AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT Dated as of November 9, 2007 of RECEIVABLES LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT Dated as of April 11, 2007 Among EDUCATION EMPOWERMENT SPV LLC, as the Borrower and AUTOBAHN FUNDING COMPANY LLC, as a Lender and DZ BANK AG DEUTSCHE...
U.S.
$200,000,000
AMENDMENT
AND RESTATEMENT
Dated
as
of November 9, 2007
of
Dated
as
of April 11, 2007
Among
EDUCATION
EMPOWERMENT SPV LLC,
as
the
Borrower
and
AUTOBAHN
FUNDING COMPANY LLC,
as
a
Lender
and
DZ
BANK
AG DEUTSCHE ZENTRAL-GENOSSENSCHAFTSBANK,
FRANKFURT
AM MAIN
as
the
Agent
and
LYON
FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. (d/b/a U.S. BANK PORTFOLIO SERVICES),
as
the
Backup Servicer
This
AMENDED AND RESTATED RECEIVABLES LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT is made as of
November 9, 2007, among:
(1)
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EDUCATION
EMPOWERMENT SPV, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the
“Borrower”);
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(2)
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AUTOBAHN
FUNDING COMPANY LLC (“Autobahn”),
as a Lender (as defined herein);
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(3)
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DZ
BANK AG DEUTSCHE ZENTRAL-GENOSSENSCHAFTSBANK, FRANKFURT AM MAIN
(“DZ
BANK”),
as agent for the Lender (the “Agent”);
and
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(4)
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LYON
FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. (d/b/a U.S. BANK PORTFOLIO SERVICES), as
the
Backup Servicer (as such term is defined
herein).
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Background. The
parties named above have entered into a Receivables Loan and Security Agreement,
dated as of April 11, 2007 (the “Existing
RLSA”),
and
now wish to amend and restate the Existing RLSA to be as set forth herein.
NOW
THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED as follows:
ARTICLE
I.
DEFINITIONS
SECTION
1.01 Certain
Defined Terms.
(a)
Certain
capitalized terms used throughout this Agreement are defined above or in this
Section 1.01.
(b) As
used
in this Agreement and the exhibits and schedules thereto (each of which is
hereby incorporated herein and made a part hereof), the following terms shall
have the following meanings (such meanings to be equally applicable to both
the
singular and plural forms of the terms defined):
“Account
Bank”
means
BNYTC, as the Depository Institution with which the Accounts have been
established and are being maintained, or any successor thereto in such function
that is an Eligible Depository Institution acceptable to the Agent.
“Account
Bank’s Fees”
means
ongoing fees and expenses of the Borrower, if any, in respect of maintaining
the
Accounts with the Account Bank.
“Account
Control Agreement”
means
the Account Control Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among the Account
Bank, the Borrower and the Agent, in respect of the Accounts maintained with
the
Account Bank.
“Accounts”
means
the Collection Account and the Reserve Account.
“Active
Backup Servicer’s Fee”
means,
for any Remittance Period or portion thereof after the occurrence of a Servicer
Default and the appointment of the Backup Servicer as Servicer, the amount
of
fees and expenses stated to be payable to the Backup Servicer for such period
on
Exhibit F hereto.
“Adjusted
Eurodollar Rate”
means,
with respect to any Fixed Period for any Loan allocated to such Fixed Period,
an
interest rate per annum equal to the sum of (i) the applicable Adjusted
Eurodollar Rate Margin (whether for the PrePrime Percentage or the Prime
Percentage) to be applied in using the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate to determine
the
separate Yield Rate and calculation of Yield in respect of the PrePrime
Percentage and Prime Percentage of all Loans outstanding, and (ii) an
interest rate per annum equal to the average of the interest rates per annum
(rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/16 of 1%) reported during
such
Fixed Period on the Bloomberg
Financial Markets
system
as the London Interbank Offered Rate for United States dollar deposits having
a
term of thirty (30) days and in a principal amount of $1,000,000 or more (or,
if
such system shall cease to be publicly available or, if the information
contained in such system, in the Lender’s sole judgment, shall cease to
accurately reflect such London Interbank Offered Rate, such rate as reported
by
any publicly available recognized source of similar market data selected by
the
Lender that, in the Lender’s reasonable judgment, accurately reflects such
London Interbank Offered Rate).
“Adjusted
Eurodollar Rate Margin”
has
the
meaning ascribed thereto in the Fee Letter (which shall ascribe an Adjusted
Eurodollar Rate Margin for both the PrePrime Percentage and the Prime Percentage
of Loans).
“Advance
Amount”
means
(a) with respect to the initial Loan hereunder and each Loan thereafter,
other than any Marginal Allowable Advance, an amount equal to the product of
(i) the Maximum Advance Percentage multiplied by (ii) the aggregate
Outstanding Balances of all of the Eligible Receivables being Pledged hereunder
on the related Borrowing Date to secure such Loan, and (b) with respect to
a Marginal Allowable Advance, an amount specified by the Borrower in the related
Notice of Borrowing for the Marginal Allowable Advance, not exceeding the
excess, if any, of the Fees and other third party fees and expenses
distributable on the related Remittance Date on which such Borrowing is to
occur
pursuant to clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v) of Section
2.05(c),
over
the amount of Collections available for the payment of such Fees and other
third
party fees and expenses on such Remittance Date.
“Advance
Percentage”
means
at any time the decimal expressed as a percentage equal to:
FA-CA
XXX
where:
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FA
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=
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the
Facility Amount at such time;
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CA
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=
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the
amount of Collections on deposit in the Collection Account at such
time to
be applied in accordance with Section 2.05
on
the next Remittance Date, minus the portion of such Collections which
are
required to be set aside for the payment of accrued Yield pursuant
to
Section 2.05(a)
hereof; and
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XXX
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=
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the
Eligible Receivables Balance at such
time.
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“Adverse
Claim”
means
a
lien, security interest, charge, encumbrance or other right or claim of any
Person other than, with respect to the Pledged Assets, any lien, security
interest, charge, encumbrance or other right or claim in favor of the Lender
(or
the Agent on behalf of the Lender).
“Affected
Party”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.13.
“Affiliate”
when
used with respect to a Person, means any other Person controlling, controlled
by
or under common control with such Person. For the purposes of this definition,
“control,” when used with respect to any specified Person, means the power to
direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise;
and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
“Agent”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in the preamble hereto.
“Agreement”
means
this Receivables Loan and Security Agreement, as the same may be amended,
restated, supplemented and/or otherwise modified from time to time hereafter.
“Amendment
Closing Date”
means
November 9, 2007.
“Amendment
No. 1 to Custodial Agreement”
means
the Amendment No. 1 to Custodial Agreement, dated as of the Amendment Closing
Date and amending the Custodial Agreement as existing on the Amendment Closing
Date but prior to giving effect thereto, among the parties to such Custodial
Agreement.
“Amendment
No. 1 to Servicing Agreement (PrePrime)”
means
the Amendment No. 1 to Servicing Agreement (PrePrime), dated as of the Amendment
Closing Date and amending the Initial Servicing Agreement (PrePrime) as existing
on the Amendment Closing Date but prior to giving effect thereto, among the
parties to the Initial Servicing Agreement (PrePrime).
“Amendment
No. 1 to Transfer and Contribution Agreement (PrePrime)”
means
the Amendment No. 1 to Transfer and Contribution Agreement (PrePrime), dated
as
of the Amendment Closing Date and amending the Transfer and Contribution
Agreement (PrePrime) as existing on the Amendment Closing Date but prior to
giving effect thereto, between EEF as transferor and the Borrower as
transferree.
“Amendment
Transaction Documents”
means
this Amended and Restated Receivables Loan and Security Agreement, the Amendment
No. 1 to Transfer and Contribution Agreement (PrePrime), the Transfer and
Contribution Agreement (Prime), the Amendment No. 1 to Custodial Agreement,
the
Amendment No. 1 to Servicing Agreement (PrePrime), and the Initial Servicing
Agreement (Prime).
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“Approved
Origination Agreement”
means
(i) each Doral Origination Agreement, and (ii) each other Origination
Agreement with an Eligible Originator in form and substance reasonably
acceptable to the Agent (it being understood that if the Agent is given an
opportunity to review such Origination Agreement and it complies with applicable
structural or legal standards substantially similar to those which the Agent
applied in approving the Doral Origination Agreements, such other Origination
Agreement shall be deemed reasonably acceptable to the Agent).
“Assigned
Documents”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.14.
“Assignment”
has
the
meaning set forth in the applicable Transfer and Contribution Agreement.
“Assignment
and Acceptance”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 9.04.
“Autobahn”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in the preamble hereto.
“Backup
Servicer”
means
Lyon Financial Services, Inc. (d/b/a U.S. Bank Portfolio Services), or any
substitute Backup Servicer appointed by the Agent pursuant to Section 6.15.
“Backup
Servicer Delivery Date”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 6.12(e).
“Backup
Servicing Agreement”
has
the
meaning assigned such term in Section 6.15(a).
“Backup
Servicing Agreement Servicing Standard”
means,
in connection with a Backup Servicing Agreement, that the Backup Servicer will
perform replacement Servicer functions and duties in accordance with its
customary practices, procedures or standards with the same care, skill and
diligence that it uses or would use in servicing and administering private
student loans or similar financial assets for its own account (or, if such
standard is higher, that it uses for the account of others, other than the
Borrower and Agent).
“Bankruptcy
Code”
means
Xxxxx 00, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Code, 11 U.S.C. §§ 101 et seq., as
amended.
“Bankruptcy
Event”
shall
be deemed to have occurred with respect to a Person if either:
(a) a
case or
other proceeding shall be commenced, without the application or consent of
such
Person, in any court, seeking the liquidation, reorganization, debt arrangement,
dissolution, winding up, or composition or readjustment of debts of such Person,
the appointment of a trustee, receiver, custodian, liquidator, assignee,
sequestrator or the like for such Person or all or substantially all of its
assets, or any similar action with respect to such Person under any law relating
to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, winding up or composition or
adjustment of debts, and such case or proceeding shall continue undismissed,
or
unstayed and in effect, for a period of 60 consecutive days; or an order for
relief in respect of such Person shall be entered in an involuntary case under
the federal bankruptcy laws or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect;
or
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(b) such
Person shall commence a voluntary case or other proceeding under any applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, debt arrangement, dissolution or other
similar law now or hereafter in effect, or shall consent to the appointment
of
or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian,
sequestrator (or other similar official) for such Person or for any substantial
part of its property, or shall make any general assignment for the benefit
of
creditors, or shall fail to, or admit in writing its inability to, pay its
debts
generally as they become due, or, if a corporation or similar entity, its board
of directors or members shall vote to implement any of the
foregoing.
“Base
Rate”
means,
on any date, a fluctuating rate of interest per annum equal to the arithmetic
average of the rates of interest publicly announced by JPMorgan Chase Bank
and
Citibank, N.A. (or their respective successors) as their respective prime
commercial lending rates (or, as to any such bank that does not announce such
a
rate, such bank’s “base” or other rate determined by the Lender to be the
equivalent rate announced by such bank), except that, if any such bank shall,
for any period, cease to announce publicly its prime commercial lending (or
equivalent) rate, the Agent shall, during such period, determine the Base Rate
based upon the prime commercial lending (or equivalent) rates announced publicly
by the other such banks or, if each such bank ceases to announce publicly its
prime commercial lending (or equivalent) rate, based upon the prime commercial
lending (or equivalent) rate or rates announced publicly by one or more other
banks reasonably acceptable to the Borrower. The prime commercial lending (or
equivalent) rates used in computing the Base Rate are not intended to be the
lowest rates of interest charged by such banks in connection with extensions
of
credit to debtors. The Base Rate shall change as and when such banks’ prime
commercial lending (or equivalent) rates change.
“BNYTC”
means
The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A.
“Borrower”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in the preamble hereto.
“Borrowing”
means
a
borrowing of Loans under this Agreement.
“Borrowing
Base Certificate”
means
a
report, in substantially the form of Exhibit A,
prepared by the Borrower for the benefit of Lender pursuant to Section 6.12(c).
“Borrowing
Base Deficiency”
means,
at any time that the Overcollateralization Amount is less than the Minimum
Overcollateralization Amount, an amount equal to the amount of such
deficiency.
“Borrowing
Date”
means,
with respect to any Borrowing, the date on which such Borrowing is funded,
which
date, other than in the case of the initial Borrowing, shall be a Subsequent
Borrowing Date.
“Borrowing
Limit”
means
as of the Closing Date $100,000,000 and as of the Amendment Closing Date,
$200,000,000; provided,
however,
that at
all times, on or after the Early Amortization Commencement Date, the Borrowing
Limit shall mean the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the
Loans.
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“Business
Day”
means
a
day of the year other than a Saturday or a Sunday or any other day on which
banks are authorized or required to close in New York City or St. Xxxx,
Minnesota; provided,
that,
if any determination of a Business Day shall relate to a Loan bearing interest
at the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any
day on which banks are not open for dealings in dollar deposits in the London
interbank market.
“Calculated
Hedge Amortizing Balance”
means,
as of any date of determination, the projected amortizing balance of the Loans
advanced by the Lender hereunder with respect to Pledged Receivables as of
such
date (including, as applicable, Receivables which were Pledged by the Borrower
on such date thereby becoming Pledged Receivables on such date), determined
by
the Agent in its sole discretion, based upon the Outstanding Balances of such
Pledged Receivables as of such date, adjusted for prepayments, defaults,
recoveries and delinquencies which, in the sole judgment of the Agent, are
representative of expected prepayments, defaults, recoveries and delinquencies
on the Pledged Receivables.
“Capital
Limit”
means,
at any time, an amount equal to:
XXX
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MOCA + CA
where:
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XXX
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=
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the
Eligible Receivables Balance at such time;
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MOCA
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=
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the
Minimum Overcollateralization Amount at such time; and
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CA
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=
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the
amount of Collections on deposit in the Collection Account at such
time to
be applied in accordance with Section 2.05
on
the next Remittance Date, minus
the portion of such Collections which are required for the payment
of
accrued Yield and Fees.
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“Change
of Control”
means
that at any time (i) EEF shall own directly or indirectly less than 100% of
all membership interests of the Borrower, (ii) any event or condition
occurs which results in any Person or “group” (within the meaning of
Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended)
other than a Person or group that owns membership interests of EEF on and as
of
the Closing Date: (A) having acquired beneficial ownership of 50% or more
of any outstanding class of membership interests of EEF having ordinary voting
power in the election of directors or managers of EEF or (B) obtaining the
power (whether or not exercised) to elect a majority of EEF’s directors or
managers, (iii) EEF or the Borrower merge or consolidate with any other
Person or (iv) any two of the following three people are not employed in
senior management positions at EEF and/or are not involved in the day-to-day
operations of EEF and at least one of such two people have not been replaced
by
a person or persons approved in writing by the Agent within sixty (60) days
of
the last day on which such person or persons were employed in senior management
positions at EEF and/or were involved in the day-to-day operations of EEF:
Xxxxx
XxXxxxx, Xx., Raza Khan and Xxxxxx Xxxx.
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“Closing
Date”
means
April 11, 2007.
“Code”
means
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Collateral
Receipt”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in the Custodial Agreement.
“Collection
Account”
means
a
special trust account (account number 775792) in the name of the Borrower
established by the Borrower at the Account Bank and subject to the Account
Control Agreement, or any successor thereto with a subsequent Account Bank,
if
ever any, established under terms and conditions, including a substantially
similar account control arrangement, acceptable to the Agent, it being
understood that the funds deposited therein (including any interest and earnings
thereon) from time to time shall constitute the property and assets of the
Borrower and the Borrower shall be solely liable for any taxes payable with
respect to the Collection Account.
“Collection
Date”
means
the date on which the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans have
been repaid in full and all Yield and Fees and all other Obligations have been
paid in full, and the Lender shall have no further obligation to make any
additional Loans.
“Collection
Policy”
means
(a) in
respect of PrePrime Receivables, collectively, the written student loan
servicing policies, guidelines, standards and undertakings (the “Servicing
Guidelines”
in
respect of PrePrime Receivables) as set forth in the Initial Servicing Agreement
(PrePrime) (including Exhibit A thereto) and the Initial Collection Servicing
Agreement (including Exhibit A thereto), which agreements are annexed hereto
as
part of Schedule V,
as such
Servicing Guidelines may hereafter be amended, modified or supplemented from
time to time in compliance with the terms of this Agreement, and
(b) in
respect of Prime Receivables, collectively, the written student loan servicing
policies, guidelines, standards and undertakings (the “Servicing
Guidelines”
in
respect of Prime Receivables) as set forth in the Initial Servicing Agreement
(Preprime) (including Exhibit A thereto) and the Initial Collection Servicing
Agreement (including Exhibit A thereto), which agreements are annexed hereto
as
part of Schedule V,
as such
Servicing Guidelines may hereafter be amended, modified or supplemented from
time to time in compliance with the terms of this Agreement.
“Collections”
means,
with respect to any Pledged Receivable, all cash receipts and proceeds in
respect of such Pledged Receivable and the Other Conveyed Property securing
such
Pledged Receivable, all payments of any principal, interest, fees, delinquent
payments recovered in subsequent months, prepaid principal, liquidation
proceeds, late fees, redemption fees, other penalty fees and charges, or other
amounts with respect to the Contract and any other agreement, guaranty or
instrument related to such Pledged Receivable, all cash proceeds of any Other
Conveyed Property or other Pledged Assets with respect to such Pledged
Receivable and any amounts paid to the Borrower under any Qualifying Interest
Rate Hedge or the interest rate hedging arrangement contemplated thereby.
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“Collection
Servicer”
means
CCS, or any successor loan servicer or collection agent that the Borrower may
engage from time to time in connection with the component of its Servicing
Undertaking consisting of Collection Services (and that has executed an
acknowledgment and consent in favor of the Agent substantially similar to that
executed by CCS in connection with the CCS Servicing Agreement).
“Collection
Servicer Fees”
means,
in respect of any Remittance Period, any fees and out of pocket expenses, or
the
allocable monthly portion thereof relating to such Remittance Period if such
fees and expenses are payable less frequently than monthly, payable to a
Collection Servicer under the applicable Collection Servicing Agreement
(provided, that if the applicable Collection Servicing Agreement so provides,
such Collection Servicer Fees may be netted from Collections remittable by
the
Collection Servicer to the Borrower in accordance with the terms thereunder).
“Collection
Services”
means
the component of the Borrower’s Servicing Undertaking hereunder consisting of
loan collection activities and services following loan delinquency exceeding
a
specified period, to the extent that such collection services are not covered
under the primary Servicing Agreement.
“Collection
Servicing Agreement”
means
any written agreement procured by the Borrower from any Collection Servicer
in
connection with its provision of Collection Services to or for the benefit
of
the Borrower (it being understood that the CCS Agreement is a Collection
Servicing Agreement within the meaning of this term).
“Commercial
Paper Remittance Report”
means
a
report, in substantially the form of Exhibit B,
furnished by the Borrower to the Agent for the Lender pursuant to Section 6.12(d).
“Commitment
Percentage”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 9.04(b).
“Computer
Tape or Listing”
means
the computer tape or listing (whether in electronic form or otherwise) generated
by or on behalf of the Borrower, which provides information relating to the
Receivables included in the Eligible Receivables Balance.
“Contract”
means
with respect to any Receivable, collectively, (i) the student loan
agreement or comparable contract or agreement pursuant to which a Receivable
is
originated by an extension of credit advanced to the applicable Obligor, and
(ii) the promissory note evidencing such Receivable, in each case
substantially in the applicable form (PrePrime Contract for a PrePrime
Receivable, Prime Contract for a Prime Receivable) attached hereto as
Exhibit
D,
and
which Contract does not evidence an extension of credit funded under the FFELP
Program or the HEALP Program.
“CP
Disruption Event”
means,
at any time, the inability of the Issuer to raise (whether as a result of a
prohibition or any other event or circumstance whatsoever) funds through the
issuance of commercial paper notes in the United States commercial paper market,
including, without limitation, by virtue of (i) any disruption in the
commercial paper market, (ii) insufficient availability under the liquidity
or enhancement facility entered into by the Issuer with respect to this
Agreement or (iii) a downgrade of the rating of one or more financial
institutions extending credit to or for the account of the Issuer or having
a
commitment to extend credit to the Lender under a liquidity or enhancement
facility which relates to this Agreement to a level lower than that required
by
the Rating Agencies.
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“CP
Margin”
has
the
meaning ascribed thereto in the Fee Letter (which shall ascribe a CP Margin
for
both the PrePrime Percentage and the Prime Percentage of outstanding
Loans).
“CP
Rate”
means,
with respect to any Fixed Period for all Loans allocated to such Fixed Period,
(A) the per annum rate equivalent to the per annum rate (or if more than
one rate, the weighted average of the rates) at which commercial paper notes
of
the Issuer having a term equal to such Fixed Period and to be issued to fund,
in
whole or in part, the applicable Loans (and, at the election of the Issuer,
other loans by the Issuer) by the Issuer may be sold by any placement agent
or
commercial paper dealer selected by the Issuer, as agreed between each such
agent or dealer and the Issuer and notified by the Issuer to the Agent and
the
Borrower; provided,
however,
if the
rate (or rates) as agreed between any such agent or dealer and the Issuer with
respect to any Fixed Period for the applicable Loans is a discount rate (or
rates), the CP Rate for such Fixed Period shall be the rate (or, if more than
one rate, the weighted average of the rates) resulting from converting such
discount rate (or rates) to an interest-bearing equivalent rate per annum;
provided,
further,
however,
that
such rate (or rates) shall reflect and give effect to borrowings to fund small
or odd dollar amounts that are not easily accommodated in the commercial paper
market to the extent that such amounts are allocated, in whole or in part,
to
such Loans, plus (B) the applicable CP Margin (whether for the PrePrime
Percentage or the Prime Percentage) to be applied in using the CP Rate to
determine the separate Yield Rate and calculation of Yield in respect of the
PrePrime Percentage and Prime Percentage of all Loans outstanding.
“CP
Rollover Fixed Period”
means
any Fixed Period other than any Fixed Period (i) applicable to the Loan
arising as a result of the Borrowing on the initial Borrowing Date which shall
have been requested in the Notice of Borrowing delivered in connection with
such
Borrowing, (ii) applicable to any new Loan arising as a result of a
Borrowing on a Subsequent Borrowing Date which shall have been requested in
the
Notice of Borrowing delivered in connection with such Borrowing or
(iii) applicable to any Loan accruing Yield at the Non-CP
Rate.
“Credit
Policy”
means
(i) with respect to PrePrime Receivables, the written student loan origination
and underwriting policies of EEF applicable to PrePrime Receivables and entitled
“Underwriting Guidelines”, as annexed hereto as part of Schedule IV,
as such
written guidelines may hereafter be amended, modified or supplemented from
time
to time in compliance with this Agreement, and (ii) with respect to Prime Loans,
the written student loan origination and underwriting policies of EEF applicable
to Prime Loans and entitled “MRU Underwriting Guidelines”, as annexed hereto as
part of Schedule IV,
as such
written guidelines may hereafter be amended, modified or supplemented from
time
to time in compliance with this Agreement.
“Credit
and Collection Policy”
means,
collectively, the Credit Policy and the Collection Policy.
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“Custodial
Agreement”
means
that certain Custodial and Collateral Agency Agreement dated as of the Closing
Date among the Borrower, the Agent and the Custodian, as amended by the
Amendment No. 1 to Custodial Agreement, together with all instruments, documents
and agreements executed in connection therewith, and as such Custodial Agreement
may from time to time be further amended, restated, supplemented and/or
otherwise modified in accordance with the terms thereof.
“Custodian”
means
BNYTC or any substitute Custodian appointed by the Agent pursuant to the
Custodial Agreement.
“Custodian’s
Fee”
means,
for any Remittance Period, an amount, payable out of Collections on the Pledged
Receivables and amounts applied to the payment of, or treated as payments on,
the Pledged Receivables, equal to the fees and expenses payable to the Custodian
in respect of its provision of custodial services as set forth in the Custodial
Agreement.
“Cut-Off
Date”
has
the
meaning assigned such term in the Transfer and Contribution
Agreement.
“Debt”
of
any
Person means (i) indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money,
(ii) obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or
other similar instruments related to transactions that are classified as
financings under GAAP, (iii) obligations of such Person to pay the deferred
purchase price of property or services, (iv) obligations of such Person as
lessee under leases which shall have been or should be, in accordance with
GAAP,
recorded as capital leases, (v) obligations secured by an Adverse Claim
upon property or assets owned (under GAAP) by such Person, even though such
Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such obligations
and
(vi) obligations of such Person under direct or indirect guaranties in
respect of, and obligations (contingent or otherwise) to purchase or otherwise
acquire, or otherwise to assure a creditor, against loss in respect of,
indebtedness or obligations of others of the kinds referred to in clauses
(i) through (v) above.
“Default
Funding Rate”
means
an interest rate per annum equal to three percent (3%) plus the Base
Rate.
“Defaulted
Receivable”
means,
as of any time of determination, any Pledged Receivable:
(i) with
respect to which an amount due and payable under the related Contract remains
unpaid for one hundred twenty-one (121) days or more after the Scheduled Due
Date; or
(ii) with
respect to which any payment or other material terms of the related Contract
have been modified, in connection with addressing delinquency or other credit
concerns applicable to the related Obligor, after such Contract was acquired
by
the Borrower; or
(iii) which
has
been or should be charged off, in accordance with the Collection Policy, as
a
result of the occurrence of a Bankruptcy Event with respect to the related
Obligor or which has been or should otherwise be deemed by the Borrower (either
itself or through the Servicer or Collection Servicer, as applicable)
uncollectible in accordance with the Collection Policy; or
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(iv) with
respect to which the related Obligor has become deceased.
