EXHIBIT 10.6
AMENDMENT NO. 2
Dated as of November 8, 2002
to
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
TRANSFER AND ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT
Dated as of September 24, 2002
THIS AMENDMENT NO. 2 (this "Amendment") dated as of November 8, 2002 is
entered into by and among NMC FUNDING CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, as
Transferor, NATIONAL MEDICAL CARE, INC., a Delaware corporation, as Collection
Agent, ENTERPRISE FUNDING CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation ("Enterprise"), as
a Conduit Investor, COMPASS US ACQUISITION, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company ("Compass"), as a Conduit Investor, GIRO MULTI-FUNDING CORPORATION, a
bankruptcy-remote special purpose company incorporated in Delaware ("GMFC"), as
a Conduit Investor, the FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS PARTIES HERETO as Class A Bank
Investors, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. ("Bank of America"), as Class B Investor,
WESTLB AG, NEW YORK BRANCH ("WestLB"), as an Administrative Agent, BAYERISCHE
LANDESBANK, NEW YORK BRANCH ("BLB"), as an Administrative Agent and BANK OF
AMERICA, N.A., as an Administrative Agent and as Agent, ASSET ONE
SECURITIZATION, LLC ("Asset One"), as a new Conduit Investor, and SOCIETE
GENERALE ("SG"), as a new Class A Bank Investor and a new Administrative Agent.
PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS
A. The Transferor, the Collection Agent, Compass, Enterprise, GMFC,
the Class A Bank Investors, the Class B Investor, WestLB, as an Administrative
Agent, BLB, as an Administrative Agent, and Bank of America, as an
Administrative Agent and as Agent, are parties to that certain Second Amended
and Restated Transfer and Administration Agreement dated as of September 24,
2002 (as amended or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof, the "TAA").
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings
ascribed to them in the TAA.
B. The parties hereto have agreed to add Asset One as a "Conduit
Investor" under the TAA and SG as a "Class A Bank Investor" and "Administrative
Agent" under the TAA. In connection therewith, the existing Conduit Investors
will assign a portion of the outstanding Transferred Interests and Net
Investment held by them to Asset One (or, if Asset One shall decline to accept
such assignment, to SG as the Class A Bank Investor for Asset One) such that,
from and after such assignment, the percentage of the outstanding Transferred
Interests and Net Investment held by each Related Group will be proportional to
their respective Related Group Limits.
C. In addition, the parties hereto have agreed to amend the TAA on
the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises set forth above,
and other good and valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which
is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Amendments to TAA. Subject to the satisfaction of the
conditions precedent set forth in Section 3 below, effective as of the Effective
Date (as defined below), the TAA is amended as follows:
1.1 The definition of "Administrative Agent" in Section 1.1 of the
TAA is amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
"Administrative Agent" means (i) Bank of America as administrative
agent for the Related Group that includes Enterprise, (ii) WestLB, as
administrative agent for the Related Group that includes Compass, (iii)
BLB, as administrative agent for the Related Group that includes GMFC,
(iv) Bank of America, as administrative agent for the Related Group that
includes the Class B Investors or (v) Societe Generale, as administrative
agent for the Related Group that includes Asset One.
1.2 The following definition is added to Section 1.1 of the TAA in
appropriate alphabetical order:
"Asset One" means Asset One Securitization, LLC, a limited liability
company organized under the laws of Delaware, together with its successors
and permitted assigns.
1.3 The definition of "Conduit Investor" in Section 1.1 of the TAA
is amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
"Conduit Investor" means Enterprise, Compass, GMFC or Asset One.
1.4 The definition of "CP Tranche Period" is amended to add the
following at the end of such definition:
"In no event shall a CP Tranche Period for Asset One exceed 45
days."
1.5 The definition of "Fee Letter" in Section 1.1 of the TAA is
amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
"Fee Letter" means (i) the letter agreement dated January 31, 2002
among the Transferor, Enterprise and Bank of America with respect to the
fees to be paid by the Transferor hereunder in respect of the Related
Group that includes Enterprise, as amended, modified or supplemented from
time to time, (ii) the letter agreement dated January 31, 2002 between the
Transferor, Compass and WestLB with respect to the fees to be paid by the
Transferor hereunder with respect to the Related Group that includes
Compass, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (iii) the
letter agreement dated October 26, 2000 between the Transferor, GMFC and
BLB with respect
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to the fees to be paid by the Transferor hereunder with respect to the
Related Group that includes GMFC, as amended, modified or supplemented
from time to time or (iv) the letter agreement dated November 12, 2002
between the Transferor, Asset One and SG with respect to the fees to be
paid by the Transferor hereunder with respect to the Related Group that
includes Asset One, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to
time.
