ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT
Exhibit 4(g)
EXECUTION VERSION
between
GE EQUIPMENT MIDTICKET LLC, SERIES 2014-1,
as Issuer
and
GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION,
as Administrator
Dated as of September 17, 2014
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Table of Contents
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| 1. | Duties of the Administrator | 2 |
| 2. | Records | 6 |
| 3. | Compensation | 7 |
| 4. | Additional Information to be Furnished to the Issuer | 7 |
| 5. | Independence of the Administrator | 7 |
| 6. | No Joint Venture | 7 |
| 7. | Other Activities of the Administrator | 7 |
| 8. | Term of Agreement; Resignation and Removal of the Administrator | 7 |
| 9. | Action upon Termination, Resignation or Removal | 9 |
| 10. | Notices | 9 |
| 11. | Amendments | 10 |
| 12. | Successors and Assigns | 10 |
| 13. | Governing Law | 10 |
| 14. | Other Interpretive Matters | 11 |
| 15. | Headings | 12 |
| 16. | Counterparts | 12 |
| 17. | Severability | 12 |
| 18. | Not Applicable to the Administrator in Other Capacities | 12 |
| 19. | Limitation of Liability of the Managing Member | 12 |
| 20. | Indemnification | 12 |
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ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT, dated as of September 17, 2014 (this “Agreement”), between GE Equipment Midticket LLC, Series 2014-1, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Issuer”), and General Electric Capital Corporation, a Delaware corporation, as administrator (the “Administrator”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Issuer is issuing 0.20000% Class A-1 Notes, 0.64% Class A-2 Notes, 1.14% Class A-3 Notes, 1.59%, Class A-4 Notes (together with the Class A-3 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes and the Class A-1 Notes, the “Class A Notes”) and 1.97% Class B Notes (the “Class B Notes”, and together with the Class A Notes, the “Notes”), pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of the date hereof (as amended and supplemented from time to time in accordance with the provisions thereof, the “Indenture”), between the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee (capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein are defined in the Indenture);
WHEREAS, the Issuer has entered into certain agreements in connection with the issuance of the Notes and of certain beneficial ownership interests of the Issuer, including: (i) a Receivables Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “Purchase and Sale Agreement”), between the Issuer and CEF Equipment Holding, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, as seller (the “Transferor”), (ii) the Indenture, (iii) the Underwriting Agreement, dated as of September 9, 2014 among the Issuer, General Electric Capital Corporation and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, (iv) a Servicing Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “Servicing Agreement), among the Issuer, GE TF Trust and General Electric Capital Corporation, as servicer (in such capacity, the “Servicer”) and (v) a Limited Removal and Clean-Up Call Agreement, dated as of the date hereof between the Issuer and the Managing Member (the “Removal and Clean-Up Call Agreement,” and together with the Servicing Agreement, the Purchase and Sale Agreement, the Indenture and the Underwriting Agreement, being hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Related Documents”);
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Related Documents, the Issuer is required to perform certain duties in connection with: (a) the Notes and the collateral therefor pledged pursuant to the Indenture (the “Collateral”) and (b) the ownership interests in the Issuer (the registered holders of such interests being referred to herein as the “Owners”);
WHEREAS, the Issuer desires to have the Administrator perform certain of the duties of the Issuer referred to in the preceding clause, and to provide such additional services consistent with this Agreement and the Related Documents as the Issuer may from time to time request; and
WHEREAS, the Administrator has the capacity to provide the services required hereby and is willing to perform such services for the Issuer on the terms set forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual terms and covenants contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:
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1. Duties of the Administrator.
