RECEIVABLES LOAN AND SECURITY
AGREEMENT
THIS SEVENTH
AMENDMENT TO THE RECEIVABLES LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as
of November 13, 2008 (this “ Amendment ”), is
entered into by and among:
(1) LEAF
CAPITAL FUNDING III, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as
the borrower (the “ Borrower ”);
(2) LEAF
FINANCIAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, as the servicer (the
“ Servicer ”);
(3) MORGAN
STANLEY BANK, as a Class A Lender (a “ Class A
Lender ”), and as collateral agent (the “
Collateral Agent ”);
(4) MORGAN
STANLEY ASSET FUNDING INC., as a Class B Lender (a “
Class B Lender ”);
(5) THE ROYAL
BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC, as a Class A Lender (a “
Class A Lender ”), and as a Class B Lender
(a “ Class B Lender ”) (the Class A
Lenders and the Class B Lenders shall be collectively referred
to herein as the “ Lenders ”);
(6) U.S. BANK
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as the custodian (the “
Custodian ”), and as the lenders’ bank (the
“ Lenders’ Bank ”);
(7) LYON
FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. (d/b/a U.S. Bank Portfolio Services), a
Minnesota corporation, as the backup servicer (the “
Backup Servicer ”); and
(8) MORGAN
STANLEY CAPITAL SERVICES INC., as the Qualifying Swap Counterparty
(the “ Qualifying Swap Counterparty
”).
A.
WHEREAS , the Borrower, the Servicer, the Lenders, the
Collateral Agent, the Custodian, the Lenders’ Bank and the
Backup Servicer are parties to the Receivables Loan and Security
Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2007 (as amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified through the date hereof, the
“ Agreement ”);
B.
WHEREAS , the parties hereto desire to amend the Agreement
on the terms and conditions set forth herein; and
NOW
THEREFORE , for good and valuable consideration, the receipt
and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree
as follows:
1.
Certain Defined Terms . Capitalized terms used but not
defined herein shall have the meanings set forth for such terms in
Section 1.01(a) of the Agreement.
2.
Amendments to the Agreement . The Agreement is hereby
amended to incorporate the changes reflected on
Exhibit A hereto.
3.
Conditions Precedent . The effectiveness of this Amendment
is expressly conditioned upon the receipt by the Lenders of
(i) executed signature pages to this Amendment from each of
the parties hereto, (ii) executed signature pages to that
certain fee letter agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among
the Borrower and each Lender from each of the parties thereto,
(iii) an opinion of counsel to each of the Borrower and the
Servicer, in form and substance satisfactory to the Lenders,
covering certain corporate and enforceability matters, (iv) an
executed power of attorney, in form and substance satisfactory to
the Lenders, covering any successor Servicer and (v) such
other documents, instruments and opinions as the Lenders may
request.
4.
Representations and Warranties . Each of the Borrower and
the Servicer represents and warrants that:
(a) this Amendment
has been duly authorized, executed and delivered on its behalf, and
the Agreement, as so amended, constitutes its legal, valid and
binding obligation enforceable against it in accordance with the
terms hereof or thereof;
(b) after giving
effect to this Amendment, the representations and warranties made
by it in the Agreement (as amended by this Amendment) are true and
correct as of the date hereof (except to the extent any such
representations or warranties relate to a prior date, in which case
such representation or warranty shall relate to such prior date);
and
(c) after giving
effect to this Amendment, no Program Termination Event, Event of
Default, Termination Event or Unmatured Event of Default shall
exist on the date hereof.
5. Effect
of Amendment . Except as expressly amended and/or modified by
this Amendment, all provisions of the Agreement shall remain in
full force and effect. After the date hereof, all references in the
Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereof”, or
words of similar effect referring to the Agreement shall be deemed
to be references to the Agreement as amended by this Amendment.
This Amendment shall not be deemed to expressly or impliedly waive,
amend or supplement any provision of the Agreement other than as
specifically set forth herein.
6.
Counterparts . This Amendment may be executed in any number
of counterparts and by different parties on separate counterparts
(including by facsimile or electronic transmission), each of which
shall be deemed to be an original and all of which when taken
together shall constitute but one and the same
instrument.
7.
Governing Law; Severability . THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE A
CONTRACT MADE UNDER AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO ITS CONFLICTS OF LAW PROVISIONS THEREOF
(OTHER
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THAN SECTION
5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW). Wherever possible
each provision of this Amendment shall be interpreted in such
manner as to be effective and valid under applicable laws, such
provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or
invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provision or
the remaining provisions of this Amendment.
8.
Successors and Assigns . This Amendment shall be binding
upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and
assigns, and shall inure to the sole benefit of the parties
hereto.
9.
Section Headings . The various headings of this
Amendment are included for convenience only and shall not affect
the meaning or interpretation of this Amendment, the Agreement or
any provision hereof or thereof.
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IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amendment to be executed by
their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date
first above written.
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LEAF CAPITAL
FUNDING III, LLC,
as Borrower
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By:
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/s/ Miles
Herman
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Name:
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Miles
Herman
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Title:
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President,
COO
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LEAF FINANCIAL
CORPORATION,
as Servicer
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By:
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/s/ Miles
Herman
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Name:
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Miles
Herman
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Title:
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President,
COO
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Seventh Amendment to
RLSA
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MORGAN STANLEY
BANK,
as a Class A Lender and as the Collateral Agent
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By:
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/s/ Andrew J.
Coon
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Name:
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Andrew J.
Coon
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Title:
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Authorized
Signatory
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MORGAN STANLEY
ASSET FUNDING INC., as a Class B Lender
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By:
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/s/ Andrew J.
Coon
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Name:
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Andrew J.
Coon
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Title:
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Authorized
Signatory
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Seventh Amendment to
RLSA
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THE ROYAL BANK
OF SCOTLAND PLC,
as a Class A Lender and as a Class B Lender
By: Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc., as agent
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By:
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/s/ Jere P.
Dieck
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Name:
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Jere P.
Dieck
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Title:
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Managing
Director
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U.S. BANK
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Custodian and as Lenders’ Bank
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By:
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/s/ Diane L.
Reynolds
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Name:
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Diane L.
Reynolds
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Title:
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Vice
President
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Seventh Amendment to
RLSA
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LYON FINANCIAL
SERVICES, INC. (d/b/a U.S. Bank Portfolio Services),
as Backup Servicer
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By:
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/s/ Joseph
Andries
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Name:
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Joseph
Andries
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Title:
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Senior Vice
President
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MORGAN STANLEY
CAPITAL SERVICES INC.,
as the Qualifying Swap Counterparty
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By:
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/s/ Charmaine
Fearon
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Name:
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Charmaine
Fearon
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Title:
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Authorized
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[incorporates Consent, dated as
of December 7, 2007, Second Amendment,
dated as of December 27, 2007,
Third Amendment, dated as of May 16, 2008,
Fourth Amendment, dated as of September 15, 2008,
Fifth Amendment, dated as of October 31, 2008
Sixth Amendment, dated as of November 7, 2008
and Seventh Amendment, dated as of November 13,
2008]
RECEIVABLES LOAN AND SECURITY
AGREEMENT
Dated as of November 1, 2007
LEAF CAPITAL FUNDING III,
LLC,
LEAF FINANCIAL
CORPORATION,
as a Class A Lender and
Collateral Agent
MORGAN STANLEY ASSET FUNDING
INC.
THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND
PLC
as a Class A Lender and as a
Class B Lender
U.S. BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
as the Custodian and the
Lenders’ Bank
LYON FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. (D/B/A
U.S. BANK PORTFOLIO SERVICES),
This RECEIVABLES
LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT is made as of November 1, 2007,
among:
(1) LEAF
CAPITAL FUNDING III, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the
“ Borrower ”);
(2) LEAF
FINANCIAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“ LEAF
Financial ” or the “ Initial Servicer
”), as the Servicer (as defined herein);
(3) MORGAN
STANLEY BANK, as a Class A Lender (“ Morgan
Stanley ” and a “ Lender ” hereunder)
and Collateral Agent (as defined herein);
(4) THE ROYAL
BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC, as a Class A Lender (“RBS”
and a “Lender” hereunder) and as a Class B Lender
(a “ Lender ” hereunder);
(5) MORGAN
STANLEY ASSET FUNDING INC., as a Class B Lender (“
Morgan Stanley AFI ” and a “ Lender
” hereunder and, together with Morgan Stanley and RBS, the
“ Lenders ”);
(6) U.S. BANK
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as the Custodian and the Lenders’ Bank
(as each such term is defined herein); and
(7) LYON
FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. (d/b/a U.S. Bank Portfolio Services), a
Minnesota corporation, as the Backup Servicer (as defined
herein).
SECTION 1.01
Certain Defined Terms . (a) Certain capitalized terms
used throughout this Agreement are defined above or in this
Section 1.01 .
(b) As used
in this Agreement and the exhibits and schedules thereto (each of
which is hereby incorporated herein and made a part hereof), the
following terms shall have the following meanings (such meanings to
be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the
terms defined):
“
Accountants’ Report ” has the meaning assigned
to that term in Section 6.11(b) .
“ Active
Backup Servicer’s Fee ” means, for any Fee Period
or portion thereof after the occurrence of a Servicer Default and
the appointment of the Backup Servicer as Servicer hereunder, an
amount, payable out of Collections on the Pledged Receivables and
amounts applied to the payment of, or treated as payments on, the
Pledged Receivables, equal to the greater of (i) the Active
Backup Servicing Fee Rate, multiplied by the Eligible Receivables
Balance as of the first day of such Fee Period, multiplied by a
fraction, the numerator of which shall be the actual number of days
in such Fee Period and the denominator of which shall be
360,
and (ii)
$7,000. The Active Backup Servicer’s Fees shall also include
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Backup Servicer
in performing its duties as Servicer.
“ Active
Backup Servicing Fee Rate ” means 1.50%.
“
Adjusted Eurodollar Rate ” means, (i) on and
prior to November 23, 2008, with respect to any Interest
Period for any Loan (or portion thereof) allocated to such Interest
Period, an interest rate per annum equal to the average of the
interest rates per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the
nearest 1/100 of 1%) reported during such Interest Period on
Reuters LIBOR01 Page (British Bankers Association Settlement Rate)
as the London Interbank Offered Rate for United States dollar
deposits having a term of thirty (30) days and in a principal
amount of $1,000,000 or more (or, if such page shall cease to be
publicly available or, if the information contained on such page,
in each applicable Lender’s sole judgment, shall cease to
accurately reflect such London Interbank Offered Rate, such rate as
reported by any publicly available recognized source of similar
market data selected by such Lender that, in such Lender’s
reasonable judgment, accurately reflects such London Interbank
Offered Rate), and (ii) thereafter, with respect to each other
Interest Period for any Loan (or portion thereof) allocated to such
Interest Period, an interest rate per annum equal to the interest
rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100
of 1%) reported on the date that is two (2) Business Days
prior to the end of the immediately preceding Interest Period on
Reuters LIBOR01 Page (British Bankers Association Settlement Rate)
as the London Interbank Offered Rate for United States dollar
deposits having a term of thirty (30) days and in a principal
amount of $1,000,000 or more (or, if such page shall cease to be
publicly available or, if the information contained on such page,
in each applicable Lender’s sole judgment, shall cease to
accurately reflect such London Interbank Offered Rate, such rate as
reported by any publicly available recognized source of similar
market data selected by such Lender that, in such Lender’s
reasonable judgment, accurately reflects such London Interbank
Offered Rate).
“ Adverse
Claim ” means a lien, security interest, charge,
encumbrance or other right or claim of any Person other than, with
(i) respect to the Pledged Assets, any lien, security
interest, charge, encumbrance or other right or claim in favor of
the Collateral Agent or (ii) any Permitted Lien.
“
Affected Party ” has the meaning assigned to that term
in Section 2.09 .
“
Affiliate ” when used with respect to a Person, means
any other Person controlling, controlled by or under common control
with such Person. For the purposes of this definition,
“control,” when used with respect to any specified
Person, means the power to direct the management and policies of
such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership
of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms
“controlling” and “controlled” have
meanings correlative to the foregoing.
“
Aggregate Advance Amount ” means the Class A
Advance Amount plus the Class B Advance Amount.
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“
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.
“
Allocable Share ” means, in respect of any Segregated
Collateral Pool at any time, such Segregated Collateral
Pool’s share of any amount, which shall be determined by
multiplying such amount by a fraction, (x) the numerator of
which is the aggregate Discounted Balance of all Pledged
Receivables included in such Segregated Collateral Pool at such
time and (y) the denominator of which is the aggregated
Discounted Balance of all Pledged Receivables at such
time.
“
Amendment Consent Parties ” has the meaning assigned
to that term in Section 9.01 .
“
Amortized Equipment Cost ” means, (i) with
respect to all Eligible Receivables (a) as of the Borrowing
Date, the present value of the remaining Scheduled Payments under
all Eligible Receivables (including any Balloon Payment or Put
Payment), discounted monthly at the rate at which the present value
of all Scheduled Payments under all Eligible Receivables (including
any Balloon Payment or Put Payment) equals the Purchase Price and,
(b) as of any subsequent date of determination, shall mean the
present value of the then remaining Scheduled Payments under all
Eligible Receivables (including any Balloon Payment or Put Payment)
discounted monthly at the aforementioned discount rate, and
(ii) with respect to an Eligible Receivable (a) as of the
Borrowing Date, the present value of the remaining Scheduled
Payments under such Eligible Receivable (including any Balloon
Payment or Put Payment), discounted monthly at the rate at which
the present value of all Scheduled Payments under all Eligible
Receivables (including any Balloon Payment or Put Payment) equals
the Purchase Price and, (b) as of any subsequent date of
determination, shall mean the present value of the then remaining
Scheduled Payments under such Eligible Receivable (including any
Balloon Payment or Put Payment) discounted monthly at the
aforementioned discount rate.
