RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT Dated as of June 27, 2005 Among ARCH CHEMICALS RECEIVABLES CORP., as Seller, ARCH CHEMICALS, INC., as initial Servicer, THREE PILLARS FUNDING LLC and SUNTRUST CAPITAL MARKETS, INC., as Administrator
Exhibit
10.2
Dated
as
of June 27, 2005
Among
ARCH
CHEMICALS RECEIVABLES CORP., as Seller,
ARCH
CHEMICALS, INC., as initial Servicer,
THREE
PILLARS FUNDING LLC
and
SUNTRUST
CAPITAL MARKETS, INC., as Administrator
TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
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Article
I Purchase Arrangements
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1
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Section
1.1
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Purchase
Facility.
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1
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Section
1.2
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Incremental
Purchases.
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2
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Section
1.3
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Decreases.
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2
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Section
1.4
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Deemed
Collections
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3
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Section
1.5
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Payment
Requirements and Computations.
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3
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Article
II Payments and Collections
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4
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Section
2.1
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Payments
of Recourse Obligations.
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4
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Section
2.2
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Collections
Prior to the Facility Termination Date.
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4
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Section
2.3
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Application
of Collections After the Facility Termination Date.
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5
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Section
2.4
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Payment
Rescission.
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6
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Section
2.5
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Clean
Up Call; Reconveyance of Receivable Interests.
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6
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Article
III Commercial Paper Funding
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7
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Section
3.1
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CP
Costs.
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7
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Section
3.2
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Calculation
of CP Costs.
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7
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Section
3.3
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CP
Costs Payments.
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7
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Section
3.4
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Default
Rate.
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7
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Article
IV Liquidity Fundings
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7
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Section
4.1
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Liquidity
Fundings.
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7
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Section
4.2
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Yield
Payments.
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8
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Section
4.3
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Selection
and Continuation of Interest Periods.
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8
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Section
4.4
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Liquidity
Funding Yield Rates.
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8
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Section
4.5
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Suspension
of the LIBO Rate.
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8
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Section
4.6
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Default
Rate.
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9
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Article
V Representations and Warranties
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9
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Section
5.1
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Representations
and Warranties of the Seller Parties.
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9
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Article
VI Conditions of Purchases
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14
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Section
6.1
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Conditions
Precedent to Initial Incremental Purchase.
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14
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Section
6.2
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Conditions
Precedent to All Purchases and Reinvestments.
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14
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Article
VII Covenants
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15
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Section
7.1
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Affirmative
Covenants of the Seller Parties.
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15
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Section
7.2
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Negative
Covenants of the Seller Parties.
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23
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Article
VIII Administration and Collection
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25
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Section
8.1
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Designation
of Servicer.
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25
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Section
8.2
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Duties
of Servicer.
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26
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Section
8.3
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Collection
Notices.
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27
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Section
8.4
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Responsibilities
of the Seller.
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28
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Section
8.5
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Receivables
Reports.
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28
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Section
8.6
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Servicing
Fee.
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28
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Article
IX Amortization Events
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Section
9.1
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Amortization
Events.
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29
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Section
9.2
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Remedies.
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32
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i
Article
X Indemnification
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32
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Section
10.1
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Indemnities
by the Seller Parties.
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32
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Section
10.2
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Increased
Cost and Reduced Return.
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35
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Section
10.3
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Other
Costs and Expenses.
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35
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Section
10.4
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Allocations.
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36
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Article
XI The Administrator
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36
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Section
11.1
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Authorization
and Action.
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36
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Section
11.2
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STCM,
SunTrust Bank and Affiliates.
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36
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Article
XII Assignments and Participations
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37
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Section
12.1
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Assignments
and Participations by TPF.
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37
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Section
12.2
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Prohibition
on Assignments by the Seller Parties.
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37
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Article
XIII Miscellaneous
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37
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Section
13.1
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Waivers
and Amendments.
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37
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Section
13.2
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Notices.
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37
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Section
13.3
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Protection
of Administrator’s Security Interest.
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38
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Section
13.4
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Confidentiality.
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39
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Section
13.5
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Bankruptcy
Petition.
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40
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Section
13.6
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Limitation
of Liability.
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40
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Section
13.7
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No recourse against TPF |
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Section
13.8
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Limitation on Payments |
40
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Section
13.9
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CHOICE
OF LAW.
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41
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Section
13.10
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CONSENT
TO JURISDICTION.
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41
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Section
13.11
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WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL.
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42
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Section
13.12
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Integration;
Binding Effect; Survival of Terms.
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42
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Section
13.13
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Counterparts;
Severability; Section References.
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42
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Section
13.14
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Characterization.
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Exhibits | |
Exhibit
I
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Definitions
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Exhibit
II
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Form
of Purchase Notice
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Exhibit
III
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Jurisdiction
of Organization of the Seller Parties; Places of Business of the
Seller
Parties; Locations of Records; Federal Employer Identification
Number(s)
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Exhibit
IV
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Names
of Collection Banks; Lock-Boxes and Collection Accounts
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Exhibit
V
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Form
of Compliance Certificate
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Exhibit
VI
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[Intentionally
Deleted]
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Exhibit
VII
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Credit
and Collection Policy
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Exhibit
VIII
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Form
of Monthly Report
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Exhibit
IX
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Form
of Collateral Certificate
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Schedules | |
Schedule
A
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Documents
to be Delivered to the Administrator on or Prior to the Initial
Purchase
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iii
THIS
RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT,
dated as
of June 27, 2005, is entered into by and among:
(a) Arch
Chemicals Receivables Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Seller”),
(b) Arch
Chemicals, Inc., a Virginia corporation (“Arch”
or the
“Servicer”),
as
initial Servicer (the Servicer together with the Seller, the “Seller
Parties”
and
each, a “Seller
Party”),
(c) Three
Pillars Funding LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“TPF”),
and
(d) SunTrust
Capital Markets, Inc., a Tennessee corporation (“STCM”),
as
agent and administrator for TPF and its assigns under the Transaction Documents
(together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Administrator”).
Unless
defined elsewhere herein, capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have
the meanings assigned to such terms in Exhibit
I.
PRELIMINARY
STATEMENTS
The
Seller desires to transfer and assign Receivable Interests from time to
time.
TPF
shall
purchase Receivable Interests from the Seller from time to time either by
issuing its Commercial Paper or by availing itself of a Liquidity Funding to
the
extent available.
STCM
has
been requested and is willing to act as agent and administrator on behalf of
TPF
and its assigns in accordance with the terms hereof.
Article
I
Purchase
Arrangements
Section
1.1 Purchase
Facility.
(a) Upon
the
terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement (including, without
limitation, Article
VI),
from
time to time prior to the Facility Termination Date, the Seller may request
that
TPF purchase from the Seller undivided ownership interests in the Receivables
and the associated Related Security and Collections, and TPF shall make such
Purchase; provided that
no
Purchase shall be made by TPF if, after giving effect thereto, the Aggregate
Invested Amount would exceed the Purchase Limit. It is the intent of TPF to
fund
the Purchases by the issuance of Commercial Paper. If for any reason TPF is
unable, or determines that it is undesirable, to issue Commercial Paper to
fund
or maintain its investment in the Receivable Interests, or is unable for any
reason to repay such Commercial Paper upon the maturity thereof, TPF will avail
itself of a Liquidity Funding to the extent available. If TPF funds or
refinances its investment in a Receivable Interest through a Liquidity Funding,
in lieu of paying CP Costs on the Invested Amount pursuant to Article
III
hereof,
the Seller will pay Yield thereon at the Alternate Base Rate or the LIBO Rate,
selected in accordance with Article
IV
hereof.
Nothing herein shall be deemed to constitute a commitment of TPF to issue
Commercial Paper.
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(b) The
Seller may, upon at least ten (10) Business Days’ notice to the Administrator,
terminate in whole or reduce in part, the unused portion of the Purchase Limit;
provided that
each
partial reduction of the Purchase Limit shall be in an amount equal to
$5,000,000 (or a larger integral multiple of $1,000,000 if in excess
thereof).
(c) The
Administrator hereby represents that (i) pursuant to the Liquidity Agreement,
TPF has obtained a Liquidity Commitment from SunTrust Bank and its assigns
for
an initial period of 364 days in an amount equal to 102% of the greater of
(A)
the Purchase Limit from time to time in effect hereunder, and (B) the Aggregate
Invested Amount outstanding from time to time hereunder, and (ii) while SunTrust
Bank may not be obligated to pay par for a Receivable Interest that is
transferred to it pursuant to the Liquidity Agreement, the only condition
precedent to its obligation to pay the agreed-upon price thereunder is the
absence of an Event of Bankruptcy with respect to TPF.
Section
1.2 Incremental
Purchases.
The
Seller shall provide the Administrator with at least two (2) Business Days’
prior written notice in a form set forth as Exhibit
II
hereto
of each Incremental Purchase (each, a “Purchase
Notice”).
Each
Purchase Notice shall be subject to Section
6.2
hereof
and, except as set forth below, shall be irrevocable and shall specify the
requested Purchase Price (which shall not be less than $1,000,000 or a larger
integral multiple of $100,000) and the Purchase Date. The Seller shall not
request and TPF shall not be obligated to fund more than one (1) Incremental
Purchase in any consecutive seven (7) day period. Following receipt of a
Purchase Notice, the Administrator will determine whether TPF will fund the
requested Incremental Purchase through the issuance of Commercial Paper or
through a Liquidity Funding. If TPF determines to fund an Incremental Purchase
through a Liquidity Funding, the Seller may cancel the Purchase Notice or,
in
the absence of such a cancellation, the Incremental Purchase will be funded
through a Liquidity Funding. On each Purchase Date, upon satisfaction of the
applicable conditions precedent set forth in Article
VI,
TPF
shall deposit to the Facility Account, in immediately available funds, no later
than 2:00 p.m. (New York time), an amount equal to the requested Purchase
Price.
Section
1.3 Decreases.
The
Seller shall provide the Administrator with prior written notice in conformity
with the Required Notice Period (a “Reduction
Notice”)
of any
proposed reduction of Aggregate Invested Amount. Such Reduction Notice shall
designate (a)
the date
(the “Proposed
Reduction Date”)
upon
which any such reduction of Aggregate Invested Amount shall occur (which date
shall give effect to the applicable Required Notice Period), and (b)
the
amount of Aggregate Invested Amount to be reduced which shall be applied ratably
to all Receivable Interests in accordance with the respective Invested Amounts
thereof (the “Aggregate
Reduction”).
Only
one (1) Reduction Notice shall be outstanding at any time.
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Section
1.4 Deemed
Collections. If
on any
day:
(i) the
Outstanding Balance of any Receivable is reduced or cancelled as a result of
any
defective or rejected goods or services, any cash discount or any other
adjustment by any Originator or any Affiliate thereof, or as a result of any
governmental or regulatory action, or
(ii) the
Outstanding Balance of any Receivable is reduced or canceled as a result of
a
setoff in respect of any claim by the Obligor thereof (whether such claim arises
out of the same or a related or an unrelated transaction), or
(iii) the
Outstanding Balance of any Receivable is reduced on account of the obligation
of
any Originator or any Affiliate thereof to pay to the related Obligor any rebate
or refund, or
(iv) the
Outstanding Balance of any Receivable is less than the amount included in
calculating the Net Pool Balance for purposes of any Monthly Report or
Collateral Certificate (for any reason other than receipt of Collections or
such
Receivable becoming a Defaulted Receivable), or
(v) any
of
the representations or warranties of the Seller set forth in Section
5.1(g),
Section
5.1(i),
Section
5.1(j),
Section
5.1(r),
Section
5.1(s),
Section
5.1(t)
or
Section
5.1(u)
were not
true when made with respect to any Receivable,
then,
on
such day, the Seller shall be deemed to have received a Collection of such
Receivable (A)
in the
case of clauses
(i)-(iv)
above,
in the amount of such reduction or cancellation or the difference between the
actual Outstanding Balance and the amount included in calculating such Net
Pool
Balance, as applicable; and (B)
in the
case of clause
(v)
above,
in the amount of the Outstanding Balance of such Receivable and (in either
case), not later than two
(2) Business
Days thereafter
shall pay to the Administrator’s Account TPF’s Portion of any such Collection
deemed to have been received in the same manner as actual cash collections
are
distributed under the terms of this Agreement.
Section
1.5 Payment
Requirements and Computations.
All
amounts to be paid or deposited by a Seller Party pursuant to any provision
of
this Agreement shall be paid or deposited in accordance with the terms hereof
no
later than 12:00 noon (New York time) on the day when due in immediately
available funds, and if not received before 12:00 noon (New York time) shall
be
deemed to be received on the next succeeding Business Day. If such amounts
are
payable to the Administrator for the account of TPF, they shall be paid to
the
Administrator’s Account, for the account of TPF until otherwise notified by the
Administrator. Upon notice to the Seller, the Administrator may debit the
Facility Account for all amounts due and payable hereunder. All computations
of
CP Costs, Yield, per annum
fees
calculated as part of any CP Costs, per annum
fees
hereunder and per annum
fees
under the Fee Letter shall be made on the basis of a year of 360 days for the
actual number of days elapsed. If any amount hereunder shall be payable on
a day
which is not a Business Day, such amount shall be payable on the next succeeding
Business Day.
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Article
II
Payments
and Collections
Section
2.1 Payments
of Recourse Obligations.
The
Seller hereby promises to pay the following (collectively, the “Recourse
Obligations”):
(a) all
amounts due and owing under Section
1.3
or
Section
1.4
or in
order to avoid an Amortization Event under Section 9.1(m) or 9.1(q) on the
dates
specified therein;
(b) the
fees
set forth in the Fee Letter on the dates specified therein;
(c) all
accrued and unpaid Yield on the Receivable Interests accruing Yield at the
Alternate Base Rate or the Default Rate on each Settlement Date applicable
thereto;
(d) all
accrued and unpaid Yield on the Receivable Interests accruing Yield at the
LIBO
Rate on the last day of each Interest Period applicable thereto;
(e) all
accrued and unpaid CP Costs on the Receivable Interests funded with Commercial
Paper on each Settlement Date; and
(f) all
Broken Funding Costs and Indemnified Amounts upon demand.
Section
2.2 Collections
Prior to the Facility Termination Date.
(a) Prior
to
the Facility Termination Date, TPF’s Portion of any Deemed Collections received
by the Servicer and TPF’s Portion of any Collections received by the Servicer
shall be set aside and held in trust by the Servicer for the payment of any
accrued and unpaid Aggregate Unpaids or for a Reinvestment as provided in this
Section
2.2.
If at
any time any Collections are received by the Servicer prior to the Facility
Termination Date, the Seller hereby requests and TPF hereby agrees to make,
simultaneously with such receipt, a reinvestment by payment of the Purchase
Price under the Receivables Sale Agreement (each, a “Reinvestment”)
with
TPF’s Portion of the balance of each and every Collection received by the
Servicer such that after giving effect to such Reinvestment, the Invested Amount
of such Receivable Interest immediately after such receipt and corresponding
Reinvestment shall be equal to the amount of Invested Amount immediately prior
to such receipt.
(b) On
each
day on which any of the conditions precedent set forth in Section
6.2
are not
satisfied and on each Settlement Date prior to the Facility Termination Date,
the Servicer shall remit to the Administrator’s Account the amounts set aside
during the preceding Settlement Period that have not been subject to a
Reinvestment and apply such amounts (if not previously paid in accordance with
Section
2.1)
to the
Aggregate Unpaids in the order specified:
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first,
ratably
to the payment of all accrued and unpaid CP Costs, Yield and Broken Funding
Costs (if any) that are then due and owing,
second,
to the
accrued and unpaid Servicing Fee,
third,
ratably
to the payment of all accrued and unpaid fees under the Fee Letter (if any)
that
are then due and owing,
fourth,
if
required under Section
1.3
or
Section
1.4
or in
order to avoid an Amortization Event or Unmatured Amortization Event under
Section 9.1(m) or Section 9.1(q), to the ratable reduction of Aggregate Invested
Amount,
fifth,
for the
ratable payment of all other unpaid Recourse Obligations, if any, that are
then
due and owing, and
sixth,
the
balance, if any, to the Seller or otherwise in accordance with the Seller’s
instructions.
(c) Prior
to
the Facility Termination Date, any Deemed Collections or Collections received
by
the Servicer that do not constitute TPF’s Portion of such Deemed Collections or
Collections shall be paid to the Seller.
(d) In
the
event that a Collection Notice has been delivered pursuant to any Collection
Account Agreement, all amounts received in any Collection Account shall at
the
sole discretion of the Administrator, either (i) be retained in such Collection
Account or other account of the Administrator for such day, Settlement Period
or
part thereof and applied on the Settlement Date in accordance with the terms
of
this Agreement or (ii) be released to the Seller and applied in accordance
with
the terms of this Agreement.
Section
2.3 Application
of Collections After the Facility Termination Date.
(a) On
the
Facility Termination Date and on each day thereafter, the Servicer shall set
aside and hold in trust, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, all Collections
received on each such day. On and after the Facility Termination Date, the
Servicer shall, on each Settlement Date and on each other Business Day specified
by the Administrator: (i)
remit to
the Administrator’s Account the amounts set aside pursuant to the preceding
sentence, and (ii)
apply
such amounts to reduce the Aggregate Unpaids as follows:
first,
to the
reimbursement of the Administrator’s costs of collection and enforcement of this
Agreement,
second,
ratably
to the payment of all accrued and unpaid CP Costs, Yield and Broken Funding
Costs,
third,
to the
accrued and unpaid Servicing Fee,
fourth,
ratably
to the payment of all accrued and unpaid fees under the Fee Letter,
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fifth,
to the
ratable reduction of Aggregate Invested Amount,
sixth,
for the
ratable payment of all other Aggregate Unpaids, and
seventh,
to the
Seller.
Section
2.4 Payment
Rescission.
No
payment of any of the Aggregate Unpaids shall be considered paid or applied
hereunder to the extent that, at any time, all or any portion of such payment
or
application is rescinded by application of law or judicial authority, or must
otherwise be returned or refunded for any reason. The Seller shall remain
obligated for the amount of any payment or application so rescinded, returned
or
refunded, and shall promptly pay to the Administrator (for application to the
Person or Persons who suffered such rescission, return or refund) the full
amount thereof, plus interest thereon at the Default Rate from the date of
any
such rescission, return or refunding.
Section
2.5 Clean
Up Call; Reconveyance of Receivable Interests.
(a) The
Servicer (so long as the Servicer is an Affiliate of the Seller) shall have
the
right (after providing written notice to the Administrator in accordance with
the Required Notice Period), at any time following the reduction of the
Aggregate Invested Amount to a level that is less than 10.0% of the highest
Aggregate Invested Amount outstanding during the term of this Agreement, to
repurchase all, but not less than all, of the then outstanding Receivable
Interests. The purchase price in respect thereof shall be an amount equal to
the
Aggregate Unpaids through the date of such repurchase, payable in immediately
available funds to the Administrator’s Account. Such repurchase shall be made
free and clear of any Adverse Claim created by the Administrator but otherwise
shall be without representation, warranty or recourse of any kind by, on the
part of, or against TPF or the Administrator.
(b) On
the
Final Payout Date, the Administrator on behalf of the Secured Parties shall
be
considered to have reconveyed free and clear of any Adverse Claim created by
the
Administrator (but otherwise shall be without representation, warranty or
recourse of any kind by, on the part of, or against the Secured Parties or
the
Administrator) to the Seller all of the Administrator’s (on behalf of the
Secured Parties) right, title and interest in, to and under the Receivables,
Related Security and Collections with respect thereto and shall at the request,
and sole cost and expense, of the Seller, execute and deliver to the Seller,
all
such documents or instruments as are necessary to terminate the Administrator’s
interest on behalf of the Purchasers in the Receivables, Related Security and
Collections with respect thereto
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Article
III
Commercial
Paper Funding
Section
3.1 CP
Costs.
The
Seller shall pay CP Costs with respect to the Invested Amount of all Receivable
Interests funded through the issuance of Commercial Paper. Each Receivable
Interest that is funded substantially with Pooled Commercial Paper will accrue
CP Costs each day on a pro rata basis, based upon the percentage share that
the
Invested Amount in respect of such Receivable Interest represents in relation
to
all assets held by TPF and funded substantially with related Pooled Commercial
Paper.
Section
3.2 Calculation
of CP Costs.
Not
later
than the third Business Day immediately preceding each Monthly Reporting Date,
TPF shall calculate the aggregate amount of CP Costs applicable to its
Receivable Interests for the Calculation Period then most recently ended and
shall notify the Seller of such aggregate amount.
Section
3.3 CP
Costs Payments.
On
each
Settlement Date, the Seller shall pay to the Administrator (for the benefit
of
TPF) an aggregate amount equal to all accrued and unpaid CP Costs in respect
of
the Invested Amount of all Receivable Interests funded with Commercial Paper
for
the Calculation Period then most recently ended in accordance with Article
II.
Section
3.4 Default
Rate.
From
and
after the occurrence of an Amortization Event, all Receivable Interests funded
through the issuance of Commercial Paper shall accrue CP Costs at the Default
Rate.
Article
IV
Liquidity
Fundings
Section
4.1 Liquidity
Fundings.