(a) Duties with Respect to the Indenture. The Administrator, on behalf of the Issuer, shall perform the administrative duties of the Issuer under the Indenture. In addition, the Administrator, on behalf of the Issuer, shall consult with the Indenture Trustee regarding the duties of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture. The Administrator, on behalf of the Issuer, shall monitor the performance of the Issuer and shall advise the Issuer when action is necessary to comply with the Issuer’s duties under the Indenture. The Administrator, on behalf of the Issuer, shall prepare for execution by the Issuer or shall cause the preparation by other appropriate Persons of all such documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates and opinions as it shall be the duty of the Issuer to prepare, file or deliver pursuant to the Indenture. In furtherance of the foregoing, the Administrator, on behalf of the Issuer, shall take all appropriate action that is the duty of the Issuer to take pursuant to such documents, including, without limitation, such of the foregoing as are required with respect to the following matters (references in this Section are to sections of the Indenture):
(i) the duty to cause the Note Register to be kept and to give the Indenture Trustee notice of any appointment of a new Note Registrar and the location, or change in location, of the Note Register (Section 2.4);
(ii) the notification to the Indenture Trustee of the Payment Date on which the final installment of principal and interest on the Notes will be paid (Section 2.7);
(iii) the preparation of or obtaining of the documents and instruments required for authentication of the Notes and delivery of the same to the Indenture Trustee (Section 2.2);
(iv) the maintenance of an office at the Corporate Trust Office for registration of transfer or exchange of Notes and where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of the Notes and the Indenture may be served (Section 3.2);
(v) the duty to cause newly appointed Paying Agents, if any, to deliver to the Indenture Trustee the instrument specified in the Indenture regarding funds held in trust (Sections 3.3 and 6.16);
(vi) the direction to the Paying Agents to pay all sums held in trust by such Paying Agents to the Indenture Trustee for purposes of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture (Sections 3.3 and 6.16);
(vii) the observance and compliance by the Issuer in all material respects with (i) all laws applicable to it and (ii) all requisite and appropriate organizational and other formalities in the management of its business and affairs and the conduct of the transactions contemplated by the Indenture (Section 3.4);
(viii) the preparation of all supplements, amendments and all writings, and such other actions, necessary or advisable to protect the Collateral in accordance with Section 3.5 of the Indenture (Section 3.5);
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(ix) the delivery of the Opinion of Counsel on the Closing Date and the annual delivery of Opinions of Counsel, in accordance with Section 3.6 of the Indenture, as to the Collateral, and the annual delivery of the Officer’s Certificate and certain other statements, in accordance with Section 3.9 of the Indenture, as to compliance with the Indenture (Sections 3.6 and 3.9);
(x) the observance and compliance by the Issuer of the Issuer’s obligations and agreements contained in this Indenture, the other Related Documents and in the instruments and agreements included in the Collateral, including filing or causing to be filed all UCC financing statements and continuation statements required to be filed by the Indenture and the Servicing Agreement (Section 3.7(b));
(xi) the notification to the Indenture Trustee and each Rating Agency then rating the Notes of any termination of the Servicer’s rights and powers pursuant to the Servicing Agreement (Section 3.7(e));
(xii) the monitoring and enforcement of the obligations of the Servicer under the Servicing Agreement (Section 3.7);
(xiii) upon a consolidation or merger of the Issuer, the delivery to the Indenture Trustee of an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel in accordance with Section 3.11 of the Indenture (Section 3.11(l));
(xiv) the preparation, execution and filing of all forms and documents necessary to pay all taxes in accordance with Section 3.8 of the Indenture (Section 3.8);
(xv) the preparation and obtaining of documents and instruments required for the release of the Issuer from its obligations under the Indenture (Section 3.12(b));
(xvi) the delivery of notice to the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies of each Event of Default and each default by the Servicer of its obligations under the Servicing Agreement and each default of the Transferor under the Purchase and Sale Agreement (Section 3.13);
(xvii) the monitoring of the Issuer’s obligations as to the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture and the preparation of an Officer’s Certificate and the obtaining of an Opinion of Counsel and an Independent Certificate relating thereto (Section 4.1);
(xviii) the compliance with any written directive of the Indenture Trustee to the Issuer with respect to the sale of the Collateral in a commercially reasonable manner if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing (Section 5.2(a)(vi));
(xix) the delivery of a written demand to the Servicer to deliver the Receivable Files to the Indenture Trustee upon receipt by the Issuer of a written demand for the same from the Indenture Trustee (Section 5.2(a)(vii));