“Deferment”
means
a
period of time prior to a Contract entering Repayment status, during which
the
payment of principal installment obligations is deferred and accruing interest
is capitalized periodically and added to the outstanding principal balance
of
the Receivable, in accordance with the terms of the applicable Credit and
Collection Policy.
“Delinquent
Receivable”
means,
as of any time of determination, any Pledged Receivable with respect to which
any amount due and payable under the terms of the related Contract remains
unpaid for more than thirty (30) days but not more than one hundred twenty
(120)
days after the Scheduled Due Date, provided, that a Pledged Receivable that
has
just entered Repayment status and with respect to which the Obligor has not
yet
made an initial installment payment, shall not be deemed to be a Delinquent
Receivable until such Pledged Receivable becomes a Further Delinquent
Receivable.
“Depository
Institution”
means
a
depository institution or trust company, incorporated under the laws of the
United States or any State thereof, that is subject to supervision and
examination by federal and/or State banking authorities.
“Doral”
means
Doral Bank, FSB, a federally chartered savings bank.
“Doral
Origination Agreement”
means
(a)
with
respect to any PrePrime Receivable, collectively, the Loan Program Agreement
between Doral and MRU Originations, dated as of February 28, 2006, and the
Loan
Sale Agreement between Doral as seller and EEF as purchaser, dated as of
February 28, 2006, a copy of each of which is attached to the legal opinion
of
Xxxxxx Xxxx delivered at or prior to the initial Borrowing Date following the
Closing Date hereunder, and
(b)
with
respect to any Prime Receivable, collectively, the Loan Program Agreement
between Doral and MRU Originations, dated as of February 28, 2006, as
supplemented by the supplemental letter agreement thereto relating to Prime
Receivables dated on or about the Amendment Closing Date, and the Loan Sale
Agreement between Doral as seller and EEF as purchaser, dated as of February
28,
2006, a copy of each of which is attached to the legal opinion of Xxxxxx Xxxx
delivered at or prior to the Amendment Closing Date hereunder.
“DZ
BANK”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in the preamble hereto.
“Early
Amortization Commencement Date”
means
the earlier of (i) the date of occurrence of any event described in
Section 7.01(a) hereof,
(ii) the date of the declaration of the Early Amortization Commencement
Date pursuant to any other subsection of Section 7.01,
(iii) at the option of the Lender in its sole discretion, upon written
notice to the Borrower and the Backup Servicer of the occurrence of an Early
Amortization Event, or (iv) the Facility Maturity Date shall have
occurred.
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“Early
Amortization Event”
means
the occurrence of any of the following events:
(i) a
regulatory, tax or accounting body has ordered that the activities of the Lender
or any Affiliate of the Lender contemplated hereby be terminated or, as a result
of any other event or circumstance, the activities of the Lender contemplated
hereby may reasonably be expected to cause the Lender, the Person, if any,
then
acting as the administrator or the manager for the Lender, or any of their
respective Affiliates to suffer materially adverse regulatory, accounting or
tax
consequences;
(ii) an
Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing;
(iii) the
Facility Maturity Date shall have occurred; or
(iv) a
Replacement Trigger Date has occurred (provided,
that
such Early Amortization Event shall cease to be an Early Amortization Event,
and
the transactions under this Agreement shall thereafter proceed as if such Early
Amortization Event no longer exists, in the event that the Borrower effects
a
Replacement within forty-five (45) days of the related Replacement Trigger
Date).
Notwithstanding
the foregoing clause (i), the conditions described in clause (i) shall not
constitute an Early Amortization Event until the Lender first shall have
notified the Borrower thereof in writing, and shall have used, or shall have
attempted in good faith to cause the affected Affiliate of the Lender to have
used, reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding
or
booking its Loans or commitment hereunder or to assign its rights and
obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if,
in
the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would
eliminate the adverse or potential adverse effects of the condition and
(ii) would not subject such Lender or Affiliate to any unreimbursed cost or
expense, and (iii) would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender or
Affiliate (other than in a de
minimus
manner).
“EEF”
means
Education Empowerment Fund I, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company
and the sole member of the Borrower.
“Eligible
Depository Institution”
means
a
Depository Institution the short term unsecured senior indebtedness of which
is
rated at least Prime-1 by Moody’s and F1 by Fitch, if rated by
Fitch.
“Eligible
Institution”
means
an institution that is both (i) an accredited institution of higher
education, a vocational school, or any other institution that, in all of the
above cases, is an “eligible institution” as defined in the Higher Education
Act, and (ii) listed in the relevant Credit Policy as an institution the
students of which are eligible for extensions of credit under the PrePrime
Program or the Prime Program, as applicable.
“Eligible
Obligor”
means
a
matriculated student (or a co-xxxxxx or parent on behalf of a matriculated
student) enrolled at an Eligible Institution and who is a United States citizen
or United States national, within the meaning of Subpart A of the Student
Assistance General Provision, 34 CFR Part 668, or a Permanent Resident, and
who otherwise meets the criteria required for extensions of credit under the
PrePrime Program (in the case of an Obligor under a PrePrime Contract) or Prime
Program (in the case of an Obligor under a Prime Contract) as set forth in
the
applicable Credit Policy.
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“Eligible
Originator”
means
a
Person (i) which at the time of first becoming an Originator under this
Agreement is a nationally chartered federally insured financial institution
with
the capacity to originate, in compliance with all applicable law, Contracts
with
Obligors located in any State of the United States, (ii) as to which, if
requested by the Agent at the time such Originator is identified in the
Borrower's notice to the Agent as a new or additional Originator hereunder,
an
opinion from Xxxxxx Xxxx or other legal counsel to the Borrower reasonably
acceptable to the Agent shall have been delivered addressed to the Agent and
the
Lender, confirming substantially the same substantive legal conclusions as
in
the original opinion of Xxxxxx Xxxx delivered at or prior to the initial
Borrowing Date hereunder, and (iii) as to whom
no
Purchase Termination Event is in effect.
“Eligible
PrePrime Receivable”
means,
at any time, a Pledged Receivable that constitutes a PrePrime Receivable and
with respect to which each of the representations and warranties with respect
to
such PrePrime Receivable or the PrePrime Contract related to such Pledged
Receivable contained in Schedule III
hereto
and designated in Schedule III as applicable to PrePrime Receivables or PrePrime
Contracts, is true and correct at such time.
“Eligible
Prime Receivable”
means,
at any time, a Pledged Receivable that constitutes a Prime Receivable and with
respect to which each of the representations and warranties with respect to
such
Prime Receivable or the Prime Contract related to such Pledged Receivable
contained in Schedule III
hereto
and designated in Schedule III as applicable to Prime Receivables or Prime
Contracts, is true and correct at such time.
“Eligible
Receivable”
means
an Eligible PrePrime Receivable or an Eligible Prime Receivable.
“Eligible
Receivables Balance”
means,
at any time (i) the aggregate Outstanding Balances of all Eligible
Receivables which are Pledged hereunder to secure Loans at such time,
minus
(ii) the Overconcentration Amount at such time.
“ERISA”
means
the United States Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
from time to time.
“Eurodollar
Disruption Event”
means
any of the following: (i) a determination by the Lender that it would be
contrary to law or to the directive of any central bank or other governmental
authority (whether or not having the force of law) to obtain United States
dollars in the London interbank market to make, fund or maintain any Loan,
(ii) a determination by the Lender that the rate at which deposits of
United States dollars are being offered in the London interbank market does
not
accurately reflect the cost to the Lender of making, funding or maintaining
any
Loan or (iii) the inability of the Lender to obtain United States dollars
in the London interbank market to make, fund or maintain any Loan.
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“Eurodollar
Index”
means
an index based upon an interest rate reported on the Bloomberg
Financial Markets
system
as the London Interbank Offered Rate for United States dollar
deposits.
“Event
of Default”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 7.01.
“Excess
Spread”
means
as of any date of determination, the annualized percentage, calculated on the
last day of each month, which is a fraction, the numerator of which is the
positive difference, if any, between (x) the Expected Interest for such month,
and (y) the sum of (i) all Yield payable in respect of Loans for such
month, (ii) all net payments payable by the Borrower during such month on
any Qualifying Interest Rate Swap, (iii) all fees and expenses payable to
any of the Custodian, the Servicer, any Collection Servicer, the Backup Servicer
or the Account Bank for such month, and (iv) all Fees payable hereunder for
such month, and the denominator of which is the aggregate Outstanding Balance
of
Pledged Receivables constituting Eligible Receivables as of such date.
“Existing
RLSA”
has
the
meaning assigned such term in the “Background” recital at the beginning of this
Agreement.
“Expected
Interest”
means,
for any calendar month, the sum of (i) the amount of interest due or
accrued with respect to the Pledged Eligible Receivables and payable by the
related Obligors thereof during such calendar month (whether or not such
interest is actually paid) and (ii) earnings on Eligible Investments in
respect of the Accounts during such calendar month.
“Facility
Amount”
means,
at any time, the sum of (i) the face amount of outstanding commercial paper
notes (net of the amount of all interest scheduled to accrue thereon through
their respective stated maturity if such commercial paper notes are issued
on a
discount basis) of the Lender issued to fund Loans hereunder, plus
(ii) the aggregate Loans Outstanding hereunder bearing interest at the
Non-CP Rate, plus
(iii) accrued Yield and Fees with respect to the amounts described in the
foregoing clauses (i) and (ii).
“Facility
Maturity Date”
means
the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date.
“Fee
Letter”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.12(a).
“Fees”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.12(a).
“FFELP
Program”
means
the Federal Family Education Loan Program authorized under the Higher Education
Act, including Federal Xxxxxxxx Loans authorized under Sections 427 and 428
thereof, Federal Supplemental Loans for Students authorized under
Section 428A thereof, Federal PLUS Loans authorized under Section 428B
thereof, Federal Consolidation Loans authorized under Section 428C thereof
and Unsubsidized Loans authorized under Section 428H thereof.
“FICO
Score”
means
the statistical credit bureau score (developed by Fair Xxxxx Corporation for
individual credit ratings) obtained by the originator of a Contract in
connection with the related credit/loan application to help assess an Obligor’s
credit worthiness.
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“Fitch”
means
Fitch, Inc. (or its successors in interest).
“Fixed
Period”
means,
for any outstanding Loans, (i) if Yield in respect of all or any part
thereof is computed by reference to the CP Rate, a period of up to and including
sixty (60) days as determined pursuant to Section 2.04
or
(ii) if Yield in respect of all or any part thereof is computed by
reference to the Non-CP Rate, the applicable Remittance Period.
“Forbearance”
means
a
period of time during which payments otherwise due in respect of a Receivable
are temporarily postponed or reduced, at the option and in the discretion of
the
Borrower or Servicer, due to financial difficulties of the Obligor, including
without limitation for “Parental Leave” or “Unemployment” as described in the
applicable Collection Policy.
“Further
Delinquent Receivable”
means,
as of any time of determination, any Pledged Receivable with respect to which
any amount due and payable under the terms of the related Contract remains
unpaid for more than sixty (60) days but not more than one hundred twenty (120)
days after the Scheduled Due Date.
“GAAP”
means
generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time in
the
United States.
“Government
Entity”
means
the United States, any State, any political subdivision of a State and any
agency or instrumentality of the United States or any State or political
subdivision thereof and any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial,
regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government.
“HEALP
Program”
means
the Health Education Assistance Loan Program authorized under Title VII, Subpart
A, Part I of the U. S. Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. Section
292-2920).
“Hedging
Condition”
means
that, as of any date of determination, the average Excess Spread for the three
most recently elapsed calendar months is less than the sum of (i) the average
of
the Minimum Excess Spread determined as of the end of each of such three
calendar months, plus (ii) 0.40%.
“Higher
Education Act”
means
the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended or supplemented from time to time,
or any successor federal act, together with any rules (including, without
limitation, the Common Manual), regulations and interpretations promulgated
thereunder.
“Indemnified
Amounts”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 8.01.
“Initial
Collection Servicing Agreement”
means
the CCS Agreement.
“Initial
Servicing Agreement”
means
the Initial Servicing Agreement (PrePrime) or the Initial Servicing Agreement
(Prime) or both, as the context may require.
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“Initial
Servicing Agreement (PrePrime)”
means,
with respect to PrePrime Receivables and related PrePrime Contracts, the UAS
Servicing Agreement for Full Service Plan, dated as of the Closing Date, among
the Borrower, UAS and the Agent, with respect to the primary servicing on behalf
of the Borrower of the Pledged Receivables constituting PrePrime Receivables
and
their related PrePrime Contracts, as the same may be amended, supplemented
or
otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and
with the terms of this Agreement.
“Initial
Servicing Agreement (Prime)”
means
with respect to Prime Receivables and related Prime Contracts, the UAS Servicing
Agreement for Full Service Plan, dated as of the Amendment Closing Date, among
the Borrower, UAS and the Agent, with respect to the primary servicing on behalf
of the Borrower of the Pledged Receivables constituting Prime Receivables and
their related Prime Contracts, as the same may be amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and
with the terms of this Agreement.
“Issuer”
means,
collectively, Autobahn and any presently existing or future Person administered
by DZ BANK or otherwise, whose principal business consists of issuing commercial
paper or other securities to (i) fund or maintain loans secured by
receivables, accounts, instruments, chattel paper, general intangibles and
other
similar assets or (ii) fund its acquisition and maintenance of receivables,
accounts, instruments, chattel paper, general intangibles and other similar
assets.
“Lender”
means,
collectively, Autobahn and/or any other Person (including, without limitation,
any present or future Affiliate of DZ BANK) that agrees, pursuant to the
pertinent Assignment and Acceptance, to make Loans secured by Pledged Assets
pursuant to Article II
of this
Agreement.
“Liquidation
Fee”
means,
for Loans allocated to any Fixed Period during which such Loans are repaid
(in
whole or in part) prior to the end of such Fixed Period, the amount, if any,
by
which (i) Yield (calculated without taking into account any Liquidation
Fee), which would have accrued on the amount of the payment of such Loans during
such Fixed Period (as so computed) if such payment had not been made, as the
case may be, exceeds (ii) the sum of (A) Yield actually received by
the Lender in respect of such Loans for such Fixed Period and, if applicable,
(B) the income, if any, received by the Lender from the Lender’s investing
the proceeds of such payments on such Loans.
“Liquidity/Credit
Enhancement Facility”
means
one or more Liquidity Purchase Agreements, entered into on or prior to the
Closing Date (and as the same may be amended, supplemented or amended and
restated on or prior to the Amendment Closing Date), among the Issuer, the
financial institutions party thereto (including, if applicable and at any time,
financial institutions which are not Affiliates of DZ BANK) and the Agent and/or
a letter of credit or similar instrument or agreement by the financial
institutions party thereto (including, if applicable and at any time, financial
institutions which are not Affiliates of DZ BANK) in favor of the Issuer,
together with any related agreements, in each case, entered into on or as of
the
Closing Date (and as the same may be amended, supplemented or amended and
restated on or prior to the Amendment Closing Date).
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“Liquidity
Ratio”
means,
with respect to Parent on any date of determination, a quotient (i) the
numerator of which is an amount equal to the aggregate amount shown as “Current
Assets” on Parent’s most recent audited consolidated financial statement, but
not including assets consisting of or relating to Contracts and/or Receivables,
and (ii) the denominator of which is an amount equal to the aggregate
amount shown as “Current Liabilities” on Parent’s most recent audited
consolidated financial statement, but not including liabilities relating to
or
attributable to the financing of Contracts and/or Receivables.
“Loan”
means
each loan advanced by the Lender to the Borrower on a Borrowing Date pursuant
to
Article II.
“Loans
Outstanding”
means
the sum of the principal amounts loaned to the Borrower for the initial and
any
subsequent borrowings pursuant to Sections
2.01
and
2.02,
reduced
from time to time by Collections received and distributed as repayment of such
Loans outstanding pursuant to Section 2.05;
provided,
however,
that
such Loans outstanding shall not be reduced by any distribution of any portion
of Collections if at any time such distribution is rescinded or must be returned
for any reason.
“Lockbox”
means
a
post office box or boxes maintained by the Servicer to which Collections are
remitted for retrieval by the Lockbox Bank and for deposit by the Lockbox Bank
into the Lockbox Account, and which Lockbox may also be used by the Servicer
for
depositing checks or items constituting payments on other student loans that
it
services but for no other purpose.
“Lockbox
Account”
means
the deposit account maintained by the Servicer with the Lockbox Bank to which
checks or items deposited into the Lockbox are credited upon collection, and
which Lockbox Account may also be used by the Servicer for the crediting of
collected checks or items constituting payments on other student loans that
it
services but for no other purpose.
“Lockbox
Bank”
means
M&I Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx Bank, a Wisconsin banking corporation, or a
successor or other Lockbox Bank performing Lockbox and Lockbox Account functions
in respect of the Servicer.
“Marginal
Allowable Advance”
means
an extension of credit by the funding of a Borrowing hereunder, that (i) is
not accompanied by a related concurrent Pledge of Receivables, (ii) is
requested for funding and is funded on a Remittance Date as of which the Advance
Percentage is and will be (after giving effect to any other Borrowings on such
date not constituting a Marginal Allowable Advance) less than the Maximum
Advance Percentage, (iii) is in an amount not exceeding the Advance Amount
with respect to such Marginal Allowable Advance, (iv) the funding of which
will be applied to the payment by the Borrower of Fees and other third party
fees and expenses distributable on the related Remittance Date on which such
Borrowing is to occur pursuant to clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v) of
Section
2.05(c),
to the
extent Collections applied on such Remittance Date are insufficient to pay
the
same, and (v) otherwise meets all other applicable conditions to a
Borrowing set forth in this Agreement.
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“Material
Adverse Change”
means
the occurrence of an event or a change in circumstances that has or could be
reasonably be viewed as having a Material Adverse Effect.
“Material
Adverse Effect”
with
respect to any event or circumstance and any Person, means a material adverse
effect on (i) the business, assets, financial condition, prospects or
operations of such Person; (ii) the ability of such Person to perform its
obligations under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document;
(iii) the validity, enforceability or collectibility of this Agreement, any
other Transaction Document to which such Person is a party, all or any portion
of the Pledged Receivables or their related Contracts, or any Servicing
Agreement; (iv) the status, existence, perfection, priority or
enforceability of the Agent’s security interest in the Pledged Assets; or
(v) the rights and remedies of the Lender and/or the Agent under this
Agreement and/or any of the Transaction Documents.
“Maximum
Advance Percentage”
means,
at any time, the percentage represented by (A) the sum of (i) an amount equal
to
85% multiplied by the aggregate amount of the Eligible Receivables Balance
that
is evidenced by PrePrime Contracts, plus (ii) an amount equal to 96.5%
multiplied by the aggregate amount of the Eligible Receivables Balance that
is
evidenced by Prime Contracts, divided by (B) the Eligible Receivables Balance
evidenced by all Contracts.
“Measurement
Condition”
means,
in respect of any calculation of the Weighted Average First Delinquency Rate,
Weighted Average Second Delinquency Rate or Weighted Average Annualized Default
Rate, and as of any time of determination, the condition that not less than
1,500 Contracts were in Repayment status at the end of each of the three
Remittance Periods in respect of which such calculations are to be
determined.
“Minimum
Advance Percentage”
means,
at any time, the percentage represented by (A) the sum of (i) an amount equal
to
80% multiplied by the aggregate amount of the Eligible Receivables Balance
that
is evidenced by PrePrime Contracts, plus (ii) an amount equal to 91.5%
multiplied by the aggregate amount of the Eligible Receivables Balance that
is
evidenced by Prime Contracts, divided by (B) the Eligible Receivables Balance
evidenced by all Contracts.
“Minimum
Excess Spread”
means
the sum of (a) the product of (i) the Prime Percentage, and (ii) 1.50% per
annum, plus (b) the product of (i) the PrePrime Percentage, and (ii) 3.50%
per
annum.
“Minimum
Overcollateralization Amount”
means,
at any time of determination, an amount equal to (i) the Eligible
Receivables Balance at such time multiplied by (ii) the result of (A) one
minus
(B) the
Maximum Advance Percentage (expressed as a decimal) at such time.
“Monthly
Remittance Report”
means
a
report, in substantially the form of Exhibit C,
furnished by the Borrower to the Agent for the Lender pursuant to Section 6.12(b).
“Moody’s”
means
Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. (or its successors in interest).
“Non-CP
Rate”
means,
with respect to any Fixed Period for any Loan allocated to such Fixed Period,
an
interest rate per annum equal to the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate; provided,
however,
that if
the Lender shall have notified the Agent that a Eurodollar Disruption Event
has
occurred, the Non-CP Rate shall be equal to the Base Rate plus 1.00% (until
the
Lender shall have notified the Agent that such Eurodollar Disruption Event
has
ceased, at which time the Non-CP Rate shall again be equal to the Adjusted
Eurodollar Rate).
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“Notice
of Borrowing”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.02(b) hereof.
“Notice
of Pledge”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in the Custodial Agreement.
“Obligations”
means
all present and future indebtedness and other liabilities and obligations
(howsoever created, arising or evidenced, whether direct or indirect, absolute
or contingent, or due or to become due) of the Borrower to the Lender or the
Agent arising under this Agreement and/or any other Transaction Document and
shall include, without limitation, all liability for principal of and interest
on the Loans, indemnifications and other amounts due or to become due under
this
Agreement and/or any other Transaction Document, including, without limitation,
interest, fees and other obligations that accrue after the commencement of
an
insolvency proceeding (in each case whether or not allowed as a claim in such
insolvency proceeding).
“Obligor”
means,
collectively, each Person obligated to make payments under a
Contract.
“Officer’s
Certificate”
means
a
certificate signed by the president, the secretary, the chief financial officer
or any vice president of any Person.
“One-Month
LIBOR”
means,
as of any date of determination, the interest rate equal to the interest rate
per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, e.g.
where
not expressed as a decimal, to the nearest 1/16 of 1%) reported on the
Bloomberg
Financial Markets
system
as the London Interbank Offered Rate for United States dollar deposits having
a
term of thirty (30) days and in a principal amount of $1,000,000 or more (or,
if
such report shall cease to be publicly available or, if the information
contained in such report, in the Agent’s sole judgment, shall cease to
accurately reflect such London Interbank Offered Rate, such rate as reported
by
any publicly available recognized source of similar market data selected by
the
Agent that, in the Agent’s judgment, accurately reflects such London Interbank
Offered Rate).
“Opinion
of Counsel”
means
a
written opinion of independent counsel acceptable to the Agent, which opinion,
if such opinion or a copy thereof is required by the provisions of this
Agreement or any other Transaction Document to be delivered to the Borrower
or
the Agent, is acceptable in form and substance to the Agent.
“Origination
Agreement”
means
an agreement providing for the origination of Receivables by or on behalf of
an
Originator, initially being, with respect to PrePrime Receivables or Prime
Receivables, as the case may be, the applicable Doral Origination Agreement.
“Originator”
means
Doral and any other Eligible Originator.
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“Other
Conveyed Property”
means,
with respect to any Receivable, (i) all monies at any time received or
receivable with respect to such Receivable after the applicable Cut-Off Date
(as
defined in the Transfer and Contribution Agreement), (ii) the related
Contract and all other items contained in the related Receivable File, any
and
all other documents or electronic records that the Borrower keeps on file in
accordance with its customary procedures relating to such Receivable or the
related Obligor, (iii) all Related Security related to such Receivable,
(iv) any Security Deposits related to such Receivable, and (v) all
present and future rights, claims, demands, causes and choses in action in
respect of any or all of the foregoing and all payments on or under and all
proceeds and investments of any kind and nature in respect of any of the
foregoing.
“Outstanding
Balance”
means,
as of any date of determination with respect to a Receivable, the outstanding
principal balance thereof (and including for this purpose accrued interest
that
is or is to be capitalized as a result of the Receivable being in Deferment
or
Forbearance status) as of such date.
“Overall
Hedge Position”
means,
as of any date of determination, the aggregate amortizing notional balance
of
all Qualifying Interest Rate Xxxxxx in effect as of such date.
“Overcollateralization
Amount”
means,
at any time, an amount equal to (i) the Eligible Receivables Balance at
such time, plus
any
amounts on deposit in the Collection Account (minus an amount equal to the
amount of Collections on deposit in the Collection Account which are required
for the payment of accrued Yield and Fees) at such time to be applied in
accordance with Section 2.05
on the
next Remittance Date, minus
(ii) the Facility Amount at such time.
“Overconcentration
Amount”
means,
at any time, without duplication, the sum of:
(i) the
amount by which the sum of the Outstanding Balances of all Eligible Receivables
related to any one Eligible Institution at such time exceeds 10.0% of the sum
of
the Outstanding Balances of all Eligible Receivables at such time;
(ii) the
amount by which the sum of the Outstanding Balances of all Eligible Receivables
related to Contracts which are in Forbearance at such time exceeds 10.0% of
the
sum of the Outstanding Balances of all Eligible Receivables at such
time;
(iii) the
amount by which the sum of the Outstanding Balances of all Eligible Receivables
constituting PrePrime Receivables with Obligors who, at the time the credit
application was approved, had a FICO Score of at least 560 but less than or
equal to 579, exceeds 20.0% of the sum of the Outstanding Balances of all
Eligible Receivables constituting PrePrime Receivables at such
time;
(iv) the
amount by which the sum of the Outstanding Balances of all Eligible Receivables
constituting PrePrime Receivables with Obligors who, at the time the credit
application was approved, had a FICO Score of at least 560 but less than or
equal to 599, exceeds 40.0% of the sum of the Outstanding Balances of all
Eligible Receivables constituting PrePrime Receivables at such time;
and
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(v) the
amount by which the sum of the Outstanding Balances of all Eligible Receivables
constituting PrePrime Receivables with Obligors who, at the time the credit
application was approved, had no FICO Score, exceeds 20.0% of the sum of the
Outstanding Balances of all Eligible Receivables constituting PrePrime
Receivables at such time;
(vi) the
amount by which the sum of the Outstanding Balances of all Eligible Receivables
constituting Prime Receivables with Obligors who, at the time the credit
application was approved, had a FICO Score of less than 645, exceeds 5.0% of
the
sum of the Outstanding Balances of all Eligible Receivables constituting Prime
Receivables at such time; and
(vii) the
amount by which the sum of the Outstanding Balances of all Eligible Receivables
constituting PrePrime Receivables, exceeds $176,470,588 at such time
provided,
that
any amount that would otherwise be included in more than one of the clauses
contained in this definition above shall instead be included only in the one
such clause which would lead to the calculation of the largest Overconcentration
Amount, and provided further,
that on
any date of measurement or determination of the Overconcentration Amount where
the Facility Amount is not at least $25,000,000, the Overconcentration Amount
shall be zero.
