AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT NO. 9 TO THE GENERAL MASTER PURCHASE AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT 10.2
Execution version
GOODYEAR PROGRAM
AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT NO. 9 TO THE GENERAL MASTER PURCHASE AGREEMENT
DATED 11 OCTOBER 2021
between
ESTER FINANCE TECHNOLOGIES
as Purchaser
CREDIT AGRICOLE LEASING & FACTORING
as Agent
CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK
as Joint Lead Arranger and Calculation Agent
NATIXIS
as Joint Lead Arranger
DUNLOP TYRES LTD. as Centralising Unit
and
THE SELLERS
(as listed in SCHEDULE 1)
CMS Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Avocats
Avocats au Barreau des Hauts-de-Seine
2 rue Ancelle
92522 Neuilly-sur-Seine Cedex
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1. |
DEFINITIONS |
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2. |
INTERPRETATION |
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3. |
PURPOSE |
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4. |
FURTHER ASSURANCE |
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5. |
TERM |
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6. |
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE AMENDMENT |
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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8. |
EFFECTIVE GLOBAL RATE |
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9. |
NO WAIVER – NO NOVATION |
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10. |
LIMITED RECOURSE – NON-PETITION |
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11. |
SIGNATURES AND REGISTRATION |
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12. |
PARTIAL INVALIDITY |
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13. |
GOVERNING LAW – JURISDICTION |
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SCHEDULE |
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SCHEDULE 1 LIST OF SELLERS |
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SCHEDULE 2 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT |
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SCHEDULE 3 AMENDED AND RESTATED GENERAL MASTER PURCHASE AGREEMENT |
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THIS AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT NO. 9 TO THE GENERAL MASTER PURCHASE AGREEMENT (THE "AMENDMENT") IS ENTERED INTO BETWEEN:
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Except as otherwise defined herein, capitalised terms and expressions used in this Amendment (including its recitals and its schedules) shall have the same meaning as ascribed to them in the General Master Purchase Agreement, as amended and restated by the Amendment.
In the Amendment, except if the context calls for another interpretation:
3.1 The purpose of the Amendment is to amend and restate the General Master Purchase Agreement so that it integrates and/or reflects (i) an extension of the Commitment Expiry Date, (ii) certain amendments required under the Securitisation Regulation, (iii) certain modifications to the financial terms of the Securitisation Transaction and (iv) certain other technical amendments.
3.2 The Amendment Parties expressly agree that the General Master Purchase Agreement shall be amended and restated so that it shall read and be construed for all purposes as set out in SCHEDULE 3 (Amended and Restated General Master Purchase Agreement) to the Amendment, and that the terms and conditions of such amended and restated General Master Purchase Agreement shall apply to them. The Centralising Unit and the Sellers also acknowledge that, for the purposes stated in Article 3.1, certain amendments are made also to certain other Securitisation Documents to which neither the Centralising Unit nor the Sellers are parties.
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3.3 To the extent necessary, each Seller hereby ratifies and confirms each Collection Account Agreement, in all respects, which shall be maintained in full force and effect in accordance with its terms and conditions as security for the relevant secured obligations (as stated in each such Collection Account Agreement).
Each of the Amendment Parties shall do all such acts and things necessary or desirable to give effect to the amendments to be effected pursuant to this Amendment.
Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Article 6 (Conditions precedent to the Amendment), and unless otherwise agreed by all Amendment Parties, this Amendment shall take effect on the Funded Settlement Date of October 2021.
The Amendment Parties hereby agree to take into consideration the modifications to be made to the Securitisation Documents with effect as from the above specified Funded Settlement Date, or as from any other subsequent date specified herein, when carrying out any and all calculations required to be made on or prior, and with respect to, the above specified Funded Settlement Date, or such other subsequent date specified herein, in accordance with the provisions of the Securitisation Documents.
The Amendment shall only enter into force when, cumulatively:
Each Seller and the Centralising Unit represents and warrants to the Purchaser that, at the date hereof:
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For the purpose of articles L.314-1 to L.314-5 and R.314-1 to R.314-14 of the French Code de la consommation, each of the Sellers acknowledges that:
9.1 The Amendment shall not be construed as a waiver of any right by any Amendment Party to any of its rights under the General Master Purchase Agreement, to the extent such rights are not modified by the Amendment.
9.2 The Amendment does not create any novation of the General Master Purchase Agreement. Each Amendment Party agrees that the provisions of the General Master Purchase Agreement, as amended and restated by the Amendment, shall remain in full force and effect.
9.3 The Amendment Parties accept that any reference to the General Master Purchase Agreement in another contract entered into by one Amendment Party is interpreted as a reference to the General Master Purchase Agreement as modified by this Amendment.
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Each of the Sellers, the Centralising Unit, CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK, NATIXIS and the Agent:
11.1 Each Party to the Amendment acknowledges that they have read the conditions of use of the electronic signature solution complying with the Electronic Signature Regulation requirements provided by DocuSign (the "Solution") and that the process suggested by DocuSign implements an electronic signature within the meaning of the provisions of article 1367 of the French Code civil.
11.2 Each Party to the Amendment should agree that the Amendment signed and dated by means of the Solution expresses its consent and shall be deemed to be the original of that Amendment.
11.3 Each Party to the Amendment should accept as an evidence all the login data and information relating to the electronic signature transmitted by DocuSign in the course of the transaction, including time-stamp related elements provided by DocuSign the digital signature certificate and e-mails or text messages sent or received by the Parties by means of the Solution.
11.4 The Parties expressly agree that they shall each be responsible for keeping each reliable copy of the original of the Amendment that has been electronically signed, under reasonable conditions so as to ensure its integrity.
11.5 Each Party to the Amendment acknowledges and accepts that the advanced electronic signature, affixed to the Amendment by means of the Solution, grants a sufficient reliability level that allows the identification of its signatory and guarantees its relation to the Amendment to which its signature is affixed. It therefore benefits of the same presumption of reliability as that provided for in the second sentence of the second paragraph of the article 1367 of the French Code civil.
11.6 Thus, each Party to the Amendment hereby acknowledges and expressly agrees that in the event of any dispute and/or disagreement arising between them, regardless of its nature, origin and cause, the advanced electronic signature affixed on the Amendment by means of the Solution shall be deemed to constitute valid, admissible and enforceable evidence, not only between the parties themselves, but also before all courts and competent authorities and vis-àvis any third party.
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11.7 The present Article constitutes an agreement of proof within the meaning of article 1368 of the French Code civil and within the limits permitted under article 1356 of the same code.
11.8 The Amendment Parties hereby agree not to register the Amendment with the French tax administration, although if one Amendment Party elects to do so, it shall carry out such a registration at its own expense.
12.1 If a provision of the Amendment is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable, that shall not affect the legality, validity or enforceability of any other provision of any Transaction Document.
12.2 Each Amendment Party agrees to negotiate in good faith to replace the affected provisions, or parts of those provisions, with other valid and effective agreements having substantially the same economic effect, having regard to the subject matter and purpose of the Transaction Documents.
13.1 The Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with French law.
13.2 Any dispute as to the validity, interpretation, performance or any other matter arising out of the Amendment shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the competent courts of Paris.
13.3 The restrictions set forth in Section 181 German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) and any similar provisions contained in the applicable laws of any other country shall not apply to any Amendment Party to the fullest extent permitted under law in respect of its powers, authorisations, rights and obligations hereunder.
[Signature page at the end of the Amendment]
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SCHEDULE 1 LIST OF SELLERS
Name |
Country |
Register Number |
GOODYEAR FRANCE S.A.S. |
FRANCE |
330 139 403 (NANTERRE) |
GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES GERMANY GmbH |
GERMANY |
HRB 7163 (HANAU) |
GOODYEAR TIRES ESPAÑA, S.A. |
SPAIN |
REGISTERED WITH THE COMMERCIAL REGISTRY OF MADRID UNDER SHEET 110718 |
GOODYEAR TYRES UK LTD. |
UNITED KINGDOM |
223064 (BIRMINGHAM) |
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SCHEDULE 2 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
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SCHEDULE 3
AMENDED AND RESTATED GENERAL MASTER PURCHASE AGREEMENT
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Execution version GOODYEAR PROGRAM
GENERAL MASTER PURCHASE AGREEMENT
IN RELATION TO THE SECURITISATION OF TRADE RECEIVABLES OF CERTAIN
EUROPEAN SUBSIDIARIES OF THE GOODYEAR GROUP
dated 10 December 2004, as last amended and restated on 11 October 2021
between
ESTER FINANCE TECHNOLOGIES
as Purchaser
CREDIT AGRICOLE LEASING & FACTORING
as Agent
CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK
as Joint Lead Arranger and as Calculation Agent
NATIXIS
as Joint Lead Arranger
DUNLOP TYRES LTD as
Centralising Unit
THE SELLERS
Listed in SCHEDULE 8
Avocats au Barreau des Hauts de Seine 0
xxx Xxxxxxx, 00000 Xxxxxxx-xxx-Xxxxx Xxxxx,
Xxxxxx
CONTENTS
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CHAPTER I INTERPRETATION |
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DEFINITIONS |
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2. |
INTERPRETATION |
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CHAPTER II PURPOSE - TERM - CONDITIONS PRECEDENT |
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3. |
PURPOSE OF THIS AGREEMENT |
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4. |
TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT |
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5. |
[RESERVED] |
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CHAPTER III CURRENT ACCOUNT - DEPOSITS |
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CURRENT ACCOUNT |
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AMOUNT OF THE PURCHASER'S FUNDING |
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8. |
SUBORDINATED DEPOSIT |
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9. |
COMPLEMENTARY DEPOSIT |
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CHAPTER IV FEES |
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FEES |
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CHAPTER V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES - GENERAL COVENANTS |
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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12. |
GENERAL COVENANTS |
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CHAPTER VI EARLY AMORTISATION |
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EARLY AMORTISATION |
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CHAPTER VII TAXES - CHANGES IN CIRCUMSTANCES |
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TAXES |
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CHANGES IN CIRCUMSTANCES |
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CHAPTER VIII ORDER OF PRIORITY - PAYMENTS |
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ORDER OF PRIORITY DURING THE AMORTISATION PERIOD |
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PAYMENTS |
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CHAPTER IX PURCHASE OF ONGOING PURCHASABLE RECEIVABLES AND REMAINING PURCHASABLE RECEIVABLES |
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CONDITIONS IN RELATION TO ANY PURCHASE OF ONGOING PURCHASABLE RECEIVABLES AND REMAINING PURCHASABLE RECEIVABLES |
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CONFORMITY WARRANTIES FOR ONGOING PURCHASABLE RECEIVABLES AND REMAINING PURCHASABLE RECEIVABLES |
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IDENTIFICATION OF THE CONTRACTUAL DOCUMENTATION FOR THE SOLD RECEIVABLES - ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS |
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CHAPTER X COLLECTION OF SOLD RECEIVABLES |
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COLLECTION OF SOLD RECEIVABLES |
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ASSESSMENT REPORT AND BACK-UP SERVICER REPORT |
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APPLICATION OF PAYMENTS AND PAYMENTS OF COLLECTIONS |
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24. |
RENEGOTIATION |
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REPRESENTATION MANDATE |
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OBLIGATIONS OF CARE |
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COMMISSION FOR AND COSTS OF COLLECTION |
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CHAPTER XI DEEMED COLLECTIONS |
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DEEMED COLLECTIONS |
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CHAPTER XII MISCELLANEOUS |
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FEES AND EXPENSES |
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30. |
SUBSTITUTION AND AGENCY |
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CONFIDENTIALITY |
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32. |
NOTICES |
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EXERCISE OF RIGHTS – RECOURSE – NO XXXXXXXX |
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TRANSFERABILITY OF THIS AGREEMENT – FINANCIAL GUARANTEE AGREEMENT |
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AMENDMENT TO THE TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS |
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INDEMNITIES |
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INDIVISIBILITY |
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EXECUTION AND EVIDENCE |
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39. |
WITHDRAWAL OF SELLERS |
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ACCESSION OF NEW SELLERS |
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NO HARDSHIP |
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SANCTIONS |
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SECURITISATION REGULATION |
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DAC 6 |
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CHAPTER XIII GOVERNING LAW - JURISDICTION |
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GOVERNING LAW - JURISDICTION |
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SCHEDULE |
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SCHEDULE 1 MASTER DEFINITIONS SCHEDULE |
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SCHEDULE 2 RESERVED |
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SCHEDULE 3 FORM OF ASSESSMENT REPORT |
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SCHEDULE 4 FORM OF SELLER'S AUDITORS CERTIFICATE |
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SCHEDULE 5 FORM OF SELLER'S AND CENTRALISING UNIT'S SOLVENCY CERTIFICATE |
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SCHEDULE 6 LIST OF ADDRESSEES |
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SCHEDULE 7 FORMS OF NOTIFICATION OF WITHDRAWAL OR ACCESSION OF ONE OR MORE SELLER(S) |
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SCHEDULE 8 LIST OF SELLERS |
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SCHEDULE 9 LIST OF CALENDAR DATES OF THE TRANSACTION |
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SCHEDULE 10 REPORTING DOCUMENT RELATING TO THE SOLD RECEIVABLES (ARTICLE 12.3.3) |
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SCHEDULE 11 CONFORMITY WARRANTIES FOR REMAINING PURCHASABLE RECEIVABLES |
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SCHEDULE 12 LIST OF EXCLUDED DEBTORS |
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SCHEDULE 13 FORM OF CALCULATION LETTER |
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SCHEDULE 14 FINANCIAL COVENANTS DEFINITIONS |
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SCHEDULE 15 [RESERVED] |
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SCHEDULE 16 CALCULATION FORMULAE OF THE DISCOUNT RESERVE AND OF THE ASSIGNMENT COSTS |
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SCHEDULE 17 FORM OF NOTICE FOR MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF THE PURCHASER'S FUNDING |
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SCHEDULE 18 LIST OF THE COLLECTION ACCOUNTS (AS OF THE 2021 AMENDMENT DATE) |
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SCHEDULE 19 DATA PROCESSING |
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SCHEDULE 20 CREDIT AND COLLECTION POLICIES |
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BETWEEN:
Arranger" or the "Calculation Agent");
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NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
CHAPTER I INTERPRETATION
Capitalised terms and expressions used in this Agreement shall have the same meaning as ascribed to such terms and expressions in the Master Definitions Schedule set out in SCHEDULE 1 hereto. The schedules hereto shall form an integral part of this Agreement.
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The titles of the Chapters, the Schedules and the Articles (including their paragraphs) used herein and the table of contents are for convenience of reference only, and shall not be used to interpret this Agreement.
In this Agreement, except if the context calls for another interpretation:
3.1 Pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the relevant Receivables Purchase Agreements and, where applicable, the relevant Transfer Deeds, the Sellers shall sell Ongoing Purchasable Receivables and Remaining Purchasable Receivables to the Purchaser and the Purchaser shall purchase Ongoing Purchasable Receivables and Remaining Purchasable Receivables from the Sellers on each Funded Settlement Date during the Replenishment Period.
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3.2 The Parties agree that the Purchaser shall fund the acquisition of Ongoing Purchasable Receivables, Remaining Purchasable Receivables and Italian Notes as follows:
3.3 The Parties hereby acknowledge that the Centralising Unit is acting for the purposes of this Agreement, in its own name and behalf, but also in the name and on behalf of the Sellers, pursuant to the terms of a mandate (mandat) expressly granted by each of the Sellers to the Centralising Unit and which the Centralising Unit hereby accepts. By virtue of this mandate, the Sellers appoint the Centralising Unit to act in their name and on their behalf and to perform the following obligations in accordance with the provisions of the Transaction Documents: (i) receive all Payments due by the Purchaser to the Sellers in respect of the Sold Receivables, (ii) make any payment due by the Sellers to the Purchaser and the Agent pursuant to the Transaction Documents, such payments covering inter alia the amount due in respect of Actual Collections or Adjusted Collections, (iii) enter into the Current Account relationship set forth in Article 6, (iv) negotiate with the Purchaser, in particular upon the occurrence of any of the events set out in Articles 13, 14 and 15, such negotiation to be conducted outside the UK (v) deliver to the Purchaser on each Funded Settlement Date during the Replenishment Period, the Transfer Deeds received from the Sellers or executed by the Centralising Unit and, on each Information Date, the List of Purchasable Receivables, (vi) receive or give any notices, mails, or documents provided pursuant to the Transaction Documents, (vii) exercise any rights arising in respect of the Transaction Documents (with the exception of the Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement and the Master Complementary Deposit Agreement, in respect of which the Centralising Unit acts in its own name and on its own behalf), (viii) deliver to the Purchaser the Assessment Reports substantially in the form set out in SCHEDULE 3 and (ix) carry out any powers it has as agent of the Seller as set out in Articles 35 and 40, including the negotiation and execution of any amendments provided for under Articles 35 and 40, provided that nothing in this Agreement shall give the Centralising Unit authority to act on behalf of the Purchaser and in particular it will not perform the obligations of the Sellers under Articles 24 and 25.
The Sellers and the Centralising Unit have entered into the Intercompany Arrangements, which provide, among other things, for the allocation of all sums due and/or received in connection with the Transaction Documents to which each Seller and the Centralising Unit is a party. Such Intercompany Arrangements shall provide inter alia that each Seller has an effective recourse against the defaulting Seller and GOODYEAR EUROPE BV for any payment that any Seller or the Centralising Unit may be required to make under the joint and several liability provisions provided for under Article 3.6. The Sellers and the
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Centralising Unit hereby irrevocably and unconditionally undertake to refrain from exercising any rights of recourse against the Purchaser, the Agent, CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK and/or NATIXIS in connection with such allocation.
3.4 The Parties agree that the Purchaser shall appoint the Sellers to act as collection agents for the servicing of the Sold Receivables, in accordance with the provisions of Article 21.
3.5 This Agreement shall apply automatically to any Transfer Deed delivered by the Centralising Unit, acting in the name and on behalf of a Seller to the Purchaser or any other similar document agreed between a Seller and the Purchaser, pursuant to the relevant Receivables Purchase Agreement.
3.6 Joint and several liability
3.6.1 The Parties agree that the obligations of each Seller under this Agreement shall be several but not joint and shall be construed as if each Seller had entered into a separate agreement with the Purchaser.
3.6.2 By way of exception to the foregoing, each Seller and the Centralising Unit shall be jointly and severally liable to the Purchaser for the payment by a Seller, GOODYEAR EUROPE BV and/or the Centralising Unit of (i) any sums due under the Transaction Documents and notably (without limitation) for the transfer of Adjusted Collections on the due date to the Purchaser, in accordance with the provisions of Article 23, and (ii) any claim for damages against a Seller for breach of its representations and warranties or for failure to perform its obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party.
Each Seller hereby acknowledges and accepts that the benefit of any joint and several liability between Sellers party to the Transaction Documents shall be extended to any New Seller, without any need for additional written consent under this Agreement (other than by the Centralising Unit as contemplated by Articles 35 and 40).
3.6.3 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Parties agree that any claim enforceable under Article 3.6.2 above against the German Seller shall on any date on which payment is requested pursuant to Article 3.6.2 be limited to the amount of its Net Assets less its Registered Share Capital as of such date (the "Free Equity Amount").