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(xx) the preparation and delivery of notice to Noteholders of the removal of the Indenture Trustee and the appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee (Section 6.8);
(xxi) the notification of the Indenture Trustee in writing if the Notes become listed on any stock exchange or market trading system (Section 6.14);
(xxii) the furnishing to the Indenture Trustee with the names and addresses of Noteholders during any period when the Indenture Trustee is not the Note Registrar (Section 7.1);
(xxiii) the preparation, execution and filing with the Commission and the Indenture Trustee of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports required to be filed on a periodic basis with, and summaries thereof as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed by, the Commission or, if the Issuer is not required to file with the Commission periodic information, documents or reports, then the preparation, execution and filing with the Commission and the Indenture Trustee of such supplementary and periodic information, documents and reports as may be prescribed by the Commission and, in each case, the transmission of such summaries, as necessary, to the Noteholders (Section 7.3);
(xxiv) the opening of one or more accounts in the Issuer’s name, the preparation of Issuer Orders, Officer’s Certificates and Opinions of Counsel and all other actions necessary with respect to investment and reinvestment of funds in the Trust Accounts (Sections 8.2 and 8.6);
(xxv) the provision of written notices to Noteholders regarding special record dates, special payment dates and the amounts to be paid to Noteholders on such dates (Section 8.3(d));
(xxvi) the preparation of an Issuer Request and Officer’s Certificate and the obtaining of an Opinion of Counsel and Independent Certificates, if necessary, for the release of the Collateral as defined in the Indenture (Sections 8.7 and 8.8);
(xxvii) the preparation of Issuer Orders and the obtaining of Opinions of Counsel with respect to the execution of supplemental indentures and the mailing to the Noteholders of notices with respect to such supplemental indentures (Sections 9.1, 9.2 and 9.3);
(xxviii) the execution and delivery of new Notes conforming to any supplemental indenture (Section 9.5);
(xxix) the notification of Noteholders of redemption of the Notes (Section 10.2);
(xxx) the preparation of all Officer’s Certificates, Opinions of Counsel and Independent Certificates with respect to any requests by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee to take an action under the Indenture other than any request that (a) the Indenture Trustee authenticate the Notes or (b) the Indenture Trustee pay amounts due and payable to the Issuer under the Indenture to the Issuer’s assignee (Section 11.1(a));
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(xxxi) the preparation and delivery of Officer’s Certificates and the obtaining of Independent Certificates, if necessary, for the release of property from the lien of the Indenture (Section 11.1(b));
(xxxii) the preparation and delivery to Noteholders and the Indenture Trustee of any agreements with respect to alternate payment and notice provisions (Section 11.6);
(xxxiii) the recording of the Indenture, if applicable (Section 11.13); and
(xxxiv) the filing with the Commission of the appropriate forms necessary to suspend reporting requirements under the Securities Exchange Act (Section 7.4).
(b) Duties with Respect to the Issuer. (i) The Administrator shall perform such calculations, and shall prepare for execution by the Issuer or shall cause the preparation by other appropriate Persons, of all such documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates and opinions, as it shall be the duty of the Issuer to perform, prepare, file or deliver pursuant to the Related Documents. At the request of the Issuer, the Administrator shall take all appropriate action that it is the duty of the Issuer to take pursuant to the Related Documents. Subject to Section 5 of this Agreement, and in accordance with the directions of the Issuer, the Administrator, on behalf of the Issuer, shall administer, perform or supervise the performance of such other activities in connection with the Collateral (including the Related Documents) as are not covered by any of the foregoing and as are expressly requested by the Issuer, and are reasonably within the capability of the Administrator.
(ii) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the Related Documents to the contrary, the Administrator shall be responsible for promptly notifying the Issuer in the event that any withholding tax is imposed on the Issuer’s payments (or allocations of income). Any such notice shall specify the amount of any withholding tax required to be withheld pursuant to such provision.
(iii) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the Related Documents to the contrary, the Administrator shall be responsible for performance of the duties of the Managing Member set forth in Sections 8.2 and 8.3 of the Issuer Limited Liability Company Agreement with respect to, among other things, accounting and reports to members; provided, however, that the Managing Member shall retain responsibility for the distribution of the information necessary to enable each member to prepare its federal, state and local income tax returns.