Prior
to
the occurrence of an Amortization Event, the outstanding Invested Amount of
each
Receivable Interest funded with a Liquidity Funding shall accrue Yield for
each
day during its Interest Period at either the LIBO Rate or the Alternate Base
Rate in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof. Until the Seller gives
the required notice to the Administrator of another Yield Rate in accordance
with Section
4.4,
the
initial Yield Rate for any Receivable Interest funded with a Liquidity Funding
shall be the Alternate Base Rate (unless the Default Rate is then applicable).
If any undivided interest in a Receivable Interest initially funded with
Commercial Paper is sold to the Liquidity Banks pursuant to the Liquidity
Agreement, such undivided interest in such Receivable Interest shall be deemed
to have an Interest Period commencing on the date of such sale.
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Section
4.2 Yield
Payments.
On
the
Settlement Date for each Receivable Interest that is funded with a Liquidity
Funding, the Seller shall pay to the Administrator (for the benefit of the
Liquidity Banks) an aggregate amount equal to the accrued and unpaid Yield
thereon for the entire Interest Period of each such Liquidity Funding in
accordance with Article
II.
Section
4.3 Selection
and Continuation of Interest Periods.
(a) With
consultation from (and approval by) the Administrator, the Seller shall from
time to time request Interest Periods for the Receivable Interests funded with
Liquidity Fundings, provided that
if at
any time any Liquidity Funding is outstanding, the Seller shall always request
Interest Periods such that at least one Interest Period shall end on the date
specified in clause
(i)
of the
definition of Settlement Date.
(b) The
Seller or the Administrator, upon notice to and consent by the other received
at
least three (3) Business Days prior to the end of an Interest Period (the
“Terminating
Tranche”)
for
any Liquidity Funding, may, effective on the last day of the Terminating
Tranche: (i)
divide
any such Liquidity Funding into multiple Liquidity Fundings, (ii)
combine
any such Liquidity Funding with one or more other Liquidity Fundings that have
a
Terminating Tranche ending on the same day as such Terminating Tranche or
(iii)
combine
any such Liquidity Funding with a new Liquidity Funding to be made by the
Liquidity Banks on the day such Terminating Tranche ends.
Section
4.4 Liquidity
Funding Yield Rates.
The
Seller may select the LIBO Rate (subject to Section
4.5
below)
or the Alternate Base Rate for each Liquidity Funding. The Seller shall by
12:00
noon (New York time): (a)
at least
three (3) Business Days prior to the expiration of any Terminating Tranche
with
respect to which the LIBO Rate is being requested as a new Yield Rate and
(b)
at least
one (1) Business Day prior to the expiration of any Terminating Tranche with
respect to which the Alternate Base Rate is being requested as a new Yield
Rate,
give the Administrator irrevocable notice of the new Yield Rate for the
Liquidity Funding associated with such Terminating Tranche. Until the Seller
gives notice to the Administrator of another Yield Rate, the initial Yield
Rate
for any Receivable Interest assigned or participated to the Liquidity Banks
pursuant to the Liquidity Agreement shall be the Alternate Base Rate (unless
the
Default Rate is then applicable).
Section
4.5 Suspension
of the LIBO Rate.
(a) If
any
Liquidity Bank notifies the Administrator that it has determined that funding
its ratable share of the Liquidity Fundings at a LIBO Rate would violate any
applicable law, rule, regulation, or directive of any governmental or regulatory
authority, whether or not having the force of law, or that (i)
deposits
of a type and maturity appropriate to match fund its Liquidity Funding at such
LIBO Rate are not available or (ii)
such
LIBO Rate does not accurately reflect the cost of acquiring or maintaining
a
Liquidity Funding at such LIBO Rate, then the Administrator will promptly notify
the Seller Parties and the Administrator shall suspend the availability of
such
LIBO Rate and require the Seller to select the Alternate Base Rate for any
Liquidity Funding accruing Yield at such LIBO Rate; provided,
however,
the
failure to so notify any Seller Party shall not result in the non-suspension
of
the availability of such LIBO Rate.
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(b) If
less
than all of the Liquidity Banks give a notice to the Administrator pursuant
to
Section
4.5(a),
each
Liquidity Bank which gave such a notice shall be obliged, at the request of
the
Seller, TPF or the Administrator, to assign all of its rights and obligations
hereunder to (i)
another
Liquidity Bank or (ii)
another
funding entity nominated by the Seller or the Administrator that is an Eligible
Assignee willing to participate in the Liquidity Agreement through the Liquidity
Termination Date in the place of such notifying Liquidity Bank; provided that (A)
the
notifying Liquidity Bank receives payment in full of all Aggregate Unpaids
owing
to it (whether due or accrued), and (B)
the
replacement Liquidity Bank otherwise satisfies the requirements of the Liquidity
Agreement.
(c) Upon
the
occurrence of any event giving rise to the operation of Section 4.5(a)
with
respect to any Liquidity Bank, it will, if requested by the Seller, to the
extent permissible under applicable law, endeavor in good faith to change the
funding office at which it books its ratable share of any Liquidity Funding
accruing Yield at a LIBO Rate hereunder if such change would make it lawful
for
such Liquidity Bank to fund such Liquidity Funding at a LIBO Rate; provided,
however,
that
such change may be made in such manner that such Liquidity Bank, in its sole
determination, suffers no unreimbursed cost or expense or any disadvantage
whatsoever.
Section
4.6 Default
Rate.
From
and
after the occurrence of an Amortization Event, all Liquidity Fundings shall
accrue Yield at the Default Rate.
Article
V
Representations
and Warranties
Section
5.1 Representations
and Warranties of the Seller Parties.
Each
Seller Party hereby represents and warrants to the Administrator and TPF, as
to
itself, as of the date hereof and as of the date of each Incremental Purchase
and the date of each Reinvestment that:
(a) Existence
and Power.
Such
Seller Party’s jurisdiction of organization is correctly set forth in the
preamble to this Agreement and such jurisdiction is its sole jurisdiction of
organization. Such Seller Party is duly organized under the laws of its
jurisdiction of organization and is a “registered organization” as defined in
the UCC in effect in such jurisdiction. Such Seller Party is validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization and
no
other state or jurisdiction,
and
such jurisdiction must maintain a public record showing the organization to
have
been organized. Such Seller Party is duly qualified to do business and is in
good standing as a foreign entity, and has and holds all organizational power
and all governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals required
to carry on its business in each jurisdiction in which its business is conducted
except where the failure to so qualify or so hold could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(b) Power
and Authority; Due Authorization, Execution and Delivery.
The
execution and delivery by such Seller Party of this Agreement and each other
Transaction Document to which it is a party, and the performance of its
obligations hereunder and thereunder and, in the case of the Seller, the
Seller’s use of the proceeds of Purchases made hereunder, are within its
corporate powers and authority and have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action on its part. This Agreement and each other Transaction Document
to which such Seller Party is a party has been duly executed and delivered
by
such Seller Party.
(c) No
Conflict.
The
execution and delivery by such Seller Party of this Agreement and each other
Transaction Document to which it is a party, and the performance of its
obligations hereunder and thereunder do not contravene or violate (i)
its
Organizational Documents, (ii)
any law,
rule or regulation applicable to it, (iii)
any
restrictions under any agreement, contract or instrument to which it is a party
or by which it or any of its property is bound, or (iv)
any
order, writ, judgment, award, injunction or decree binding on or affecting
it or
its property, and do not result in the creation or imposition of any Adverse
Claim on assets of such Seller Party or its Subsidiaries (except as created
hereunder) except, in any case, where such contravention or violation could
not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and no transaction
contemplated hereby requires compliance with any bulk sales act or similar
law.
(d) Governmental
Authorization.
Other
than the filing of the financing statements required hereunder, no authorization
or approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any
governmental authority or regulatory body is required for the due execution
and
delivery by such Seller Party of this Agreement and each other Transaction
Document to which it is a party and the performance of its obligations hereunder
and thereunder.
(e) Actions,
Suits.
There
are no actions, suits or proceedings pending, or to the best of such Seller
Party’s knowledge, threatened, against it, or any of its properties, in or
before any court, arbitrator or other body, that could reasonably be expected
to
have a Material Adverse Effect. Such Seller Party is not in default with respect
to any order of any court, arbitrator or governmental body which default could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(f) Binding
Effect.
This
Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which such Seller Party is
a
party constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of such Seller Party
enforceable against such Seller Party in accordance with their respective terms,
except as such enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar laws relating to or limiting creditors’ rights
generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement
is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law).
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(g) Accuracy
of Information.
All
information (other than any projection or other forward-looking information)
heretofore furnished by such Seller Party or any of its Affiliates to the
Administrator or TPF for purposes of or in connection with this Agreement,
any
of the other Transaction Documents or any transaction contemplated hereby or
thereby is, and all such information (other than any projection or other
forward-looking information) hereafter furnished by such Seller Party or any
of
its Affiliates to the Administrator or TPF will be, true and accurate in every
material respect on the date such information is stated or certified and does
not and will not contain any material misstatement of fact.
(h) Use
of
Proceeds.
No
proceeds of any Purchase hereunder will be used by such Seller Party
(i)
for a
purpose that violates, or would be inconsistent with, (A) Section
7.2(e)
of this
Agreement or (B)
Regulation T, U or X promulgated by the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System from time to time or (ii)
to
acquire any security in any transaction which is subject to Section 12, 13
or 14
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended other than the repurchase
of
equity securities of Arch so long as such repurchase does not violate Sections
12, 13 or 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(i) Good
Title.
The
Seller is (i) the legal and beneficial owner of the Receivables and (ii) is
the
legal and beneficial owner of the Related Security with respect thereto, free
and clear of any Adverse Claim, except as created by the Transaction Documents.
There have been duly filed all financing statements or other similar instruments
or documents necessary under the UCC (or any comparable law) of all appropriate
jurisdictions to perfect the Seller’s ownership interest in each Receivable, its
Collections, “Supporting
Obligations” (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC in effect in each relevant
jurisdiction), the Seller’s right, title and interest in, to and under each of
the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, returned goods the sale of
which gave rise to any Receivable, security interests in favor of the Seller
that secures payment of such Receivable and all other items of Related Security
in which an interest therein may be perfected by the filing of a financing
statement under Article 9 of the UCC and proceeds of the foregoing.
(j) Perfection.
This
Agreement is effective to create a valid security interest in favor of the
Administrator for the benefit of the Secured Parties in the Purchased Assets
to
secure payment of the Aggregate Unpaids, free and clear of any Adverse Claim
except as created by the Transactions Documents. There have been duly filed
all
financing statements or other similar instruments or documents necessary under
the UCC (or any comparable law) of all appropriate jurisdictions to perfect
the
Administrator’s (on behalf of the Secured Parties) security interest in the
Receivables, its Collections, “Supporting Obligations” (as defined in Article 9
of the UCC in effect in each relevant jurisdiction), the Seller’s right, title
and interest in, to and under each of the Transaction Documents to which it
is a
party, returned goods the sale of which gave rise to any Receivable, security
interests in favor of the Seller that secures payment of such Receivable and
all
other items of Related Security in which an interest therein may be perfected
by
the filing of a financing statement under Article 9 of the UCC and proceeds
of
the foregoing. Such Seller Party’s jurisdiction of organization is a
jurisdiction whose law generally requires information concerning the existence
of a nonpossessory security interest to be made generally available in a filing,
record or registration system as a condition or result of such a security
interest’s obtaining priority over the rights of a lien creditor which respect
to collateral.
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(k) Places
of Business and Locations of Records.
The
jurisdiction of organization, principal places of business and chief executive
office of such Seller Party and the offices where it keeps all of its Records
are located at the address(es) listed on Exhibit
III
or such
other locations of which the Administrator has been notified in accordance
with
Section
7.2(a)
in
jurisdictions where all action required by Section
13.3(a)
has been
taken and completed. The Seller’s Federal Employer Identification Number is
correctly set forth on Exhibit
III.
(l) Collections.
The
conditions and requirements set forth in subclause (i) of Section
7.1(j)
and
Section
8.2
have at
all times since the Closing Date, been satisfied and duly performed. The
conditions and requirements set forth in subclause (ii) of Section
7.1(j)
have
been satisfied from and after the Closing Date. The names, addresses and
jurisdictions of organization of all Collection Banks, together with the account
numbers of the Collection Accounts of the Seller at each Collection Bank and
the
post office box number of each Lock-Box, are listed on Exhibit
IV.
The
Seller has not granted any Person, other than the Administrator as contemplated
by this Agreement, dominion and control of any Lock-Box or Collection Account,
or the right to take dominion and control of any such Lock-Box or Collection
Account at a future time or upon the occurrence of a future event.
(m) Material
Adverse Effect.
(i)
The
initial Servicer represents and warrants that since March 31, 2005, no event
has
occurred that would have a material adverse effect on the financial condition
or
operations of the initial Servicer and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or
the
ability of the initial Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement,
and (ii)
the
Seller represents and warrants that since March 31, 2005, no event has occurred
that would have a material adverse effect on (A)
the
financial condition or operations of the Seller, (B)
the
ability of the Seller to perform its obligations under the Transaction
Documents, or (C)
the
collectibility of the Receivables generally or any material portion of the
Receivables.
(n) Names.
The
name in which the Seller has executed this Agreement is identical to the name
of
the Seller as indicated on the public record of its state of organization which
shows the Seller to have been organized.
In the
past five (5) years, the Seller has not used any corporate names, trade names
or
assumed names other than the name in which it has executed this
Agreement.
(o) Ownership
of the Seller.
Arch
owns, directly or indirectly, 100% of the issued and outstanding capital stock
of the Seller, free and clear of any Adverse Claim. Such capital stock is
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and there are no options, warrants
or other rights to acquire securities of the Seller.
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(p) Not
a
Holding Company or an Investment Company.
Such
Seller Party is not a “holding company” or a “subsidiary holding company” of a
“holding company” within the meaning of the Public Utility Holding Company Act
of 1935, as amended, or any successor statute. Such Seller Party is not an
“investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended, or any successor statute.
(q) Compliance
with Law.
Such
Seller Party has complied in all respects with all applicable laws, rules,
regulations, orders, writs, judgments, injunctions, decrees or awards to which
it may be subject, except where the failure to so comply could not reasonably
be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each Receivable, together with
the
Contract related thereto, does not contravene any laws, rules or regulations
applicable thereto (including, without limitation, laws, rules and regulations
relating to truth in lending, fair credit billing, fair credit reporting, equal
credit opportunity, fair debt collection practices and privacy), and no part
of
such Contract is in violation of any such law, rule or regulation, except where
such contravention or violation could not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(r) Compliance
with Credit and Collection Policy.
Such
Seller Party has complied in all material respects with the Credit and
Collection Policy with regard to each Receivable and the related Contract,
and
has not made any material change to such Credit and Collection Policy, except
such material change as to which the Administrator has been notified in
accordance with Section
7.1(a)(vii).
(s) Payments
to Originators.
With
respect to each Receivable transferred to the Seller under the Receivables
Sale
Agreement, the Seller has given reasonably equivalent value to each of the
Originators in consideration therefor and such transfer was not made for or
on
account of an antecedent debt. No transfer by any Originator of any Receivable
under the Receivables Sale Agreement is or may be voidable under any section
of
the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 (11 U.S.C. §§ 101 et
seq.),
as
amended.
(t) Enforceability
of Contracts.
Each
Contract with respect to each Receivable is effective to create, and has
created, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the related Obligor to pay
the
Outstanding Balance of the Receivable created thereunder and any accrued
interest thereon, enforceable against the Obligor in accordance with its terms,
except as such enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar laws relating to or limiting creditors’ rights
generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement
is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(u) Eligible
Receivables.
Each
Receivable included in the Net Pool Balance as an Eligible Receivable on the
date of any Monthly Report was an Eligible Receivable on such date.
(v) Purchase
Limit and Maximum Receivable Interests.
Immediately after giving effect to each Incremental Purchase hereunder, the
Aggregate Invested Amount is less than or equal to the Purchase Limit and the
aggregate of the Receivable Interests does not exceed 100%.
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(w) Accounting.
The
manner in which such Seller Party accounts for the transactions contemplated
by
this Agreement and the Receivables Sale Agreement does not jeopardize the
characterization of the transactions contemplated herein and therein as being
true sales.
(x) Separateness.
From
the date of the formation of the Seller, the Seller has complied with all
provisions of Section
7.1(i)
applicable to it.
(y) Contract
Provisions.
Except
for customary adjustments in the ordinary course of business, no Contract with
respect to any Receivable contains provisions that either (i)
permit
or provide for any reduction in the Outstanding Balance of the Receivable
created thereunder and any accrued interest thereon or (ii)
could
otherwise hinder the ability to receive Collections with respect to such
Receivable.
Article
VI
Conditions
of Purchases
Section
6.1 Conditions
Precedent to Initial Incremental Purchase.
The
initial Incremental Purchase of a Receivable Interest under this Agreement
is
subject to the conditions precedent that (a)
the
Administrator shall have received on or before the Closing Date those documents
listed on Schedule
A
and
(b)
the
Administrator shall have received all fees and expenses required to be paid
on
such date pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the Fee
Letter.
Section
6.2 Conditions
Precedent to All Purchases and Reinvestments.
Each
Incremental Purchase and each Reinvestment shall be subject to the further
conditions precedent that (a)
in the
case of each such Purchase: (i)
the
Servicer shall have delivered to the Administrator on or prior to the date
of
such Purchase, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrator, all
Monthly Reports and Collateral Certificates as and when due under Section
8.5
and
(ii)
upon the
Administrator’s request, the Servicer shall have delivered to the Administrator
at least three (3) days prior to such Purchase an interim Monthly Report showing
the amount of Eligible Receivables; (b)
the
Administrator shall have received such other approvals, opinions or documents
as
it may reasonably request and (c)
on each
Purchase Date, the following statements shall be true (and acceptance of the
proceeds of such Incremental Purchase or Reinvestment shall be deemed a
representation and warranty by the Seller that such statements are then
true):
(i) the
representations and warranties set forth in Section
5.1
are true
and correct on and as of the date of such Incremental Purchase or Reinvestment
as though made on and as of such Purchase Date, except to the extent such
representations and warranties are expressly limited to an earlier
date;
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(ii) no
event
has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such Incremental Purchase
or Reinvestment, that will constitute an Amortization Event, and no event has
occurred and is continuing, or would result from such Incremental Purchase
or
Reinvestment, that would constitute an Unmatured Amortization Event;
and
(iii) the
Aggregate Invested Amount does not exceed the Purchase Limit in effect on such
Purchase Date.
It
is
expressly understood that each Reinvestment shall, unless otherwise directed
by
the Administrator or TPF, occur automatically on each day that the Servicer
shall receive any Collections without the requirement that any further action
be
taken on the part of any Person and notwithstanding the failure of the Seller
to
satisfy any of the foregoing conditions precedent in respect of such
Reinvestment. The failure of the Seller to satisfy any of the foregoing
conditions precedent in respect of any Reinvestment shall give rise to a right
of the Administrator, which right may be exercised at any time on demand of
the
Administrator, to rescind the related purchase and direct the Seller to pay
to
the Administrator’s Account, for the benefit of TPF, an amount equal to the
Collections prior to the Facility Termination Date that shall have been applied
to the affected Reinvestment.
Article
VII
Covenants
Section
7.1 Affirmative
Covenants of the Seller Parties.
Until
the
date on which the Aggregate Unpaids have been indefeasibly paid in full and
this
Agreement terminates in accordance with its terms, each Seller Party hereby
covenants, as to itself, as set forth below:
(a) Financial
Reporting.
Such
Seller Party will maintain, for itself and each of its Subsidiaries, a system
of
accounting established and administered in accordance with GAAP, and furnish
or
cause to be furnished to the Administrator:
(i) Annual
Reporting.
Within
90 days after the close of each of its fiscal years, audited, unqualified
consolidated financial statements (which shall include balance sheets,
statements of income and retained earnings and a statement of cash flows) for
Arch and its consolidated subsidiaries for such fiscal year certified in a
manner acceptable to the Administrator by KPMG LLP, independent public
accountants or any other independent public accountants of recognized national
standing.
(ii) Quarterly
Reporting.
Within
45 days after the close of the first three (3) quarterly periods of each of
its
respective fiscal years, balance sheets of each of the Seller Parties as at
the
close of each such period and consolidated statements of income and a statement
of cash flows for Arch and its consolidated subsidiaries for the period from
the
beginning of such fiscal year to the end of such quarter, all certified by
its
respective chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer
or
corporate controller.
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(iii) Compliance
Certificate.
Together with the financial statements required hereunder, a compliance
certificate in substantially the form of Exhibit
V
signed
by such Seller Party’s Authorized Officer and dated the date of such annual
financial statement or such quarterly financial statement, as the case may
be.
(iv) Shareholders
Statements and Reports.
Promptly after being mailed to the shareholders of such Seller Party copies
of
all financial statements, reports and proxy statements so furnished to
them.
(v) S.E.C.
Filings.
Promptly after becoming publicly available, copies of all registration
statements and annual, quarterly, monthly or other regular reports which such
Seller Party or any of its Subsidiaries files with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
(vi) Copies
of Notices.
Promptly upon its receipt of any notice, request for consent, financial
statements, certification, report or other communication under or in connection
with any Transaction Document from any Person other than the Administrator
or
TPF, copies of the same if such notice, request, consent, financial statements,
certification, report or other communication can reasonably be expected to
have
an adverse effect on the Receivables, the Related Security or the
Administrator’s rights therein.
