
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 Agent’s Bank or through an Affiliate of
the Agent’s Bank.
“ Permitted Liens ” means:
(i) with respect to Obligor
Collateral, (A) liens and security interests in favor of the
Agent, for the benefit of the Lender, 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,
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levies, fees and other governmental and similar charges either not
yet due or being contested in good faith and by appropriate
proceedings, provided, that appropriate reserves shall have been
established with respect to any such taxes either not yet due or
being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings,
(D) any liens with respect to any mechanics, suppliers,
materialmen, laborers, employees, repairmen and other like liens
arising in the ordinary course of a servicer’s,
lessor’s/lender’s or lessee’s/borrower’s
business securing obligations which are not due and payable, and
(E) salvage rights of insurers with respect to the equipment
subject to a Contract under insurance policies maintained pursuant
to the Transaction Documents or a Contract; and
(ii) with respect to Underlying
Collateral, in addition to the Permitted Liens described in clause
(i) above, (x) liens in favor of Originator, TRS or the
Borrower, granted by the applicable Underlying Obligor, in each
case, solely to the extent assigned to the Agent and (y) the
interests of an Underlying Obligor arising under the Underlying
Contract to which it is a party in the Underlying Originator Loan
Collateral related to such Underlying Contract.
“ 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 2.15 .
“ Pledged Receivables ” means Pledged Pool A
Receivables and Pledged Pool B Receivables.
“ Pledged Pool A Receivables ” has the meaning
assigned to that term in Section 2.15(a) .
“ Pledged Pool B Receivables ” has the meaning
assigned to that term in Section 2.15(a) .
“ Pledged Receivables Balance ” means, at any
time, the aggregate Discounted Balances of all Receivables which
are Pledged hereunder to secure Loans at such time.
“ Pool A Advance Rate Factor ” means, as of any
date of determination, (a) 2.5 multiplied by (b) the
largest of (i) the Pool A Weighted Average Net Loss Rate
(which information shall be reported and updated in the Monthly
Remittance Report immediately following the end of each calendar
quarter) or (ii) the product of (x) Weighted Average
Remaining Life with respect to the Pool A Receivables as of such
date of determination and (y) the Pool A Annualized Default
Rate.
“ Pool A Annualized Default Rate ” means, as of
any date of determination, the Annualized Default Rate as of such
date of determination, calculated by (or in a manner satisfactory
to) the Agent solely with respect to Pool A Receivables.
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“ Pool A Annualized Net Loss Rate ” means, as of
any date of determination, an amount (expressed as a percentage)
equal to (i) the product of (A) (x) the aggregate
Discounted Balances of all Pledged Pool A Receivables which were
Eligible Pool A Receivables at the time of their Pledge hereunder
and which became Defaulted Receivables or Missed Payment/Modified
Receivables or (y) were repurchased by the PCA Seller pursuant
to the terms of Section 6.1(b) of the Purchase and
Contribution Agreement and as to which, as of the date of such
repurchase, any part of any Scheduled Payment (or other amount
payable under the terms of the related Contract) remained unpaid
for more than 60 days after the due date therefor set forth in such
Contract, in each case during the six immediately preceding
Collection Periods minus (y) Recoveries related to Pool
A Receivable received during the six immediately preceding
Collection Periods and (B) 2, divided by (ii) the average
of the Eligible Pool A Receivables Balances as of the first
Business Day of each of the six immediately preceding Collection
Periods.
“ Pool A Borrowing Base ” means, at any time,
the lowest of:
(i) 98% of the Amortized
Equipment Cost with respect to all Eligible Pool A Receivables;
(ii) an amount equal to the Pool A Net
Eligible Receivables Balance multiplied by a percentage equal to
89%; and
(iii) an amount equal to:
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“ Pool A Contract ” means a Lease Contract, a
Loan Contract or a Practice Acquisition Loan Contract.
“ Pool A Defaulted Managed Receivables ” means,
as of any date of determination, any Pool A Managed 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;
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(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 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) respect to which the Servicer or
any Affiliate thereof has repossessed the related equipment.
“ Pool A Delinquency Rate ” means, as of any
date of determination, the Delinquency Rate as of such date of
determination, calculated by (or in a manner satisfactory to) the
Agent solely with respect to Pool A Receivables.
“ Pool A Facility Fee ” has the meaning ascribed
thereto in the Fee Letter.
“ Pool A Financed Middle Ticket Receivables Percentage
” means (A) that portion of the Eligible Pool A
Receivables Balance related to equipment with an original cost
greater than or equal to $100,000 divided by (B) the Eligible
Pool A Receivables Balance.
“ Pool A Financed Small Ticket Receivables Percentage
” means (A) that portion of the Eligible Pool A
Receivables Balance related to equipment with an original cost of
less than $100,000 divided by (B) the Eligible Pool A
Receivables Balance.
“ Pool A Loan ” has the meaning assigned to that
term in Section 2.01 .
“ Pool A Managed Middle Ticket Cumulative Net Loss
Rate ” means, as of any date of determination with
respect to any prior calendar year, an amount (expressed as a
percentage) equal to (i) (x) the original cost of the
equipment related to all Pool A Managed Middle Ticket Receivables
which were originated during such calendar year and which became
Pool A Defaulted Managed Receivables at any time during or after
such calendar year through and including the most recently
completed quarter minus (y) the Pool A Managed
Receivable Recoveries received by the Originator or the Servicer at
any time during or after such calendar quarter related to all Pool
A Managed Middle Ticket Receivables which were originated in such
calendar year and which became Pool A Defaulted Managed Receivables
at any time during or after such calendar year through and
including the most recently completed quarter divided by
(ii) the aggregate original cost of the equipment related to
all Pool A Managed Middle Ticket Receivables which were originated
during such calendar year.
“ Pool A Managed Middle Ticket Receivable ”
means a Pool A Managed Receivable related to equipment with an
original cost of greater than or equal to $100,000.
“ Pool A Managed Receivable Recoveries ” means,
with respect to a Pool A Defaulted Managed Receivable, all payments
that the Servicer received from or on behalf of the related Obligor
in respect of such Pool A Defaulted Managed Receivable or from the
repossession, liquidation or re-leasing of the related collateral,
including but not limited to scheduled payments, overdue payments,
payments under related guarantees and insurance proceeds.
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“ Pool A Managed Receivables ” means all lease
or loan agreements originated and/or serviced by the Originator,
the Servicer or any Affiliate thereof (other than Resource
America).