“
Approved Lienholder ” means any Person that
(i) has entered into a Nominee Lienholder Agreement, a copy of
which has been delivered by the Collateral Agent to the Custodian
and (ii) appears on the list of approved lienholders provided by
LEAF Financial Corporation to the Custodian from time to
time.
“
Assigned Documents ” has the meaning assigned to that
term in Section 2.10 .
“
Assignment ” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase
and Sale Agreement.
“
Assignment and Acceptance ” has the meaning assigned
to that term in Section 9.04 .
“
Available Cash ” has the meaning assigned to that term
in Section 7.01(t)(i) .
“
Available Funds ” has the meaning assigned to that
term in Section 2.04(a) .
“ Backup
Servicer ” means Lyon Financial Services, Inc. (d/b/a
U.S. Bank Portfolio Services) or any successor Backup Servicer
appointed by the Lenders pursuant to Section 6.13
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“ Backup
Servicer Delivery Date ” has the meaning assigned to that
term in Section 6.10(d) .
“ Balloon
Payment ” means a payment due, or which may be required,
at the end of the term of a Contract (which constitutes a loan)
equal to the principal amount under such Contract which remains
outstanding after the payment of all regular scheduled payments of
principal during the term of such Contract.
“
Bankruptcy Code ” means Title 11, United States Code,
11 U.S.C. §§ 101 et seq ., as
amended.
“
Bankruptcy Event ” shall be deemed to have occurred
with respect to a Person if either:
(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 Collateral Agent 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 Collateral 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 Collateral 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
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debtors. The
Base Rate shall change as and when such banks’ prime
commercial lending (or equivalent) rates change.
“
Borrower ” has the meaning assigned to that term in
the preamble hereto.
“
Borrower Pension Plan ” means a “pension
plan” as such term is defined in section 3(2) of ERISA, which
is subject to Title IV of ERISA and to which the Borrower or any
ERISA Affiliate of Borrower may have any liability, including any
liability by reason of having been a substantial employer within
the meaning of section 4063 of ERISA at any time during the
preceding five years, or by reason of being deemed to be a
contributing sponsor under section 4069 of ERISA.
“
Borrowing ” means the borrowing of the Class A
Loan and the Class B Loan under this Agreement.
“
Borrowing Date ” means, with respect to the Borrowing,
the date on which the Borrowing is funded.
“
Borrowing Limit ” means on the Borrowing Date, the
least of (i) the Facility Limit, (ii) the Maximum Advance
Amount and (iii) the Aggregate Advance Amount; provided
, however , that at all times, on or after the Program
Termination Date, the Borrowing Limit shall mean the aggregate
outstanding principal balance of the Loans.
“
Breakage Fee ” means, for Loans allocated to any
Interest Period during which such Loans are repaid (in whole or in
part) prior to the end of such Interest Period, the breakage costs,
if any, related to such repayment plus the amount, if any, by which
(i) interest (calculated without taking into account any
Breakage Fee), which would have accrued on the amount of the
payment of such Loans during such Interest Period (as so computed)
if such payment had not been made, as the case may be, exceeds
(ii) the sum of (A) interest actually received by each
Lender in respect of such Loans for such Interest Period and, if
applicable, (B) the income, if any, received by the Lenders
from each Lender’s investing the proceeds of such payments on
such Loans.
“
Business Day ” means a day of the year other than a
Saturday or a Sunday or any other day on which banks are authorized
or required to close in New York City, St. Paul, Minnesota or Salt
Lake City, Utah; provided , that, if any determination of a
Business Day shall relate to a Loan bearing interest at the
Adjusted Eurodollar Rate, the term “Business Day” shall
also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in
dollar deposits in the London interbank market.
“
Calculated Swap Amortizing Balance ” means, with
respect to a Qualifying Interest Rate Swap and as of any date of
determination, the projected scheduled amortizing balance of the
Pledged Receivables which were Pledged during the period ending on
the Remittance Date on which such Qualifying Interest Rate Swap
became effective and beginning on the day following the immediately
preceding Remittance Date, determined by the Servicer and accepted
by the Lenders based upon the Discounted Balance of such Pledged
Receivables as of such date of determination, adjusted for
prepayments using an absolute prepayment speed which, in
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judgment of the
Lenders, is consistent with the speed with which the Pledged
Receivables have prepaid in the past.
“ Capital
Stock ” of any Person means any and all shares,
interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, contingent share
issuances, participations or other equivalents of or interest in
equity (however designated) of such Person.
“
Certificate of Title ” means with respect to a
Vehicle, (i) if such Vehicle is registered in Florida,
(x) to the extent the related Receivable has been originated
by an Originator, an original certificate of title or (y) to
the extent the related Receivable has been Originated by a Person
other than an Originator, (A) an original certificate of title
or (B) if the original certificate of title has been sent to
the registered owner of such Vehicle, an original computer
confirmation of lien, (ii) if such Vehicle is registered in
Kansas, a true copy of the application for certificate of title and
registration, (iii) if such Vehicle is registered in Kentucky,
an original notice of lien, (iv) if such Vehicle is registered
in Maryland, an original notice of security interest filing,
(v) if such Vehicle is registered in Minnesota, an original
lien card, (vi) if such Vehicle is registered in Missouri, an
original notice of recorded lien, (vii) if such Vehicle is
registered in Montana, a true copy of the application for
certificate of title, (viii) if such Vehicle is registered in
New York, an original notice of lien, (ix) if such Vehicle is
registered in Oklahoma, an original, file-stamped lien entry form,
(x) if such Vehicle is registered in Wisconsin, an original
lien confirmation card or (xi) if such Vehicle is registered
in any other State, an original certificate of title, in each case
issued by the Registrar of Titles of the applicable State listing
the lienholder of record with respect to such Vehicle (it being
understood and agreed that solely for purposes of clauses
(i) through (x) above (other than clauses (i)(x)
and (i)(y)(A) ), the “original” of any document
required thereby shall consist of whatever documentation has been
issued by the Registrar of Titles of the related State to the
lienholder).
“ Change
of Control ” means that at any time (i) Owner shall
own directly or indirectly less than 100% of all membership
interests of the Borrower, (ii) Resource America shall own
directly or indirectly less than 50.1% of all Capital Stock or
voting power of the Initial Servicer, (iii) the Initial
Servicer shall own directly or indirectly less than 80% of all
Capital Stock or voting power of Originator and Owner,
(iv) Resource America, Owner or the Borrower merges or
consolidates with any other Person without the prior written
consent of the Lenders, (v) the Initial Servicer or the
Originator merges or consolidates with any other Person and the
Initial Servicer or the Originator, as applicable, is not the
surviving entity or (vi) either of Crit DeMent or Miles Herman
is not employed in a senior management position at the Initial
Servicer, is not involved in the day-to-day operations of the
Initial Servicer or is not able to perform substantially all of his
duties as an employee of the Initial Servicer during any three
month period and, in each case, has not been replaced by a person
approved by the Lenders in writing within 90 days of any such
event.
“
Check-in Repurchase Event ” has the meaning set forth
in Section 5.02(e) .
“
Check-in Requirements ” means the procedures set forth
in Section 5.02 of this Agreement.
“
Class A Advance Amount ” means
$333,380,316.91.
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“
Class A Facility Limit ” means, at any time, with
respect to the Class A Notes, the product of (x) 97.10%,
(y) 89%, and (z) the Amortized Equipment Cost with
respect to all Pledged Receivables that are Eligible
Receivables.
“
Class A Interest Rate ” means (i) from
August 8, 2008 through October 31, 2008, the Adjusted
Eurodollar Rate plus 2.50%; (ii) from November 1, 2008
through the Facility Maturity Date, the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate
plus 4.00%; and (iii) from and after the Facility Maturity
Date or at any time upon the occurrence and continuation of any
Program Termination Event, the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate plus
5.00%.
“
Class A Lender ” means each Lender in respect of
the Class A Loan.
“
Class A Loan ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.01(a) .
“
Class A Note ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.01(b) .
“
Class B Advance Amount ” means
$33,712,616.32.
“
Class B Interest Rate ” means (i) from
August 8, 2008 through October 31, 2008, the Adjusted
Eurodollar Rate plus 12.50%; (ii) from November 1, 2008
through the Facility Maturity Date, the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate
plus 17.50%; and (iii) from and after the Facility Maturity
Date or at any time upon the occurrence and continuation of any
Program Termination Event, the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate plus
20.00%.
“
Class B Lender ” means each Lender in respect of
the Class B Loan.
“
Class B Loan ” means the sum of the Class B
Advance Amount plus $1,000,000.
“
Class B Note ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.01(b) .
“ Closing
Date ” means November 7, 2007.
“
Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
“
Collateral Agent ” means Morgan Stanley, in its
capacity as collateral agent on behalf of the Secured Parties, and
any other Person appointed as Collateral Agent
hereunder.
“
Collateral Agent’s Fee ” means, for any Fee
Period, an amount, payable out of Collections on the Pledged
Receivables and amounts applied to the payment of, or treated as
payments on, the Pledged Receivables, equal to the amount listed in
the Fee Letter.
“
Collateral Receipt ” has the meaning assigned to that
term in the Custodial Agreement.
“
Collateral Split ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 7.03(b) . The Collateral Split shall be deemed
to occur on the Collateral Split Effective Date.
“
Collateral Split Accrued Expenses ” means, as of any
date, each of the following amounts to the extent accrued or
invoiced on or prior to such date: all amounts payable under
clauses (i) , (ii) (including, without limitation,
all applicable swap breakage costs, indemnities and
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Other Swap
Breakage Costs), (iii) , (iv) , (v) ,
(vi) , (viii) and (xiii) of
Section 2.04(a) ; it being understood and agreed that
extraordinary amounts reasonably expected to be incurred in
connection with any Program Termination Event or the Collateral
Split may be invoiced in advance and shall be included in the
Collateral Split Accrued Expenses.
“
Collateral Split Buyout Right ” has the meaning set
forth in Section 7.04 .
“
Collateral Split Effective Date ” means (i) the
day after the first Remittance Date to occur following the later of
(a) the date on which each applicable Lender’s
Collateral Split Buyout Rights expire pursuant to
Section 7.03 and (b) the date on which all
Collateral Split Accrued Expenses are paid in full or (ii) any
other date agreed to by the parties hereto and the Qualifying Swap
Counterparty.
“
Collateral Split Notice ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 7.04(a) .
“
Collection Account ” means a special trust account
(account number 119320000 at the Lenders’ Bank) in the name
of the Borrower and under the control of U.S. Bank National
Association, as securities intermediary, on behalf of the Lenders;
provided , that the funds deposited therein (including any
interest and earnings thereon) from time to time shall constitute
the property and assets of the Borrower and the Borrower shall be
solely liable for any taxes payable with respect to the Collection
Account.
“
Collection Account Agreement ” means that certain
Collection Account Agreement, dated the date of this Agreement,
among the Borrower, the Servicer, the Lenders’ Bank, the
Lenders and the Collateral 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 interest and Fees and all other Obligations
have been paid in full.
“
Collection Period ” means, (i) with respect to
any Remittance Date (including the initial Remittance Date), the
period beginning on, and including, the first day of the most
recently ended calendar month and ending on, and including, the
last day of the most recently ended calendar month; provided
, that the final Collection Period shall begin on, and include, the
first day of the then current calendar month and shall end on the
Collection Date and (ii) in any context other than with
respect to any Remittance Date, a calendar month.
“
Collections ” means, without duplication, with respect
to any Pledged Receivable, all Scheduled Payments related to such
Receivable, all prepayments and related penalty payments with
respect to the Contract related to such Receivable, all overdue
payments and related interest and penalty payments with respect to
the Contract related to such Receivable, all Guaranty Amounts, all
Insurance Proceeds, all Servicing Charges, all proceeds under
“buyout letters” or other prepayment/termination
agreements and all Recoveries related to such Receivable, all
amounts paid to the Borrower related to such Receivable pursuant to
the terms of the Purchase and Sale Agreement, all amounts paid by
the Servicer related to such Receivable in connection with its
obligations under Section 6.20 hereof, and all other
payments received with respect to the Contract related to such
Receivable, all cash receipts and proceeds in respect of the
Other
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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.
“
Computer Tape or Listing ” means the computer tape or
listing (whether in electronic form or otherwise) generated by the
Servicer on behalf of the Borrower, which provides information
relating to the Receivables included in the Eligible Receivables
Balance.
“
Consolidated EBITDA ” means, with respect to LEAF
Financial and its consolidated subsidiaries for any period, the
aggregate net income (or loss) of LEAF Financial and its
consolidated subsidiaries for such period plus , without
duplication and to the extent deducted in the calculation of such
aggregate net income (or loss) for such period, the sum of (a)
income tax expense, (b) Consolidated Interest Expense
(including interest on the Loans) for such period,
(c) depreciation and amortization expense and
(d) amortization of intangibles (including, without
limitation, goodwill, trademarks, tradenames, copyrights, patents,
patent allocations, licenses and rights in any of the foregoing and
other items treated as intangibles in accordance with
GAAP).
“
Consolidated Interest Expense ” means, with respect to
LEAF Financial and its consolidated subsidiaries for any period,
the aggregate of the interest expense of LEAF Financial and its
consolidated subsidiaries for such period, as determined in
accordance with GAAP, and including, without duplication, net cash
costs under all Qualifying Interest Rate Swaps (excluding
amortization or accretion of original discount or cost).
“
Contract ” means a Lease Contract or a Loan
Contract.