(iv) The Administrator shall satisfy its obligations with respect to clauses (ii) and (iii) by retaining, at the expense of the Issuer, a firm of independent certified public accountants (the “Accountants”) acceptable to the Issuer, which Accountants shall perform the obligations of the Administrator thereunder. In connection with clause (ii), the Accountants will provide a letter in form and substance satisfactory to the Managing Member or the Issuer, as applicable, as to whether any tax withholding is then required and, if required, the procedures to be followed with respect thereto to comply with the requirements of the Code. The Accountants shall be required to update the letter in each instance that any additional tax withholding is subsequently required or any previously required tax withholding shall no longer be required.
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(v) In carrying out the foregoing duties or any of its other obligations under this Agreement, the Administrator may enter into transactions with or otherwise deal with any of its Affiliates; provided, however, that the terms of any such transactions or dealings shall be in accordance with any directions received from the Issuer and shall be, in the Administrator’s opinion, no less favorable to the Issuer than would be available from unaffiliated parties.
(vi) The Administrator hereby agrees to execute on behalf of the Issuer all such documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates and opinions as it shall be the duty of the Issuer to prepare, file or deliver pursuant to the Related Documents or otherwise by law.
(c) Non-Ministerial Matters. (i) With respect to matters that in the reasonable judgment of the Administrator are non-ministerial, the Administrator shall not take any action unless within a reasonable time before the taking of such action the Administrator shall have notified the Managing Member or the Issuer, as applicable, of the proposed action and the Managing Member or the Issuer, as applicable, shall have consented or provided an alternative direction. For the purpose of the preceding sentence, “non-ministerial matters” shall include, without limitation:
(A) the amendment of or any supplement to the Indenture;
(B) the initiation of any claim or lawsuit by the Issuer and the compromise of any action, claim or lawsuit brought by or against the Issuer (other than in connection with the collection of the Receivables);
(C) the amendment, change or modification of the Related Documents;
(D) the appointment of successor Note Registrars, successor Paying Agents and successor Indenture Trustees pursuant to the Indenture or the appointment of successor Administrators or successor Servicers, or the consent to the assignment by the Note Registrar, Paying Agent or Indenture Trustee of its obligations under the Indenture; and
(E) the removal of the Indenture Trustee.
(ii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Administrator shall not be obligated to, and shall not: (x) make any payments to the Noteholders under the Related Documents or (y) take any other action that the Issuer directs the Administrator not to take on its behalf.
2. Records. The Administrator shall maintain appropriate books of account and records relating to services performed hereunder, which books of account and records shall be accessible for inspection by the Issuer or its designees at any time during normal business hours.
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3. Compensation. As compensation for the performance of the Administrator’s obligations under this Agreement and as reimbursement for its expenses related thereto, the Administrator shall be entitled to $3,000 per annum, 1/12 of which is payable in arrears on each Payment Date, which payment shall be solely an obligation of the Issuer.
4. Additional Information to be Furnished to the Issuer. The Administrator shall furnish to the Issuer from time to time such additional information regarding the Collateral as the Issuer shall reasonably request.
5. Independence of the Administrator. For all purposes of this Agreement, the Administrator shall be an independent contractor and shall not be subject to the supervision of the Issuer with respect to the manner in which it accomplishes the performance of its obligations hereunder. Unless expressly authorized by the Issuer, the Administrator shall have no authority to act for or represent the Issuer in any way (other than as permitted hereunder) and shall not otherwise be deemed an agent of the Issuer.
6. No Joint Venture. Nothing contained in this Agreement: (i) shall constitute the Administrator and the Issuer as members of any partnership, joint venture, association, syndicate, unincorporated business or other separate entity, (ii) shall be construed to impose any liability as such on any of them or (iii) shall be deemed to confer on any of them any express, implied or apparent authority to incur any obligation or liability on behalf of the others.