“ Pool A Managed Small Ticket Cumulative Net Loss Rate
” means, as of any date of determination with respect to any
prior calendar year, an amount (expressed as a percentage) equal to
(i) (x) the original cost of the equipment related to all
Pool A Managed Small Ticket Receivables which were originated
during such calendar year and which became Pool A Defaulted Managed
Receivables at any time during or after such calendar year through
and including the most recently completed quarter minus
(y) the Pool A Managed Receivable Recoveries received by the
Originator or the Servicer at any time during or after such
calendar quarter related to all Pool A Managed Small Ticket
Receivables which were originated in such calendar year and which
became Pool A Defaulted Managed Receivables at any time during or
after such calendar year through and including the most recently
completed quarter divided by (ii) the aggregate original cost
of the equipment related to all Pool A Managed Small Ticket
Receivables which were originated during such calendar year.
“ Pool A Managed Small Ticket Receivable ” means
a Pool A Managed Receivable related to equipment with an original
cost of less than $100,000.
“ Pool A Maximum Managed Middle Ticket Net Loss Rate
” means the highest Pool A Managed Middle Ticket Cumulative
Net Loss Rate related to any of the most recent four
(4) calendar years. For the avoidance of doubt, the Pool A
Maximum Managed Middle Ticket Net Loss Rate and the Pool A Maximum
Managed Small Ticket Net Loss Rate can occur in different
years.
“ Pool A Maximum Managed Small Ticket Net Loss Rate
” means the highest Pool A Managed Small Ticket Cumulative
Net Loss Rate related to any of the most recent four
(4) calendar years. For the avoidance of doubt, the Pool A
Maximum Managed Small Ticket Net Loss Rate and the Pool A Maximum
Managed Middle Ticket Net Loss Rate can occur in different
years.
“ Pool A Net Eligible Receivables Balance ”
means, at any time, (i) the Eligible Pool A Receivables
Balance such time minus (ii) the Pool A
Overconcentration Amount at such time.
“ Pool A Overconcentration Amount ” means, at
any time, without duplication, the sum of:
(i) an amount equal to the
Global Overconcentration Amount at such time multiplied by a
fraction the numerator of which is the aggregate Discounted
Balances of all Eligible Pool A Receivables at such time and the
denominator of which is the aggregate Discounted Balances of all
Eligible Receivables at such time;
(ii) the amount by which the sum of
the Discounted Balances of all Eligible Pool A Receivables with
respect to which the related Contract has a remaining term greater
than 85 months exceeds 20% of the sum of the Discounted Balances of
all Eligible Pool A Receivables at such time;
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(iii) the amount by which the sum of the
Discounted Balances of all Eligible Pool A Receivables with respect
to which the related Contract has a Discounted Balance greater than
$1,000,000 exceeds an amount equal to the Large Contract Percentage
multiplied by the sum of the Discounted Balances of all Eligible
Pool A Receivables at such time;
(iv) the amount by which the sum of the
Discounted Balances of all Eligible Pool A Receivables related to
any vendor of Equipment and/or any Affiliates thereof at such time
exceeds the product of the Vendor Overconcentration Limit for such
vendor and its Affiliates multiplied by the sum of the Discounted
Balances of all Eligible Pool A Receivables at such time;
(v) the amount by which the sum of the
Discounted Balances of all Eligible Pool A Receivables arising
under a Contract which provides for a Balloon Payment or Put
Payment, the amount of which is in excess of 10%, but not in excess
of 34%, of the original amount of the Scheduled Payments to be made
under such Contract, exceeds 15% of the sum of the Discounted
Balances of all Eligible Pool A Receivables at such time;
(vi) the amount by which the sum of the
Discounted Balances of all Eligible Pool A Receivables arising
under a Contract which provides for a Balloon Payment or Put
Payment, the amount of which is in excess of 34% of the original
amount of the Scheduled Payments to be made under such Contract,
exceeds $0.0;
(vii) the amount by which the sum of the
Discounted Balances of all Eligible Pool A Receivables arising from
Practice Acquisition Loan Contracts at such time exceeds 35% of the
sum of the Discounted Balances of all Eligible Pool A Receivables
at such time; and
(viii) the amount by which the sum of the Discounted
Balances of all Eligible Pool A Receivables that are Stand Alone
Working Capital Loans at such time exceeds 2% of the sum of the
Discounted Balances of all Eligible Pool A Receivables at such
time.
“ Pool A Receivable ” means the rights to all
payments from an Obligor under a Pool A Contract, including,
without limitation, any right to the payment with respect to
(i) Scheduled Payments, (ii) any prepayments or overdue
payments made with respect to such Scheduled Payments,
(iii) any Guaranty Amounts, (iv) any Insurance Proceeds,
(v) any Servicing Charges and (vi) any Recoveries.
“ Pool A Termination Event ” means the
occurrence of any of the following events:
(i) the rolling weighted average
of the Pool A Delinquency Rates in respect of any three consecutive
Collection Periods exceeds 3.5%;
(ii) the Pool A Annualized Default
Rate exceeds 4%; or
(iii) the Pool A Annualized Net Loss Rate
exceeds 3.5%.
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“ Pool A Weighted Average Net Loss Rate ” means
the sum of (A) the product of (i) the Pool A Maximum
Managed Small Ticket Net Loss Rate times (ii) the Pool A
Financed Small Ticket Receivables Percentage and (B) the
product of (i) the Pool A Maximum Managed Middle Ticket Net
Loss Rate times (ii) the Pool A Financed Middle Ticket
Receivables Percentage.
“ Pool B Adjusted Advance Amount ” has the
meaning set forth in clause (v) of the definition of Pool B
Overconcentration Amount.
“ Pool B Advance Rate Factor ” means, as of any
date of determination with respect to any Underlying Originator,
(a) 2.0 multiplied by (b) the largest of (i) the
largest Pool B Managed Receivable Net Loss Factor with respect to
such Underlying Originator related to any of the most recent four
prior calendar years (which information shall be updated and
reported with respect to such Underlying Obligor in the Monthly
Remittance Report immediately following the end of each calendar
quarter during which such Underlying Obligor received a loan or a
payment of purchase price under the related Pool B Contract) or
(ii) the product of (x) Weighted Average Remaining Life
with respect to the related Pool B Contract as of such date of
determination and (y) the Pool B Annualized Default Rate.
“ Pool B Annualized Default Rate ” means, as of
any date of determination, the Annualized Default Rate as of such
date of determination, calculated by (or in a manner satisfactory
to) the Agent solely with respect to Pool B Receivables.