“
Controlling Holders ” means, (i) at any time
prior to a Collateral Split, both of the Primary Lenders acting
together and (ii) at any time after a Collateral Split, with
respect to any Loan Agreement and the related Transaction
Documents, the holders of a majority of the aggregate outstanding
principal amount of the Class A Notes and the Class B
Notes governed by such Loan Agreement or, if there are only two
holders of such Class A Notes and the Class B Notes, all
of such holders of such Class A Notes and the Class B
Notes.
“ Credit
and Collection Policy ” means (i) collectively, the
“Operations Policies & Procedures” memorandum and
certain other items, as annexed hereto as Schedule IV
as such policy may hereafter be amended, modified or supplemented
from time to time in compliance with this Agreement and
(ii) with respect to any Servicer other than LEAF Financial,
that Servicer’s collection policies for similar assets in
effect from time to time.
“
Cumulative Net Loss Rate ” means, as of any date of
determination following November 1, 2008, an amount (expressed as a
percentage) equal to (i) the difference of (x) the
aggregate Discounted Balances of all Pledged Receivables which were
Eligible Receivables at the time of their Pledge hereunder and
which became Defaulted Receivables at any time, minus
(y) Recoveries received, divided by (ii) the
Purchase Price.
“
Cumulative Net Loss Rate Percentage ” means, for each
calendar month, the corresponding percentage set forth in the
“Cumulative Net Loss Rate Percentage” column on
Schedule IX hereto.
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“
Custodial Agreement ” means that certain Custodial
Agreement dated as of the date hereof among the Servicer, the
Borrower, the Lenders and the Custodian, together with all
instruments, documents and agreements executed in connection
therewith, as such Custodial Agreement may from time to time be
amended, restated, supplemented and/or otherwise modified in
accordance with the terms thereof.
“
Custodian ” means U.S. Bank National Association (or a
sub-custodian on its behalf) or any substitute Custodian appointed
by the Lenders pursuant to the Custodial Agreement.
“
Custodian’s Fee ” means, for any Fee Period, an
amount, payable out of Collections on the Pledged Receivables and
amounts applied to the payment of, or treated as payments on, the
Pledged Receivables, equal to the aggregate fees (and, following a
Collateral Split, the aggregate fees with respect to each related
Segregated Collateral Pool, without duplication) listed in that
certain “Schedule of Fees” letter dated
October 23, 2007 between U.S. Bank National Association and
LEAF Financial Corporation, as amended, which relate to such Fee
Period.
“
Debt ” of any Person means (i) indebtedness of
such Person for borrowed money, (ii) obligations of such
Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar
instruments related to transactions that are classified as
financings under GAAP, (iii) obligations of such Person to pay
the deferred purchase price of property or services,
(iv) obligations of such Person as lessee under leases which
shall have been or should be, in accordance with GAAP, recorded as
capital leases, (v) obligations secured by an Adverse Claim
upon property or assets owned (under GAAP) by such Person, even
though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment
of such obligations and (vi) obligations of such Person under
direct or indirect guaranties in respect of, and obligations
(contingent or otherwise) to purchase or otherwise acquire, or
otherwise to assure a creditor, against loss in respect of,
indebtedness or obligations of others of the kinds referred to in
clauses (i) through (v) above.
“
Defaulted Receivable ” means, as of any date of
determination, any Pledged Receivable:
(i) with respect
to which any part of any Scheduled Payment, or any tax-related
payment, owed by the applicable Obligor under the terms of the
related Contract remains unpaid for more than 120 days after
the due date therefor set forth in such Contract;
(ii) with respect
to which the first or second Scheduled Payment is not paid in full
when due under the related Contract;
(iii) with respect
to which any payment or other material terms of the related
Contract have been modified due to credit related reasons after
such Contract was acquired by the Borrower pursuant to the Purchase
and Sale Agreement;
(iv) which has
been or should be charged off as a result of the occurrence of a
Bankruptcy Event with respect to the related Obligor, if any, or
which has been or should otherwise be deemed uncollectible by the
Servicer, in each case, in accordance with the Credit and
Collection Policy; or
(v) with respect
to which the Servicer has repossessed the related
Equipment.
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“
Deficiency ” has the meaning assigned to that term in
the Custodial Agreement.
“
Delinquency Rate ” means, as of any date of
determination, an amount (expressed as a percentage) equal to
(i) the aggregate Discounted Balances of all Delinquent
Receivables as of the last day of the immediately preceding
Collection Period divided by (ii) aggregate Discounted
Balances of all Pledged Receivables which are Eligible Receivables
as of such day.
“
Delinquent Receivable ” means, as of any date of
determination, any Pledged Receivable (other than a Defaulted
Receivable) with respect to which any part of any Scheduled Payment
(or other amount payable under the terms of the related Contract)
remains unpaid for more than 60 days but not more than
120 days after the due date therefor set forth in such
Contract.
“
Depository Institution ” means a depository
institution or trust company, incorporated under the laws of the
United States or any State thereof, that is subject to supervision
and examination by federal and/or State banking
authorities.
“
Discount Rate ” means, as of any date of
determination, a percentage equal to the sum of (i) 7.20% per
annum, (ii) at any time prior to the occurrence of a Servicer
Default and the appointment of the Backup Servicer as Servicer
hereunder, the Servicing Fee Rate and the Standby Backup Servicing
Fee Rate, (iii) at any time after the occurrence of a Servicer
Default and the appointment of the Backup Servicer as Servicer
hereunder, the Active Backup Servicing Fee Rate and (iv) a
rate per annum equal to 0.05%.
“
Discounted Balance ” means, with respect to any
Contract, as of any date of determination, the present value of the
aggregate amount of Scheduled Payments (including any Balloon
Payment or Put Payment but, in any event, calculated without giving
effect to any booked residual value with respect to any related
Equipment) due or to become due under the terms of the related
Contract after the Cut-Off Date applicable to the Receivable
related thereto, which remain unpaid as of such date of
determination, calculated by discounting such aggregate amount of
such Scheduled Payments to such date of determination at an annual
rate equal to the Discount Rate.
“
Discrepancy Procedure ” has the meaning assigned to
that term in the eighth paragraph of Section 6.13
.
“ Dollar
Purchase Option Contract ” means a Contract (i) in
connection with which an agreement was executed which grants the
related Obligor a right to purchase the Equipment leased under such
Contract for $1.00 or other nominal consideration at the end of the
initial term of such Contract or (ii) grants the related
Obligor a right to purchase the Equipment leased under such
Contract for $1.00 or other nominal consideration at the end of the
initial term of such Contract.
“
Eligible Depository Institution ” means a Depository
Institution the short term unsecured senior indebtedness of which
is rated at least Prime-1 by Moody’s, A-1 by S&P, and F1
by Fitch, if rated by Fitch.
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“
Eligible Receivable ” means, at any time, a Pledged
Receivable with respect to which each of the representations and
warranties regarding the Contract related to such Pledged
Receivable contained in Schedule III hereto is true and
correct at such time.
“
Eligible Receivables Balance ” means, at any time, the
aggregate Discounted Balances of all Eligible Receivables which are
Pledged Receivables hereunder to secure Loans at such
time.
“
Equipment ” means the equipment or Vehicle leased to
an Obligor, or serving as collateral for a loan to an Obligor,
under a Contract together with any replacement parts, additions and
repairs thereof, and any accessories incorporated therein and/or
affixed thereto.
“
Equipment Category ” means any of the Equipment
Categories set forth on Schedule V hereto, as such schedule
may be updated from time to time by the Borrower with the consent
of the Lenders (which such consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld).
“ Equity
Event ” means (i) the occurrence and continuation of
any Other Default, unless waived by the Lenders in their sole
discretion or (ii) the Delinquency Rate in respect of the most
recent Collection Period, calculated by the Lenders solely with
respect to Receivables, exceeds 3.5%.
“ Equity
Investment ” means $10,210.637.42.
“ Equity
Payment ” means (a) on any Remittance Date prior to
the Facility Maturity Date and so long as an Equity Event shall not
have occurred and then be continuing, the least of (i) the
amount then required to be paid by the Partnership (pursuant to its
partnership agreement) to its limited partners, (ii) 5% times
the remaining Collections, if any, to be distributed on such
Remittance Date after giving effect to the application of
Collections in accordance with the priority of payments set forth
in clauses (i) through (x) of Section 2.04(a)
on such Remittance Date, and (iii) $72,325.35, or (b) on any
Remittance Date on or after the Facility Maturity Date or if an
Equity Event shall have occurred and is continuing,
zero.
“
ERISA ” means the United States Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to
time.
“ ERISA
Affiliate ” means a corporation, trade or business that
is, along with any Person, a member of a controlled group of
corporations or a controlled group of trades or businesses, as
described in section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, or section 4001 of ERISA.
“
Eurodollar Disruption Event ” means any of the
following: (i) a determination by any Lender that it would be
contrary to law or to the directive of any central bank or other
governmental authority (whether or not having the force of law) for
such Lender to obtain United States dollars in the London interbank
market to make, fund or maintain any Loan, (ii) a
determination by any Lender that the rate at which deposits of
United States dollars are being offered in the London interbank
market does not accurately reflect the cost to such Lender of
making, funding or maintaining any Loan or (iii) the inability
of any Lender to obtain United States dollars in the London
interbank market to make, fund or maintain any Loan.
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“
Eurodollar Index ” means an index based upon an
interest rate reported on Reuters LIBOR01 Page (British Bankers
Association Settlement Rate) as the London Interbank Offered Rate
for United States dollar deposits.
“ Event
of Default ” has the meaning assigned to that term in
Section 7.01 .
“
Exception Report ” has the meaning set forth in the
Custodial Agreement.
“
Exception Sublimit Receivable ” means a Receivable
arising under a Lease Contract related to Equipment having an
Amortized Equipment Cost of less than $100,000 as to which the
original, executed Lease Contract has not been forwarded to the
Custodian for inclusion in the related Receivable File.
“
Excluded Assets ” means all Receivables and other
assets acquired by the Originator pursuant to the FDIC Purchase
Agreement which are not Pledged Assets.
“ Exit
Fee ” has the meaning set forth in the Fee
Letter.
“
Facility Amount ” means, at any time, the difference
between the aggregate Loans Outstanding hereunder minus $1,000,000
(the deferred, capitalized portion of the Class B Arrangement
Fee (as defined in the Fee Letter) payable by the Borrower to
Morgan Stanley AFI, as Class B Lender).
“
Facility Deficiency ” means, at any time, that either:
(i) the Class A Facility Limit is less than the aggregate
outstanding principal balance of the Class A Notes, or
(ii) the Facility Limit is less than the Facility Amount; an
amount equal to the amount of such deficiency,
respectively.
“
Facility Limit ” means, at any time, with respect to
the Class A Notes and the Class B Notes, collectively,
the product of (x) 97.10%, (y) 98%, and (z) the
Amortized Equipment Cost with respect to all Pledged Receivables
that are Eligible Receivables.
“
Facility Limit Certificate ” means a report, in
substantially the form of Exhibit A , prepared by the
Borrower (or the Initial Servicer on its behalf) for the benefit of
Lenders pursuant to Section 6.10(c) .
“
Facility Maturity Date ” means November 1, 2009,
unless extended by all of the Lenders in their sole discretion, at
the written request of the Borrower, by written notice to the other
parties hereto.
“ FDIC
Documents ” has the meaning specified in the Purchase and
Sale Agreement.
“ FDIC
Purchase Agreement ” means the Loan Sale Agreement
between Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, as Receiver of
Netbank and the Originator with respect to the Pledged Receivables
and other assets.
“ Fee
Letter ” has the meaning assigned to that term in
Section 2.08(a) .
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“ Fee
Period ” means a period commencing on (and including) a
Remittance Date and ending on (and including) the day prior to the
next Remittance Date; provided , that, the initial Fee
Period hereunder shall commence on (and include) the date hereof
and end on (and include) December 13, 2007.
“
Fees ” has the meaning assigned to that term in
Section 2.08(a) .
“
Fitch ” means Fitch, Inc. (or its successors in
interest).
“ FMV
Contract ” means a Contract which (i) in connection
with which any agreement was executed which grants the related
Obligor a right to purchase the Equipment leased under such
Contract for the fair market value thereof at the end of the
initial term of such Contract or (ii) grants the related
Obligor a right to purchase the Equipment leased under such
Contract for the fair market value thereof at the end of the
initial term of such Contract.
“
GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles
as in effect from time to time in the United States.
“
Government Entity ” means the United States, any
State, any political subdivision of a State and any agency or
instrumentality of the United States or any State or political
subdivision thereof and any entity exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or
pertaining to government.
“
Guaranty Amounts ” means any and all amounts paid by
any guarantor with respect to the applicable Contract.
“
Included Repurchased Receivable ” means any Receivable
repurchased by the Originator pursuant to
Section 6.1(b) of the Purchase and Sale Agreement with
respect to which, as of the date of repurchase, any part of any
Scheduled Payment (or other amount payable under the terms of the
related Contract) remained unpaid after the due date therefor set
forth in such Contract.
“
Indemnified Amounts ” has the meaning assigned to that
term in Section 8.01 .
“
Independent Accountants ” has the meaning assigned to
that term in Section 6.11(b) .
“ Initial
Qualifying Swap Counterparty ” means Morgan Stanley
Capital Services Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its successors
and permitted assigns.
“ Initial
Servicer ” has the meaning assigned to that term in the
preamble hereto.
“
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
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Equipment) and
general liability (including policies procured by the Borrower or
the Servicer, or any agent thereof, on behalf of the
Obligor).
“
Insurance Proceeds ” means, with respect to an item of
Obligor Collateral and a related Contract, any amount paid under an
Insurance Policy issued with respect to such Obligor Collateral
and/or the related Contract.