“Overdue
Payment”
means,
with respect to a Remittance Period, all payments due in a prior Remittance
Period that the Servicer receives from or on behalf of an Obligor during such
Remittance Period, including any Servicing Charges.
“Parent”
means
MRU Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“Permanent
Resident”
means
a
person lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States, within
the meaning of 8 CFR Part 1 or any applicable successor regulation.
“Permitted
Investments”
means
any one or more of the following:
(i) direct
obligations of, or obligations fully guaranteed as to principal and interest
by,
the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof, provided such
obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United
States;
(ii) repurchase
obligations (the collateral for which is held by a third party or the Trustee),
with respect to any security described in clause (i) above, provided that
the long-term unsecured obligations of the party agreeing to repurchase such
obligations are at the time rated by Moody’s and S&P in one of their two
highest long-term rating categories and if rated by Fitch, in one of its two
highest long-term rating categories;
(iii) certificates
of deposit, time deposits, demand deposits and bankers’ acceptances of any bank
or trust company incorporated under the laws of the United States or any State
thereof or the District of Columbia, provided that the short-term commercial
paper of such bank or trust company (or, in the case of the principal depository
institution in a depository institution holding company, the long-term unsecured
debt obligations of the depository institution holding company) at the date
of
acquisition thereof has been rated by Xxxxx’x and S&P in their highest
short-term rating category, and if rated by Fitch, in its highest short-term
rating category;
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(iv) commercial
paper (having original maturities of not more than 270 days) of any corporation
incorporated under the laws of the United States or any State thereof or the
District of Columbia, having a rating, on the date of acquisition thereof,
of no
less than A-1 by Xxxxx’x, P-1 by S&P and F-1 if rated by Fitch;
and
(v) money
market mutual funds registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, having a rating, at the time of such investment, of no less than Aaa
by
Xxxxx’x, AAA by S&P and AAA if rated by Fitch;
provided,
that no
such instrument shall be a Permitted Investment if such instrument evidences
the
right to receive either (a) interest only payments with respect to the
obligations underlying such instrument or (b) both principal and interest
payments derived from obligations underlying such instrument, where the
principal and interest payments with respect to such instrument provide a yield
to maturity exceeding 120% of the yield to maturity at par of such underlying
obligation. Each Permitted Investment may be purchased by the Account Bank
or
through an Affiliate of the Account Bank.
“Permitted
Liens”
means
(i) liens in favor of the Agent, for the benefit of the Lender, granted
pursuant to the Transaction Documents, and (ii) liens for taxes either not
yet due or being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings;
provided, that appropriate reserves shall have been established with respect
to
any such taxes either not yet due or being contested in good faith and by
appropriate proceedings.
“Person”
means
an individual, partnership, corporation (including a business trust), limited
liability company, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association,
joint
venture, government (or any agency or political subdivision thereof) or other
entity.
“Pledge”
means
the pledge of any Receivable pursuant to Article II.
“Pledged
Assets”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.15.
“Pledged
Receivables”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.15(a).
“PrePrime
Contract”
means
a
Contract evidencing a PrePrime Receivable.
“PrePrime
Percentage”
means,
for any date of determination, the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the
numerator of which is the amount of the Eligible Receivables Balance
attributable to PrePrime Receivables as of such date, and the denominator of
which is the Eligible Receivables Balance as of such date.
“PrePrime
Program”
means
the private student loan origination and purchasing program of EEF described
as
the “PrePrime Program” in, and undertaken in accordance with, the related Credit
Policy.
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“PrePrime
Receivable”
means
a
Program Receivable originated or acquired under or by reference to the PrePrime
Program.
“Prime
Contract”
means
a
Contract evidencing a Prime Receivable.
“Prime
Percentage”
means,
for any date of determination, the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the
numerator of which is the amount of the Eligible Receivables Balance
attributable to Prime Receivables as of such date, and the denominator of which
is the Eligible Receivables Balance as of such date.
“Prime
Program”
means
the private student loan origination and purchasing program of EEF described
as
the “Prime Program” in, and undertaken in accordance with, the related Credit
Policy.
“Prime
Receivable”
means
a
Program Receivable originated or acquired under or by reference to the Prime
Program.
“Program
Receivable”
means
any Receivable, or any similar right to payment from any Person related to
the
advancing of a private student loan, in any case originated or otherwise
acquired by the Borrower, EEF or any Affiliate thereof, which Receivable or
right to payment is originated or acquired under or by reference to the PrePrime
Program or the Prime Program, as the case may be, or any other private student
loan program with substantially similar origination and underwriting policies
and target obligors.
“Purchase
Date”
has
the
meaning set forth in the Transfer and Contribution Agreement.
“Purchase
Termination Event”
with
respect to an Originator means the occurrence of any of the following events,
to
the extent that the Borrower had actual knowledge or had been given written
notice of such event: (a) a Material Adverse Change in the condition of
such Originator has occurred and is continuing; (b) an Event of Bankruptcy
has occurred with respect to such Originator; (c) such Originator shall
fail to pay, or shall default in the payment of, any principal or premium or
interest on any Debt beyond any applicable grace period, or such Originator
shall breach or default with respect to any other term of any evidence of any
Debt, or of any loan agreement, mortgage, indenture or other agreement relating
thereto, if such failure, default or breach continues beyond any applicable
grace period, if the effect of such failure, default or breach (i) is to
cause the holder or holders of that Debt (or a trustee on behalf of such holder
or holders) to cause that Debt to become or be declared due prior to its stated
maturity or (ii) would permit the holder of such Debt to accelerate the
maturity of such Debt and if the amount of the Debt involved in all such
failures, defaults and breaches is greater than $100,000; (d) one or more
judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of $100,000
shall be rendered against such Originator and the same shall remain undischarged
for a period of thirty (30) consecutive days during which execution shall not
be
effectively stayed or a satisfactory bond against such judgment shall not have
been posted, or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to
attach or levy upon any assets of such Originator to enforce any such judgment
and a bond shall not have been posted or (e) any event that would cause or
permit termination under an Origination Agreement shall occur.
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“Qualifying
Hedge Counterparty”
means
DZ BANK or any other financial institution that is acceptable to the Agent
and
has a short-term debt rating of at least “A-1” from S&P, “P-1” from Xxxxx’x
and “F-1” from Fitch and a long-term debt rating of at least “AA” from S&P,
“Aa2” from Xxxxx’x and “AA” from Fitch.
“Qualifying
Interest Rate Cap”
means
an interest rate cap agreement (or agreements, as applicable) (i) between
the Borrower and a Qualifying Hedge Counterparty, (ii) that provides for a
Strike Price, as selected by the Borrower, that is acceptable to the Agent
(iii) having a varying notional balance which is equal to the Calculated
Hedge Amortizing Balance, as of the effective date thereof, and (iv) which
shall otherwise be on such terms and conditions and pursuant to such
documentation as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Agent (it being
understood that a form of documentation substantially equivalent to that which,
at the time of entering into such Qualifying Interest Rate Cap, would be
acceptable to the Rating Agencies in connection with hedging associated with
a
securitization transaction rated by such Rating Agencies, shall be deemed
reasonably acceptable to the Agent for this purpose).
“Qualifying
Interest Rate Hedge”
means,
as of any date of determination, either a Qualifying Interest Rate Cap or a
Qualifying Interest Rate Swap.
“Qualifying
Interest Rate Swap”
means
an interest rate swap agreement (or agreements, as applicable) (i) between
the Borrower and a Qualifying Hedge Counterparty, (ii) under which the
Borrower shall receive a floating rate of interest equal to One-Month LIBOR
(or
such other Eurodollar Index acceptable to the Agent) in exchange for the payment
by the Borrower of a fixed rate of interest equal to the applicable Swapped
Rate, (iii) having a varying notional balance which is equal to the
Calculated Hedge Amortizing Balance, as of the effective date thereof, and
(iv) which shall otherwise be on such terms and conditions and pursuant to
such documentation as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Agent (it being
understood that a form of documentation substantially equivalent to that which,
at the time of entering into such Qualifying Interest Rate Swap, would be
acceptable to the Rating Agencies in connection with hedging associated with
a
securitization transaction rated by such Rating Agencies, shall be deemed
reasonably acceptable to the Agent for this purpose).
“Rating
Agencies”
means
Xxxxx’x and Fitch and S&P, or such other nationally recognized statistical
rating organizations as may be designated by the Agent.
“Receivable”
means
the rights to all payments from an Obligor under a Contract including, without
limitation, any right to the payment with respect to (i) Scheduled
Payments, (ii) any prepayments or Overdue Payments made with respect to
such Scheduled Payments, (iii) any Servicing Charges and (iv) any
Recoveries.
“Receivable
File”
means
with respect to each Receivable:
(a) the
original, executed copy of the related Contract; and
(b) the
related Truth in Lending Statement; and
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(c) true
and
complete copies of all other agreements, documents and instruments evidencing,
securing or guarantying (or otherwise required by applicable law with respect
to) such Receivable.
“Receivables
Schedule”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in the Custodial Agreement.
“Records”
means
all documents, books, records and other information (including, without
limitation, computer programs, tapes, disks, punch cards, data processing
software and related property and rights) maintained with respect to Receivables
and the related Obligors which the Borrower has itself generated, in which
the
Borrower has acquired an interest pursuant to the Transfer and Contribution
Agreement or in which the Borrower has otherwise obtained an
interest.
“Recoveries”
means,
for any Remittance Period during which, or any Remittance Period after the
date
on which, any Receivable becomes a Defaulted Receivable and with respect to
such
Defaulted Receivable, all payments that the Borrower received from or on behalf
of the related Obligor during such Remittance Period in respect of such
Defaulted Receivable, including but not limited to Scheduled Payments and
Overdue Payments.
“Related
Security”
means
with respect to any Receivable:
(i) any
and
all security interests or liens and property subject thereto from time to time
securing or purporting to secure payment of such Receivable;
(ii) all
guarantees, indemnities, warranties, letters of credit, insurance policies
and
proceeds and premium refunds thereof and other agreements or arrangements of
whatever character from time to time supporting or securing payment of such
Receivable;
(iii) the
Other
Conveyed Property related to such Receivable;
(iv) all
rights of the Borrower with respect to such Receivable under the related
Servicing Agreement, the related Collection Servicing Agreement and the related
Origination Agreement; and
(v) all
proceeds of any of the foregoing.
“Release
Price”
means,
with respect to a Pledged Receivable to be released hereunder, an amount equal
to the Outstanding Balance of such Pledged Receivable at the time of such
release.
“Remittance
Date”
means
the fifteenth day of each month or, if such date is not a Business Day, the
next
succeeding Business Day; provided,
that
the final Remittance Date shall occur on the Collection Date.
“Remittance
Period”
means
(i) as to the initial Remittance Date, the period beginning on, and
including, the Closing Date (or if later, the initial Borrowing Date hereunder)
and ending on, and including, the last day of the calendar month in which such
date shall occur (or such other dates as the Agent and the Borrower may agree)
and (ii) as to any subsequent Remittance Date, the period beginning on, and
including, the first day of the most recently ended calendar month and ending
on, and including, the last day of the most recently ended calendar month;
provided,
that
the final Remittance Period shall begin on, and include, the first day of the
then current calendar month and shall end on the Collection Date.
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“Repayment”
means
the status of a Contract during the period of time when an Obligor is required
under the applicable Contract to make installment payments in respect of the
Outstanding Balance of his or her related Receivable.
“Replacement”
has
the
meaning assigned such term in Section
6.15(a)
hereof.
“Replacement
Trigger Date”
has
the
meaning assigned such term in Section
6.15(a)
hereof.
“Reserve
Account”
means
the special trust account (account number 775793) in the name of the Borrower
established by the Borrower at the Account Bank and subject to the Account
Control Agreement, or any successor thereto with a subsequent Account Bank,
if
ever any, established under terms and conditions, including a substantially
similar account control arrangement, acceptable to the Agent, it being
understood that the funds deposited therein (including any interest and earnings
thereon) from time to time shall constitute the property and assets of the
Borrower and the Borrower shall be solely liable for any taxes payable with
respect to the Reserve Account.
“Reserve
Account Minimum Balance”
means
at any time, an amount equal to the greater of (A) $150,000 and (B) an
amount equal to 1.00% of the aggregate outstanding principal balances of all
Loans at such time.
“Reserve
Account Withdrawal Amount”
has
the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.06(c).
“S&P”
means
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies,
Inc. (or its successors in interest).
“Scheduled
Due Date”
means,
with respect to any Receivable and installment amount payable in respect
thereof, the date by which the related Obligor is obligated under the applicable
Contract to have paid such amount.
“Scheduled
Payments”
means,
with respect to any Receivable, the periodic installment payments payable
thereon under the terms of the related Contract.
“Servicer”
means
initially, UAS, and thereafter, such other student loan servicer as may be
approved by the Agent from time to time for engagement by the Borrower as the
primary provider of student loan servicing and administration functions to
the
Borrower in connection with the Borrower’s Servicing Undertaking.
“Servicer
Default”
means
with respect to UAS, the occurrence of any of the events specified in Sections
6(m)(i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) of either Initial Servicing Agreement (and it
being
understood that, the occurrence of any such event in respect of one Initial
Servicing Agreement shall constitute a Servicer Default in respect of both
Initial Servicing Agreements), and with respect to any other Servicer has the
meaning specified in the applicable Servicing Agreement.
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“Servicer
Fees”
means
in respect of any Remittance Period, the fees and out of pocket expenses, or
the
allocable monthly portion thereof relating to such Remittance Period if such
fees and expenses are payable less frequently than monthly, payable to the
Servicer in respect of its provision of services to the Borrower under the
Servicing Agreement (provided, that if the applicable Servicing Agreement so
provides, such Servicer Fees may be netted from Collections remittable by the
Servicer to the Borrower in accordance with the terms thereunder).
“Servicing
Agreement”
means
(a) either (i) the Initial Servicing Agreement (PrePrime) or (ii) the Initial
Servicing Agreement (Prime), as applicable, and (b) in the event that UAS shall
no longer be the Servicer within the meaning of this Agreement, then such
replacement primary servicing agreement or agreements as may be entered into
in
connection with the Borrower’s Servicing Undertaking in respect of the PrePrime
Receivables and the Prime Receivables among the Borrower, the replacement
servicer and the Agent, in form and substance acceptable to such
parties.
“Servicing
Charges”
means
the sum of (a) all late payment charges paid by Obligors under Contracts
after payment in full of any Scheduled Payments due in a prior Remittance Period
and Scheduled Payments for the related Remittance Period and (b) any other
incidental charges or fees received from an Obligor, including, but not limited
to, late fees, collection fees and bounced check charges.
“Servicing
Guidelines”
has
the
meaning assigned to such term in the definition of Collection Policy herein,
provided,
that in
the event that a successor Servicer (whether or not the Backup Servicer) is
appointed pursuant to Section 6.15, “Servicing Guidelines” following such
appointment shall mean the servicing standards, undertakings and guidelines,
as
applicable (including in respect of Collection Services, if covered), set forth
in the related Backup Servicing Agreement (in the case of the Backup Servicer
as
successor Servicer) or other successor Servicing Agreement entered into with
the
applicable successor Servicer, if not the Backup Servicer.
“Servicing
Undertaking”
means
the agreements and undertakings of the Borrower set forth in Section 6.01 and
6.02 to procure servicing, administration and collection services for the
Pledged Receivables and related Contracts and enforce the related agreements
under which such services are procured.
“Specified
Document File”
has
the
meaning given such term in the Custodial Agreement.
“Standby
Backup Servicer’s Fee”
means,
for any Remittance Period or portion thereof prior to the appointment of the
Backup Servicer as successor Servicer hereunder, the amount of fees and expenses
stated to be payable to the Backup Servicer for such period on Exhibit F hereto
(which shall include the “de-conversion fee”, if ever applicable, referred to in
such Exhibit F).
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“State”
means
one of the fifty states of the United States or the District of
Columbia.
“Strike
Price”
shall
mean, with respect to any Qualifying Interest Rate Cap, the fixed rate of
interest with respect to which the Borrower would receive the excess, if any,
of
floating One-Month LIBOR (or such other Eurodollar Index acceptable to the
Agent) over such fixed rate of interest as provided for under such Qualifying
Interest Rate Cap.
“Subsequent
Borrowing”
means
a
Borrowing that occurs on a Subsequent Borrowing Date.
“Subsequent
Borrowing Date”
means
each Business Day occurring after the initial Borrowing Date on which the
Borrower determines to request an additional Borrowing from the
Lender.
“Swap
Breakage”
means
amounts payable by the Borrower upon the early termination of a Qualifying
Interest Rate Swap, that do not constitute a net payment of amounts that would
otherwise be payable under such Qualifying Interest Rate Swap in the absence
of
such early termination.
“Swapped
Rate”
means,
with respect to any Qualifying Interest Rate Swap, the annual rate of interest
(expressed as a percentage) which the Borrower, as the fixed-rate payor, is
required to pay under such Qualifying Interest Rate Swap in order to receive
a
floating rate of interest equal to One-Month LIBOR (or such other Eurodollar
Index acceptable to the Agent) as provided for under such Qualifying Interest
Rate Swap.
“Take-Out
Securitization”
means
a
financing transaction undertaken by the Borrower or an Affiliate of the
Borrower, involving the direct or indirect sale or other conveyance of
Receivables and the Other Conveyed Property related thereto to a Person that
shall privately or publicly sell securities, notes or certificates backed by
such Receivables and the Other Conveyed Property related thereto.
“Tangible
Net Worth”
means,
with respect to any Person, the amount calculated in accordance with GAAP (but
without giving effect to any adjustments related to the valuation of any
interest rate swaps or similar derivative instruments required pursuant to
the
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133 issued by the Financial
Accounting Standards Board) as (i) the consolidated net worth of such
Person and its consolidated subsidiaries, plus (ii) to the extent not
otherwise included in such consolidated net worth, unsecured non-amortizing
subordinated Debt of such Person and its consolidated subsidiaries which matures
after the Facility Maturity Date, the terms and conditions of which are
reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, minus (iii) the consolidated
intangibles of such Person and its consolidated subsidiaries, including, without
limitation, goodwill, trademarks, tradenames, copyrights, patents, patent
allocations, licenses and rights in any of the foregoing and other items treated
as intangibles in accordance with GAAP.
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“Termination
Fee”
has
the
meaning set forth in the Fee Letter.
“Transaction
Documents”
means
this Agreement, the Transfer and Contribution Agreements, the Initial Servicing
Agreements, the Initial Collection Servicing Agreement, the Account Control
Agreement, the Fee Letter, the Custodial Agreement, each Qualifying Interest
Rate Hedge, and each document and instrument related to any of the foregoing.
“Transfer
and Contribution Agreement”
means
the Transfer and Contribution Agreement (PrePrime), the Transfer and
Contribution Agreement (Prime), or both as the context may require.
“Transfer
and Contribution Agreement (PrePrime)”
means
that certain Transfer and Contribution Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date,
between EEF, as seller, and the Borrower, as purchaser, as amended by the
Amendment No. 1 to Transfer and Contribution Agreement (PrePrime), together
with
all instruments, documents and agreements executed in connection therewith,
and
as such Transfer and Contribution Agreement (PrePrime) may from time to time
be
further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the
terms
hereof.
“Transfer
and Contribution Agreement (Prime)”
means
that certain Transfer and Contribution Agreement, dated as of the Amendment
Closing Date, between EEF, as seller, and the Borrower, as purchaser, together
with all instruments, documents and agreements executed in connection therewith,
and as such Transfer and Contribution Agreement may from time to time be
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms hereof.
“Transition
Costs”
means
the fees and expenses (including without limitation the item identified as
the
“One Time Successor Servicer Engagement Fee” set forth on Exhibit F hereto)
payable to the Backup Servicer as described on Exhibit F hereto in connection
with the transfer of servicing functions to the Backup Servicer pursuant to
Section 6.15, including any Standby Backup Servicer’s Fees that are accrued but
unpaid as of the time such transfer is effected, but not including Active Backup
Servicer’s Fees.
“Type”,
when
used in reference to a Receivable or Contract, means the status of such
Receivable as constituting a PrePrime Receivable or a Prime Receivable, as
the
case may be, or the status of such Contract as constituting a PrePrime Contract
or a Prime Contract, as the case may be.
“UAS”
means
University Accounting Services, LLC.
“UCC”
means
the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the specified
jurisdiction.
“Underwriting
Guidelines”
is
defined in the definition of Credit Policy herein.
“United
States”
means
the United States of America.
“Unmatured
Event of Default”
means
any event that, if it continues uncured, will, with lapse of time or notice
or
lapse of time and notice, constitute an Event of Default.
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“Weighted
Average Annualized Default Rate”
means,
as of any date of determination, an amount (expressed as a percentage) equal
to:
WAPpADR
+
WAPADR
where:
|
WAPpADR
|
=
|
the
percentage represented by the product of PpP and ADRPp;
|
PpP
|
=
|
the
PrePrime Percentage;
|
|
ADRPp
|
=
|
the
percentage represented by the quotient of (a) the product of (i)
DPpER and
(ii) 4, divided by (b) ARPpRS;
|
|
DPpER
|
=
|
the
aggregate Outstanding Balances of all PrePrime Receivables which
were
Eligible Receivables at the time of their Pledge hereunder and which
became Defaulted Receivables during any of the immediately preceding
three
Remittance Periods (for this purpose including repurchased Receivables
which would have become Defaulted Receivables during the relevant
period,
if such Receivables had not been repurchased hereunder);
and
|
|
ARPpRS
|
=
|
the
average of the Outstanding Balances of all Eligible Receivables
constituting PrePrime Receivables that were in Repayment status as
of the
first day of each of the immediately preceding three Remittance
Periods;
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and
where:
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WAPADR
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=
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the
percentage represented by the product of PP and ADRP;
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PP
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=
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the
Prime Percentage;
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ADRP
|
=
|
the
percentage represented by the quotient of (a) the product of (i)
DPER and
(ii) 4, divided by (b) ARPRS;
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DPER
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=
|
the
aggregate Outstanding Balances of all PrePrime Receivables which
were
Eligible Receivables at the time of their Pledge hereunder and which
became Defaulted Receivables during any of the immediately preceding
three
Remittance Periods (for this purpose including repurchased Receivables
which would have become Defaulted Receivables during the relevant
period,
if such Receivables had not been repurchased hereunder);
and
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ARPRS
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=
|
the
average of the Outstanding Balances of all Eligible Receivables
constituting Prime Receivables that were in Repayment status as of
the
first day of each of the immediately preceding three Remittance
Periods.
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“Weighted
Average Annualized Default Rate Threshold Amount”
means
an amount equal to the sum of (a) the product of (i) the PrePrime Percentage
and
(ii) 6.0%, plus (b) the product of (i) the Prime Percentage and (ii) 2.0%.
“Weighted
Average First Delinquency Rate”
means,
as of any date of determination, an amount (expressed as a percentage) equal
to:
WAPpFDR
+
WAPFDR
where:
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WAPpFDR
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=
|
the
percentage represented by the product of PpP and
AFDRPp;
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PpP
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=
|
The
PrePrime Percentage;
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AFDRPp
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=
|
the
percentage represented by the quotient of (a) DPpER, divided by (b)
ARPpRS;
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DPpER
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=
|
the
average of the aggregate Outstanding Balances of all Pledged PrePrime
Receivables that are in Repayment status and that constitute Delinquent
Receivables as of the last day of the immediately preceding three
Remittance Periods (for this purpose including repurchased or substituted
Receivables which would have become Delinquent Receivables during
the
relevant period, if such Receivables had not been repurchased or
substituted hereunder, but not including Receivables in Deferment
or
Forbearance status); and
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ARPpRS
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=
|
the
average of the Outstanding Balances of all Eligible Receivables
constituting Pledged PrePrime Receivables and that were in Repayment
status as of each such last day of the immediately preceding three
Remittance Periods;
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and
where:
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WAPFDR
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=
|
the
percentage represented by the product of PP and AFDRP;
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PP
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=
|
The
Prime Percentage;
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AFDRP
|
=
|
the
percentage represented by the quotient of (a) DPER, divided by (b)
ARPRS;
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DPER
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=
|
the
average of the aggregate Outstanding Balances of all Pledged Prime
Receivables that are in Repayment status and that constitute Delinquent
Receivables as of the last day of the immediately preceding three
Remittance Periods (for this purpose including repurchased or substituted
Receivables which would have become Delinquent Receivables during
the
relevant period, if such Receivables had not been repurchased or
substituted hereunder, but not including Receivables in Deferment
or
Forbearance status); and
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|
ARPRS
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=
|
the
average of the Outstanding Balances of all Eligible Receivables
constituting Pledged Prime Receivables and that were in Repayment
status
as of each such last day of the immediately preceding three Remittance
Periods.