(vii) Change
in Credit and Collection Policy.
At
least thirty (30) days prior to the effectiveness of any material change in
or
material amendment to the Credit and Collection Policy, a copy of the Credit
and
Collection Policy then in effect and a notice (A)
indicating such change or amendment, and (B)
if such
proposed change or amendment would be reasonably likely to adversely affect
the
collectibility of the Receivables or decrease the credit quality of any newly
created Receivables, requesting the Administrator’s consent
thereto.
(viii) Other
Information.
Promptly, from time to time, such other information, documents, records or
reports relating to (A)
the
financial condition or operations of such Seller Party as the Administrator
may
from time to time reasonably request in order to protect the interests of the
Administrator, for the benefit of TPF, under or as contemplated by this
Agreement or (B)
the
Receivables as the Administrator may reasonably request.
Information
required to be delivered pursuant to paragraphs
(i),
(ii),
(iv)
and
(v)
of this
Section
7.1(a)
shall be
deemed to have been delivered by the date indicated therein, provided that
such
information has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by such
date; provided further that such Seller Party shall deliver paper copies of
the
statements, reports, financial statements and other information referred to
in
paragraphs
(i),
(ii),
(iv)
and
(v)
of this
Section
7.1(a)
to the
Administrator promptly upon request following such filing.
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(b) Notices.
Such
Seller Party will notify the Administrator in writing of any of the following
promptly upon learning of the occurrence thereof, describing the same and,
if
applicable, the steps being taken with respect thereto:
(i) Amortization
Events or Unmatured Amortization Events.
The
occurrence of each Amortization Event and each Unmatured Amortization Event,
by
a statement of an Authorized Officer of such Seller Party.
(ii) Judgments
and Proceedings.
(A)
The
entry of any judgment or decree against the Servicer or its Subsidiaries if
the
amount of such judgment or decree then outstanding against the Servicer and
its
Subsidiaries exceeds $5,000,000 after deducting (1) the amount with respect
to
which the Servicer or any such Subsidiary, as the case may be, is insured and
with respect to which the insurer has not disclaimed responsibility in writing,
and (2) the amount for which the Servicer or any such Subsidiary is otherwise
indemnified if the terms of such indemnification are satisfactory to the
Administrator, and (B)
the
institution of any litigation, arbitration proceeding or governmental proceeding
against the Servicer which, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (C)
the
entry of any judgment or decree or the institution of any litigation,
arbitration proceeding or governmental proceeding against the
Seller.
(iii) Material
Adverse Effect.
The
occurrence of any event or condition that has had, or could reasonably be
expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.
(iv) Termination
Date.
The
occurrence of the “Termination Date” under and as defined in the Receivables
Sale Agreement.
(v) Defaults
Under Other Agreements.
The
occurrence of a default or an event of default under any other financing
arrangement pursuant to which the Seller is a debtor or an obligor; or the
occurrence of a default that could lead to an event of default or an event
of
default under any other financing arrangement in a principal amount greater
than
or equal to $5,000,000 pursuant to which the Servicer is a debtor or an
obligor.
(vi) Notices
under Receivables Sale Agreement.
Copies
of all notices delivered under the Receivables Sale Agreement.
(c) Compliance
with Laws and Preservation of Corporate Existence.
Such
Seller Party will comply in all respects with all applicable laws, rules,
regulations, orders, writs, judgments, injunctions, decrees or awards to which
it may be subject, except where the failure to so comply could not reasonably
be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Such Seller Party will preserve
and
maintain its corporate existence, rights, franchises and privileges in the
jurisdiction of its organization, and qualify and remain qualified in good
standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction where its business is
conducted, except where the failure to so preserve and maintain or qualify
could
not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(d) Audits.
In
addition to information that may be required pursuant to Section
7.1(a)(viii),
each
Seller Party will furnish to the Administrator from time to time such
information with respect to it and the Receivables as the Administrator may
reasonably request. Such Seller Party will, from time to time during regular
business hours as requested by the Administrator upon reasonable notice and
at
the sole cost of such Seller Party, permit the Administrator, or its agents
or
representatives (and shall cause each Originator to permit the Administrator
or
its agents or representatives): (i)
to
examine and make copies of and abstracts from all Records in the possession
or
under the control of such Person relating to the Purchased Assets, including,
without limitation, the related Contracts (other than any Confidential Contract
(except for Confidential Contracts as to which the related Obligor has consented
to such disclosure or which may be disclosed to others who are subject to a
confidentiality agreement) as to which disclosure thereof cannot be satisfied
by
the execution and delivery of a confidentiality agreement), and (ii)
to visit
the offices and properties of such Person for the purpose of examining such
materials described in clause
(i)
above,
and to discuss matters relating to such Person’s financial condition or the
Purchased Assets or any Person’s performance under any of the Transaction
Documents or any Person’s performance under the Contracts and, in each case,
with any of the officers or employees of the Seller or the Servicer having
knowledge of such matters (each of the foregoing examinations and visits, a
“Review”);
provided,
however, that,
so
long as no Amortization Event has occurred and is continuing, (A)
the
Seller Parties shall only be responsible for the costs and expenses of one
(1)
Review by Administrator and one (1) Review by an independent auditor selected
by
Administrator in any one calendar year, and (B)
the
Administrator will not request more than four (4) Reviews in any one calendar
year.
(e) Keeping
and Marking of Records and Books.
(i) The
Servicer will (and will cause each Originator to) maintain and implement
administrative and operating procedures (including, without limitation, an
ability to recreate records evidencing Receivables in the event of the
destruction of the originals thereof), and keep and maintain all documents,
books, records and other information, in each such case as reasonably necessary
or advisable for the collection of all Receivables (including, without
limitation, records adequate to permit the immediate identification of each
new
Receivable and all Collections of and adjustments to each existing Receivable).
The Servicer will (and will cause each Originator to) give the Administrator
notice of any material change in the administrative and operating procedures
referred to in the previous sentence.
(ii) Such
Seller Party will (and will cause each Originator to) on or prior to the date
hereof, xxxx its master data processing system and all accounts receivable
reports generated thereby, each Confidential Contract and its records relating
to all other Contracts with a legend, reasonably acceptable to the
Administrator, describing the Administrator’s security interest in the Purchased
Assets.
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(f) Compliance
with Contracts and Credit and Collection Policy.
Such
Seller Party will (and will cause each Originator to) timely and fully
(i)
perform
and comply in all material respects with all provisions, covenants and other
promises required to be observed by it under the Contracts related to the
Receivables, in each case to the same extent as though such Contracts had not
been transferred to the Administrator, but only to the extent there would not
be
an adverse effect upon the Receivables and (ii)
comply
in all material respects with the Credit and Collection Policy in regard to
each
Receivable and the related Contract.
(g) Performance
and Enforcement of Receivables Sale Agreement.
The
Seller will, and will require each Originator to, perform each of their
respective obligations and undertakings under and pursuant to the Receivables
Sale Agreement, will purchase Receivables thereunder in strict compliance with
the terms thereof and will vigorously enforce the rights and remedies accorded
to the Seller under the Receivables Sale Agreement. The Seller will take all
actions to perfect and enforce its rights and interests (and the rights and
interests of the Administrator, as the Seller’s assignee) under the Receivables
Sale Agreement as the Administrator may from time to time reasonably request,
including, without limitation, making claims to which it may be entitled under
any indemnity, reimbursement or similar provision contained in the Receivables
Sale Agreement.
(h) Ownership.
The
Seller will (or will cause each Originator to) take all necessary action to
establish and maintain, irrevocably in Seller (i)
legal
and equitable title to the Receivables and the Collections and (ii)
all of
each Originator’s right, title and interest in the Related Security associated
with the Receivables, in each case, free and clear of any Adverse Claims, other
than Adverse Claims in favor of the Administrator, for the benefit of the
Secured Parties (including, without limitation, the filing of all financing
statements or other similar instruments or documents necessary under the UCC
(or
any comparable law) of all appropriate jurisdictions to perfect the
Administrator’s (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) security interest in
the Purchased Assets and such other action to perfect, protect or more fully
evidence the interest of the Administrator for the benefit of the Secured
Parties as the Administrator may reasonably request); provided,
however,
that
unless and until an Amortization Event or an Unmatured Amortization Event has
occurred, no Seller Party shall be required to take any actions to establish,
maintain or perfect the Administrator’s ownership interest in the Related
Security other than the filing of financing statements under the UCC of all
appropriate jurisdictions.
(i) Reliance.
The
Seller acknowledges that the Administrator and TPF are entering into the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement in reliance upon the Seller’s
identity as a legal entity that is separate from each Originator. Therefore,
from and after the date of execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Seller
shall take all reasonable steps, including, without limitation, all steps that
the Administrator or TPF may from time to time reasonably request, to maintain
the Seller’s identity as a separate legal entity and to make it manifest to
third parties that the Seller is an entity with assets and liabilities distinct
from those of each Originator and any Affiliates thereof (other than the Seller)
and not just a division of such Originator or any such Affiliate. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing and in addition to the other covenants
set forth herein, the Seller will:
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(i) Hold
itself out to the public and conduct its own business in its own name and
require that all full-time employees of the Seller, if any, identify themselves
as such and not as employees of any Originator (including, without limitation,
by means of providing appropriate employees with business or identification
cards identifying such employees as the Seller’s employees);
(ii) compensate
all employees, consultants and agents directly, from the Seller’s own funds, for
services provided to the Seller by such employees, consultants and agents and,
to the extent any employee, consultant or agent of the Seller is also an
employee, consultant or agent of any Originator or any Affiliate thereof,
allocate the compensation of such employee, consultant or agent between the
Seller and such Originator or such Affiliate, as applicable, on a basis that
reflects the services rendered to the Seller and such Originator or such
Affiliate, as applicable;
(iii) separate
stationery, invoices, checks and other business forms in its own
name;
(iv) conduct
all transactions with each Originator and the Servicer (including, without
limitation, any delegation of its obligations hereunder as Servicer) strictly
on
an arm’s-length basis, allocate fairly and reasonably all overhead expenses
(including, without limitation, telephone and other utility charges) for items
shared between the Seller and such Originator on the basis of actual use to
the
extent practicable and, to the extent such allocation is not practicable, on
a
basis reasonably related to actual use;
(v) at
all
times have a Board of Directors consisting of at least one member that is an
Independent Director;
(vi) observe
all organizational formalities as a distinct entity, and ensure that all
corporate actions relating to (A)
the
selection, maintenance or replacement of the Independent Director, (B)
the
dissolution or liquidation of the Seller or (C)
the
initiation of, participation in, acquiescence in or consent to any bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or similar proceeding involving the Seller, are
duly
authorized by unanimous vote of its Board of Directors (including the
Independent Director);
(vii) maintain
the Seller’s books and records separate and distinct from those of each
Originator and any Affiliate thereof and otherwise in such a manner so that
such
books and records are readily identifiable as its own assets rather than assets
of any Originator or any Affiliate thereof;
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(viii) prepare
its financial statements separately from those of each Originator and insure
that any consolidated financial statements of any Originator or any Affiliate
thereof that include the Seller and that are filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission or any other governmental agency have notes clearly stating
that the Seller is a separate legal entity and that its assets will be available
first and foremost to satisfy the claims of the creditors of the
Seller;
(ix) except
as
herein specifically otherwise provided, maintain the funds and other assets
of
the Seller separate from, and not commingled with, those of any Originator
or
any Affiliate thereof and only maintain bank accounts or other depository
accounts to which the Seller alone is the account party, into which the Seller
alone makes deposits and from which the Seller alone (or the Administrator
hereunder) has the power to make withdrawals;
(x) pay
all
of the Seller’s operating expenses from the Seller’s own assets (except for
certain payments by any Originator or other Persons pursuant to allocation
arrangements that comply with the requirements of this Section
7.1(i))
and pay
its own liabilities out of its own funds;
(xi) operate
its business and activities such that: it does not engage in any business or
activity of any kind, or enter into any transaction or indenture, mortgage,
instrument, agreement, contract, lease or other undertaking, other than the
transactions contemplated and authorized by this Agreement and the Receivables
Sale Agreement; and does not create, incur, guarantee, assume or suffer to
exist
any indebtedness or other liabilities, whether direct or contingent, other
than
(A)
as a
result of the endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection
or
similar transactions in the ordinary course of business, (B)
the
incurrence of obligations under this Agreement, (C)
the
incurrence of obligations, as expressly contemplated in the Receivables Sale
Agreement, to make payment to the applicable Originator thereunder for the
purchase of Receivables from such Originator under the Receivables Sale
Agreement, and (D)
the
incurrence of operating expenses in the ordinary course of business of the
type
otherwise contemplated by this Agreement;
(xii) maintain
its corporate charter in conformity with this Agreement, such that it does
not
amend, restate, supplement or otherwise modify its Certificate of Incorporation
or By-Laws in any respect that would impair its ability to comply with the
terms
or provisions of any of the Transaction Documents, including, without
limitation, Section
7.1(i)
of this
Agreement;
(xiii) maintain
the effectiveness of, and continue to perform under the Receivables Sale
Agreement, such that it does not amend, restate, supplement, cancel, terminate
or otherwise modify the Receivables Sale Agreement, or give any consent, waiver,
directive or approval thereunder or waive any default, action, omission or
breach under the Receivables Sale Agreement or otherwise grant any indulgence
thereunder, without (in each case) the prior written consent of the
Administrator;
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(xiv) maintain
its corporate separateness such that it does not merge or consolidate with
or
into, or convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (whether in one
transaction or in a series of transactions, and except as otherwise contemplated
herein) all or substantially all of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter
acquired) to, or acquire all or substantially all of the assets of, any Person,
nor at any time create, have, acquire, maintain or hold any interest in any
Subsidiary;
(xv) maintain
at all times the Required Capital Amount (as defined in the Receivables Sale
Agreement) and refrain from making any dividend, distribution, redemption of
capital stock or payment of any subordinated indebtedness which would cause
the
Required Capital Amount to cease to be so maintained;
(xvi) operate
its business and activities such that it (A)
does not
hold itself out as having agreed to guarantee or be obligated for the debts
of
any Originator or any Affiliate thereof, (B)
does not
hold out its credit as being available to satisfy the obligations of any
Originator or any Affiliate thereof and (C)
has not
pledged assets for the benefit of any Originator or any Affiliate thereof;
and
(xvii) take
such
other actions as are necessary on its part to ensure that the facts and
assumptions set forth in the opinion issued by Cravath, Swaine & Xxxxx LLP,
as counsel for the Seller, in connection with the closing or initial Purchase
under this Agreement and relating to substantive consolidation issues, and
in
the certificates accompanying such opinion, remain true and correct in all
material respects at all times.
(j) Collections.
Such
Seller Party will cause (i)
all
proceeds from all Lock-Boxes to be directly deposited by a Collection Bank
into
a Collection Account and (ii)
each
Lock-Box and Collection Account to be subject at all times to a Collection
Account Agreement that is in full force and effect. In the event any payments
relating to the Purchased Assets are remitted directly to the Seller or any
Affiliate of the Seller, the Seller will remit (or will cause all such payments
to be remitted) directly to a Collection Bank and deposited into a Collection
Account within two (2) Business Days following receipt thereof, and, at all
times prior to such remittance, the Seller will itself hold or, if applicable,
will cause such payments to be held in trust for the exclusive benefit of the
Administrator and TPF. The Seller will maintain exclusive ownership, dominion
and control (subject to the terms of this Agreement) of each Lock-Box and
Collection Account and shall not grant the right to take dominion and control
of
any Lock-Box or Collection Account at a future time or upon the occurrence
of a
future event to any Person, except to the Administrator as contemplated by
this
Agreement.
(k) Taxes.
Such
Seller Party will file all tax returns and reports required by law to be filed
by it and will promptly pay all taxes and governmental charges at any time
owing, except any such taxes which are not yet delinquent or are being
diligently contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which
adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP shall have been set aside on its
books. The Seller will pay when due any taxes payable in connection with the
Receivables, exclusive of taxes on or measured by income or gross receipts
of
the Administrator or TPF.
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(l) Payment
to Applicable Originator.
With
respect to any Receivable purchased by the Seller from an Originator, such
sale
shall be effected under, and in compliance with the terms of, the Receivables
Sale Agreement, including, without limitation, the terms relating to the amount
and timing of payments to be made to such Originator in respect of the purchase
price for such Receivable.
Section
7.2 Negative
Covenants of the Seller Parties.
Until
the
date on which the Aggregate Unpaids have been indefeasibly paid in full and
this
Agreement terminates in accordance with its terms, each Seller Party hereby
covenants, as to itself, that:
(a) Change
in
Name, Jurisdiction of Organization.
Such
Seller Party will not change (i)
its name
as it appears in official filings in its jurisdiction of organization,
(ii)
its
status as a “registered organization” (within the meaning of any applicable
enactment of the UCC),
(iii)
its
organizational identification number, if any, issued by its jurisdiction of
organization, or (iv)
its
jurisdiction of organization unless it shall have: (A)
given
the Administrator at least thirty (30) days’ prior written notice thereof and
(B)
delivered to the Administrator all financing statements, instruments and other
documents requested by the Administrator in connection with such change or
relocation.
(b) Change
in Payment Instructions to Obligors.
Except
as may be required by the Administrator pursuant to Section
8.2(b),
such
Seller Party will not add or terminate any bank as a Collection Bank, or make
any change in the instructions to Obligors regarding payments to be made to
any
Lock-Box or Collection Account, unless the Administrator shall have received,
at
least ten (10) days before the proposed effective date therefor, (i)
written
notice of such addition, termination or change and (ii)
with
respect to the addition of a Collection Bank or a Collection Account or
Lock-Box, an executed Collection Account Agreement with respect to the new
Collection Account or Lock-Box; provided,
however,
that
the Servicer may make changes in instructions to Obligors regarding payments
if
such new instructions require such Obligor to make payments to another existing
Collection Account.
(c) Modifications
to Contracts and Credit and Collection Policy.
Such
Seller Party will not, and will not permit any Originator to, make any material
change or material amendment to the Credit and Collection Policy unless, at
least 30 days prior to such material change or material amendment, it has
delivered to the Administrator a copy of the Credit and Collection Policy then
in effect and notice (i)
indicating such proposed change or amendment, and (ii)
if such
proposed change or amendment would be reasonably likely to adversely affect
the
collectibility of the Receivables or decrease the credit quality of any newly
created Receivables, requesting the Administrator’s consent thereto. Except as
provided in Section
8.2(d),
the
Servicer will not, and will not permit any Originator to, extend, amend or
otherwise modify the terms of any Receivable or any Contract related thereto
other than in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy.
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(d) Sales,
Liens.
The
Seller will not sell, assign (by operation of law or otherwise) or otherwise
dispose of, or grant any option with respect to, or create or suffer to exist
any Adverse Claim upon (including, without limitation, the filing of any
financing statement) or with respect to, any of the Purchased Assets, or assign
any right to receive income with respect thereto (other than, in each case,
the
creation of a security interest therein in favor of the Administrator as
provided for herein or in any Transaction Document), and the Seller will defend
the right, title and interest of the Secured Parties in, to and under any of
the
foregoing property, against all claims of third parties claiming through or
under the Seller or any Originator. The Seller will not create or suffer to
exist any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien, charge or
other similar arrangement on any of its inventory the sale of which gives rise
to any Receivable.
(e) Use
of
Proceeds.
The
Seller will not use the proceeds of the Purchases for any purpose other than
(i)
paying
for Receivables and Related Security under and in accordance with the
Receivables Sale Agreement, including without limitation, making payments on
the
Subordinated Notes (as defined therein) to the extent permitted thereunder
and
under the Receivables Sale Agreement, (ii)
paying
its ordinary and necessary operating expenses when and as due, and (iii)
making
Restricted Junior Payments to the extent permitted under this
Agreement.
(f) Termination
Date Determination.
The
Seller will not designate the Termination Date (as defined in the Receivables
Sale Agreement), or send any written notice to any Originator in respect
thereof, without the prior written consent of the Administrator, except with
respect to the occurrence of such Termination Date arising pursuant to Section
5.1(d) of the Receivables Sale Agreement.
(g) Restricted
Junior Payments.
The
Seller will not make any Restricted Junior Payment if after giving effect
thereto, the Seller’s Net Worth (as defined in the Receivables Sale Agreement)
would be less than the Required Capital Amount (as defined in the Receivables
Sale Agreement).
(h) Seller
Indebtedness.
The
Seller will not incur or permit to exist any Indebtedness or liability on
account of deposits except: (i)
the
Aggregate Unpaids, (ii)
the
Subordinated Loans (as defined in the Receivables Sale Agreement), (iii)
other
current accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business and not
overdue, (iv) the endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit
or
collection or similar transactions in the ordinary course of business,
(v) the incurrence of obligations under this Agreement, (vi) the
incurrence of obligations, as expressly contemplated in the Receivables Sale
Agreement, to make payment to the Originators thereunder for the purchase of
Receivables from such Originators under the Receivables Sale Agreement, and
(vii) the incurrence of operating expenses in the ordinary course of
business of the type otherwise contemplated by this Agreement. The Seller shall
not hold out its credit as available to satisfy the obligations of others,
pledge its assets for the benefit of any other entity, make loans or advances
to
any other entity or acquire obligations or securities of its
shareholders.