“ Pool B Annualized Net Loss Rate ” means with
respect to any Underlying Originator, as of any date of
determination at least three Collection Periods after the date that
the Pool B Receivable related to such Underlying Originator is
Pledged hereunder (the “ Applicable Date ”), an
amount (expressed as a percentage) equal to (i) the product of
(A) (x) the aggregate Discounted Balances of all
Underlying Contracts related to such Underlying Originator which
were Eligible Underlying Contracts at the time of the Pledge of the
related Pool B Receivable hereunder and as to which an Underlying
Contract Event of Default has occurred during the six (or such
lesser number of Collection Periods since the Applicable Date)
immediately preceding Collection Periods minus
(y) recoveries received by the Underlying Originator during
the six (or such lesser number of Collection Periods since the
Applicable Date) immediately preceding Collection Periods and
(B) 2 (if six or more Collection Periods have occurred since
the Applicable Date), 2.4 (if five Collection Periods have occurred
since the Applicable Date), 3 (if four Collection Periods have
occurred since the Applicable Date), 4 (if three Collection Periods
have occurred since the Applicable Date), 6 (if two Collection
Periods have occurred since the Applicable Date) or 12 (if one
Collection Period has occurred since the Applicable Date) divided
by (ii) the average of the aggregate Discounted Balances of
all Underlying Contracts related to such Underlying Originator
which are Eligible Underlying Contracts as of the first Business
Day of each of the six (or such lesser number of Collection Periods
since the Applicable Date) immediately preceding Collection
Periods.
“ Pool B Borrowing Base ” means, at any time,
the lower of:
(i) 97% of the aggregate Pool B
Adjusted Advance Amounts with respect to all Eligible Pool B
Receivables at such time; and
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(ii) 95% of the Pool B Net Eligible
Receivables Balance at such time;
provided , that, at all times after December 14, 2007
(the “ Pool B Amortization Date ”), the Pool B
Borrowing Base shall not exceed the amount of the Pool B Borrowing
Base on the Pool B Amortization Date as such amount is reduced from
time for any reason, including, without limitation, in connection
with any decrease of the Discounted Balances of the Pool B
Receivables that are Pledged hereunder on the Pool B Amortization
Date (the “ Pool B Amortization Date Receivables
”) and/or any Underlying Contract related thereto, and
without giving effect to any facts or circumstances that would
increase of the Pool B Borrowing Base for any reason, including,
without limitation, in connection with any increase of the
Discounted Balances of the Pool B Amortization Date Receivables
and/or any Underlying Contract related thereto after the Pool B
Amortization Date
“ Pool B Contract ” means an Underlying
Originator Loan Contract.
“ Pool B Defaulted Managed Receivables ” means,
as of any date of determination, any Pool B Managed 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;
(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 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) respect to which the Servicer or
any Affiliate thereof has repossessed the related equipment.
“ Pool B Facility Fee ” has the meaning ascribed
thereto in the Fee Letter.
“ Pool B Loan ” has the meaning assigned to that
term in Section 2.01 .
“ Pool B Managed Receivable Net Loss Factor ”
means, as of any date of determination with respect to an
Underlying Originator and any prior calendar year, an amount
(expressed as a percentage) equal to (i)(x) the aggregate original
cost of the equipment related to all Pool B Managed Receivables
with respect to an Underlying Originator which were originated
during such calendar year and which became Pool B Defaulted Managed
Receivables at any time during or after such calendar year through
and including the most recently completed calendar quarter
minus (y) the Pool B Managed Receivable Recoveries
received by such Underlying
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Originator at any time
during or after such calendar year related to all such Pool B
Managed Receivables which were originated in such calendar year and
which became Pool B Defaulted Managed Receivables at any time
during or after such calendar year divided by (ii) the
aggregate original cost of the equipment related to all Pool B
Managed Receivables with respect to such Underlying Originator
which were originated during such calendar year.
“ Pool B Managed Receivable Recoveries ” means,
with respect to a Pool B Defaulted Managed Receivable with respect
to an Underlying Originator, all payments that such Underlying
Originator received from or on behalf of the related obligor in
respect of such Pool B Defaulted Managed Receivable or from the
repossession, liquidation or re-leasing of the related collateral,
including but not limited to scheduled payments, overdue payments,
payments under related guarantees and insurance proceeds.
“ Pool B Managed Receivables ” means, with
respect to an Underlying Originator, all lease or loan agreements
originated and/or serviced by such Underlying Originator or any
Affiliate thereof related to equipment with an original cost of
less than $100,000.
“ Pool B Net Eligible Receivables Balance ”
means, at any time, (i) the Eligible Pool B Receivables
Balance such time minus (ii) the Pool B
Overconcentration Amount at such time.
“ Pool B Overconcentration Amount ” means, at
any time, without duplication, the sum of:
(i) an amount equal to the
Global Overconcentration Amount at such time multiplied by a
fraction the numerator of which is the aggregate Discounted
Balances of all Eligible Pool B Receivables at such time and the
denominator of which is the aggregate Discounted Balances of all
Eligible Receivables at such time;
(ii) [Intentionally omitted];
(iii) the amount by which the sum of the
Discounted Balances of all Eligible Pool B Receivables related to
any one Underlying Obligor (or Affiliate thereof) at such time
exceeds $500,000;
(iv) the amount by which the sum of the
Discounted Balances of all Eligible Pool B Receivables with respect
which the related Contract has a remaining term greater than 84
months exceeds 5% of the sum of the Discounted Balances of all
Eligible Pool B Receivables at such time; and
(v) the sum of the amounts by which
the Discounted Balance of any Eligible Pool B Receivable related to
any one Underlying Originator exceeds the lowest of the following
amounts (such lowest amount being referred to herein as the “
Pool B Adjusted Advance Amount ” with respect to such
Eligible Pool B Receivable):
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the sum of (A) Cash Reserves related to such Eligible Pool
B Receivable and (B) 1.00 minus the Pool B Advance Rate Factor
related to such Underlying Originator multiplied by the
aggregate
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Pool B Underlying Contract DPVs related to all Underlying
Contracts sold or pledged by such Underlying Originator with
respect to such Eligible Pool B Receivable;
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100% of the Amortized Equipment Cost with respect to such
Eligible Pool B Receivable; and
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the sum of Cash Reserves related to such Eligible Pool B
Receivable and 97% of the Pool B Underlying Contract DPVs related
to all Underlying Contracts sold or pledged by such Underlying
Originator with respect to such Eligible Pool B Receivable.
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“ Pool B Receivable ” means the rights to all
payments from an Obligor under a Pool B Contract, including,
without limitation, any right to the payment with respect to
(i) Scheduled Payments and Underlying Scheduled Payments,
(ii) any prepayments or overdue payments made with respect to
such Scheduled Payments and Underlying Scheduled Payments,
(iii) any Guaranty Amounts, (iv) any Insurance Proceeds,
(v) any Servicing Charges and (vi) any Recoveries.