For the purpose of this Article 3.6, "Net Assets" means, in respect of any entity as of any date, the result of (a) the sum of the amounts shown under the balance sheet positions pursuant to § 266 (2) (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) of the German Commercial Code (Handelsgesetzbuch), with the exception of (i) any loan repayment claims against any of such entity's Affiliates (other than such entity's subsidiaries) (or other, economically equivalent claims, including recourse claims against a defaulting Seller under the Intercompany Arrangements) and (ii) the value of any assets which is not available for distribution to shareholders pursuant to §268 (8) of the German Commercial Code, less (b) the sum of the amounts of liabilities shown under the balance sheet positions pursuant to § 266 (3) (B), (C), (D) and (E) of the German Commercial Code, in each case as determined as of such date; and "Registered Share Capital" means, in respect of any entity as of any date, the amount shown under the balance sheet position pursuant to § 266 (3) (A) I of the German Commercial Code as determined as of such date.
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3.6.4 If, upon a payment request to the German Seller under Article 3.6.2 above, the German Seller is of the reasonable opinion that the amount requested exceeds the Free Equity Amount at the time of such request, the German Seller shall provide evidence to the Purchaser that the payment in full of the amount requested would result: in the case of a GmbH Party, in the amount of its Net Assets falling below the amount of its Registered Share Capital, including, without limitation, plausible calculations made by the German Seller and all supporting documents reasonably requested by the Purchaser, and a written statement from the statutory auditors of the German Seller (in case of Article 3.6.3) to the Purchaser to the effect that the amount of the payment requested exceeds the Free Equity Amount of the German Seller (in case of Article 3.6.3).
3.6.5 For the purposes of calculating the Free Equity Amount, loans and other contractual liabilities incurred in negligent or wilful violation of the provisions of this Agreement shall be disregarded.
In the event that a payment is requested under Article 3.6.2 above, the German Seller shall realise, to the extent (i) the Free Equity Amount falls short of the amount so requested, (ii) required to enable the German Seller to make the requested payment, and (iii) legally permitted, assets that are shown in the balance sheet with a book value (Buchwert) that is significantly lower than the market value of the assets at the time of such request if such assets are not necessary for the business of the German Seller (betriebsnotwendig).
3.6.6 None of the above restrictions on enforcement shall apply if and to the extent such enforcement relates to any obligations of the German Seller other than under Article 3.6.2.
3.6.7 The Parties expressly agree that the Sellers and the Centralising Unit shall not have any responsibility for any non-payment by any Debtor of any sums due in respect of the Sold Receivables, except to the extent that the Purchaser may exercise recourse for such non-payment against the Subordinated Deposit and, as the case may be, the Complementary Deposit, as provided herein and, for the avoidance of any doubt, to the extent of any Deemed Collections in accordance with the provisions of Article 28.
4.1 This Agreement shall commence on the Closing Date and end on the Program Expiry Date. For the purposes of this Agreement and the Receivables Purchase Agreements, the Parties agree that there shall be two (2) periods:
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4.2 The Parties expressly agree that, in the event that there are any Sold Receivables outstanding on the Program Expiry Date:
In any event, the Parties expressly agree that, even after the Program Expiry Date, the provisions set out in Articles 14 (Taxes), 15 (Changes in Circumstances), 29 (Fees and expenses), 31 (Confidentiality), 33 (Exercise of Rights – Recourse- Non Petition), 36 (Indemnities), 45 (Governing law – Jurisdiction) shall remain in force.
4.3 The Centralising Unit, acting in the name and on behalf of the Sellers, may, upon written notice given to the Purchaser at least nine (9) Business Days before a Funded Settlement Date during the Amortisation Period or at any time after the Program Expiry Date, offer to repurchase all outstanding Sold Receivables from the Purchaser, at a price equal to the nominal value of such Sold Receivables or such other price as the Parties may agree. Such purchase price shall be applied towards the payments and in the order specified in Article 16 and, to the extent applicable, shall be set off against any amounts due to the Centralising Unit in accordance with said Article 16.
6.1 Current Account agreement
6.1.1 The Purchaser and the Centralising Unit hereby agree to enter into a current account relationship (relation de compte courant) (the "Current Account").
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6.1.2 Subject to the daily set-off or netting mechanism for the Payment of the Initial Purchase Price of Originated Ongoing Purchasable Receivables provided for under the Receivables Purchase Agreements, any sum due either by (i) the Purchaser to the Centralising Unit, acting in its own name or in the name of the Sellers pursuant to the Transaction Documents and/or by (ii) the Sellers or the Centralising Unit, acting in its own name or in the name of the Sellers, to the Purchaser pursuant to the Transaction Documents shall be recorded respectively as credit or debit on the Current Account. Any mutual debit or credit that does not arise from the Transaction Documents shall be excluded from the Current Account.
6.2 Automatic Set-off
The Parties hereby agree that any debit and credit recorded on the Current Account shall be automatically set-off (compensés).
6.3 Balance
6.3.1 On each Calculation Date, the Agent shall calculate the balance of the Current Account, in accordance with the provisions of Article 12.3.1, on the basis of information it has received pursuant to such Article 12.3.1, and shall forthwith provide the Centralising Unit and the Purchaser with such calculation.
6.3.2 In the case of a debit balance of the Current Account on a Calculation Date, as stated in the Current Account statement communicated in accordance with the provisions of Article 6.3.1, the Centralising Unit shall pay to the Purchaser's Account in immediately available funds an amount equal to such debit balance, on the Funded Settlement Date or on the Intermediary Settlement Date in relation to which the Current Account statement is drawn up, in accordance with the provisions of Article 17.5.
6.3.3 In the case of a credit balance of the Current Account on a Calculation Date, as stated in the Current Account statement communicated in accordance with the provisions of Article 6.3.1, the Purchaser shall pay to the Centralising Unit's Account in immediately available funds an amount equal to such credit balance on the Funded Settlement Date or on the Intermediary Settlement Date in relation to which the Current Account statement has been drawn up, in accordance with the provisions of Article 17.5.
6.3.4 Once the payment referred to in Article 6.3.2 or in Article 6.3.3 has been made, the Current Account shall be balanced at zero (0).
6.4.1 On the Initial Settlement Date, the Purchaser shall record:
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6.4.2 On each Intermediary Settlement Date during the Replenishment Period, the Purchaser shall enter:
Article 12.3.1(i),
date,
6.4.3 On each Funded Settlement Date during the Replenishment Period, the Purchaser shall enter:
date,
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Article 12.3.1(i),
date;
date,
The Parties hereby agree that all entries on the Current Account are calculated, for any Settlement Date during the Replenishment Period, on the Calculation Date preceding such Settlement Date, and that, once entered in the Current Account, such entries shall constitute payments for the purposes of the Transaction Documents.
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6.5 Termination of the Current Account
The current account relationship shall terminate, and the Current Account shall be closed, on the Commitment Expiry Date.
7.1 Maximum Amount of the Purchaser's Funding
7.1.1 The Purchaser shall fund Payments:
The Senior Deposit shall create an indebtedness of the Purchaser to the Depositor in relation to the repayment of such Senior Deposit.
7.1.2 The Maximum Amount of the Purchaser's Funding shall be communicated by the Centralising Unit, acting in the name and on behalf the Sellers, to the Purchaser and to the Agent at the latest sixty (60) calendar days before the expiration date of the Liquidity Agreements and the Fund Subscription Agreements (as amended from time to time). For such purpose, the Centralising Unit, acting in the name and on behalf of the Sellers, shall send to the Purchaser and the Agent a notice (in the form of SCHEDULE 17) indicating the new amount of the Maximum Amount of the Purchaser's Funding (such new amount, for the avoidance of doubt, being not lower than the Minimum Amount of the Program and not greater than the Maximum Amount of the Program) that shall apply from the date of renewal of the Liquidity Agreements and the Fund Subscription Agreements through and including the new expiration date of the Liquidity Agreements and the Fund Subscription Agreements (as renewed) (the "Notice for Maximum Amount of the Purchaser's Funding").
7.1.3 The Maximum Amount of the Purchaser's Funding for the period starting on the Funded Settlement Date of October 2021 (included) and ending on the Funded Settlement Date of October 2022 (excluded) shall be equal to EUR 300,000,000.
7.1.4 In the event that any Liquidity Agreement is not renewed as a result of a Liquidity Commitment Non-Renewal, the Maximum Amount of the Program shall be partially and automatically reduced by an amount equal to the commitment of the Liquidity Bank party to such Liquidity Agreement (except in circumstances where such Liquidity Bank would have renewed the Fund Subscription Agreement to which it is a party). Similarly, in the event that any Fund Subscription Agreement is not renewed as a result of a Subscription Commitment Non-Renewal, the Maximum Amount of the Program shall be partially and automatically reduced by an amount equal to the commitment of the Fund Subscriber party to such Fund Subscription Agreement (except in circumstances where such Fund Subscriber would have renewed the Liquidity Agreement to which it is a party).
Such reduction of the Maximum Amount of the Program shall take effect on the Funded Settlement Date following the date upon which an event described above has occurred and shall be definitive and irrevocable.
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7.2 Amount of the Purchaser's Funding on the Initial Settlement Date
On the Initial Settlement Date, the amount of the Purchaser's Funding shall be equal to the lower of the following amounts:
(a) the Outstanding Amount of Eligible Receivables to be purchased by the Purchaser on such date, multiplied by the excess of:
(b) the Requested Amount of the Purchaser's Funding.
7.3 Change in the Purchaser's Funding
On each Funded Settlement Date during the Replenishment Period other than the Initial Settlement Date, the Purchaser's Funding shall be adjusted as follows:
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7.4 Amount of the Purchaser's Funding in the event of a Potential Early Amortisation Event
In the event that a Potential Early Amortisation Event occurs, and as long as such Potential Early Amortisation Event is continuing, the amount of the Purchaser's Funding shall be limited to the amount of the Purchaser's Funding on the Funded Settlement Date before such Potential Early Amortisation Event has occurred.
8.1 Subordinated Deposit
On the first Settlement Date following the 2008 Amendment Date, the Subordinated Depositor shall make a Subordinated Deposit in Euro with the Purchaser and on each following Settlement Date during the Replenishment Period, the amount of the Subordinated Deposit shall be increased or decreased in accordance with the calculations made by the Agent on each Calculation Date in accordance with the provisions of schedules 1 and 2 of the Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement.
On each Calculation Date during the Replenishment Period, the Agent shall calculate the difference between (i) the amount of the Subordinated Deposit to be made on the following Settlement Date and (ii) the amount of the Subordinated Deposit made on the preceding Settlement Date.
8.2 Pledge of the Subordinated Deposit
The Subordinated Deposit shall be pledged as cash collateral (affecté à titre xx xxxx-espèces) by the Centralising Unit, in favour of the Purchaser, to secure the payment of (i) any sum due by the Debtors to the Purchaser in respect of the Sold Receivables and (ii) any sum due to the Purchaser by any Seller, the Centralising Unit or the Italian Issuer pursuant to the Transaction Documents; provided that, in respect of sums due by the Italian Issuer, such sums shall be limited to those remaining due under the Italian Notes (notwithstanding any limited recourse provision applicable thereto) as a result of any payment default from a Debtor under a Refinanced Sold Receivable or from the Italian Seller under the Italian Receivables Purchase Agreement and provided, further, that no party shall be entitled to receive, as a result of such pledge, any amounts in addition to those that it is entitled to receive pursuant to Article 16.
8.3 Repayment of the Subordinated Deposit
The repayment of the Subordinated Deposit shall be carried out in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement and Article 16 (Order of Priority during the Amortisation Period).
9.1 Complementary Deposit
The Centralising Unit shall make a Complementary Deposit with the Purchaser in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Master Complementary Deposit Agreement.
On each Calculation Date during the Replenishment Period, the amount of the Complementary Deposit shall be calculated by the Agent in accordance with the provisions of schedule 1 of the Master Complementary Deposit Agreement.
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9.2 Pledge of the Complementary Deposit
The Complementary Deposit shall be pledged as cash collateral (affecté à titre xx xxxx-espèces) by the Centralising Unit, in favour of the Purchaser, to secure the payment of (i) any sum due by the Debtors to the Purchaser in respect of the Sold Receivables and (ii) any sum due to the Purchaser by any Seller, the Centralising Unit or the Italian Issuer pursuant to the Transaction Documents, provided that in respect of sums due by the Italian Issuer, such sums shall be limited to those remaining due under the Italian Notes (notwithstanding any limited recourse provision applicable thereto) as a result of any payment default from a Debtor under a Refinanced Sold Receivable or from the Italian Seller under the Italian Receivables Purchase Agreement and provided, further, that no party shall be entitled to receive, as a result of such pledge, any amounts in addition to those that it is entitled to receive pursuant to Article 16.
9.3 Repayment of the Complementary Deposit
The repayment of the Complementary Deposit shall be carried out in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the Master Complementary Deposit Agreement and Article 16 (Order of Priority during the Amortisation Period).
CHAPTER IV FEES
10.1 On each Funded Settlement Date (except the Initial Settlement Date), the Centralising Unit shall pay to the Agent, the Management Fee which is due to compensate the Agent for its services under this Agreement.
10.2 Such Management Fee shall be equal to €10,041.66 per month to be increased to €12,791.66 per month during any Bi-monthly Management Period (VAT excluded), increased by the applicable VAT. In the event that the Centralising Unit decides to terminate the Securitisation Transaction and repurchases the Sold Receivables upon such termination (other than a termination after (i) the occurrence of an Early Amortisation Event, (ii) a drawing under a Liquidity Agreement or (iii) the exercise of the rights stated in a Bank Commitment Letter) and does not inform the Agent at the latest three (3) months beforehand, the Centralising Unit undertakes to pay an amount upon such termination equal to the lesser of (i) the Management Fee for three (3) months (i.e. €30,124.98) (VAT excluded), increased by the applicable VAT, from the date on which the notice of termination is delivered minus any Management Fee otherwise paid after notice of termination is delivered and (ii) the Management Fee that would otherwise have been payable from such termination until the expiration date of the Liquidity Agreements and the Fund Subscription Agreements.
10.3 The Agent shall notify the amount of the Management Fee to the Centralising Unit, at the latest before 5:00 p.m. on the Calculation Date immediately preceding any Funded Settlement Date.
10.4 On each Funded Settlement Date, the Centralising Unit shall pay the Management Fee by crediting the Agent's Account before 12:00 (noon), for an amount equal to the Management Fee, as determined in accordance with Article 10.2. The Parties acknowledge that the payment of such Management Fee by the Centralising Unit to the Agent shall be expressly excluded from the Current Account mechanism.
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10.5 In the event that the Centralising Unit fails to pay such Management Fee on a Funded Settlement Date, the Purchaser shall proceed forthwith with the payment of such Management Fee, on the Centralising Unit's behalf to the extent of the Adjusted Collections received. As such, the Purchaser shall be, upon delivery of a subrogation notice by the Agent, subrogated in the rights of the Agent against the Centralising Unit to the extent of the sums paid to the Agent in respect of the Management Fee.
10.6 For the purposes of carrying out any of the audits referred to in Article 12.1.1(vi), the Agent shall be entitled to receive a fee equal to €12,500 (VAT excluded) per audit and per Seller, plus the amount of any reasonable and duly documented costs relating to the audits. Such fee and expenses shall be paid by the Centralising Unit acting in the name and on behalf of the Sellers on the Funded Settlement Date immediately following the relevant annual audit(s).
CHAPTER V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES - GENERAL COVENANTS
11.1 Each Seller and the Centralising Unit represents and warrants to the Purchaser that, as at the 2021 Amendment Date:
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those Liens which arise by operation of applicable laws and regulations, or (b) over the Subordinated Deposit and/or the Complementary Deposit;
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11.2 The above representations and warranties shall be deemed to be repeated by each Seller and the Centralising Unit, as applicable, on each Settlement Date during the Replenishment Period. Such representations and warranties shall remain in force until the Program Expiry Date.
The following general covenants shall remain in force from the Signing Date until the Program Expiry Date.
12.1 Sellers
12.1.1 Affirmative covenants:
Each Seller undertakes:
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Liens created over the Collection Accounts for the benefit of the Purchaser constitute valid and perfected Liens;
Affiliate of the German Seller which are necessary to, if complied with, ensure due compliance of each of the German Seller, GOODYEAR EUROPE BV, GOODYEAR and/or any other shareholder or Affiliate of the German Seller with the relevant applicable corporate capital maintenance provisions, including, without limitation, § 30 of the German Limited Liability Companies Act (Gesetz betreffend die Gesellschaften mit beschränkter Haftung);
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12.1.2 Negative covenants
Each Seller undertakes:
(b) except for any intra-group mergers or reorganisations within the GOODYEAR Group, not to purchase all or part of the assets of any individual, undertaking or company, and not to enter into any merger (fusion), demerger (scission) or proceeding of a similar nature, which is reasonably likely to materially prejudice the rights of the Purchaser hereunder or adversely affects such Seller's ability to collect the Sold Receivables;
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12.2 Centralising Unit
12.2.1 Affirmative covenants
The Centralising Unit undertakes:
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which the Centralising Unit has taken and/or proposes to take with respect thereto in order to prevent such Potential Early Amortisation Event from becoming an Early Amortisation Event;
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12.2.2 Negative covenants
The Centralising Unit undertakes:
12.3 Agent
12.3.1 The Agent hereby agrees with the other Parties that it shall, at the latest on each Calculation Date:
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The Parties agree that, in the event that any Party becomes aware of any error in the calculation carried out by the Agent pursuant to the present Article 12.3.1, such Party shall forthwith notify the Agent in order to rectify such an error.
Calculations in respect of the Italian Notes, the Refinanced Eligible Receivables and the Refinanced Sold Receivables (as well as any element related thereto) will be based on information provided to the Purchaser under the Italian Subscription Agreement and to the Agent under the Italian Receivable Purchase Agreement.
12.3.2 At the latest on each Calculation Date, the Agent shall, at the request of any Joint Lead Arranger, forthwith transmit a copy of the Assessment Reports, the Lists of Purchasable Receivables or any reporting documents relating to the Sold Receivables and the Refinanced Sold Receivables and provide the Joint Lead Arrangers with any information relating to the amount of Adjusted Collections and Refinanced Adjusted Collections received by the Purchaser on such Calculation Date.
12.3.3 On each Calculation Date before 5:00 p.m., the Agent undertakes to deliver forthwith, to the Centralising Unit acting in the name and on behalf of the Sellers, a document relating to the Sold Receivables and the Refinanced Sold Receivables, in the form attached hereto as SCHEDULE 10.1, as modified from time to time by the Parties, and to provide a copy of such document to the Joint Lead Arrangers.
After each Settlement Date, the Agent undertakes to deliver forthwith to each Issuer, a report document relating to the Sold Receivables and the Refinanced Sold Receivables, in the form attached hereto as SCHEDULE 10, as modified from time to time between the Agent, the Purchaser and the Issuers.
For the purposes of the relevant reporting documents, the Parties agree that CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK shall be responsible for ensuring that such reporting requirements are carried out.
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12.4 Failure to deliver Assessment Report or List of Purchasable Receivables
12.4.1 In the event that the Centralising Unit fails to provide the Agent with a copy of the Assessment Report and/or a List of Purchasable Receivables within one (1) Business Day after an Information Date, or provides the Agent with a copy of the Assessment Report and/or a List of Purchasable Receivables, that is incomplete in relation to one or several Sellers or the Italian Seller (with respect to any Seller or to the Italian Seller, a "Delivery Failure"), the Agent shall carry out the identification and the calculations referred to in Articles 12.3.1 and 12.3.2 as follows:
provided that the Centralising Unit has sent to the Agent a single consolidated Assessment Report and a single List of Purchasable Receivables. If the Agent has not received such single consolidated Assessment Report and such List of Purchasable Receivables, it shall make its calculations on the basis of the single consolidated Assessment Report and single List of Purchasable Receivables received on the previous Information Date.