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“Weighted
Average First Delinquency Rate Threshold Amount”
means
an amount equal to the sum of (a) the product of (i) the PrePrime Percentage
and
(ii) 18.0%, plus (b) the product of (i) the Prime Percentage and (ii)
9.0%.
“Weighted
Average Second Delinquency Rate”
means,
as of any date of determination, an amount (expressed as a percentage) equal
to:
WAPpSDR
+
WAPSDR
where:
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WAPpSDR
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=
|
the
percentage represented by the product of PpP and
ASDRPp;
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PpP
|
=
|
The
PrePrime Percentage;
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ASDRPp
|
=
|
the
percentage represented by the quotient of (a) DPpER, divided by (b)
ARPpRS;
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DPpER
|
=
|
the
average of the aggregate Outstanding Balances of all Pledged PrePrime
Receivables that are Further Delinquent Receivables as of the last
day of
the immediately preceding three Remittance Periods (for this purpose
including repurchased or substituted Receivables which would have
become
Further Delinquent Receivables during the relevant period, if such
Receivables had not been repurchased or substituted hereunder, but
not
including Receivables in Deferment or Forbearance status);
and
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ARPpRS
|
=
|
the
average of the Outstanding Balances of all Eligible Receivables
constituting Pledged PrePrime Receivables and that were in Repayment
status as of each such last day of the immediately preceding three
Remittance Periods;
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and
where:
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WAPSDR
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=
|
the
percentage represented by the product of PP and ASDRP;
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PP
|
=
|
The
Prime Percentage;
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|
ASDRP
|
=
|
the
percentage represented by the quotient of (a) DPER, divided by (b)
ARPRS;
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DPER
|
=
|
the
average of the aggregate Outstanding Balances of all Pledged Prime
Receivables that are Further Delinquent Receivables as of the last
day of
the immediately preceding three Remittance Periods (for this purpose
including repurchased or substituted Receivables which would have
become
Further Delinquent Receivables during the relevant period, if such
Receivables had not been repurchased or substituted hereunder, but
not
including Receivables in Deferment or Forbearance status);
and
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ARPRS
|
=
|
the
average of the Outstanding Balances of all Eligible Receivables
constituting Pledged Prime Receivables and that were in Repayment
status
as of each such last day of the immediately preceding three Remittance
Periods.
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“Weighted
Average Second Delinquency Rate Threshold Amount”
means
an amount equal to the sum of (a) the product of (i) the PrePrime Percentage
and
(ii) 12.0%, plus (b) the product of (i) the Prime Percentage and (ii)
6.0%.
“Yield”
means,
with respect to any Fixed Period and for the PrePrime Percentage and Prime
Percentage of any Loan allocated to such Fixed Period, the sum of:
(a) the
product of:
PpPYR
x
PpPL x ED
360
where:
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PpPYR
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=
|
the
Yield Rate for such Fixed Period applicable to the PrePrime
Percentage
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PpPL
|
=
|
the
PrePrime Percentage of the principal amount of Loans Outstanding
allocated
to such Fixed Period; and
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ED
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=
|
the
actual number of days elapsed during such Fixed
Period;
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plus
(b) the
product of:
PPYR
x
PPL x ED
360
where:
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PPYR
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=
|
the
Yield Rate for such Fixed Period applicable to the Prime
Percentage
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PPL
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=
|
the
Prime Percentage of the principal amount of Loans Outstanding allocated
to
such Fixed Period; and
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ED
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=
|
the
actual number of days elapsed during such Fixed
Period;
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provided,
however,
that
(i) no provision of this Agreement shall require the payment or permit the
collection of Yield in excess of the maximum permitted by applicable law and
(ii) Yield shall not be considered paid by any distribution if at any time
such distribution is required to be rescinded by the Lender to the Borrower
or
any other Person for any reason including, without limitation, such distribution
becoming void or otherwise avoidable under any statutory provision or common
law
or equitable action, including, without limitation, any provision of the
Bankruptcy Code.
“Yield
Rate”
means,
with respect to any Fixed Period for any Loan allocated to such Fixed
Period:
(i) to
the
extent the Lender will be funding the applicable Loan on the first day of such
Fixed Period through the issuance of commercial paper, a rate equal to the
CP
Rate for such Fixed Period applicable in each case to the PrePrime Percentage
and the Prime Percentage of such Loan; and
(ii) to
the
extent the Lender will not be funding the applicable Loan through the issuance
of commercial paper and/or to the extent that such Fixed Period (or any portion
thereof) shall occur after the Early Amortization Commencement Date, (x) a
rate equal to the Non-CP Rate for such Fixed Period applicable in each case
to
the PrePrime Percentage and the Prime Percentage of such Loan, or (y) such
other rate as the Agent and the Borrower shall agree to in writing.
“CCS”
means
Credit Control Services, Inc.
“CCS
Agreement”
means
the CCS Collection Agreement between the Borrower and CCS, dated August 30,
2007, as supplemented by the Collection Servicer Consent Letter dated August
30,
2007 among the Borrower, CCS and the Agent, pursuant to which CCS provides
Collection Services to the Borrower.
SECTION
1.02 Other
Terms.
All
accounting terms not specifically defined herein shall be construed in
accordance with GAAP. All terms used in Article 9 of the UCC in the State of
New
York, and not specifically defined herein, are used herein as defined in such
Article 9.
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SECTION
1.03 Computation
of Time Periods.
Unless
otherwise stated in this Agreement, in the computation of a period of time
from
a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and
including” and the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but
excluding.”
ARTICLE
II.
THE
RECEIVABLES FACILITY
SECTION
2.01 Borrowings.
On the
terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, the Lender shall make loans
(“Loans”)
to the
Borrower secured by Pledged Assets from time to time during the period from
the
Closing Date until the earlier of the Early Amortization Commencement Date
or
the Facility Maturity Date. Under no circumstances shall the Lender make any
Loan if (a) the principal amount of such Loan exceeds the Advance Amount
with respect to such Loan, (b) the amount of the Borrowing requested to be
made on the applicable Borrowing Date is less than $250,000, or (c) after
giving effect to the requested Borrowing of such Loan, either (i) an Early
Amortization Event or an event that but for notice or lapse of time or both
would constitute an Early Amortization Event has occurred and is continuing
or
(ii) the aggregate Loans Outstanding hereunder would exceed the lesser of
(A) the Borrowing Limit and (B) the Capital Limit. Under no
circumstances shall the Lender make any Loan if, after giving effect to the
Borrowing of such Loan, the aggregate face amount of all commercial paper issued
by the Lender to fund Loans hereunder exceeds the Borrowing Limit.
SECTION
2.02 The
Initial Borrowing and Subsequent Borrowings.
(a) Until
the occurrence of the earlier of the Early Amortization Commencement Date and
the Facility Maturity Date, the Lender will make Loans on any Business Day
at
the request of the Borrower, subject to and in accordance with the terms and
conditions of Sections
2.01
and
2.02
and
subject to the provisions of Article
III
hereof.
(b)
(i)
The initial Borrowing and each Subsequent Borrowing shall be made on at least
two Business Days’ irrevocable written notice from the Borrower to the Agent
(any such written notice, a “Notice
of Borrowing”),
provided that such Notice of Borrowing is received by the Agent no later than
1:00 P.M. (New York City time) on the Business Day of receipt. Any Notice of
Borrowing received after 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) shall be deemed received
prior to 1:00 P.M. (New York City time) on the following Business Day. Each
such
Notice of Borrowing shall specify (A) the aggregate amount of such
Borrowing, (B) the date of such Borrowing, (C) the requested Fixed
Period(s) for such Borrowing and the allocations of Loans to each such requested
Fixed Period and (D) the Eligible Receivables to be Pledged in connection
with such Borrowing (and upon such Borrowing, such Receivables shall be Pledged
Receivables hereunder), or if such Borrowing is to constitute a Marginal
Allowable Advance, a specification to that effect and the amount thereof and
applicable Advance Amount available therefor. The Agent shall notify the
Borrower whether the duration of the Fixed Period(s) described in such Notice
of
Borrowing is acceptable or, if not acceptable, the Agent shall advise the
Borrower of such Fixed Period(s) as may be acceptable. On the date of each
Borrowing, the Lender shall, upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions
set
forth in Article III,
make
available to the Borrower on the applicable Borrowing Date, no later than
4:00 P.M. (New York City time), in same day funds, the amount of such
Borrowing (net of amounts payable to or for the benefit of the Lender), by
payment into the account which the Borrower has designated in writing.
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(ii) Each
Notice of Borrowing delivered to the Agent pursuant to this Section 2.02(b)
shall be
accompanied by a copy of the Notice of Pledge (and the Receivables Schedule
attached thereto), which was sent to the Custodian and the related Collateral
Receipt which was delivered by the Custodian, in each case, pursuant to the
terms of the Custodial Agreement in connection with the Pledge of Eligible
Receivables to be made in connection therewith.
(c) The
Loans
shall bear interest at the Yield Rate.
(d) Subject
to Section 2.20
and the
other terms, conditions, provisions and limitations set forth herein, the
Borrower may borrow, repay or prepay and reborrow Loans, on and after the
Closing Date and prior to the earlier to occur of the Facility Maturity Date
and
the Early Amortization Commencement Date.
(e) Determinations
by the Lender of the existence of any CP Disruption Event, or of the effect
of
any CP Disruption Event on its making or maintaining Loans at the CP Eurodollar
Rate, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(f) Determinations
by the Lender of the existence of any Eurodollar Disruption Event, or of the
effect of any Eurodollar Disruption Event on its making or maintaining Loans
at
the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate, shall be conclusive absent manifest
error.
SECTION
2.03 Facility
Maturity Date.
Any
Loans outstanding on the Facility Maturity Date shall mature on such date.
On
the Facility Maturity Date, the outstanding principal of all outstanding Loans,
if any, and all Yield and all Fees accrued thereon and all other Obligations
shall be immediately due and payable (and the Borrower shall pay all such
amounts immediately).
SECTION
2.04 Selection
of Fixed Periods.
(a)
At
all times until the earlier to occur of the Early Amortization Commencement
Date
and the Facility Maturity Date, the Borrower shall, subject to the Agent’s and
the Lender’s approval and the limitations described below, request Fixed Periods
and allocations of a portion of the outstanding Loans to each selected Fixed
Period, so that all such outstanding Loans are at all times allocated to one
or
more Fixed Periods. Subject to Section 2.04(c),
the
Yield Rate to apply to all Loans outstanding shall be the CP Rate. The requested
initial Fixed Period applicable to any new Loan arising as a result of a
Borrowing shall be requested in the Notice of Borrowing, which shall be
delivered in connection with the applicable Subsequent Borrowing. Subject to
the
next sentence of this Section 2.04,
each CP
Rollover Fixed Period shall commence on the last day of the immediately
preceding Fixed Period, and the duration of such CP Rollover Fixed Period shall
be such as the Borrower shall request in a Commercial Paper Remittance Report
and the Agent shall approve; provided,
that
such Commercial Paper Remittance Report was received by the Agent no later
than
12:30 P.M. (New York City time) on a day at least one Business Day prior to
such
last day, except
that if
the Agent shall not have received such report before 12:30 P.M. on such day
or
the Agent and the Borrower shall not have so mutually agreed before 2:00 P.M.
(New York City time) on such day, such CP Rollover Fixed Period shall be one
day, and the applicable Yield Rate shall be the CP Rate plus 1.00%; provided
that,
notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the occurrence and during the continuance
of
any Event of Default, the Lender shall cease to issue commercial paper notes
to
fund and maintain Loans hereunder, and the applicable Yield Rate for all Fixed
Periods in effect at the time of such occurrence shall convert to, and for
all
Fixed Periods that come into effect during the continuance of any Event of
Default shall be, the Default Funding Rate. Any Fixed Period that would
otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be extended to the
next
succeeding Business Day. Any Fixed Period that commences before the Early
Amortization Commencement Date and would otherwise end on a date occurring
after
the Early Amortization Commencement Date shall end on the Early Amortization
Commencement Date. On and after the Early Amortization Commencement Date, the
Agent shall have the right to allocate outstanding Loans, if any, to Fixed
Periods of such duration as shall be selected by the Agent. The Lender shall,
on
the first day of each Fixed Period with respect to Loans which accrue Yield
at
the CP Rate, notify the Agent and the Borrower of the Yield Rate for such
Loans.
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(b) References
herein to Loans that accrue Yield at the Non-CP Rate being allocated to a Fixed
Period shall mean all such Loans that are outstanding during such Fixed Period
or a portion thereof.
(c) So
long
as no Event of Default or Early Amortization Event shall have occurred and
be
continuing, each of the Lender and the Agent shall make reasonable efforts
to
allow Loans to accrue Yield at the CP Rate; provided
that
neither the Lender nor the Agent shall have any obligation to allow Loans to
accrue Yield at the CP Rate upon the occurrence of a CP Disruption Event or
upon
a determination by the Lender, or the Agent on its behalf, that allowing Loans
to accrue Yield at the CP Rate would materially impair its ability to issue
commercial paper notes generally or would otherwise be disadvantageous to its
business generally.
SECTION
2.05 Remittance
Procedures.
Based
on written information supplied by the Borrower, the Agent shall instruct the
Account Bank in writing to apply funds on deposit in the Collection Account
as
described in this Section 2.05
(provided,
that if
the Borrower fails to timely provide such written information or otherwise
consult with the Agent as to such instruction, the Agent shall be entitled
to
make such instruction based upon such information that it shall then
have).
(a) Yield
and Liquidation Fees.
On each
Business Day (including any Remittance Date), the Agent shall instruct the
Account Bank in writing to set aside in the Collection Account for transfer
at
the further direction of the Agent (whether on such day or on a subsequent
day)
collected funds in an amount equal to Yield through such day on the Loans not
so
previously set aside and the amount of any unpaid Liquidation Fees owed to
the
Lender on such day. On the last day of each Fixed Period, the Agent shall notify
the Borrower of, and the Agent shall direct the Account Bank in writing to
pay,
such collected funds set aside in respect of Yield pursuant to this Section 2.05(a)
to the
Lender (or the designee of the Lender) in respect of payment of accrued Yield
for such Fixed Period; provided,
however,
that
(i) in the case of any Loan accruing Yield at the CP Rate, the portion of
such Yield attributable to the CP Margin, and (ii) in the case of any Loan
accruing Yield at the Non-CP Rate, all such Yield, shall remain set aside in
the
Collection Account until the next Remittance Date and, at which time, shall
be
disbursed pursuant to Section 2.05(c).
On any
Business Day on which an amount is set aside in respect of Liquidation Fees
pursuant to this Section 2.05(a),
the
Agent shall direct the Account Bank in writing to pay such funds to the Lender
in payment of such Liquidation Fees.
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(b) Fixed
Period Loan Principal Repayment.
The
Agent shall, on the last day of each Fixed Period that is not a Remittance
Date,
direct the Account Bank in writing to transfer collected funds held by the
Account Bank in the Collection Account on such date, to pay the Agent for the
account of the Lender in payment (or partial payment) of the outstanding
principal amount of all Loans allocated to such Fixed Period, in an amount
equal
to the lesser of (i) the amount of such collected funds held in the
Collection Account or (ii) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of
Loans allocated to such Fixed Period or, if no Early Amortization Event shall
have occurred and be continuing, if lower, an amount equal to the excess, if
any, of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Loans immediately prior
to
such distribution over the lesser of (A) the Capital Limit and (B) the
Borrowing Limit (after giving effect to any Borrowing made on such date and
any
distributions of amounts on deposit in the Collection Account made on such
date).
(c) Remittance
Date Transfers From Collection Account.
The
Agent shall, on each Remittance Date, direct the Account Bank to transfer
collected funds held by the Account Bank in the Collection Account in the
following amounts and priority:
(i) to
the
Agent for the account of the Qualifying Swap Counterparty under each Qualifying
Interest Rate Swap in an amount equal to (and for the payment of) all amounts
which are due and payable by the Borrower to such Qualifying Swap Counterparty
on such Remittance Date, pursuant to the terms of the applicable Qualifying
Interest Rate Swap (net of all amounts which are due and payable by such
Qualifying Swap Counterparty to the Borrower on such Remittance Date pursuant
to
the terms of such Qualifying Interest Rate Swap), to the extent such amounts
do
not constitute Swap Breakage;
(ii) pro
rata,
(A) to the Account Bank in an amount equal to any Account Bank Fees due and
payable on such Remittance Date, and (B) (x) at any time after the
occurrence of a Servicer Default and the appointment of the Backup Servicer
as
the Servicer hereunder, to the Backup Servicer in an amount equal to the Active
Backup Servicer’s Fees which are accrued and unpaid as of the last day of the
preceding month plus any Transition Costs not previously paid or reimbursed
to
the Backup Servicer and (y) at any time prior to the occurrence of a Servicer
Default and the appointment of the Backup Servicer as the Servicer hereunder,
to
the Backup Servicer in an amount equal to the Standby Backup Servicer’s Fees
which are accrued and unpaid as of the last day of the preceding month, and
(C) to the Custodian in an amount equal to the Custodian’s Fees which are
accrued and unpaid as of the last day of the preceding month;
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(iii) pro
rata,
(A) to the Servicer, an amount equal to the Servicer Fees in each case which
are
accrued and unpaid as of the last day of the preceding month, and (B) to any
Collection Servicer in an amount equal to any Collection Servicer Fees which
are
accrued and unpaid as of the last day of the preceding month;
(iv) pro
rata,
(A) to the Agent for the account of the Lender in an amount equal to (and
for the pro rata payment of) (1) any Yield on any Loan accruing Yield at the
CP
Rate, which is attributable to the CP Margin and which is accrued and unpaid
as
of the last day of the preceding month and (2) any Yield on any Loan accruing
Yield at the Non-CP Rate which is accrued and unpaid as of the last day of
the
preceding month, but in each case without duplication of any Yield previously
paid in respect of such a Loan from amounts set aside for the payment of Yield
on such a Loan pursuant to Section 2.05(a),
and
(B) to the Agent for payment to the recipients entitled thereto, an amount
equal to the Fees which are accrued and unpaid as of the last day of the
preceding month;
(v) to
the
Agent for the account of the Qualifying Swap Counterparty under each Qualifying
Interest Rate Swap in an amount equal to (and for the payment of) all Swap
Breakage due and payable by the Borrower to such Qualifying Swap Counterparty
on
such Remittance Date, pursuant to the terms of the applicable Qualifying
Interest Rate Swap (net of all amounts which are due and payable by such
Qualifying Swap Counterparty to the Borrower on such Remittance Date pursuant
to
the terms of such Qualifying Interest Rate Swap);
(vi) to
the
Agent (for the account of the Lender in the case of clause (A), for the account
of each applicable Affected Party in the case of clause (B), and for its own
account in the case of clause (C)) in an amount equal to the aggregate amount
of
all other Obligations then due from the Borrower to (A) the Lender (other than
those specified in clauses (vii) and (ix) below), (B) any Affected Party
hereunder and (C) the Agent;
(vii) to
the
Agent for the account of the Lender in an amount equal to the Borrowing Base
Deficiency (if any) as of such Remittance Date;
(viii) on
or
after the occurrence of the Early Amortization Commencement Date, to the Agent
for the account of the Lender for the repayment of Loans outstanding in an
amount equal to the lesser of (A) all remaining funds in the Collection
Account and (B) an amount necessary to repay the outstanding principal
amount of all Loans in full;
(ix) to
the
Reserve Account, in an amount up to the amount necessary to cause the Reserve
Account to contain the Reserve Account Minimum Balance;
(x) to
the
Backup Servicer, in the amount of any indemnification obligations owing by
the
Borrower to the Backup Servicer hereunder and not otherwise previously
paid;
(xi) prior
to
the Facility Maturity Date, to the extent that the Advance Percentage is less
than the Minimum Advance Percentage, and provided that no Borrowing Base
Deficiency would occur after giving effect to such distribution, to the Borrower
any remaining amounts until the Advance Percentage is equal to the Minimum
Advance Percentage; and
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(xii) any
remaining funds, to the Borrower for the funding of the Borrower’s acquisition
of additional Eligible Receivables under the Transfer and Contribution
Agreement.
Upon
its
receipt of funds pursuant to clauses (ii), (vi), (vii) and (ix), the Agent
shall apply such funds as directed by the Lender or as otherwise provided in
this Agreement.
(d) Reserved.
(e) Borrower
Deficiency Payments.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 2.05
or in
any other provision in this Agreement, if, on any day prior to the Collection
Date, the outstanding amount of Loans shall exceed the lesser of (i) the
Borrowing Limit and (ii) the Capital Limit, then the Borrower shall remit
to the Agent, prior to any Borrowing and in any event no later than the close
of
business of the Agent on such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, no
later than the close of business of the Agent on the next succeeding Business
Day), a payment (to be applied by the Agent to repay Loans selected by the
Agent, in its sole discretion), in such amount as may be necessary to reduce
Loans Outstanding to an amount less than or equal to the lesser of (A) the
Borrowing Limit and (B) the Capital Limit.
(f) Instructions
to the Account Bank.
All
instructions and directions given to the Account Bank by the Borrower or the
Agent pursuant to this Section 2.05
shall be
in writing (including instructions and directions transmitted to the Account
Bank by telecopy or e-mail), and such written instructions and directions shall
be delivered with a written certification that such instructions and directions
are in compliance with the provisions of this Section 2.05
(and, if
given by the Agent, the control provisions of the Account Control Agreement).
A
copy of all instructions and directions given to the Account Bank by the
Borrower, pursuant to this Section 2.05,
shall
be immediately transmitted to the Agent by telecopy. A copy of all instructions
and directions given to the Account Bank by the Agent, pursuant to this
Section 2.05,
shall
be immediately transmitted to the Borrower by telecopy.
SECTION
2.06 Establishment
of Accounts; Reserve Account.
(a) On
or
prior to the initial Borrowing Date, the Borrower shall establish with the
Account Bank each of the Collection Account and the Reserve
Account.
(b) On
or
prior to the initial Borrowing Date, the Borrower shall deposit or cause to
be
deposited into the Reserve Account an amount equal to the Reserve Account
Minimum Balance as of such date (and after giving effect to the Borrowings
and
related Pledging of Receivables to occur on such date). Thereafter, the Borrower
shall deposit to the Reserve Account all amounts that are required to be
deposited therein pursuant to clause (ix) of
Section 2.05(c) hereof.
(c) On
the
Business Day following the day on which a Pledged Receivable has become a
Defaulted Receivable, as set forth in a notice from the Borrower, or on the
day
of receipt of such notice if received after such Receivable has become a
Defaulted Receivable, the Agent shall cause to be transferred from the Reserve
Account to the Collection Account an amount equal to the Outstanding Balance
of
such Defaulted Receivable (such amount, the “Reserve
Account Withdrawal Amount”)
for
application pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.05(c)
hereof.
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(d) On
each
Remittance Date, the Agent shall cause to be transferred from the Reserve
Account to the Collection Account, for application as set forth in Section 2.05(c),
amounts
available therein to the extent necessary (in the event that amounts then
otherwise on deposit in the Collection Account are insufficient for such
purposes) to pay amounts distributable pursuant to clauses (i) though
(viii) thereof.
(e) On
the
final Remittance Date hereunder which will constitute the Collection Date,
amounts remaining on deposit in the Reserve Account shall be transferred to
the
Collection Account and distributed pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.05.
SECTION
2.07 [Intentionally
omitted.]
SECTION
2.08 [Intentionally
omitted.]
SECTION
2.09 [Intentionally
omitted.]
SECTION
2.10 [Intentionally
omitted.]
SECTION
2.11 Payments
and Computations, Etc.(a)
All amounts to be paid or deposited by or on behalf of the Borrower hereunder
shall be paid or deposited in accordance with the terms hereof no later than
1:00 P.M. (New York City time) on the day when due in lawful money of the United
States in immediately available funds to the Collection Account or such other
account as is designated by the Lender. The Borrower shall, to the extent
permitted by law, pay to the Agent interest on all amounts owing to the Lender
or the Agent and not paid or deposited when due hereunder at the Non-CP Rate,
plus 2.00%, payable on demand; provided,
however,
that
such interest rate shall not at any time exceed the maximum rate permitted
by
applicable law. Such interest shall be for the account of, and distributed
by
the Agent to, the Lender (or to the Agent for its own account, if applicable).
Any Obligation hereunder shall not be reduced by any distribution of any portion
of Collections if at any time such distribution is rescinded or returned by
the
Lender to the Borrower or any other Person for any reason. All computations
of
interest and all computations of Yield, Liquidation Fees, the Custodian’s Fees,
the Fees, the Active Backup Servicer’s Fee and the Standby Backup Servicer’s Fee
shall be made on the basis of a year of 360 days for the actual number of days
(including the first but excluding the last day) elapsed.
(b) Whenever
any payment hereunder shall be stated to be due on a day other than a Business
Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and such
extension of time shall in such case be included in the computation of payment
of Yield, interest or any fee payable hereunder, as the case may
be.
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(c) If
any
Borrowing requested by the Borrower and approved by the Lender and the Agent
pursuant to Section 2.02
or any
selection of any Fixed Period requested by the Borrower and approved by the
Agent pursuant to Section 2.04
is not
for any reason whatsoever, except as a result of the gross negligence or wilful
misconduct of the Lender and/or the Agent, made or effectuated, as the case
may
be, on the date specified therefor, the Borrower shall indemnify the Lender
against any loss, cost or expense incurred by the Lender (other than any such
loss, cost or expense solely due to the gross negligence or willful misconduct
of the Lender or the Agent), including, without limitation, any loss (including
cost of funds and out-of-pocket expenses), cost or expense incurred by reason
of
the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by the
Lender to fund Loans or maintain Loans during such Fixed Period.