1.6 The definition of "Related Group" in Section 1.1 of the TAA is
amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
"Related Group" means any of the following groups: (i) Enterprise,
as a Conduit Investor, Bank of America, N.A and Landesbank
Hessen-Thueringen Girozentrale, as a Class A Bank Investors, and Bank of
America, N.A. as an Administrative Agent, together with their respective
successors and permitted assigns, (ii) Compass, as a Conduit Investor,
Landesbank Hessen-Thueringen Girozentrale, as a Class A Bank Investor and
WestLB, as a Class A Bank Investor and as an Administrative Agent,
together with their respective successors and permitted assigns, (iii)
GMFC, as a Conduit Investor, and BLB, as a Class A Bank Investor and as an
Administrative Agent, together with their respective successors and
permitted assigns and (iv) Asset One, as a Conduit Investor, and Societe
Generale, as a Class A Bank Investor and as an Administrative Agent,
together with their respective successors and permitted assigns.
1.7 The following definition is added to Section 1.1 of the TAA in
appropriate alphabetical order:
"SG" means Societe Generale together with its successors and
permitted assigns.
1.8 The second sentence of Section 9.7(b) is amended to delete the
words "S&P and Xxxxx'x" and to substitute therefor the words "each
applicable Rating Agency".
1.9 Section 10.3 of the TAA is amended to add the following notice
addresses for Asset One and SG, respectively:
If to Asset One:
Asset One Securitization, LLC
c/o AMACAR Group, LLC
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Tel: 704/000-0000
Fax: 704/000-0000
If to the Administrative Agent for Asset One:
Societe Generale
1221 Avenue of the Xxxxxxxx
0
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Chin-Eav Eap
Tel: 212/000-0000
Fax: 212/000-0000
1.10 Schedule I to the TAA is hereby amended to add the following as
the notice address for SG in its capacity as a Class A Bank Investor.
SOCIETE GENERALE
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Chin-Eav Eap
Tel: 212/000-0000
Fax: 212/ 000-0000
1.11 Schedule II to the TAA is hereby amended in its entirety to
read as set forth on the New Schedule II attached hereto.
SECTION 2. Addition of New Investor: Assignment and Acceptance;
Special Adjustment.
(a) Each of the parties hereto agrees that, effective as of the
Effective Date, (i) Asset One shall become a party to the TAA as a Conduit
Investor and (ii) SG shall become a party to the TAA as a Class A Bank Investor
and as an Administrative Agent.
(b) Effective upon receipt of the Purchase Price (as defined below)
on the Effective Date, each of Enterprise and Compass (each an "Assignor")
hereby sells, grants, assigns and conveys to Asset One (or, if Asset One shall
elect not to accept such assignment, to SG as the Class A Bank Investor for
Asset One), without recourse, warranty, or representation of any kind, except as
specifically provided herein, an undivided percentage ownership interest in such
Assignor's right, title and interest in and to the outstanding Transferred
Interests and Net Investment in the respective amounts and percentages necessary
so that, from and after such sale and the adjustment described in paragraph (f)
below, the percentage of the outstanding Transferred Interests and Net
Investment held by each Related Group shall be proportional to their respective
Related Group Limits (determined after giving effect to the amendments described
in Section 1 above). Asset One may in its discretion (and if Asset One declines
to do so, then SG as the related Class A Bank Investor shall) purchase and
accept such grant, assignment and conveyance from the respective Assignors.
(c) Asset One or SG, as applicable, agrees that the purchase price
payable by it to the respective Assignors in respect of each assignment pursuant
to clause (b) above (the "Purchase Price") shall be as set forth on Schedule III
attached hereto. Such amount shall be payable on the Effective Date by wire
transfer of immediately available funds to the respective Administrative Agents
for the Assignors by no later than 1:00 P.M. (New York time) on the Effective
Date.
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(d) Each Assignor hereby represents and warrants to Asset One and SG
that such Assignor owns the interest in the Transferred Interests and Net
Investment being sold and assigned hereby for its own account and has not sold,
transferred or encumbered any or all of its interest in such Transferred
Interests and Net Investment to any other party.
(e) Each of Asset One and SG hereby acknowledges and agrees that,
except for each Assignor's representations and warranties contained in paragraph
(d) above, it has entered into this Agreement on the basis of its own
independent investigation and has not relied upon, and will not rely upon, any
explicit or implicit written or oral representation, warranty or other statement
of the Agent, any other Investor or any other Administrative Agent concerning
the authorization, execution, legality, validity, effectiveness, genuiness,
enforceability or sufficiency of the TAA, any other Transaction Document, any
Receivable, or any other instrument or document related to the foregoing.