12.4.2 In the event of any failure to comply with the provisions of Article 12.2.1(vii), the Centralising Unit shall comply with such provisions with respect to the documents required to be delivered on or before the next Information Date.
12.4.3 The Centralising Unit shall provide, on each Information Date, (i) the list of Sold Receivables which are Doubtful Receivables and to be retransferred to the relevant Seller in accordance with article 4.2 of the relevant Receivables Purchase Agreement and (ii) the list of Refinanced Sold Receivables which are Refinanced Doubtful Receivables and to be retransferred to the Italian Seller in accordance with article 10.2 of the Italian Receivables Purchase Agreement.
12.5 Purchaser
Other than as contemplated by the Transaction Documents, the Purchaser undertakes:
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CHAPTER VI EARLY AMORTISATION
13.1 Early Amortisation Events in relation to the Securitisation Transaction:
The fact that the Purchaser's Funding falls below the Minimum Amount of the Program shall constitute an Early Amortisation Event with respect to this Agreement and the Receivables Purchase Agreements.
13.2 Early Amortisation Event in relation to the Purchaser:
If any event occurs, which is not an event that is due to CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK or that could have been prevented by CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK, and which, in the Rating Agencies' opinion, jeopardises the "bankruptcy remote character" of the Purchaser, the Purchaser may or, if all the Liquidity Banks and the Fund Subscribers (which shall be consulted by the Purchaser upon the occurrence of such an Early Amortisation Event) instruct the Purchaser to do so, the Purchaser shall terminate its Commitment to purchase Ongoing Purchasable Receivables and Remaining Purchasable Receivables from the Sellers subject to notice made in writing to the Centralising Unit. In such an event, the Commitment Expiry Date shall be deemed to have occurred on the thirtieth (30th) calendar day following receipt by the Centralising Unit of the Purchaser's Termination Notice. Such Purchaser's Termination Notice shall state the reasons for the Rating Agencies' opinion.
13.3 Early Amortisation Events in relation to any Seller or the Centralising Unit:
Each of the following events shall constitute an Early Amortisation Event with respect to this Agreement and the Receivables Purchase Agreements:
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For the purpose of this Article 13.3(xii), "Overcollateralisation Rate Trigger" shall be calculated as follows: Maximum (Loss Reserve + Dilution Reserve; Floor Reserve) + Customer/Supplier Reserve + Exchange Rate Reserve (as defined in schedule 1 to the Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement);
(b) a Transfer Deed becomes illegal or, cannot, for any reason whatsoever, be performed pursuant to its terms, and such illegality or inability to be performed is reasonably expected to prejudice the rights of the Purchaser;
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Capitalised terms used in this Article 13.3(xiv) and not defined in SCHEDULE 14 shall have meanings set forth for such terms in SCHEDULE 1;
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13.4 Consequences of Early Amortisation Events
Except for the Early Amortisation Event described in Article 13.2, the effect of which is set out in such Article, the consequences of the Early Amortisation Events shall be as follows:
However, if upon consultation of the Liquidity Banks and the Fund Subscribers in accordance with the above paragraph or Article 13.2 or Article 21.3.1, no agreement can be reached among such Liquidity Banks and Fund Subscribers as to the termination by the Purchaser of its Commitment or with respect to Article 21.3.1, the termination of the appointment of each Seller for collection of the Sold Receivables, and where the Purchaser has not already decided in its own discretion to terminate, each Liquidity Bank and each Fund Subscriber may decide to terminate its own commitments under the Liquidity Agreement and/or Fund Subscription Agreement to which it is a party (any such party, the "Terminating Bank"), upon notice in writing to the Centralising Unit, the Purchaser, the other Liquidity Bank(s) and the other Fund Subscriber no later than on the Information Date preceding the Funded Settlement Date on which such termination is to be effective.
In the event of the termination by a Terminating Bank of its commitments under the Liquidity Agreement and, as the case may be, the Fund Subscription Agreement to which it is a party, the Maximum Amount of the Program shall be partially and automatically reduced by an amount equal to the commitments of such Terminating Bank under such Liquidity Agreement and, as the case may be, such Fund Subscription Agreement (without double-counting in respect of a Terminating Bank that would be a party to both a Liquidity Agreement and a Fund Subscription Agreement). Such reduction of the Maximum Amount of the Program shall take effect on the Funded Settlement Date on which the termination of its commitment by such Terminating Bank is effective and shall be definitive and irrevocable.
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For the avoidance of doubt, any Potential Early Amortisation Event shall not constitute an Early Amortisation Event if a suitable agreement between the Parties has been reached within the grace period (if any) provided for the related Early Amortisation Event in Article 13.3.
CHAPTER VII TAXES - CHANGES IN CIRCUMSTANCES
14.1 All payments to be made by each Seller, acting as Seller or as servicer of the Sold Receivables, or by the Centralising Unit, to the Purchaser under this Agreement, the Receivables Purchase Agreements, the Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement and the Master Complementary Deposit Agreement shall be made free, clear of and without deduction for or on account of tax (not being tax imposed on the general income of the Purchaser), unless the relevant Seller or the Centralising Unit is required by mandatory provisions of law to make such a payment subject to the deduction or withholding of tax, in which case the sum to be paid by the relevant Seller or the Centralising Unit in respect of which such deduction or withholding is required to be made shall, to the extent permitted by law, be increased to the extent necessary to ensure that, after the making of the required deduction or withholding, the Purchaser receives and retains (free from any liability in respect of any such deduction or withholding) a net sum equal to the sum which it would have received and so retained had no such deduction or withholding been made or required to be made.
In the event that any payment made by the Centralising Unit or any of the Sellers hereunder is subject to any withholding or deduction, the Purchaser shall use reasonable efforts to recover any tax credit that it may be entitled to on account of such withholding or deduction and shall remit to the Centralising Unit any amounts so recovered, up to the amount necessary for the Seller to be (after that payment) in the same after-tax position as it would have been if such withholding or deduction had not been made, but such amount shall in any event not exceed the sums so recovered by the Purchaser.
If the increase referred to above is contrary to any applicable law, the Purchaser and the Centralising Unit, acting in the name and on behalf of the Sellers, shall work together as soon as possible and in good faith to seek a solution acceptable to the Parties.
If no suitable agreement has been reached within thirty (30) calendar days following the coming into force of such deduction or withholding of tax, the Commitment Expiry Date shall be deemed to have occurred on the thirtieth day after such deduction or withholding comes into force. The Parties hereby agree that during
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the thirty-day period provided in the foregoing sentence, no Ongoing Purchasable Receivable and no Remaining Purchasable Receivable shall be sold to the Purchaser by the Sellers concerned by such deduction for or on account of tax or by all the Sellers if such deduction for or on account of tax relates to the Centralising Unit, on a Funded Settlement Date.
14.2 Each Seller shall bear any VAT (a "VAT Payment") to which any transaction contemplated under the Securitisation Transaction may be subject or give rise and which applies to any party having entered into the Securitisation Transaction (other than the Sellers and the Centralising Unit); and each Seller shall fully indemnify the Purchaser or any party having entered into the Securitisation Transaction (other than the Sellers or the Centralising Unit), in respect of any liability to pay such VAT Payment and from and against any losses or liabilities which any of them may properly incur or otherwise suffer as a result of any delay in paying or omission to pay such VAT Payment.
If a Seller makes a VAT Payment and a credit against, relief or remission for, or repayment of taxes is attributable to that VAT Payment (a "VAT Credit"), the Purchaser shall use reasonable efforts to obtain the repayment of such VAT Credit, and once the Purchaser has obtained the repayment of such VAT Credit, the Purchaser shall transfer such amount to the relevant Seller so that the Seller will be (after that payment) in the same after-tax position as it would have been in had the VAT Payment not been made by the Seller, but such amount shall in any event not exceed the sums actually paid to the Purchaser under the repayment of such VAT Credit.
14.3 In the event of any Insolvency Proceedings opened against the German Seller, if the insolvency administrator is involved in the enforcement of any pledge over the Collection Account(s) for the benefit of the Purchaser and if such insolvency administrator is entitled to claim a deduction of fees ("Enforcement Fees") from the credit balance recorded on such Collection Account(s) at the date of institution of such Insolvency Proceedings, the German Seller and/or the Centralising Unit shall pay to the Purchaser any sums corresponding to such Enforcement Fees.
14.4 In the event that the Purchaser, the Italian Issuer, a Liquidity Bank, a Fund Subscriber, an Issuer, the Management Company, the Custodian, the Fund, the Depositor or the Agent (each a "Tax Indemnified Party") has to bear any new tax or withholding tax or any other tax related charge not yet in force on any sum which it owes and in relation to the Securitisation Transaction, the Centralising Unit, acting in the name and on behalf of the Sellers, undertakes to indemnify such Tax Indemnified Party up to the amount of this new taxation or withholding tax or other tax charge, in the currency in which such deduction, withholding or other tax charge must be paid.
In the event that the Purchaser or the Italian Issuer (each a "Refinanced Tax Indemnified Party") has to bear any deduction or withholding tax or any other tax related charge on any sum which it owes and in relation to the Italian Subscription Agreement, the Centralising Unit, acting in the name and on behalf of the Sellers, undertakes to indemnify such Refinanced Tax Indemnified Party up to the amount of this taxation or withholding tax or other tax charge, in the currency in which such deduction, withholding or other tax charge must be paid.
In the event that any payment is made by the Centralising Unit to the Purchaser pursuant to this Article 14.4, the Purchaser shall use reasonable efforts to recover any tax credit that it may be entitled to on account of
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such tax and shall remit to the Centralising Unit any amounts so recovered up to the amount necessary for the Seller to be (after that payment) in the same after-tax position as it would have been if such new tax had not been paid, within the limit of the sums so recovered by the Purchaser.
14.5 In the event that any Tax Indemnified Party (including, in particular, the Purchaser) has incurred any losses or liability resulting from or in relation to any recourse by any German tax administration against the Purchaser with respect to any Sold Receivable, the German Seller shall indemnify such Tax Indemnified Party up to the amount of such losses or liability incurred and in the currency in which such loss or liability has been incurred, provided that the recourse by such German tax administration against the Purchaser is based on section 13c of the German VAT Act or on any related or equivalent provision of German law.
14.6 Nothing in this Article 14 shall be construed so as to oblige the Purchaser to bear costs and expenses of whatever nature or to disclose confidential information relating to, inter alia, the organisation of its activities nor affect in any way its right to organise its tax affairs in a manner which it considers most beneficial.
15.1 To the extent not already indemnified under Article 14, if, as a result of (i) the implementation, after the 2021 Amendment Date, of any change in the applicable laws, regulations, accounting standards or regulatory requirements or any change in the interpretation or application of the aforementioned and/or (ii) the implementation, after the 2021 Amendment Date, of any applicable directive, request or requirement (whether or not having the force of law) of any central bank, self-regulating organisation, governmental, fiscal, monetary or other authority (including inter alia directives, requests, instructions, accounting standards or requirements which affect the manner in which any bank is required to maintain equity capital (own funds), taking into account its assets, liabilities, contingent liabilities or commitments):
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15.2 In the event of any dispute as to the amount of such an indemnity, the Purchaser and the Centralising Unit acting in the name and on behalf of the Sellers, shall work together as soon as possible and in good faith to seek a solution acceptable to the Parties; in the event of a dispute, such indemnity shall nevertheless be paid by the Centralising Unit, acting on its own behalf and on behalf of the Sellers, who shall make the payment of such indemnity forthwith following receipt of the notice sent by the Purchaser.
If no suitable agreement has been reached within thirty (30) calendar days following the coming into force of such event, the Commitment Expiry Date shall be deemed to have occurred on the thirtieth day after such an event. The Parties hereby agree that during the thirty-day period provided in the foregoing sentence, no Remaining Purchasable Receivable or Ongoing Purchasable Receivable shall be sold to the Purchaser on a Funded Settlement Date.
CHAPTER VIII ORDER OF PRIORITY - PAYMENTS
16.1 Without prejudice to Article 16.2, on each Settlement Date during the Amortisation Period, the Purchaser shall apply the Distributed Amounts, in the following order:
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Date shall be excluded from the Distributed Amounts available on such Intermediary Settlement Date and reserved by the Purchaser in order to be paid on such Funded Settlement Date;
16.2 On each Settlement Date during the Amortisation Period, if any Seller and/or the Centralising Unit fail(s) to make a payment when due under the Transaction Documents in respect of the Adjusted Collections and, pursuant to the provisions of Article 21.3, the Collection Mandate given to the Sellers has been terminated, the Purchaser shall apply the Distributed Amounts, in the following order:
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17.1 For the purpose of the payment of any sum due under this Agreement, the Agent, the Purchaser, each Seller and the Centralising Unit acting, as the case may be, on its own behalf or on behalf of the Sellers, expressly agree to use exclusively the following bank accounts:
The Parties acknowledge that such accounts shall be used exclusively for the purposes and in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
17.2 The Euro is the currency of payment for each and every sum due at any time under the Transaction Documents.
17.3 Without prejudice to other provisions of the Transactions Documents related to set-off, the Purchaser shall be entitled to set-off (i) any amount due and payable by the Purchaser to the Centralising Unit on its behalf or on behalf of the Sellers under the Transaction Documents and (ii) any amount due and payable by the Centralising Unit on its behalf or on behalf of the Sellers to the Purchaser under the Transaction Documents.
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Without prejudice to other provisions of the Transactions Documents related to set-off, the Centralising Unit, acting on its behalf or on behalf of the Sellers, shall be entitled to set-off (i) any amount due and payable by the Purchaser to the Centralising Unit on its behalf or on behalf of the Sellers under the Transaction Documents and (ii) any amount due and payable by the Centralising Unit on its behalf or on behalf of the Sellers to the Purchaser under the Transaction Documents.
17.4 For the purposes of this Article, any payments falling due on a day which is not a Business Day shall instead fall due on the following Business Day.
17.5 The Centralising Unit acting, as the case may be, on its own behalf or on behalf of any Seller, shall give to its bank before 12:00 (noon) on the Business Day following each Calculation Date, an irrevocable instruction to transfer (ordre de virement irrévocable), from the Centralising Unit's Account to the Purchaser's Account, any amount due to the Purchaser on the following Settlement Date in accordance with the Transaction Documents, to be credited with immediately available funds, before 12:00 (noon), on the said Settlement Date.
The Purchaser shall give to its bank one (1) Business Day before any Settlement Date, before 10:00 a.m., an irrevocable instruction to transfer (ordre de virement irrévocable), from the Purchaser's Account to the Centralising Unit's Account, any amount due, as the case may be, to the Centralising Unit on such Settlement Date, in accordance with the Transaction Documents, to be credited with immediately available funds, before 12:00 (noon), on the said Settlement Date.
17.6 Any default by the Centralising Unit acting, as the case may be, on its own behalf or on behalf of any Seller, in the fulfilment of its payment obligations under this Agreement shall automatically entitle the Purchaser, without having to give prior notice, to receive interest on any amounts payable and remaining unpaid (excluded), calculated from the date when such payment was due (included) until the date of actual payment, at a rate of EURIBOR 1 month + 2% per annum payable on the date of actual payment (excluded).
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CHAPTER IX
PURCHASE OF ONGOING PURCHASABLE RECEIVABLES AND REMAINING PURCHASABLE RECEIVABLES
18.1 Conditions precedent in relation to any purchase of Ongoing Purchasable Receivables and
Remaining Purchasable Receivables
The Purchaser shall not be obliged on any Funded Settlement Date during the Replenishment Period, to purchase from any Seller, Ongoing Purchasable Receivables and/or Remaining Purchasable Receivables unless each of the following conditions have been fulfilled on such Funded Settlement Date:
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18.2 Conditions subsequent to any Purchase of Ongoing Purchasable Receivables and Remaining Purchasable Receivables on a Funded Settlement Date during the Replenishment Period
In the event that any of the following conditions have not been fulfilled on any Funded Settlement Date during the Replenishment Period, such a failure shall constitute an automatic and immediate termination (condition résolutoire de plein droit) of the assignment by the Sellers to the Purchaser of the Sold Receivables sold on such Funded Settlement Date:
19.1 Each Seller represents and warrants to the Purchaser that:
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Each Seller and the Purchaser agree that the Conformity Warranties set out in this Article:
19.2 For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding any other provision of the Transaction Documents, no term of this Agreement, and more generally of any other Transaction Document, shall oblige any Seller to sell or assign to the Purchaser any receivable or contract providing for any prohibition or restriction in respect of the sale or assignment of such receivable or contract to the Purchaser (to the extent such prohibition or restriction has not been waived or otherwise amended in order to permit such sale or assignment) it being understood that pursuant to § 354a subsection 1 of the German Commercial Code (Handelsgesetzbuch) the assignment of a German law governed receivable arising from a mutual commercial transaction (beiderseitiges Handelsgeschäft) will be valid notwithstanding any contractual prohibition to assign said receivables pursuant to § 399 German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch).
The Parties irrevocably agree that each purchase of Sold Receivables carried out pursuant to this Agreement and the relevant Receivables Purchase Agreement shall entitle the Purchaser or any other agent appointed in a discretionary way by the same, solely in order to protect and/or to enforce its right in connection with the Securitisation Transaction, to access the original copies of the contractual documentation or the computer or paper information underlying the Sold Receivables and, the support listing the Sold Receivables and to make duplicate copies of such documents; provided that the Purchaser or its agent shall have the right to obtain the original copies of such documents to the extent required to enforce their rights under the Transaction Documents and, in respect of the Protected Debtors, subject to the provisions of the Data Escrow Agreement and the Data Protection Laws (as defined in SCHEDULE 19).
Each Seller irrevocably agrees to allow the Purchaser or any other person appointed by it unrestricted access to the said documents provided that (i) such Seller has been given two (2) Business Days prior notice thereof, (ii) the Purchaser or any other person, whom the Purchaser appoints undertakes not to disclose any confidential information except where permitted in the circumstances provided for by Article 31
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(Confidentiality) and (iii) in respect of the Protected Debtors, subject to the provisions of the Data Escrow Agreement and the Data Protection Laws (as defined in SCHEDULE 19).
The Purchaser or any other person, whom the Purchaser appoints, shall in no way be obliged to reimburse the Centralising Unit or the Sellers, for any expense incurred by the Centralising Unit or the Sellers when allowing access to use the relevant documents, nor to compensate the Centralising Unit or the Sellers for any loss which such access or use might cause, other than any loss resulting from the gross negligence (faute lourde) or willfull misconduct (dol) of the Purchaser or such other person or the breach by the Purchaser of its material obligations under the Transaction Documents.
CHAPTER X
COLLECTION OF SOLD RECEIVABLES
21.1 Seller's Collection Mandate
The Purchaser hereby appoints each Seller, who accepts, to act as the collection agent for the purposes of the collection of Sold Receivables under a Collection Mandate in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement and the relevant Receivables Purchase Agreement. Each Seller hereby irrevocably renounces resigning from its role as collection agent for the duration of this Agreement.
In addition, the Purchaser hereby appoints the Sellers, who hereby accept to act on its behalf for the purposes of Articles 24 and 25 or where expressly provided for in this Agreement or any of the Receivables Purchase Agreements.
No Seller shall have any authority to act on behalf of the Purchaser except as provided in this Agreement or the Receivables Purchase Agreements.