“
Interest Coverage Ratio ” means, in respect of any
fiscal quarter, the ratio (calculated based on the most recent
financial statements of LEAF Financial and its consolidated
subsidiaries delivered pursuant to Section 6.11 hereof) of
(a) the Consolidated EBITDA of LEAF Financial and its
consolidated subsidiaries for fiscal quarter to
(b) Consolidated Interest Expense of LEAF Financial and its
consolidated subsidiaries for fiscal quarter but excluding accrued
and unpaid interest on subordinated Debt of LEAF Financial to its
parent company.
“
Interest Period ” means, for any outstanding Loans, a
period determined pursuant to Section 2.03(a)
.
“
Interest Rate ” has the meaning assigned to such term
in Section 2.03(b) .
“ LEAF
Financial ” has the meaning assigned to that term in the
preamble hereto.
“ LEAF
Managed Entity ” means any Person for which LEAF
Financial has contractually agreed (pursuant to any agreement,
including, without limitation, a partnership agreement or other
organizational document, management agreement or servicing
agreement) to act as a manager or a servicer with respect to the
equipment leases and loans owned by such Person and which is (i)
contractually obligated to purchase all such leases and loans only
from LEAF Financial and its affiliates and only at such
seller’s cost basis and (ii) not contractually limited
in when it can purchase such leases and loans.
“ Lease
Contract ” means (i) the standard form equipment
lease contract of NBBF in the form delivered to the Servicer and
the Lenders and which shall be deemed incorporated herein as
Exhibit D-1 attached hereto or (ii) a lease
agreement otherwise approved by the Servicer in compliance with the
Credit and Collection Policy, pursuant to which Equipment is leased
to an Obligor by NBBF or Originator, together with all schedules,
supplements and amendments thereto and each other document and
instrument related to such lease.
“ Lease
File ” has the meaning assigned to that term in clause
(a) of the definition of “Receivable
File”.
“
Lender ” means, any one of and “Lenders”
means all of, the Class A Lenders and the Class B
Lenders, and each such Person’s successors and
assigns.
“
Lenders’ Bank ” means U.S. Bank National
Association and its successors and assigns that are Eligible
Depository Institutions.
“
Lenders’ Bank Fee ” means an annual fee paid in
advance, payable out of Collections on the Pledged Receivables and
amounts applied to the payment of, or treated as payments on,
the
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Pledged
Receivables, equal to $6,000. The “Lenders’ Bank
Fee” shall also include (i) a one-time acceptance fee of
$4,500 payable on the Closing Date and (ii) reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Lenders’ Bank in the
performance of its duties; provided , that all expenses
exceeding a total of $50,000 shall be approved in advance by all
Lenders and the Borrower so long as an Event of Default shall not
have occurred and then be continuing.
“
Leverage Ratio ” means, with respect to LEAF Financial
or Resource America, as of any date of determination, the ratio of
(a) all recourse Debt (including (I) in the case of LEAF
Financial, the revolving credit facility with National City Bank,
as agent, or other similar types of credit facilities existing on
or after the date hereof, and (II) in the case of Resource
America, similar types of credit facilities), to (b) the
Tangible Net Worth of such Person.
“
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 Availability Amount ” means, with respect to
any calendar quarter, the aggregate amount of funds that any LEAF
Managed Entity may draw under revolving lines of any credit
facility that does not have a maturity within 120 days of the
last day of such calendar quarter.
“
Loan ” means either of the Class A Loan or the
Class B Loan and “ Loans ” means the
Class A Loan and the Class B Loan.
“ Loan
Agreement ” has the meaning assigned to that term in
Section 7.03(c)(i) .
“ Loan
Contract ” means, (i) the standard form equipment
loan/security contract of NBBF delivered to the Servicer and the
Lenders and which shall be deemed incorporated herein as
Exhibit D-2 and Exhibit D-3 or (ii) a
loan/security agreement and promissory note otherwise approved by
the Servicer in compliance with the Credit and Collection Policy,
in each case, pursuant to which NBBF or the Originator makes a loan
to an Obligor secured by Equipment purchased by such Obligor,
together with all schedules, supplements and amendments thereto and
each other document and instrument related thereto.
“ Loan
File ” has the meaning assigned to that term in clause
(b) of the definition of “Receivable
File”.
“ Loans
Outstanding ” means the sum of the principal amounts of
all Loans, as reduced from time to time by Collections with respect
to any Pledged Receivable received and distributed as repayment of
principal amounts of Loans outstanding pursuant to
Section 2.04 and any other amounts received by the
Lenders to repay the principal amounts of Loans outstanding
pursuant to Section 2.15 or otherwise; provided
, however , that the principal amounts of Loans
outstanding
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shall not be
reduced by any Collections with respect to any Pledged Receivable
or other amounts if at any time such Collections or other amounts
are rescinded or must be returned for any reason.
“
Lockbox ” means a post office box to which Collections
with respect to any Pledged Receivable are remitted for retrieval
by the Lockbox Bank and for deposit by the Lockbox Bank into the
Lockbox Account.
“ Lockbox
Account ” means the deposit account (account number
153910088597 at the Lockbox Bank) in the name of “U.S. Bank
NA as Securities Intermediary for LEAF Financial and various
lenders”.
“ Lockbox
Bank ” means U.S. Bank National Association and its
successors in interest.
“ Lockbox
Intercreditor Agreement ” means the Amended and Restated
Lockbox Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of April 18, 2005,
among the Lockbox Bank, the Servicer, the Borrower, and certain
other parties.
“
Material Adverse Effect ” means a material adverse
effect on (i) the ability of the Borrower, the Originator
and/or the Servicer to conduct its business, (ii) the ability
of the Borrower, the Originator and/or the Servicer to perform its
respective obligations under this Agreement and/or any other
Transaction Document to which it is a party, (iii) the
validity or enforceability of this Agreement and/or any other
Transaction Document to which the Borrower, the Originator and/or
the Servicer is a party, (iv) the rights and remedies of any
Lender under this Agreement and/or any of the Transaction Documents
and/or (v) the validity, enforceability or collectibility of
all or any portion of the Pledged Receivables.
“ Maximum
Advance Amount ” means, on the Borrowing Date,
$367,092,933.23.
“ Minimum
Equity Requirement ” means $10,000,000.
“ Minimum
Tangible Net Worth ” means, (i) with respect to
Resource America, a Tangible Net Worth (measured as of each fiscal
quarter end) of $125,000,000 and (ii) with respect to LEAF
Financial, a Tangible Net Worth (measured as of each fiscal quarter
end) of (x) $34,170,544 plus (y) 75% of the net income
from each preceding fiscal quarter (beginning with and including
September 30, 2008) in which net income is
positive.
“ Monthly
Remittance Report ” means a report, in substantially the
form of Exhibit C , furnished by the Servicer to the
Lenders and each Qualifying Swap Counterparty pursuant to
Section 6.10(b) and to the Backup Servicer pursuant to
Section 6.10(d) .
“
Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service,
Inc. (or its successors in interest).
“ Morgan
Stanley ” has the meaning assigned to that term in the
preamble hereto.
“ Morgan
Stanley AFI ” has the meaning assigned to that term in
the preamble hereto.
“ MS Loan
Agreement ” has the meaning assigned to that term in
Section 7.03(c)(iv) .
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“ MS
Primary Lender ” means Morgan Stanley; provided ,
however , that (i) if Morgan Stanley no longer owns any
interest in the Loans, Morgan Stanley AFI shall succeed Morgan
Stanley as MS Primary Lender so long as it owns any interest in the
Loans, and (ii) if neither Morgan Stanley nor Morgan Stanley
AFI owns any interest in the Loans, then the Person who acquired
directly or indirectly from Morgan Stanley or Morgan Stanley AFI
Loans having the greatest principal balance of all such Loans shall
succeed Morgan Stanley and Morgan Stanley AFI as MS Primary
Lender.
“
NetBank ” means NetBank, FSB, Alpharetta, Georgia, a
federally chartered savings bank.
“
NBBF ” means NetBank Business Finance, a division of
NetBank. All references to NBBF shall also mean NetBank or any
other applicable division thereof.
“ Nominee
Lienholder Agreement ” means either (i) a
“Vehicle Lienholder Nominee Agreement” in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit E (with such modifications as the
Collateral Agent may approve) or (ii) any other nominee
lienholder agreement or collateral agency agreement approved in
writing by the Collateral Agent.
“
Non-Level Payment Contract ” means a Contract that
does not provide for level Scheduled Payments during the term of
such Contract.
“
Notes ” has the meaning assigned to that term in
Section 2.01(b) hereof.
“ Notice
of Borrowing ” has the meaning assigned to that term in
Section 2.02(b) hereof.
“ Notice
of Pledge ” has the meaning assigned to that term in the
Custodial Agreement.
“
Obligations ” means all present and future
indebtedness and other liabilities and obligations (howsoever
created, arising or evidenced, whether direct or indirect, absolute
or contingent, or due or to become due) of the Borrower to the
Secured Parties arising under this Agreement, the Notes and/or any
other Transaction Document and shall include, without limitation,
all liability for principal of and interest on the Loans,
indemnifications and other amounts due or to become due by the
Borrower to the Secured Parties under this Agreement and/or any
other Transaction Document, including, without limitation,
interest, fees and other obligations that accrue after the
commencement of an insolvency proceeding (in each case whether or
not allowed as a claim in such insolvency proceeding).
“
Obligor ” means, collectively, each Person obligated
to make payments under a Contract.
“ Obligor
Collateral ” means (i) the Equipment leased to an
Obligor under a Lease Contract, (ii) the Equipment and other
property pledged by an Obligor to secure its obligations under a
Loan Contract and (iii) any other property pledged by an
Obligor to secure its obligations under a Loan Contract.
“ Obligor
Financing Statement ” means a UCC financing statement
filed by Originator or the Underlying Originator against an Obligor
under a Contract which evidences a security interest in the related
Obligor Collateral.
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“
Officer’s Certificate ” means a certificate
signed by the president, the secretary, the chief financial officer
or any vice president of any Person.
“ Opinion
of Counsel ” means a written opinion of independent
counsel acceptable to the Lenders, which opinion, if such opinion
or a copy thereof is required by the provisions of this Agreement
or any other Transaction Document to be delivered to the Borrower
or the Lenders, is acceptable in form and substance to the
Lenders.
“
Originator ” means LEAF Funding, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company and/or the Partnership.
“
Originator Insurance Agreement ” means that certain
letter agreement regarding the Originator’s obligations as
named loss payee under Insurance Policies, dated as of the date
hereof, among the Originator, the Servicer, the Borrower and the
Lenders, as such agreement may from time to time be amended,
restated, supplemented and/or otherwise modified in accordance with
the terms thereof.
“ Other
Conveyed Property ” means, with respect to any
Receivable, all of the Borrower’s right, title and interest
in, to and under (i) all Collections and other monies at any
time received or receivable with respect to such Receivable after
the applicable Cut-Off Date (as defined in the Purchase and Sale
Agreement), (ii) the Equipment related to such Receivable (to
the extent of the Borrower’s ownership rights, if any,
therein), (iii) in the case of a Receivable related to any
Contract, any and all agreements, documents, certificates and
instruments evidencing the Borrower’s security interest or
other interest in and to the related Obligor Collateral or any
intercreditor agreement with respect thereto, including, without
limitation, any Certificate of Title, (iv) the Obligor
Collateral related to such Receivable including, without
limitation, the security interest in such Obligor Collateral
granted by the related Obligor to Originator under the related
Contract and assigned by Originator to the Borrower under the
Purchase and Sale Agreement, (v) the Obligor Financing
Statement, if any, related to such Receivable, (vi) the
Insurance Policy and any proceeds from the Insurance Policy
relating to such Receivable, including rebates of premiums not
otherwise due to an Obligor, (vii) the related Contract and
all other items required to be contained in the related Receivable
File, any and all other documents or electronic records that the
Borrower keeps on file in accordance with its customary procedures
relating to such Receivable, the related Obligor Collateral or the
related Obligor, (viii) all property (including the right to
receive future Liquidation Proceeds) that secures such Receivable
and that has been acquired by or on behalf of the Borrower pursuant
to the liquidation of such Receivable, and (ix) all present
and future rights, claims, demands, causes and chooses in action in
respect of any or all of the foregoing and all payments on or under
and all proceeds and investments of any kind and nature in respect
of any of the foregoing.
“ Other
Default ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.01(z) .
“ Other
Swap Breakage Cost ” has the meaning assigned to that
term in Section 2.15 hereof.
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“ Overdue
Payment ” means, with respect to a Collection Period, all
payments due in a prior Collection Period that the Servicer
receives from or on behalf of an Obligor during such Collection
Period, including any Servicing Charges.
“
Owner ” means (i) the Originator or
(ii) subject to the prior written consent of the Lenders (such
consent not to be unreasonably withheld), the Partnership or any
subsidiary thereof or of the Initial Servicer (each, a
“Permitted Transferee”) which acquires all of the
membership interests of the Borrower.
“
Partnership ” means, LEAF Equipment Leasing Income
Fund III, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.
“
Percentage ” means, with respect to any Lender at any
time, a fraction (expressed as a percentage) (x) the numerator
of which is the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s
Loans and (y) the denominator of which is the aggregate
principal amount of all Loans outstanding at such time.