7. Other Activities of the Administrator. Nothing herein shall prevent the Administrator or its Affiliates from engaging in other businesses or, in their sole discretion, from acting in a similar capacity as an administrator for any other Person even though such Person may engage in business activities similar to those of the Issuer.
8. Term of Agreement; Resignation and Removal of the Administrator. (a) This Agreement shall continue in force until the dissolution of the Issuer, upon which event this Agreement shall automatically terminate.
(b) Subject to Section 8(g), the Administrator may resign its duties hereunder by providing the Issuer and the Servicer with at least sixty (60) days’ prior written notice.
(c) Subject to Section 8(e), the Issuer may remove the Administrator without cause by providing the Administrator and the Servicer with at least sixty (60) days’ prior written notice.
(d) Subject to Section 8(e), at the sole option of the Issuer, the Administrator may be removed immediately upon written notice of termination from the Issuer to the Administrator and the Servicer if any of the following events shall occur:
(i) the Administrator shall default in the performance of any of its duties under this Agreement and, after notice of such default, shall not cure such default within ten (10) days (or, if such default cannot be cured in such time, shall not give within ten (10) days such assurance of cure as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer);
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(ii) a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall enter a decree or order for relief, and such decree or order shall not have been vacated within sixty (60) days, in respect of the Administrator in any involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or appoint a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official for the Administrator or any substantial part of its property or order the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs; or
(iii) the Administrator shall commence a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, shall consent to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, or shall consent to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or similar official for the Administrator or any substantial part of its property, shall consent to the taking of possession by any such official of any substantial part of its property, shall make any general assignment for the benefit of creditors or shall fail generally to pay its debts as they become due.
The Administrator agrees that if any of the events specified in clauses (ii) or (iii) of this subsection shall occur, it shall give written notice thereof to the Issuer, the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee within seven (7) days after the occurrence of such event.
(e) Upon the Administrator’s receipt of notice of termination, pursuant to Sections 8(c) or (d), or the Administrator’s resignation in accordance with this Agreement, the predecessor Administrator shall continue to perform its functions as Administrator under this Agreement, in the case of termination, only until the date specified in such termination notice or, if no such date is specified in a notice of termination, until receipt of such notice and, in the case of resignation, until the later of: (x) the date forty-five (45) days from the delivery to the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Servicer of written notice of such resignation (or written confirmation of such notice) in accordance with this Agreement and (y) the date upon which the predecessor Administrator shall become unable to act as Administrator, as specified in the notice of resignation and accompanying Opinion of Counsel. In the event of the Administrator’s termination hereunder, the Issuer shall appoint a successor Administrator, and the successor Administrator shall accept its appointment by a written assumption.
(f) Upon appointment, the successor Administrator shall be the successor in all respects to the predecessor Administrator and shall be subject to all the responsibilities, duties and liabilities arising thereafter relating thereto placed on the predecessor Administrator and shall be entitled to the compensation specified in Section 3 and all the rights granted to the predecessor Administrator by the terms and provisions of this Agreement.
(g) No resignation or removal of the Administrator pursuant to this Section shall be effective until: (i) a successor Administrator shall have been appointed by the Issuer and (ii) such successor Administrator shall have agreed in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement in the same manner as the Administrator is bound hereunder.
(h) The appointment of any successor Administrator shall be effective only after satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition with respect to the proposed appointment.
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(i) The Administrator or the Issuer, as the case may be, shall provide to the Indenture Trustee a copy of all notices required to be delivered under this Article 8.
9. Action upon Termination, Resignation or Removal. Promptly upon the effective date of termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 8(a), or the resignation or removal of the Administrator pursuant to Section 8(b) or (c), respectively, the Administrator shall be entitled to be paid all fees and reimbursable expenses accruing to it to the date of such termination, resignation or removal. The Administrator shall forthwith upon such termination pursuant to Section 8(a) deliver to the Issuer all property and documents of or relating to the Collateral then in the custody of the Administrator. In the event of the resignation or removal of the Administrator pursuant to Section 8(b) or (c), respectively, the Administrator shall cooperate with the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee and take all reasonable steps requested to assist the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee in making an orderly transfer of the duties of the Administrator.