“ Pool B Termination Event ” means, with respect
to an Underlying Originator, the occurrence of any of the following
events:
(i) the rolling weighted average
of the Underlying Delinquency Rates with respect to such Underlying
Originator in respect of any three consecutive Collection Periods
exceeds 8%;
(ii) the Pool B Annualized Net Loss
Rate with respect to such Underlying Originator in respect of any
Collection Period exceeds 6% (or, with respect to the Pool B
Annualized Net Loss Rate calculated in connection with solely the
first two Collection Periods following the relevant Applicable
Date, 8%);
(iii) the current amount of recourse, if
any, against such Underlying Originator with respect to its
obligations under the related Underlying Originator Loan Contract
is less than 5% of the maximum amount of such recourse; or
(iv) the occurrence of any Bankruptcy Event
in respect of such Underlying Originator.
“ Pool B Underlying Contract DPV ” means, with
respect to any Underlying Contract, as of any date of
determination, the present value of the aggregate amount of
Underlying Scheduled Payments (including any Balloon Payment or Put
Payment but, in any event, calculated without giving effect to any
booked residual value with respect to any related Equipment) due or
to become due under the terms of the related Underlying Contract,
which remain unpaid as of such date of determination, calculated by
discounting such aggregate amount of Underlying Scheduled Payments
to such date of determination at an annual rate equal to the rate
per annum of the interest payable under the Pool B Contract related
to such Underlying Contract.
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“ Practice Acquisition Loan Contract ” means,
collectively, a “Term Note (Level Payments)” together
with the “Master Loan and Security Agreement” related
thereto and incorporated by reference therein, each in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit D-3 (as such exhibit may be
updated from time to time by the Borrower with the consent of the
Agent) or a loan agreement and promissory note otherwise approved
by the Servicer in compliance with the Credit and Collection
Policy, pursuant to which Originator makes a loan to an Obligor to
enable such Obligor to acquire a dental practice, secured by
Equipment related to the practice of dentistry and certain
non-equipment assets, together with all schedules, supplements and
amendments thereto and each other document and instrument related
thereto.
“ Prepayment Amount ” means the principal amount
of Loans repaid by the Borrower in connection with an optional
prepayment of Loans made by the Borrower pursuant to
Section 2.20 hereof.
“ Prepayment Date ” means any date on which an
optional prepayment of Loans is made by the Borrower pursuant to
Section 2.20 hereof.
“ Program Termination Cure Event ” means,
following the occurrence of a Program Termination Event described
in clause (viii) of the definition thereof, the cure of such
Program Termination Event, provided that, in any event, no
other Program Termination Event shall have occurred and be
continuing.
“ Program Termination Date ” means the earliest
of (i) the date of occurrence of any event described in
Section 7.01(a) hereof, (ii) the date of the
declaration of the Program Termination Date pursuant to any other
subsection of Section 7.01 or (iii) the date of
the declaration of the Program Termination Date by, and at the
option of, the Lender upon the occurrence of a Program Termination
Event.
“ Program Termination Event ” means the
occurrence of any of the following events:
(i) a regulatory,
tax or accounting body has ordered that the activities of the
Lender, the Issuer or any Affiliate thereof contemplated hereby be
terminated or, as a result of any other event or circumstance, the
activities of the Lender, the Issuer or any Affiliate contemplated
hereby may reasonably be expected to cause the Lender, the Issuer
or the Person, if any, then acting as the administrator or the
manager for the Lender and/or the Issuer, or any of their
respective Affiliates to suffer materially adverse regulatory,
accounting or tax consequences;
(ii) an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing;
(iii) the Facility
Maturity Date shall have occurred;
(iv) [intentionally
omitted];
(v) [intentionally
omitted];
(vi) [intentionally
omitted];
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(vii) a Servicer Default
has occurred and is continuing; or
(viii) (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 Agent and the Rating
Agencies within 45 days and (B) is not replaced within 45 days
by a replacement acceptable to the Agent 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
(ix) the occurrence
of three or more Pool A Termination Events and/or Pool B
Termination Events.
“ Purchase and Contribution Agreement ” means
that certain Purchase and Contribution Agreement, dated as of the
date hereof, between the PCA Seller, as seller, and the Borrower,
as purchaser, together with all instruments, documents and
agreements executed in connection therewith, as such Purchase and
Contribution 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 Contribution Agreement.
“ Put Payment ” means with respect to any
Contract or Underlying Contract constituting a lease, the payment,
if any, required to be made by the Obligor under the terms of such
lease in connection with the required purchase by such Obligor or
Underlying Obligor of the related Equipment or Underlying Equipment
at the end of the term of such lease.
“ 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 Agent in exchange for the
payment by the Borrower of a fixed rate of interest equal to the
applicable Swapped Rate, (iii) the effective date of which is
a Borrowing Date, (iv) having a varying notional balance which
is, as of the effective date thereof, in an amount equal to the
aggregate principal amount of the Loans advanced on such effective
date and (v) which shall otherwise be on such terms and
conditions and pursuant to such documentation as shall be
acceptable to the Agent or (Y) an alternative interest rate
hedging agreement agreed to in writing by the Borrower and the
Agent.
“ Qualifying Swap Counterparty ” means HVB as
long as it has a long-term debt rating of at least “A”
from S&P and “A2” from Moody’s or posts cash
collateral in a manner satisfactory to the Agent and the Rating
Agencies or, if HVB does not meet such criteria, any other
financial institution that is in the business of entering into
interest rate swap transactions, is acceptable to the Agent and has
a long-term debt rating of at least “A” from S&P
and “A2” from Moody’s or posts cash collateral in
a manner satisfactory to the Agent and the Rating Agencies.
“ Rating Agencies ” means Moody’s, S&P
and Fitch, if and so long as they have rated and are continuing to
rate commercial paper notes of the Lender, or such other nationally
recognized statistical rating organizations as may be designated by
the Agent.
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“ RCC ” means RCC Commercial, Inc., a Delaware
corporation.
“ Receivable ” means a Pool A Receivable or a
Pool B Receivable.