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(i) Prohibition
on Additional Negative Pledges.
No such
Seller Party will enter into or assume any agreement (other than this Agreement
and the other Transaction Documents) prohibiting the creation or assumption
of
any Adverse Claim upon the Purchased Assets except as contemplated by the
Transaction Documents, or otherwise prohibiting or restricting any transaction
contemplated hereby or by the other Transaction Documents, and no such Seller
Party will enter into or assume any agreement creating any Adverse Claim upon
the Subordinated Notes (as defined in the Receivables Sale
Agreement).
(j) Contract
Provisions.
Except
for customary adjustments in the ordinary course of business, such Seller Party
will not (and will not permit any Originator to) permit any Contract with
respect to any Receivable to contain provisions that either (i)
permit
or provide for any reduction in the Outstanding Balance of the Receivable
created thereunder and any accrued interest thereon or (ii)
could
otherwise hinder the ability to receive Collections with respect to such
Receivable .
Article
VIII
Administration
and Collection
Section
8.1 Designation
of Servicer.
(a) The
servicing, administration and collection of the Receivables shall be conducted
by such Person (the “Servicer”)
so
designated from time to time in accordance with this Section
8.1.
Arch is
hereby designated as, and hereby agrees to perform the duties and obligations
of, the Servicer pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. The Administrator
may,
upon the occurrence of an Unmatured Amortization Event (other than one arising
as a result of a Voluntary Termination, unless another Unmatured Amortization
Event occurs), designate as Servicer any Person to succeed Arch or any successor
Servicer provided that
the
Rating Agency Condition is satisfied.
(b) Arch
may
delegate, and Arch hereby advises the Administrator and TPF that it has
delegated, to each Originator, as sub-servicer of the Servicer, certain of
its
duties and responsibilities as Servicer hereunder in respect of the Receivables
originated by such Originator. Without the prior written consent of the
Administrator (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld) Arch shall
not
be permitted to delegate any of its duties or responsibilities as Servicer
to
any Person other than (i)
the
Seller, (ii)
any
Originator, and (iii)
with
respect to certain Defaulted Receivables, outside collection agencies in
accordance with its customary practices. Neither the Seller nor the Originators
shall be permitted to further delegate to any other Person any of the duties
or
responsibilities of the Servicer delegated to it by Arch. If at any time the
Administrator shall designate as Servicer any Person other than Arch, all duties
and responsibilities theretofore delegated by Arch to the Seller or any
Originator may, at the discretion of the Administrator, be terminated forthwith
on notice given by the Administrator to Arch and to the Seller and such
Originator.
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(c) Notwithstanding
the foregoing subsection
(b):
(i)
Arch
shall be and remain primarily liable to the Administrator and TPF for the full
and prompt performance of all duties and responsibilities of the Servicer
hereunder and (ii)
the
Administrator and TPF shall be entitled to deal exclusively with Arch in matters
relating to the discharge by the Servicer of its duties and responsibilities
hereunder. The Administrator and TPF shall not be required to give notice,
demand or other communication to any Person other than Arch in order for
communication to the Servicer and its sub-servicer or other delegate with
respect thereto to be accomplished. Arch, at all times that it is
the
Servicer, shall be responsible for providing any sub-servicer or other delegate
of the Servicer with any notice given to the Servicer under this
Agreement.
Section
8.2 Duties
of Servicer.
(a) The
Servicer shall take or cause to be taken all such actions as may be necessary
or
advisable to collect each Receivable from time to time, all in accordance with
applicable laws, rules and regulations, with reasonable care and diligence,
and
in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy.
(b) The
Servicer will instruct all Obligors to pay all Collections directly to a
Lock-Box or Collection Account. The Servicer shall effect a Collection Account
Agreement in a form reasonably acceptable to the Administrator with each bank
party to a Collection Account at any time. In the case of any remittances
received in any Lock-Box or Collection Account that shall have been identified,
to the satisfaction of the Servicer, to not constitute Collections or other
proceeds of the Receivables or the Related Security, the Servicer shall promptly
remit such items to the Person identified to it as being the owner of such
remittances. From and after the date the Administrator delivers to any
Collection Bank a Collection Notice pursuant to Section
8.3,
the
Administrator may request that the Servicer, and the Servicer thereupon promptly
shall instruct all Obligors with respect to the Receivables, to remit all
payments thereon to a new depositary account specified by the Administrator
and,
at all times thereafter, the Seller and the Servicer shall not deposit or
otherwise credit,
and shall not permit any other Person to deposit or otherwise credit to such
new
depositary account any cash or payment item other than Collections.
(c) The
Servicer shall administer the Collections in accordance with the procedures
described herein and in Article
II.
The
Servicer shall set aside and hold in trust for the account of the Seller and
TPF
their respective shares of the Collections in accordance with Article
II.
The
Servicer shall, upon the request of the Administrator during the occurrence
of
an Unmatured Amortization Event, segregate, in a manner acceptable to the
Administrator, all cash, checks and other instruments received by it from time
to time constituting Collections from the general funds of the Servicer or
the
Seller prior to the remittance thereof in accordance with Article
II.
If the
Servicer shall be required to segregate Collections pursuant to the preceding
sentence, the Servicer shall segregate and deposit with a bank designated by
the
Administrator such allocable share of Collections of Receivables set aside
for
TPF on the first Business Day following receipt by the Servicer of such
Collections, duly endorsed or with duly executed instruments of
transfer.
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(d) The
Servicer may, in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy, extend the
maturity of any Receivable or adjust the Outstanding Balance of any Receivable
as the Servicer determines to be appropriate to maximize Collections thereof;
provided,
however,
that
such extension or adjustment shall not alter the status of such Receivable
as a
Delinquent Receivable or Defaulted Receivable or limit the rights of the
Administrator or TPF under this Agreement. The
Administrator shall have the right to direct the Servicer to commence or settle
any legal action with respect to any Receivable (whether or not such Receivable
is a Defaulted or Delinquent Receivable) of an Obligor which is an Obligor
under
any Defaulted or Delinquent Receivable; provided,
however,
that
the Servicer shall not be required to comply with such direction if the Seller
determines, in its reasonable business judgment, that it is preferable not
to
enforce or settle any Delinquent or Defaulted Receivable, in which case such
Defaulted or Delinquent Receivable (and, at the option of the Administrator,
any
other Receivable of such Obligor) shall be treated as a Deemed Collection,
and
payment shall be made thereon in a manner consistent with Section
1.4.
(e) The
Servicer shall hold in trust for the Seller and the Administrator and TPF all
Records that (i)
evidence
or relate to the Receivables, the related Contracts and Related Security or
(ii)
are
otherwise necessary or desirable to collect the Receivables and shall, as soon
as practicable upon demand of the Administrator during the occurrence of an
Unmatured Amortization Event, deliver or make available to the Administrator
all
such Records (other than any Record that contains confidentiality provisions
(except for Records as to which the related Obligor has consented to such
delivery) that cannot be satisfied by the execution and delivery of a
confidentiality agreement), at a place selected by the Administrator. The
Servicer shall, as soon as practicable following receipt thereof turn over
to
the Seller any cash collections or other cash proceeds received with respect
to
Indebtedness not constituting Receivables. The Servicer shall, from time to
time
at the request of the Administrator or TPF, furnish to TPF (promptly after
any
such request) a calculation of the amounts set aside for TPF pursuant to
Article
II.
(f) Any
payment by an Obligor in respect of any indebtedness owed by it to any
Originator or the Seller shall, except as otherwise specified by such Obligor
or
otherwise required by contract or law and unless otherwise instructed by the
Administrator, be applied as a Collection of any Receivable of such Obligor
(starting with the oldest such Receivable) to the extent of any amounts then
due
and payable thereunder before being applied to any other receivable or other
obligation of such Obligor.
Section
8.3 Collection
Notices.
The
Administrator is authorized at any time to date and to deliver to the Collection
Banks the Collection Notices. The Seller hereby transfers to the Administrator
for the benefit of TPF, effective when the Administrator delivers such notice,
the exclusive ownership and control of each Lock-Box and the Collection
Accounts. In case any authorized signatory of the Seller whose signature appears
on a Collection Account Agreement shall cease to have such authority before
the
delivery of such notice, such Collection Notice shall nevertheless be valid
as
if such authority had remained in force. The Seller hereby authorizes the
Administrator, and agrees that the Administrator shall be entitled (a)
at any
time after delivery of the Collection Notices, to endorse the Seller’s name on
checks and other instruments representing Collections, (b)
at any
time after the occurrence of an Amortization Event, to enforce the Receivables,
the related Contracts and the Related Security, and (c)
at any
time after the occurrence of an Amortization Event, to take such action as
shall
be necessary or desirable to cause all cash, checks and other instruments
constituting Collections of Receivables to come into the possession of the
Administrator rather than the Seller.
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Section
8.4 Responsibilities
of the Seller.
Anything
herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the exercise by the Administrator,
on
behalf of TPF, of the Administrator’s rights hereunder shall not release the
Servicer, any Originator or the Seller from any of their duties or obligations
with respect to any Receivables or under the related Contracts. The
Administrator and TPF shall have no obligation or liability with respect to
any
Receivables or related Contracts, nor shall any of them be obligated to perform
the obligations of the Seller or any Originator thereunder.
Section
8.5 Receivables
Reports.
The
Servicer shall prepare and forward to the Administrator (a)
on each
Monthly Reporting Date, a Monthly Report and an electronic file of the data
contained therein, (b)
at such
times as the Administrator may request upon reasonable advance notice, a listing
by Obligor of all Receivables together with an aging of such Receivables, and
(c) on the last Business Day of each month from June through and including
November, a Collateral Certificate as of the 15th
day of
such month and an electronic file of the data contained therein; provided,
however, that
no
Collateral Certificate shall be due in any such month when no Invested Amount
is
outstanding unless the Seller requests a Purchase during such months and has
not
delivered a Collateral Certificate or a Monthly Report within the two weeks
preceding the proposed Purchase Date.
Section
8.6 Servicing
Fee.
As
compensation for the Servicer’s servicing activities on their behalf, the
Servicer shall be paid the Servicing Fee in arrears on each Settlement Date
out
of Collections.
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Article
IX
Amortization
Events
Section
9.1 Amortization
Events.
The
occurrence of any one or more of the following events shall constitute an
Amortization Event:
(a) Any
of
the Seller Parties shall fail to make any payment or deposit required to be
made
by it under the Transaction Documents and such failure shall continue for three
(3) Business Days.
(b) (i)
Any
representation or warranty made by any of the Seller Parties in this Agreement
or the Receivables Sale Agreement shall prove to have been incorrect in any
respect when made or deemed made, (ii)
any
information contained in any Monthly Report shall prove to have been incorrect
in any respect when made, or (iii)
any
representation, warranty, certification or statement (other than relating to
projections or other forward-looking information) made by any of the Seller
Parties in any other Transaction Document or in any other document delivered
pursuant hereto or thereto (other than in a Monthly Report) shall prove to
have
been incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made; provided,
that no
such event shall constitute an Amortization Event unless such event is
unremedied for a period of ten (10) Business Days after the earlier
to
occur of (i) written notice thereof shall have been given by the
Administrator to such Seller Party or (ii) an Authorized Officer of
such
Seller Party shall have actual knowledge thereof or should have had knowledge
thereof if such Authorized Officer had exercised reasonable care in the
performance of his or her duties; provided,
further,
that no
grace period shall apply to Section 5.1(f), 5.1(i), 5.1(j), 5.1(n), 5.1(p),
5.1(u) or 5.1(v); and provided,
further,
no such
event shall constitute an Amortization Event if the Seller shall have timely
paid to the Administrator the Deemed Collection required to be paid as a result
of such event in accordance with Section 1.4..
(c) Any
of
the Seller Parties shall fail to perform or observe any covenant contained
in
Section
7.2
or
Section
8.5
when
due.
(d) Any
of
the Seller Parties shall fail to perform or observe any other covenant or
agreement under any Transaction Documents and such failure shall continue for
ten (10) consecutive Business Days.
(e) Failure
of the Seller to pay any Indebtedness (other than the Aggregate Unpaids) when
due or the default by the Seller in the performance of any term, provision
or
condition contained in any agreement under which any such Indebtedness was
created or is governed, the effect of which is to cause, or to permit the holder
or holders of such Indebtedness to cause, such Indebtedness to become due prior
to its stated maturity; or any such Indebtedness of
the
Seller shall be declared to be due and payable or required to be prepaid (other
than by a regularly scheduled payment) prior to the date of maturity
thereof.
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(f) Failure
of Arch or any of its Subsidiaries other than the Seller to pay Indebtedness
in
excess of $5,000,000 in aggregate principal amount (hereinafter, “Material
Indebtedness”)
when
due (after giving effect to any applicable grace periods with respect thereto);
or the default by Arch or any of its Subsidiaries other than the Seller in
the
performance of any term, provision or condition contained in any agreement
under
which any Material Indebtedness was created or is governed, the effect of which
is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Material Indebtedness
to
cause, such Material Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity
and, unless such Material Indebtedness is earlier accelerated, such default
is
not cured within 15 days after its occurrence; or any Material Indebtedness
of
Arch or any of its Subsidiaries other than the Seller shall be declared to
be
due and payable or required to be prepaid (other than by a regularly scheduled
payment) prior to the date of maturity thereof.
(g) An
Event
of Bankruptcy shall occur with respect to any Seller Party or any of its
Subsidiaries.
(h) As
at the
end of any Calculation Period:
(i) the
three-month rolling average Delinquency Ratio shall exceed 3.0%,
(ii) the
three-month rolling average Default Ratio shall exceed 2.5%,
(iii) the
three-month rolling average Dilution Ratio shall exceed 7.5%, or
(iv) the
Account Receivable Turnover Ratio shall be less than 6.5.
(i) A
Change
of Control shall occur.
(j) (i)
One or
more final judgments of a court of competent jurisdiction for the payment of
money in an aggregate amount of $12,500 or more shall be entered against the
Seller or (ii)
one or
more final judgments of a court of competent jurisdiction for the payment of
money in an amount in excess of $5,000,000, individually or in the aggregate,
shall be entered against Arch or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the
Seller) on claims not covered by insurance or as to which the insurance carrier
has denied its responsibility, and such judgment shall continue unsatisfied
and
in effect for sixty (60) consecutive days without a stay of
execution.
(k) The
“Termination Date” under and as defined in the Receivables Sale Agreement shall
occur under the Receivables Sale Agreement or any Originator shall for any
reason cease to transfer, or cease to have the legal capacity to transfer,
or
otherwise be incapable of transferring Receivables to the Seller under the
Receivables Sale Agreement.
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(l) This
Agreement shall terminate in whole or in part (except in accordance with its
terms), or shall cease to be effective or to be the legally valid, binding
and
enforceable obligation of the Seller, or any Originator shall directly or
indirectly contest in any manner such effectiveness,
validity, binding nature or enforceability, or the Administrator for the benefit
of TPF shall cease to have a valid and perfected first priority security
interest in the Receivables, its Collections, “Supporting Obligations” (as
defined in Article 9 of the UCC in effect in each relevant jurisdiction), the
Seller’s right, title and interest in, to and under each of the Transaction
Documents to which it is a party, returned goods the sale of which gave rise
to
any Receivable, security interests in favor of the Seller that secures payment
of such Receivable and all other items of Related Security in which an interest
therein may be perfected by the filing of a financing statement under Article
9
of the UCC and proceeds of the foregoing, or any Person shall contest the
Administrator’s perfected first priority ownership interest in that portion of
the Related Security in which perfection cannot be accomplished under Article
9
of the relevant UCC, or any Secured Party shall incur any loss resulting from
the Seller’s failure to perfect Administrator’s ownership interest in that
portion of the Related Security in which perfection cannot be accomplished
under
Article 9 of the relevant UCC.
(m) On
any
day, the Aggregate Invested Amount shall exceed the Purchase Limit, and such
failure shall continue unremedied for three (3) Business Days.
(n) The
Internal Revenue Service shall file notice of a lien pursuant to Section 6323
of
the Tax Code with regard to any of the Receivables or the Related Security
or
the PBGC shall, file notice of a lien pursuant to Section 4068 of ERISA with
regard to any of the Receivables or the Related Security, and any such lien
shall not have been released within the earlier to occur of (i)
seven
(7) days after the date of such filing and (ii)
the day
on which the Administrator becomes aware of such filing.
(o) Any
Plan
of any Seller Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates:
(i) shall
fail to be funded in accordance with the minimum funding standard required
by
applicable law, the terms of such Plan, Section 412 of the Tax Code or Section
302 of ERISA for any plan year or a waiver of such standard is sought or granted
with respect to such Plan under applicable law, the terms of such Plan or
Section 412 of the Tax Code or Section 303 of ERISA; or
(ii) is
being,
or has been, terminated or the subject of termination proceedings under
applicable law or the terms of such Plan; or
(iii) shall
require Arch or any of its ERISA Affiliates to provide security under applicable
law, the terms of such Plan, Section 401 or 412 of the Tax Code or Section
306
or 307 of ERISA; or
(iv) results
in a liability to Arch or any of its ERISA Affiliates under applicable law,
the
terms of such Plan, or Title IV ERISA,
and
there
shall result from any such failure, waiver, termination or other event a
liability to the PBGC or a Plan that would have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(p) Any
event
shall occur which has, or could be reasonably expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
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(q) On
any
day a report is required to be delivered in accordance with Section 8.5, the
Net
Pool Balance shall be less than an amount equal to the sum of (i) the Aggregate
Invested Amount plus (ii) the Required Reserve, and such failure shall continue
unremedied for three (3) Business Days.
Section
9.2 Remedies.
Upon
the
occurrence and during the continuation of an Amortization Event, the
Administrator may, or upon the direction of the Required Liquidity Banks shall,
take any of the following actions: (a)
except
upon a Voluntary Termination (unless another Amortization Event occurs), replace
the Person then acting as Servicer, (b)
declare
the Facility Termination Date to have occurred, whereupon Reinvestments shall
immediately terminate and the Facility Termination Date shall forthwith occur,
all without demand, protest or further notice of any kind, all of which are
hereby expressly waived by the Seller Parties; provided,
however,
that
upon the occurrence of an Event of Bankruptcy with respect to a Seller Party,
the Facility Termination Date shall automatically occur, without demand, protest
or any notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by such
Seller Party, (c)
deliver
the Collection Notices to the Collection Banks, (d)
exercise
all rights and remedies of a secured party upon default under the UCC and other
applicable laws, and (e)
notify
Obligors of the Administrator’s security interest in the Receivables and other
Purchased Assets. The aforementioned rights and remedies shall be without
limitation, and shall be in addition to all other rights and remedies of the
Administrator and TPF otherwise available under any other provision of this
Agreement, by operation of law, at equity or otherwise, all of which are hereby
expressly preserved, including, without limitation, all rights and remedies
provided under the UCC, all of which rights shall be cumulative.
Article
X
Indemnification
Section
10.1 Indemnities
by the Seller Parties.