21.2 Collection Support
Upon the occurrence of a Collection Rating Trigger Event, the Purchaser may request any Standby Servicer(s) to provide the relevant Sellers with logistic support to carry out the collection of Sold Receivables with greater efficiency, provided that the Stand-by Servicer(s) shall not be obliged to provide such logistic support. If the Centralising Unit, acting in the name and on behalf of the Sellers, accepts such offer and the relevant Stand-by Servicer(s) accept(s) to provide such logistic support, the Centralising Unit shall reimburse the Stand-by Servicer(s) with any duly documented costs incurred in connection with the setting up of such logistic support.
21.3 Termination of the Collection Mandate
21.3.1 Solely in the event of:
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The appointment of any Seller for the purpose of the collection of any Sold Receivable shall terminate automatically on the date of receipt by the Centralising Unit, acting in the name and on behalf of the relevant Seller, of the letter referred to under point (a) above. As of such date, the Seller shall forthwith transfer to the credit of the relevant Purchaser's Collection Account any amount received from the relevant Debtors relating to the Sold Receivables, in accordance with the provisions of the Collection Account Agreements (without prejudice to the rights of the Purchaser to collect sums directly from any Collection Account(s), in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Collection Account Agreement(s)).
The termination of the appointment of a Seller as collection agent shall not affect the obligations of such Seller under this Agreement or the relevant Receivables Purchase Agreement, with the exception of those relating to the collection of the Sold Receivables. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, neither the Purchaser nor any of its agents shall, at any time other than following the termination of the Collection Mandate of the Sellers pursuant to this Article 21.3.1, contact or communicate with any Debtor in respect of any Sold Receivable or the Securitisation Transaction.
21.3.2 In addition, the Purchaser shall be entitled to appoint a (or several) Back-Up Servicer(s) for the collection of all or part of the Sold Receivables for which a Notice of Transfer has been delivered to the relevant Debtors in accordance with Article 21.3.1 above.
The Purchaser confirms that, as a condition precedent to its(their) appointment(s), the Back-Up Servicer(s) has (have) (or will have) agreed with the Purchaser to comply with the provisions of this Agreement.
Each Seller, upon being notified of the exercise of such a right by the Purchaser undertakes:
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The Purchaser shall, immediately upon payment by the Centralising Unit, acting on its own behalf and on behalf of the Sellers, of all amounts owed to the Purchaser, (i) take all steps necessary to terminate any rights it may have with respect to any Collection Accounts, and (ii) if the Sellers' Collection Mandate has been terminated pursuant to the terms of this Article, revoke any collection mandate granted to the Back-Up Servicers or any other agent of the Purchaser.
21.3.3 Each of the Sellers hereby irrevocably renounces resigning from its role under the Collection Mandate referred to in this Article 21 for the duration of this Agreement. Such Collection Mandate may only be terminated in the circumstances and in accordance with the procedures provided for in the present Article or, with respect to a particular Seller, if it has ceased to be a party to this Agreement in accordance with the provisions herein, when all Sold Receivables originated by such Seller have been collected, repurchased in accordance with this Agreement or determined to be uncollectible.
The German Seller and the UK Seller shall, each for the purposes of its role as collection agent pursuant to the Collection Mandate, transfer collections of the Sold Receivables received from English Debtors to the Purchaser and the Agent shall convert such collections in Euro at the Exchange Rate applicable at close of business on the Business Day preceding the last Assessment Date prior to such collections.
21.5 Data Protection
21.5.1 Subject to Article 21.5.2 below, when Personal Data (as defined in SCHEDULE 19 (Data Processing)) are processed by it under this Agreement, each Seller shall:
21.5.2 The provisions of Article 21.5.1 insofar as they relate to requirements identified under the Data Escrow Agreement and/or the provisions of SCHEDULE 19 (Data Processing) solely apply to the French Seller, the Spanish Seller and the UK Seller as from the entry into force of their obligations under the Data
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Escrow Agreement (it being provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, said provisions shall apply to the German Seller as from the Funded Settlement Date of October 2018).
22.1 As long as a Seller acts as collection agent in respect of any Sold Receivable, such Seller shall draw up or cause to be drawn up, an Assessment Report in the form set out in SCHEDULE 3, which shall be delivered by the Centralising Unit acting in the name and on behalf of the Sellers to the Agent on each Information Date.
22.2 In the event of the termination of the Collection Mandate, in accordance with the provisions of Article 21.3, the Purchaser or, as the case may be, the Back-Up Servicers shall draw up a BackUp Servicer Report on each Information Date.
23.1 Application of Payments
Subject to any applicable laws and to the provisions of the Collection Account Agreements, any payment received by a Seller from any of its Debtors shall be applied first to Sold Receivables (before being applied to other obligations of such Debtor), unless the said Debtor has given express instruction otherwise.
23.2 Payment of collections
23.2.1 In so far as a Seller acts as collection agent in respect of any Sold Receivable, the Parties agree that:
If a Seller no longer acts as collection agent in respect of any Sold Receivable, the Parties agree that the relevant Back-Up Servicer shall transfer to each relevant Purchaser's Collection Account the Actual Collections made in relation to the Sold Receivables purchased from such Seller. Such Actual Collections shall be applied to the payments in the manner provided for in Article 6 (Current Account) until the Commitment Expiry Date, and thereafter, as provided for in Article 16 (Order of Priority during the Amortisation Period).
23.2.2 Except as provided for in Article 23.2.1, the Sellers and the Centralising Unit shall not be required to transfer any collections to the Purchaser.
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23.3 Collection Accounts
The Sellers and the Purchaser have agreed to put in place Collection Accounts in each jurisdiction in which a Seller is located in order to segregate any cash received by the Sellers, when acting in their capacity as collection agent under the foregoing provisions and the relevant Receivables Purchase Agreement. A list of the Collection Accounts as of the 2021 Amendment Date is attached in SCHEDULE 18 (List of the Collection Accounts (as of the 2021 Amendment Date)). Without prejudice and subject to the provisions of any Collection Account Agreement, the Centralising Unit shall inform the Purchaser as soon as possible of any intent to change any existing Collection Account.
A Collection Account Agreement shall be concluded in relation to each Collection Account. Further, from the 2014 Amendment Date, all Collection Accounts used by the French Seller for the purposes of the Securitisation Transaction shall be subject to the New Collection Account Agreement or any agreement substantially in the form of the New Collection Account Agreement.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 23.1 hereof and of the Collection Account Agreements, the Purchaser agrees that, in the event that the Centralising Unit provides reasonably satisfactory evidence that a payment made to any Collection Account does not relate to Sold Receivables or Retransferred Receivables, the Purchaser shall promptly authorise the return of such payment to the Centralising Unit, within the limit of the credit balance of the relevant Collection Account.
24.1 Authorisation to renegotiate in Insolvency Proceedings
Each Seller acting on behalf of the Purchaser may, in the context of Insolvency Proceedings relating to any Debtor (if Insolvency Proceedings apply to such Debtor), participate in the setting up of a voluntary rescheduling and may make proposals for that purpose, provided that: (i) it complies with its obligations under Article 26 (Obligations of care); and (ii) in the event that the Outstanding Amount of the Sold Receivables subject to such renegotiation exceeds € 1,500,000, it has obtained the prior written consent of the Purchaser to renegotiate, in any event, in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policies.
24.2 Renegotiations as to amount and Maturity Date
The Purchaser agrees that each Seller, acting on behalf of the Purchaser, may issue Credit Notes, Year End Rebates or Commercial Discounts in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policies and accordingly modify the amount and Maturity Date of the Sold Receivables for which such Credit Notes, Year End Rebates or Commercial Discounts have been issued, provided that the Seller performs its obligations set forth under Article 28 (Deemed collections).
24.3 Other renegotiations
Subject to the provisions of Articles 24.1 and 24.2, the Purchaser authorises each Seller, acting in the name and on behalf of the Purchaser, to agree to new terms in relation to any Sold Receivable:
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The Purchaser hereby appoints each Seller as its agent to undertake and to conduct, in the name and on behalf of the Purchaser, all proceedings in court or out of court as are necessary for the collection of the Sold Receivables, including those deeds and formalities required for such proceedings, subject to compliance with its obligations set out in Article 26 (Obligations of care). In particular, each Seller shall freely issue and conduct, in the name and on behalf of the Purchaser, all writs, pleadings, arguments, enforcement proceedings, interventions by agreement or order, defences, defences to third party proceedings, and appeals, as may be necessary in its opinion to recover the sums due under the Sold Receivables.
The Purchaser agrees that it shall intervene in any claims or proceedings initiated upon such Seller's request to assist such Seller in any claims or proceedings initiated by the latter, in the event that such Seller deems it necessary or whenever required by the applicable statutory or regulatory provisions.
Each Seller agrees that it shall intervene in any claim or proceedings initiated upon the Purchaser's request to assist the Purchaser in any claims or proceedings initiated by the Purchaser, in the event that the Purchaser deems it necessary or whenever required by the applicable statutory or regulatory provisions, provided that the Purchaser shall only be entitled to initiate any such claim or proceeding in the event that (i) the collection mandate of the Sellers has been terminated pursuant to the provisions of Article 21.3 or (ii) after the Program Expiry Date, any amount remains due to the Purchaser under any of the Transaction Documents.
Furthermore, the Purchaser authorises each Seller to issue, as appropriate, a subrogation receipt to any third party in return for any full and irrevocable payment made by that third party in substitution for any Debtor.
Any expenses incurred by each Seller in carrying out its mandate shall be borne exclusively by such Seller.
Each Seller undertakes to act in the collection of the sums due under the Sold Receivables in accordance with the standards of a prudent and informed businessman, and to be no less diligent than it would be in collecting sums due under its own receivables, and in particular:
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27.1 The Parties agree that the Sellers to whom such tasks are delegated shall not receive a commission or remuneration for providing the collection service.
27.2 Each Seller shall bear its own costs incurred in the course of providing the collection service, without any claim against the Purchaser, for reimbursement. The termination of the mandate granted to the Sellers in Article 21 (Collection of Sold Receivables) shall not give to the Sellers any right to compensation.
27.3 In the event that a (or several) Back-Up Servicer(s) is(are) appointed to act as agent for the collection of all or part of the Sold Receivables pursuant to the terms of Article 21.3, such BackUp Servicer(s) shall be entitled to receive from the Centralising Unit, acting on behalf of the Sellers, a fee to be agreed from time to time between the Purchaser and the Back Up Servicer on any Funded Settlement Date following its appointment until the Program Expiry Date. The Parties acknowledge that the payment of such fee shall be expressly excluded from the Current Account mechanism.
In the event that the Centralising Unit fails to pay the amounts referred to under this Article 27.3 on any Funded Settlement Date, the Purchaser shall proceed forthwith to the payment of such amounts, on the Centralising Unit's behalf. As such, the Purchaser shall be, upon delivery of a subrogation notice (quittance subrogative) by the Back-Up Servicer(s), subrogated in the rights of the Back-Up Servicer(s) against the Centralising Unit to the extent of the sums paid to the Back-Up Servicer(s).
27.4 Stand-by servicing
27.4.1 Upon the occurrence of a Collection Rating Trigger Event, the Purchaser shall be entitled to appoint any Stand-By Servicer(s) for the preparation and putting in place of any back-up servicer procedures so that in case the Purchaser appoints the Stand-By Servicer as Back-Up Servicer, the latter will be in a position to
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perform its duties immediately. In furtherance thereof, it is expected that the StandBy Servicer upon its appointment would be invited, among other missions, to provide the following services:
that this shall never involve disclosing to the Debtors the nature of its role or the existence of the Program;
27.4.2 On each Funded Settlement Date as from the appointment of any Stand-By Servicer(s) and until the appointment of a Back-Up Servicer pursuant to Article 21.3, the Centralising Unit shall pay to such Stand-By Servicer(s) a Stand-By Fee whose aim shall be to compensate the Stand-By Servicer's undertaking to act as back-up servicer upon request during the term of the Agreement. The maximum amount of such Stand-By Fee shall be equal to, for the first year following the 2021 Amendment Date, € 200,000 (exclusive of VAT) (for the up-front part), and € 200,000 per annum (exclusive of VAT) (for the on-going part) and, if different, shall afterwards be agreed on or about each anniversary date of such 2021 Amendment Date between the Purchaser and the Stand-By Servicer. The Parties acknowledge that the payment of such Stand-By Fee shall be expressly excluded from the Current Account mechanism.
27.4.3 In addition, in the event that the Purchaser exercises any of its rights to collect sums directly from any Collection Account(s), in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Collection Account
Agreement(s), the Centralising Unit shall pay to the Agent a fee equal to € 500 per Collection Account (VAT excluded) on the Funded Settlement Date following the exercise by the Purchaser of such right. The Parties acknowledge that the payment of such fee shall be expressly excluded from the Current Account mechanism.
27.4.4 In the event that the Centralising Unit fails to pay any fees described in the present Article 27.4 in a timely manner, the Purchaser shall proceed forthwith with the payment of such fees, on the Centralising Unit's behalf to the extent of the Adjusted Collections received. As such, the Purchaser shall be, upon delivery of a subrogation notice by the Stand-By Servicer, subrogated in the rights of the Stand-By Servicer against the Centralising Unit to the extent of the sums paid to the StandBy Servicer in respect of these fees.
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27.5 Data Escrow Agent
27.5.1 The Data Escrow Agreement provides that, upon the occurrence of a Collection Rating Trigger Event, the Purchaser shall be entitled to replace the then existing Data Escrow Agent by any substitute Data Escrow Agent. The Centralising Unit, acting on behalf of the relevant Sellers, shall pay to the Data Escrow Agent the compensation contemplated in the Data Escrow Agreement from time to time. The Parties acknowledge that the payment of such compensation shall be expressly excluded from the Current Account mechanism.
27.5.2 In the event that the Centralising Unit fails to pay the compensation described in the present Article 27.5, the Purchaser shall proceed with the payment of such compensation, on the Centralising Unit's behalf to the extent of the Adjusted Collections received. As such, the Purchaser shall be, upon delivery of a subrogation notice by the Data Escrow Agent, subrogated in the rights of the Data Escrow Agent against the Centralising Unit to the extent of the sums paid to the Data Escrow Agent in respect of this compensation.
CHAPTER XI
DEEMED COLLECTIONS
28.1 Upon the occurrence of any one of the following events:
the relevant Seller shall be deemed to have received the amount it would have collected if such event had not occurred (the "Deemed Collection"), provided that no Deemed Collection shall be due as a result of a Debtor's failure, independent from and beyond one Seller's control and from any of (i) through (vii) above, to make payments in respect of Sold Receivables.
Moreover, given the internal billing procedures of each Seller, it may be the case that certain Sold Receivables are declared by a Seller as being extinguished partially or completely, in an Assessment Report
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and/or in any electronic file attached thereto, even though such Sold Receivables have not been fully paid by their respective Debtors (the "Deemed Extinguished Receivables"). Therefore, in order to offset the absence of any payment of cash collections arising in relation to such Deemed Extinguished Receivables, such Deemed Extinguished Receivables shall be considered as a Deemed Collection and shall be paid pursuant to Articles 28.2 and 28.3.
28.2 The relevant Sellers, the Centralising Unit and the Agent shall cooperate to determine the amount of Deemed Collections, provided that:
28.3 In the event that any Seller or, as the case may be, the Centralising Unit, acting in the name and on behalf of the Sellers, fails to pay any Deemed Collections as required pursuant to Article 28.2 (ii), the Purchaser may automatically set-off (a) the amount of such Deemed Collections against (b) any amount due or thereafter to become due to such Seller or, as the case may be, to the Centralising Unit, under the Transaction Documents. As soon as practicable, the Purchaser shall notify the Centralising Unit after exercise of its right of set-off.
In the event that, notwithstanding such set-off, Deemed Collections still remain unpaid, the Purchaser shall have recourse against the relevant Seller's assets or, as the case may be, against the Centralising Unit's assets, but only to the extent of the amounts remaining unpaid.
Any unpaid Deemed Collection shall remain outstanding until it has been paid in full in accordance with the present Article 28.3.
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CHAPTER XII
MISCELLANEOUS
The Centralising Unit acting in the name and on behalf of the Sellers shall reimburse the Purchaser, acting for its own account and/or as proxy for (i) any reasonable and duly documented expenses (including legal fees, costs and expenses) arising out of any modification, waiver or amendment of the Transaction Documents to which the Centralising Unit and/or the Sellers are a party and requested by the Centralising Unit, acting in the name and on behalf of the Sellers, or the Rating Agencies, (ii) any reasonable and duly documented expenses, claims, damages and liabilities (including legal fees, costs and expenses) incurred in connection with the perfection, preservation and/or enforcement of the rights of the Purchaser, the Issuers, the Liquidity Banks and the Fund Subscribers under the Securitisation Transaction or (iii) any reasonable and duly documented expenses (including legal fees, costs and expenses) incurred in connection with the renewal of any Liquidity Agreement or Fund Subscription Agreement and, as the case may be, in connection with the implementation of an alternative funding described in any Bank Commitment Letter, subject to prior communication by the Purchaser to the Centralising Unit of an estimate of fees in the event that the Centralising Unit requests this estimate.
Each Party shall have the right to be assisted by, to appoint or to substitute for itself one or more third parties in the performance of certain tasks provided that:
Each Party agrees to treat all information of any kind transmitted by any other Party in connection with the Securitisation Transaction as confidential. The Parties agree not to disclose such information to any other person and to ensure that their respective personnel similarly respect the confidential nature of such information.
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This provision shall not prevent:
This obligation to preserve confidentiality shall remain valid for ten (10) years from the Program Expiry Date.
32.1 Except as otherwise set forth in the Transaction Documents, all notices, requests or communications which must or may be made pursuant to this Agreement shall be by way of writing, mail or fax.
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32.2 All notices, requests or communications to be made and all documents to be delivered from one Party to the other Party under the Transaction Documents shall be made and delivered to the addressees referred to in SCHEDULE 6 (and in the case of the Sellers, to the Centralising Unit, acting in the name and on behalf of the Sellers).
32.3 All notices, requests or communications made and all documents delivered under the Transaction Documents shall only take effect upon the date of their receipt by its addressee.
32.4 Each of the Parties may at any time modify the addressee of the notices, requests or communications to be made and the documents to be delivered to it under the Transaction Documents by sending to that effect a letter or fax to the other Party indicating the name of the new addressee.
32.5 The Parties agree that the Centralising Unit shall be responsible for receiving written notice on behalf of the Sellers, and that any notice given to the Centralising Unit shall be deemed validly received by all of the Sellers upon receipt by the Centralising Unit.
32.6 The Parties agree that the Purchaser shall be responsible for receiving written notice on behalf of the Agent, the Joint Lead Arrangers and the Calculation Agent, and that any notice given to the Purchaser shall be deemed validly received by the Agent, the Joint Lead Arrangers and the Calculation Agent upon receipt by the Purchaser.
33.1 All rights conferred on the Purchaser by this Agreement or by any other document delivered pursuant to or incidental to this Agreement, including rights conferred by law, shall be cumulative and may be exercised at any time.
33.2 The fact that a Party does not exercise a right or delays doing so shall in no way be treated as a waiver of that right. The exercise of one right or a partial exercise shall not prevent any Party from exercising such a right in the future, or from exercising any other right.