“ Receivable File ” means with respect to each
Receivable:
(a) if such
Receivable is related to a Lease Contract the following items
(collectively, a “ Pool A Lease File ”):
(i) true copies of
the related (1) original, executed Lease Contract, a facsimile
copy thereof (with respect to Equipment having an original cost of
less than $100,000) or a machine copy of the Lease Contract
certified by an authorized officer of the Borrower and stamped
“I hereby certify that this is a true and exact copy of the
original” (2) delivery/installation certificate or
acknowledgment and acceptance of delivery certificate,
(3) Insurance Certificate if such Receivable related to
Equipment with an original cost in excess of $100,000,
(4) other than with respect to a Lease Contract related to
Equipment which has an original cost of less than $25,000 if such
Lease Contract is a Dollar Purchase Option Contract or $50,000 if
such Lease Contract is a FMV Contract, a “transmittal
order” from the Servicer to a filing service company and an
“in process report” from such filing service company to
the Servicer (or other evidence of the submission of the related
UCC financing statement for filing in the appropriate filing
office) and, within 45 days of the related Contract being executed,
a file-stamped copy of the related UCC financing statement and
(5) vendor order(s) or invoice(s), and
(ii) if received by
the Servicer or the Borrower, true executed copies of the related
(1) corporate resolution, (2) guaranty,
(3) automatic loan/lease contract payment plan authorization
form, (4) agreement for advances, (5) landlord’s
consent, (6) landlord’s waiver and (7) other
documents to have been received;
(b) if such
Receivable is related to a Loan Contract or a Practice Acquisition
Loan Contract the following items (collectively, a “ Pool
A Loan File ”):
(i) true copies of
the related (1) promissory note, which shall be the original,
executed copy thereof, (2) “Master Loan and Security
Agreement”, (3) Insurance Certificate if such Receivable
related to Equipment with an original cost in excess of $100,000
and (4) other than with respect to a Receivable related to
Equipment which has an original cost of less than $25,000, a
“transmittal order” from the Servicer to a filing
service company and an “in process report” from such
filing service company to the Servicer (or other evidence of the
submission of the related UCC financing statement for filing in the
appropriate filing office) and, within 45 days of the related
Contract being executed, a file-stamped copy of the related UCC
financing statement, and
(ii) if received by
the Servicer or the Borrower, true, executed copies of the related
(1) loan agreement, (2) personal guaranty,
(3) vendor guaranty, (4) corporate resolution,
(5) affidavit for judgment by confession (photocopy only),
(6) automatic loan/lease contract payment plan authorization
form, (7) agreement to assign lease, (8) landlord’s
consent, (9) landlord’s waiver and (10) vendor
order(s) or invoice(s);
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(c) if such
Receivable is related to an Underlying Originator Loan Contract the
following items (collectively, a “ Pool B Master
Receivable File ”):
(i) original,
executed copies of the related (1) promissory note, which
shall be the original, executed copy thereof (with fully executed,
original Allonge attached thereto) unless such Underlying
Originator Loan Contract is in the form of a Master Purchase and
Sale Agreement,” (2) security agreement,
(3) Insurance Certificate if such Underlying Originator Loan
Contract related to Equipment with an original cost in excess of
$100,000 and (4) 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,
(ii) if received by
the Servicer or the Borrower, true executed copies of the related
(1) loan agreement, (2) personal guaranty,
(3) vendor guaranty, (4) corporate resolution,
(5) affidavit for judgment by confession (photocopy only) and
(6) automatic loan contract payment plan authorization form;
provided, that, in the case of a Receivable that is Pledged in
connection with the initial Borrowing hereunder, the items listed
in this clause (ii) need not be included in the Receivable
File related to such Receivable prior to the 120th day following
the Pledge of such Receivable hereunder,
(d) if such
Receivable is related to a Underlying Originator Loan Contract
which finances an Underlying Lease Contract the following items
(collectively, a “ Pool B Underlying Lease File
”):
(i) original,
executed copies of the related (1) Underlying Lease Contract,
(2) delivery/installation certificate or acknowledgment and
acceptance of delivery certificate, (3) purchase agreement,
(4) Underlying Insurance Certificate if such Underlying Lease
Contract related to Equipment with an original cost in excess of
$100,000, (5) other than with respect to an Underlying Lease
Contract related to Equipment which has an original cost of less
than $25,000 if such Underlying Lease Contract is a Dollar Purchase
Option Contract or $50,000 if such Underlying Lease Contract is a
FMV Contract a “transmittal order” from the Underlying
Originator to a filing service company and an “in process
report” from such filing service company to the Underlying
Originator (or other evidence of the submission of the related UCC
financing statement for filing in the appropriate filing office)
and, within 45 days of the related Underlying Lease Contract being
executed, a file-stamped copy of the related UCC financing
statement and (6) vendor order or invoice, and
(ii) if received by
the Servicer or the Borrower, true, executed copies of the
following items relating to the Underlying Lease
Contract: (1) corporate
resolution, (2) guaranty, (3) automatic lease contract
payment plan authorization form, (4) agreement for advances,
(5) landlord’s consent and (6) landlord’s
waiver;
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(e) if such
Receivable is related to an Underlying Originator Loan Contract
which finances an Underlying Loan Contract the following items
(collectively, a “ Pool B Underlying Loan File
”):
(i) original,
executed copies of the related (1) promissory note, which
shall be the original, executed copy thereof, (2) security
agreement, (3) Underlying Insurance Certificate if such
Underlying Loan Contract related to Equipment with an original cost
in excess of $100,000 and (4) other than with respect to an
Underlying Loan Contract related to Equipment which has an original
cost of less than $25,000 a “transmittal order” from
the Underlying Originator to a filing service company and an
“in process report” from such filing service company to
the Underlying Originator (or other evidence of the submission of
the related UCC financing statement for filing in the appropriate
filing office) and, within 45 days of the related Contract being
executed, a file-stamped copy of the related UCC financing
statement, and
(ii) if received by
the Servicer or the Borrower, true, executed copies of the
following items relating to the Underlying Loan Contract:
(1) loan agreement, (2) personal guaranty,
(3) vendor guaranty, (4) corporate resolution,
(5) affidavit for judgment by confession (photocopy only),
(6) automatic loan contract payment plan authorization form,
(7) agreement to assign lease, (8) landlord’s
consent, (9) landlord’s waiver and (10) vendor
order or invoice; and
In addition, if the Obligor Collateral related to such Receivable
(other than a Vehicle Sublimit Pledged 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 notes the owner of such Vehicle as being the
Borrower and indicates “Bayerische Hypo- und Vereinsbank AG,
New York Branch, as Agent” as the sole lienholder with
respect to such Vehicle 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 Contribution 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 or Missed
Payment/Modified Receivable and with respect to such Defaulted
Receivable or Missed Payment/Modified 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 Missed Payment/Modified Receivable or from the
repossession, liquidation or re-leasing of the related
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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
Discounted Balance of such Pledged Receivable at the time of such
release.
“ Remittance Date ” means the twenty-second (22
nd ) day of
each month beginning May, 2006, or, if such date is not a Business
Day, the next succeeding Business Day; provided, that the final
Remittance Date shall occur on the Collection Date.