SECTION
2.12 Fees.
(a)
The Borrower shall pay the Lender (either directly or through the Agent) certain
fees (the “Fees”)
in the
amounts and on the dates set forth in a fee letter (the “Fee
Letter”),
dated
the Closing Date, as the same may be amended, supplemented or amended and
restated as of the Amendment Closing Date, among the Borrower, the Agent, and
the Lender.
(b) All
of
the Fees payable pursuant to this Section 2.12
shall be
payable solely from amounts available for application pursuant to, and subject
to the priority of, payment set forth in, Section 2.05.
SECTION
2.13 Increased
Costs; Capital Adequacy.
(a)
If, due to either (i) the introduction of or any change (in each case
occurring after the initial Borrowing Date, and including, without limitation,
any change by way of imposition or increase of reserve requirements) in or
in
the interpretation of any law or regulation (including, without limitation,
any
law or regulation resulting in any interest payments paid to a Lender under
this
Agreement being subject to United States withholding tax) or any guideline
of
any accounting board or authority (whether or not a part of government) which
is
responsible for the establishment or interpretation of national or international
accounting principles, in each case whether foreign or domestic or (ii) the
compliance with any guideline or request from any central bank or other
governmental authority (whether or not having the force of law), there shall
be
any increase in the cost to any of the following:
(A)
the
Lender, (B) DZ BANK, or (C) any Affiliate of either that, by virtue of its
relationship with the Lender or DZ BANK for any regulatory or financial
accounting or reporting purposes, assessment or allocation of capital costs,
reserve costs, tax costs or otherwise, would be subjected to an increased cost
payable under this Section
2.13
as a
result of the existence of this Agreement or the Loans, or agreements,
facilities or loans generally of this type (it being understood that any such
costs may be assessed only on behalf of the applicable Affected Party actually
bearing such cost, without duplication)
(any,
an
“Affected
Party”)
of
agreeing to make or making, funding or maintaining any Loan (or any reduction
of
the amount of any payment (whether of principal, interest, fee, compensation
or
otherwise) to any Affected Party hereunder), as the case may be, the Borrower
shall, from time to time, upon written demand by such Affected Party (with
a
copy to the Agent), immediately pay to such Affected Party (as a third party
beneficiary, in the case of an Affected Party that is not also the Lender
hereunder), additional amounts sufficient to compensate such Affected Party
for
such increased costs or reduced payments.
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(b) If
either
(i) the introduction of or any change in or in the interpretation of any
law, guideline, rule or regulation, directive or request or (ii) the
compliance by any Affected Party with any law, guideline, rule, regulation,
directive or request from any central bank or other governmental authority
or
agency (whether or not having the force of law), including, without limitation,
compliance by an Affected Party with any request or directive regarding capital
adequacy, has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on the
capital of any Affected Party, as a consequence of its obligations hereunder
or
arising in connection herewith to a level below that which any such Affected
Party could have achieved but for such introduction, change or compliance
(taking into consideration the policies of such Affected Party with respect
to
capital adequacy), by an amount deemed by such Affected Party to be material,
then, from time to time, within ten days after demand by such Affected Party
(which demand shall be accompanied by a statement setting forth the basis of
such demand), such Affected Party shall be paid (from Collections pursuant
to,
and subject to the priority of payment set forth in, Section 2.05)
such
additional amounts as will compensate such Affected Party for such
reduction.
(c) In
determining any amount provided for in this Section 2.13,
the
Affected Party may use any reasonable averaging and attribution methods. Any
Affected Party making a claim under this Section 2.13
shall
submit to the Borrower a certificate setting forth in reasonable detail the
basis for and the computations of such additional or increased costs, which
certificate shall be conclusive absent demonstrable error.
(d) Each
Affected Party, as applicable, shall promptly (and in any event by the later
of
(i) thirty (30) Business Days before the commencement of accrual of any amounts
to be paid by the Borrower under this Section
2.13,
and
(ii) the date on which an officer responsible for the transaction hereunder
of
the Agent or the requesting Affected Party has actual knowledge of an increased
cost resulting from such regulatory change or imposition), notify the Borrower
and Agent of any event of which it has knowledge which will entitle such
Affected Party to compensation pursuant to this Section
2.13,
provided,
that no
failure to give or delay in giving such notification shall adversely affect
the
rights of any Affected Party to such compensation except to the extent such
delay in giving notice has resulted in an increase in the amount of compensation
that would otherwise have been payable had timely noticed been delivered, and
no
such failure shall constitute the basis for any other adverse claim against
the
applicable Affected Party.
(e) If,
as a
result of any event or circumstance similar to those described in Section 2.13(a) or
2.13(b),
any
Affected Party (that is an Issuer) is required to compensate a bank or other
financial institution providing liquidity support, credit enhancement or other
similar support to such Affected Party in connection with this Agreement, then,
upon demand by such Affected Party, the Borrower shall pay to such Affected
Party such additional amount or amounts as may be necessary to reimburse such
Affected Party for any amounts paid by it.
SECTION
2.14 Collateral
Assignment of Agreements.
The
Borrower hereby collaterally assigns to the Agent, for the benefit of the
Lender, all of the Borrower’s right and title to and interest in each Transfer
and Contribution Agreement, each Qualifying Interest Rate Hedge, the Contract
related to each Pledged Receivable, all other agreements, documents and
instruments evidencing, securing or guarantying any Pledged Receivable, its
rights under any Servicing Agreement or Collection Servicing Agreement, and
all
other agreements, documents and instruments related to any of the foregoing
(the
“Assigned
Documents”).
The
Borrower confirms and agrees that the Agent (or any designee thereof) shall
have
the right to enforce and, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, the sole
right to enforce the Borrower’s rights and remedies under each Assigned
Document, but without any obligation on the part of the Agent, the Lender or
any
of their respective Affiliates to perform any of the obligations of the Borrower
under any such Assigned Document. In addition, the Borrower confirms and agrees
that the Borrower will send to the Agent a notice of (i) any material
breach of any representation, warranty, agreement or covenant under any such
Assigned Document or (ii) any event or occurrence that, upon notice, or
upon the passage of time or both, would constitute such a material breach,
in
each case of which the Borrower has actual knowledge. The parties hereto agree
that such assignment to the Agent shall terminate upon the Collection
Date.
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SECTION
2.15 Grant
of a Security Interest.
To
secure the prompt and complete payment when due of the Obligations and the
performance by the Borrower of all of the covenants and obligations to be
performed by it pursuant to this Agreement, the Borrower hereby
(i) collaterally assigns and pledges to the Agent, on behalf of the Lender
(and its successors and assigns) and (ii) grants a security interest to the
Agent, on behalf of the Lender (and its successors and assigns), in all of
the
following property and interests in property whether tangible or intangible
and
whether now owned or existing or hereafter arising or acquired and wheresoever
located (collectively, the “Pledged
Assets”)
and
all of the Borrower’s right, title and interest in, to and under the Pledged
Assets:
(a) all
Receivables conveyed to the Borrower under the applicable Transfer and
Contribution Agreement from time to time (the “Pledged
Receivables”),
all
Other Conveyed Property related to the Pledged Receivables conveyed to the
Borrower under such Transfer and Contribution Agreement, all Related Security
related to the Pledged Receivables, all Collections and other monies due and
to
become due under the Contracts related to the Pledged Receivables received
on or
after the date such Pledged Receivables were conveyed to the Borrower under
such
Transfer and Contribution Agreement;
(b) the
Assigned Documents, including, in each case, without limitation, all monies
due
and to become due or payable or to become payable to the Borrower under or
in
connection therewith;
(c) the
Accounts, the Lockbox, the Lockbox Account and all other bank and similar
accounts relating to Collections with respect to Pledged Receivables (whether
now existing or hereafter established) and all funds held therein, and all
investments in and all income from the investment of funds in the Accounts,
the
Lockbox Account and such other accounts;
(d) the
Records relating to any Pledged Receivables;
(e) each
Qualifying Interest Rate Hedge; and
(f) all
proceeds of the foregoing property described in clauses (a) through (e)
above, including interest, dividends, cash, instruments and other property
from
time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or
in
exchange for or on account of the sale or other disposition of any or all of
the
then existing Pledged Receivables.
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SECTION
2.16 Evidence
of Debt.
The
Lender shall maintain an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of
the
Borrower to the Lender resulting from each Loan owing to the Lender from time
to
time, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to the
Lender from time to time hereunder. The entries made in such account(s) of
the
Lender shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest
error.
SECTION
2.17 Survival
of Representations and Warranties; Repayment Obligations
.
It is
understood and agreed that the representations and warranties set forth in
Section 4.01
and
Section 4.02
are made
and accurate on the Closing Date, at the time of the initial Borrowing, and
on
each Subsequent Borrowing Date and Remittance Date thereafter. If, as a result
of the breach of any of the representations and warranties in Section 4.01
or
Section 4.02
or for
any other reason there exists or would exist a Borrowing Base Deficiency, the
Borrower shall promptly (and, in any case, within one Business Day) repay to
the
Agent, for the account of the Lender, the portion of the Loans as is necessary
to cure such Borrowing Base Deficiency. The Borrower shall promptly reimburse
the Agent and the Lender for any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred
by
the Agent and the Lender, respectively, in respect of any such repayment,
including, without limitation, Liquidation Fees.
SECTION
2.18 Release
of Pledged Receivables.
(a)
Subject to Section 2.20
hereof,
upon the repayment of any Loan, the Borrower may, with the consent of the Agent,
obtain the release of any Pledged Receivable and the related Other Conveyed
Property or other Related Security securing such Loan by depositing into the
Collection Account the Release Price therefor on the date of such repayment;
provided,
that
the foregoing release shall only be available if, after giving effect thereto
and the application of the proceeds thereof in accordance with the terms hereof,
there shall not be a Borrowing Base Deficiency or Early Amortization
Event.
(b) The
Borrower shall notify the Agent of any Release Price to be paid pursuant to
this
Section 2.18
on the
Business Day on which such Release Price shall be paid specifying the Pledged
Receivables to be released and the Release Price.
(c) The
Agent
and Lender further agree, upon request of the Borrower, to release from the
security interest of this Agreement (and following such release, the Borrower
may reconvey the affected Receivable to EEF, without recourse, representation
or
warranty) any Pledged Receivable and the related Other Conveyed Property or
other Related Security, if the outstanding balance of such Pledged Receivable
is
not then being included in the calculation of the Capital Limit (i) due to
its
not constituting an Eligible Receivable (and the reason therefor is not a
Transferor Purchase Event which remains uncured) , or (ii) due to its exclusion
as part of the Overconcentration Amount. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
foregoing release shall only be available if, after giving effect thereto,
there
shall not exist a Borrowing Base Deficiency or Early Amortization
Event.
(d) After
the
Collection Date has occurred, the Lender and the Agent, in accordance with
their
respective interests, shall re-assign and transfer to the Borrower, for no
consideration but at the sole expense of the Borrower, their respective
remaining interests in the Pledged Assets, free and clear of any Adverse Claim
resulting solely from an act by the Lender or the Agent but without any other
representation or warranty, express or implied, by or recourse against the
Lender or the Agent.
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SECTION
2.19 Treatment
of Amounts Paid by the Borrower.
Amounts
paid by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.18
on
account of Pledged Receivables shall be treated as payments on Pledged
Receivables hereunder.
SECTION
2.20 Prepayment;
Termination.
Except
as expressly permitted or required herein, including, without limitation, any
repayment necessary to cure a Borrowing Base Deficiency, no Loan may be repaid
prior to the Early Amortization Commencement Date without the Agent’s prior
written consent, which consent may be withheld in the Agent’s sole discretion;
provided,
however,
that
upon ten (10) Business Days’ prior written notice to the Agent, (i) the
Borrower may prepay, in part or in whole, the principal balance of the Loans
advanced hereunder in connection with (A) a Take-Out Securitization, so long
as
the Borrower has complied with the penultimate sentence of this paragraph in
connection therewith, or (B) a sale of the Receivables and related Contracts,
without recourse, to an unaffiliated third party for a purchase price payable
concurrently with such sale and in cash (and in either case the proceeds of
which Take-Out Securitization or sale shall be deposited into the Collection
Account) and (ii) the Borrower may prepay in whole, and thereupon terminate
the
facility, without paying any Termination Fee but otherwise paying all
Obligations outstanding hereunder in full (including amounts owed under Section
2.13), in the event that the Lender or any Affected Party related thereto shall
have made demand for payment of any amount pursuant to any of the provisions
of
Section 2.13, which amount once paid by the Borrower would cause the Borrower’s
effective borrowing margin (treating such amount for this purpose as if part
of
the applicable CP Margin or Adjusted Eurodollar Rate Margin, as the case may
be,
chargeable as part of Yield) would constitute an increase in such margin,
measured over a one year period preceding the assessment of such amount against
the Borrower, of 0.25% or more, and (iii) the Borrower may, so long as
after giving effect thereto no Borrowing Base Deficiency will exist, permanently
reduce the unutilized Borrowing Limit (in increments of not less than
$1,000,000) upon payment of the applicable Termination Fee as set forth in
the
Fee Letter. The Borrower further agrees in connection with any Take-Out
Securitization (but only to the extent that such Take-Out Securitization relates
to Pledged Receivables that are PrePrime Receivables), that in connection
therewith, it shall offer to DZ Bank, with acceptance of either or both of
such roles to be at DZ Bank’s option, (A) a right of first refusal to match
the terms and conditions of any agreement for the placement of the Pledged
Receivables that are PrePrime Receivables in the private term market for
asset-backed securities, and (2) in connection with the proposed Take-Out
Securitization, the recognized role of “Co-Placement Agent” in the related
placement of the Pledged Receivables that are PrePrime Receivables in the
private term market for asset-backed securities.
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ARTICLE
III.
CONDITIONS
OF LOANS
SECTION
3.01 Conditions
Precedent to Initial Borrowing.
The
initial Borrowing hereunder is subject to the conditions precedent
that:
(a) all
acts
and conditions (including, without limitation, the obtaining of any necessary
regulatory approvals and the making of any required filings, recordings or
registrations) required to be done and performed and to have happened prior
to
the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and all related
documents and to constitute the same legal, valid and binding obligations,
enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, shall have been done
and
performed and shall have happened in due and strict compliance with all
applicable laws; and
(b) the
Agent
shall have received on or before the date of such Borrowing the items listed
in
the portion of Schedule
I
hereto
applicable to the initial Borrowing, each in form and substance satisfactory
to
the Agent and the Lender.
SECTION
3.02 Conditions
Precedent to All Borrowings.
Each
Borrowing (including the initial Borrowing, except as explicitly set forth
below) by the Borrower from the Lender shall be subject to the further
conditions precedent that:
(a) With
respect to any such Borrowing (other than the initial Borrowing), on or prior
to
the date of such Borrowing, the Borrower shall have delivered to the Agent,
in
form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, the most recent Monthly Remittance
Report required by the terms of Section 6.12(b)
(it
being understood that any Borrowing secured by Prime Receivables after the
Amendment Closing Date, shall require that the Borrower, the Agent and the
Backup Servicer shall have agreed on a revised form of Monthly Remittance
Report, reasonably acceptable to the Agent and the Backup Servicer, that
reflects any necessary revisions from the form attached to the Existing RLSA,
associated with the inclusion of such Prime Receivables);
(b) With
respect to such Borrowing, at least two Business Days prior to the date of
such
Borrowing, the Borrower shall have delivered to the Agent, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Agent, (i) the related Borrowing Base Certificate (it being
understood that any Borrowing secured by Prime Receivables after the Amendment
Closing Date, shall require the delivery of a Borrowing Base Certificate in
a
revised form reasonably acceptable to the Agent that reflects any necessary
revisions from the form attached to the Existing RLSA, associated with the
inclusion of such Prime Receivables), and (ii) a certificate signed by the
chief
financial officer of the Borrower which shall demonstrate that, after giving
effect to such Borrowing requested by the Borrower, the Facility Amount will
not
exceed the lesser of (A) the Borrowing Limit and (B) the Capital Limit
or, in the alternative, the Notice of Borrowing delivered with respect to such
Borrowing shall have been signed by the chief financial officer of the Borrower
and shall demonstrate that, after giving effect to such Borrowing requested
by
the Borrower, the Facility Amount will not exceed the lesser of (A) the
Borrowing Limit and (B) the Capital Limit;
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(c) On
the
Borrowing Date of such Borrowing, the following statements shall be true, and
the Borrower by accepting the amount of such Borrowing shall be deemed to have
certified that:
(i) the
representations and warranties contained in Section 4.01
are true
and correct in all material respects, before and after giving effect to the
Borrowing to take place on such Borrowing Date and to the application of
proceeds therefrom, on and as of such day as though made on and as of such
date;
(ii) no
event
has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such Borrowing, which
constitutes an Early Amortization Event hereunder or an event that but for
notice or lapse of time or both would constitute an Early Amortization
Event;
(iii) (a) the
principal amount of the Loan being borrowed on such Borrowing Date does not
exceed the Advance Amount with respect to such Loan, (b) the amount of the
Borrowing being made on such Borrowing Date is not less than $250,000 and
(c) on and as of such Borrowing Date, after giving effect to such
Borrowing, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans do not exceed
the lesser of (A) the Borrowing Limit and (B) the Capital
Limit;
(iv) (A) the
Borrower has delivered to the Agent a timely copy of the Notice of Borrowing
and
the Notice of Pledge (together with the attached Receivables Schedule), pursuant
to Section 2.02,
each
appropriately completed and executed by the Borrower, (B) the Borrower has
delivered or caused to have been delivered to the Custodian each item listed
in
the definition of Specified Document File, with respect to the Receivables
being
Pledged hereunder four (4) Business Days prior to such Borrowing Date,
(C) the Contract related to each Receivable being Pledged hereunder on such
Borrowing Date has been duly assigned by EEF to the Borrower and duly assigned
by the Borrower to the Agent and (D) by 2:30 P.M. (New York City time) on the
Business Day immediately preceding such Borrowing Date, a Collateral Receipt
from the Custodian has been delivered to the Agent confirming that, inter
alia,
the
Specified Document Files received on such Business Day conform with the
Receivables Schedule delivered to the Custodian and the Agent pursuant to
Section 2.02;
and
(v) all
terms
and conditions of the applicable Transfer and Contribution Agreement required
to
be satisfied in connection with the assignment of each Receivable being Pledged
hereunder on such Borrowing Date (and the Other Conveyed Property related
thereto), including, without limitation, the perfection of the Borrower’s
interests therein, shall have been satisfied in full, and all filings
(including, without limitation, UCC filings) required to be made by any Person
and all actions required to be taken or performed by any Person in any
jurisdiction to give the Agent, for the benefit of the Lender, a first priority
perfected security interest in such Receivables and the Other Conveyed Property
related thereto and the proceeds thereof shall have been made, taken or
performed;
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(d) No
law or
regulation shall prohibit, and no order, judgment or decree of any federal,
state or local court or governmental body, agency or instrumentality shall
prohibit or enjoin, the making of such Loans by the Lender in accordance with
the provisions hereof;
(e) The
Lender shall have received and found to be satisfactory with respect to Pledged
Receivables being Pledged in connection with such Borrowing, which have been
previously pledged to any lender by EEF, the Borrower or any Affiliate thereof
under any other financing facility, evidence of the release of any liens granted
in connection with such financing with respect to any such Pledged Receivables;
and
(f) If
required by the Agent and the Hedging Condition shall then exist, a Qualifying
Interest Rate Hedge with respect to such Borrowing or as otherwise would be
required under Section
6.22
in
respect of, collectively, such Borrowing and all other Loans outstanding, shall
have been duly executed by the Borrower and a Qualifying Hedge Counterparty,
and
any amounts required to have been paid thereunder as of the related Borrowing
Date shall have been paid and any obligations required to have been performed
thereunder as of such Borrowing Date shall have been performed.
SECTION
3.03 Advances
Do Not Constitute a Waiver.
No
advance of a Loan hereunder shall constitute a waiver of any condition to the
Lender’s obligation to make such an advance unless such waiver is in writing and
executed by the Lender.
SECTION
3.04 Conditions
Precedent to Effectiveness on Amendment Closing Date.
This
Agreement shall be effective as an amendment and restatement to the Existing
RLSA as of the Amendment Closing Date, subject to the conditions precedent
that:
(a) all
acts
and conditions (including, without limitation, the obtaining of any necessary
regulatory approvals and the making of any required filings, recordings or
registrations) required to be done and performed and to have happened prior
to
the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and all related
documents and to constitute the same legal, valid and binding obligations,
enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, shall have been done
and
performed and shall have happened in due and strict compliance with all
applicable laws; and
(b) the
Agent
shall have received on or before the Amendment Closing Date the items listed
in
the portion of Schedule
I
hereto
applicable to the Amendment Closing Date, each in form and substance
satisfactory to the Agent and the Lender.
ARTICLE
IV.
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
SECTION
4.01 Representations
and Warranties of the Borrower.
The
Borrower hereby represents and warrants, as of the Closing Date and the
Amendment Closing Date, on each Borrowing Date, on each Remittance Date and
on
the first day of each CP Rollover Fixed Period, as follows:
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(a) Each
Receivable designated as an Eligible Receivable on any Borrowing Base
Certificate, Monthly Remittance Report or Commercial Paper Remittance Report
and
that is an Eligible Receivable of a particular Type, was an Eligible Receivable
of such Type as of the time of delivery of such certificate or report. Each
Eligible Receivable is designated or otherwise identifiable as being of its
particular applicable Type on such certificate or report, and such designation
or identification is accurate. Each Receivable included as an Eligible
Receivable in any calculation of the Capital Limit or the Eligible Receivables
Balance and that is an Eligible Receivable of a particular Type, was an Eligible
Receivable of such Type as of the time of such inclusion.
(b) The
Borrower is a limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and
in
good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation and has the
power and all licenses necessary to own its assets and to transact the business
in which it is engaged and is duly qualified and in good standing under the
laws
of each jurisdiction where the transaction of such business or its ownership
of
the Pledged Receivables requires such qualification.
(c) The
Borrower has the power, authority and legal right to make, deliver and perform
this Agreement and each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party
and
all of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and has taken all
necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, and
to
grant to the Agent, for the benefit of the Lender, a first priority perfected
security interest in the Pledged Assets on the terms and conditions of this
Agreement. This Agreement and each of the Transaction Documents to which the
Borrower is a party constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of
the
Borrower, enforceable against it in accordance with their respective terms,
except as the enforceability hereof and thereof may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and other similar laws of general
application affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of
equity (whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity
or
at law). No consent of any other party and no consent, license, approval or
authorization of, or registration or declaration with, any governmental
authority, bureau or agency is required in connection with the execution,
delivery or performance by the Borrower of this Agreement or any Transaction
Document to which it is a party or the validity or enforceability of this
Agreement or any such Transaction Document or the Pledged Receivables, other
than such as have been met or obtained.
(d) The
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and all other agreements
and instruments executed and delivered or to be executed and delivered pursuant
hereto or thereto in connection with the Pledge of the Pledged Assets will
not
(i) create any Adverse Claim on the Pledged Assets or (ii) violate any
provision of any existing law or regulation or any order or decree of any court,
regulatory body or administrative agency or the certificate of formation,
operating agreement, certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Borrower
or
any mortgage, indenture, contract or other agreement to which or the Borrower
is
a party or by which the Borrower or any property or assets of the Borrower
may
be bound.
(e) No
litigation or administrative proceeding of or before any court, tribunal or
governmental body is presently pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower,
threatened against the Borrower or any properties of Borrower or with respect
to
this Agreement, which, if adversely determined, could have a material effect
on
the business, assets or financial condition of the Borrower or which would
draw
into question the validity of this Agreement, any Transaction Document to which
the Borrower is a party or any of the other applicable documents forming part
of
the Pledged Assets.
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(f) In
selecting the Receivables to be Pledged pursuant to this Agreement, no selection
procedures were employed which are intended to be adverse to the interests
of
the Lender.
(g) The
grant
of the security interest in the Pledged Assets by the Borrower to the Agent,
for
the benefit of the Lender pursuant to this Agreement, is in the ordinary course
of business for the Borrower and is not subject to the bulk transfer or any
similar statutory provisions in effect in any applicable jurisdiction. Except
as
permitted hereby, no such Pledged Assets have been sold, transferred, assigned
or pledged by the Borrower to any Person, other than the Pledge of such Assets
to the Agent, for the benefit of the Lender, pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement.
(h) The
Borrower has no Debt or other indebtedness that, in the aggregate, exceeds
$10,000, other than Debt incurred under the terms of this
Agreement.
(i) The
Borrower has been formed solely for the purpose of engaging in transactions
of
the types contemplated by this Agreement.
(j) No
injunction, writ, restraining order or other order of any nature adversely
affects the Borrower’s performance of its obligations under this Agreement or
any Transaction Document to which the Borrower is a party.
(k) The
Borrower has not elected to be taxed as a separate business entity for U.S.
federal income tax purposes. No tax lien or similar adverse claim has been
filed, and no claim is being asserted, with respect to any such tax, assessment
or other governmental charge. Any taxes, fees and other governmental charges
payable by the Borrower in connection with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated
hereby or thereby have been paid if and when due.
(l) The
chief
executive office of the Borrower (and the location of the Borrower’s records
regarding the Pledged Receivables) is located at (i) as of the Closing Date,
1114 Avenue of the Xxxxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, and (ii) as of the Amendment Closing Date, at 000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 (or at such other location as the Borrower shall have
notified to the Agent in writing prior to such change in location).