33.3 Limited Recourse
The Centralising Unit, the Agent, the Joint Lead Arrangers and the Sellers waive any right that they may have to initiate any proceeding whatsoever in relation to the contractual liability (responsabilité contractuelle) of the Purchaser, except in the case of its own gross negligence (faute lourde) or willful misconduct (dol) and agree to limit their claims and recourse against the Purchaser (including in the event of a breach by the Purchaser of any of its representations and warranties, or any of its obligations hereunder) to the amount of the Available Funds on the relevant date.
33.4 Any recourse of the Purchaser against the Sellers, the Centralising Unit or any of their respective Affiliates, directors, officers and employees in relation to the non-payment by any Debtors of any sums due under the Sold Receivables, shall be limited to the amount of the Subordinated Deposit and, to the extent provided in Article 16, the Complementary Deposit.
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33.5 Non Petition
The Centralising Unit, the Agent, the Joint Lead Arrangers and the Sellers irrevocably and unconditionally undertake and agree not to institute any legal proceedings, take other steps or institute other proceedings against ESTER, the purpose of which is the appointment of a conciliator or an ad hoc agent, or the opening of receivership proceedings or Insolvency Proceedings or any other similar proceedings.
34.1 No Party may transfer this Agreement, or the rights and obligations under this Agreement, to any third party whatsoever without the prior written consent of all the other Parties.
34.2 Notwithstanding the above, any of the Calculation Agent and the Joint Lead Arrangers may freely transfer its role as Party under this Agreement (including through merger, partial contribution of assets or transfer by operation of law (transmission universelle de patrimoine)) to any other credit institution within (i) as far as CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK is concerned, the Crédit Agricole Group and (ii) as far as NATIXIS is concerned, the BPCE Group.
The transfer of this Agreement under this Article 34.2 (carried out otherwise than by way of merger, partial contribution of assets or transfer by operation of law (transmission universelle de patrimoine)) shall be evidenced in writing and shall be notified by the relevant Party to the other Parties.
The other Parties hereby consent that such transfer shall discharge the Calculation Agent and the Joint Lead Arranger from further rights and obligations in respect of the assigned rights and obligations and that any guarantee and/or any security granted in favour of the relevant Parties pursuant to this Agreement shall remain in force in favour of the transferee.
For the purposes of this Article 34.2, "Crédit Agricole Group" shall refer to (i) Crédit Agricole S.A. and (ii) any credit institution which is controlled (as defined in Article L. 233-3 of the French Commercial Code), directly or indirectly, by Crédit Agricole S.A. and "BPCE Group" shall refer to (i) BPCE S.A. and (ii) any credit institution which is controlled (as defined in Article L. 233-3 of the French Commercial Code), directly or indirectly, by BPCE S.A.
34.3 In addition, by way of exception to article 34.1, from the entry into force of the French Financial Guarantee Agreement, the Purchaser is entitled to transfer by way of security (remet en pleine propriété) to the benefit of the Fund all Sold Receivables (and related collateral) and all of the Purchaser's powers, rights and remedies under this Agreement pursuant to the French Financial Guarantee Agreement, as security for the due performance of the obligations of the Purchaser arising from the Senior Deposit Agreement towards the Fund.
35.1 No amendment to the Transaction Documents may be made without the written consent of each other party thereto and (a) unless the Rating Agencies (i) have been informed and provided by the Joint Lead Arrangers with all necessary details they may require in respect of such contemplated amendment and (ii)
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have confirmed that the contemplated amendment will not entail a downgrading or withdrawal of the current ratings of the Notes issued by the Issuer or that the contemplated amendment will reduce such downgrading or prevent such withdrawal, and (b) to which none of and each Issuer, each Liquidity Bank and each Fund Subscriber has given its prior written consent to such amendment (such consent, in each case, not being unreasonably withheld or delayed).
35.2 Without prejudice to the foregoing, the Transaction Documents may be amended with the prior consent of the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Agent, the Purchaser (having obtained the prior consent of the Italian Issuer) and the Centralising Unit, acting for itself and in the name and on behalf of each of the Sellers (other than the German Seller) and without the explicit specific prior written consent of the Sellers in each of the following cases:
Each Seller (other than the German Seller) hereby appoints the Centralising Unit as its agent, to act in its name and on its behalf, to negotiate and execute any amendment to any of the Transaction Documents referred to above, in each case to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
35.3 Moreover, the Purchaser shall not accept any amendment to any Collection Account Agreement to which it is a party without the prior written consent of the Issuers, the Liquidity Banks and the Fund Subscribers (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) (except where such amendment to any Collection Account Agreement consists exclusively of changing the bank at which such account is held and the financial rating of such bank is at least AA (Standard & Poor's) and Aa1 (Xxxxx'x Investor Services)).
The Purchaser hereby covenants to the Centralising Unit and the Sellers that none of the Securitisation Documents, to which the Centralising Unit, the Sellers, GOODYEAR EUROPE BV or GOODYEAR are not party, shall be amended or otherwise modified in a way adverse to the interests of the Centralising Unit,
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any Seller, GOODYEAR EUROPE BV or GOODYEAR without their prior written consent (such consent or denial thereof not to be unreasonably delayed).
35.4 For the avoidance of doubt, the Parties may comply with the written form requirement stipulated in this Article 35 by using an advanced electronic signature or a qualified electronic signature within the meaning of the Electronic Signature Regulation and/or any applicable domestic legislation.
Without limiting any other rights which the Indemnified Parties may have under the Transaction Documents or any related documents or under applicable law, each of the Centralising Unit and each Seller hereby agrees to indemnify the Purchaser, the Italian Issuer, the Agent, the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Calculation Agent, the Depositor, the Issuers, the Liquidity Banks and the Fund Subscribers, each of their respective Affiliates and each officer, director, employee and agent of any of the foregoing (each an "Indemnified Party") from and against any and all damages, losses, claims, liabilities, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and disbursements) (and, in each case, any value added tax thereon) in any way arising out of the Transaction Documents or any documents related to the Securitisation Transaction (excluding, however, any of the foregoing (a) to the extent resulting from the gross negligence (faute lourde) or willful misconduct (dol) on the part of such Indemnified Party or the breach by an Indemnified Party of material obligations under any Transaction Document or any related document, as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction, or (b) constituting recourse for Sold Receivables which are not paid or are uncollectible on account of the insolvency, bankruptcy or inability to pay of the applicable obligor) (collectively, "Indemnified Amounts"), including, without limitation, any and all damages, losses, claims, liabilities, costs and expenses incurred by or asserted against any Indemnified Party as a result of:
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The Sellers and the Centralising Unit shall pay on demand to the Purchaser or, at the Purchaser's direction, to the relevant Indemnified Parties all amounts necessary to indemnify the Indemnified Parties from and against any and all Indemnified Amounts.
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Each party acknowledges that this Agreement, the Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement and the Master Complementary Deposit Agreement shall form a single set of contractual rights and obligations and that, if the Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement, or the Master Complementary Deposit Agreement becomes void or ceases to be effective and enforceable for any reason whatsoever, this Agreement shall also become void or cease to be effective and enforceable accordingly. Any payment already made by the Centralising Unit acting in the name and on behalf of the Sellers or on its own behalf to the Purchaser under this Agreement, the Receivables Purchase Agreements, the Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement and the Master Complementary Deposit Agreement shall not be affected by such a nullity, ineffectiveness or unenforceability.
The Parties hereby agree not to register this Agreement with the French tax administration, although if one party elects to do so, it shall carry out such a registration at its own expense.
39.1 The Centralising Unit acting in the name and on behalf of the Sellers, may notify the Purchaser and the Joint Lead Arrangers in writing, in the form set out in SCHEDULE 7, of any request for the withdrawal of one or more Sellers from the Securitisation Transaction and the Transaction Documents to which it is a party. Such request for withdrawal shall be examined as soon as possible and shall be subject to the following conditions:
39.2 The withdrawal of any Seller or Sellers shall (i) be requested by the Centralising Unit at least two (2) calendar months before the date contemplated for the withdrawal of such Seller(s) and (ii) take effect on the first Funded Settlement Date following the fulfilment of the foregoing conditions precedent. The Parties agree that each Joint Lead Arranger shall use its best efforts (dans le cadre d'une obligation de moyens) to respond as soon as possible.
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39.3 Any reasonable and duly documented cost (including legal fees) and commissions incurred by the Purchaser and/or the Joint Lead Arrangers in connection with the withdrawal of one or more Sellers shall be borne by the Centralising Unit acting in the name and on behalf of the Sellers. The Parties agree that prior to notification by the Centralising Unit to the Purchaser of the request for the withdrawal of such Sellers, the Centralising Unit shall be entitled to request the Purchaser to indicate the costs to be borne in connection with such withdrawal. The Purchaser shall respond within ten (10) calendar days following such request, after which the Centralising Unit shall have five (5) calendar days to notify the Purchaser of its acceptance or refusal of such costs.
40.1 By way of exception to Article 35, the Parties hereby agree that in the event of the accession of a New Seller to this Agreement, the Purchaser, acting for itself and in the name and on behalf of each of the Joint Lead Arrangers and the Agent, who hereby authorize the Purchaser to enter into the relevant accession agreement on their behalf and for this purpose exempt the Purchaser from the restrictions of section 181 of the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch – BGB) and similar restrictions under the laws of other jurisdictions, in each case to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, and the Centralising Unit, acting for itself and in the name and on behalf of each of the Sellers (other than the German Seller), who hereby authorize the Centralising Unit to negotiate and enter into the relevant accession agreement on their behalf to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, and the German Seller may agree to such accession by letter and in writing, subject to prior written notification by the Centralising Unit, duly authorized for the purposes hereof, to the Purchaser of this accession in the form set out in SCHEDULE 7.
40.2 The accession of the New Seller shall take effect on the Settlement Date immediately following provided that the following conditions are met:
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40.3 Any reasonable and documented costs (including legal fees) and fees in connection with the accession of a New Seller as Seller incurred by the Issuer, the Purchaser or the Arranger shall be borne by such New Seller or the Centralising Unit acting in the name and on behalf of the New Seller.
Each Party hereby acknowledges that the provisions of article 1195 of the French Code civil shall not apply to it with respect to its obligations under the Transaction Documents and that it shall not be entitled to make any claim under article 1195 of the French Code civil.
With respect to the German Seller, the representations contained in Article 11.1(xxii) and the undertakings contained in Article 12.1.1(xxii) and 12.1.2(ix) shall not be representations or undertakings of the German Seller to the extent that such representations or undertakings would result in (i) any violation of, conflict with or liability under EU Regulation (EC) 2271/96, (ii) a violation or conflict with section 7 foreign trade rules (AWV) (Außenwirtschaftsverordnung) (in conjunction with section 4 paragraph 1 no. 3 foreign trade law (AWG) (Außenwirtschaftsgesetz)) or (iii) a violation of, or conflict with any similar anti-boycott law or regulation, by the German Seller.
43.1 Reporting Entity Requirements
Ester Finance Technologies, as originator (within the meaning of the Securitisation Regulation (as defined below)), is the entity designated to fulfil the information requirements pursuant to article 7.1 subparagraphs (a), (b), (d), (e), (f) and (g) of the regulation (EU) 2017/2402 laying down a general framework for securitisation and creating a specific framework for simple, transparent and standardised securitisation as amended by regulation (EU) 2021/557 and as amended, replaced or supplemented from time to time (the "Securitisation Regulation") as the Program is concerned.
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43.2 Risk retention
For the purpose of article 6 of the Securitisation Regulation, CACIB and Natixis retain, each in its respective capacity as "sponsor", as defined in the Securitisation Regulation, through its Liquidity Agreements, on an ongoing basis, a material net economic interest in the Program in an amount of no less than 5% of the nominal value of the Sold Receivables and the Refinanced Sold Receivables. 43.3 Transparency
Each of the Sellers procures to the Purchaser, until the date on which all obligations under this Agreement have been paid and satisfied in full, that the Centralising Unit (acting on behalf of the Sellers) will promptly provide upon written request from the Purchaser, such information as the Purchaser may reasonably request in order to allow the Purchaser to comply with article 5 of the Securitisation Regulation.
44.1 Nothing in any of the Transaction Documents prevents the disclosure of confidential information or other information, in particular as to the manner in which a tax benefit may be obtained, to the extent such disclosure, if prevented, would result in a transaction becoming an arrangement described in Part II A 1 of Appendix IV of DAC6 or in the French law provisions implementing Part II A 1 of Appendix IV of DAC6.
CHAPTER XIII
GOVERNING LAW - JURISDICTION
45.1 This Agreement shall be governed by French law.
45.2 Any dispute as to the validity, interpretation, performance or any other matter arising out of this Agreement shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the competent courts of Paris (Cour x'xxxxx de Paris).
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SCHEDULE 1
MASTER DEFINITIONS SCHEDULE
"2008 Amendment Date" means 23 July 2008.
"2014 Amendment Date" means 25 September 2014.
"2018 Amendment Date" means 26 September 2018.
"2021 Amendment Date" means 11 October 2021.
"Accounting Principles" means generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) in the United States or any other accounting principles which may be adopted by the Centralising Unit or any of the Sellers and which apply in their Relevant Jurisdiction.
"Actual Collections" means all cash collections actually received by any Seller in respect of the Sold Receivables.
"Adjusted Collections" means, in relation to all the Sellers and with respect to the Sold Receivables:
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"Affiliate" means, in relation to any entity, any other entity, which either directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such an entity:
"Agent" means CREDIT AGRICOLE LEASING & FACTORING in its capacity as agent of the transaction.
"Agent's Account" means the account number 30002/00869/9E/07, opened by the Agent in the books of CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK.
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"Agreement" means this general master purchase agreement, as amended and/or supplemented from time to time.
"Amended Invoice" means the sums corresponding to any Sold Receivable, which has been the subject of an issued invoice, and which, in order to (i) take into account the commercial practices of the Sellers or (ii) amend any material errors appearing on such invoice, has been cancelled and replaced by a new invoice.
"Amortisation Period" means the period of time commencing on the Commitment Expiry Date and ending on the Program Expiry Date.
"Anti-Corruption Laws" means article 17 of the Act no. 2016-1691 dated 9 December 2016 on transparency, fight against corruption and modernisation of the economic life as well as the decrees adopted for its implementation (the "Sapin II Act"), the Xxxxxx-Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxx 0000 (the "Bribery Act") and the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (the "Foreign Corrupt Practices Act"), as amended from time to time, and any similar laws or regulations aiming at preventing and/or sanctioning corruption, influence peddling and more generally offenses against probity in effect in jurisdictions in which Goodyear Europe BV, the Centralising Unit and the Sellers do business.
"Applicable Waiver or Amendment" means a waiver concerning, or amendment of, any of the events set forth in Article 13.3(xiv) (including the related definitions) and the corresponding provision and definitions of the European Credit Facility that is approved by any combination of the lenders under the European Credit Facility, the Liquidity Banks and the Fund Subscribers representing more than 50% of the aggregate amount of (i) all loans and unused commitments under the European Credit Facility plus (ii) commitments pursuant to Liquidity Agreements and Fund Subscription Agreements (without double-counting in respect of Liquidity Banks that are parties to both a Liquidity Agreement and a Fund Subscription Agreement) to provide the outstanding amount of the Purchaser's Funding, in each case as of the date of such approval.
"Assessment Date" means each of the dates identified as such in SCHEDULE 9 (List of Calendar Dates of the Transaction), it being provided that for as long as no Bi-monthly Management Period is outstanding, only those dates identified as "Funded Assessment Date" in SCHEDULE 9 (List of Calendar Dates of the Transaction) shall be considered as "Assessment Date".
"Assessment Report" means the assessment report drawn up on each Information Date as of the preceding Assessment Date in accordance with Article 22, substantially in the form of SCHEDULE 3 or as modified by mutual agreement between the Centralising Unit, the Purchaser, and the Agent.
"Assignment Costs" means the amount calculated in accordance with SCHEDULE 16 - B of this Agreement.
"Auditors Certificate" means the certificate issued by any of the Sellers' statutory auditors for the benefit of the Purchaser, as set out in the form of SCHEDULE 4.
"Available Funds" means, on any date, and with regard to the Securitisation Transaction, any sums received by or on behalf of the Purchaser and required to be held by or on behalf of the Purchaser or paid to the Centralising Unit, the Sellers or GOODYEAR EUROPE BV pursuant to the Securitisation Transaction after the allocations of funds, and subject to the order of priority, provided for under Article 16.
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"Back-Up Servicer" means any entity appointed by the Purchaser to replace or assist the Sellers in the collection and servicing of the Sold Receivables.
"Back-Up Servicer Report" means the assessment report to be drawn up, as the case may be, by the BackUp Servicer on each Information Date.
"Bank Commitment Letter" means, in relation to CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK, in its capacity as Liquidity Bank and Fund Subscriber, and in relation to NATIXIS, in its capacity as Liquidity Bank, the commitment letters entered into between each such entity, on the one hand, and the Centralising Unit and the Sellers on the other hand, on the 2021 Amendment Date pursuant to which each of CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK and NATIXIS undertakes, vis-à-vis the Centralising Unit and the Sellers, to provide the Purchaser with an alternative funding, subject to the conditions provided in such letter, as may be amended or supplemented from time to time.
"Beginning of Month Purchase Date" means the first Business Day of each calendar month during the Replenishment Period.
"Xxxx of Exchange" means (a) any negotiable instrument in the form of a xxxx of exchange (lettre de change, effet de commerce, letra de cambio) or promissory note (billet à ordre, xxxxxx) or (b) in the case of any UK Seller, a xxxx of exchange as defined in the Bills of Exchange Act 1882 or (c) in the case of the German Seller, any bills of exchange (gezogene Wechsel) issued by such German Seller (with full liability) and accepted by the relevant Debtor and blank-endorsed by such German Seller at a place in Germany or promissory notes (eigene Wechsel) issued and accepted by the relevant Debtor and blank-endorsed by such German Seller at a place in Germany (with full liability), provided that (i) any such xxxx of exchange has been issued pursuant to the German Bills of Exchange Act (as in effect on the relevant purchase date), and complies with all requirements as to form under the German Bills of Exchange Act (formell ordnungsgemäßer Wechsel) and is free of any corrections; (ii) the currency of the Xxxx of Exchange is Euro; and (iii) the Xxxx of Exchange is fully enforceable against the relevant Debtor, freely transferable, and free from any liens or other rights of third parties, or their equivalent issued by a Seller in connection with any Remaining Purchasable Receivables.
"Bi-monthly Management Period" means any period:
it being provided that if the ending date of such Bi-monthly Management Period intervenes between an Information Date relating to a date identified as an "Intermediary Settlement Date" on SCHEDULE 9 (List of Calendar Dates of the Transaction) and such latter date, such ending date shall deem to occur on the Business Day following such date identified as an "Intermediary Settlement Date" on SCHEDULE 9 (List of Calendar Dates of the Transaction).
"Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday or a Sunday on which banks are open for business in Paris, Brussels, Madrid, Frankfurt, Rome, London, Jersey and New York and which is a TARGET2 Day.
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"CACEIS BANK FRANCE", a limited company (société anonyme), duly licensed as a credit institution (établissement de crédit) by the Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution, registered with the trade and companies registry (Registre du Commerce et des Sociétés) of Paris under number 692 024 722, whose registered office is located at 0 xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx 00000 Xxxxx.
"Calculation Agent" means CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK.
"Calculation Date" means each of the dates identified as such in SCHEDULE 9 and on which, in particular, the Agent shall make the calculations specified in Article 12.3, it being provided that for as long as no Bimonthly Management Period is outstanding, only those dates identified as "Funded Calculation Date" in SCHEDULE 9 (List of Calendar Dates of the Transaction) shall be considered as a "Calculation Date".