“
Permitted Investments ” means any one or more of the
following:
(i) direct
obligations of, or obligations fully guaranteed as to principal and
interest by, the United States or any agency or instrumentality
thereof, provided such obligations are backed by the full faith and
credit of the United States;
(ii) repurchase
obligations (the collateral for which is held by a third party or
the Collateral Agent), with respect to any security described in
clause (i) above, provided that the long-term unsecured
obligations of the party agreeing to repurchase such obligations
are at the time rated by Moody’s and S&P in one of their
two highest long-term rating categories and if rated by Fitch, in
one of its two highest long-term rating categories;
(iii) certificates
of deposit, time deposits, demand deposits and bankers’
acceptances of any bank or trust company incorporated under the
laws of the United States or any State thereof or the District of
Columbia, provided that the short-term commercial paper of such
bank or trust company (or, in the case of the principal depository
institution in a depository institution holding company, the
long-term unsecured debt obligations of the depository institution
holding company) at the date of acquisition thereof has been rated
by Moody’s and S&P in their highest short-term rating
category, and if rated by Fitch, in its highest short-term rating
category;
(iv) commercial
paper (having original maturities of not more than 270 days)
of any corporation incorporated under the laws of the United States
or any State thereof or the District of Columbia, having a rating,
on the date of acquisition thereof, of no less than A-1 by
Moody’s, P-1 by S&P and F-1 if rated by Fitch;
(v) money market
mutual funds, including funds managed by the Lenders’ Bank or
its Affiliates, registered under the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended, having a rating, at the time of such investment,
of no less than Aaa by Moody’s, AAA by S&P and AAA if
rated by Fitch; and
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(vi) any other
investments approved in writing by the Lenders;
provided ,
that no such instrument shall be a Permitted Investment if such
instrument evidences the right to receive either (a) interest
only payments with respect to the obligations underlying such
instrument or (b) both principal and interest payments derived
from obligations underlying such instrument, where the principal
and interest payments with respect to such instrument provide a
yield to maturity exceeding 120% of the yield to maturity at par of
such underlying obligation. Each Permitted Investment may be
purchased by the Lenders’ Bank or through an Affiliate of the
Lenders’ Bank.
“
Permitted Liens ” means with respect to Obligor
Collateral, (A) liens and security interests in favor of the
Collateral Agent, granted pursuant to the Transaction Documents,
(B) the interests of an Obligor arising under the Contract to
which it is a party in the Obligor Collateral related to such
Contract, (C) liens for taxes, assessments, levies, fees and
other governmental and similar charges either not yet due or being
contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, provided,
that appropriate reserves shall have been established with respect
to any such taxes either not yet due or being contested in good
faith and by appropriate proceedings, (D) any liens with
respect to any mechanics, suppliers, materialmen, laborers,
employees, repairmen and other like liens arising in the ordinary
course of a servicer’s, lessor’s/lender’s or
lessee’s/borrower’s business securing obligations which
are not due and payable, and (E) salvage rights of insurers
with respect to the equipment subject to a Contract under insurance
policies maintained pursuant to the Transaction Documents or a
Contract.
“
Permitted Transferee ” has the meaning given to such
term in the definition of “Owner” herein.
“
Person ” means an individual, partnership, corporation
(including a business trust), limited liability company, joint
stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture,
government (or any agency or political subdivision thereof) or
other entity.
“
Pledge ” means the pledge of any Receivable pursuant
to Article II .
“ Pledged
Assets ” has the meaning assigned to that term in
Section 2.11 .
“ Pledged
Receivables ” has the meaning assigned to that term in
Section 2.11(a) .
“
Prepayment Amount ” means the principal amount of
Loans repaid by the Borrower in connection with an optional
prepayment of Loans made by the Borrower pursuant to
Section 2.15 hereof.
“
Prepayment Date ” means any date on which an optional
prepayment of Loans is made by the Borrower pursuant to
Section 2.15 hereof.
“ Primary
Lender ” means each of the MS Primary Lender and the RBS
Primary Lender.
“
Priority Documents ” means, (i) with respect to a
Lease Contract, the related original, executed Lease Contract (or,
in the case of a Lease Contract under a master lease, a machine or
facsimile copy of the related master lease certified by an
authorized officer of the Borrower and
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stamped
“I hereby certify that this is a true and exact copy of the
original” and an original, executed schedule thereto
describing the related Equipment) and the item listed in clause
(4) of subsection (a)(i) of the definition of Receivable File,
and (ii) with respect to a Loan Contract, the items listed in
clauses (1), (2) and (4) of subsection (b)(i) of the
definition of Receivable File. The term “Priority
Documents” shall also include a machine copy of the existing
Certificate of Title with respect to any Vehicle subject to a
Contract.
“ Program
Termination Date ” means the date of the occurrence of a
Program Termination Event which has not been waived by the
Controlling Holders.
“ Program
Termination Event ” means the occurrence of any of the
following events:
(i) a regulatory,
tax or accounting body has ordered that the activities of any
Lender or any Affiliate thereof contemplated hereby be terminated
or, as a result of any other event or circumstance, the activities
of any Lender or any Affiliate contemplated hereby may reasonably
be expected to cause such Lender or the Person, if any, then acting
as the administrator or the manager for such Lender or any of its
Affiliates to suffer materially adverse regulatory, accounting or
tax consequences;
(ii) an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing;
(iv) the rolling
weighted average of the Delinquency Rates in respect of any three
consecutive Collection Periods, calculated by the Lenders solely
with respect to Receivables, exceeds 3.5%;
(vi) the
Cumulative Net Loss Rate, calculated by (or in a manner
satisfactory to) the Lenders solely with respect to Receivables,
exceeds the applicable Cumulative Net Loss Rate Percentage on the
last day of the corresponding calendar month;
(x) a Servicer
Default has occurred and is continuing; or
(xi) (1) any
Qualifying Swap Counterparty (other than the Initial Qualifying
Swap Counterparty) ceases to maintain the long-term debt ratings
required of a Qualifying Swap Counterparty and (A) does not
post cash collateral in a manner acceptable to the Lenders within
45 days or (B) is not replaced within 45 days by a
replacement acceptable to the Lenders or (2) the Borrower
fails to comply with any term, covenant or agreement hereunder
related to the maintenance of any Qualifying Interest Rate Swaps;
or
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(xii) the
occurrence of three or more Termination Events.
“
Purchase and Sale Agreement ” means that certain
Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between
the Originator, as seller, and the Borrower, as purchaser, together
with all instruments, documents and agreements executed in
connection therewith, as such Purchase and Sale Agreement may from
time to time be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in
accordance with the terms hereof.
“
Purchase Date ” has the meaning set forth in the
Purchase and Sale Agreement.
“
Purchase Price ” means $385,772,014.15.
“ Put
Payment ” means with respect to any Contract constituting
a lease, the payment, if any, required to be made by the Obligor
under the terms of such lease in connection with the required
purchase by such Obligor of the related Equipment at the end of the
term of such lease.
“
Qualifying Interest Rate Swap ” means (X) an
interest rate swap agreement (i) between the Borrower and a
Qualifying Swap Counterparty, (ii) under which the Borrower
shall receive a floating rate of interest based on a Eurodollar
Index acceptable to the Lenders in exchange for the payment by the
Borrower of a fixed rate of interest equal to the applicable
Swapped Rate, (iii) the effective date of which is the
Borrowing Date, (iv) having a varying notional balance which
is, as of the effective date thereof, in an amount equal to the
aggregate principal amount of the Loans advanced on such effective
date and (v) which shall otherwise be on such terms and
conditions and pursuant to such documentation as shall be
acceptable to the Lenders or (Y) an alternative interest rate
hedging agreement agreed to in writing by the Borrower and the
Lenders, in each case, as amended in accordance with the terms
hereof and thereof.
“
Qualifying Swap Counterparty ” means (A) Morgan
Stanley Capital Services Inc. (or any successors or permitted
assigns) or (B) any Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender,
provided that in the case of a Person set forth in this clause
(B) or any successors or permitted assigns of Morgan Stanley
Capital Services Inc., such Person or its credit support provider
(x) shall have (i) a short-term rating of at least
“A1+” or the equivalent and (ii) a
long-term rating of at least “AA-” or the equivalent
from S&P, Moody’s or Fitch (and no lower than the
equivalent rating by any of them) and (y) is otherwise
acceptable to the Collateral Agent and the Controlling
Holders.
“ Rating
Agencies ” means Moody’s, S&P and Fitch, or any
other nationally recognized statistical rating organizations as may
be designated by the Lenders.
“ RBS
” has the meaning assigned to that term in the preamble
hereto.
“ RBS
Collateral Agent ” has the meaning assigned to that term
in Section 7.03(c)(v) .
“ RBS
Loan Agreement ” has the meaning assigned to that term in
Section 7.03(c)(i) .
“ RBS
Primary Lender ” means RBS; provided ,
however , that if RBS no longer owns any interest in the
Loans, then the Person who acquired directly or indirectly from RBS
Loans having the greatest principal balance of all such Loans shall
succeed RBS as RBS Primary Lender.
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“
Receivable ” means the rights to all payments from an
Obligor under a Contract, including, without limitation, any right
to the payment with respect to (i) Scheduled Payments,
(ii) any prepayments or overdue payments made with respect to
such Scheduled Payments, (iii) any Guaranty Amounts,
(iv) any Insurance Proceeds, (v) any Servicing Charges
and (vi) any Recoveries.
“
Receivable File ” means with respect to each
Receivable:
(a) if such
Receivable is related to a Lease Contract the following items
(collectively, a “ Lease File ”):
(i) (1) the
related original, executed Lease Contract and certified copies of
all amendments thereto (or, in the case of a Lease Contract under a
master lease, a machine or facsimile copy of the related master
lease and all amendments thereto, in each case certified by an
authorized officer of the Borrower and stamped “I hereby
certify that this is a true and exact copy of the original”
and an original, executed schedule thereto describing the related
Equipment and certified copies of all amendments thereto) unless
such Lease Contract is related to an Exception Sublimit Receivable,
in which event the executed Lease Contract and all amendments
thereto (or, in the case of Lease Contracts under a master lease,
the related schedule and all amendments thereto) may be a machine
or facsimile copy certified in the manner described above,
(2) a true, executed copy of the related delivery/installation
certificate or acknowledgment and acceptance of delivery
certificate if such Receivable is related to Equipment with an
Amortized Equipment Cost in excess of $50,000, (3) a true copy
of the Insurance Certificate if such Receivable is related to
Equipment with an Amortized Equipment Cost in excess of $100,000,
(4) other than with respect to a Lease Contract related to
Equipment which has an Amortized Equipment Cost of less than
$25,000 if such Lease Contract is a Dollar Purchase Option Contract
or $50,000 if such Lease Contract is a FMV Contract, a
“transmittal order” from the Servicer to a filing
service company and an “in process report” from such
filing service company to the Servicer (or other evidence of the
submission of the related UCC financing statement for filing in the
appropriate filing office) and, within 45 days of the related
Contract being executed, a file-stamped copy of the related UCC
financing statement and (5) vendor order(s) or invoice(s);
and
(ii) copies of any
additional documents, other than servicing related documents
(except for vendor contracts), that the Borrower keeps on file with
respect to such Receivable;
(b) if such
Receivable is related to a Loan Contract the following items
(collectively, a “ Loan File ”):
(i) (1) the
original, executed payment schedule or promissory note (if any) and
certified copies of all amendments thereto, (2) a true,
executed copy of the related “Master Agreement” or
“Finance Agreement” and all amendments thereto,
(3) a true copy of the related Insurance Certificate if such
Receivable is related to Equipment with an Amortized Equipment Cost
in excess of $100,000 and (4) other than with respect to a
Receivable related to Equipment which has an Amortized Equipment
Cost of less than
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$25,000, a
“transmittal order” from the Servicer to a filing
service company and an “in process report” from such
filing service company to the Servicer (or other evidence of the
submission of the related UCC financing statement for filing in the
appropriate filing office) and, within 45 days of the related
Contract being executed, a file-stamped copy of the related UCC
financing statement; and
(ii) copies of any
additional documents, other than servicing related documents
(except for vendor contracts), that the Borrower keeps on file with
respect to such Receivable;
In addition, if
the Obligor Collateral related to such Receivable is a Vehicle, the
related Receivable File shall include the original copy of the
Certificate of Title with respect to such Vehicle, which such
Certificate of Title satisfies the Titling Requirements or (prior
to the 90th day after such Receivable was first included in
the calculation of the Eligible Receivables Balance, if such
Certificate of Title has not yet been received by the Servicer or
the Borrower) a copy of the application for such Certificate of
Title.
“
Receivables Schedule ” has the meaning assigned to
that term in the Custodial Agreement.
“
Records ” means all documents, books, records and
other information (including, without limitation, tapes, disks,
punch cards and related property and rights) maintained with
respect to Receivables and the related Obligors which the Borrower
has itself generated, in which the Borrower has acquired an
interest pursuant to the Purchase and Sale Agreement or in which
the Borrower has otherwise obtained an interest.
“
Recoveries ” means, for any Collection Period during
which, or any Collection Period after the date on which, any
Receivable becomes a Defaulted Receivable and with respect to such
Defaulted Receivable, all payments that the Servicer received from
or on behalf of the related Obligor during such Collection Period
in respect of such Defaulted Receivable or from the repossession,
liquidation or re-leasing of the related Obligor Collateral,
including but not limited to Scheduled Payments, Overdue Payments,
Guaranty Amounts and Insurance Proceeds.
“
Registrar of Titles ” means with respect to any State,
the governmental agency or body responsible for the registration
of, and the issuance of certificates of title relating to, motor
vehicles and liens thereon.
“ Related
Custodial Agreement ” has the meaning assigned to that
term in Section 7.03(c)(iii) .