Without
limiting any other rights that the Administrator or TPF may have hereunder
or
under applicable law, (a)
the
Seller hereby agrees to indemnify (and pay upon demand to) the Administrator,
TPF, each of the Liquidity Banks and each of the respective assigns, officers,
directors, agents and employees of the foregoing (each, an “Indemnified
Party”)
from
and against any and all damages, losses, claims, taxes, liabilities, costs,
expenses and for all other amounts payable, including reasonable attorneys’ fees
and disbursements (all of the foregoing being collectively referred to as
“Indemnified
Amounts”)
awarded against or incurred by any of them arising out of or as a result of
this
Agreement or the acquisition, either directly or indirectly, by TPF or any
of
its Liquidity Banks of an interest in the Receivables, and (b)
the
Servicer hereby agrees to indemnify (and pay upon demand to) each Indemnified
Party for Indemnified Amounts awarded against or incurred by any of them arising
out of the Servicer’s activities as Servicer hereunder excluding,
however,
in all
of the foregoing instances under the preceding clauses
(a)
and
(b):
(i) Indemnified
Amounts to the extent a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction
holds that such Indemnified Amounts resulted from gross negligence or willful
misconduct on the part of the Indemnified Party seeking indemnification;
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(ii) Indemnified
Amounts to the extent the same includes losses in respect of Receivables that
are uncollectible on account of the insolvency, bankruptcy or lack of
creditworthiness of the related Obligor; or
(iii) taxes
imposed by the United States, the Indemnified Party’s jurisdiction of
organization (or in the case of an individual, his or her jurisdiction of
primary residence) or any other jurisdiction in which such Indemnified Party
has
established a taxable nexus other than in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby, on or measured by the overall net income of such
Indemnified Party to the extent that the computation of such taxes is consistent
with the characterization for income tax purposes of the acquisition by TPF
of
Receivables as a loan or loans by TPF to the Seller secured by the Receivables,
the Related Security, the Collection Accounts and the Collections;
provided,
however,
that
nothing contained in this sentence shall limit the liability of the Seller
Parties or limit the recourse of TPF to the Seller Parties for amounts otherwise
specifically provided to be paid by the Seller Parties under the terms of this
Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing indemnification,
the
Seller shall indemnify the Administrator and TPF for Indemnified Amounts
(including, without limitation, losses in respect of uncollectible receivables,
regardless of whether reimbursement therefor would constitute recourse to the
Seller or the Servicer) relating to or resulting from:
(i) any
representation or warranty made by a Seller Party or any Originator (or any
officers of any such Person) under or in connection with this Agreement, any
other Transaction Document or any other information or report delivered by
any
such Person pursuant hereto or thereto, which shall have been false or incorrect
when made or deemed made;
(ii) the
failure by the Seller, the Servicer or any Originator to comply in any material
respect with any applicable law, rule or regulation with respect to any
Receivable or Contract related thereto, or the nonconformity of any Receivable
or Contract included therein with any such applicable law, rule or regulation
or
any failure of any Originator to keep or perform any of its obligations, express
or implied, with respect to any Contract;
(iii) any
failure of the Seller, the Servicer or any Originator to perform in any material
respect its duties, covenants or other obligations in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document;
(iv) any
products liability, personal injury or damage suit, or other similar claim
arising out of or in connection with merchandise, insurance or services that
are
the subject of any Contract or any Receivable;
(v) any
dispute, claim, offset or defense (other than discharge in bankruptcy of the
Obligor) of the Obligor to the payment of any Receivable (including, without
limitation, a defense based on such Receivable or the related Contract not
being
a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Obligor enforceable against it
in
accordance with its terms), or any other claim resulting from the sale of the
merchandise or service related to such Receivable or the furnishing or failure
to furnish such merchandise or services;
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(vi) the
commingling of Collections of Receivables at any time with other
funds;
(vii) any
investigation, litigation or proceeding related to or arising from this
Agreement or any other Transaction Document, the transactions contemplated
hereby, the use of the proceeds of any Purchase, the Purchased Assets or any
other investigation, litigation or proceeding relating to the Seller, the
Servicer or any Originator in which any Indemnified Party becomes involved
as a
result of any of the transactions contemplated hereby;
(viii) any
inability to litigate any claim against any Obligor in respect of any Receivable
as a result of such Obligor being immune from civil and commercial law and
suit
on the grounds of sovereignty or otherwise from any legal action, suit or
proceeding;
(ix) any
Amortization Event of the type described in Section
9.1(g);
(x) any
failure of the Seller to acquire and maintain legal and equitable title to,
and
ownership of any of the Purchased Assets from the applicable Originator, free
and clear of any Adverse Claim (other than as created hereunder); or any failure
of the Seller to give reasonably equivalent value to any Originator under the
Receivables Sale Agreement in consideration of the transfer by such Originator
of any Receivable, or any attempt by any Person to void such transfer under
statutory provisions or common law or equitable action (except as created by
the
Transaction Documents);
(xi) any
failure to vest and maintain vested in the Administrator for the benefit of
TPF,
or to transfer to the Administrator for the benefit of the Secured Parties,
a
valid first priority perfected security interests in the Purchased Assets,
free
and clear of any Adverse Claim (except as created by the Transaction
Documents);
(xii) the
failure to have filed, or any delay in filing, financing statements or other
similar instruments or documents under the UCC of any applicable jurisdiction
or
other applicable laws with respect to any Purchased Assets, and the proceeds
thereof, whether at the time of any Purchase or at any subsequent
time;
(xiii) any
action or omission by a Seller Party which reduces or impairs the rights of
the
Administrator or TPF with respect to any Purchased Assets or the value of any
Purchased Assets;
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(xiv) any
attempt by any Person to void any Purchase or the Administrator’s security
interest in the Purchased Assets under statutory provisions or common law or
equitable action; and
(xv) the
failure of any Receivable included in the calculation of the Net Pool Balance
as
an Eligible Receivable to be an Eligible Receivable at the time so
included.
Section
10.2 Increased
Cost and Reduced Return.
If
after
the date hereof, any Funding Source shall be charged any fee, expense or
increased cost (other than taxes) on account of the adoption of any applicable
law, rule or regulation (including any applicable law, rule or regulation
regarding capital adequacy) or any change therein, or any change in the
interpretation or administration thereof by any governmental authority, central
bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration
thereof, or compliance with any request or directive (whether or not having
the
force of law) of any such authority, central bank or comparable agency (a
“Regulatory
Change”):
(a)
that
subjects any Funding Source to any charge or withholding on or with respect
to
any Funding Agreement or a Funding Source’s obligations under a Funding
Agreement, or on or with respect to the Receivables, or (b)
that
imposes, modifies or deems applicable any reserve, assessment, insurance charge,
special deposit or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or
for
the account of a Funding Source, or credit extended by a Funding Source pursuant
to a Funding Agreement or (c)
that
imposes any other condition the result of which is to increase the cost to
a
Funding Source of performing its obligations under a Funding Agreement, or
to
reduce the rate of return on a Funding Source’s capital as a consequence of its
obligations under a Funding Agreement, or to reduce the amount of any sum
received or receivable by a Funding Source under a Funding Agreement or to
require any payment calculated by reference to the amount of interests or loans
held or interest received by it, then, promptly upon demand by the
Administrator, the Seller shall pay to the Administrator, for the benefit of
the
relevant Funding Source, such amounts charged to such Funding Source or such
amounts to otherwise compensate such Funding Source for such increased cost
or
such reduction; provided,
however,
that no
Funding Source shall be entitled to any compensation for any increased costs
under this Section
10.2
unless
the Administrator or such Funding Source delivers a reasonably detailed
certificate to the Seller setting forth the amounts and the basis for such
increased costs.
Section
10.3 Other
Costs and Expenses.
The
Seller shall pay to the Administrator and TPF promptly on demand all reasonable
costs and out-of-pocket expenses in connection with the preparation, execution,
delivery and administration of the Transaction Documents and the transactions
contemplated thereby, the
Liquidity Agreement and, to the extent directly related to this Agreement,
the
Program Documents (including any amendments or modifications of or supplements
to the Program Documents directly related to this Agreement), including
without limitation, the cost of TPF’s auditors auditing the books, records and
procedures of the Seller, reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of legal
counsel for TPF and the Administrator with respect thereto and with respect
to
advising TPF and the Administrator as to their respective rights and remedies
under this Agreement. The Seller shall pay to the Administrator promptly on
demand any and all reasonable costs and expenses of the Administrator and TPF,
if any, including reasonable counsel fees and expenses in connection with the
enforcement of this Agreement and the other documents delivered hereunder and
in
connection with any restructuring or workout of this Agreement or such
documents, or the administration of this Agreement following an Amortization
Event. The Seller shall reimburse TPF promptly on demand for all other costs
and
expenses incurred by TPF (“Other
Costs”),
including, without limitation, the cost of auditing TPF’s books by certified
public accountants, the cost of rating the Commercial Paper by independent
financial rating agencies, and the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses
of
counsel for TPF or any counsel for any shareholder of TPF with respect to
advising TPF or such shareholder as to matters relating to TPF’s
operations.
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Section
10.4 Allocations.
TPF
shall
in its reasonable judgment allocate the liability for Other Costs among the
Seller and other Persons with whom TPF has entered into agreements to purchase
interests in or finance receivables and other financial assets (“Other
Customers”).
If
any Other Costs are attributable to the Seller and not attributable to any
Other
Customer, the Seller shall be solely liable for such Other Costs. However,
if
Other Costs are attributable to Other Customers and not attributable to the
Seller, such Other Customer shall be solely liable for such Other Costs. All
allocations to be made pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Article
X
shall be
made by TPF in its sole discretion and shall be binding on the Seller and the
Servicer.
Article
XI
The
Administrator
Section
11.1 Authorization
and Action.
TPF,
on
behalf of itself and its assigns, hereby designates and appoints STCM to act
as
its agent and administrator under this Agreement and under each other
Transaction Document, and authorizes the Administrator to take such actions
as
agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the
Administrator by the terms of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents
together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, including,
without limitation, the power to perfect all security interests granted under
the Transaction Documents.
Section
11.2 STCM,
SunTrust Bank and Affiliates.
STCM,
SunTrust Bank
and
their Affiliates may generally engage in any kind of business with Seller,
Servicer, any Obligor, any of their respective Affiliates and any Person who
may
do business with or own securities of any of the foregoing, all as if STCM
were
not Administrator and without any duty to account therefor to TPF.
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Article
XII
Assignments
and Participations
Section
12.1 Assignments
and Participations by TPF.
Each
of
the parties hereto, on behalf of its successors and assigns, hereby agrees
and
consents to the complete or partial sale by TPF of all or any portion of its
rights under, interest in, title to and obligations under this Agreement to
the
Liquidity Banks pursuant to the Liquidity Agreement, regardless of whether
such
sale constitutes an assignment or the sale of a participation in such rights
and
obligations.
Section
12.2 Prohibition
on Assignments by the Seller Parties.
No
Seller
Party may assign any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without
the prior written consent of the Administrator and each of TPF and without
satisfying the Rating Agency Condition.
Article
XIII
Miscellaneous
Section
13.1 Waivers
and Amendments.
No
failure or delay on the part of the Administrator or TPF in exercising any
power, right or remedy under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof,
nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or remedy
preclude any other further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other power,
right or remedy. The rights and remedies herein provided shall be cumulative
and
nonexclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law. Any waiver
of
this Agreement shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the
specific purpose for which given. No
provision of this Agreement may be amended, supplemented, modified or waived
except in writing in accordance with the provisions of this Section
13.10.
TPF,
the Seller and the Administrator, may enter into written modifications or
waivers of any provisions of this Agreement, provided,
however,
that
any
material amendment, waiver or other modification of this Agreement shall require
satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition.
Section
13.2 Notices.
Except
as
provided in this Section
13.2,
all
communications and notices provided for hereunder shall be in writing (including
bank wire, telecopy or electronic facsimile transmission or similar writing)
and
shall be given to the other parties hereto at their respective addresses or
telecopy numbers set forth on the signature pages hereof or at such other
address or telecopy number as such Person may hereafter specify for the purpose
of notice to each of the other parties hereto. Each such notice or other
communication shall be effective (a)
if given
by telecopy, upon the receipt thereof, (b)
if given
by mail, three (3) Business Days after the time such communication is deposited
in the mail with first class postage prepaid or (c)
if given
by any other means, when received at the address specified in this Section
13.2.
The
Seller hereby authorizes the Administrator to effect Purchases and Interest
Period and Yield Rate selections based on telephonic notices made by any Person
whom the Administrator in good faith believes to be acting on behalf of the
Seller. The Seller agrees to deliver promptly to the Administrator a written
confirmation of each telephonic notice signed by an authorized officer of the
Seller; provided,
however,
the
absence of such confirmation shall not affect the validity of such notice.
If
the written confirmation differs from the action taken by the Administrator,
the
records of the Administrator shall govern absent manifest error.
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Section
13.3 Protection
of Administrator’s Security Interest.
(a) The
Seller agrees that from time to time, at its expense, it will promptly execute
and deliver all instruments and documents, and take all actions, that may be
necessary or desirable, or that the Administrator may request, to perfect,
protect or more fully evidence the Administrator’s security interest in the
Purchased Assets, or to enable the Administrator or TPF to exercise and enforce
their rights and remedies hereunder; provided,
however,
that
unless and until an Amortization Event or an Unmatured Amortization Event has
occurred, no Seller Party shall be required to take any actions to establish,
maintain or perfect the Seller’s ownership interest in the Related Security
other than the filing of financing statements under the UCC of all appropriate
jurisdictions. During the occurrence and continuance of an Unmatured
Amortization Event or an Amortization Event, the Administrator may, or the
Administrator may direct the Seller or the Servicer to, notify the
Obligors of Receivables, at the Seller’s expense, of the ownership or security
interests of TPF under this Agreement. During the occurrence and continuance
of
an Unmatured Amortization Event or an Amortization Event, the Administrator
may
direct the Seller or Servicer (and if the Seller or Servicer fails to do so)
Administrator may direct that payments of all amounts due or that become due
under any or all Receivables be made directly to an account specified by the
Administrator or its designee which may be an account of the Administrator
or
its designee. The Seller or the Servicer (as applicable) shall, at the
Administrator’s request, withhold the identities of the Administrator and TPF in
any such notification.
(b) If
any
Seller Party fails to perform any of its obligations hereunder, the
Administrator or TPF may (but shall not be required to) upon notice to such
Seller Party perform, or cause performance of, such obligations, and the
Administrator’s or TPF’s costs and expenses incurred in connection therewith
shall be payable by the Seller as provided in Section
10.3.
The
Seller Parties irrevocably authorize the Administrator at any time and from
time
to time in the sole discretion of the Administrator, and appoints the
Administrator as its attorney-in-fact, to act on behalf of the Seller Parties
(i)
to
execute on behalf of the Seller as debtor and to file financing statements
necessary or desirable in the Administrator’s sole discretion to perfect and to
maintain the perfection and priority of the interest of TPF in the Receivables
and (ii)
to file
a carbon, photographic or other reproduction of this Agreement or any financing
statement with respect to the Receivables as a financing statement in such
offices as the Administrator in its sole discretion deems necessary or desirable
to perfect and to maintain the perfection and priority of the Administrator’s
security interest in the Purchased Assets, for the benefit of the Secured
Parties. This appointment is coupled with an interest and is
irrevocable (A)
Each of
the Seller Parties hereby authorizes the Administrator to file financing
statements and other filing or recording documents with respect to the
Receivables and Related Security (including any amendments thereto, or
continuation or termination statements thereof), without the signature or other
authorization of the Seller Parties, in such form and in such offices as the
Administrator reasonably determines appropriate to perfect or maintain the
perfection of the security interest of the Administrator hereunder including,
without limitation, financing statements naming Seller as debtor describing
the
collateral as “all assets” or “all personal property of the debtor, whether now
owned and existing or hereafter arising or acquired,”(B)
each of
the Seller Parties acknowledges and agrees that it is not authorized to, and
will not, file financing statements or other filing or recording documents
with
respect to the Receivables or Related Security (including any amendments
thereto, or continuation or termination statements thereof), without the express
prior written approval by the Administrator, consenting to the form and
substance of such filing or recording document, and (C)
each of
the Seller Parties approves, authorizes and ratifies any filings or recordings
made by or on behalf of the Administrator in connection with the perfection
of
the security interests in favor of the Seller or the Administrator.
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Section
13.4 Confidentiality.
(a) Each
of
the Seller Parties shall maintain and shall cause each of its employees and
officers to maintain the confidentiality of any confidential or proprietary
information with respect to the Administrator and TPF and their respective
businesses obtained by it or them in connection with the structuring,
negotiating and execution of the transactions contemplated herein, except that
the Seller Parties and their respective officers and employees may disclose
such
information to such Seller Party’s directors, external accountants and attorneys
and in accordance with any applicable law, rule, regulation, direction, request
or order of any judicial, administrative or regulatory authority or proceeding
(whether or not having the force or effect of law).
(b) Anything
herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Seller Parties hereby consent to
the
disclosure of any nonpublic information with respect to it (i)
to the
Administrator, the Liquidity Banks or TPF by each other, (ii)
by the
Administrator or TPF to any prospective or actual assignee or participant of
any
of them and (iii)
by the
Administrator to any rating agency, Commercial Paper dealer or provider of
a
surety, guaranty or credit or liquidity enhancement to TPF or any entity
organized for the purpose of purchasing, or making loans secured by, financial
assets for which STCM acts as the administrator or agent and to any officers,
directors, employees, outside accountants and attorneys of any of the foregoing,
provided that
each
such Person is informed of the confidential nature of such information. In
addition, TPF and the Administrator may disclose any such nonpublic information
in accordance with any law, rule, regulation, direction, request or order of
any
judicial, administrative or regulatory authority or proceedings (whether or
not
having the force or effect of law).
(c) TPF
and
the Administrator shall each maintain and shall cause each of its employees
and
officers to maintain the confidentiality of any confidential or proprietary
information with respect to each Originator, the Obligors and their respective
businesses obtained by it in connection with the due diligence evaluations,
structuring, negotiating and execution of the Transaction Documents, and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and any other activities
of
TPF or the Administrator arising from or related to the transactions
contemplated herein provided,
however,
that
each of TPF and the Administrator and its employees and officers shall be
permitted to disclose such confidential or proprietary information: (i)
to the
other Purchasers, (ii)
to any
prospective or actual assignee or participant of TPF, the Administrator or
the
other Purchasers who execute a confidentiality agreement for the benefit of
any
Originator and Seller on terms comparable to those required of TPF and the
Administrator hereunder with respect to such disclosed information, (iii)
to any
rating agency, provider of a surety, guaranty or credit or liquidity enhancement
to TPF, (iv)
to any
officers, directors, employees, outside accountants and attorneys of any of
the
foregoing, and (v)
to the
extent required pursuant to any applicable law, rule, regulation, direction,
request or order of any judicial, administrative or regulatory authority or
proceedings with competent jurisdiction (whether or not having the force or
effect of law).
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Section
13.5 Bankruptcy
Petition.
The
Seller, the Servicer, the Administrator and each Liquidity Bank hereby covenants
and agrees that, prior to the date that is one year and one day after the
payment in full of all outstanding senior indebtedness of TPF, it will not
institute against, or join any other Person in instituting against, TPF any
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings
or other similar proceeding under the laws of the United States or any state
of
the United States.
Section
13.6 Limitation
of Liability.
Except
with respect to any claim arising out of the willful misconduct or gross
negligence of TPF, the Administrator or any Liquidity Bank, no claim may be
made
by a Seller Party or any other Person against TPF, the Administrator or any
Liquidity Bank or their respective Affiliates, directors, officers, employees,
attorneys or agents for any special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages
in respect of any claim for breach of contract or any other theory of liability
arising out of or related to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
or
any act, omission or event occurring in connection therewith; and the Seller
Parties hereby waive, release, and agree not to xxx upon any claim for any
such
damages, whether or not accrued and whether or not known or suspected to exist
in its favor.
Section
13.7 No
Recourse Against TPF.
The
obligations of TPF under this Agreement are solely the limited liability company
obligations of TPF. No recourse shall be had for any obligation, covenant or
agreement (including, without limitation, the payment of any amount owing in
respect to this Agreement or the payment of any Fee hereunder or for any other
obligation or claim) arising out of or based upon this Agreement or any other
agreement, instrument or Transaction Document entered into pursuant hereto
or in
connection herewith against any member, employee, officer, director, manager,
administrator or organizer of TPF, as such, by the enforcement of any assessment
or by any legal or equitable proceeding, by virtue of any statute or
otherwise.
Section
13.8 Limitation
on Payments.
Notwithstanding any provisions contained in this Agreement to the
contrary, TPF shall not, and shall not be obligated to, pay any amount pursuant
to this Agreement unless (a) TPF has received funds which may be used to make
such payment and which funds are not required to repay the Commercial Paper
and
advances under the Voluntary Advance Agreement when due and (b) after giving
effect to such payment, either (i) there is sufficient liquidity availability
(determined in accordance with the Program Documents), under all of the
liquidity facilities for TPF’s commercial paper program, to pay the “Face
Amount” (as defined below) of all outstanding Commercial Papers and advances
under the Voluntary Advance Agreement when due or (ii) all Commercial Papers
and
advances under the Voluntary Advance Agreement are paid in full. Any amount
which TPF does not pay pursuant to the operation of the preceding sentence
shall
not constitute a claim (as defined in §101 of the Bankruptcy Code) against or an
obligation of TPF for any such insufficiency unless and until such payment
may
be made in accordance with clauses
(a)
and
(b)
above.
The agreements in this Section shall survive termination of this Agreement
and
payment of all obligations hereunder. As used in this Section, the term “Face
Amount” means, with respect to outstanding Commercial Papers or advances under
the Voluntary Advance Agreement, (x) the face amount of any such Commercial
Papers issued on a discount basis, and (y) the principal amount of, plus the
amount of all interest accrued and to accrue thereon to the stated maturity
date
of, any such Commercial Papers issued on an interest-bearing basis or any such
advances under the Voluntary Advance Agreement.
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Section
13.9 CHOICE
OF LAW.
THIS
AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS THEREOF
OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW AND EXCEPT TO THE
EXTENT THAT THE PERFECTION OF THE OWNERSHIP INTEREST OF SELLER OR THE SECURITY
INTEREST OF THE AGENT, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECURED PARTIES, IN ANY OF THE
COLLATERAL IS GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF A JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE STATE OF
NEW
YORK.
Section
13.10 CONSENT
TO JURISDICTION.
EACH
PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE
JURISDICTION OF ANY UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR NEW YORK STATE COURT SITTING IN
NEW
YORK, NEW YORK, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS
AGREEMENT OR ANY DOCUMENT EXECUTED BY SUCH PERSON PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT,
AND EACH SUCH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF
SUCH
ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN ANY SUCH COURT AND
IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE AS TO THE VENUE
OF
ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT OR THAT SUCH COURT
IS AN INCONVENIENT FORUM. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL LIMIT THE RIGHT OF THE AGENT
OR
ANY PURCHASER TO BRING PROCEEDINGS AGAINST ANY SELLER PARTY IN THE COURTS OF
ANY
OTHER JURISDICTION. ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING BY ANY SELLER PARTY AGAINST THE
AGENT OR ANY PURCHASER OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE AGENT OR ANY PURCHASER INVOLVING,
DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ANY MATTER IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF, RELATED TO, OR
CONNECTED WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY DOCUMENT EXECUTED BY SUCH SELLER PARTY
PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE BROUGHT ONLY IN A COURT IN NEW YORK, NEW
YORK.