"Calculation Letter" means any letter substantially in the form of SCHEDULE 13, to be sent by the Agent in accordance with Article 12.3.1(v).
"Cash Collections Advance" means an amount equal to the aggregate amount of the Assignment Costs, as defined in SCHEDULE 16 B.
"Centralising Unit" means DUNLOP TYRES LTD which shall act on behalf of the Sellers in relation to the implementation of the Securitisation Transaction.
"Centralising Unit's Account" means the account number XX00 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 000 opened by the Centralising Unit in the books of CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK.
"Closing Date" means 10 December 2004.
"Collection Account" means any collection account opened in any of the jurisdictions concerned by the Securitisation Transaction held by any Seller, the Purchaser and/or the Italian Issuer and which is governed by and/or subject to the relevant Collection Account Agreement, it being provided that a list of the Collection Accounts as of the 2021 Amendment Date is attached in SCHEDULE 18 (List of the Collection Accounts (as of the 2021 Amendment Date)).
"Collection Account Agreement" means any of the agreements to which, inter alia, the Purchaser and the relevant Seller are parties and relating to the collection of the Sold Receivables and the related security agreements over the balance of the relevant Collection Account governed by the respective laws of the jurisdiction in which such Collection Account is located (including any deeds of charge executed between inter alia the Purchaser and the UK Seller and any compte d'affectation spéciale entered into by the French Seller), as amended and restated from time to time.
"Collections for Set-off" means, with respect to any Seller and with respect to any Funded Settlement Date Reference Period, Intermediary Settlement Date Reference Period or Monthly Reference Period, the sum of the Actual Collections received by such Seller and of the Deemed Collections deemed to have been received by such Seller during such period.
"Collection Mandate" means the mandate granted by the Purchaser to each Seller pursuant to Article 21.1. "Collection Rating Trigger Event" means the occurrence of any of the following events:
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"Comfort Letter" means any of the comfort letters granted by GOODYEAR EUROPE BV in the form agreed between the Parties.
"Commercial Discount" means, in relation to any Sold Receivable, any decrease in the face value of such receivable resulting from the granting of a discount for prompt payment, for quantity or as fidelity premium.
"Commitment" means the commitment of the Purchaser to purchase Ongoing Purchasable Receivables and Remaining Purchasable Receivables from the Sellers, in accordance with this Agreement and the Receivables Purchase Agreements, subject to the conditions precedent and conditions subsequent set forth hereunder and thereunder.
"Commitment Expiry Date" means the earliest of the following dates:
"Commitment Non-Renewal" means either (i) a Liquidity Commitment Non-Renewal or a (ii) Subscription Commitment Non-Renewal.
"Complementary Deposit" means any complementary deposit effected by the Centralising Unit with the Purchaser in accordance with the terms of Article 9 (Complementary Deposit) and the Master Complementary Deposit Agreement.
"Complementary Deposit Fee" means the fee contemplated under article 6.1 of the Master Complementary Deposit Agreement.
"Conformity Warranties" means the warranties given by each Seller to the Purchaser in accordance with Article 19 (Conformity Warranties for Ongoing Purchasable Receivable and Remaining Purchasable Receivables).
"Xxxxxx" means Xxxxxx Tire & Rubber Company, a corporation incorporated under the laws of Ohio, having its registered office at 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxx, 00000, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx of America, acquired by GOODYEAR on 7 June 2021.
"CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK" means a company incorporated under French law and authorised as a credit institution (établissement de crédit), having its registered office at 00 xxxxx xxx Xxxxx-Xxxx, CS 70052, 92547 Montrouge Cedex, France, registered with the trade and companies registry (Registre du commerce et des sociétés) of Nanterre under the number 304 187 701.
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"CREDIT AGRICOLE LEASING & FACTORING" means a company incorporated under French law and authorised as a financing company (société de financement), having its registered office at 00, xxxxx xxx Xxxxx-Xxxx – CS 20001, 92548 Montrouge Cedex, France, registered with the trade and companies registry (Registre du commerce et des sociétés) of Nanterre under the number 692 029 457.
"Credit and Collection Policies" means the credit, servicing and collection procedures adopted by the Sellers, as annexed in SCHEDULE 20 as updated from time to time (as the case may be in accordance with Article 12.1.2(ii)).
"Credit Impaired Debtor" means a Debtor which:
"Credit Note" means, in relation to any Sold Receivable, any decrease in the face value of such receivable or any cancellation of such receivable granted by any Seller in accordance with its Credit and Collection Policies, other than a Credit Note over Snow Tyres and a credit note resulting from Year End Rebates.
"Credit Note over Snow Tyres" means, in relation to any Sold Receivable, any decrease in the face value of such receivable or any cancellation of such receivable granted by any Seller (i) in accordance with its respective Credit and Collection Policies and (ii) to a customer subsequent to the taking back by the said Seller of snow tyres.
"Current Account" means the current account relationship established between the Centralising Unit, acting in the name and on behalf of the Sellers and the Purchaser pursuant to the provisions of Article 6 (Current Account).
"Custodian" means CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK, acting in its capacity as Custodian (dépositaire) of the assets of the Fund within the meaning of articles L. 000-000-0 to L. 000-000-0 of the French Monetary and Financial Code (code monétaire et financier) (the Custodian having replaced CACEIS BANK FRANCE with respect to its rights and obligations as custodian in this respect).
"Custodian Agreement" means the custodian agreement entered on or about the 2021 Amendment Date between the Management Company and the Custodian.
"DAC 6" means the Council Directive (EU) of 25 May 2018 (2018/822/UE) amending Directive 2011/16/EU.
"Data Escrow Agent" means Xx. Xxxxxxxx Xxxx or any substitute appointed in accordance with the provisions of the Data Escrow Agreement.
"Data Escrow Agreement" means (i) the agreement called "Data Escrow Agreement" entered into on 19 December 2018 between the Sellers, the Centralising Unit, the Purchaser, the Agent and the Data Escrow
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Agent or (ii) any substitute agreement to be entered into upon the occurrence of a Collection Rating Trigger Event pursuant to the terms of such Data Escrow Agreement or as otherwise agreed by the parties thereto, in each case as amended, supplemented or amended and restated from time to time.
"Debtor" means, in relation to any Sold Receivable or Refinanced Sold Receivable, the person obligated to make payment of the underlying trade receivable.
"Deemed Collections" means any amount that any Seller is deemed to have received in the circumstances set out in Article 28 (Deemed Collections), and notably any Deemed Extinguished Receivables.
"Deemed Extinguished Receivables" has the meaning set forth in Article 28 (Deemed Collections).
"Default Percentage" means on any Assessment Date preceding a Funded Settlement Date, the ratio expressed as a percentage of:
"Defaulted Receivable" means, on any Calculation Date, any Sold Receivable which, as of the preceding Assessment Date, is not a Doubtful Receivable transferred back to the Sellers and which has any of the following characteristics:
"Deferred Purchase Price" means the relevant amount determined in accordance with the formula set forth in schedule 3 of the French Receivables Purchase Agreement, in schedule 4 of the German Receivables Purchase Agreement, in schedule 3 of the UK Receivables Purchase Agreement, and in schedule 3 of the Spanish Receivables Purchase Agreement.
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"Delinquency Percentage" means on any Assessment Date preceding a Funded Settlement Date, the ratio expressed as a percentage of:
"Delinquent Receivable" means, on any Assessment Date, any Sold Receivable which is not a Doubtful Receivable transferred back to the Sellers and which has any of the following characteristics:
"Deposit Fee" means the fee due to CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK, in the conditions set forth in article 8 of the Master Senior Deposit Agreement and which shall be paid by ESTER to CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK, or any credit institution which replaces the latter for the purposes of carrying out its functions under the Master Senior Deposit Agreement, as a remuneration for its undertaking to make the Senior Deposit on a periodic basis during the Replenishment Period. It is agreed that the Deposit Fee shall be paid to CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK, or any other credit institution which replaces the latter for the purposes of carrying out its functions under the Master Senior Deposit Agreement, even after the transfer to the Fund of receivables in repayment of the Senior Deposit.
"Depositor" means CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK acting in its capacity as depositor pursuant to the Master Senior Deposit Agreement and any successor, transferee or assignee.
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"Dilution Percentage" means as calculated on any Calculation Date preceding a Funded Settlement Date, the ratio expressed as a percentage of:
"Discount Amount" means the relevant amount determined in accordance with the formula set forth in schedule 2 of the French Receivables Purchase Agreement, in schedule 3 of the German Purchasable Receivables Agreement, in schedule 2 of the UK Receivables Purchase Agreement, and in schedule 2 of the Spanish Receivables Purchase Agreement.
"Discount Rate" has the meaning set forth in SCHEDULE 16 C.
"Discount Reserve" means the amount calculated in accordance with SCHEDULE 16 A.
"Discount Reserve Rate" means the amount calculated in accordance with schedule 1 of the Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement.
"Distributed Amounts" means, on any Settlement Date during the Amortisation Period, the sum of:
"Doubtful Receivable" means on any Assessment Date any Sold Receivable which is, according to the Accounting Principles, doubtful given the situation of the Debtor, open to challenge, impaired, nonperforming or classified to the similar effect under those Accounting Principles.
"Downgrading Event" means, in relation to a Liquidity Bank, the downgrading of its rating by a Rating Agency under A1 (for Xxxxx'x Investors Services), P1 (for Standard & Poors) or F1 (for Fitch Ratings).
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"€STR" or "Euro Short-Term Rate" means the unsecured overnight interest rate administered by the European Central Bank which reflects the wholesale Euro unsecured overnight borrowing costs of banks located in the Euro area and is published on each TARGET2 Day by the European Central Bank at 08:00 (Brussels time).
"Early Amortisation Event" means any of the events set out in Article 13 (Early Amortisation).
"Electronic Signature Regulation" means EU Regulation No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market and repealing Directive 1999/93/EC (as amended, restated and/or replaced from time to time).
"Eligible Debtor" means a Debtor having the characteristics described in detail in article 8 of each Receivables Purchase Agreement.
"Eligible Receivable" means any Sold Receivable which has the following characteristics on the Settlement Date during the Replenishment Period:
"End of Month Cut-Off Date" means the last calendar day of each calendar month.
"ESTER" means ESTER FINANCE TECHNOLOGIES S.A., company incorporated under French law and authorised as a specialized credit institution (établissement de crédit spécialisé), having its registered office at 00 xxxxx xxx Xxxxx-Xxxx, CS 70052, 92547 Montrouge Cedex, France, registered with the trade and companies registry (registre du commerce et des sociétés) of Nanterre under the number 414 886 226.
"EURIBOR" means the euro interbank offered rate administered by the European Money Markets Institute (or any other person which takes over the administration of that rate) for a period equal in length to the relevant period.
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If EURIBOR is not officially displayed for the relevant period, the EURIBOR applicable to the relevant period shall be the rate which results from interpolating on a linear basis between (i) the applicable EURIBOR rate for the longest period (for which EURIBOR is available) which is less than the relevant period and (ii) the applicable EURIBOR rate for the shortest period (for which EURIBOR is available) which exceeds the relevant period.
In the event (a) the methodology, formula or other means of determining EURIBOR has materially changed (as determined in good faith by the Calculation Agent), or (b) EURIBOR ceases, temporary or permanently to be available, any reference in the Agreement to EURIBOR shall be deemed to be a reference to:
"Euro", "€" or "EUR" means the currency of the participating Member States in accordance with the definition given under article 119-2 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and in Council Regulation (EC) n. 974/98 of May 3, 1998 on the introduction of the euro.
"European Credit Facility" means the Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of 12 March 2019 as amended and restated, refinanced, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time, among GOODYEAR EUROPE BV, the other borrowers thereunder, the lenders thereunder, X.X. Xxxxxx Europe Limited, as administrative agent, and the other parties thereto.
"Event of Separation of Flows" means any Early Amortisation Event and, in any case, the starting of the Amortisation Period.
"Exchange Rate" means, at any time, the rate of exchange of GBP for Euro, as it appears on the Internet site of the Banque de France at close of business on the Business Day preceding the last Assessment Date.
"Excluded Debtor" means any debtor mentioned in the list set forth in SCHEDULE 12, as may be modified by mutual agreement between the Centralising Unit, the Purchaser and the Agent, in accordance with the provisions of Article 35.
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"File Collections" means, with respect to any period, all collections (excluding Deemed Collections) on Sold Receivables which, on the basis of the information included in any Assessment Report and the electronic date file attached thereto, were expected to be received during such period by a Seller as calculated by the Agent on the basis of the Assessment Reports and the electronic support attached thereto.
"Financial Covenants" means the financial covenants set forth in Article 13.3(xiv) and the related definitions.
"Financial Indebtedness" means, in relation to any person:
"Free Equity Amount" shall have the meaning as set forth in Article 3.6.3.
"French Financial Guarantee Agreement" means a French law financial guarantee agreement entered into between, inter alios, the Purchaser, the Depositor and the Fund (as represented by the Management Company), by which the Purchaser will transfer by way of security (remettre en pleine propriété à titre de garantie) title to all the Sold Receivables to the Fund to secure its financial obligations under the Senior Deposit assigned by the Purchaser to the Fund in accordance with article L. 211-38 to L. 211-40 of the French Monetary and Financial Code (code monétaire et financier).
"French Seller" means GOODYEAR FRANCE S.A.S., or any New Seller that is organized under French law.
"Fund" means FCT Triple P, a fonds commun de titrisation, set up by the Management Company and the Custodian in accordance with the provisions of articles L.000-000-0 to L.000-000-0, L.214-180 to L.214186, and R.214-217 to R.214-235 of the French Monetary and Financial Code (Code monétaire et financier) for the purposes of the Securitisation Transaction.
"Fund Subscriber" means CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK.
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"Fund Subscriber Option" has the meaning ascribed to such term in paragraph (F) of the preamble of the Agreement.
"Fund Subscription Agreement" means any subscription agreement entered into between the Fund and the Fund Subscriber pursuant to which the Fund Subscriber has undertaken to subscribe for units issued by the Fund.
"Funded Assessment Date" means each of the Assessment Dates relating to a Funded Settlement Date as identified in SCHEDULE 9 (List of Calendar Dates of the Transaction).
"Funded Settlement Date" means the Initial Settlement Date and each of the dates identified as "Funded Settlement Date" in SCHEDULE 9 (List of Calendar Dates of the Transaction) falling on or prior to the Program Expiry Date.
"Funded Settlement Date Reference Period" means, with respect to any Reference Funded Settlement Date before the Commitment Expiry Date, during any Bi-monthly Management Period, the period starting on the Intermediary Assessment Date (excluded) of the calendar month immediately following such Reference Funded Settlement Date and ending (i) on the following Funded Assessment Date (included) or (ii) if an Early Amortisation Event occurs before such Funded Assessment Date, on the date of such Early Amortisation Event.
"GAAP" means, in relation to any person, the generally accepted accounting principles in the jurisdiction in which such person is organized.
"GBP" means the currency which is legal tender in the United Kingdom at the present time, or any other currency that may replace it.
"German Seller" means GOODYEAR DUNLOP TIRES GERMANY GmbH or any New Seller that is organized under German law.
"GOODYEAR" means the parent company of the Goodyear Group, i.e. THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, a company incorporated under the laws of Ohio, having its registered office at 000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxx, Xxxxx, Xxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx of America.
"GOODYEAR Group" means the group of entities comprised of GOODYEAR and its Affiliates. "GOODYEAR EUROPE BV" means the Goodyear Europe B.V., parent company of the French, German, UK and Spanish Sellers, incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands, having its registered office at Xxxx Arena, Herikerbergweg 238, 1101 CM Amsterdam Zuidoost, The Netherlands, and registered with the Companies Registry of Amsterdam under the number 33225215.
"Governmental Authorisation" means any authorization given by any "Governmental Authority" as such term is defined in the European Credit Facility.
"Group" means, in relation to any Debtor, the group of entities comprised of this Debtor and its Affiliates.
"Immobilisation Indemnity" means any immobilisation indemnity paid by ESTER to the Depositor in accordance with the Master Senior Deposit Agreement.
"Increase in the Complementary Deposit" means, on any Settlement Date during the Replenishment Period, the excess of (a) the amount of the Complementary Deposit on such Settlement Date in accordance
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with the Master Complementary Deposit Agreement over (b) the amount of the Complementary Deposit on the preceding Settlement Date.
"Increase in the Subordinated Deposit" means, on any Settlement Date during the Replenishment Period, the excess of (a) the amount of the Subordinated Deposit on such Settlement Date in accordance with the Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement over (b) the amount of the Subordinated Deposit on the preceding Settlement Date.
"Information Date" means each of the dates identified as such in SCHEDULE 9 and on which the Centralising Unit, acting in the name and on behalf of the Sellers, is required to transmit to the Agent the Assessment Report prepared as of the preceding Assessment Date, as well as the List of Purchasable Receivables, it being provided that for as long as no Bi-monthly Management Period is outstanding, only those dates identified as "Funded Information Date" in SCHEDULE 9 (List of Calendar Dates of the Transaction) shall be considered as "Information Date".
"Initial Purchase Price" means, in relation to any Remaining Purchasable Receivable or Ongoing Purchasable Receivable acquired or to be acquired by the Purchaser in respect of each Seller, the Outstanding Amount of such Remaining Purchasable Receivable or Ongoing Purchasable Receivable less, in each case, the applicable Discount Amount.
"Initial Settlement Date" means 21st December 2004.
"Insolvency Proceedings" means:
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the court accepts to follow the creditors' composition proceedings, or any other equivalent situation as provided by any other law that could complement, replace or amend them;
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"Intercompany Arrangements" shall have the meaning set forth in Article 11.1(xv).
"Intermediary Assessment Date" means each of the Assessment Dates referring to an "Intermediary Assessment Date", as identified as such in SCHEDULE 9 (List of Calendar Dates of the Transaction) falling on or prior to the Program Expiry Date.
"Intermediary Settlement Date" means each of the dates identified as an "Intermediary Settlement Date" on SCHEDULE 9 (List of Calendar Dates of the Transaction) falling on or prior to the Program Expiry Date and falling within a Bi-monthly Management Period.
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"Intermediary Settlement Date Reference Period" means, with respect to any Reference Funded Settlement Date before the Commitment Expiry Date, the period starting on the Funded Assessment Date (excluded) immediately following such Reference Funded Settlement Date and ending (i) on the next Intermediary Assessment Date (included) or (ii) if an Early Amortisation Event occurs before such Intermediary Assessment Date, on the date of such Early Amortisation Event.
"Issuers" means:
"Italian Bankruptcy Law" means (a) until the date on which it will cease to be effective, the current provisions of the Italian bankruptcy law as set out in Royal Decree No. 267 of 16 March 1942 (the "Decree No. 267"), and (b) starting from the date on which the Decree No. 267 will be superseded, the corresponding provisions of the code of corporate crisis and insolvency as set out in Legislative Decree 12 January 2019 No. 14, implementing law No. 155 of 19 October 2017 ("Codice xxxxx Xxxxx di Impresa e dell'Insolvenza"), in each case as amended and supplemented from time to time.
"Italian Financial Guarantee Agreement" means an Italian law financial security interest agreement (garanzia finanzaria) entered into between the Purchaser and the Fund (as represented by the Management Company), pursuant to and for the purpose of Decree 170/2004, by which the Purchaser will assign by way of security (cessione in garanzia) to the Fund title to the Italian Notes as security for the due performance of its financial obligations under the Senior Deposit.