“ Replacement Receivable ” has the meaning set
forth in Section 2.07 hereof.
“ Resource America ” means Resource America,
Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“ Rollover Fixed Period ” means any Fixed Period
other than any Fixed Period (i) applicable to the Loan arising
as a result of the Borrowing on the initial Borrowing Date or
(ii) applicable to any new Loan arising as a result of a
Borrowing on a Subsequent Borrowing Date.
“ S&P ” means Standard &
Poor’s Ratings Group, a division of The McGraw-Hill
Companies, Inc. (or its successors in interest).
“ Scheduled Payments ” means, with respect to
any Receivable, the periodic payments payable under the terms of
the related Contract (but not including any such periodic payment
to the extent paid in advance by the related Obligor).
“ Security Deposit ” means any amount paid to
the Servicer or the Borrower by an Obligor as a security deposit,
which has not previously been refunded to such Obligor (for
purposes of clarification, a Cash Reserve shall not be deemed to
constitute a Security Deposit).
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“ Security Deposit Account ” has the meaning
assigned to that term in Section 2.06 .
“ Security Deposit Account Agreement ” means
that certain Securities Account Agreement, dated the date of this
Agreement, among Originator, the Borrower, the Servicer, the
Agent’s Bank and the Agent, as such agreement may from time
to time be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in
accordance with the terms thereof.
“ Servicer ” means, at any time, LEAF Financial
or any other Person then authorized, pursuant to
Section 6.01 , to service, administer and collect
Pledged Receivables.
“ Servicer Advance ” has the meaning assigned to
such term in Section 6.21 .
“ 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 15 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 clause (ix) of the
definition of Program Termination Events; or
(vi) the occurrence of any
Bankruptcy Event in respect of the Servicer.
“ 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.
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“ Servicing Fee ” means, for any Fee Period, an
amount, payable out of Collections on the Pledged Receivables and
amounts applied to the payment of, or treated as payments on, the
Pledged Receivables, equal to (i) the Servicing Fee Rate
multiplied by (ii) the Net Eligible Receivables Balance as of
the first day of such Fee Period multiplied by (iii) a
fraction, the numerator of which shall be the actual number of days
in such Fee Period and the denominator of which shall be 360.
“ Servicing Fee Rate ” means 1.00%.
“ Stand Alone Working Capital Loan ” means a
loan to a medical or dental practice that may be secured by all
assets of such medical or dental practice or that might be
unsecured.
“ Standby Backup Servicer’s Fee ” means,
for any Fee Period or portion thereof prior to the occurrence of a
Servicer Default and the appointment of the Backup Servicer as
Servicer hereunder, an amount, payable out of Collections on the
Pledged Receivables and amounts applied to the payment of, or
treated as payments on, the Pledged Receivables, equal to the
greater of (i) the Standby Backup Servicing Fee Rate,
multiplied by the Net Eligible Receivables Balance as of the first
day of such Fee Period, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of
which shall be the actual number of days in such Fee Period and the
denominator of which shall be 360, or (ii) $1,500.
“ Standby Backup Servicing Fee Rate ” means
.034%.
“ State ” means one of the fifty states of the
United States or the District of Columbia.
“ Subsequent Borrowing ” means a Borrowing which
occurs on a Subsequent Borrowing Date.
“ Subsequent Borrowing Date ” means each
Business Day occurring after the initial Borrowing Date on which
the Borrower determines to request an additional Borrowing from the
Lender.
“ 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 (but
without giving effect to any adjustments for other comprehensive
income pursuant to the Statements of Financial Accounting Standards
Nos. 133 and 138 issued by the Financial Accounting Standard Board)
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 Agent, minus (iii) the consolidated intangibles of
such Person and its consolidated subsidiaries, including, without
limitation, goodwill, trademarks, tradenames, copyrights, patents,
patent allocations,
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licenses and rights in
any of the foregoing and other items treated as intangibles in
accordance with GAAP.
“ Transaction Documents ” means this Agreement,
the Purchase and Contribution Agreement, the Limited Guaranty and
Indemnification Agreement, any Originator Sale Agreement, the PCA
Seller Assignment Agreement, the Limited Guaranty and
Indemnification Agreement (TRS), the Lockbox Intercreditor
Agreement, the Collection Account Agreement, the Security Deposit
Account Agreement, each Cash Reserve Account Agreement, the Fee
Letter, the Custodial Agreement, the Northern Lease Bailment
Agreement, Northern Lease Bailment Agreement Direction Letter, the
Originator Insurance Agreement and each Qualifying Interest Rate
Swap and each document and instrument related to any of the
foregoing.
“ Transition Costs ” means any documented
expenses and allocated cost of personnel reasonably incurred by the
Backup Servicer in connection with a transfer of servicing from the
Servicer to the Backup Servicer as the successor Servicer;
provided, that such expenses and allocated costs do not exceed
$60,000.
“ TRS ” means Resource TRS, Inc., a Delaware
corporation.
“ UCC ” means the Uniform Commercial Code as
from time to time in effect in the specified jurisdiction.
“ Underlying Collateral ” means the Underlying
Equipment leased or sold to an Underlying Obligor, or serving
otherwise as collateral for a loan to an Underlying Obligor under
an Underlying Contract.
“ Underlying Contract ” means an Underlying
Lease Contract or an Underlying Loan Contract.
“ Underlying Contract Event of Default ” means,
as of any time of determination, the occurrence and continuation of
any of the following events with respect to any Underlying
Contract:
(i) any Underlying
Scheduled Payment (or other amount payable under the terms of the
related Underlying Contract) remains unpaid for more than 120 days
after the due date therefor set forth in such Underlying
Contract;
(ii) the first or second
Underlying Scheduled Payment is not paid in full when due under the
related Underlying Contract;
(iii) any payment or other
material terms of the related Underlying Contract have been
modified due to credit related reasons after such Underlying
Contract was acquired by Originator;
(iv) such Underlying Contract
has been or should be charged off as a result of the occurrence of
a Bankruptcy Event with respect to the related Underlying Obligor,
if any, or has been or should otherwise be deemed uncollectible by
the Underlying Originator in accordance with its credit and
collection policy; or
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(v) the related Underlying
Equipment has been repossessed.