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Section
13.11 WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL.
EACH
PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING INVOLVING,
DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ANY MATTER (WHETHER SOUNDING IN TORT, CONTRACT OR
OTHERWISE) IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF, RELATED TO, OR CONNECTED WITH THIS
AGREEMENT, ANY DOCUMENT EXECUTED BY ANY SELLER PARTY PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT
OR THE RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER.
Section
13.12 Integration;
Binding Effect; Survival of Terms.
(a) This
Agreement and each other Transaction Document contain the final and complete
integration of all prior expressions by the parties hereto with respect to
the
subject matter hereof and shall constitute the entire agreement among the
parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof superseding all prior
oral or written understandings.
(b) This
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto
and their respective successors and permitted assigns (including any trustee
in
bankruptcy). This Agreement shall create and constitute the continuing
obligations of the parties hereto in accordance with its terms and shall remain
in full force and effect until terminated in accordance with its terms;
provided,
however,
that
the rights and remedies with respect to (i)
any
breach of any representation and warranty made by the Seller Parties pursuant
to
Article
V,
(ii)
the
indemnification and payment provisions of Article
X,
and the
provisions of Section
13.4
through
and including Section
13.58
shall be
continuing and shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
(c) Each
of
the Seller Parties, TPF and the Administrator hereby acknowledges and agrees
that the Liquidity Banks are hereby made express third party beneficiaries
of
this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents.
Section
13.13 Counterparts;
Severability; Section References.
This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties
hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed
to be an original and all of which when taken together shall constitute one
and
the same Agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page
to
this Agreement by fax or other means of electronic transmission shall be
effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of a signature page
to
this Agreement. Any provisions of this Agreement which are prohibited or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective
to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating
the
remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in
any
jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in
any
other jurisdiction. Unless otherwise expressly indicated, all references herein
to “Article,”“Section,”“Schedule” or “Exhibit” shall mean articles and sections
of, and schedules and exhibits to, this Agreement.
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Section
13.14 Characterization.
(a) It
is the
intention of the parties hereto that, other than for federal, state and local
income and franchise tax purposes, each Purchase hereunder shall constitute
and
be treated as an absolute and irrevocable sale, which Purchase shall provide
the
TPF with the full benefits of ownership of the applicable Receivable Interest.
Except as specifically provided in this Agreement, each sale of a Receivable
Interest hereunder is made without recourse to the Seller; provided,
however,
that
(i)
the
Seller shall be liable to TPF and the Administrator for all representations,
warranties, covenants and indemnities made by the Seller pursuant to the terms
of this Agreement, and (ii)
such
sale does not constitute and is not intended to result in an assumption by
TPF
or the Administrator or any assignee thereof of any obligation of the Seller
or any
Originator or any other person arising in connection with the Receivables,
the
Related Security, or the related Contracts, or any other obligations of the
Seller or any Originator.
It is
the intention of the parties hereto that for federal, state and local income
and
franchise tax purposes TPF’s acquisition of the Receivable Interests shall be
treated as a secured loan by TPF to the Seller, and each party hereto agrees
to
characterize all Purchases hereunder as secured loans on all tax returns filed
by such party
(b) In
addition to any ownership interest which the Administrator or TPF may from
time
to time acquire pursuant hereto, the Seller hereby grants to the Administrator
for the ratable benefit of TPF a valid security interest in all of the Seller’s
right, title and interest, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in, to
and
under all Receivables now existing or hereafter arising, the Collections, each
Lock-Box, each Collection Account, all Related Security, all other rights and
payments relating to such Receivables, all proceeds of the foregoing and all
other assets of the Seller prior to all other liens on and security interests
therein to secure the prompt and complete payment of the Aggregate Unpaids.
The
Administrator, on behalf of TPF, shall have, in addition to the rights and
remedies that it may have under this Agreement, all other rights and remedies
provided to a secured creditor under the UCC and other applicable law, which
rights and remedies shall be cumulative.
[signature
pages follow]
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed
and delivered by their duly authorized officers or attorneys-in-fact as of
the
date hereof.
ARCH
CHEMICALS RECEIVABLES CORP.
By:/s/
W.
Xxxx Xxxx
Name: W.
Xxxx Xxxx
Title: Vice
President and Treasurer
Address:
US
Mail:
c/o
Arch
Chemicals, Inc.
000
Xxxxxxx 0
X.X.
Xxx
0000
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000-0000
Hand
Delivery:
c/o
Arch
Chemicals, Inc.
000
Xxxxxxx 0
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attention:
Corporate Secretary
Phone: (000)
000-0000
Fax: (000)
000-0000
ARCH
CHEMICALS, INC.
By:
/s/
W. Xxxx Xxxx
Name: W.
Xxxx Xxxx
Title: Treasurer
Address:
US
Mail:
000
Xxxxxxx 0
X.X.
Xxx
0000
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000-0000
Hand
Delivery:
000
Xxxxxxx 0
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attention:
Corporate Secretary
Phone:
(000) 000-0000
Fax:
(000) 000-0000
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THREE
PILLARS FUNDING LLC
By:
/s/
Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
Name: Xxxxx
X. Xxxxx
Title: Vice
President
Address:
Three
Pillars Funding LLC
c/o
AMACAR Group, L.L.C.
0000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
Phone: 000-000-0000
Fax: 000-000-0000
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SUNTRUST
CAPITAL MARKETS, INC., as Administrator
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: Managing
Director
Address:
SunTrust
Capital Markets, Inc.
00xx
Xxxxx, XX0000
000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx 00000
Attention: TPF
Asset
Management
Phone: 000-000-0000
Fax: 000-000-0000
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EXHIBIT
I
DEFINITIONS
As
used
in the Agreement and the Exhibits and Schedules thereto, the following terms
shall have the meanings set forth in this Exhibit I (such meanings to be equally
applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined). If
a
capitalized term is used in the Agreement, or any Exhibit or Schedule thereto,
and is not otherwise defined therein or in this Exhibit
I,
such
term shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Exhibit
I
to the
Receivables Sale Agreement (hereinafter defined).
Accounts
Receivable Turnover Ratio:
As of
any Cut-Off Date, the ratio computed by dividing (a) the aggregate amount of
Receivables generated during the 12 Calculation Periods ending on such Cut-Off
Date by (b) the average of the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Receivables
as of the last 12 Cut-Off Dates;
provided
that in
no event shall any Excluded Receivable be included in the numerator or
denominator of the foregoing computation.
Adjusted
Dilution Ratio:
At any
time, the rolling average of the Dilution Ratio for the 12 Calculation Periods
then most recently ended.
Administrator:
As
defined in the preamble to this Agreement.
Administrator’s
Account:
Administrator’s Account # XXXXXX,
ABA No. XXXXXX, at SunTrust Bank’s office at 00 Xxxx Xxxxx, in Atlanta, Georgia,
Attn: Xxxx Xxxxxxxx, Reference: Three Pillars Funding LLC/Arch
Chemicals Receivables Corp. Transaction.
Adverse
Claim:
A lien,
security interest, charge or encumbrance, or other right or claim in, of or
on
any Person’s assets or properties in favor of any other Person.
Affiliate:
With
respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling,
controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control with, such Person
or
any Subsidiary of such Person. A Person shall be deemed to control another
Person if the controlling Person owns 10% or more of any class of voting
securities of the controlled Person or possesses, directly or indirectly, the
power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of the
controlled Person, whether through ownership of stock, by contract or
otherwise.
Aggregate
Invested Amount:
On any
date of determination, the aggregate Invested Amount of all Receivable Interests
outstanding on such date.
Aggregate
Reduction:
As
defined in Section
1.3(b).
Aggregate
Unpaids:
At any
time, an amount equal to the sum of (i)
the
Aggregate Invested Amount, plus (ii)
all
Recourse Obligations (whether due or accrued) at such time.
Agreement:
This
Receivables Purchase Agreement, as it may be amended or modified and in effect
from time to time.
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Alternate
Base Rate:
For any
day, the rate per annum equal to the sum of (a) the higher as of such day of
(i)
the
Prime Rate, or (ii)
one-half
of one percent (0.50%) above the Federal Funds Effective Rate, plus (b) the
Applicable Margin. For purposes of determining the Alternate Base Rate for
any
day, changes in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be
effective on the date of each such change.
Amortization
Date:
The
earliest to occur of (i)
the day
on which any of the conditions precedent set forth in Section
6.2
are not
satisfied, (ii)
the
Business Day immediately prior to the occurrence of an Event of Bankruptcy
with
respect to a Seller Party, (iii)
the
Business Day specified in a written notice from the Administrator following
the
occurrence of any other Amortization Event, and (iv)
the date
which is ten (10) Business Days after the Administrator’s receipt of written
notice from the Seller that it wishes to terminate the facility evidenced by
this Agreement.
Amortization
Event:
As
defined in Article
IX.
Applicable
Margin:
As
defined in the Fee Letter.
Authorized
Officer:
With
respect to any Person, its president, chief executive officer, any vice
president, corporate controller, treasurer or chief financial
officer.
Broken
Funding Costs:
For any
Receivable Interest which: (i)
is
funded with Pooled Commercial Paper and has its Invested Amount reduced without
compliance by the Seller with the notice requirements hereunder, or which is
funded with other Commercial Paper and has its Investment Amount reduced on
any
date other than a Settlement Date, or (ii)
does not
become subject to an Aggregate Reduction following the delivery of any Reduction
Notice or (iii)
is
assigned by TPF to the Liquidity Banks under the Liquidity Agreement or
terminated prior to the date on which it was originally scheduled to end; an
amount equal to the excess, if any, of (A)
the CP
Costs or Yield (as applicable) that would have accrued during the remainder
of
the Interest Periods or the tranche periods for Commercial Paper determined
by
the Administrator to relate to such Receivable Interest (as applicable)
subsequent to the date of such reduction, assignment or termination (or in
respect of clause
(ii)
above,
the date such Aggregate Reduction was designated to occur pursuant to the
Reduction Notice) of the Invested Amount of such Receivable Interest if such
reduction, assignment or termination had not occurred or such Reduction Notice
had not been delivered, over (B)
the sum
of (1)
to the
extent all or a portion of such Invested Amount is allocated to another
Receivable Interest, the amount of CP Costs or Yield actually accrued during
the
remainder of such period on such Invested Amount for the new Receivable
Interest, and (2)
to the
extent such Invested Amount is not allocated to another Receivable Interest,
the
income, if any, actually received during the remainder of such period by the
holder of such Receivable Interest from investing the portion of such Invested
Amount not so allocated.
Business
Day:
Any day
on which banks are not authorized or required to close in New York, New York
or
Atlanta, Georgia, and The Depository Trust Company of New York is open for
business, and, if the applicable Business Day relates to any computation or
payment to be made with respect to the LIBO Rate, any day on which dealings
in
dollar deposits are carried on in the London interbank market.
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Calculation
Period:
A
calendar month.
Change
of Control:
(i)
the
acquisition by any Person, or two or more Persons acting in concert, of
beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the Securities and
Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) of 51% or more
of
the outstanding shares of voting stock entitled to elect a majority of the
board
of directors of Arch, or (ii)
Arch
ceases to own 100% of the outstanding shares of voting stock of the
Seller.
Charge-Offs:
All
Receivables (other than Excluded Receivables) not previously deemed Defaulted
Receivables that are written off by the Servicer or should, in accordance with
the Credit and Collection Policy, be written off as uncollectible.
Closing
Date:
June
27, 2005.
Collateral
Certificate:
A
certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit
IX
hereto
(appropriately completed), furnished by the Servicer to the Administrator
pursuant to Section
8.5.
Collection
Account:
Each
concentration account, depositary account, lock-box account or similar account
in which any Collections are collected or deposited and which is listed on
Exhibit
IV.
Collection
Account Agreement:
An
agreement in form reasonably acceptable to the Administrator among an
Originator, Servicer, the Seller, the Administrator and a Collection Bank
establishing control over a Collection Account.
Collection
Bank:
At any
time, any of the banks holding one or more Collection Accounts.
Collection
Notice:
A
notice, in substantially the form attached to a Collection Account Agreement
from the Administrator to a Collection Bank.
Collections:
With
respect to any Receivable, all cash collections and other cash proceeds in
respect of such Receivable, including, without limitation, all Finance Charges
or other related amounts accruing in respect thereof and all cash proceeds
of
Related Security with respect to such Receivable.
Commercial
Paper:
Promissory notes of TPF issued by TPF in the commercial paper market
to
fund
the Receivable Interests or any portion thereof.
Concentration
Limit:
(a)
For
any Obligor whose short term unsecured debt ratings are (i) at least both “A-1”
from S&P and“P-1”
from Xxxxx’x, 12.0% of the aggregate
Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Receivables;
or (ii)
at least both “A-2” from S&P and“P-2”
from Xxxxx’x, 6.0% of the aggregate
Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Receivables;
or
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(b)
For
any Obligor who does not have short term unsecured debt ratings from both
S&P and Xxxxx’x of at least the levels set forth in clause (a)(ii) above but
who has long term unsecured debt ratings from both S&P and Xxxxx’x which are
(i) greater than or equal to both “A” by S&P and“A2”
by
Xxxxx’x, 12.0% of the
of the
aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Receivables;
or (ii)
greater than or equal to both “BBB-” by S&P and“Baa3”
by
Xxxxx’x and less than or equal to “A-” by S&P and“A3”
by
Xxxxx’x, 6.0% of the aggregate
Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Receivables;
(c)
For
any Special Obligor, 20.0% of the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible
Receivables;
(d)
For
any Obligor not covered by clause (a), (b) or (c) of this definition, 3.0%
of
the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Receivables;
(e)
For
all Canadian Obligors in the aggregate, 5.0% of the aggregate Outstanding
Balance of all Eligible Receivables;
(f)
For
all Permitted Government Receivables, 3.0% of the aggregate Outstanding Balance
of all Eligible Receivables;
(g)
For
all Receivables with terms allowing for payment within 91-120 days after invoice
date, 5.0% of the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible
Receivables;
provided
that
(1)
the limitations set forth in the foregoing clauses (a)-(d) shall apply to each
specified Obligor and its Affiliates, considered as if they were one and the
same Person, and (2) in the event that any Obligor has both long-term and
short-term unsecured debt ratings from both S&P and Xxxxx’x that are covered
under the foregoing clauses (a) and (b), the short-term debt ratings under
clause (a) above shall control.
Confidential
Contracts:
Those
Contracts which require that their existence or terms not be disclosed to third
parties, including TPF or the Administrator.
Contingent
Obligation:
Of a
Person means any agreement, undertaking or arrangement by which such Person
assumes, guarantees, endorses, contingently agrees to purchase or provide funds
for the payment of, or otherwise becomes or is contingently liable upon, the
obligation or liability of any other Person, or agrees to maintain the net
worth
or working capital or other financial condition of any other Person, or
otherwise assures any creditor of such other Person against loss, including,
without limitation, any comfort letter, operating agreement, take-or-pay
contract or application for a letter of credit.
Contract:
With
respect to any Receivable, any and all instruments, agreements, invoices or
other writings pursuant to which such Receivable arises or which evidences
such
Receivable.
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CP
Costs:
For
each day, the sum of (i)
discount
or interest accrued on that portion of TPF’s Commercial Paper that is allocated
to fund the Receivable Interests or any part thereof for such day, plus
(ii)
any and
all accrued commissions in respect of placement agents and commercial paper
dealers, and issuing and paying agent fees incurred, in respect of such
Commercial Paper for such day, plus (iii)
other
costs associated with funding small or odd-lot amounts with respect to all
receivable purchase or financing facilities which are funded by such Commercial
Paper for such day, plus (iv) the Applicable Margin, minus (v) any accrual
of
income net of expenses received on such day from investment of collections
received under all receivable purchase or financing facilities funded
substantially with such Commercial Paper for such day, minus (vi) any payment
received on such day net of expenses in respect of Broken Funding Costs related
to the prepayment of any investment of TPF pursuant to the terms of any
receivable purchase or financing facilities funded substantially with such
Commercial Paper. In addition to the foregoing costs, if the Seller shall
request any Purchase during any period of time determined by the Administrator
in its sole discretion to result in incrementally higher CP Costs applicable
to
such Purchase, the principal associated with any such Purchase shall, during
such period, be deemed to be funded by TPF in a special pool (which may include
capital associated with other receivable purchase or financing facilities)
for
purposes of determining such additional CP Costs applicable only to such special
pool and charged each day during such period against such
principal.
Credit
Agreement:
That
certain Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of June 20, 2003, among the
Servicer, Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association, as Joint
Lead
Arranger and Joint Book Manager, Bank of America, N.A. (successor by merger
to
Fleet National Bank) as Syndication Agent, the lenders party thereto, and
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, as amended to
date.
Credit
and Collection Policy:
The
Seller’s credit and collection policies and practices relating to Contracts and
Receivables existing on the date hereof and summarized in Exhibit
VII
hereto,
as modified from time to time in accordance with this Agreement.
Credit
Advance:
A
drawing under a letter of credit issued pursuant to a TPF Credit Agreement
for
the account of TPF, a loan to TPF under a TPF Credit Agreement or any other
advance or disbursement of funds to TPF or for TPF’s account pursuant to a TPF
Credit Agreement or any such letter of credit, in each case to the extent such
drawing, loan, advance or disbursement has not been repaid or reimbursed to
Credit Bank in accordance with the related TPF Credit Agreement.
Credit
Bank:
SunTrust Bank and any other or additional bank or other Person (other than
the
Seller or other customer of TPF or any liquidity provider as such) now or
hereafter extending credit or a purchase commitment to or for the account of
TPF
or issuing a letter of credit, surety bond or other instrument, in each case
to
support any obligations arising under or in connection with TPF’s commercial
paper program.
Cut-Off
Date:
The
last day of a Calculation Period.
Days
Sales Outstanding Ratio:
On any
date of determination, the ratio computed as of the most recent Cut-Off Date
by
dividing (a) 360 by (b) the Accounts Receivable Turnover Ratio for the
Calculation Period ending on such Cut-Off Date.
Deemed
Collections:
Collections deemed received by the Seller under 0.
Default
Horizon Ratio:
As of
any Cut-Off Date, the ratio (expressed as a decimal) computed by dividing (a)
the sum of (i)
the
aggregate Receivables (other than Excluded Receivables) generated by the
Originators during the four (4) Calculation Periods ending on such Cut-Off
Date,
plus (ii) the Weighted Average Credit Percentage multiplied by the aggregate
Receivables (other than Excluded Receivables) generated by the Originators
during the Calculation Period ending four (4) months prior to such Cut-Off
Date,
by (b) the Net Pool Balance as of such Cut-Off Date.
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Default
Rate:
A rate
per annum equal to the sum of (i)
the
Alternate Base Rate plus (ii)
1.60%,
changing when and as the Alternate Base Rate changes.
Default
Ratio:
As of
any Cut-Off Date, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) computed by dividing
(i)
the
total amount (without double-counting) of Receivables (other than Excluded
Receivables) which became Defaulted Receivables or Charge-Offs during the
Calculation Period that includes such Cut-Off Date, by (b) the aggregate
Receivables (other than Excluded Receivables) generated by the Originators
during the Calculation Period occurring six (6) months prior to the Calculation
Period ending on such Cut-Off Date.
Defaulted
Receivable:
A
Receivable (other than an Excluded Receivable): (i)
as to
which the Obligor thereof has suffered an Event of Bankruptcy; (ii)
which,
consistent with the Credit and Collection Policy, would be written off the
Seller’s books as uncollectible; or (iii)
as to
which any payment, or part thereof, remains unpaid for 121 days or more from
the
original due date for such payment.
Delinquency
Ratio:
At any
time, a percentage equal to (i)
the
aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Receivables (other than Excluded
Receivables) that were Delinquent Receivables at such time divided by
(ii)
the
aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Receivables (other than Excluded
Receivables) at such time.
Delinquent
Receivable:
A
Receivable (other than an Excluded Receivable) as to which any payment, or
part
thereof, remains unpaid for 91-120 days from the original due date for such
payment.
Dilution:
The
amount of any reduction or cancellation of the Outstanding Balance of a
Receivable (other than an Excluded Receivable) as described in Section
1.4.
Dilution
Horizon Ratio:
As of
any Cut-Off Date, a ratio (expressed as a decimal), computed by dividing
(i)
the
aggregate Receivables (other than Excluded Receivables) generated by the
Originators during the two previous Calculation Periods ending on such Cut-Off
Date, by (ii)
the Net
Pool Balance as of such Cut-Off Date.
Dilution
Ratio:
As of
any Cut-Off Date, a ratio (expressed as a percentage), computed by dividing
(i)
the
total amount of decreases in Outstanding Balances due to Dilutions during the
Calculation Period ending on such Cut-Off Date, by (ii)
the
aggregate Receivables (other than Excluded Receivables) generated by the
Originators during the second preceding Calculation Period prior to such Cut-Off
Date.
Dilution
Reserve:
On any
date of determination, computed as of the most recent Cut-Off Date, the product
of (a) the sum of (i) the product of (x) the Stress Factor times
(y) the
Adjusted Dilution Ratio plus
(ii) the
Dilution Volatility Component times
(b) the
Dilution Horizon Ratio.