"Italian Issuer" means ITALASSET FINANCE S.R.L., a company incorporated under the laws of the Republic of Italy as a società a responsabilità limitata with a sole quotaholder, having its registered office at Xxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, 00/00, 00000 Xxxxx, Xxxxx, with enrolment with the companies' register of Milan number 09169700961.
"Italian Notes" means any Italian law governed notes issued by the Italian Issuer and subscribed by the Purchaser for the purpose of refinancing the purchase by the Italian Issuer of the Refinanced Ongoing Purchasable Receivables and the Refinanced Remaining Purchasable Receivables.
"Italian Receivables Purchase Agreement" means the Italian law governed master receivables purchase agreement entered on or about the 2018 Amendment Date between the Italian Seller, the Italian Issuer, the
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Agent and the Centralising Unit for the sale of the Refinanced Sold Receivables, as amended from time to time.
"Italian Seller" means GOODYEAR TIRES ITALIA S.P.A. or any New Seller organized under Italian law and becoming a party to the Italian Receivables Purchase Agreement.
"Italian Sub-Servicing Agreement" means the Italian law governed sub-servicing agreement entered into on or about the 2018 Amendment Date between the Italian Issuer, Zenith Service S.p.A., the Italian Seller and the Centralising Unit for the sub-delegation to the Italian Seller of the Zenith Service S.p.A's servicing missions, as further amended from time to time.
"Italian Subscription Agreement" means the Italian law governed subscription agreement (including the terms and conditions governing the Italian Notes) to be entered into no later than the Funded Settlement Date of October 2018 between the Italian Issuer, the Purchaser and the Agent for the subscription and funding by the Purchaser of the Italian Notes.
"Joint Lead Arranger" means each of CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK and NATIXIS, acting in its capacity as joint lead arranger of the Securitisation Transaction.
"Lien" means, in respect to any asset, any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, delegation of claims, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge of security interest in, on or of such asset including, for the avoidance of doubt, any right created over a bank account in accordance with article L. 214-173 of the French Monetary and Financial Code (code monétaire et financier).
"Liquidity Agreement" means (i) any unit purchase agreement (promesse d'achat et de revente de parts), as amended and/or supplemented from time to time, entered into between an Issuer and a Liquidity Bank pursuant to which the Liquidity Bank has undertaken to purchase from such Issuer, all or part of the units of the Fund held by the Issuer, or (ii) any credit facility agreement, as amended and/or supplemented from time to time, entered into between an Issuer and a Liquidity Bank pursuant to which the Liquidity Bank has undertaken to make loans to an Issuer secured by such units, or (iii) a swap agreement, repurchase agreement or other financial instrument, as amended and/or supplemented from time to time, entered into between an Issuer and a Liquidity Bank, pursuant to which the Liquidity Bank has undertaken to make certain payments to an Issuer in relation to such units.
"Liquidity Bank" means a bank or any other credit institution (établissement de crédit) (or any successor, transferee and assignee thereof), in each case rated at least A1, P1 and/or F1 by the relevant Rating Agencies at the time when it enters into or renews its commitment under a Liquidity Agreement, that has undertaken to purchase from an Issuer, all or part of the units of the Fund held by such Issuer or to make loans to an Issuer secured by such units or otherwise to make payments to an Issuer in relation to such units.
"Liquidity Commitment Non-Renewal" means, in relation to any Liquidity Bank:
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"List of Purchasable Receivables" means any list of Remaining Purchasable Receivables and Refinanced Remaining Purchasable Receivables existing on the Assessment Date preceding the delivery of such list, and of Ongoing Purchasable Receivables and Refinanced Ongoing Purchasable Receivables title to which has passed and has transferred to the Purchaser or the Italian Issuer respectively between the two (2) last Assessment Dates preceding the delivery of such list, in the form agreed between the Parties, to be provided by the Centralising Unit, acting in the name and on behalf of the Sellers, to the Purchaser, it being provided that the Ongoing Purchasable Receivables title to which has passed and has transferred to the Purchaser between the two (2) last Assessment Dates preceding the delivery of such list and the transfer of which shall be rescinded on the next Funded Settlement Date in accordance with the provisions of the French Receivables Purchase Agreement, the Spanish Receivables Purchase Agreement or the German Receivables Purchase Agreement (in that latter case only if the transfer of said Originated Ongoing Purchase Receivables was governed by French law) will be identified in such list as Remaining Purchasable Receivables.
"Management Company" means ABC Gestion, a limited company (société anonyme), authorised to manage mutual securitisation funds (fonds commun de titrisation) as a Management Company (Société de Gestion), in accordance with the provisions of article L. 000-000-0, of the French Monetary and Financial Code (code monétaire et financier), having its registered office at 00, xxxxx xxx Xxxxx-Xxxx – CS 20001, 92548 Montrouge Cedex, France registered with the trade and companies registry (Registre du commerce et des sociétés) of Nanterre under the number 353 716 160.
"Management Fee" means the management fee set out in Article 10 (Fees).
"Margin" means the margin which aims to cover any administrative, financial and management costs incurred by ESTER, equal to 0.01 % of the Maximum Amount of the Purchaser's Funding per year, 1/12° of such amount being payable on each Funded Settlement Date.
"Market Disruption" means the occurrence of any event leading to any placement agent acting for an Issuer being unable to find investors to purchase whole or part of the Notes that would otherwise be issued by that Issuer.
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"Master Complementary Deposit Agreement" means the agreement dated 23 July 2008, as amended and/or supplemented from time to time, entered into between the Purchaser and the Centralising Unit, under which the Centralising Unit shall effect a Complementary Deposit with the Purchaser.
"Master Definitions Schedule" means this master definitions schedule which determines the meaning of the terms and expressions used in the Transaction Documents.
"Master Senior Deposit Agreement" means the agreement dated 15 December 2004, as amended and/or supplemented from time to time, entered into between the Purchaser and the Depositor under which the Depositor has agreed to make a Senior Deposit with the Purchaser.
"Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement" means the agreement dated 23 July 2008, as amended and/or supplemented from time to time, entered into between the Purchaser and the Centralising Unit, under which the Centralising Unit shall effect a Subordinated Deposit with the Purchaser.
"Material Adverse Effect" means a material adverse change in or effect on (i) the ability of the Sellers, the Italian Seller and the Centralising Unit, taken as a whole, or of GOODYEAR EUROPE BV to perform their obligations under the Securitisation Documents that are material to the rights or interests of the Purchaser, the Italian Issuer, the Depositor, the Issuers, the Liquidity Banks and the Fund Subscribers under the Securitisation Documents to which they are parties, (ii) the ability of the Purchaser to collect the amounts due under the Sold Receivables and/or the ability of the Italian Issuer to collect the amount due under the Refinanced Sold Purchasable Receivables or the rights and interests of the Purchaser in the Sold Receivables and/or the rights and interest of the Italian Issuer in the Refinanced Sold Receivables, or (iii) the rights of or benefits available to the Purchaser, the Depositor, the Issuers, the Liquidity Banks and the Fund Subscribers under the Securitisation Documents that are material to the rights or interests of such parties thereunder including as a result of any material adverse change in or effect on the business, operations, properties, assets or financial condition (including as a result of the effects of any contingent liabilities) of GOODYEAR and its Subsidiaries (including the Sellers), taken as a whole.
"Material Indebtedness" means Financial Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount exceeding USD 100,000,000 (or the equivalent in any other currency or currencies).
"Maturity Date" means, in relation to any Sold Receivable or Refinanced Sold Receivable, the date on which such Sold Receivable or Refinanced Sold Receivable becomes due and payable by the relevant Debtor.
"Material Subsidiary" means, at any time, each subsidiary of GOODYEAR EUROPE BV other than Subsidiaries that do not represent more than 5% for any such individual subsidiary, or more than 10% in the aggregate for all such subsidiaries, of either (a) the consolidated total assets of GOODYEAR and its Subsidiaries or (b) the consolidated revenues of GOODYEAR and its Subsidiaries for the period of four (4) fiscal quarters most recently ended, in each case determined in accordance with US GAAP.
"Maximum Amount of the Complementary Deposit" means an amount equal to €950,000,000, as this amount may be modified from time to time by the parties to the Master Complementary Deposit Agreement in accordance with the terms of the Master Complementary Deposit Agreement.
"Maximum Amount of the Program" means an amount equal to €450,000,000, or any other amount as determined pursuant to Article 7.1.3 or 7.1.4.
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"Maximum Amount of the Purchaser's Funding" means the amount set out in Article 7.1 (Maximum Amount of the Purchaser's Funding).
"Maximum Concentration Rate" means:
"Maximum Overcollateralisation Rate" means, on each Funded Settlement Date, the rate equal to 35%.
"Minimum Amount of the Program" means, an amount equal to €30,000,000, as this amount may be amended from time to time pursuant to the provisions of the Agreement.
"Miscellaneous Accounting Credit Entries" means, in relation to any Seller, Miscellaneous Accounting Entries booked on the credit side of the account receivables of an Eligible Debtor.
"Miscellaneous Accounting Debit Entries" means, in relation to any Seller, Miscellaneous Accounting Entries booked on the debit side of the account receivables of an Eligible Debtor.
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"Miscellaneous Accounting Entries" means, in relation to any Seller, accounting entries other than invoices, credit notes or cash payments that appear on the debit side or credit side of the account receivables of an Eligible Debtor.
"Monthly Reference Period" means the period starting on the first calendar day of each calendar month (included) and ending (i) on the End of Month Cut-Off Date of such month (included) or (ii) if an Early Amortisation Event occurs before the End of Month Cut-Off Date of such month, on the date of such Early Amortisation Event.
"New Collection Account Agreement" means the collection agreement entered into on the 2014 Amendment Date between the French Seller and the Purchaser with respect to the French's Collection Account opened as a compte spécialement affecté in the meaning of article L. 214-173 of the French Monetary and Financial Code (code monétaire et financier) in the books of Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank.
"New Seller" means a company controlled, directly or indirectly, by Goodyear Europe B.V. and which becomes a party to the Securitisation Transaction after the 2021 Amendment Date.
"Net Available Amount" means, with respect to any Settlement Date, the excess of (i) the sum of the Requested Amount of the Purchaser's Funding, the amount of the Subordinated Deposit, the Maximum Amount of the Complementary Deposit and the Discount Reserve over (ii) the Outstanding Amount of Sold Receivables and Refinanced Sold Receivables.
"Net Miscellaneous Receivable" means, in relation to any Seller, any Ongoing Purchasable Receivable or Remaining Purchasable Receivable corresponding to the amount equal to the Miscellaneous Accounting Debit Entries minus Miscellaneous Accounting Credit Entries.
"Non Allocated Cash" means any collection recorded in any Seller's accounting system, which has not yet been posted to the payment of a receivable.
"Notes" means any US commercial paper, titres négociables à court terme or any other short-term notes such as a Euro commercial paper.
"Notice for Maximum Amount of the Purchaser's Funding" means the notice referred to in Article 7.1.
Notice of Transfer" means any notice issued by the Purchaser or any entity, acting on behalf of the Purchaser and appointed by the same for such purpose, to any Debtor in accordance with a Receivables Purchase Agreement.
"Ongoing Purchasable Receivable" means, with respect to any Funded Settlement Date and any Seller, a right to a payment owed to such Seller which shall be originated during the immediately following Monthly Reference Period and which upon such origination shall have the following characteristics:
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it being provided that, in respect of any receivable recorded in accordance with the Xxxxxx'x trade receivables policies, procedures and invoicing systems, such receivable shall not qualify as an "Ongoing Purchasable Receivable", as long as the Centralising Unit has not notified the Agent that the Xxxxxx'x trade receivables policies, procedures and invoicing systems have been integrated in such Seller's trade receivables policies, procedures and invoicing systems.
"Originated Ongoing Purchasable Receivable" means (i) on any Settlement Date, an Ongoing Purchasable Receivable sold on a preceding Funded Settlement Date, which has come into existence and title to which has passed to the Purchaser on or before the Assessment Date preceding such Settlement Date and (ii) more generally, an Ongoing Purchasable Receivable sold on any Funded Settlement Date and title to which has passed to the Purchaser.
"Originated Refinanced Ongoing Purchasable Receivables" means, on any Settlement Date, a Refinanced Ongoing Purchasable Receivable sold on a preceding Beginning of Month Purchase Date and title to which has passed to the Italian Issuer on or before the Assessment Date preceding such Settlement Date.
"Outstanding Amount" means, at all times:
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The Parties acknowledge that the Outstanding Amount of any receivables means the total net amount of such receivables (including all taxes less any Credit Notes issued, set-off, partial payments and other written off debts, as calculated by the Agent on the basis of the Assessment Reports and the electronic supports attached thereto).
Overcollateralisation Rate" means, on each Calculation Date preceding the Initial Settlement Date or a Funded Settlement Date during the Replenishment Period, the rate determined in accordance with the provisions of schedule 1 of the Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement. The Overcollateralisation Rate shall be calculated by the Agent on each Calculation Date preceding a Funded Settlement Date and shall apply with respect to the next Settlement Date (or, should such Calculation Date fall within a Bi-monthly Management Period, with respect to the two (2) next Settlement Dates).
"Parties" means the parties to this Agreement.
"Payment" means any payment to be made by the Purchaser to the Centralising Unit, in accordance with article 4.1 of the relevant Receivables Purchase Agreement.
"Performance Letter" means the performance letters granted by GOODYEAR EUROPE BV in the forms agreed between the Parties.
"Potential Early Amortisation Event" means any event or condition which, but for the giving of any notice or the lapse of any time period or both required for an Early Amortisation Event to occur under Article 13, would constitute an Early Amortisation Event.
"Priority Amount" has the meaning set forth in Article 16.2.
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"Program Expiry Date" means, in relation to any Seller and the Centralising Unit, the earlier of the following dates:
"Protected Debtor" means any Debtor in respect of one or more Sold Receivable(s) which is either:
"Purchaser" means ESTER.
"Purchaser's Account" means the account number 31 489 10 239912428 (47), opened by the Purchaser in the books of CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK.
"Purchaser's Collection Account" means any of the bank account opened in the name of the Purchaser, as mentioned in the Collection Account Agreements.
"Purchaser's Funding" means that portion of the Outstanding Amount of Eligible Receivables which is funded by the Purchaser out of the Senior Deposit, the amount of which is determined in accordance with Article 7 (Amount of the Purchaser's Funding).
"Purchaser's Termination Notice" means any notice issued by the Purchaser to the Centralising Unit in the circumstances set out in Article 13.2 or 13.4.
"Rating Agencies" means Fitch Ratings, Xxxxx'x Investors Services and Standard & Poors, or any other entity to which such agencies may transfer their credit rating business or with which they may consolidate, amalgamate or merge.
"Receivables Purchase Agreements" means the receivables purchase agreements entered into between the Sellers, the Purchaser and the Agent for the purchase of the Ongoing Purchasable Receivables and Remaining Purchasable Receivables under the Securitisation Transaction, as amended or amended and restated for time to time, and more specifically:
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"Reduction of the Complementary Deposit" means on any Settlement Date during the Replenishment Period, the excess, if any, of (a) the amount of the Complementary Deposit on the preceding Settlement Date over (b) the amount of the Complementary Deposit on such Settlement Date in accordance with the Master Complementary Deposit Agreement.
"Reduction of the Subordinated Deposit" means on any Settlement Date during the Replenishment Period, the excess, if any, of (a) the amount of the Subordinated Deposit on the preceding Settlement Date over (b) the amount of the Subordinated Deposit on such Settlement Date in accordance with the Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement.
"Reference Funded Settlement Date" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in article 4.1.4.2 of the French Receivables Purchase Agreement, in article 4.1.5.2 of the Spanish Receivables Purchase Agreement, in article 4.1.4.2 of the UK Receivables Purchase Agreement, or in article 4.1.6.2 of the German Receivables Purchase Agreement as applicable in each case for the purposes of such agreement.
"Refinanced Adjusted Collections" means, in relation to the Italian Seller and with respect to the Refinanced Sold Receivables:
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"Refinanced Credit Note" means, in relation to any Refinanced Sold Receivable, any decrease in the face value of such receivable or any cancellation of such receivable granted by the Italian Seller in accordance with its Credit and Collection Policies, other than a Refinanced Credit Note over Snow Tyres and a credit note resulting from Refinanced Year End Rebates.
"Refinanced Credit Note over Snow Tyres" means, in relation to any Refinanced Sold Receivable, any decrease in the face value of such receivable or any cancellation of such receivable granted by the Italian Seller (i) in accordance with its Credit and Collection Policies and (ii) to a customer subsequent to the taking back by the Italian Seller of snow tyres.
"Refinanced Deemed Collections" means any amount that the Italian Seller is deemed to have received in the circumstances set out in article 18 of the Italian Receivables Purchase Agreement.
"Refinanced Defaulted Receivable" means, on any Calculation Date, any Refinanced Sold Receivable which, as of the preceding Assessment Date, is not a Refinanced Doubtful Receivable transferred back to the Italian Seller and which has any of the following characteristics on such Calculation Date:
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"Refinanced Delinquent Receivable" means, on any Assessment Date, any Refinanced Sold Receivable which is not a Refinanced Doubtful Receivable transferred back to the Italian Seller and has any of the following characteristics on such Calculation Date:
"Refinanced Discount Amount" means the meaning set forth in SCHEDULE 16 C.
"Refinanced Discount Rate" means the meaning set forth in SCHEDULE 16 C.
"Refinanced Doubtful Receivable" means any Refinanced Sold Receivable which is, according to the Accounting Principles, doubtful given the situation of the Debtor, open to challenge, impaired, nonperforming or classified to the similar effect under those Accounting Principles.
"Refinanced Due Net Amount" means, on any Settlement Date, the amount of the Refinanced Purchase Price, minus the Refinanced Adjusted Collections and minus any fees due by the Italian Seller on such date.
"Refinanced Eligible Debtor" means a Debtor having the characteristics described in detail in article 13 of the Italian Receivables Purchase Agreement.
"Refinanced Eligible Receivable" means any Refinanced Sold Receivable which has the following characteristics on the Settlement Date during the Replenishment Period:
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"Refinanced File Collections" means, with respect to any period, all collections (excluding Refinanced Deemed Collections) on Refinanced Sold Receivables which, on the basis of the information included in any Assessment Report and the electronic date file attached thereto, were expected to be received during such period by the Italian Seller as calculated by the Agent on the basis of the Assessment Reports and the electronic support attached thereto.
"Refinanced Miscellaneous Accounting Credit Entries" means, in relation to the Italian Seller, Refinanced Miscellaneous Accounting Entries booked on the credit side of the account receivables of an Eligible Debtor.
"Refinanced Miscellaneous Accounting Debit Entries" means, in relation to the Italian Seller, Refinanced Miscellaneous Accounting Entries booked on the debit side of the account receivables of an Eligible Debtor.
"Refinanced Miscellaneous Accounting Entries" means, in relation to the Italian Seller, accounting entries other than invoices, credit notes or cash payments that appear on the debit side or credit side of the account receivables of an Eligible Debtor.
"Refinanced Net Miscellaneous Receivable" means, in relation to the Italian Seller, any Refinanced Remaining Purchasable Receivable or Refinanced Ongoing Purchasable Receivable corresponding to the amount equal to the Refinanced Miscellaneous Accounting Debit Entries minus Refinanced Miscellaneous Accounting Credit Entries.
"Refinanced Non Allocated Cash" means any collection recorded in the Italian Seller's accounting system, which has not yet been posted to the payment of a receivable.