10. Notices. Any notice, report or other communication given hereunder shall be in writing and addressed as follows:
(a) if to the Issuer, to:
GE Equipment Midticket LLC, Series 2014-1
c/o General Electric Capital Corporation
00 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Capital Markets Operations
(b) if to the Administrator, to:
General Electric Capital Corporation,
as Administrator
000 Xxxxxxx 0
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: General Counsel
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
(c) if to the Indenture Trustee, to:
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
00 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx,
XX NYC 60-1625
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000,
Attention: Structured Finance Services/Trust and Securities Services
Xxxxx Xxxx
or to such other address as any party shall have provided to the other parties in writing. Any notice required to be in writing hereunder shall be deemed given if such notice is mailed by certified mail, postage prepaid, or hand-delivered to the address of such party as provided above.
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11. Amendments. This Agreement may be amended from time to time by a written amendment duly executed and delivered by the Issuer and the Administrator. Promptly after the execution of any such amendment (or, in the case of a Rating Agency, ten (10) days prior thereto), the Administrator shall furnish written notification of the substance of such amendment or consent to each Noteholder and each Rating Agency.
12. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement may not be assigned by the Administrator unless such assignment is previously consented to in writing by the Issuer and subject to the satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition in respect thereof. An assignment with such consent and satisfaction, if accepted by the assignee, shall bind the assignee hereunder in the same manner as the Administrator is bound hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be assigned by the Administrator without the consent of the Issuer to a corporation or other organization that is a successor (by merger, consolidation or purchase of assets) to the Administrator, provided that such successor organization executes and delivers to the Issuer an agreement in which such corporation or other organization agrees to be bound hereunder by the terms of said assignment in the same manner as the Administrator is bound hereunder. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement shall bind any successors or assigns of the parties hereto.
13. Governing Law. GOVERNING LAW; CONSENT TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. (a) THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OBLIGATIONS ARISING HEREUNDER SHALL IN ALL RESPECTS, INCLUDING ALL MATTERS OF CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY AND PERFORMANCE, BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (INCLUDING SECTIONS 5-1401(1) AND 5-1402 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAWS, BUT WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY OTHER CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS THEREOF) AND ANY APPLICABLE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
(b) EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY CONSENTS AND AGREES THAT THE STATE OR FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN IN NEW YORK CITY SHALL HAVE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION TO HEAR AND DETERMINE ANY CLAIMS OR DISPUTES BETWEEN THEM PERTAINING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR TO ANY MATTER ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT; PROVIDED, THAT EACH PARTY HERETO ACKNOWLEDGES THAT ANY APPEALS FROM THOSE COURTS MAY HAVE TO BE HEARD BY A COURT LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN IN NEW YORK CITY; PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE DEEMED OR OPERATE TO PRECLUDE ANY OF THE PARTIES FROM BRINGING SUIT OR TAKING OTHER LEGAL ACTION IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION TO ENFORCE A JUDGMENT OR OTHER COURT ORDER IN FAVOR OF SUCH PARTY. EACH PARTY HERETO SUBMITS AND CONSENTS IN ADVANCE TO SUCH JURISDICTION IN ANY ACTION OR SUIT COMMENCED IN ANY SUCH COURT, AND EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION THAT SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE BASED UPON LACK OF PERSONAL JURISDICTION, IMPROPER VENUE OR FORUM NON CONVENIENS AND HEREBY CONSENTS TO THE GRANTING OF SUCH LEGAL OR EQUITABLE RELIEF AS IS DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY SUCH COURT. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF THE SUMMONS, COMPLAINT AND OTHER PROCESS ISSUED IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR SUIT AND AGREES THAT SERVICE OF SUCH SUMMONS, COMPLAINT AND OTHER PROCESS MAY BE MADE BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL ADDRESSED TO SUCH PARTY AT ITS ADDRESS DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 10 AND THAT SERVICE SO MADE SHALL BE DEEMED COMPLETED UPON THE EARLIER OF SUCH PARTY’S ACTUAL RECEIPT THEREOF OR THREE DAYS AFTER DEPOSIT IN THE UNITED STATES MAIL, PROPER POSTAGE PREPAID. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE LEGAL PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW.