“ Underlying Delinquency Rate ” means with
respect to any Underlying Originator, as of any date of
determination, an amount (expressed as a percentage) equal to
(i) the aggregate Discounted Balances of all Underlying
Contracts related to such Underlying Originator as to which any
part of any Underlying Scheduled Payment (or other amount payable
under the terms of the related Underlying Contract) remains unpaid
for more than 30 days but not more than 120 days after the due date
therefor set forth in such Underlying Contract as of the last day
of the immediately preceding Collection Period divided by
(ii) the aggregate Discounted Balances with respect to all
Eligible Pool B Underlying Lease Contracts and Eligible Pool B
Underlying Loan Contracts related to such Underlying Originator as
of such day.
“ Underlying Equipment ” means the equipment or
Vehicle leased or sold to an Underlying Obligor by an Underlying
Originator, or serving as collateral for a loan to an Underlying
Obligor by an Underlying Originator, under an Underlying Contract
together with any replacement parts, additions and repairs thereof,
and any accessories incorporated therein and/or affixed
thereto.
“ Underlying Insurance Certificate ” means with
respect to any Pool B Receivable, the insurance certificate related
to the Underlying Insurance Policy with respect to the Underlying
Contract relating to such Receivable (which insurance certificate
shall list the Originator or the Underlying Originator as the loss
payee).
“ Underlying Insurance Policy ” means, with
respect to any Underlying Collateral, the insurance policy
maintained by or on behalf of the Obligor pursuant to the related
Contract that covers physical damage to the related Equipment (in
an amount sufficient to insure completely the value of such
Equipment) and general liability (including policies procured by
the Borrower or the Servicer, or any agent thereof, on behalf of
the Obligor)
“ Underlying Lease Contract ” means a lease
contract pursuant to which Underlying Equipment is leased to an
Underlying Obligor by an Underlying Originator, together with all
schedules, supplements and amendments thereto and each other
document and instrument related to such lease contract.
“ Underlying Lease Documents ” means, with
respect to any Pool B Receivable, the Underlying Lease Contract and
all agreements, documents or instruments evidencing, securing,
guaranteeing or otherwise relating to the obligations of the
Underlying Obligor thereunder.
“ Underlying Loan Contract ” means,
collectively, a promissory note, a loan agreement and a security
agreement pursuant to which an Underlying Originator makes a loan
to an Underlying Obligor secured by Underlying Equipment owned by
such Underlying Obligor, together with all schedules, supplements
and amendments thereto and each other document and instrument
related thereto.
“ Underlying Loan Documents ” means, with
respect to any Pool B Receivable, the Underlying Loan Contract and
all agreements, documents or instruments evidencing, securing,
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guaranteeing or
otherwise relating to the obligations of the Underlying Obligor
thereunder, including, without limitation, the note or notes
evidencing such indebtedness.
“ Underlying Obligor ” means, collectively, each
Person obligated to make payments under an Underlying Contract.
“ Underlying Originator ” means an Obligor
engaged, in the ordinary course of business in providing financing
to Underlying Obligors for the purposes of acquiring Underlying
Equipment.
“ Underlying Originator Loan Contract ” means,
collectively, a “Master Purchase and Sale Agreement,” a
“Master Loan and Security Agreement,” or a “Loan
and Security Agreement,” each of which complies with all of
the criteria set forth in Exhibit D-4 hereto (as such
exhibit may be updated from time to time by the Borrower with the
consent of the Agent), pursuant to which Originator makes a
purchase of Underlying Originator Loan Collateral from an
Underlying Originator or makes a loan to an Underlying Originator
secured by Underlying Originator Loan Collateral, together with all
schedules, supplements and amendments thereto and each other
document and instrument related thereto.
“ Underlying Originator Loan Collateral ” means
Underlying Loan Contracts and Underlying Lease Contracts and all
other assets of the Underlying Originators which secure the
obligations of Underlying Originators under an Underlying
Originator Loan Contract, or which are sold to the Originator by
Underlying Originators under an Underlying Originator Loan
Contract, in each case whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and
including without limitation the Underlying Loan Documents, the
Underlying Lease Documents, Underlying Security Deposit (if any)
and the Underlying Equipment related thereto, together with all
proceeds of every kind and nature, including proceeds of proceeds,
of any and all of the foregoing.
“ Underlying Originator Credit and Collection Policy
” means the credit and collection policy of an Underlying
Originator, as such policy may hereafter be amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time in compliance with this
Agreement.
“ Underlying Scheduled Payments ” means, with
respect to any Underlying Contract, the periodic payments payable
under the terms of such Underlying Contract (but not including any
such periodic payment to the extent paid in advance by the related
Underlying Obligor).
“ Underlying Security Deposit ” means any amount
paid to an Underlying Originator by an Underlying Obligor as a
security deposit or as a payment in advance of any amounts to
become due under an Underlying Contract, which has not previously
been refunded to such Underlying Obligor or applied toward such
Underlying Obligor’s obligations under such Underlying
Contract.
“ United States ” means the United States of
America.
“ Unmatured Event of Default ” means any event
that, if it continues uncured, will, with lapse of time or notice
or lapse of time and notice, constitute an Event of Default.
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“ Vehicle ” means a new or a used automobile,
minivan, sports utility vehicle, light duty truck or heavy duty
truck.
“ Vehicle Sublimit Pledged Receivable ” means a
Pledged Receivable, with respect to which the related Obligor
Collateral or Underlying Collateral is a Vehicle or other type of
equipment which requires a security interest therein to be noted on
the certificate of title with respect thereto in order to be
perfected, but the Borrower has not forwarded to the Custodian for
inclusion in the appropriate Receivable File an original
Certificate of Title which indicates the owner of the related
Vehicle as being the Borrower and indicates “Bayerische Hypo-
und Vereinsbank AG, New York Branch, as Agent” as the sole
lienholder with respect to such Vehicle.
“ Vendor Overconcentration Limit ” means, for
each of the vendors set forth in the following table, the
percentage set forth opposite the name of such vendor, and for any
other vendor, 5%:
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Vendor
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Vendor
Overconcentration Limit
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Toshiba Corporation
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15%
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General Electric
Company
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15%
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Varian Medical Systems
Inc.
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10%
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Century Medical
Distributors Ltd.
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10%
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CTI Molecular Imaging,
Inc.
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10%
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Hitachi, Ltd.
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10%
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Konica Minolta
Holdings, Inc.
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10%
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Canon Inc.
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10%
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Koninklijke Phillips
Electronics N.V.
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10%
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“ Weighted Average Remaining Life ” means, (the
sum of the ratios, numerator of which is the principal portion of
the monthly repayment multiplied by the number of the period at
such time and denominator of which is the sum of discounted balance
of total eligible receivables at such time) divided by 12.
“ 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.