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Dilution
Volatility Component:
The
product (expressed as a percentage) of (i)
the
difference between (A)
the
highest two (2)-month rolling average Dilution Ratio over the past 12
Calculation Periods and (B)
the
Adjusted Dilution Ratio, and (ii)
a
fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the amount calculated in
(i)(A)
of this
definition and the denominator of which is equal to the amount calculated in
(i)(B)
of this
definition.
Downgraded
Liquidity Bank:
A
Liquidity Bank which has been the subject of a Downgrading Event.
Downgrading
Event:
With
respect to any Person means the lowering of the rating with regard to the
short-term securities of such Person to below (i)
A-1 by
S&P, or (ii)
P-1 by
Xxxxx’x.
Eligible
Assignee:
A
commercial bank having a combined capital and surplus of at least $250,000,000
with a rating of its (or its parent holding company’s) short-term securities
equal to or higher than (i)
A-1 by
S&P and (ii)
P-1 by
Xxxxx’x.
Eligible
Province or Territory:
Ontario, British Columbia, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Island, Saskatchewan, Alberta and
The
Yukon.
Eligible
Receivable:
At any
time, a Receivable:
(i) the
Obligor of which (A)
if a
natural person, is a resident of the United States or an Eligible Province
or
Territory, or, if a corporation or other business organization, is organized
under the laws of the United States or any political subdivision thereof and
has
its chief executive office in the United States or under the laws of Canada
or
any Eligible Province or Territory and has its chief executive office in an
Eligible Province or Territory, and (B)
is not
an Affiliate of any of the parties hereto,
(ii) that
arises under a Contract,
(iii) which
is
not a Defaulted Receivable and which is not more than 60 days past
due,
(iv) which
is
not a Government Receivable
other
than a Permitted Government Receivable,
(v) which
by
its terms is due and payable within 120 days of the original billing date
therefor and has not had its payment terms extended more than once,
(vi) which
is
an “account” within the meaning of Section 9-102(a)(2) of the UCC of all
applicable jurisdictions,
(vii) which
is
denominated and payable only in United States dollars or Canadian dollars in
the
United States or Canada,
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(viii) which
arises under a Contract which, together with such Receivable, is in full force
and effect and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the
related Obligor enforceable against such Obligor in accordance with its
terms,
(ix) which
arises under a Contract that contains an obligation to pay a specified sum
of
money, contingent only upon the sale of goods or the provision of services
by
the applicable Originator,
(x) which,
together with the Contract related thereto, does not contravene any law, rule
or
regulation applicable thereto (including, without limitation, any law, rule
and
regulation relating to truth in lending, fair credit billing, fair credit
reporting, equal credit opportunity, fair debt collection practices and privacy)
and with respect to which no part of the Contract related thereto is in
violation of any such law, rule or regulation except any such contravention
or
violation which does not have an adverse effect on the Receivables,
(xi) which
satisfies all applicable requirements of the Credit and Collection
Policy,
(xii) which
was
generated in the ordinary course of the applicable Originator’s
business,
(xiii) which
arises from the sale of goods, or the provision of services, to the related
Obligor by the applicable Originator, and except for incidental amounts,
relating to, for example the delivery or shipment of the related goods to the
Obligor, not from the sale of goods or provision of services by any other Person
(in whole or in part),
(xiv) which
is
not subject to any current dispute, right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim
or any other defense (including defenses arising out of violations of usury
laws) of the applicable Obligor against the applicable Originator or any other
Adverse Claim, and the Obligor thereon holds no right as against such Originator
to cause such Originator to repurchase the goods or merchandise the sale of
which shall have given rise to such Receivable (except with respect to sale
discounts effected pursuant to the Contract, or defective goods returned in
accordance with the terms of the Contract); provided,
however,
that if
such dispute, offset, counterclaim or defense affects only a portion of the
Outstanding Balance of such Receivable, then such Receivable may be deemed
an
Eligible Receivable to the extent of the portion of such Outstanding Balance
which is not so affected, and provided, further, that Receivables of any Obligor
which has any accounts payable by the applicable Originator or by a wholly-owned
Subsidiary of such Originator (thus giving rise to a potential offset against
such Receivables) may be treated as Eligible Receivables to the extent that
the
Obligor of such Receivables has agreed pursuant to a written agreement in form
and substance satisfactory to the Administrator, that such Receivables shall
not
be subject to such offset,
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(xv) as
to
which the applicable Originator has satisfied and fully performed all
obligations on its part with respect to such Receivable required to be fulfilled
by it, and no further action is required to be performed by any Person with
respect thereto other than payment thereon by the applicable
Obligor,
(xvi) as
to
which each of the representations and warranties contained in Section
5.1(g),
Section
5.1(i),
Section
5.1(j),
Section
5.1(r),
Section
5.1(s),
Section
5.1(t)
and
Section
5.1(u)
is true
and correct; and
(xvii) all
right, title and interest to and in which has been validly transferred by the
applicable Originator directly to the Seller under and in accordance with the
Receivables Sale Agreement, and the Seller has good and marketable title thereto
free and clear of any Adverse Claim.
ERISA:
The
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time,
and any rule or regulation issued thereunder.
ERISA
Affiliate:
Any
trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control with Arch
within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Tax Code (and Sections 414(m)
and (o) of the Tax Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412
of
the Tax Code).
Event
of Bankruptcy:
Shall
be deemed to have occurred with respect to a Person if either:
(i) 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
(ii) 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 (other than
a
trustee under a deed of trust, indenture or similar instrument), 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 be adjudicated insolvent, 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 shall vote to implement any of the
foregoing.
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Excess
Concentration Amount:
At any
time with respect to any Obligor, group of Obligors or group of Receivables
described in clauses (a)-(g) of the definition of “Concentration
Limit”
(but
without duplication), the amount, if any, by which the aggregate Outstanding
Balance of all Eligible Receivables of such Obligor, group of Obligors, or
group
of Receivables, exceeds the Concentration Limit for such Obligor in each case,
at such time.
Excluded
Receivable:
Any
Receivable as to which the Obligor (a) if a natural person, is a resident of
a
province of territory of Canada that is not an Eligible Province or Territory,
or, (b) if a corporation or other business organization, is organized under
the
laws of a province or territory of Canada (other than an Eligible Province
or
Territory) or any political subdivision thereof and has its chief executive
office in a province or territory of Canada (other than an Eligible Province
or
Territory).
Facility
Account:
The
Seller’s account no. XXXXXX at SunTrust Bank.
Facility
Termination Date:
The
earliest to occur of (i)
the
Liquidity Termination Date, (ii)
the
Amortization Date, and (iii) July 7, 2008.
Federal
Bankruptcy Code:
Title
11 of the United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy,” as amended and any successor
statute thereto.
Federal
Funds Effective Rate:
For any
period, a fluctuating interest rate per annum for each day during such period
equal to (i)
the
weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with
members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers, as
published for such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, for the preceding
Business Day) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in the Composite Closing
Quotations for U.S. Government Securities; or (ii)
if such
rate is not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the average of
the
quotations at approximately 11:30 a.m. (New York time) for such day on such
transactions received by the Administrator from three federal funds brokers
of
recognized standing selected by it.
Fee
Letter:
That
certain letter agreement dated as of the date hereof among the Seller, Arch
and
the Administrator, as it may be amended, restated or otherwise modified and
in
effect from time to time.
Final
Payout Date:
The
date on which all Aggregate Unpaids have been paid in full and the Purchase
Limit has been reduced to zero.
Finance
Charges:
With
respect to a Contract, any finance, interest, late payment charges or similar
charges owing by an Obligor pursuant to such Contract.
Foreign
Currency Reserve:
An
amount equal to 10% of the U.S. dollar spot market-equivalent of all Eligible
Receivables otherwise included in the Net Pool Balance which are denominated
in
Canadian dollars.
Funding
Agreement:
(i)
the
Voluntary Advance Agreement, (ii)
the
Liquidity Agreement and (iii)
any
other agreement or instrument executed by any Funding Source with or for the
benefit of TPF.
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Funding
Source:
(i) any
Credit Bank, (ii) any Liquidity Bank, or (iii) any insurance company, bank
or
other funding entity providing liquidity, credit enhancement or back-up purchase
support or facilities to TPF.
GAAP:
Generally accepted accounting principles in effect in the United States of
America as in effect from time to time.
Government
Receivable:
A
Receivable as to which the Obligor is any nation or government, any federal,
state, local or other political subdivision thereof and any entity exercising
executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative authority or
functions of or pertaining to government including any authority or other
quasi-governmental entity established to perform any of such
functions.
Incremental
Purchase:
A
purchase of one or more Receivable Interests which increases the total
outstanding Aggregate Invested Amount hereunder.
Indebtedness:
Of a
Person means such Person’s (i)
obligations for borrowed money, (ii)
obligations representing the deferred purchase price of property or services
(other than accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of such Person’s
business payable on terms customary in the trade), (iii)
obligations, whether or not assumed, secured by liens or payable out of the
proceeds or production from property now or hereafter owned or acquired by
such
Person, (iv)
obligations which are evidenced by notes, acceptances, or other instruments,
(v)
capitalized lease obligations, (vi)
net
liabilities under interest rate swap, exchange or cap agreements, (vii)
Contingent Obligations and (viii)
liabilities in respect of unfunded vested benefits under plans covered by Title
IV of ERISA.
Indemnified
Amounts:
As
defined in Section
10.1(a).
Indemnified
Party:
As
defined in Section
10.1(a).
Independent
Director:
A
member of the Board of Directors of the Seller who is not at such time, and
has
not been at any time during the preceding five (5) years: (i)
a
director, officer, employee or affiliate of any Originator or any of their
respective Subsidiaries or Affiliates (other than the Seller), or (ii)
the
beneficial owner (at the time of such individual’s appointment as an Independent
Director or at any time thereafter while serving as an Independent Director)
of
any of the outstanding common shares of the Seller, any Originator, or any
of
their respective Subsidiaries or Affiliates, having general voting
rights.
Interest
Period:
With
respect to any Receivable Interest funded through a Liquidity
Funding:
(i) if
Yield
for such Receivable Interest is calculated on the basis of the LIBO Rate, a
period of one, two, three or six months, or such other period as may be mutually
agreeable to the Administrator and the Seller, commencing on a Business Day
selected by the Seller or the Administrator pursuant to this Agreement. Such
Interest Period shall end on the day in the applicable succeeding calendar
month
which corresponds numerically to the beginning day of such Interest Period,
provided, however, that if there is no such numerically corresponding day in
such succeeding month, such Interest Period shall end on the last Business
Day
of such succeeding month; or
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(ii) if
Yield
for such Receivable Interest is calculated on the basis of the Alternate Base
Rate, a period commencing on a Business Day selected by the Seller and agreed
to
by the Administrator, provided that no such period shall exceed one
month.
If
any
Interest Period would end on a day which is not a Business Day, such Interest
Period shall end on the next succeeding Business Day, provided, however, that
in
the case of Interest Periods corresponding to the LIBO Rate, if such next
succeeding Business Day falls in a new month, such Interest Period shall end
on
the immediately preceding Business Day. In the case of any Interest Period
which
commences before the Facility Termination Date and would otherwise end on a
date
occurring after the Facility Termination Date, such Interest Period shall end
on
the Facility Termination Date. The duration of each Interest Period which
commences after the Facility Termination Date shall be of such duration as
selected by the Administrator.
Invested
Amount:
Of any
Receivable Interest means, at any time, (i)
the
Purchase Price of such Receivable Interest, minus (ii)
the sum
of the aggregate amount of Collections and other payments received by the
Administrator which in each case are applied to reduce such Invested Amount
in
accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement; provided that such
Invested Amount shall be restored (in accordance with Section
2.5)
in the
amount of any Collections or other payments so received and applied if at any
time the distribution of such Collections or payments are rescinded, returned
or
refunded for any reason.
LIBO
Rate:
For any
Interest Period, the rate per annum determined on the basis of (i) the offered
rate for deposits in U.S. dollars of amounts equal or comparable to the Invested
Amount offered for a term comparable to such Interest Period, which rates appear
on Telerate page 3750 (or any successor page) effective as of 11:00 A.M., London
time, two Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period (the
“Rate
Setting Day”)
or if
such rate is unavailable, the
rate
per
annum
(rounded
upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100th of one percent) based on the
rates
at which deposits in U.S. dollars for one month are displayed on page
“LIBOR”
of the
Reuters Screen as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the Rate Setting Day (it being
understood that if at least two (2) such rates appear on such page, the rate
will be the arithmetic mean of such displayed rates),
provided that if no such offered rates appear on such pages, the LIBO Rate
for
such Interest Period will be the arithmetic average (rounded upwards, if
necessary, to the next higher 1/100th of 1%) of rates quoted by not less than
two major banks in New York, New York, selected by the Administrator, at
approximately 10:00 a.m.(New York time), two Business Days prior to the first
day of such Interest Period, for deposits in U.S. dollars offered by leading
European banks for a period comparable to such Interest Period in an amount
comparable to the Invested Amount, divided by (ii) one minus the maximum
aggregate reserve requirement (including all basic, supplemental, marginal
or
other reserves) which is imposed against the Administrator in respect of
Eurocurrency liabilities, as defined in Regulation D of the Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System as in effect from time to time (expressed as
a
decimal), applicable to such Interest Period plus (iii) the Applicable Margin.
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Liquidity
Agreement:
That
certain Liquidity Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of the date hereof by and
among TPF, the Administrator, SunTrust Bank, as liquidity agent, and the banks
from time to time party thereto, as the same may be amended, restated and/or
otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms
thereof.
Liquidity
Bank:
Each
bank from time to time party to the Liquidity Agreement (other than the
Administrator acting in its capacity as the Administrator
thereunder).
Liquidity
Commitment:
As to
each Liquidity Bank, its commitment under the Liquidity Agreement. The Liquidity
Commitments, in the aggregate, shall equal 102% of the greater of (i) the
Purchase Limit hereunder, and (ii) the Aggregate Invested Amount.
Liquidity
Funding:
A
purchase by any Liquidity Bank pursuant to its Liquidity Commitment of all
or
any portion of, or any undivided interest in, a Receivable Interest, or any
advance under the Voluntary Advance Agreement that is used to fund or maintain
all or any portion of a Receivable Interest.
Liquidity
Termination Date:
The
earlier to occur of (a) the “Liquidity Termination Date” set forth in the
Liquidity Agreement, as amended from time to time which date is June 26, 2006
as
of the date of this Agreement, and (b) the occurrence of an Event of Bankruptcy
with respect to TPF.
Lock-Box:
Each
locked postal box with respect to which a bank who has executed a Collection
Account Agreement has been granted exclusive access for the purpose of
retrieving and processing payments made on the Receivables and which is listed
on Exhibit
IV.
Loss
Reserve:
For any
Calculation Period, the product (expressed as a percentage) of (i)
the
Stress Factor, times (ii)
the
highest three-month rolling average Default Ratio during the 12 Calculation
Periods ending on the immediately preceding Cut-Off Date, times (iii)
the
Default Horizon Ratio as of the immediately preceding Cut-Off Date.
Material
Adverse Effect:
A
material adverse effect on (i)
the
financial condition or operations of Arch and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole,
(ii)
the
ability of any Seller Party to perform its obligations under this Agreement,
(iii)
the
legality, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Transaction
Document, (iv)
the
Administrator’s security interest, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in
the Receivables generally or in any significant portion of the Receivables,
the
Related Security or the Collections with respect thereto, or (v)
the
collectibility of the Receivables generally or of any material portion of the
Receivables.
Material
Indebtedness:
As
defined in Section
9.1(f)
Monthly
Report:
A
report, in substantially the form of Exhibit
VIII
hereto
(appropriately completed), furnished by the Servicer to the Administrator
pursuant to Section
8.5.
Monthly
Reporting Date:
The
15th day of each month after the date of this Agreement (or if any such day
is
not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day thereafter) or such other
days of any month as Administrator may request in connection with Section
8.5
hereof.
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Moody’s:
Xxxxx’x
Investors Service, Inc.
Net
Pool Balance:
At any
time, the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Receivables at such
time
reduced by (i) the Excess Concentration Amount and (ii) the Foreign Currency
Reserve.
Obligor:
A
Person obligated to make payments pursuant to a Contract.
Originator(s):
Arch
Chemicals, Inc., a Virginia corporation, Arch Chemicals Specialty Products,
Inc., a Delaware corporation, Arch Treatment Technologies, Inc., a Virginia
corporation, Arch Wood Protection, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and Arch
Personal Care Products, L.P., a New Jersey limited partnership.
Other
Costs:
As
defined in Section
10.3.
Other
Customers:
As
defined in Section
10.4.
Outstanding
Balance:
Of any
Receivable at any time means the then outstanding principal balance
thereof.
Participant:
As
defined in Section
12.2.
PBGC:
The
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, or any successor thereto.
Pension
Plan:
A
pension plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA) subject to Title IV of ERISA
which Arch sponsors or maintains, or to which it makes, is making, or is
obligated to make contributions, or in the case of a multiple employer plan
(as
described in Section 4064(a) of ERISA) has made contributions at any time during
the immediately preceding five plan years.
Permitted
Government Receivable:
A
general obligation of a state or municipal government or any agency, branch,
division, district, or other political subdivision thereof, or a general
obligation of the United States government or any agency, branch, division,
department, or other political subdivision thereof to the extent and that such
obligation has complied with the Assignment of Claims Act
Person:
An
individual, partnership, corporation (including a business trust), limited
liability company, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association,
joint
venture or other entity, or a government or any political subdivision or agency
thereof.
Plan:
An
employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) which Arch or any
of
its ERISA Affiliates sponsors or maintains or to which Arch or any of its ERISA
Affiliates makes, is making, or is obligated to make contributions and includes
any Pension Plan, other than a Plan maintained outside the United States
primarily for the benefit of Persons who are not U.S. residents.
Pooled
Commercial Paper:
Commercial Paper notes of TPF subject to any particular pooling arrangement
by
TPF, but excluding Commercial Paper issued by TPF for a tenor and in an amount
specifically requested by any Person in connection with any agreement effected
by TPF.
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Prime
Rate:
A rate
per annum equal to the prime rate of interest announced from time to time by
SunTrust Bank (which is not necessarily the lowest rate charged to any
customer), changing when and as said prime rate changes.
Program
Documents:
The
Liquidity Agreement, the TPF Credit Agreement, the Voluntary Advance Agreement,
the documents under which Administrator performs its obligations with respect
to
TPF’s commercial paper program and the other documents to be executed and
delivered in connection therewith, as amended, supplemented, restated or
otherwise modified from time to time.
Proposed
Reduction Date:
As
defined in Section
1.3(a).
Purchase:
An
Incremental Purchase or a Reinvestment.
Purchase
Date:
Each
Business Day on which a Purchase is made hereunder.
Purchase
Limit:
$80,000,000 in February through and including August, and $40,000,000 in
September through and including January.
Purchase
Notice:
As
defined in Section
1.2.
Purchase
Price:
With
respect to any Incremental Purchase of a Receivable Interest, the amount paid
to
the Seller for such Receivable Interest which shall not exceed the least of
(i)
the
amount requested by the Seller in the applicable Purchase Notice, (ii)
the
unused portion of the Purchase Limit on the applicable purchase date and
(iii)
the
excess, if any, of the Net Pool Balance (less the Required Reserve) on the
applicable purchase date over the aggregate outstanding amount of Aggregate
Invested Amount determined as of the date of the most recent Monthly Report
or
Collateral Certificate.
Purchased
Assets:
All of
the Seller’s right, title and interest, whether now owned and existing or
hereafter arising in and to all of the Receivables, the Related Security, the
Collections and all proceeds of the foregoing.
Rating
Agency Condition:
That
TPF has received written notice from S&P and Moody’s that an amendment, a
change or a waiver will not result in a withdrawal or downgrade of the then
current ratings on TPF’s Commercial Paper.
Receivable:
All
indebtedness and other obligations owed to the Seller or any Originator (at
the
time it arises, and before giving effect to any transfer or conveyance under
the
Receivables Sale Agreement) or in which the Seller or any Originator has a
security interest or other interest, including, without limitation, any
indebtedness, obligation or interest constituting an account, chattel paper,
instrument or general intangible, arising in connection with the sale of goods
or the rendering of services by any Originator and further includes, without
limitation, the obligation to pay any Finance Charges with respect thereto.
Indebtedness and other rights and obligations arising from any one transaction,
including, without limitation, indebtedness and other rights and obligations
represented by an individual invoice, shall constitute a Receivable separate
from a Receivable consisting of the indebtedness and other rights and
obligations arising from any other transaction; provided further, that any
indebtedness, rights or obligations referred to in the immediately preceding
sentence shall be a Receivable regardless of whether the account debtor or
the
Seller treats such indebtedness, rights or obligations as a separate payment
obligation; it being understood that any Receivable for which the Seller has
received a Purchase Price Credit pursuant to Section 1.4(b) of the Sale
Agreement in an amount equal to the full amount of the Outstanding Balance
thereof shall not constitute Receivables hereunder.
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Receivable
Interest:
At any
time, an undivided percentage ownership interest (computed as set forth below)
associated with a designated amount of Invested Amount, selected pursuant to
the
terms and conditions hereof in (i)
each
Receivable arising prior to the time of the most recent computation or
recomputation of such undivided interest, (ii)
all
Related Security with respect to each such Receivable, and (iii)
all
Collections with respect to, and other proceeds of, each such Receivable. Each
such undivided percentage interest shall equal:
IA
+ RR
|
NPB
|
where:
IA =
the
Invested Amount of such Receivable Interest.