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(c) BECAUSE DISPUTES ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH COMPLEX FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS ARE MOST QUICKLY AND ECONOMICALLY RESOLVED BY AN EXPERIENCED AND EXPERT PERSON AND THE PARTIES WISH APPLICABLE STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS TO APPLY (RATHER THAN ARBITRATION RULES), THE PARTIES DESIRE THAT THEIR DISPUTES BE RESOLVED BY A JUDGE APPLYING SUCH APPLICABLE LAWS. THEREFORE, TO ACHIEVE THE BEST COMBINATION OF THE BENEFITS OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM AND OF ARBITRATION, THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVE ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT TO RESOLVE ANY DISPUTE, WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING OUT OF, CONNECTED WITH, RELATED TO, OR INCIDENTAL TO THE RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED AMONG THEM IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
14. Other Interpretive Matters. All terms defined directly or by incorporation in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in any document delivered pursuant thereto unless otherwise defined therein. For purposes of this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) accounting terms not otherwise defined herein and accounting terms partly defined herein to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under generally accepted accounting principles; and unless otherwise provided, references to any month, quarter or year refer to a fiscal month, quarter or year as determined in accordance with the GE Capital fiscal calendar; (b) references to any amount as on deposit or outstanding on any particular date means such amount at the close of business on such day; (c) the words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement; (d) references to any Section, Schedule or Exhibit are references to Sections, Schedules and Exhibits in or to this Agreement, and references to any paragraph, subsection, clause or other subdivision within any Section or definition refer to such paragraph, subsection, clause or other subdivision of such Section or definition; (e) the term “including” means “including without limitation”; (f) references to any law or regulation refer to that law or regulation as amended from time to time and include any successor law or regulation; (g) references to any agreement refer to that agreement as from time to time amended, restated or supplemented or as the terms of such agreement are waived or modified in accordance with its terms; (h) references to any Person include that Person’s successors and assigns; and (i) headings are for purposes of reference only and shall not otherwise affect the meaning or interpretation of any provision hereof.
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15. Headings. The section headings hereof have been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be construed to affect the meaning, construction or effect of this Agreement.
16. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, all of which when so executed shall together constitute but one and the same agreement.
17. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
18. Not Applicable to the Administrator in Other Capacities. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any obligation that the Administrator may have in any other capacity.
19. Limitation of Liability of the Managing Member. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, this instrument has been countersigned by GE Equipment Funding, LLC, not in its individual capacity but solely in its capacity as the Managing Member of the Issuer, and in no event shall GE Equipment Funding, LLC, in its individual capacity, or any beneficial owner of the Issuer have any liability for the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or other obligations of the Issuer hereunder, as to all of which recourse shall be had solely to the assets of the Issuer.
20. Indemnification. The Administrator shall indemnify the Issuer (and its officers, directors, employees and agents) for, and hold them harmless against, any losses, liability or expense, including attorneys’ fees reasonably incurred by them, incurred without negligence or bad faith on their part, arising out of or in connection with: (i) actions taken by either of them pursuant to instructions given by the Administrator pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) the failure of the Administrator to perform its obligations hereunder. The indemnities contained in this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the resignation or removal of the Administrator or the Issuer.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written.
| GE EQUIPMENT MIDTICKET LLC, | |||
| SERIES 2014-1 | |||
| By: | GE Equipment Funding, LLC, | ||
| its Managing Member | |||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | ||
| Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |||
| Title: President and Chief Executive Officer | |||
| GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION, as Administrator | |||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | ||
| Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |||
| Title: President and Chief Executive Officer | |||
| Accepted and agreed: | |||
| GE EQUIPMENT FUNDING, LLC, | |||
| not in its individual capacity but | |||
| solely as Managing Member under | |||
| the Issuer Limited Liability | |||
| Company Agreement | |||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | ||
| Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |||
| Title: President and Chief Executive Officer | |||
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