(m) The
Borrower’s legal name is as set forth in this Agreement; other than as disclosed
on Schedule
II
hereto
(as such schedule may be updated from time to by the Agent upon receipt of
a
notice delivered to the Agent pursuant to Section 6.20),
the
Borrower has not changed its name since its formation; the Borrower does not
have tradenames, fictitious names, assumed names or “doing business as” names
other than as disclosed on Schedule
II
hereto
(as such schedule may be updated from time to by the Agent upon receipt of
a
notice delivered to the Agent pursuant to Section 6.20).
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(n) The
Borrower is solvent and will not become insolvent after giving effect to the
transactions contemplated hereby; the Borrower is paying its debts as they
become due; and the Borrower, after giving effect to the transactions
contemplated hereby, will have adequate capital to conduct its
business.
(o) The
Borrower has no subsidiaries.
(p) The
Borrower has given fair consideration and reasonably equivalent value in
exchange for the sale of the Pledged Receivables by EEF under the Transfer
and
Contribution Agreement.
(q) No
Monthly Remittance Report, Borrowing Base Certificate or Commercial Paper
Remittance Report, information, exhibit, financial statement, document, book,
record or report furnished or to be furnished by the Borrower to the Agent
or
the Lender in writing in connection with this Agreement is inaccurate in any
material respect as of the date it is dated or (except as otherwise disclosed
in
writing to the Agent or the Lender, as the case may be, at such time) as of
the
date so furnished, and no such document contains any material misstatement
of
fact or omits or shall omit to state a material fact or any fact necessary
to
make the statements contained therein not misleading.
(r) No
proceeds of any Loans will be used by the Borrower to acquire any security
in
any transaction, which is subject to Section 13 or 14 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Each purchase or contribution of Receivables
and Other Conveyed Property under the Transfer and Contribution Agreement will
constitute a “current transaction” within the meaning of Section 3(a)(3) of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(s) There
are
no agreements in effect adversely affecting the rights of the Borrower to make,
or cause to be made, the grant of the security interest in the Pledged Assets
contemplated by Section 2.14.
(t) The
Borrower is not, and will not as a result of the transactions contemplated
hereunder become, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(u) No
Event
of Default or Unmatured Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing.
(v) [Intentionally
Omitted.]
(w) [Intentionally
Omitted.]
(x) The
Borrower is in compliance with ERISA and has not incurred and does not expect
to
incur any liabilities (except for premium payments arising in the ordinary
course of business) to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (or any
successor thereto) under ERISA.
(y) The
Borrower is not in violation of any law, rule or regulation relating to
terrorism or money laundering (“Anti-Terrorism
Laws”),
including Executive Order No. 13224 on Terrorist Financing, effective September
24, 2001 (the “Executive
Order”),
and
the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required
to
Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Public Law 107-56 (the
“Patriot
Act”).
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(z) Neither
the Borrower nor any broker or other agent of the Borrower acting or benefiting
in any capacity in connection with the Loans hereunder is any of the
following:
(i) a
person
that is listed in the annex to, or is otherwise subject to the provisions of,
the Executive Order;
(ii) a
person
owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, any person that is listed
in the annex to, or is otherwise subject to the provisions of, the Executive
Order;
(iii) a
person
with which the Lender is prohibited from dealing or otherwise engaging in any
transaction by any Anti-Terrorism Law;
(iv) a
person
that commits, threatens or conspires to commit or supports “terrorism” as
defined in the Executive Order; or
(v) a
person
that is named as a “specially designated national and blocked person” on the
most current list published by the U.S. Treasury Department Office of Foreign
Assets Control (“OFAC”)
at its
official website or any replacement website or other replacement official
publication of such list.
(aa) Neither
the Borrower nor any broker or other agent of the Borrower acting in any
capacity in connection with the Loans hereunder (i) conducts any business
or engages in making or receiving any contribution of funds, goods or services
to or for the benefit of any person described in the preceding subsection,
(ii) deals in, or otherwise engages in any transaction relating to, any
property or interests in property blocked pursuant to the Executive Order,
or
(iii) engages in or conspires to engage in any transaction that evades or
avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate,
any
of the prohibitions set forth in any Anti-Terrorism Law.
SECTION
4.02 Reserved.
SECTION
4.03 Resale
of Receivables Upon Breach of Covenant or Representation and Warranty by
Borrower.
The
Borrower shall inform the other parties to this Agreement promptly, in writing,
upon the discovery of any breach of the representations, warranties and/or
covenants contained in Section 4.01
or
Section 4.02;
provided,
however,
that
the failure to provide any such notice shall not diminish, in any manner
whatsoever, any obligation of the Borrower hereunder to sell any Pledged
Receivable. Upon the discovery by or notice to the Borrower of such breach
that
also constitutes an EEF Purchase Event under and as defined in the Transfer
and
Contribution Agreement, the Borrower shall have an obligation to, and the
Borrower shall, sell to EEF pursuant to the Transfer and Contribution Agreement
(and the Agent may enforce such obligation of the Borrower to sell) any Pledged
Receivable adversely affected by any such breach. In connection with the resale
of such Pledged Receivable, the Borrower shall remit funds in an amount equal
to
the Release Price for such Pledged Receivable to the Collection Account on
the
date of such resale. Provided that the EEF timely complies with its repurchase
obligation under the Transfer and Contribution Agreement in respect of such
EEF
Purchase Event and the Borrower properly effects the related sale to EEF, this
resale and repurchase shall constitute the sole remedy available to the Agent
and Lender in connection with the related breach.
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ARTICLE
V.
GENERAL
COVENANTS OF THE BORROWER
SECTION
5.01 General
Covenants.
(a)
The Borrower will observe all entity procedures required by its certificate
of
formation, limited liability company agreement and the laws of its jurisdiction
of formation. The Borrower will maintain its limited liability company existence
in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of formation and will
promptly obtain and thereafter maintain qualifications to do business as a
foreign limited liability company in any other state in which it does business
and in which it is required to so qualify under applicable law.
(b) The
Borrower will at all times ensure that (i) its members act independently
and in its interests and in the interests of its creditors, (ii) it shall
at all times maintain at least one independent manager who (A) is not
currently and has not been during the five years preceding the Closing Date
an
officer, director or employee of the Borrower or an Affiliate thereof (other
than acting as independent manager or in a similar capacity) and (B) is not
a member of the Borrower or an Affiliate thereof (other than a special member
of
the Borrower or a limited purpose corporation, business trust, partnership
or
other entity organized for the purpose of acquiring, financing or otherwise
investing, directly or indirectly, in assets or receivables originated, owned
or
serviced by EEF or an Affiliate thereof), (iii) its assets are not
commingled with those of EEF or any other Affiliate of the Borrower,
(iv) its members duly authorize all of its limited liability company
actions, (v) it maintains separate and accurate records and books of
account and such books and records are kept separate from those of EEF and
any
other Affiliate of the Borrower and (vi) it maintains minutes of the
meetings and other proceedings of the members. Where necessary, the Borrower
will obtain proper authorization from its members for limited liability company
action.
(c) The
Borrower will pay its operating expenses and liabilities from its own assets;
provided,
however,
that
the Borrower’s organizational expenses and the expenses incurred in connection
with the negotiation and execution of this Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents may be paid by EEF.
(d) The
Borrower will not have any of its indebtedness guaranteed by EEF or any
Affiliate of EEF. Furthermore, the Borrower will not hold itself out, or permit
itself to be held out, as having agreed to pay or as being liable for the debts
of EEF, and the Borrower will not engage in business transactions with EEF,
except on an arm’s-length basis. The Borrower will not hold EEF out to third
parties as other than an entity with assets and liabilities distinct from the
Borrower. The Borrower will cause any of its financial statements consolidated
with those of EEF to state that the Borrower is a separate corporate entity
with
its own separate creditors who, in any liquidation of the Borrower, will be
entitled to be satisfied out of the Borrower’s assets prior to any value in the
Borrower becoming available to the Borrower’s equity holders. The Borrower will
not act in any other matter that could foreseeably mislead others with respect
to the Borrower’s separate identity.
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(e) The
Borrower shall take all other actions necessary to maintain the accuracy of
the
factual assumptions set forth in the legal opinion of Xxxxx & XxXxxxxx, as
special counsel to EEF and the Borrower, issued in connection with the Transfer
and Contribution Agreement and relating to the issues of substantive
consolidation and true conveyance of the Pledged Receivables.
(f) Except
as
otherwise provided herein or in any other Transaction Document, the Borrower
shall not sell, assign (by operation of law or otherwise) or otherwise dispose
of, or create or suffer to exist any Adverse Claim upon or with respect to,
any
Pledged Receivable, any Collections related thereto or any other Pledged Assets
related thereto, or upon or with respect to any account to which any Collections
of any Receivable are sent, or assign any right to receive income in respect
thereof. Except as otherwise provided herein or in any other Transaction
Document, the Borrower shall not create or suffer to exist any Adverse Claim
upon or with respect to any of the Borrower’s assets.
(g) The
Borrower will not merge or consolidate with, or convey, transfer, lease or
otherwise dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of
transactions), all or substantially all of its assets (whether now owned or
hereafter acquired) other than, with respect to asset dispositions in connection
with a Take-Out Securitization or other sale permitted under Section
2.20,
or
acquire all or substantially all of the assets or capital stock or other
ownership interest of any Person.
(h) The
Borrower will not account for or treat (whether in financial statements or
otherwise) the transactions contemplated by the Transfer and Contribution
Agreement in any manner other than a capital contribution and absolute
assignment of Receivables and Other Conveyed Property by EEF to the Borrower
constituting a “true conveyance” for bankruptcy purposes, it being understood
that the Loans to the Borrower under this Agreement will be treated as debt
on
the consolidated financial statements of EEF.
(i) The
Borrower will not amend, modify, waive or terminate any terms or conditions
of
the Transfer and Contribution Agreement without the written consent of the
Agent, and shall perform its obligations thereunder.
(j) The
Borrower will not amend, modify or otherwise make any change to its certificate
of formation without the consent of the Agent.
(k) The
Borrower will not make or allow to be made any amendment to the Credit and
Collection Policy, other than an inconsequential amendment, without the prior
written consent of the Agent.
(l) If
the
Borrower receives any Collections, the Borrower, as applicable, will remit
such
Collections to the Collection Account within one (1) Business Day of the
Borrower’s receipt thereof.
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(m) As
of the
date of any Receivable becoming Pledged hereunder, the Borrower shall have
required the Obligor of such Receivable to remit all Collections owed by such
Obligor to the Lockbox or by wire transfer to the Lockbox Account. The Borrower
shall (i) cause all checks/items constituting Collections in the Lockbox, once
becoming collected funds, to be credited to the Lockbox Account within one
Business Day of such checks/items being collected, and (ii) cause the
Lockbox Bank to remit all Collections on deposit in the Lockbox Account to
the
Collection Account no less frequently than every second Business
Day.
(n) The
Borrower shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Custodian at least three
(3) Business Days prior to each Borrowing Date each item listed in the
definition of Specified Document File with respect to the Receivables being
Pledged hereunder on such Borrowing Date.
(o) The
Borrower shall deliver to the Agent on each Purchase Date a copy of the
Assignment delivered to it on such Purchase Date.
(p) The
Borrower shall promptly notify the Agent of the occurrence of any Servicer
Default, Event of Default or Early Amortization Event.
(q) The
Borrower shall, at its expense, cooperate and take all actions reasonably
requested by the Agent in connection with obtaining a shadow rating with respect
to the financing facility provided for hereunder, including, without limitation
providing to each of the Rating Agencies all information requested by such
Rating Agencies.
ARTICLE
VI.
MAINTENANCE
OF SERVICING
SECTION
6.01 Maintenance
of Servicing.
(a) The
Borrower covenants to cause the servicing of the Receivables to be maintained
in
accordance with the Servicing Guidelines.
(b) The
Borrower (i) shall provide a copy of each Servicing Agreement to the Agent
(as
well as, if requested by the Agent, a copy of each Collection Servicing
Agreement); and (ii) has, pursuant to this Agreement, granted to the Agent
a
security interest in all right, title and interest of the Borrower with respect
to the Receivables in, to and under, and the benefits of, each Servicing
Agreement and Collection Servicing Agreement.
(c) The
Borrower shall cause to be diligently taken all reasonable steps, actions and
proceedings necessary for the enforcement of all terms, covenants and conditions
of all Receivables and agreements in connection therewith, including the prompt
payment of all principal and interest payments and all other amounts due
thereunder. The Borrower shall not consent, or agree to or permit any amendment
or modification of any Receivable or agreement in connection therewith which
will in any manner materially adversely affect the rights or security of the
Agent under the Transaction Documents. Nothing in this Agreement shall be
construed to (a) prevent the Borrower from permitting an Obligor to settle
a
default or cure a delinquency on any Receivable, (b) prevent the Borrower from
entering into a forbearance agreement consistent with industry practice, (c)
prevent the Borrower from waiving the initial late payment charge for any
Obligor, or (d) applying any credit to the balance of a Receivable if an amount
equal to the credit is deposited into the Collection Account by or at the
direction of the Borrower as a payment of such Receivable.
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(d) The
Borrower will cause all Collections obtained or received by any Servicer or
Collection Servicer to (i) not be commingled with general operating funds of
the
applicable Servicer or Collection Servicer, and (ii) be promptly deposited
into
either the Lockbox Account or the Collection Account in accordance with the
applicable Servicing Agreement or Collection Servicing Agreement, and in any
case in accordance with any specific delivery requirements contained therein,
if
applicable.
SECTION
6.02 Enforcement
of the Servicing Agreements.
Regardless of whether the Borrower is otherwise in default under this Agreement,
the Borrower shall comply with the following:
(a) It
will
diligently enforce and take all reasonable steps, actions and proceedings
necessary for the enforcement of all terms, covenants and conditions of the
applicable Servicing Agreement or Collection Servicing Agreement, including
the
prompt payment of all amounts due the Borrower thereunder, including without
limitation all principal and interest payments, and cause the Servicer to
specify whether payments received by it represent principal or
interest;
(b) not
permit the release of the obligations of any Servicer relating to Receivables
under any Servicing Agreement except in conjunction with amendments or
modifications permitted by (g) below;
(c) at
all
times, to the extent permitted by law, cause to be defended, enforced, preserved
and protected the rights and privileges of the Agent under or with respect
to
each Servicing Agreement;
(d) at
its
own expense, the Borrower shall duly and punctually perform and observe each
of
its obligations to each Servicer or Collection Servicer and under each Servicing
Agreement or Collection Servicing Agreement, as the case may be, in accordance
with the terms thereof;
(e) the
Borrower agrees to give the Agent prompt written notice of each Servicer
Default;
(f) the
Borrower shall not waive any Servicer Default under any Servicing Agreement,
without the written consent of the Agent;
(g) the
Borrower shall not consent or agree to or permit any amendment or modification
of any Servicing Agreement or Collection Servicing Agreement which will in
any
manner adversely affect the rights or security of the Agent without the Agent’s
consent; and
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(h) the
Borrower shall not allow a Servicer or Collection Servicer to assign or delegate
any of its duties under any Servicing Agreement or Collection Servicing
Agreement unless it is explicitly permitted in the related Servicing Agreement
or Collection Servicing Agreement (with liability retained by the applicable
assigning Servicer or Collection Servicer) or such assignment or delegation
has
been consented to by the Agent in writing.
SECTION
6.03 Reserved.
SECTION
6.04 Reserved.
SECTION
6.05 Reserved.
SECTION
6.06 Reserved.
SECTION
6.07 Reserved.
SECTION
6.08 Reserved.
SECTION
6.09 No
General Rights of Withdrawal.
Until
the Collection Date, the Borrower shall have no general rights of direction
or
withdrawal, with respect to amounts held in the Collection Account, the Reserve
Account or the Lockbox Account, except with respect to funds not related to
any
Pledged Assets, and except in respect of transfers or withdrawals specifically
authorized for the Borrower under a Loan Document.
SECTION
6.10 Permitted
Investments.
The
Borrower shall, pursuant to written instruction, direct the Account Bank (and
if
the Borrower fails to do so, the Agent may, pursuant to written instruction,
direct the Account Bank) to invest, or cause the investment of, funds on deposit
in the Collection Account or in the Reserve Account in Permitted Investments,
from the Closing Date until the Collection Date. Absent any such written
instruction, the Account Bank may invest, or cause the investment of, such
funds
in Permitted Investments described in clause (v) of the definition thereof.
A Permitted Investment acquired with funds deposited in the Collection Account
shall mature not later than the Business Day immediately preceding any
Remittance Date, and shall not be sold or disposed of prior to its maturity.
All
such Permitted Investments shall be registered in the name of the Securities
Intermediary (as defined in the Securities Account Agreement) or its nominee
for
the benefit of the Lender, and otherwise comply with assumptions of the legal
opinion of Xxxxx & XxXxxxxx dated concurrently with this Agreement or the
initial Borrowing Date, delivered in connection with this Agreement. All income
and gain realized from any such investment, as well as any interest earned
on
deposits in the Collection Account or the Reserve Account, shall be distributed
in accordance with the provisions of Article
II
hereof.
The Borrower shall deposit in the Collection Account or the Reserve Account,
as
the case may be (with respect to investments made hereunder of funds held
therein), an amount equal to the amount of any actual loss incurred, in respect
of any such investment, immediately upon realization of such loss. None of
the
Account Bank or the Agent shall be liable for the amount of any loss incurred,
in respect of any investment, or lack of investment, of funds held in any
Account.
SECTION
6.11 Reserved.
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SECTION
6.12 Reports
to the Agent; Account Statements; Servicing Information.
(a)
The Borrower will deliver to the Agent, (i) on the Early Amortization
Commencement Date, a report identifying the Pledged Receivables (and any
information with respect thereto requested by the Agent) on the day immediately
preceding the Early Amortization Commencement Date, and (ii) upon the
Agent’s reasonable request and upon reasonable notice, on any other Business
Day, a report identifying the Pledged Receivables (and any information with
respect thereto, reasonably requested by the Agent) as of such day.
(b) At
least
four (4) Business Days prior to each Remittance Date, the Borrower shall prepare
and deliver, or have delivered to the Agent for the Lender, (i) a Monthly
Remittance Report and any other information reasonably requested by the Agent,
relating to all Pledged Receivables (including, if requested, a Computer Tape
or
Listing), all information in the Monthly Remittance Report and all other such
information to be accurate as of the last day of the immediately preceding
Remittance Period, and (ii) in an electronic format mutually acceptable to
the Borrower and the Agent, all information reasonably requested by the Agent
relating to all Pledged Receivables. If any Monthly Remittance Report indicates
the existence of a Borrowing Base Deficiency, the Borrower shall, on the date
of
delivery of such Monthly Remittance Report, prepay to the Agent, for the account
of the Lender, a portion of the Loans as is necessary to cure such Borrowing
Base Deficiency (or otherwise cure such Borrowing Base Deficiency).
(c) By
no
later than 1:00 P.M. (New York City time) on the second Business Day immediately
preceding a Borrowing, the Borrower shall also prepare and deliver to the Agent
for the Lender a Borrowing Base Certificate containing information accurate
as
of the date of delivery of such Borrowing Base Certificate (it being understood
that any Borrowing secured by Prime Receivables after the Amendment Closing
Date, shall require the delivery of a Borrowing Base Certificate in a revised
form reasonably acceptable to the Agent that reflects any necessary revisions
from the form attached to the Existing RLSA, associated with the inclusion
of
such Prime Receivables). If any Borrowing Base Certificate indicates the
existence of a Borrowing Base Deficiency, the Borrower shall on the date of
delivery of such Borrowing Base Certificate prepay to the Agent, for the account
of the Lender, a portion of the Loans as is necessary to cure such Borrowing
Base Deficiency (or otherwise cure such Borrowing Base Deficiency).
(d) On
the
Business Day immediately preceding the last day of each Fixed Period, the
Borrower shall prepare and deliver, or have delivered to the Agent for the
Lender, a Commercial Paper Remittance Report containing information accurate
as
of the date of delivery of such Commercial Paper Remittance Report.
(e) At
least
four (4) Business Days prior to each Remittance Date (each such day, a
“Backup
Servicer Delivery Date”),
the
Borrower shall prepare and deliver, or have delivered, to the Backup Servicer
(i) a Monthly Remittance Report in respect of the immediately-preceding
Remittance Period and (ii) a computer tape or a diskette or any other
electronic transmission in a format acceptable to the Backup Servicer containing
the information with respect to the Pledged Receivables during such Remittance
Period which was necessary for preparation of such Monthly Remittance
Report.
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(f) The
Borrower shall deliver to the Agent all reports it receives pursuant to the
Transfer and Contribution Agreement within one Business Day of the receipt
thereof.
(g) If
and to
the extent requested by the Agent, the Borrower shall promptly deliver to the
Agent a copy of any written report, statement, notice or other written
information delivered to the Borrower by the Servicer or Collection Servicer,
as
applicable, pursuant to the applicable Servicing Agreement or Collection
Servicing Agreement.
SECTION
6.13 Statements
as to Compliance; Financial Statements.
(a)
The Borrower shall deliver to the Agent, the Backup Servicer, and the Lender
on
or before January 15 of each year, beginning with January 15, 2008, an Officers’
Certificate stating, as to each signatory thereof, that (x) a review of the
activities of the Borrower during the preceding calendar year and of its
performance under this Agreement has been made under such officer’s supervision,
and (y) to the best of such officers’ knowledge, based on such review, the
Borrower has fulfilled all of its obligations under this Agreement throughout
such calendar year (or portion thereof, as the case may be) or, if there has
been a default in the fulfillment of any such obligation, specifying each such
default known to such officers and the nature and status thereof and the action
being taken to cure such default.
(b) As
soon
as available and no later than thirty (30) days after the end of each calendar
quarter in each fiscal year of the Borrower, the Borrower shall deliver to
the
Lender, the Backup Servicer and the Agent two copies of:
(i) a
balance
sheet of the Borrower as of the end of such calendar quarter, setting forth
in
comparative form the corresponding figures for the most recent year-end for
which a comparable balance sheet has been prepared, which balance sheet shall
be
prepared and presented in accordance with, and provide all necessary disclosure
required by, GAAP and shall be accompanied by a certificate signed by the
financial vice president, treasurer, chief financial officer or controller
of
the Borrower that such balance sheet presents fairly the financial condition
of
Borrower and has been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied;
and
(ii) statements
of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flow of the Borrower for such calendar
quarter, setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for the
comparable period one year prior thereto (subject to normal year-end
adjustments), which such statements shall be prepared and presented in
accordance with, and provide all necessary disclosure required by, GAAP and
shall be accompanied by a certificate signed by the financial vice president,
treasurer, chief financial officer or controller of the Borrower stating that
such financial statements present fairly the financial condition and results
of
operations of the Borrower and have been prepared in accordance with GAAP
consistently applied.
(c) As
soon
as available and no later than ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal
year of the Borrower, the Borrower shall deliver to the Backup Servicer, the
Lender and the Agent two copies of:
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(i) a
balance
sheet of the Borrower as of the end of the fiscal year, setting forth in
comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year and accompanied by
an
opinion of a firm of independent certified public accountants of nationally
recognized standing acceptable to the Agent stating that such balance sheet
presents fairly the financial condition of the Borrower and has been prepared
in
accordance with GAAP consistently applied (except for changes in application
in
which such accountants concur); and
(ii) statements
of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flow of the Borrower for such fiscal
year, setting forth in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal
year
and accompanied by an opinion of a firm of independent certified public
accountants of nationally recognized standing acceptable to the Agent stating
that such financial statements present fairly the financial condition of the
Borrower and have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied
(except for changes in application in which such accountants concur).
(d) Except
as
otherwise set forth herein, the Backup Servicer shall have no duty to review
any
of the information set forth in the financial statements referred to
above.
SECTION
6.14 Access
to Certain Documentation.
The
Lender or the Agent (and their respective agents or professional advisors)
shall
at the expense of the Borrower (with such expenses not to exceed $30,000 in
any
single calendar year, so long as an Early Amortization Event shall not have
occurred and be continuing), have the right under this Agreement, up to four
(4)
times during each calendar year (or more frequently if an Early Amortization
Event shall have occurred and be continuing), upon reasonable prior notice
to
the Borrower, to examine and audit, during business hours or at such other
times
as might be reasonable under applicable circumstances, any and all of the books,
records or other information of the Borrower, or held by the Servicer on the
Borrower’s behalf (to the extent such right of access for the Agent is so
provided in the applicable Servicing Agreement, including the Backup Servicing
Agreement or other successor Servicing Agreement, if ever applicable),
concerning this Agreement. The Lender and the Agent (and their respective agents
and professional advisors) shall treat as confidential any information obtained
during the aforementioned examinations which is not already publicly known
or
available; provided,
however,
that
the Lender or the Agent may disclose such information if required to do so
by
law or by any regulatory authority. The Backup Servicer agrees that, in
connection with its appointment as a successor Servicer under a Backup Servicing
Agreement, such access to the Agent shall be provided two (2) times per calendar
year upon five (5) Business Days’ prior written notice.
SECTION
6.15 Servicer
Default; Replacement of Servicer, Backup Servicer Duties.
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(a) If
a
Servicer Default shall occur and be continuing, and shall have continued
unremedied beyond any applicable grace or cure period in the Servicing
Agreement, or the Servicer shall have resigned from and in connection therewith
ceased to perform its obligations under the applicable Servicing Agreement
(the
first date that any such state of affairs exists, being the “Replacement
Trigger Date”),
then
the Borrower shall if directed by the Agent (and if the Borrower fails to comply
with such direction, the Agent may take such action on its own, to the extent
consistent with the Servicing Agreement), (i) procure a replacement Servicer
acceptable to the Agent, pursuant to a related Servicing Agreement acceptable
to
the Agent, and (ii) in connection therewith, exercise its rights of termination
of the Servicing Agreement with the defaulting Servicer and effect a transfer
of
substantially equivalent servicing functions to such replacement Servicer (the
accomplishment of the actions described in clauses (i) and (ii) above being
a
“Replacement”).