(f) The parties hereto acknowledge that a further adjustment to the
Net Investment held by the Related Groups is required in order to ensure that
the Net Investment held by each Related Group is proportional to their
respective Related Group Limits. Accordingly, on the Effective Date (i) the
Transferor shall make a special Incremental Transfer to be funded solely by the
Related Group that includes GMFC in an amount equal to $6,475,857.14 and (ii)
the Transferor shall make a special payment to the Administrative Agent for
Compass in an amount equal to $5,829,928.57 and a special payment to the
Administrative Agent for Enterprise in an amount equal to $645,928.57, which
special payments shall be applied to reduce the portion of the Net Investment
held by Compass and Enterprise, respectively. Such special payments shall be
made by the Transferor by no later than 1:00 P.M. (New York time) on the
Effective Date.
SECTION 3. Conditions Precedent. This Amendment shall become
effective and be deemed effective as of the date (the "Effective Date") which is
the later of (i) November 12, 2002 and (ii) the date on which the following
conditions precedent have been satisfied:
(a) the Agent shall have received counterparts of this Amendment
duly executed by the Transferor, the Collection Agent, Asset One, SG, the
Conduit Investors, the Class A Bank Investors, the Class B Investor, the
Administrative Agents and the Agent;
(b) SG shall have received a Fee Letter duly executed by each of the
Transferor, Asset One and SG; and
(c) SG shall have received confirmation from each of S&P and Fitch
that (i) the Transferred Interest will be treated as an "A-3" (or better)
asset for Asset One for purposes of the documents governing Asset One's
commercial paper program and (ii) the execution and delivery of this
Amendment by Asset One will not result in the reduction or withdrawal of
the then current ratings of Asset One's Commercial Paper.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be
executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date
first written above.
ENTERPRISE FUNDING CORPORATION,
as a Conduit Investor
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
COMPASS US ACQUISITION, LLC,
as a Conduit Investor
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: President
GIRO MULTI-FUNDING CORPORATION,
as a Conduit Investor
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Vice President
NMC FUNDING CORPORATION,
as Transferor
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Treasurer
NATIONAL MEDICAL CARE, INC., as
Collection Agent
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Treasurer
Signature Page to
Amendment No. 2
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Agent,
as an Administrative Agent and as
a Class A Bank Investor
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Principal
WESTLB AG, NEW YORK BRANCH,
as an Administrative Agent and
as a Class A Bank Investor
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Director, Global Securitization
Americas
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Associate Director Securitization
BAYERISCHE LANDESBANK, NEW YORK BRANCH,
as an Administrative Agent and as a
Class A Bank Investor
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: First Vice President
By: /s/ Xxxx-Xxx Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx-Xxx Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President
LANDESBANK HESSEN-THUERINGEN
GIROZENTRALE, as a Class A Bank
Investor
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Associate
Signature Page to
Amendment No. 2
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as a Class B Investor
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Managing Director
ASSET ONE SECURITIZATION, LLC,
as a Conduit Investor
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
Title : Vice President
SOCIETE GENERALE,
as an Administrative Agent and
as a Class A Bank Investor
By: /s/ Chin-Eav Eap
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Name: Chin-Eav Eap
Title: Vice President
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Director
Signature Page to
Amendment No. 2
NEW SCHEDULE II
to
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
TRANSFER AND ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT
A. COMMITMENTS OF CLASS A BANK INVESTORS
Class A Bank Investor Commitment
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Bank of America, N.A $155,000,000
WestLB AG,
New York Branch $150,000,000
Bayerische Landesbank, New York Branch $120,000,000
Landesbank Hessen - Thueringen Girozentrale $ 75,000,000(1)
Societe Generale $ 60,000,000
B. COMMITMENTS OF CLASS B INVESTORS
Class B Investor Commitment
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Bank of America, N.A $ 16,000,000
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(1) Landesbank Hessen - Thueringen Girozentrale is a member of both the Compass
and the Enterprise Related Groups. The portion of its Commitment included in the
Compass Related Group is $50,000,000. The portion of its Commitment included in
the Enterprise Related Group is $25,000,000.
SCHEDULE III
PURCHASE PRICE PAYABLE TO ASSIGNORS
To: Enterprise Funding Corporation $32,339,285.71
Compass US Acquisition, LLC $16,169,642.86