“ Related
Lender ” means each Lender determined as
follows:
(i) with respect
to Morgan Stanley, so long as Morgan Stanley is the MS Primary
Lender, its Related Lenders shall be Morgan Stanley AFI and any
other Person to whom Morgan Stanley or Morgan Stanley AFI has
directly or indirectly assigned any of the Loans;
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(ii) with respect
to Morgan Stanley AFI, so long as Morgan Stanley AFI is the MS
Primary Lender, its Related Lenders shall be each other Person to
whom Morgan Stanley or Morgan Stanley AFI has directly or
indirectly assigned any of the Loans;
(iii) with respect
to any Person that has succeeded Morgan Stanley or Morgan Stanley
AFI as MS Primary Lender, its Related Lenders shall be each other
Person who acquired any Loans directly or indirectly from Morgan
Stanley or Morgan Stanley AFI;
(iv) with respect
to RBS so long as RBS is the RBS Primary Lender, its Related
Lenders shall be each other Person to whom RBS has directly or
indirectly assigned any of the Loans; and
(v) with respect
to any Person that has succeeded RBS as the RBS Primary Lender, its
Related Lenders shall be each other Person who acquired any Loans
directly or indirectly from RBS.
“ Related
Security ” means with respect to any
Receivable:
(i) any and all
security interests or liens and property subject thereto from time
to time securing or purporting to secure payment of such
Receivable;
(ii) all
guarantees, indemnities, warranties, letters of credit, insurance
policies and proceeds and premium refunds thereof and other
agreements or arrangements of whatever character from time to time
supporting or securing payment of such Receivable; and
(iii) all proceeds
of the foregoing.
“ Release
Price ” means, with respect to a Pledged Receivable to be
released hereunder, an amount equal to the present value of the
then remaining Scheduled Payments under such Pledged Receivables
(including any Balloon Payment or Put Payment) discounted monthly
at the discount rate used in calculating the Amortized Equipment
Cost, plus interest accrued thereon from and including the
Remittance Date immediately preceding the date such Pledged
Receivable is to be released through (but not including) the next
succeeding Remittance Date.
“
Remittance Date ” means the (23
rd ) day of each month beginning December, 2007,
or, if such date is not a Business Day, the next succeeding
Business Day; provided, that the first Remittance Date shall occur
on December 13, 2007; provided, further, that the final
Remittance Date shall occur on the Collection Date.
“ Reuters
LIBOR01 Page ” means the display page so designated on
the Reuters Monitor Money Rates Service or any other page that may
replace that page on that service for the purpose of displaying
comparable rates or prices.
“
Resource America ” means Resource America, Inc., a
Delaware corporation.
“
Rollover Interest Period ” means any Interest Period
other than any Interest Period applicable to the Loan arising as a
result of the Borrowing on the Borrowing Date.
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“
S&P ” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings
Group, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (or its
successors in interest).
“
Scheduled Payments ” means, with respect to any
Receivable, the periodic payments payable under the terms of the
related Contract (but not including any such periodic payment to
the extent paid in advance by the related Obligor).
“ Secured
Parties ” means each Class A Lender, each
Class B Lender, the Servicer, the Backup Servicer and any
other successor Servicer, the Custodian, the Lenders’ Bank,
each Qualified Swap Counterparty and their respective successors
and assigns.
“
Segregated Collateral Pool ” means each pool of
Pledged Assets selected by the Collateral Agent or the MS Primary
Lender pursuant to Section 7.03(b) .
“
Servicer ” means, at any time, LEAF Financial or any
other Person then authorized, pursuant to Section 6.01
, to service, administer and collect Pledged
Receivables.
“
Servicer Advance ” has the meaning assigned to such
term in Section 6.19 .
“
Servicer Default ” means the occurrence of any of the
following events:
(i) the failure of
the Servicer to deliver any payments, collections or proceeds which
it is obligated to deliver under the terms hereof or of any other
Transaction Document at the times it is obligated to make such
deliveries under the terms hereof or of any other Transaction
Document, and such failure remains unremedied for two Business
Days;
(ii) the failure
of the Servicer to satisfy any of its reporting, certification,
notification or documentation requirements under the terms hereof
or of any other Transaction Document or the failure of the Servicer
to observe or perform any material term, covenant or agreement
hereunder or under any other Transaction Document (other than those
described in clause (i) above) and such failure shall remain
unremedied for 10 days (or, with respect to a failure with
respect to any such requirement set forth in (x) Sections
6.10(b) or 6.10(d) hereof, 5 Business Days or (y)
Section 6.10(e) hereof, 1 Business Day) after the
Servicer first has knowledge, whether constructive or actual, of
such failure;
(iii) any
representation, warranty or statement of the Servicer made herein
or in any other Transaction Document shall prove to be incorrect in
any material respect, and, solely if such incorrect representation,
warranty or statement can be remedied, such representation,
warranty or statement is not made true within
15 days;
(iv) the
occurrence of an Event of Default;
(v) the occurrence
of a Program Termination Event described in clauses (iv),
(vi) or (xii) of the definition of Program Termination
Events; or
(vi) the
occurrence of any Bankruptcy Event in respect of the
Servicer.
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“
Servicer Pension Plan ” means a “pension
plan” as such term is defined in section 3(2) of ERISA, which
is subject to Title IV of ERISA and to which the Servicer or any
ERISA Affiliate of Servicer may have any liability, including any
liability by reason of having been a substantial employer within
the meaning of section 4063 of ERISA at any time during the
preceding five years, or by reason of being deemed to be a
contributing sponsor under section 4069 of ERISA.
“
Servicing Agreement Electronic Images ” has the
meaning set forth in Section 5.03 .
“
Servicing Charges ” means the sum of (a) all late
payment charges paid by Obligors under Contracts after payment in
full of any Scheduled Payments due in a prior Collection Period and
Scheduled Payments for the related Collection Period and
(b) any other incidental charges or fees received from an
Obligor, including, but not limited to, late fees, collection fees,
taxes and charges for insufficient funds.
“
Servicing Fee ” means, for any Fee Period, an amount,
payable out of Collections on the Pledged Receivables and amounts
applied to the payment of, or treated as payments on, the Pledged
Receivables, equal to (i) the Servicing Fee Rate multiplied by
(ii) the Eligible Receivables Balance as of the first day of
such Fee Period multiplied by (iii) a fraction, the numerator
of which shall be the actual number of days in such Fee Period and
the denominator of which shall be 360. Upon assuming the duties of
the Servicer hereunder, the Backup Servicer shall also be entitled
to receive a one-time acceptance fee of $60,000, which shall be
considered part of the “Servicing Fee” hereunder but
shall be in addition to the amount set forth in the sentence
above.
“
Servicing Fee Rate ” means 1.00%.
“ Standby
Backup Servicer’s Fee ” means, for any Fee Period
or portion thereof prior to the occurrence of a Servicer Default
and the appointment of the Backup Servicer as Servicer hereunder,
an amount, payable out of Collections on the Pledged Receivables
and amounts applied to the payment of, or treated as payments on,
the Pledged Receivables, equal to the greater of (i) the
Standby Backup Servicing Fee Rate, multiplied by the Eligible
Receivables Balance as of the first day of such Fee Period,
multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the
actual number of days in such Fee Period and the denominator of
which shall be 360, or (ii) $2,800. The “Standby Backup
Servicer’s Fee” shall also include (i) a one-time
acceptance fee of $6,000 payable on November 13, 2008 and
(ii) reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Standby
Backup Servicer in the performance of its duties.
“ Standby
Backup Servicing Fee Rate ” means .0220%.
“
State ” means one of the fifty states of the United
States or the District of Columbia.
“
Successor Servicer’s Indemnified Amounts ” has
the meaning assigned to that term in Section 6.09
.
“
Successor Servicing Agreement ” has the meaning set
forth in Section 6.01(a) .
“ 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
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required to pay
under such Qualifying Interest Rate Swap in order to receive the
floating rate of interest provided for under such Qualifying
Interest Rate Swap.
“
Tangible Net Worth ” means, with respect to any
Person, the amount calculated in accordance with GAAP as
(i) the consolidated net worth of such Person and its
consolidated subsidiaries (excluding any mark-to-market gain or
loss on any swap or other hedging agreement (only to the extent
included in such consolidated net worth) that is secured by
collateral which is not marked-to-market), plus (ii) to
the extent not otherwise included in such consolidated net worth,
the unsecured subordinated Debt of such Person and the unsecured
subordinated Debt of each of such Person’s consolidated
subsidiaries, in each case, which has been issued to such
Person’s or consolidated subsidiary’s parent, the terms
and conditions of which are reasonably satisfactory to the Lenders,
minus (iii) the consolidated intangibles of such Person
and its consolidated subsidiaries, including, without limitation,
goodwill, trademarks, tradenames, copyrights, patents, patent
allocations, licenses and rights in any of the foregoing and other
items treated as intangibles in accordance with GAAP, plus
(iv) all preferred stock issued by such Person.
“
Targeted Advance Rate ” means, on any Remittance Date,
a fraction, (i) the numerator of which is the sum of the
aggregate principal balance of the Class A Notes and the
Class B Notes as of the immediately preceding Remittance Date
after giving effect to distributions of principal on such
Remittance Date in accordance with the priority of payments in
Section 2.04(a) , and (ii) the denominator of
which is the aggregate Amortized Equipment Cost of all Pledged
Receivables as of the immediately preceding Remittance
Date.
“ Target
Principal Amount ” means, for any Remittance Date, the
lesser of (a) the product of (i) the Targeted Advance
Rate for such Remittance Date, times (ii) the amount
equal to the aggregate Amortized Equipment Cost of all Pledged
Receivables as of the immediately preceding Remittance Date less
the aggregate Amortized Equipment Cost of all Pledged Receivables
as of such Remittance Date and (b) the aggregate principal
balance of the Class A Notes as of such Remittance Date prior
to any principal payments on the Class A Notes.
“
Termination Event ” means the occurrence, on or after
60 days after the Borrowing Date, of any of the following
events:
(i) the rolling
weighted average of the Delinquency Rates in respect of any three
consecutive Collection Periods, calculated by the Lenders solely
with respect to Receivables, exceeds 3.5%; or
(ii) the
Cumulative Net Loss Rate, calculated by (or in a manner
satisfactory to) the Lenders solely with respect to Receivables,
exceeds the applicable Cumulative Net Loss Rate Percentage on the
last day of the corresponding calendar month.
“ Titling
Requirements ” means, (i) in the case of any Vehicle
leased or sold to an Obligor pursuant to a Contract, the
Certificate of Title for such Vehicle indicates the Obligor, as
owner, and the Borrower or an Approved Lienholder, as lienholder,
or (ii) in the event that any Vehicle leased or sold to an
Obligor pursuant to a Contract indicates NBBF, as owner, on the
related
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Certificate of
Title, then within 90 days after the Closing Date the
Certificate of Title for such Vehicle shall indicate the Borrower,
as owner, and an Approved Lienholder, as lienholder.
“
Transaction Documents ” means this Agreement, the
Purchase and Sale Agreement, the Lockbox Intercreditor Agreement,
the Collection Account Agreement, the Fee Letter, the Custodial
Agreement, the Originator Insurance Agreement, the FDIC Documents,
the Class A Notes, the Class B Notes, each lease bailment
agreement with a sub-custodian, each Qualifying Interest Rate Swap
and each document and instrument related to any of the
foregoing.
“
Transition Costs ” means any documented expenses and
allocated cost of personnel reasonably incurred by the Backup
Servicer in connection with a transfer of servicing from the
Servicer to the Backup Servicer as the successor Servicer;
provided, that such expenses and allocated costs do not exceed
$60,000.
“ UCC
” means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in
effect in the specified jurisdiction.
“
Underlying Originator ” means Netbank or other
originator of a Contract, other than the Originator, engaged, in
the ordinary course of business in providing financing to Obligors
for the purposes of acquiring or leasing the related
Equipment.
“
Underlying Originator Credit and Collection Policy ”
means the credit and collection policy of an Underlying Originator,
as such policy may hereafter be amended, modified or supplemented
from time to time in compliance with this Agreement.
“ United
States ” means the United States of America.
“
Unmatured Event of Default ” means any event that, if
it continues uncured, will, with lapse of time or notice or lapse
of time and notice, constitute an Event of Default.
“
Vehicle ” means a new or a used automobile, minivan,
sports utility vehicle, light duty truck or heavy duty truck, or
any other equipment, ownership of which is subject to a motor
vehicle certificate of title statute.
“
Warehouse Facility ” means the facility in the
aggregate amount of up to $250,000,000, as evidenced by the
Receivables Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of
October 31, 2006, among Resource Capital Funding II, LLC as
borrower, LEAF Financial, Morgan Stanley Bank, as lender, and U.S.
Bank National Association, as same may be modified, amended, or
supplemented from time to time.
“ Weekly
Collection Period ” means, with respect to any calendar
week, the period beginning on, and including, the first day of the
most recently ended calendar week and ending on, and including, the
last day of the most recently ended calendar week.
“ Weekly
Reporting Date ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6.10(e) .
“
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
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Interest Rate
Swaps as of such date of determination) of the Swapped Rates of the
Qualifying Interest Rate Swaps in effect on such date of
determination.
SECTION 1.02
Other Terms . All accounting terms not specifically defined
herein shall be construed in accordance with GAAP. All terms used
in Article 9 of the UCC in the State of New York, and not
specifically defined herein, are used herein as defined in such
Article 9.
SECTION 1.03
Interpretation following Collateral Split . On and after the
Collateral Split Effective Date, all terms in this
Article I and all terms defined elsewhere in this
Agreement shall have the meanings set for herein in each of the
Loan Agreements, in each case as modified by
Section 7.03 hereof.
SECTION 1.04
Computation of Time Periods . Unless otherwise stated in
this Agreement, in the computation of a period of time from a
specified date to a later specified date, the word
“from” means “from and including” and the
words “to” and “until” each mean “to
but excluding.”