The
Agent agrees that the Backup Servicer, if proposed by the Borrower for such
purpose, is an acceptable replacement Servicer for purposes of a Replacement.
In
the event that such Replacement has not been accomplished within forty five
(45)
days of the Replacement Trigger Date (or such longer period as may be mutually
agreed between the Borrower and the Agent at the time), then the Agent may,
by
written notice to the Servicer, the Borrower and the Backup Servicer, terminate
all of the rights and obligations of the defaulting Servicer under the related
Servicing Agreement (if such action has not previously been taken) and procure
and appoint, with or without the Borrower’s consent, the Backup Servicer to
replace such defaulting Servicer and to perform such Receivable and Contract
servicing functions as the Agent and the Backup Servicer may mutually agree
in
writing (and the Backup Servicer hereby agrees, in consideration of the Standby
Backup Servicer’s Fees paid to it under this Agreement, its receipt of
Transition Costs upon entering in the related Backup Servicing Agreement
described below, and its prospective receipt of the Active Backup Servicer’s
Fees, to accept such appointment). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Backup
Servicer will not be obligated to perform any servicing functions or accept
such
appointment until (A) a written agreement has been entered into by the Backup
Servicer with the Agent (and the Borrower, if the Borrower is consenting to
the
Backup Servicer as replacement Servicer) in connection with such appointment
(any, a “Backup
Servicing Agreement”),
and
(B) the Backup Servicer shall have been paid (or shall have agreed to an
arrangement satisfactory in its sole discretion for the payment of), related
Transition Costs owing to it. The Backup Servicer agrees to negotiate reasonably
and in good faith to enter into a Backup Servicing Agreement necessary to
accomplish the foregoing purposes, agrees to use its reasonable efforts to
so
negotiate and enter into such an agreement within ten (10) Business Days of
the
initial written notification to it that the Agent (and the Borrower, if
applicable) desires the Backup Servicer to become a successor Servicer
hereunder, and further agrees that such Backup Servicing Agreement is to provide
for servicing undertakings to be performed to a standard no less stringent
that
the Backup Servicing Agreement Servicing Standard; provided,
however,
nothing
stated herein obligates the Backup Servicer to enter into a Backup Servicing
Agreement if the Backup Servicer cannot reach agreement on the terms and
conditions of such agreement despite such reasonable efforts. Such Backup
Servicing Agreement shall thereupon be considered, for purposes of this
Agreement, a “Servicing Agreement” in connection with the Backup Servicer’s
appointment, notwithstanding whether the Borrower consents to such agreement
or
appointment or becomes a signatory thereto. Upon its appointment, the Backup
Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf
of
the Borrower, as attorney-in-fact or otherwise, any and all documents and other
instruments, and to do or accomplish all other acts or things necessary or
appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of termination or to service
the Receivables under this Agreement and the Backup Servicing Agreement, as
applicable. The Borrower agrees to cooperate with the Agent and the Backup
Servicer in effecting the termination of the defaulting Servicer’s
responsibilities and rights under the Servicing Agreement, including, without
limitation, providing or causing the Servicer to provide the Backup Servicer
with all records, in electronic or other form, reasonably requested by it to
enable the Backup Servicer to assume the servicing functions hereunder and
the
transfer to the Backup Servicer for administration by it of all cash amounts
which at the time should be or should have been deposited by the Servicer in
the
Lockbox Account or the Collection Account or thereafter be received by the
Servicer with respect to the Pledged Receivables. Neither the Agent nor the
Backup Servicer shall be deemed to have breached any obligation hereunder as
a
result of a failure to make or delay in making any distribution as and when
required hereunder caused by the failure of the Servicer being replaced to
remit
any amounts received by it or to deliver any documents held by it with respect
to the Pledged Assets.
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(b) The
Active Backup Servicer’s Fees (and Transition Costs, if not otherwise previously
paid as described in Section
6.15(a)),
shall
be paid out of Collections as set forth in Section 2.05(c)
on and
after the date, if any, that the Backup Servicer assumes the responsibilities
of
the Servicer pursuant to this Section. The Standby Backup Servicer’s Fees and
Transition Costs shall be paid out of Collections as set forth in Section 2.05(c)
prior to
the date, if any, that the Backup Servicer assumes the responsibilities of
the
Servicer pursuant to this Section.
(c) On
and
after the time the Servicer receives a notice of termination in connection
with
the appointment of the Backup Servicer as referred to in Section 6.15(a),
and
subject to any preconditions set forth in Section
6.15(a)
to the
Backup Servicer’s assuming such role, the Backup Servicer shall be (and the
Backup Servicer hereby agrees to be), in accordance with and subject to the
Backup Servicing Agreement, the successor in all respects to the Servicer in
its
capacity as Servicer for the Pledged Receivables and the transactions set forth
or provided for herein and shall have all the rights and powers and be subject
thereafter to all the responsibilities, duties and liabilities relating thereto
placed upon it pursuant to the Backup Servicing Agreement entered into in
connection with its appointment; provided,
however,
that
any failure to perform such duties or responsibilities caused by the failure
of
the Servicer being replaced to provide information required by this Section 6.15
shall
not be considered a default by the Backup Servicer hereunder; provided,
further,
however,
that
the Backup Servicer, as successor Servicer, shall have (i) no liability
with respect to any obligation which was required to be performed by the
terminated Servicer prior to the date that the Backup Servicer becomes the
successor to the Servicer or any claim of a third party based on any alleged
action or inaction of the terminated Servicer, (ii) no obligation to
perform any repurchase or advancing obligations, if any, of the Servicer,
(iii) no obligation to pay any taxes required to be paid by the Servicer
(provided that the Backup Servicer shall pay any income taxes for which it
is
liable), (iv) no obligation to pay any of the fees and expenses of any
other party to the transactions contemplated hereby, and (v) no liability
or obligation with respect to any Servicer indemnification obligations of any
prior Servicer. The indemnification obligations of the Backup Servicer, upon
becoming a successor Servicer, shall be expressly limited to those arising
on
account of its gross negligence or willful misconduct, or its failure to perform
its undertakings in accordance with the Backup Servicing Agreement Servicing
Standard. In addition, the Backup Servicer shall have no liability relating
to
any representations and warranties of any prior Servicer.
The
Backup Servicer as successor Servicer shall not be responsible for the value,
validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability, perfection or sufficiency
of this Agreement or any of the Receivables except that the Backup Servicer
as
successor Servicer, at the request and expense of the Agent, shall file any
continuation statements as may be required to maintain the perfection of the
security interest granted herein.
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The
Backup Servicer as successor Servicer is authorized to accept and rely on all
accounting records (including computer records) and work product of the prior
Servicer hereunder relating to the Receivables without any audit or other
examination. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the
contrary, the Backup Servicer, as successor Servicer, is not responsible for
the
accounting, records (including computer records) and work of the prior Servicer
relating to the Receivables (collectively, the “Predecessor
Servicer Work Product”).
If
any error, inaccuracy, omission or incorrect or non-standard practice or
procedure (collectively “Errors”)
exist
in any Predecessor Servicer Work Product and such Errors make it materially
more
difficult to service or should cause or materially contribute to the Backup
Servicer as successor Servicer making or continuing any Errors (collectively,
“Continued
Errors”),
the
Backup Servicer as successor Servicer shall have no liability for such Continued
Errors; provided,
however,
that
that Backup Servicer as successor Servicer agrees to use its best efforts to
prevent Continued Errors. In the event that the Backup Servicer as successor
Servicer becomes aware of Errors or Continued Errors, it shall, with the prior
consent of Agent, use its best efforts to reconstruct and reconcile such data
as
is commercially reasonable to correct such Errors and Continued Errors and
to
prevent future Continued Errors. The Backup Servicer as successor Servicer
shall
be entitled to recover its costs thereby expended.
The
Borrower agrees, to the extent of its rights to do so under the related
Servicing Agreement, to cause the Servicer being replaced by the Backup Servicer
(or other successor Servicer that may be appointed hereunder) to cooperate
and
use its best efforts in providing (at the Borrower’s expense, or at the expense
of the Servicer being replaced if so provide for in the related Servicing
Agreement) the Backup Servicer as successor Servicer with reasonable access
(including at the premises of the Servicer being replaced) to such Servicer’s
employees, and any and all of the books, records (in electronic or other form)
or other information reasonably requested by the Backup Servicer to enable
the
Backup Servicer as successor Servicer to assume the servicing functions
hereunder and to maintain a list of key servicing personnel and contact
information.
If
the
Backup Servicer is prevented from fulfilling its obligations hereunder as a
result of government actions, regulations, fires, strikes, accidents, acts
of
god or other causes beyond the control of either party, the Backup Servicer’s
obligations shall be suspended for a reasonable time during which such
conditions exist.
Notwithstanding
the above, the Agent may, if the Backup Servicer shall be unwilling to so act
or
shall fail to agree to a Backup Servicing Agreement acceptable to the Agent,
or
shall, if the Backup Servicer is unable to so act, or if the Lender so requests
in writing to the Agent in such circumstance, appoint itself, or appoint any
established servicing institution having a net worth of not less than
$50,000,000, as the successor to the Servicer in the provision on behalf of
the
Borrower of such services as are necessary for the Borrower to comply with
its
Servicing Undertaking (and notwithstanding whether the Borrower consents or
agrees to such appointment). In connection with such appointment and assumption,
the Agent may make such arrangements for the compensation of such successor
out
of payments on Pledged Receivables as it and such successor shall agree;
provided,
however,
that,
except as provided herein, no such compensation shall be in excess of that
permitted the Servicer hereunder, unless (i) agreed to by the Lender and
(ii) such compensation shall be on commercially competitive terms and
rates. The Borrower, the Agent and such successor shall take such action,
consistent with this Agreement, as shall be necessary to effectuate any such
succession.
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(d) Prior
to
each Remittance Date, provided that the Backup Servicer shall have received
the
information specified in Section 6.12(e) within the time specified therein,
the Backup Servicer shall compare the information on the computer tape or
diskette (or other means of electronic transmission acceptable to the Backup
Servicer) most recently delivered to the Backup Servicer by the Borrower
pursuant to Section 6.12(e)
to the
Monthly Remittance Report most recently delivered to the Backup Servicer by
the
Borrower pursuant to Section 6.12(e)
and
shall:
(i) confirm
that such Monthly Remittance Report is complete on its face;
(ii) confirm
the Remittance Date distributions to be made on the next Remittance Date
pursuant to Section 2.05(c)
hereof
to the extent the Backup Servicer is able to do so given the information
provided to it by the Borrower (it being hereby agreed that the Backup Servicer
shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Agent if such information is
insufficient and that the Borrower shall promptly provide to the Backup Servicer
any additional information required by the Backup Servicer);
(iii) confirm
the following information on such Monthly Remittance Report: (i) Eligible
Receivables Balance, (ii) the Weighted Average First Delinquency Rate,
(iii) the Weighted Average Second Delinquency Rate, (iv) the Weighted
Average Annualized Default Rate, and (v) the Overconcentration Amount;
and
(iv) confirm
such other information as the Backup Servicer and the Agent may
agree.
In
the
event of any discrepancy between the information set forth in subparagraphs
(ii) or (iii) above as calculated by the Borrower and that determined
or calculated by the Backup Servicer, the Backup Servicer shall promptly report
such discrepancy to the Borrower and the Agent. In the event of a discrepancy
as
described in the preceding sentence, the Borrower and the Backup Servicer shall
attempt to reconcile such discrepancy prior to the related Remittance Date,
but
in the absence of a reconciliation, distributions on the related Remittance
Date
shall be made consistent with the information calculated by the Borrower, the
Borrower and the Backup Servicer shall attempt to reconcile such discrepancy
prior to the next Remittance Date, and the Borrower shall promptly report to
the
Agent regarding the progress, if any, which shall have been made in reconciling
such discrepancy. If the Backup Servicer and the Borrower are unable to
reconcile such discrepancy with respect to such Monthly Remittance Report by
the
next Remittance Date that falls in April, July, October or January, the Borrower
shall cause independent accountants acceptable to the Agent, at the Borrower’s
expense, to examine such Monthly Remittance Report and attempt to reconcile
such
discrepancy at the earliest possible date (and the Borrower shall promptly
provide the Agent with a report regarding such event). The effect, if any,
of
such reconciliation shall be reflected in the Monthly Remittance Report for
the
next succeeding Remittance Date.
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Other
than as specifically set forth in this Agreement, the Backup Servicer shall
have
no obligation to supervise, verify, monitor or administer the performance of
the
Borrower and shall have no liability for any action taken or omitted by the
Borrower.
The
Backup Servicer may allow a subservicer to perform any and all of its duties
and
responsibilities hereunder, including but not limited to its duties as successor
Servicer hereunder, should the Backup Servicer become the successor Servicer
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement; provided,
however,
that
the Backup Servicer shall remain liable for the performance of all of its duties
and obligations hereunder to the same extent as if no such subservicing had
occurred.
The
Backup Servicer shall not be liable for any errors contained in any computer
tape, certificate or other data or document delivered to the Backup Servicer
hereunder or on which the Backup Servicer must rely in order to perform its
obligations hereunder. In no event shall the Backup Servicer, either in its
capacity as Backup Servicer or as successor Servicer, be liable for special,
indirect, consequential or incidental damages. Furthermore, the Backup Servicer
undertakes to perform only such duties and obligations as are specifically
set
forth in this Agreement, it being understood by all parties hereto that there
are no implied duties or obligations of the Backup Servicer hereunder (but
the
foregoing sentence shall not be read in limitation of any undertakings and
obligations expressly agreed to by the Backup Servicer in a Backup Servicing
Agreement).
SECTION
6.16 Additional
Remedies of Agent Upon Event of Default.
During
the continuance of any Event of Default, the Agent, in addition to the rights
specified in Section 7.01,
shall
have the right, in its own name and as agent for the Lender, to take all actions
now or hereafter existing at law, in equity or by statute to enforce its rights
and remedies and to protect the interests, and enforce the rights and remedies,
of the Lender (including the institution and prosecution of all judicial,
administrative and other proceedings and the filings of proofs of claim and
debt
in connection therewith). Except as otherwise expressly provided in this
Agreement, no remedy provided for by this Agreement shall be exclusive of any
other remedy, each and every remedy shall be cumulative and in addition to
any
other remedy, and no delay or omission to exercise any right or remedy shall
impair any such right or remedy or shall be deemed to be a waiver of any Event
of Default.
SECTION
6.17 Waiver
of Defaults.
Upon
consent of the Lender, the Agent may waive any default by the Borrower in the
performance of its obligations hereunder and its consequences. Upon any such
waiver of a past default, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event
of
Default arising therefrom shall be deemed remedied for every purpose of this
Agreement. No such waiver shall be effective unless it shall be in writing
and
signed by the Agent on the Lender’s behalf and no such waiver shall extend to
any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon except
to
the extent expressly so waived.
SECTION
6.18 Reserved.
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SECTION
6.19 Reserved.
SECTION
6.20 UCC
Matters; Protection and Perfection of Pledged Assets
.
The
Borrower will not make any change to its corporate name or use any tradenames,
fictitious names, assumed names, “doing business as” names or other names (other
than those listed on Schedule
II
hereto,
as such schedule may be revised from time to time to reflect name changes and
name usage permitted under the terms of this Section 6.20
after
compliance with all terms and conditions of this Section 6.20
related
thereto) unless, prior to the effective date of any such name change or use,
the
Borrower notifies the Agent of such change in writing and the Agent is hereby
authorized to file such financing statements as the Agent may determine to
reflect such name change or use, together with such other documents and
instruments as the Agent may determine in connection therewith. The Borrower
will not change its jurisdiction of formation, the location of its chief
executive office or the location of its records regarding the Pledged
Receivables unless, at least 30 days prior to the effective date of any such
change, the Borrower notifies the Agent of such change in writing and the Agent
is hereby authorized to file such financing statements as the Agent may
determine to reflect such change, and the Borrower agrees if requested by the
Agent to cause to be delivered to the Agent such Opinions of Counsel, documents
and instruments as the Agent may request in connection therewith. The Borrower
agrees that from time to time, at its expense, it will promptly execute and
deliver all further instruments and documents, and take all further action
that
the Agent may reasonably request in order to perfect, protect or more fully
evidence the Lender’s interest in the Pledged Assets acquired hereunder, or to
enable the Lender or the Agent to exercise or enforce any of their respective
rights hereunder. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (i) the
Borrower hereby authorizes the Agent to execute and file such financing or
continuation statements, or amendments thereto or assignments thereof, and
such
other instruments or notices, as may be necessary or appropriate or as the
Agent
may determine in order to perfect and protect its interests, and (ii) the
Borrower will, upon the request of the Agent, xxxx its master data processing
records evidencing such Pledged Receivables with a legend acceptable to the
Agent, evidencing that the Lender has acquired an interest therein as provided
in this Agreement. The Borrower hereby authorizes the Agent to file one or
more
financing or continuation statements, and amendments thereto and assignments
thereof, relative to all or any of the Pledged Receivables and the Other
Conveyed Property and the Related Security related thereto and the proceeds
of
the foregoing now existing or hereafter arising, without the signature of the
Borrower where permitted by law. A carbon, photographic or other reproduction
of
this Agreement or any financing statement covering the Pledged Receivables,
or
any part thereof, shall be sufficient as a financing statement. The Borrower
shall, upon the request of the Agent at any time after the occurrence of an
Event of Default and at the Borrower’s expense, notify the Obligors obligated to
pay any Pledged Receivables, or any of them, of the security interest of the
Lender in the Pledged Assets. If the Borrower fails to perform any of its
agreements or obligations under this Section 6.20,
the
Agent may (but shall not be required to) itself perform, or cause performance
of, such agreement or obligation, and the expenses of the Agent incurred in
connection therewith shall be payable by the Borrower upon the Agent’s demand
therefor. For purposes of enabling the Agent to exercise its rights described
in
the preceding sentence and elsewhere in this Article
VI,
the
Borrower and the Lender hereby authorize each of the Agent and its successors
and assigns to take any and all steps in the Borrower’s name and on behalf of
the Borrower and the Lender necessary or desirable, in the determination of
the
Agent, to collect all amounts due under any and all Pledged Receivables,
including, without limitation, endorsing the Borrower’s name on checks and other
instruments representing Collections and enforcing such Pledged Receivables
and
the related Contracts.
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SECTION
6.21 Reserved.
SECTION
6.22 Procurement
of Qualifying Interest Rate Xxxxxx.
The
Borrower agrees, if the Hedging Condition shall exist and if requested by the
Agent, and in any case in consultation with the Agent, to procure and maintain
in effect, for so long as such Hedging Condition shall continue to exist,
Qualifying Interest Rate Xxxxxx in respect of the Pledged
Receivables.
SECTION
6.23 Compliance
with Applicable Law.
The
Borrower shall at all times comply with all requirements of applicable federal,
state and local laws, and regulations thereunder (including, without limitation,
usury laws, the Federal Truth-in-Lending Act, the Equal Credit Opportunity
Act,
the Fair Credit Billing Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Fair Debt
Collection Practices Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act, the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxx
Warranty Act, the Federal Reserve Board’s Regulations “B” and “Z”, the Soldiers’
and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act of 1940 and state adaptations of the National
Consumer Act and of the Uniform Consumer Credit Code and all other consumer
credit laws and equal credit opportunity and disclosure laws) in the conduct
of
its business.
SECTION
6.24 Stamping
of Promissory Notes Evidencing Receivables.
Any
Pledged Receivable for which the Borrower shall not have itself, or shall not
have caused the Custodian to, stamp or affix by allonge, sticker or other
comparable method to the promissory notes constituting part of the Contracts
evidencing the Pledged Receivables, which marking shall state to the effect
that
the promissory note is subject to a security interest in favor of DZ Bank as
Agent as the sole lienholder, within 10 days of the first day of inclusion
of
such Pledged Receivable in the calculation of the Eligible Receivables Balance,
shall no longer be deemed to be an Eligible Receivable and, therefore, shall
no
longer be included in the calculation of the Eligible Receivables Balance until
such deficiency is cured (and provided that such Receivable is otherwise an
Eligible Receivable at such time of cure).
ARTICLE
VII.
EVENTS
OF DEFAULT
SECTION
7.01 Events
of Default.
If any
of the following events (“Events
of Default”)
shall
occur:
(a) the
occurrence of any Bankruptcy Event with respect to the Borrower or EEF;
or
(b) any
representation or warranty made or deemed to be made by the Borrower or EEF
(or
any of their respective officers) under or in connection with this Agreement,
any remittance report or other information or report delivered pursuant hereto
or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party shall prove to have
been false or incorrect in any material respect when made (including, without
limitation, any representation or warranty made or deemed to be made by EEF
(or
any of its officers or agents) under or in connection with the Transfer and
Contribution Agreement), and such breach (other than those of a nature
remediable by repurchase as described in the first proviso below) if susceptible
of cure remains uncured for thirty (30) days; provided,
however,
that if
any breach described above is remedied by the repurchase of Receivables pursuant
to and in accordance with Article
VI
of the
Transfer and Contribution Agreement, such remedy when exercised shall cause
such
breach to not constitute the basis for an Event of Default, and provided further,
a
breach of a representation contained in Section 4.01(a) may be remedied by
the
repayment, within three (3) Business Days of the discovery of such breach,
of
the principal of and accrued interest on the Loan secured by the Receivable
with
respect to which such breach occurred, which remedy if timely so exercised
shall
cause such breach to not constitute the basis for an Event of Default;
or
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(c) (i) the
Borrower or EEF shall fail to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement
hereunder (and such noncompliance is not otherwise described as an Event of
Default under a different clause within this Section
7.01)
or
under any other Transaction Document to which it is a party in any material
respect and such failure remains unremedied for thirty (30) days or
(ii) the Borrower of EFF shall fail to make any payment or deposit to be
made by it when due hereunder or under any other Transaction Document to which
it is a party; or
(d) the
Borrower or EEF shall fail to pay any principal of or premium or interest on
any
Debt in an amount in excess of $50,000, when the same becomes due and payable
(whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand or
otherwise); or any other default under any agreement or instrument relating
to
any Debt of the Borrower or EEF or any other event, shall occur if the effect
of
such default or event is to accelerate, or to permit the acceleration of, the
maturity of such Debt; or any such Debt shall be declared to be due and payable
or required to be prepaid (other than by a regularly scheduled required
prepayment) prior to the stated maturity thereof; or
(e) [intentionally
omitted]; or
(f) (i) the
Lender shall at any time fail to have a valid, perfected, first priority
security interest in any of the Pledged Assets or (ii) any purchase by the
Borrower of a Receivable and the Collections and Other Conveyed Property under
the Transfer and Contribution Agreement shall, for any reason, cease to create
in favor of the Borrower a perfected ownership interest in such Receivable
and
the Collections and the Other Conveyed Property with respect thereto;
provided,
however,
that if
an event described in the foregoing clause (i) or (ii) is cured by the
repurchase of Receivables pursuant to Article
VI
of the
Transfer and Contribution Agreement or by a repayment pursuant to Section 2.17
hereof,
such event shall cease to constitute an Event of Default; or
(g) the
Borrower or EEF shall have suffered any Material Adverse Change; or
(h) EEF’s
or
the Borrower’s activities are terminated for any reason, including any
termination thereof by a regulatory, tax or accounting body; or
(i) a
Change
of Control occurs; or
(j) any
Transfer and Contribution Agreement shall cease to be in full force and effect;
or
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(k) Parent
shall fail to maintain Tangible Net Worth of at least $5,000,000;
or
(l) EEF
shall
fail to maintain Tangible Net Worth in an amount not less than the greater
of
(i) $5,000,000, and (ii) 15% of the Eligible Receivables Balance;
or
(m) Parent
shall fail to maintain a Liquidity Ratio of at least 1.50; or
(n) a
Replacement Trigger Date shall have occurred and a Replacement shall not have
been effected within forty-five (45) days of the applicable Replacement Trigger
Date; or
(o) (i) any
Qualifying Interest Rate Hedge shall cease to be in full force and effect,
provided that if the Borrower shall not be in any way responsible for such
Qualifying Interest Rate Hedge ceasing to be in full force and effect, such
event shall not be an Event of Default unless no replacement Qualifying Interest
Rate Hedge shall have been entered into by the Borrower within fifteen (15)
days, (ii) the occurrence of any default by the Borrower in the observance
or performance of any of the terms or provisions of any Qualifying Interest
Rate
Hedge or (iii) any interest rate hedge agreement represented by the
Borrower to be a Qualifying Interest Rate Hedge shall fail to be, or cease
to
be, a Qualifying Interest Rate Hedge, provided that if the Borrower shall not
be
in any way responsible for such Qualifying Interest Rate Hedge ceasing to be
a
Qualifying Interest Rate Hedge, such event shall not be an Event of Default
unless no replacement Qualifying Interest Rate Hedge shall have been entered
into by the Borrower within fifteen (15) days; or
(p) Excess
Spread is less than the Minimum Excess Spread for two consecutive Remittance
Periods without cure; or
(q) provided
that the Measurement Condition shall exist, the Weighted Average Annualized
Default Rate shall exceed the Weighted Average Annualized Default Rate Threshold
Amount; or
(r) provided
that the Measurement Condition shall exist, the Weighted Average First
Delinquency Rate shall exceed the Weighted Average First Delinquency Rate
Threshold Amount; or
(s) provided
that the Measurement Condition shall exist, the Weighted Average Second
Delinquency Rate shall exceed the Weighted Average Second Delinquency Rate
Threshold Amount; or
(t) the
Advance Percentage exceeds the Maximum Advance Percentage for three consecutive
Business Days;
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then
the
Agent may, by notice to the Borrower, declare the Early Amortization
Commencement Date to have occurred; provided,
that,
in the case of any event described in Section 7.01(a)
above,
the Early Amortization Commencement Date shall be deemed to have occurred
automatically upon the occurrence of such event. Upon any such declaration
or
automatic occurrence, (i) the Borrower shall cease purchasing Receivables
from EEF under the Transfer and Contribution Agreement, (ii) the Lender
shall cease issuing commercial paper notes to fund or maintain the Loans
hereunder, (iii) the Liquidity/Credit Enhancement Facility shall be drawn
upon by the Lender from time to time thereafter in order to retire the maturing
commercial paper notes issued to fund or maintain the Loans hereunder (and
the
Loans hereunder maintained by the amounts so drawn under the Liquidity/Credit
Enhancement Facility shall bear interest at the Default Funding Rate),
(iv) at the option of the Lender in its sole discretion, the Lender may
declare the Loans made to the Borrower hereunder and all Yield and all Fees
accrued on such Loans and any other Obligations to be immediately due and
payable (and the Borrower shall pay such Loans and all such amounts and
Obligations immediately), (v) the Agent may exercise any control rights that
it
has under the Account Control Agreement and the Lockbox Account Control
Agreement, to the extent not previously exercised, and (vi) at the option
of the Lender in its sole discretion, the Agent, on behalf of the Lender, may
direct the Obligors to make all payments under the Pledged Receivables directly
to the Backup Servicer, the Agent, the Lender or any lockbox or account
established by any of such parties. In addition, upon any such declaration
or
upon any such automatic occurrence, the Agent and the Lender shall have, in
addition to all other rights and remedies under this Agreement or otherwise,
all
other rights and remedies provided under the UCC of the applicable jurisdiction
and other applicable laws, which rights shall be cumulative. If any Event of
Default shall have occurred, the Non-CP Rate and the CP Rate shall be increased
to the Default Funding Rate, effective as of the date of the occurrence of
such
Event of Default, and shall remain at the Default Funding Rate.