NPB =
the Net
Pool Balance.
RR =
the
Required Reserve.
Such
undivided percentage ownership interest shall be initially computed on its
date
of purchase. Thereafter, until the Facility Termination Date, each Receivable
Interest shall be automatically recomputed (or deemed to be recomputed) on
each
day prior to the Facility Termination Date. The variable percentage represented
by any Receivable Interest as computed (or deemed recomputed) as of the close
of
the business day immediately preceding the Facility Termination Date shall
remain constant at all times thereafter.
Receivables
Sale Agreement:
That
certain Receivables Sale Agreement, dated as of June 27, 2005, among the
Originators and the Seller, as the same may be amended, restated or otherwise
modified from time to time.
Records:
With
respect to any Receivable, all Contracts and other documents, books, records
and
other information (including, without limitation, computer programs, tapes,
disks, punch cards, data processing software and related property and rights)
relating to such Receivable, any Related Security therefor and the related
Obligor.
Recourse
Obligations:
As
defined in Section
2.1.
Reduction
Notice:
As
defined in Section
1.3.
Regulatory
Change:
As
defined in Section
10.2.
Reinvestment:
As
defined in Section
2.2(a).
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Related
Security:
All of
the Seller’s right, title and interest in, to and under and with respect to any
Receivable:
(i) all
of
the Seller’s interest in the inventory and goods (including returned or
repossessed inventory or goods), if any, the sale of which by an Originator
gave
rise to such Receivable, and all insurance contracts with respect
thereto,
(ii) all
other
security interests or liens and property subject thereto from time to time,
if
any, purporting to secure payment of such Receivable, whether pursuant to the
Contract related to such Receivable or otherwise, together with all financing
statements and security agreements describing any collateral securing such
Receivable,
(iii) all
guaranties, letters of credit, insurance and other agreements or arrangements
of
whatever character from time to time supporting or securing payment of such
Receivable whether pursuant to the Contract related to such Receivable or
otherwise,
(iv) all
service contracts and other contracts and agreements associated with such
Receivable,
(v) all
Records related to such Receivable,
(vi) all
of
the Seller’s right, title and interest in, to and under the Receivables Sale
Agreement in respect of such Receivable,
(vii) all
proceeds of any of the foregoing;
provided,
however,
that
“Related Security” shall not include any Restricted Contract to the extent the
assignment or transfer of, or the creation, attachment, perfection or
enforcement of a security interest in, such Restricted Contract is not
authorized by Section 9-406(d) of the UCC as in effect in each relevant
jurisdiction.
Required
Liquidity Banks:
At any
time, Liquidity Banks with Liquidity Commitments in excess of 50% of the
aggregate amount of all Liquidity Commitments.
Required
Notice Period:
The
number of days required notice set forth below applicable to the Aggregate
Reduction indicated below:
Aggregate
Reduction
|
Required
Notice Period
|
less
than 25% of the Purchase Limit
|
2
Business Days
|
greater
than or equal to 25% of the Purchase Limit
|
2
Business Days
|
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Required
Reserve:
On any
day during a Calculation Period, the product of (i)
the
greater of (A)
the
Required Reserve Factor Floor and (B)
the sum
of the Loss Reserve, the Yield Reserve, the Dilution Reserve and the Servicing
Reserve, times (ii)
the Net
Pool Balance as of the Cut-Off Date immediately preceding such Calculation
Period.
Required
Reserve Factor Floor:
For any
Calculation Period, the sum (expressed as a percentage) of (i)
12% plus
(ii)
the
product of the Adjusted Dilution Ratio and the Dilution Horizon Ratio, in each
case, as of the immediately preceding Cut-Off Date.
Restricted
Contracts:
As
defined in the Sale Agreement.
Restricted
Junior Payment:
(i)
any
dividend or other distribution, direct or indirect, on account of any shares
of
any class of capital stock of the Seller now or hereafter outstanding, except
a
dividend payable solely in shares of that class of stock or in any junior class
of stock of the Seller, (ii)
any
redemption, retirement, sinking fund or similar payment, purchase or other
acquisition for value, direct or indirect, of any shares of any class of capital
stock of the Seller now or hereafter outstanding, (iii)
any
payment or prepayment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest, fees or
other charges on or with respect to, and any redemption, purchase, retirement,
defeasance, sinking fund or similar payment and any claim for rescission with
respect to the Subordinated Loans (as defined in the Receivables Sale
Agreement), (iv)
any
payment made to redeem, purchase, repurchase or retire, or to obtain the
surrender of, any outstanding warrants, options or other rights to acquire
shares of any class of capital stock of the Seller now or hereafter outstanding,
and (v)
any
payment of management fees by the Seller (except for reasonable management
fees
to any Originator or its Affiliates in reimbursement of actual management
services performed).
Review:
As
defined in Section
7.1(d)(ii).
S&P:
Standard and Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw Hill Companies,
Inc.
Secured
Parties:
The
Indemnified Parties.
Seller:
As
defined in the preamble to this Agreement.
Seller
Parties:
As
defined in the preamble to this Agreement.
Servicer:
At any
time the Person (which may be the Administrator) then authorized pursuant to
Article
VIII
to
service, administer and collect Receivables.
Servicing
Fee:
For
each day in a Calculation Period:
(i) an
amount
equal to (A)
the
Servicing Fee Rate (or, at any time while Arch or one of its Affiliates is
the
Servicer, such lesser percentage as may be agreed between the Seller and the
Servicer on an arms’ length basis based on then prevailing market terms for
similar services), times (B)
the
aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Receivables at the close of business on
the
Cut-Off Date immediately preceding such Calculation Period, times (C)
1/360;
or
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(ii) on
and
after the Servicer’s reasonable request made at any time when Arch or one of its
Affiliates is no longer acting as Servicer hereunder, an alternative amount
specified by the successor Servicer not exceeding (A)
110% of
such Servicer’s reasonable costs and expenses of performing its obligations
under this Agreement during the preceding Calculation Period, divided by
(B)
the
number of days in the current Calculation Period.
Servicing
Fee Rate:
1.0%
per annum.
Servicing
Reserve:
For any
Calculation Period, the product (expressed as a percentage) of (a) the highest
Days Sales Outstanding Ratio during the most recent twelve-month period, (b)
the
Stress Factor, (c) 2.40%, and (d) 1/360.
Settlement
Date:
(i)
The
2nd
Business
Day after each Monthly Reporting Date, and (ii)
the last
day of the relevant Interest Period in respect of each Receivable Interest
funded through a Liquidity Funding.
Settlement
Period:
(i)
In
respect of each Receivable Interest funded through the issuance of Commercial
Paper, the immediately preceding Calculation Period, and (ii)
in
respect of each Receivable Interest funded through a Liquidity Funding, the
entire Interest Period of such Liquidity Funding.
Special
Obligor.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
and its
Affiliates so long as (a) not more than 10% of the aggregate Outstanding Balance
of all Receivables owing from them remain
unpaid
for more than 60 days from the original due date therefor,
and (b)
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. maintains short term unsecured debt ratings of at least
both “A-1” from S&P and“P-1”
from Moody’s.
Stress
Factor:
2.0.
Subsidiary:
Of a
Person means (i)
any
corporation more than 50% of the outstanding securities having ordinary voting
power of which shall at the time be owned or controlled, directly or indirectly,
by such Person or by one or more of its Subsidiaries or by such Person and
one
or more of its Subsidiaries, or (ii)
any
partnership, association, limited liability company, joint venture or similar
business organization more than 50% of the ownership interests having ordinary
voting power of which shall at the time be so owned or controlled.
Tax
Code:
The
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as the same may be amended from time to
time.
Terminating
Tranche:
As
defined in Section
4.3(b).
TPF:
As
defined in the preamble to this Agreement.
TPF
Credit Agreement:
Any
program-wide agreement entered into by any Credit Bank providing for the
issuance of one or more letters of credit for the account of TPF, the issuance
of one or more surety bonds for which TPF is obligated to reimburse the
applicable Credit Bank for any drawings hereunder, the sale by TPF to any Credit
Bank of receivables or other financial assets owned or held by TPF (or portions
thereof) and/or the making of loans and/or other extensions of credit to TPF
in
connection with its commercial paper program, together with any cash collateral
agreement, letter of credit, surety bond or other agreement or instrument
executed and delivered in connection therewith (but excluding the Liquidity
Agreement, or similar agreement, or any voluntary advance
agreement).
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TPF’s
Portion:
On any
date of determination, the sum of the percentages represented by the Receivable
Interests.
Transaction
Documents:
Collectively, this Agreement, each Purchase Notice, the Receivables Sale
Agreement, each Collection Account Agreement, the Fee Letter, the Subordinated
Note (as defined in the Receivables Sale Agreement) and all other instruments,
documents and agreements executed and delivered in connection herewith (except
the Program Documents).
UCC:
The
Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the specified
jurisdiction.
Unmatured
Amortization Event:
An
event which, with the passage of time or the giving of notice, or both, would
constitute an Amortization Event.
Voluntary
Advance Agreement:
The
Voluntary Advance Agreement, dated as of March 11, 1999, among TPF,
Administrator and SunTrust Bank, as it may be amended, supplemented, restated
or
otherwise modified from time to time.
Voluntary
Termination:
The
occurrence of an Amortization Event resulting from the occurrence of the
“Termination Date” pursuant to subclause (iv) of the definition of “Termination
Date” in the Receivables Sale Agreement.
Weighted
Average Credit Percentage:
On any
date of determination, the greater of (a) 0% and (b) the percentage determined
pursuant to the following formula:
|
100%
x
|
WACT
-30
|
||||
30
|
||||||
where:
WACT
=
the Weighted Average Credit Terms as of the most recent Cut-Off
Date.
Weighted
Average Credit Terms:
For any
Cut-Off Date, the weighted average of payment terms granted in invoices for
Receivables outstanding as of such date, exclusive of invoices with payment
terms of greater than 120 days (which are ineligible).
Yield:
For
each Interest Period relating to a Receivable Interest funded through a
Liquidity Funding, an amount equal to the product of the applicable Yield Rate
for such Receivable Interest multiplied by the Invested Amount of such
Receivable Interest for each day elapsed during such Interest Period, annualized
on a 360 day basis.
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Yield
Rate:
With
respect to each Receivable Interest funded through a Liquidity Funding, the
LIBO
Rate, the Alternate Base Rate or the Default Rate, as applicable.
Yield
Reserve:
For any
Calculation Period, the product (expressed as a percentage) of (i)
the
Stress Factor times (ii)
the
Alternate Base Rate as of the immediately preceding Cut-Off Date times (iii)
a
fraction the numerator of which is the highest Days Sales Outstanding for the
most recent 12 Calculation Periods and the denominator of which is
360.
All
accounting terms not specifically defined herein shall be construed in
accordance with GAAP. Unless otherwise specified, 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.
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EXHIBIT
II
FORM
OF
PURCHASE NOTICE
Arch
Chemicals Receivables Corp.
PURCHASE
NOTICE
dated
______________, 20__
for
Purchase on ________________, 20__
SunTrust
Capital Markets, Inc., as Administrator
_________________________________
_________________________________
Attention:
___________________, Fax No. ( ) __________
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
Reference
is made to the Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of June 27, 2005 (as
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Receivables
Purchase Agreement”)
among
Arch Chemicals Receivables Corp. (the “Seller”),
Arch
Chemicals, Inc., as initial Servicer, TPF Asset Funding Corporation, and
SunTrust Capital Markets, Inc., as Administrator. Capitalized terms defined
in
the Receivables Purchase Agreement are used herein with the same
meanings.
1. The
Seller hereby certifies, represents and warrants to the Administrator and TPF
that on and as of the Purchase Date (as hereinafter defined):
(a) all
applicable conditions precedent set forth in Article
VI
of the
Receivables Purchase Agreement have been satisfied;
(b) each
of
its representations and warranties contained in Section
5.1
of the
Receivables Purchase Agreement will be true and correct, in all material
respects, as if made on and as of the Purchase Date;
(c) no
event
has occurred and is continuing, or would result from the requested Purchase,
that constitutes an Amortization Event or Unmatured Amortization Event;
and
(d) the
Facility Termination Date has not occurred.
2. The
Seller hereby requests that TPF make a Purchase on ___________, 20__ (the
“Purchase
Date”)
as
follows:
(a) Purchase
Price: $_____________
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(b) If
the
Purchase is funded with a Liquidity Funding, the Seller requests that the
Invested Amount (which will initially accrue Yield at the Alternate Base Rate)
begin to accrued Yield at a LIBO Rate for a Interest Period of _____ months
on
the third Business Day after the Purchase Date).
3. Please
disburse the proceeds of the Purchase as follows:
[Apply
$________ to payment of Aggregate Unpaids due on the Purchase Date]. [Wire
transfer $________ to account no. ________ at ___________ Bank, in [city,
state], ABA No. __________, Reference: ________].
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Seller has caused this Purchase Request to be executed
and
delivered as of this ____ day of ___________, _____.
____________.,
as the Seller
By:
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT
III
JURISDICTION
OF ORGANIZATION OF THE SELLER PARTIES;
PLACES
OF
BUSINESS OF THE SELLER PARTIES; LOCATIONS OF RECORDS;
FEDERAL
EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER(S)
ARCH
CHEMICALS, INC.
Jurisdiction
of Organization: Virginia
Principal
places of business:
000
Xxxxxxx 0
X.X.
Xxx 0000
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000-0000
(CHIEF
EXECUTIVE OFFICE)
|
X.X.
Xxx 000
0000
Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000-0000
|
0000
Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
|
000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
|
000
X-00 xx Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
|
X.X.
Xxx 00
0
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx
XxXxxxxx,
XX 00000-0000
|
000
XxXxx Xxxx
X.X.
Xxx 000
Xxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000-0000
|
70
Location(s)
of Records:
000
Xxxxxxx 0
X.X.
Xxx 0000
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000-0000
|
X.X.
Xxx 000
0000
Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000-0000
|
0000
Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
|
000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
|
000
X-00 xx Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
|
X.X.
Xxx 00
0
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx
XxXxxxxx,
XX 00000-0000
|
000
XxXxx Xxxx
X.X.
Xxx 000
Xxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000-0000
|
Federal
employer identification number:
XX-XXXXX
Legal,
Trade & Assumed Names:
JPL
Corporation (former name from Aug. 25, 1998 through Nov. 5, 1998)
ARCH
CHEMICALS RECEIVABLES CORP.
Jurisdiction
of Organization: Delaware
Organization
Number (if any): 3493573
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Place(s)
of Business: 000
Xxxxxxx 0
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000 XXX
Location(s)
of
Records:
000
Xxxxxxx 0
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000 XXX
Federal
Employer Identification Number: XX-XXXXX
Legal,
Trade and Assumed Names: None
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EXHIBIT
IV
NAMES
OF
COLLECTION BANKS; LOCK-BOXES AND COLLECTION ACCOUNTS
· PNC
Bank, National Association
Treasury
Management
Xxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
|
|
Lock
Box:
X.X.
Xxx 000000
Xxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000-0000
|
Collection
Account Number:
XXXXXX
|
· The
Northern Trust Company
00
Xxxxx XxXxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
|
|
Lock
Box:
X.X.
Xxx 00000
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000-0000
Lock
Box:
X.X.
Xxx 00000
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
|
Collection
Account Number:
XXXXXX
Collection
Account Number:
XXXXXX
|
· XX
Xxxxxx Chase Bank
Xxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
|
|
Lock
Box:
X.X.
Xxx 000000
Xxxxxx,
XX 00000-0000
|
Collection
Account Number:
XXX-XXX-XXX
|
· The
Toronto-Dominion Bank
Transit
1104
00
Xxxxx Xx X
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx X0X0X0
|
|
Lock
Box:
X.X.
Xxx 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx X
Xxxxxxx,
XX X0X0X0
Lockbox:
T6260
|
Collection
Account Number:
XXXXXXXXX
(Canadian Dollars)
|
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· Wachovia
Bank
000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
|
|
Lock
Box:
X.X.
Xxx 000000
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000-0000
X.X.
Xxx 000000
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000-0000
X.X.
Xxx 000000
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
X.X.
Xxx 000000
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
X.X.
Xxx 00000
Xxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000-0000
X.X.
Xxx 000000
Xxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000-0000
|
Collection
Account Number:
XXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXX
|
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EXHIBIT
V
FORM
OF
COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
To:
SunTrust Capital Markets, Inc., as Administrator
This
Compliance Certificate is furnished pursuant to Section 7.1(a)(iii) of that
certain Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of June 27, 2005 among Arch
Chemicals Receivables Corp. (the “Seller”),
Arch
Chemicals, Inc. (the “Servicer”),
TPF
Asset Funding Corporation and SunTrust Capital Markets, Inc., as Administrator
(the “Agreement”).
THE
UNDERSIGNED HEREBY CERTIFIES THAT:
1. I
am the
duly elected _________________ of the Seller.
2. I
have
reviewed the terms of the Agreement and I have made, or have caused to be made
under my supervision, a detailed review of the transactions and financial
conditions of the Seller and its Subsidiaries during the accounting period
covered by the attached financial statements.
3. The
examinations described in paragraph
2
did not
disclose, and I have no knowledge of, the existence of any condition or event
which constitutes an Amortization Event or Unmatured Amortization Event, as
each
such term is defined under the Agreement, during or at the end of the accounting
period covered by the attached financial statements or as of the date of this
Certificate[,
except as set forth in paragraph
4
below].
[4. Described
below are the exceptions, if any, to paragraph
3
by listing, in detail, the nature of the condition or event, the period during
which it has existed and the action which the Seller has taken, is taking,
or
proposes to take with respect to each such condition or event:
____________________]
The
foregoing certifications, and the financial statements delivered with this
Certificate in support hereof, are made and delivered as of ______________,
20__.
By:
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT
VI
[INTENTIONALLY
DELETED]
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EXHIBIT
VII
CREDIT
AND COLLECTION POLICY
See
Exhibit V to Receivables Sale Agreement
77
EXHIBIT
VIII
FORM
OF
MONTHLY REPORT
78
EXHIBIT
IX
FORM
OF
COLLATERAL CERTIFICATE
[Attached]
79
80
SCHEDULE
A
DOCUMENTS
TO BE DELIVERED TO THE AGENT
ON
OR
PRIOR TO THE INITIAL PURCHASE
1. Executed
copies of the Receivables Sale Agreement, duly executed by the parties
thereto.
2. Copy
of
the Credit and Collection Policy to attach to the Receivables Sale Agreement
as
an Exhibit.
3. Subordinated
Notes in favor of each of the Originators.
4. Executed
copies of the Receivables Purchase Agreement, duly executed by the parties
thereto.
5. A
certificate of the Secretary of each Originator and Seller
certifying:
(a)
a
copy of the resolutions of the Board of Directors of such Person certified
by
its Secretary authorizing such Person’s execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement and the other documents to be delivered by it
hereunder;
(b)
the
names and signatures of the officers authorized on its behalf to execute this
Agreement and any other documents to be delivered by it hereunder;
(c)
a
copy of such Person’s By-Laws;
(d)
such
Person’s articles or certificate of incorporation certified by the secretary of
state of its jurisdiction of incorporation on or within thirty (30) days prior
to the initial Purchase; and
(e)
a
good standing certificate for such Person issued by the secretary of state
of
its state of incorporation.
5. Pre-filing
state and federal tax lien, judgment lien and UCC lien searches against each
Originator and Seller from its jurisdiction of organization and from the
jurisdiction where its chief executive office is located.
6. UCC
financing statements in form suitable for filing under the UCC naming each
of
the Originators and Seller, as a debtor, and Administrator, as secured party
or
total assignee.
7. UCC
termination statements, if any, necessary to release all security interests
and
other rights of any Person in the Receivables, Contracts or Related Security
previously granted by the Seller or any Originator, together with authorization
to file the same.
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8. Executed
copies of Collection Account Agreements for each Lock-Box and Collection
Account:
(a) Northern
Trust
(b) JPMorgan
Chase
(c) PNC
Bank
(d) The
Toronto-Dominion Bank
(e) Wachovia
9. Opinions
of legal counsel for the Seller Parties reasonably acceptable to the
Administrator:
(a) In-house
counsel [non-contravention]
(b) Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxx & Finger [Delaware]
(c) Hunton
& Xxxxxxxx [Virginia]
(d) XxXxxxxx
& English [New Jersey]
(e) Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
(i)
New
York law matters
(ii)
True
Sale/Non-consolidation
10. Certificates
of the chief financial officer or treasurer of each of the Originators as to
the
absence of Termination
Event or Unmatured Termination Event under the Receivables Sale Agreement,
a
certificates of the chief financial officer or treasurer of Seller as to the
absence of or Amortization Event or Unmatured Amortization Event under the
Receivables Purchase Agreement
11. The
Fee
Letter, duly executed by each of the parties thereto.
12. A
Monthly
Report as at May 31, 2005, duly executed by Servicer.
13. Purchase
Notice, duly executed by Seller.
14. The
Liquidity Agreement,
duly
executed by each of the parties thereto.
15.
Standard
& Poor’s form certificate executed by the Administrator.
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