SECTION 2.01
Borrowings . (a) On the Borrowing Date, subject to the
terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, Morgan Stanley, as
Class A Lender, and Morgan Stanley AFI, as Class B
Lender, shall make the term loan in principal amounts equal to
(i) in the case of the Class A Lenders, the Class A
Advance Amount (the “ Class A Loan ” and a
“ Loan ”), and (ii) in the case of the
Class B Lenders, the Class B Advance Amount,
respectively, to the Borrower secured by Pledged Assets. On the
Borrowing Date, no Loan shall be made if (i) the Aggregate
Advance Amount shall exceed the Maximum Advance Amount,
(ii) any Program Termination Event or an event that but for
notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a Program
Termination Event shall have occurred and be continuing or
(iii) the Facility Amount, after giving effect to such
Borrowing, would exceed the Borrowing Limit.
(b) The
Class A Loan shall be evidenced by one or more promissory
notes substantially in the form of Exhibit H-1 (each, a
“ Class A Note ” and collectively the
“ Class A Notes ”) and the Class B
Loan shall be evidenced by one or more promissory notes
substantially in the form of Exhibit H-2 (each, a “
Class B Note ” and collectively the “
Class B Notes ” and, together with the
Class A Notes, collectively, the “ Notes
”).
SECTION 2.02
The Borrowing .
(b) (i) The
Borrowing shall be made on at least two (2) Business
Days’ irrevocable written notice from the Borrower to the
applicable Lender (such written notice, the “ Notice of
Borrowing ”), provided that such Notice of Borrowing is
received by such Lender no later than 12:00 noon (New York City
time) on the Business Day of receipt. Any Notice of Borrowing
received after 12:00 noon (New York City time) shall be deemed
received prior to 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the following
Business Day. The Notice of Borrowing
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shall specify
(A) the aggregate amount of the Borrowing, (B) the date
of the Borrowing, (C) the allocation of the Loans as Class A
Loans and Class B Loans and (D) in an electronic file
acceptable to the Lenders, the Eligible Receivables to be Pledged
in connection with the Borrowing (and upon the Borrowing, such
Receivables shall be Pledged Receivables hereunder). On the date of
the Borrowing, upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set
forth in Article III Morgan Stanley, as Class A Lender,
and Morgan Stanley AFI, as Class B Lender, shall make
available to the Borrower the portion of the Borrowing constituting
the Class A Advance Amount and the Class B Advance
Amount, respectively, on the Borrowing Date, no later than 2:00
P.M. (New York City time), in same day funds (net of amounts
payable to or for the benefit of each related Lender), by payment
into the account which the Borrower has designated in
writing.
(ii) The Notice of
Borrowing delivered to a Lender pursuant to this
Section 2.02(b) shall be in an electronic file format
acceptable to such Lender (A) accompanied by a copy of the Notice
of Pledge (and the Receivables Schedule attached thereto), which
was sent to the Custodian pursuant to the terms of the Custodial
Agreement in connection with the pledge of Eligible Receivables to
be made in connection therewith and (B) specifying for each
Receivables pledged therein the information set forth on
Exhibit B hereto.
(iii) The
Class A Loan shall bear interest at the Class A Interest
Rate and the Class B Loan shall bear interest at the
Class B Interest Rate.
(iv) The Borrower
may not reborrow any amounts that are repaid with respect to the
Loans.
(v) Determinations
by any Lender of the existence of any Eurodollar Disruption Event
(any such determination to be communicated to the Borrower and the
other Lenders by written notice from such Lender promptly after
such Lender learns of such event), or of the effect of any
Eurodollar Disruption Event on its making or maintaining Loans at
the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate or the Base Rate, shall be conclusive
absent manifest error.
SECTION 2.03
Determination of Interest Periods and Interest Rates.
(a) The
initial Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing shall commence
on, and include, the date of the Borrowing and shall terminate on,
and include, the day immediately prior to the next occurring
Remittance Date. Each Rollover Interest Period shall commence on,
and include, the Remittance Date following the last day of the
immediately preceding Interest Period and shall terminate on, and
include, the day immediately prior to the next occurring Remittance
Date.
(b) The
interest rate per annum (the “ Interest Rate ”)
applicable to any Loan for any Interest Period shall be equal to
the applicable Class A Interest Rate (for the Class A
Notes) or the applicable Class B Interest Rate (for the
Class B Notes); provided , however , that if a
Lender shall have notified the Borrower that a Eurodollar
Disruption Event has occurred, the Interest Rate for all Loans
shall be equal to the Base Rate until such Eurodollar Disruption
Event has
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ceased, at
which time the Interest Rate shall again be equal to the applicable
Class A Interest Rate and applicable Class B Interest
Rate.
SECTION 2.04
Remittance Procedures . Subject to
Section 7.03(c)(i)(E) (if then applicable) and the
proviso set forth in Section 2.04(a) , the Servicer, as
agent for the Lenders, with the prior written consent of the
Collateral Agent, shall instruct the Lenders’ Bank and, if
the Servicer fails to do so, the Collateral Agent shall instruct
the Lenders’ Bank, to apply funds on deposit in the
Collection Account as described in this Section 2.04
.
(a)
Remittance Date Transfers From Collection Account . The
Servicer shall, with the prior written consent of the Collateral
Agent, and if the Servicer fails to do so, the Collateral Agent
shall, by 10:00 a.m. (St. Paul, Minnesota time) on each
Remittance Date, direct the Lenders’ Bank to transfer
collected funds held by the Lenders’ Bank in the Collection
Account which were remitted to the Collection Account during the
Collection Period with respect to such Remittance Date (“
Available Funds ”), in the following amounts and
priority; provided , however , that if the
Lenders’ Bank does not receive such instruction from
(i) the Servicer (accompanied by the Collateral Agent’s
written consent) or (ii) the Collateral Agent by
10:00 a.m. (St. Paul, Minnesota time) on such Remittance Date,
subject to the provisions of the Discrepancy Procedure, the
Lenders’ Bank shall apply such funds in accordance with the
information calculated by the Servicer on the related Monthly
Remittance Report:
(i) to the
Borrower, in an amount equal to such funds which were paid by
Obligors with respect to their obligation under the related
Contracts to pay any taxes (it being agreed by the Borrower that
such amount shall be promptly paid to the taxing authorities
entitled thereto), together with (provided the current Scheduled
Payment has been paid in full) late fees, interest on overdue
amounts and other amounts not in respect of Scheduled
Payments;
(ii) to the
related Qualifying Swap Counterparty under each Qualifying Interest
Rate Swap, in an amount equal to (and for the payment of) all
amounts which are due and payable by the Borrower to such
Qualifying Swap Counterparty on such Remittance Date, pursuant to
the terms of the applicable Qualifying Interest Rate Swap or this
Agreement;
(iii) on a
pro rata basis, to (v) the Backup Servicer in an
amount equal to the Standby Backup Servicer’s Fee (to the
extent accrued and unpaid as of the last day of the immediately
preceding Fee Period) at any time prior to the occurrence of a
Servicer Default and the appointment of the Backup Servicer as the
Servicer hereunder and (w) the Custodian, the
Custodian’s Fee, (x) the Collateral Agent, the
Collateral Agent’s Fee, (y) the Lenders’ Bank, the
Lenders’ Bank Fee and (z) each Lender, only on the
Remittance Date occurring in November 2008, all of such
Lender’s portion of the “Amendment Fee” (as
defined in that certain Amendment Fee Letter, dated as of
November 13, 2008, among the Borrower and each
Lender);
(iv) at any time
prior to the occurrence of a Servicer Default and the appointment
of the Backup Servicer as the Servicer hereunder, to the Servicer
in an amount equal to the Servicing Fee which is accrued and unpaid
as of the last day of the
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immediately
preceding Fee Period and, at any time after the occurrence of a
Servicer Default and the appointment of the Backup Servicer as the
Servicer hereunder, to the Backup Servicer in an amount equal to
(1) the Active Backup Servicer’s Fees which are accrued
and unpaid as of the last day of the immediately preceding Fee
Period plus (2) any Transition Costs not previously reimbursed
to the Backup Servicer plus (3) the Successor Servicer’s
Indemnified Amounts;
(v) on a
pro rata basis, (x) to the Collateral Agent, any
indemnification amounts then due and payable to the Collateral
Agent and (y) to the Custodian, any indemnification amounts
then due and payable to the Custodian;
(vi) to the
parties hereto on a pro rata basis, all reasonable
(and reasonably documented) costs and expenses of such parties
(including, without limitation reasonable attorney’s fees)
incurred in connection with the Collateral Split;
(vii)
(A) first, to each Class A Lender, in an amount equal to
(and for the pro rata payment of) interest (including
post-petition interest) on its Class A Loans which is accrued
and unpaid as of the last day of the immediately preceding Fee
Period; and then (B) second, to each Class B Lender, in
an amount equal to (and for the pro rata payment of)
interest (including post-petition interest) on its Class B
Loans which is accrued and unpaid as of the last day of the
immediately preceding Fee Period;
(viii) to the
Servicer in an amount equal to any Servicer Advances (and amounts
to be reimbursed as Servicer Advances pursuant to
Section 6.19 ) not previously reimbursed to the
Servicer;
(ix) so long as no
Termination Event or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, and prior to the Facility Maturity Date, to the holders
of the Class A Notes, pro rata , the Target
Principal Amount;
(x) if the
principal amount of all Class A Notes shall have been paid in
full, pro rata , to the holders of the Class B
Notes until the principal amount of all Class B Notes shall
have been paid in full;
(xi) to the Owner,
so long as no Termination Event or Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing, and prior to the Facility Maturity Date (and, at
any time after a Collateral Split, no Termination Event or Event of
Default under either the MS Loan Agreement or the RBS Loan
Agreement has occurred and is continuing), the Equity
Payment;
(xii) (A) to
the holders of the Class A Notes, all remaining amounts to pay
principal of the Class A Notes until the principal amount of
all Class A Notes shall have been paid in full, and
(B) thereafter, to the holders of the Class B Notes until
the principal amount of all Class B Notes shall have been paid
in full;
(xiii)
(A) first, to the Class A Lenders, pro rata, in an amount
equal to the aggregate amount of all other Obligations then due
from the Borrower to the Class A Lenders or any Affected Party
hereunder related to the Class A Lenders for the
account
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of such parties
as applicable; and then (B) second, to the Class B
Lenders, pro rata, in an amount equal to the aggregate amount of
all other Obligations then due from the Borrower to the
Class B Lenders or any Affected Party hereunder related to the
Class B Lenders for the account of such parties as
applicable;
(xiv)
(A) first, to Morgan Stanley, as Class A Lender, in an
amount equal to (and for the pro rata payment of) the
Fees, if any, which are due and payable to it on such Remittance
Date pursuant to the terms of the Fee Letter; and then
(B) second, to Morgan Stanley AFI, as Class B Lender, in
an amount equal to (and for the pro rata payment of)
the Fees, if any, which are due and payable to it on such
Remittance Date pursuant to the terms of the Fee Letter;
(xv) at any time
after a Collateral Split, to the Collateral Agent under the RBS
Loan Agreement for application in accordance with the priority of
payments set forth in Section 2.04(a) of the RBS Loan
Agreement; and
(xvi) to the order
of the Borrower, any remaining amounts.
(b)
Subordination . In the event that any Lender receives a
payment or other distribution hereunder other than in accordance
with the priority of payments set forth in
Section 2.04(a) , such Lender promptly shall pay over
all such amounts to the Person(s) to whom such amounts are due in
accordance with the priority of payments set forth in Section
2.04(a) .
(c)
Deficiency Payments . Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in this Section 2.04 or in any other
provision in this Agreement, if, on any day prior to the Collection
Date, a Facility Deficiency shall have occurred, then the Borrower
shall remit to the respective Lenders no later than the close of
business of such Lender on such day (or if such day is not a
Business Day, no later than the close of business of such Lender on
the next succeeding Business Day), (i) so long as no
Termination Event or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, the amount required to eliminate any Facility
Deficiency or (ii) if any Termination Event or Event of
Default shall have occurred and is continuing, the entire
outstanding Facility Amount, first to the Class A Notes until
paid in full, and then to the Class B Notes until paid in
full.
(d)
Remittance Reports . On each Remittance Date, the Servicer
shall deliver to the Lenders an electronic file, in a form
acceptable to the Lenders, setting forth all of the information set
forth on Schedule VII .
(e)
Instructions to the Lenders’ Bank . All instructions
and directions given to the Lenders’ Bank by the Servicer,
the Borrower or the Lenders pursuant to this
Section 2.04 shall be in writing (including
instructions and directions transmitted to the Lenders’ Bank
in electronic format), and such written instructions and directions
shall be delivered with a written certification that such
instructions and directions are in compliance with the provisions
of this Section 2.04 . The Servicer and the Borrower
shall immediately transmit to the Lenders by telecopy a copy of all
instructions and directions given to the Lenders’ Bank by
such party pursuant to this Section 2.04 . Each
applicable Lender shall immediately transmit to the
Servicer
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and the
Borrower by telecopy a copy of all instructions and directions
given to the Lenders’ Bank by the Lenders, pursuant to this
Section 2.04 .