SECTION
7.02 Additional
Remedies of the Agent.
(a)
If, upon the Lender’s declaration that the Loans made to the Borrower hereunder
are immediately due and payable pursuant to Section 7.01
or on
the Facility Maturity Date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the
Loans, all accrued Fees and Yield and any other Obligations are not immediately
paid in full, then the Agent, in addition to all other rights specified
hereunder, shall have the right, in its own name and as agent for the Lender,
to
immediately sell in a commercially reasonable manner, in a recognized market
(if
one exists) at such price or prices as the Agent may reasonably deem
satisfactory, any or all Pledged Assets and apply the proceeds thereof to the
Obligations.
(b) The
parties recognize that it may not be possible to sell all of the Pledged Assets
on a particular Business Day, or in a transaction with the same purchaser,
or in
the same manner because the market for such Pledged Assets may not be liquid.
Accordingly, the Agent may elect, in its sole discretion, the time and manner
of
liquidating any Pledged Assets, and nothing contained herein shall obligate
the
Agent to liquidate any Pledged Assets on the date the Lender declares the Loans
made to the Borrower hereunder to be immediately due and payable pursuant to
Section 7.01
or to
liquidate all Pledged Assets in the same manner or on the same Business
Day.
(c) Any
amounts received from any sale or liquidation of the Pledged Assets pursuant
to
this Section 7.02
in
excess of the Obligations will be returned to the Borrower, its successors
or
assigns, or to whosoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same, or as
a
court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct.
(d) The
Agent
and the Lenders shall have, in addition to all the rights and remedies provided
herein and provided by applicable federal, state, foreign, and local laws
(including, without limitation, the rights and remedies of a secured party
under
the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable state, to the extent that the
Uniform Commercial Code is applicable, and the right to offset any mutual debt
and claim), all rights and remedies available to the lenders at law, in equity
or under any other agreement between the Lender and the Borrower.
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(e) Except
as
otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, no remedy provided for by this
Agreement shall be exclusive of any other remedy, each and every remedy shall
be
cumulative and in addition to any other remedy, and no delay or omission to
exercise any right or remedy shall impair any such right or remedy or shall
be
deemed to be a waiver of any Early Amortization Event or Event of
Default.
ARTICLE
VIII.
INDEMNIFICATION
SECTION
8.01 Indemnities
by the Borrower.
Without
limiting any other rights which the Agent, the Lender, the Backup Servicer
or
any of their respective Affiliates may have hereunder or under applicable law,
the Borrower hereby agrees to indemnify the Agent, the Lender, the Backup
Servicer and each of their respective Affiliates (each, an “Indemnified
Party”
for
purposes of this Article
VIII) from
and against any and all damages, losses, claims, liabilities and related costs
and expenses, 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 in respect of any Pledged Assets, excluding, however, Indemnified
Amounts to the extent resulting from gross negligence or willful misconduct
on
the part of an Indemnified Party. Without limiting the foregoing, the Borrower
shall indemnify each Indemnified Party for Indemnified Amounts relating to
or
resulting from any of the following (to the extent not resulting from gross
negligence or willful misconduct on the part of an Indemnified Party or, in
the
case of the Lender, from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the
Agent):
(i) any
Pledged Receivable treated as or represented by the Borrower to be an Eligible
Receivable which is not at the applicable time an Eligible
Receivable;
(ii) reliance
on any representation or warranty made or deemed made by the Borrower, EEF
or
one of its Affiliates or any of their respective officers under or in connection
with this Agreement, which shall have been false or incorrect in any material
respect when made or deemed made or delivered;
(iii) the
failure by the Borrower or EEF to comply with any term, provision or covenant
contained in this Agreement or any agreement executed in connection with this
Agreement, or with any applicable law, rule or regulation with respect to any
Pledged Assets, or the nonconformity of any Pledged Assets with any such
applicable law, rule or regulation;
(iv) the
failure to vest and maintain vested in the Agent, for the benefit of the Lender,
or to transfer to the Agent, for the benefit of the Lender, a first priority,
perfected security interest in the Receivables which are, or are purported
to
be, Pledged Receivables, together with all related Other Conveyed Property,
Collections, Related Security and other Pledged Assets related thereto, free
and
clear of any Adverse Claim whether existing at the time of the related Borrowing
or at any time thereafter;
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(v) the
failure to maintain, as of the close of business on each Business Day prior
to
the Collection Date, an aggregate amount of Loans outstanding which is less
than
or equal to the lesser of (x) the Borrowing Limit on such Business Day and
(y)
the Capital Limit on such Business Day;
(vi) the
failure to file, 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 Receivables which are, or are purported
to
be, Pledged Receivables or the other Pledged Assets related thereto, whether
at
the time of any Borrowing or at any subsequent time;
(vii) any
dispute, claim, offset or defense (other than the discharge in bankruptcy of
an
Obligor) to the payment of any Receivable which is, or is purported to be,
a
Pledged Receivable (including, without limitation, a defense based on such
Receivable (or the Contract evidencing such Receivable) not being a legal,
valid
and binding obligation of such Obligor enforceable against it in accordance
with
its terms);
(viii) any
failure of the Borrower, including due to noncompliance by a Servicer, to
perform its duties or obligations in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement;
(ix) the
failure to pay when due any taxes payable in connection with the Pledged
Receivables or the Pledged Assets related thereto;
(x) any
repayment by the Agent or the Lender of any amount previously distributed in
payment of Loans or payment of Yield or Fees or any other amount due hereunder,
in each case which amount the Agent or the Lender believes in good faith is
required to be repaid;
(xi) the
commingling of Collections of Pledged Receivables at any time with other
funds;
(xii) any
investigation, litigation or proceeding related to this Agreement or the use
of
proceeds of Loans or the Pledged Assets;
(xiii) any
failure by the Borrower to give reasonably equivalent value to EEF in
consideration for the transfer by EEF to the Borrower of any Receivable or
any
attempt by any Person to void or otherwise avoid any such transfer under any
statutory provision or common law or equitable action, including, without
limitation, any provision of the Bankruptcy Code;
(xiv) any
failure of the Borrower, or any of its agents or representatives to remit to
the
Agent, Collections of Pledged Receivables; and/or
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(xv) any
failure on the part of the Borrower or EEF duly to observe or perform in any
material respect any covenant or agreement under any Qualifying Interest Rate
Hedge.
Any
amounts subject to the indemnification provisions of this Section 8.01
shall be
paid by the Borrower to the Agent within two (2) Business Days following the
Agent’s written demand therefor.
Each
applicable Indemnified Party shall deliver to the indemnifying party under
Section 8.01,
within
a reasonable time after such Indemnified Party’s receipt thereof, copies of all
notices and documents (including court papers) received by such Indemnified
Party relating to the claim giving rise to the Indemnified Amounts.
SECTION
8.02 Reserved.
ARTICLE
IX.
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION
9.01 Amendments
and Waivers.
(a)
Except as provided in Section 9.01(b),
no
amendment or modification of any provision of this Agreement shall be effective
without the written agreement of the Borrower, the Agent and the Lender (and
the
Backup Servicer if such amendment or modification affects any obligation or
undertaking of the Backup Servicer, including the Backup Servicer acting as
a
successor Servicer), and no termination or waiver of any provision of this
Agreement or consent to any departure therefrom by the Borrower shall be
effective without the written concurrence of the Agent, the Backup Servicer
and
the Lender. Any waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific
instance and for the specific purpose for which given.
(b) Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 9.01(a),
in the
event that there is more than one Lender, the written consent of each Lender
shall be required for any amendment, modification or waiver (i) reducing
any outstanding Loans, or the Yield thereon, (ii) postponing any date for
any payment of any Loan, or the Yield thereon, (iii) modifying the
provisions of this Section 9.01,
(iv) increasing the Capital Limit or the Borrowing Limit or
(v) increasing the Maximum Advance Percentage or reducing the Minimum
Overcollateralization Amount.
SECTION
9.02 Notices,
Etc. All
notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall, unless otherwise
stated herein, be in writing (including telex communication, communication
by
facsimile copy or electronic mail) and mailed, telexed, transmitted or
delivered, as to each party hereto, at its address set forth under its name
on
the signature pages hereof or specified in such party’s Assignment and
Acceptance or at such other address (including, without limitation, an
electronic mail address) as shall be designated by such party in a written
notice to the other parties hereto. All such notices and communications shall
be
effective, upon receipt, or in the case of (i) notice by mail, five days
after being deposited in the United States mails, first class postage prepaid,
(ii) notice by telex, when telexed against receipt of answerback, or
(iii) notice by facsimile copy or electronic mail, when verbal
communication of receipt is obtained, except that notices and communications
pursuant to Article
II
shall
not be effective until received.
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SECTION
9.03 No
Waiver; Remedies.
No
failure on the part of the Agent or the Lender to exercise, and no delay in
exercising, any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall
any
single or partial exercise of any right hereunder preclude any other or further
exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right. The remedies herein
provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by
law.
SECTION
9.04 Binding
Effect; Assignability; Multiple Lenders.
(a)
This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Borrower,
the Agent, the Lender, the Backup Servicer and their respective successors
and
permitted assigns. This Agreement and the Lender’s rights and obligations
hereunder and interest herein shall be assignable in whole or in part (including
by way of the sale of participation interests therein) by the Lender and its
successors and assigns; provided,
however,
that,
prior to the occurrence of an Early Amortization Event, any such assignment
shall occur only upon the prior written consent of the Borrower, which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld; and provided,
further,
that
any such participation shall occur only upon prior written notice to the
Borrower. None of the Borrower or the Backup Servicer may assign any of its
rights and obligations hereunder or any interest herein without the prior
written consent of the Lender and the Agent. The parties to each assignment
or
participation made pursuant to this Section 9.04
shall
execute and deliver to the Agent, for its acceptance and recording in its books
and records, an assignment and acceptance agreement (an “Assignment
and Acceptance”)
or a
participation agreement or other transfer instrument reasonably satisfactory
in
form and substance to the Agent and the Borrower. Each such assignment or
participation shall be effective as of the date specified in the applicable
Assignment and Acceptance or other agreement or instrument only after the
execution, delivery, acceptance and recording thereof as described in the
preceding sentence. The Agent shall notify the Borrower of any assignment or
participation thereof made pursuant to this Section 9.04.
The
Lender may, in connection with any assignment or participation or any proposed
assignment or participation pursuant to this Section 9.04,
disclose to the assignee or participant or proposed assignee or participant
any
information relating to the Borrower and the Pledged Assets furnished to the
Lender by or on behalf of the Borrower; provided,
however,
that
the Lender shall obtain an agreement from such assignee or participant or
proposed assignee or participant that it shall treat as confidential (under
terms mutually satisfactory to the Agent and such assignee or participant or
proposed assignee or participant) any information obtained which is not already
publicly known or available.
(b) Whenever
the term “Lender” is used herein, it shall mean Autobahn and/or any other Person
which shall have executed an Assignment and Acceptance; provided,
however,
that
each such party shall have a pro rata share of the rights and obligations of
the
Lender hereunder in such percentage amount (the “Commitment
Percentage”)
as
shall be obtained by dividing such party’s commitment to fund Loans hereunder by
the total commitment of all parties to fund Loans hereunder. Unless otherwise
specified herein, any right at any time of the Lender to enforce any remedy,
or
instruct the Agent to take (or refrain from taking) any action hereunder, shall
be exercised by the Agent only upon direction by such parties that hold a
majority of the Commitment Percentages at such time.
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(c) Each
of
the parties hereto hereby agrees to execute any amendment to this Agreement
that
is required in order to facilitate the addition of any new Lender hereunder
as
contemplated by this Section 9.04.
(d) In
connection with the grant of any participation by the Lender hereunder,
(i) the Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged;
(ii) the Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto
for the performance of such obligations; and (iii) the Borrower, the Agent
and any other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such
Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this
Agreement.
SECTION
9.05 Term
of This Agreement.
This
Agreement including, without limitation, the Borrower’s obligation to observe
its covenants set forth in Articles V
and
VI,
shall
remain in full force and effect until the Collection Date; provided,
however,
that
the rights and remedies with respect to any breach of any representation and
warranty made or deemed made by the Borrower pursuant to Articles III
and
IV
and the
indemnification and payment provisions of Article VIII
and
Article IX
and the
provisions of Section 9.07
shall be
continuing and shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
SECTION
9.06 Governing
Law; Jury Waiver.
THIS AGREEMENT SHALL, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL
OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE
OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES THEREOF THAT
WOULD CALL FOR THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION, EXCEPT
TO
THE EXTENT THAT THE VALIDITY OR PERFECTION OF THE INTERESTS OF THE LENDER IN
THE
PLEDGED RECEIVABLES, OR REMEDIES HEREUNDER, IN RESPECT THEREOF, ARE GOVERNED
BY
THE LAWS OF A JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH OF THE PARTIES
HERETO WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE
TO
A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION ARISING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY
OUT
OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED HEREUNDER.
SECTION
9.07 Costs,
Expenses and Taxes.
(a)
In
addition to the rights of indemnification granted to the Backup Servicer, the
Agent, the Lender and its Affiliates under Article VIII
hereof,
the Borrower agrees to pay on demand all reasonable costs and expenses of the
Backup Servicer, the Lender and the Agent incurred in connection with the
preparation, execution, delivery or administration of, or any waiver or consent
issued or amendment prepared in connection with, this Agreement, the other
Transaction Documents and the other documents to be delivered hereunder or
in
connection herewith or therewith or incurred in connection with any amendment,
waiver or modification of this Agreement, any other Transaction Document, and
any other documents to be delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection
herewith or therewith that is necessary or requested by any of the Borrower,
the
Lender or a Rating Agency or made necessary or desirable as a result of the
actions of any regulatory, tax or accounting body affecting the Lender and
its
Affiliates, or which is related to an Event of Default, including, without
limitation, the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of counsel for the
Backup Servicer, the Agent and the Lender with respect thereto and with respect
to advising the Backup Servicer, the Agent and the Lender as to their respective
rights and remedies under this Agreement and the other documents to be delivered
hereunder or in connection herewith, and all costs and expenses, if any
(including reasonable counsel fees and expenses), incurred by the Backup
Servicer, the Agent or the Lender in connection with the enforcement of this
Agreement and the other documents to be delivered hereunder or in connection
herewith.
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(b) The
Borrower shall pay on demand any and all stamp, sales, excise and other taxes
and fees payable or determined to be payable in connection with the execution,
delivery, filing and recording of this Agreement, the other documents to be
delivered hereunder or any agreement or other document providing liquidity
support, credit enhancement or other similar support to the Lender which is
specific to this Agreement or the funding or maintenance of Loans
hereunder.
(c) Reserved.
(d) The
Borrower shall pay on demand all other costs, expenses and taxes (excluding
franchise and income taxes) incurred by any Issuer or any general or limited
partner or member or shareholder of such Issuer related to this Agreement
(“Other
Costs”),
including, without limitation, the portion of the cost of rating such Issuer’s
commercial paper by independent financial rating agencies which is allocable
to
commercial paper issued to fund Loans hereunder, the taxes (excluding franchise
and income taxes) resulting from such Issuer’s operations which are allocable to
the provision of Loans hereunder, and the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket
expenses of counsel for the Issuer or any counsel for any general or limited
partner or member or shareholder of the Issuer, with respect to
(i) advising such Person as to its rights and remedies under this Agreement
and the other documents to be delivered hereunder or in connection herewith,
(ii) the enforcement of this Agreement and the other documents to be
delivered hereunder or in connection herewith and (iii) advising such
Person as to the issuance of the Issuer’s commercial paper notes to fund Loans
hereunder and action in connection with such issuance.
(e) Without
limiting any other provision hereof, the Borrower shall pay, pursuant to
Section
2.05(c)
or as
otherwise expressly provided for herein, the costs, expenses and fees of the
Backup Servicer related to its duties under this Agreement.
(f) Any
Person making a claim under this Section 9.07
shall
submit to the Borrower a notice setting forth in reasonable detail the basis
for
and the computations of the applicable costs, expenses, taxes or similar
items.
SECTION
9.08 No
Proceedings.
Each of
the Borrower, the Backup Servicer, the Agent, and the Lender hereby agrees
that
it will not institute against, or join any other Person in instituting against,
any Issuer any proceedings of the type referred to in the definition of
Bankruptcy Event so long as any commercial paper issued by such Issuer shall
be
outstanding or there shall not have elapsed one year and one day since the
last
day on which any such commercial paper shall have been outstanding.
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SECTION
9.09 Recourse
Against Certain Parties.
No
recourse under or with respect to any obligation, covenant or agreement
(including, without limitation, the payment of any fees or any other
obligations) of the Lender or the Agent as contained in this Agreement or any
other agreement, instrument or document entered into by the Lender or the Agent
pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall be had against any administrator
of the Lender or the Agent or any incorporator, affiliate, stockholder, officer,
employee or director of the Lender or the Agent or of any such administrator,
as
such, by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable
proceeding, by virtue of any statute or otherwise; it
being expressly agreed and understood
that the
agreements of each party hereto contained in this Agreement and all of the
other
agreements, instruments and documents entered into by the Lender or the Agent
pursuant hereto or in connection herewith are, in each case, solely the
corporate obligations of such party (and nothing in this Section 9.09
shall be
construed to diminish in any way such corporate obligations of such party),
and
that no personal liability whatsoever shall attach to or be incurred by any
administrator of the Lender or the Agent or any incorporator, stockholder,
affiliate, officer, employee or director of the Lender or the Agent or of any
such administrator, as such, or any of them, under or by reason of any of the
obligations, covenants or agreements of the Lender or the Agent contained in
this Agreement or in any other such instruments, documents or agreements, or
which are implied therefrom, and that any and all personal liability of every
such administrator of the Lender or the Agent and each incorporator,
stockholder, affiliate, officer, employee or director of the Lender or the
Agent
or of any such administrator, or any of them, for breaches by the Lender or
the
Agent of any such obligations, covenants or agreements, which liability may
arise either at common law or in equity, by statute or constitution, or
otherwise, is hereby expressly waived as a condition of and in consideration
for
the execution of this Agreement. The provisions of this Section 9.09
shall
survive the termination of this Agreement.
SECTION
9.10 Execution
in Counterparts; Severability; Integration.
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 facsimile shall be effective as delivery of a manually
executed counterpart of this Agreement. In the event that any provision in
or
obligation under this Agreement shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable
in
any jurisdiction, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions or obligations, or of such provision or obligation in any other
jurisdiction, shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. This
Agreement contains 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
other than the Fee Letter.
SECTION
9.11 Tax
Characterization.
Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement, the parties hereto intend
that
the Loans advanced hereunder shall constitute indebtedness of the Borrower
for
federal income tax purposes.
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SECTION
9.12 Exclusivity.
The
Borrower hereby agrees that unless it has obtained the prior written consent
of
the Lender (which may be granted or refused in the Lender’s sole discretion) to
do otherwise, from the Closing Date through and including the Facility Maturity
Date, it will not, and it will cause EEF and any of its or EEF’s Affiliates not
to, assign, transfer, pledge, convey, sell or otherwise dispose of any PrePrime
Receivable, except pursuant to the terms and provisions of this Agreement and
the other Transaction Documents; provided,
that
the provisions of this Section
9.12
shall
not apply to (i) PrePrime Receivables the inclusion of which as Pledged
Receivables hereunder, constitutes or would constitute part of the
Overconcentration Amount, and (ii) PrePrime Receivables (other than Pledged
Receivables) at a time when the Loans Outstanding hereunder are equal to the
Borrowing Limit (provided,
that
the Borrower shall have first made a request for an increase in the Facility
Limit (without other changes to this Agreement) and such request has been
refused by the Lender (with non-acceptance within 45 calendar days of such
request deemed for this purpose to constitute a refusal)), and (iii) PrePrime
Receivables that constituted Pledged Receivables at the time they were subjected
to a Take-Out Securitization and related repayment of Loans in accordance with
Section
2.20
and
continue to be subject to such Take-Out Securitization, or that were sold to
an
unaffiliated third party as contemplated in Section
2.20,
and
(iv) up to a maximum of 25% (or such other percentage as may be determined
in accordance with the following sentence) of PrePrime Receivables originated
in
any given calendar quarter that would otherwise qualify as Eligible Receivables.
In the event that the Borrower has both (A) equaled or exceeded at any point
in
time a principal balance of Loans outstanding of $50,000,000, and (B) requested
an increase in the Borrowing Limit to an amount at least equal to $200,000,000
(without other changes to this Agreement), and such request for increase shall
have been refused by the Lender (with non-acceptance within 45 calendar days
of
such request deemed for this purpose to constitute a refusal), then the 25%
referred to above in this clause (iv) shall instead be the lesser of (x) 50%,
and (y) the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is
the
sum of all undrawn funding commitments plus all outstanding principal amounts
of
financings secured by or representing an interest in all PrePrime Receivables
other than Pledged Receivables, and the denominator of which is the sum of
all
undrawn funding commitments plus all outstanding principal amounts of financings
secured by or representing an interest in all PrePrime Receivables (including
Pledged Receivables), and (v) newly originated PrePrime Receivables that would
be Eligible Receivables otherwise financeable hereunder, but for the existence
of an Early Amortization Event due to the occurrence of a Replacement Trigger
Date as described in clause (iv) of the definition thereof, that has not been
remedied as described in such clause (iv). In addition, there is to be no
adverse selection in determining which PrePrime Receivables become Pledged
Receivables, or are financed with another financing facility. It is understood
that EEF is making a corresponding undertaking in favor of the Borrower under
the Transfer and Contribution Agreement (PrePrime).
SECTION
9.13 USA
Patriot Act Notice.
The
Agent and the Lender hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the
requirements of the Patriot Act (as defined in Section
4.01(aa)),
each
is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies the
Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and
EEF and other information that will allow such Person to identify the Borrower
and EEF in accordance with the Patriot Act.
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SECTION
9.14 Continuity.
The
Agent, the Lender and the Borrower each agree and confirm that the security
interest granted and conveyed under the Existing RLSA in Pledged Assets or
other
collateral as any such collateral exists and constitutes property of the
Borrower as of the Amendment Closing Date but prior to giving effect to the
amendment and restatement of the Existing RLSA being accomplished pursuant
to
this Agreement, shall continue without interruption in such collateral after
giving effect to the amendment and restatement being accomplished pursuant
to
and upon effectiveness of this Agreement.
[Signature
page to follow.]
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed by their
respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above
written.
THE
BORROWER:
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EDUCATION
EMPOWERMENT SPV, LLC
By:
/s/
Xxxxxx Xxxx
Title:
President
000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention:
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Facsimile
No.: 000-000-0000
Confirmation
No.: 000-000-0000
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THE
AGENT:
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DZ
BANK AG DEUTSCHE ZENTRAL-GENOSSENSCHAFTSBANK, FRANKFURT AM MAIN
By:
/s/
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title:
First Vice President
By:
/s/
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Title:
Assistant Vice President
000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention:
Asset Securitization Group
Facsimile
No.:
212/745-1651
Confirmation
No.: 212/745-1656
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THE
LENDER:
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AUTOBAHN
FUNDING COMPANY LLC
By: DZ
Bank AG Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank, Frankfurt am Main,
its
attorney-in-fact
By:
/s/
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title:
First Vice President
By: /s/
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Title:
Assistant Vice President
000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention:
Asset Securitization Group
Facsimile
No.: 212/745-1651
Confirmation
No.: 212/745-1656
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THE
BACKUP SERVICER:
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LYON
FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. (d/b/a U.S. BANK PORTFOLIO SERVICES)
By:
/s/
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title:
Senior Vice President
0000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
000
Xxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attention:
Xxx Xxxxxxx
Facsimile
No.: (000)
000-0000
Confirmation
No.: (000) 000-0000
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