FIRST AMENDMENT TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED MASTER MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATING LEASE AGREEMENT
Exhibit
10.3
FIRST
AMENDMENT TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED MASTER MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATING LEASE
AGREEMENT
This
FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED MASTER MOTOR VEHICLE
OPERATING LEASE AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”),
dated
as of December 23, 2005, amends the Second Amended and Restated Master Motor
Vehicle Operating Lease Agreement (the “AESOP
I Operating Lease”),
dated
as of June 3, 2004, by and between AESOP LEASING L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership, as lessor (the “Lessor”)
and
CENDANT CAR RENTAL GROUP, INC., a Delaware corporation (“CCRG”),
as
lessee (in such capacity, the “Lessee”)
and as
administrator (in such capacity, the “Administrator”).
Unless otherwise specified herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have
the
meanings ascribed to such terms in (i) the Definitions List attached as Schedule
I to the Second Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of June 3, 2004
(as amended to date, the “Base
Indenture”),
between Cendant Rental Car Funding (AESOP) LLC (“CRCF”),
as
Issuer, and The Bank of New York, as Trustee, as such Definitions List may
from
time to time be amended in accordance with the terms of the Base Indenture
or
the AESOP I Operating Lease, as applicable.
W
I T
N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS,
pursuant to Section 29 of the AESOP I Operating Lease, the AESOP I Operating
Lease may be amended with an agreement in writing signed by the Lessor and
the
Lessee and consented to in writing by CRCF, as lender (in such capacity, the
“Lender”),
and
the Trustee;
WHEREAS,
the parties desire to amend the AESOP I Operating Lease to reflect a change
in
the maximum term certain vehicles may be leased by the Lessee pursuant to the
AESOP I Operating Lease from eighteen (18) to thirty-six (36) months;
and
WHEREAS,
the Lessor has requested the Trustee and the Lender to, and, upon this Amendment
becoming effective, the Lessor, the Lender and the Trustee have agreed to,
amend
certain provisions of the AESOP I Operating Lease as set forth
herein;
NOW,
THEREFORE, it is agreed:
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Section
2.6(a)(ii) and Sections 3.1(a) and (b) of the AESOP I Operating Lease
are
hereby amended such that all references therein to “eighteen (18) months”
shall hereby be replaced with “thirty-six (36)
months.”
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2. |
This
Amendment is limited as specified and, except as expressly stated herein,
shall not constitute a modification, acceptance or waiver of any other
provision of the AESOP I Operating Lease.
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3. |
This
Amendment shall become effective as of the date (the “Amendment
Effective Date”)
on which each of the following
have occurred: (i) each of the parties hereto shall have executed and
delivered this Amendment to the Trustee, (ii) the Rating Agency Consent
Condition shall have been satisfied with respect to this Amendment
and
(iii) the Trustee and the Lender shall have consented
hereto.
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4. |
From
and after the Amendment Effective Date, all references to the AESOP
I
Operating Lease shall be deemed to be references to the AESOP I Operating
Lease as amended hereby.
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5. |
This
Amendment may be executed in separate counterparts by the parties hereto,
each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original but
all
of which shall together constitute one and the same
instrument.
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THIS
AMENDMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL
BE
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE
OF NEW
YORK.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly
executed by their respective duly authorized officers as of the date above
first
written.
AESOP
LEASING L.P., as Lessor
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By:
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/s/
Xxxx Xxxxxx
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Name:
Xxxx Xxxxxx
Title:
Vice President
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CENDANT
CAR RENTAL GROUP, INC., as
Lessee
and Administrator
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name:
Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title:
Vice President and Assistant
Treasurer
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Acknowledged
and Consented
CENDANT
RENTAL CAR FUNDING (AESOP) LLC, as Lender
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By:
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/s/
Xxxx Xxxxxx
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Name:
Xxxx Xxxxxx
Title:
Vice President
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THE
BANK OF NEW YORK, as Trustee
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By:
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/s/
Xxxx Xxxxx
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Name:
Xxxx Xxxxx
Title:
Vice President
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