SECTION 2.07
Payments and Computations, Etc . (a) All amounts to be
deposited or paid by the Borrower or the Servicer to any Lender
hereunder shall be paid or deposited in accordance with the terms
hereof no later than 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the
day when due in lawful money of the United States in immediately
available funds to the Collection Account or such other account as
is designated by such Lender. The Borrower shall, to the extent
permitted by law, pay to each applicable Lender interest on all
amounts not paid or deposited when due hereunder (whether owing by
the Borrower or the Servicer) at the Base Rate, plus 2%, payable on
demand; provided , however , that such interest rate
shall not at any time exceed the maximum rate permitted by
applicable law. Such interest shall be for the account of such
Lender in respect of each of the Class A Notes and the
Class B Notes and shall be paid in accordance with Section
2.04(a) . Any Obligation hereunder shall not be reduced by any
distribution of any portion of Collections with respect to any
Pledged Receivable if at any time such distribution is rescinded or
returned by a Lender to the Borrower or any other Person for any
reason. All computations of interest and all computations of
Breakage Fee and other fees hereunder (including, without
limitation, the Fees, the Active Backup Servicer’s Fee, the
Standby Backup Servicer’s Fee, the Custodian’s Fee and
the Servicing Fee) shall be made on the basis of a year of
360 days (or 365 or 366 days for interest calculated at
the Base Rate) for the actual number of days (including the first
but excluding the last day) elapsed.
(b) Whenever
any payment hereunder shall be stated to be due on a day other than
a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding
Business Day, and such extension of time shall in such case be
included in the computation of payment of interest or any fee
payable hereunder, as the case may be; provided ,
however , that with respect to the calculation of interest,
such extension of time shall not be included in more than one
Interest Period.
(c) If the
Borrowing requested by the Borrower and approved by the Lenders
pursuant to Section 2.02 is not for any reason
whatsoever, except as a result of the gross negligence or willful
misconduct of a Lender or an Affiliate thereof, made or
effectuated, as the case may be, on the date specified therefor,
the Borrower shall indemnify such Lender against any loss, cost or
expense incurred by such Lender related thereto (other than any
such loss, cost or expense solely due to the gross negligence or
willful misconduct of such Lender or an Affiliate thereof),
including, without limitation, any loss (including cost of funds
and reasonable out-of-pocket expenses), cost or expense incurred by
reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other
funds acquired by such Lender to fund Loans or maintain Loans made
by such Lender during such Interest Period. The applicable Lender
shall provide to the Borrower documentation setting forth the
amounts of any loss, cost or expense referred to in the previous
sentence, such documentation to be conclusive absent manifest
error.
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SECTION 2.08
Fees . (a) The Borrower shall pay Morgan Stanley, as
Class A Lender, and Morgan Stanley AFI, as Class B
Lender, certain fees, including the Exit Fee (the “
Fees ”), in the amounts and on the dates set forth in
a fee letter (the “ Fee Letter ”), dated the
date hereof, among the Borrower, Morgan Stanley and Morgan Stanley
AFI.
(b) All of
the Fees payable pursuant to this Section 2.08 (other
than Fees payable on or prior to the Borrowing Date) shall be
payable solely from amounts available for application pursuant to,
and subject to the priority of, payment set forth in,
Section 2.04 .
SECTION 2.09
Increased Costs; Capital Adequacy . (a) If, due to
either (i) the introduction of or any change (including,
without limitation, any change by way of imposition or increase of
reserve requirements) in or in the interpretation of any law or
regulation (including, without limitation, any law or regulation
resulting in any interest payments paid to any Lender under this
Agreement being subject to United States withholding tax) or
(ii) the compliance with any guideline or request from any
central bank or other governmental authority (whether or not having
the force of law), there shall be any increase in the cost to any
Lender or any Affiliate, successor or assign or participant thereof
(each of which shall be an “ Affected Party ”)
of agreeing to make or making, funding or maintaining any Loan (or
any reduction of the amount of any payment (whether of principal,
interest, fee, compensation or otherwise) to any Affected Party
hereunder), as the case may be, the Borrower shall, from time to
time, within ten days after written demand complying with
Section 2.09(c) by such Lender, on behalf of such
Affected Party, pay to such Lender, on behalf of such Affected
Party, additional amounts sufficient to compensate such Affected
Party for such increased costs or reduced payments.
(b) If either
(i) the introduction of or any change in or in the
interpretation of any law, guideline, rule or regulation,
directive, request or accounting principle or (ii) the
compliance by any Affected Party with any law, guideline, rule,
regulation, directive, request or accounting principle from any
central bank, other governmental authority, agency or accounting
authority (whether or not having the force of law), including,
without limitation, compliance by an Affected Party with any
request or directive regarding capital adequacy, has or would have
the effect of reducing the rate of return on the capital of any
Affected Party, as a consequence of its obligations hereunder or
any related document or arising in connection herewith or therewith
to a level below that which any such Affected Party could have
achieved but for such introduction, change or compliance (taking
into consideration the policies of such Affected Party with respect
to capital adequacy), by an amount deemed by such Affected Party to
be material, then, from time to time, after demand by such Affected
Party (which demand shall be accompanied by a statement setting
forth the basis of such demand), each Lender shall be paid, on
behalf of such Affected Party (from Collections with respect to
Pledged Receivables pursuant to, and subject to the priority of
payment set forth in, Section 2.04 ), such additional
amounts as will compensate such Affected Party for such
reduction.
(c) In
determining any amount provided for in this
Section 2.09 , the Affected Party may use any
reasonable averaging and attribution methods. Each Lender, on
behalf of any Affected Party making a claim under this
Section 2.09 , shall submit to the Borrower a
certificate setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for and
the computations of such additional or increased costs, which
certificate shall be conclusive absent demonstrable
error.
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(d) If, as a
result of any event or circumstance similar to those described in
Section 2.09(a) or 2.09(b) , any Affected Party
(that is a Lender) is required to compensate a bank or other
financial institution (including, without limitation, any Affiliate
of Morgan Stanley) providing liquidity support, credit enhancement
or other similar support to such Affected Party in connection with
this Agreement, then, upon demand by such Affected Party, the
Borrower shall pay, in accordance with Section 2.04 ,
to such Affected Party such additional amount or amounts as may be
necessary to reimburse such Affected Party for any amounts paid by
it, and shall notify each Qualified Swap Counterparty of such
payment.
SECTION 2.10
Collateral Assignment of Agreements . The Borrower hereby
collaterally assigns to the Collateral Agent (and its successors
and assigns) for the benefit of the Secured Parties, all of the
Borrower’s right and title to and interest in, to and under
(but not any obligations under) the Purchase and Sale Agreement,
each Qualifying Interest Rate Swap, the Contract related to each
Pledged Receivable, all other agreements, documents and instruments
evidencing, securing or guarantying any Pledged Receivable and all
other agreements, documents and instruments related to any of the
foregoing (the “ Assigned Documents ”). Without
limiting any obligation of the Servicer hereunder, the Borrower
confirms and agrees that the Collateral Agent (or any designee
thereof, including, without limitation, the Servicer), following an
Event of Default or a Program Termination Event, shall have the
right to enforce the Borrower’s rights and remedies under
each Assigned Document, but without any obligation on the part of
the Collateral Agent or any of its Affiliates to perform any of the
obligations of the Borrower under any such Assigned Document. In
addition, each of the Servicer and the Borrower confirms and agrees
that the Servicer and the Borrower will, upon receipt of notice or
discovery thereof, promptly send to the Collateral Agent and each
Lender a notice of (i) any breach of any representation,
warranty, agreement or covenant under any such Assigned Document or
(ii) any event or occurrence that, upon notice, or upon the
passage of time or both, would constitute such a breach, in each
case, immediately upon learning thereof. The parties hereto agree
that such assignment to the Collateral Agent shall terminate upon
the Collection Date.
SECTION 2.11
Grant of a Security Interest . To secure the prompt and
complete payment when due of the Obligations and the performance by
the Borrower of all of the covenants and obligations to be
performed by it pursuant to this Agreement, the Borrower hereby
(i) collaterally assigns and pledges to the Collateral Agent
(and its successors and assigns), for the benefit of the Secured
Parties, and (ii) grants a security interest to the Collateral
Agent (and its successors and assigns), for the benefit of the
Secured Parties, in all property of the Borrower, whether tangible
or intangible and whether now owned or existing or hereafter
arising or acquired and wheresoever located (collectively, the
“ Pledged Assets ”), including, without
limitation, all of the Borrower’s right, title and interest
in, to and under:
(a) all
Receivables purchased by, or otherwise transferred or pledged to
(pursuant to the terms of the Purchase and Sale Agreement) the
Borrower under the Purchase and Sale Agreement from time to time
(such Receivables, the “ Pledged Receivables ”,
all Other Conveyed Property related to the Pledged Receivables
purchased by (or otherwise transferred or pledged pursuant to the
terms of the Purchase and Sale Agreement) to the Borrower under the
Purchase and Sale Agreement, all Related Security related to the
Pledged Receivables, all interest of the Borrower in all Obligor
Collateral related to the Pledged Receivables (together with all
security
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interests in
and Insurance Proceeds related to such Obligor Collateral and all
proceeds from the disposition of such Obligor Collateral, whether
by sale to the related Obligors or otherwise), all Collections and
other monies due and to become due under the Contracts related to
the Pledged Receivables received on or after the date such Pledged
Receivables were purchased by (or purportedly purchased by) the
Borrower under the Purchase and Sale Agreement;
(b) the
Assigned Documents, including, in each case, without limitation,
all monies due and to become due to the Borrower under or in
connection therewith;
(c) the
Collection Account, the Lockbox, the Lockbox Account, and all other
bank and similar accounts relating to Collections with respect to
Pledged Receivables (whether now existing or hereafter established)
and all funds held therein, and all investments in and all income
from the investment of funds in the Collection Account, the Lockbox
Account, and such other accounts;
(d) the
Records relating to any Pledged Receivables;
(e) all UCC
financing statements filed by the Borrower against the Originator
under or in connection with the Purchase and Sale
Agreement;
(g) each
Qualifying Interest Rate Swap, any other interest rate protection
agreement entered into with respect to the transactions
contemplated under the RLSA and, in each case, all payments
thereunder;
(h) all
Liquidation Proceeds relating to any Pledged Receivables;
and
(i) all
proceeds of the foregoing property described in clauses (a)
through (g) above, including interest, dividends, cash,
instruments and other property from time to time received,
receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange
for or on account of the sale or other disposition of any or all of
the then existing Pledged Receivables.
The Borrower
hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent to file financing statements
describing as the collateral covered thereby as “all of the
debtor’s personal property or assets” or words to that
effect, notwithstanding that such wording may be broader in scope
than the collateral described in this Agreement.
SECTION 2.12
Evidence of Debt . Each Lender shall maintain an account or
accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender
resulting from the related Loan (and its related Class A Note
and Class B Note) owing to such Lender from time to time,
including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to
such Lender from time to time hereunder. The entries made in such
account(s) of such Lender shall be conclusive and binding for all
purposes, absent manifest error.
SECTION 2.13
Release of Pledged Receivables . (a) Subject to
Section 2.15 hereof, upon the repayment of the Loans
and all other Obligations payable to each Secured Party under this
Agreement and any other Transaction Document, the security interest
of the Collateral
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Agent in each
Pledged Receivable and the related Other Conveyed Property and
Related Security shall be released and the Borrower hereby
authorized to file, on behalf of the Collateral Agent, UCC
termination statements in respect thereof.
(b) The
Borrower shall notify the Collateral Agent of any Release Price to
be paid pursuant to this Section 2.13 on the Business
Day on which such Release Price shall be paid specifying the
Pledged Receivables to be released and the Release
Price.
(c) Promptly
after the Collection Date has occurred, the Collateral Agent shall
re-assign and transfer to the Borrower, for no consideration but at
the sole expense of the Borrower, their respective remaining
interests in the Pledged Assets, free and clear of any Adverse
Claim resulting solely from an act by the Collateral Agent but
without any other representation or warranty, express or implied,
by or recourse against the Collateral Agent.
SECTION 2.14
Treatment of Amounts Paid by the Borrower . Amounts paid by
the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.13 on account of
Pledged Receivables shall be treated as payments on Pledged
Receivables hereunder.
SECTION 2.15
Prepayment; Certain Indemnification Rights; Termination .
(a) The Borrower may prepay, in whole or in part, the
outstanding principal amount of any Class A Notes and/or
Class B Notes. All such prepayments with respect to the
Class A Notes shall be made on a pro rata basis among the
Class A Lenders. All such prepayments with respect to the
Class B Notes shall be made on a pro rata basis among the
Class B Lenders. Any amounts so prepaid shall be applied to
repay the outstanding principal amount of Loans allocated to an
Interest Period or Interest Periods selected by the related Lender.
If the Borrower intends to make an optional prepayment pursuant to
this Section 2.15(a) , the Borrower shall give five
(5) Business Days’ prior written notice thereof to the
Lenders, specifying the intended Prepayment Date, the intended
Prepayment Amount, a calculation of any applicable Breakage Fee and
any amounts payable by the Borrower in connection with the
termination of a Qualified Interest Rate Swap (such cost, an
“ Other Swap Breakage Cost ”). Any such optional
prepayment shall be accompanied by all interest accrued with
respect thereto and the Breakage Fee and Other Swap Breakage Cost
with respect to the applicable Prepayment Amount and Prepayment
Date. If such notice is given, the principal amount specified in
such notice (together with all interest accrued with respect
thereto and the Breakage Fee and Other Swap Breakage Cost related
thereto) shall be due and payable on the Prepayment Date specified
therein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment by the Borrower
required pursuant to Section 2.04(c) or, in connection
with the occurrence of an Event of Default, pursuant to
Section 7.01 hereof shall not be considered an optional
prepayment and no Breakage Fee or Other Swap Breakage Cost shall be
required to be paid in respect thereof.
(b) Without
limiting any other provision hereof, the Borrower agrees to
indemnify each Lender, the Qualifying Swap Counterparty and any
Affiliate thereof and to hold each such Person harmless from any
cost, loss or expense which it may sustain or incur as a
consequence of (i) the Borrower making any optional prepayment
pursuant to Section 2.15(a) hereof,
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