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“ Yield ” means, with respect to any Fixed
Period for any Loan allocated to such Fixed Period, the product
of:
YR x L x ED
360
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where:
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the Yield Rate for such Fixed Period;
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the aggregate amount of Loans Outstanding allocated to such
Fixed Period; and
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the actual number of days elapsed during such Fixed Period;
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provided , however , that (i) no provision of
this Agreement shall require the payment or permit the collection
of Yield in excess of the maximum permitted by applicable law and
(ii) Yield shall not be considered paid by any distribution if
at any time such distribution is required to be rescinded by the
Lender to the Borrower or any other Person for any reason
including, without limitation, such distribution becoming void or
otherwise avoidable under any statutory provision or common law or
equitable action, including, without limitation, any provision of
the Bankruptcy Code.
“ Yield Rate ” means, with respect to any Fixed
Period for any Loan allocated to such Fixed Period:
(i) to the extent
the Lender will be funding the applicable Loan on the first day of
such Fixed Period through the issuance of commercial paper, a rate
equal to the CP Rate for such Fixed Period; and
(ii) to the extent the
Lender will not be funding the applicable Loan through the issuance
of commercial paper and/or to the extent that such Fixed Period (or
any portion thereof) shall occur after a Program Termination Date,
Pool A Termination Event or Pool B Termination Event (x) a
rate equal to the Non-CP Rate for such Fixed Period or
(y) such other rate as the Agent and the Borrower shall agree
to in writing;
provided , however , that upon the occurrence of any
Event of Default the applicable Yield Rate for all Fixed Periods in
effect at the time of such occurrence shall convert to, and for all
Fixed Periods that come into effect after any Event of Default
shall be, the Default Funding Rate.
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.”
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ARTICLE
II.
THE RECEIVABLES FACILITY
SECTION 2.01
Borrowings . On the terms and conditions
hereinafter set forth, the Lender shall make loans (“
Loans ”) to the Borrower secured by Pledged Assets
from time to time during the period from the date hereof until the
earlier of the Program Termination Date or the Facility Maturity
Date. Separate Loans will be made to finance the Borrower’s
acquisition of (x) Pool A Receivables (“ Pool A
Loans ”) and (y) Pool B Receivables (“ Pool
B Loans ”), and no Loan shall finance both Pool A
Receivables and Pool B Receivables. Under no circumstances shall
the Lender make, or the Borrower request, any Loan if (a) the
principal amount of such Loan is less than $500,000, or
(b) after giving effect to the Borrowing of such Loan, either
(i) a Program Termination Event or an event that but for
notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a Program
Termination Event has occurred and is continuing or (ii) the
aggregate Facility Amount hereunder would exceed the lesser of
(A) the Borrowing Limit and (B) the Borrowing Base. Under
no circumstances shall the Lender make, or the Borrower request,
any Loan secured by Pool A Receivables if after giving effect to
the Borrowing of such Loan, either (1) the aggregate Facility
Amount hereunder, calculated solely with respect to Loans secured
by Pool A Receivables, would exceed the Pool A Borrowing Base or
(2) a Pool A Termination Event shall exist. Under no
circumstances shall the Lender make, or the Borrower request, any
Loan secured by any Pool B Receivable if after giving effect to the
Borrowing of such Loan, either (1) the aggregate Facility
Amount hereunder, calculated solely with respect to Loans secured
by Pool B Receivables, would exceed the Pool B Borrowing Base or
(2) a Pool B Termination Event shall exist with respect to the
Underlying Originator related to such Pool B Receivable.
SECTION 2.02 The
Initial Borrowing and Subsequent Borrowings . (a) Until the
occurrence of the earlier of the Program Termination Date and the
Facility Maturity Date, the Lender will make Loans on any Business
Day at the request of the Borrower, subject to and in accordance
with the terms and conditions of Sections 2.01 and
2.02 and subject to the provisions of Article III
hereof.
(b) (i) The
initial Borrowing shall be made on at least four (4) Business
Days’ irrevocable written notice from the Borrower to the
Agent and each Subsequent Borrowing shall be made on at least three
(3) Business Days’ irrevocable written notice from the
Borrower to the Agent (any such written notice, a “ Notice
of Borrowing ”), provided that such Notice of Borrowing
is received by the Agent no later than 12:00 noon (New York City
time) on the Business Day of receipt. Any Notice of Borrowing
received after 12:00 noon (New York City time) shall be deemed
received prior to 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the following
Business Day. Each such Notice of Borrowing shall specify
(A) the aggregate amount of such Borrowing, (B) the date
of such Borrowing, (C) the allocation of the Loans as Pool A
Loans and Pool B Loans, and (D) the Eligible Pool A
Receivables and the Eligible Pool B Receivables to be Pledged in
connection with such Borrowing (and upon such Borrowing, such
Receivables shall be Pledged Receivables hereunder). On the date of
each Borrowing, the Lender shall, upon satisfaction of the
applicable conditions set forth in Article III , make
available to the Borrower on the applicable Borrowing Date, no
later than 2:00 P.M. (New York City time), in same day
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funds, the amount of
such Borrowing (net of amounts payable to or for the benefit of the
Lender), by payment into the account which the Borrower has
designated in writing.
(ii) Each Notice of
Borrowing delivered to the Agent pursuant to this
Section 2.02(b) shall be 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.
(c) The Loans shall
bear interest at the Yield Rate.
(d) Subject to
Section 2.20 and the other terms, conditions,
provisions and limitations set forth herein, the Borrower may
borrow, repay or prepay and reborrow Loans, on and after the date
hereof and prior to the earlier to occur of the Facility Maturity
Date and the Program Termination Date.
(e) Determinations
by the Lender of the existence of any CP Disruption Event (any such
determination to be communicated to the Borrower by written notice
from the Agent promptly after the Agent learns of such event), or
of the effect of any CP Disruption Event on its making or
maintaining Loans at the CP Rate, shall be conclusive absent
manifest error.
(f) Determinations
by the Lender of the existence of any Eurodollar Disruption Event
(any such determination to be communicated to the Borrower by
written notice from the Agent promptly after the Agent learns of
such event), or of the effect of any Eurodollar Disruption Event on
its making or maintaining Loans at the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate,
shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
SECTION 2.03 [
Intentionally Omitted ].
SECTION 2.04
Determination of Fixed Periods
. (a) Subject to Section 2.04(c),
the Yield Rate to apply to all Loans outstanding shall be the CP
Rate. The initial Fixed Period applicable to any new Loan arising
as a result of a Borrowing shall commence on, and include, the date
of such Borrowing and shall terminate on, and include, the day
immediately prior to the next occurring Remittance Date or such
earlier date as the Agent may determine (an “ Early Fixed
Period Termination Date ”); provided, that the initial
Fixed Period applic