"Refinanced Ongoing Purchasable Receivable" means, with respect to any Funded Settlement Date and the Italian Seller, a right to a payment owed to the Italian Seller which shall be originated during the immediately following Monthly Reference Period and which shall have the following characteristics:
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it being provided that, in respect of any receivable recorded in accordance with the Xxxxxx'x trade receivables policies, procedures and invoicing systems, such receivable shall not qualify as a "Refinanced Ongoing Purchasable Receivable", as long as the Italian Seller has not notified the Agent that the Xxxxxx'x trade receivables policies, procedures and invoicing systems have been integrated in the Italian Seller's trade receivables policies, procedures and invoicing systems.
"Refinanced Purchase Price" means, in relation to any Refinanced Remaining Purchasable Receivable or Refinanced Ongoing Purchasable Receivable to be acquired by the Italian Issuer during the Replenishment
Period, the Outstanding Amount of such Refinanced Remaining Purchasable Receivable or Refinanced Ongoing Purchasable Receivable minus the relevant Refinanced Discount Amount applicable to such Refinanced Remaining Purchasable Receivable or Refinanced Ongoing Purchasable Receivable.
"Refinanced Received Net Amount" means the amount of the Refinanced Adjusted Collections, minus any Refinanced Purchase Price due and not yet paid.
"Refinanced Remaining Purchasable Receivable" means, with respect to any Funded Settlement Date and the Italian Seller, an existing right to a payment which has not previously been sold as a Refinanced Ongoing Purchasable Receivable and which is owed to and owned by the Italian Seller on the Assessment Date preceding such Funded Settlement Date and has the following characteristics:
it being provided that, in respect of any receivable recorded in accordance with the Xxxxxx'x trade receivables policies, procedures and invoicing systems, such receivable shall not qualify as a "Refinanced Remaining Purchasable Receivable", as long as the Italian Seller has not notified the Agent that the Xxxxxx'x trade receivables policies, procedures and invoicing systems have been integrated in the Italian Seller's trade receivables policies, procedures and invoicing systems.
"Refinanced Sold Receivable" means, in relation to the Italian Seller, those Refinanced Ongoing Purchasable Receivables and Refinanced Remaining Purchasable Receivables (i) which are existing and have been transferred from the Italian Seller to the Italian Issuer pursuant to the Italian Receivables Purchase Agreement, and (ii) which have not been repurchased from the Italian Issuer.
"Refinanced Year End Rebates" means deferred rebates granted by the Italian Seller at the end of each year (or according to any periodicity) to some of its customers according to the fulfilment of their purchase commitments. These Refinanced Year End Rebates may give rise to Refinanced Credit Notes issued by the Italian Seller or to invoices issued by the customers over the Italian Seller.
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"Registered Share Capital" has the meaning set forth in Article 3.6.3.
"Relevant Currency" means (i) with respect to the Spanish Seller, the French Seller and the German Seller, Euro and (ii) with respect to the UK Seller, GBP.
"Relevant Jurisdiction" means (i) with respect to the French Seller, France; (ii) with respect to the German Seller, Germany; (iii) with respect to the UK Seller, England and Wales; and (iv) with respect to the Spanish Seller, Spain (excluding the territories of Ceuta and Melilla).
"Remaining Purchasable Receivable" means, with respect to any Funded Settlement Date and any Seller, an existing right to a payment which has not previously been sold as an Ongoing Purchasable Receivable (unless the transfer thereof as Ongoing Purchasable Receivable is rescinded on such Funded Settlement Date pursuant to the Receivables Purchase Agreement to which such Seller is a Party) and which is owed to and owned by such Seller on the Assessment Date preceding such Funded Settlement Date (or, with respect to any existing right to a payment which has previously been sold as an Ongoing Purchasable Receivable and the transfer of which is rescinded on such Funded Settlement Date pursuant to the Receivables Purchase Agreement to which such Seller is a Party, which is owed to and owned by such Seller on such Funded Settlement Date) and has the following characteristics:
it being provided that, in respect of any receivable recorded in accordance with the Xxxxxx'x trade receivables policies, procedures and invoicing systems, such receivable shall not qualify as a "Remaining Purchasable Receivable", as long as the Centralising Unit has not notified the Agent that the Xxxxxx'x trade receivables policies, procedures and invoicing systems have been integrated in such Seller's trade receivables policies, procedures and invoicing systems.
"Replenishment Period" means the period of time commencing on the Signing Date and ending on the Commitment Expiry Date during which the Purchaser undertakes to purchase Ongoing Purchasable Receivables and Remaining Purchasable Receivables on each Funded Settlement Date.
"Requested Amount of the Purchaser's Funding" means, with respect to any Funded Settlement Date, the amount indicated as such by the Centralising Unit in the Assessment Report received on the Information Date preceding such Funded Settlement Date, it being provided that (i) the Requested Amount of the Purchaser's Funding shall, at all times, not be higher than the applicable Maximum Amount of the Purchaser's Funding and (ii) if no amount has been validly indicated as "Requested Amount of the Purchaser's Funding" in the Assessment Report received on the Information Date preceding any Funded Settlement Date, the Requested Amount of the Purchaser's Funding as for such Funded Settlement Date shall be equal to the applicable Maximum Amount of the Purchaser's Funding.
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"Responsible Officer" means the chief financial officer or treasurer of GOODYEAR or the Vice President, Finance or equivalent officer of GOODYEAR EUROPE B.V.
"Retransferred Receivable" means any Doubtful Receivable sold back by the Purchaser to any Seller in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Receivables Purchase Agreement relating to such Seller.
"Sanctioned Country" means, at any time, a country, region or territory which is itself the subject or target of any comprehensive Sanctions (solely consisting of, at the time of this Agreement, Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria).
"Sanctioned Person" means, at any time, (a) any person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the US Department of the Treasury, the US Department of State, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, France or the United Kingdom, (b) any person organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country or (c) any person owned 50% or more by any person or persons described in the foregoing points (a) or (b).
"Sanctions" means all economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by (a) the Office of Foreign Assets Control (and any successor performing similar functions) of the US Department of the Treasury or the US Department of State, or (b) the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, France or Her Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom.
"Securitisation Documents" means the Transaction Documents, the Master Senior Deposit Agreement, the transfer and servicing agreement to be concluded with the Fund, the Fund regulations, the Custodian Agreement, the Liquidity Agreements, the Fund Subscription Agreements, the French Financial Guarantee Agreement and the Italian Financial Guarantee Agreement, as may be amended and/or supplemented from time to time.
"Securitisation Regulation" has the meaning ascribed to such term in Article 43.1.
"Securitisation Transaction" means the securitisation transaction carried out pursuant to the Transaction Documents.
"Sellers" means, collectively, the French Seller, the German Seller, the UK Seller and the Spanish Seller.
"Senior Deposit" means the deposits effected by the Depositor with the Purchaser in accordance with the terms of the Master Senior Deposit Agreement as amended on 23 May 2005.
"Settlement Date" means a Funded Settlement Date or an Intermediary Settlement Date.
"Signing Date" means 10 December 2004.
"Sold Receivables" means, in relation to any Seller, and without double counting as result of the rescission of the transfer of certain Ongoing Purchasable Receivables pursuant to the relevant provisions of the French Receivables Purchase Agreement and the Spanish Receivables Purchase Agreement, those Ongoing Purchasable Receivables and Remaining Purchasable Receivables (i) which are existing and have been transferred from such Seller to the Purchaser pursuant to the
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Receivables Purchase Agreement to which such Seller is a party, and (ii) which have not been repurchased from the Purchaser.
"Solvency Certificate" means any certificate issued by any of the Sellers and the Centralising Unit, in the form of SCHEDULE 5.
"Spanish Seller" means GOODYEAR TIRES ESPAÑA, S.A. or any New Seller that is existing under Spanish law.
"Stand-By Fee" means the management fee set out in Article 27.4.
"Stand-By Servicer" means any entity appointed by the Purchaser in accordance with Article 27.4.
"Subordinated Deposit" means any subordinated deposit effected by the Centralising Unit with the Purchaser in accordance with the terms of Article 8 and the Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement.
"Subordinated Deposit Fee" means the fee contemplated under article 6.1 of the Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement.
"Subordinated Depositor" means the Centralising Unit.
"Subscription Commitment Non-Renewal" means, in relation to any Fund Subscriber:
"Subsidiary" means with respect to an entity (the "Parent") at any date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity the accounts of which are consolidated with those of the Parent in the Parent's consolidated statements in accordance with GAAP as of such date, as well as any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held by the Parent or one or more subsidiaries of the Parent or by the Parent and one or more subsidiaries of the Parent.
"TARGET2 Day" means any day on which the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer payment system number two (TARGET2) is operating.
"Tax" or "Taxes" means any taxes, levies, duties, imposts, assessments or other charges of whatsoever nature (including any penalty or interest payable in connection with any failure to pay or any delay in paying any of the same).
"Transaction Documents" means this Agreement, the Master Subordinated Deposit Agreement, the Master Complementary Deposit Agreement, the Receivables Purchase Agreements, the Italian Receivables Purchase Agreement, the Italian Subscription Agreement, the Italian Sub-Servicing
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Agreement, the Collection Account Agreements, the Data Escrow Agreement, the Comfort Letter and the Performance Letter, as may be amended and/or supplemented from time to time.
"Transfer Deed" means any bordereau or any form of transfer document identifying the Ongoing Purchasable Receivables and the Remaining Purchasable Receivable to be transferred, referred to in the relevant Receivables Purchase Agreement, which shall be issued by the relevant Seller or the Centralising Unit, acting in the name and on behalf of each Seller, on each Settlement Date during the Replenishment Period, in the form stipulated in the relevant Receivables Purchase Agreement.
"UK Seller" means GOODYEAR TYRES UK Ltd or any New Seller that is organized under the laws of England and Wales.
"USD" or "US Dollar" refers to the lawful currency of the United States of America.
"VAT" means value added or similar tax imposed in any jurisdiction including penalties and interest in respect of a failure to pay or delay in payment of tax or to make returns or to comply with other formalities relating thereto.
"VAT Credit" has the meaning set forth in Article 14.2.
"Year End Rebates" means deferred rebates granted by any Seller at the end of each year (or according to any periodicity) to some of its customers according to the fulfilment of their purchase commitments. These Year End Rebates may give rise to Credit Notes issued by the Sellers or to invoices issued by the customers over the relevant Sellers.
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SCHEDULE 11 CONFORMITY WARRANTIES FOR REMAINING PURCHASABLE RECEIVABLES
Conformity warranties for Remaining Purchasable Receivables purchased from the French Seller
The French Seller represents and warrants to the Purchaser that on the Funded Settlement Date during the Replenishment Period on which any receivable shall be proposed for sale, such receivable (a) shall exist, and shall conform to the description given in the definition of "Remaining Purchasable Receivable", (b) shall be identified in the relevant Transfer Deed and the electronic support relating to such Transfer Deed as required therein, and (c) shall have the following characteristics:
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Conformity warranties for Remaining Purchasable Receivables purchased from the German Seller
The German Seller represents and warrants to the Purchaser that on the Settlement Date on which any receivable shall be proposed for sale, such receivable (a) shall exist, and shall conform to the description given in the definition of "Remaining Purchasable Receivable", (b) shall be identified in the relevant Transfer Deed and the electronic support relating to such Transfer Deed as required therein, and (c) shall have the following characteristics:
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Conformity warranties for Remaining Purchasable Receivables purchased from the UK Seller
The UK Seller represents and warrants to the Purchaser that on the Settlement Date during the Replenishment Period on which any receivable shall be proposed for sale, such receivable (a) shall exist, and shall conform to the description given in the definition of "Remaining Purchasable Receivable", (b)
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shall be identified in the relevant Transfer Deed and the electronic support relating to such Transfer Deed as required therein, and (c) shall have the following characteristics:
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Conformity warranties for Remaining Purchasable Receivables purchased from the Spanish Seller
The Spanish Seller represents and warrants to the Purchaser that on the Settlement Date during the Replenishment Period on which any receivable shall be proposed for sale, such receivable (a) shall exist, and shall conform to the description given in the definition of "Remaining Purchasable Receivable", (b) shall be identified in the relevant Transfer Deed and the electronic support relating to such Transfer Deed as required therein, and (c) shall have the following characteristics:
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FINANCIAL COVENANTS DEFINITIONS
"Administrative Agent" means JPMEL, in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders under the Agreement, and its successors in such capacity.
"Agreement" means the Existing Credit Agreement as amended, restated and continued on the Restatement Effective Date in the form of the Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented, waived, replaced (whether or not upon termination, and whether with the original lenders or otherwise), refinanced, restructured or otherwise modified from time to time.
"Attributable Debt" means, with respect to any Sale/Leaseback Transaction that does not result in a Capitalized Lease Obligation, the present value (computed in accordance with GAAP) of the total obligations of the lessee for rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such Sale/Leaseback Transaction (including any period for which such lease has been extended). In the case of any lease which is terminable by the lessee upon payment of a penalty, the Attributable Debt shall be the lesser of (i) the Attributable Debt determined assuming termination upon the first date such lease may be terminated (in which case the Attributable Debt shall also include the amount of the penalty, but no rent shall be considered as required to be paid under such lease subsequent to the first date upon which it may be so terminated) and (ii) the Attributable Debt determined assuming no such termination.
"Capitalized Lease Obligations" means, subject to Section 1.04 of the Agreement, an obligation that is required to be classified and accounted for as a capital lease for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP (or a finance lease upon adoption by Goodyear of ASU No.°2016-02, Leases (Topic 842)), and the amount of Indebtedness represented by such obligation shall be the capitalized amount of such obligation determined in accordance with GAAP.
"Capital Stock" of any Person means any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests (however designated) in equity of such Person, including any Preferred Stock, but excluding any debt securities convertible into such equity.
"Consolidated GEBV EBITDA" means, for any period, the Consolidated GEBV Net Income for such period, minus, to the extent included in calculating such Consolidated GEBV Net Income, foreign exchange currency gains for such period, and plus, without duplication, the following, to the extent deducted in calculating such Consolidated GEBV Net Income:
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provision for taxes based on the income or profits of, and the depreciation and amortization and non-cash charges of, a Restricted GEBV Subsidiary shall be added to Consolidated GEBV Net Income to compute Consolidated GEBV EBITDA only to the extent (and in the same proportion) that the net income of such Restricted GEBV Subsidiary was included in calculating Consolidated GEBV Net Income and only if (A) a corresponding amount would be permitted at the date of determination to be dividended to GEBV by such Restricted GEBV Subsidiary without prior approval (that has not been obtained), pursuant to the terms of its charter and all agreements, instruments, judgments, decrees, orders, statutes, rules and governmental regulations applicable to such Restricted GEBV Subsidiary or its shareholders or (B) in the case of any Foreign Restricted GEBV Subsidiary, a corresponding amount of cash is readily procurable by GEBV from such Foreign Restricted GEBV Subsidiary (as determined in good faith by a Financial Officer of GEBV) pursuant to intercompany loans, repurchases of Capital Stock or otherwise, provided that to the extent cash of such Foreign Restricted GEBV Subsidiary provided the basis for including the net income of such Foreign Restricted GEBV Subsidiary in Consolidated GEBV Net Income pursuant to clause (c) of the definition of "Consolidated GEBV Net Income", such cash shall not be taken into account for the purposes of determining readily procurable cash under this paragraph (B). Consolidated GEBV EBITDA for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters will be determined in Euros based upon the Exchange Rate in effect on the last day of the applicable period.
"Consolidated GEBV Interest Expense" means, for any period, the total interest expense of GEBV and the Consolidated Restricted GEBV Subsidiaries, plus, to the extent Incurred by GEBV and the Consolidated Restricted GEBV Subsidiaries in such period but not included in such interest expense, without duplication:
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"Consolidated GEBV Net Income" means for any period, the net income of GEBV and the Consolidated
GEBV Subsidiaries for such period; provided, however, that there shall not be included in such Consolidated GEBV Net Income:
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"Consolidated Net GEBV Indebtedness" means, at any date, (a) the sum for GEBV and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries at such date, without duplication, of (i) all Indebtedness (other than obligations in respect of
Swap Agreements) that is included on GEBV's consolidated balance sheet, (ii) all Capitalized Lease Obligations, (iii) all synthetic lease financings and (iv) all Qualified Receivables Transactions, minus (b) the Cash Amount, all determined in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of computing Consolidated Net GEBV Indebtedness, (A) the amount of any synthetic lease financing shall equal the amount that would be capitalized in respect of such lease if it were a Capitalized Lease Obligation, (B) Indebtedness owing by GEBV or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries to Goodyear or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries shall be disregarded and (C) the "Cash Amount" shall mean the sum of (i) the aggregate amount of cash and Temporary Cash Investments in excess of $100,000,000 held at such time by GEBV and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, (ii) the aggregate amount of cash and Temporary Cash Investments in excess of $150,000,000 held at such time by Goodyear and its Consolidated Subsidiaries that are US Subsidiaries and (iii) if at such date the requirements of Section 6.09 of the First Lien Agreement do not apply and the conditions to borrowing under the First Lien Agreement are met, the amount equal to the difference between (1) the lesser of (x) the Borrowing Base (as defined in the First Lien Agreement) and (y) the aggregate amount of
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the Commitments (as defined in the First Lien Agreement) in effect at such time under the First Lien Agreement minus (2) the aggregate amount of the Credit Exposures (as defined in the First Lien Agreement) at such time. For purposes of Section 6.09, Consolidated Net GEBV Indebtedness will be determined in Euros based upon the Exchange Rate in effect on the last day of the applicable period.
"Consolidation" means, in the case of Goodyear, unless the context otherwise requires, the consolidation of (1) in the case of Goodyear, the accounts of each of the Restricted Subsidiaries with those of Goodyear and (2) in the case of a Restricted Subsidiary the accounts of each Subsidiary of such Restricted Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary with those of such Restricted Subsidiary, in each case in accordance with GAAP consistently applied; provided, however, that "Consolidation" will not include consolidation of the accounts of any Unrestricted Subsidiary, but the interest of Goodyear or any Restricted Subsidiary in an Unrestricted Subsidiary will be accounted for as an investment. "Consolidation" means, in the case of GEBV, unless the context otherwise requires, the consolidation of (1) in the case of GEBV, the accounts of each of the Restricted GEBV Subsidiaries with those of GEBV and (2) in the case of a Restricted GEBV Subsidiary, the accounts of each Subsidiary of such Restricted GEBV Subsidiary that is a Restricted GEBV Subsidiary with those of such Restricted GEBV Subsidiary, in each case in accordance with GAAP consistently applied; provided, however, that "Consolidation" will not include consolidation of the accounts of any GEBV Subsidiary that is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, but the interest of GEBV or any Restricted GEBV Subsidiary in any such Unrestricted Subsidiary will be accounted for as an investment. The term "Consolidated" has a correlative meaning.
"Disqualified Stock" means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock which by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable or exercisable) or upon the happening of any event:
in the case of each of clauses (a), (b) and (c), on or prior to 180 days after the Maturity Date; provided, however, that any Capital Stock that would not constitute Disqualified Stock but for provisions thereof giving holders thereof the right to require such Person to repurchase or redeem such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of an "asset sale" or "change of control" occurring prior to the date that is 180 days after the Maturity Date shall not constitute Disqualified Stock if the "asset sale" or "change of control" provisions applicable to such Capital Stock are not more favorable in any material respect to the holders of such Capital Stock than the provisions of Section 4.06 and Section 4.08 of (i) the 0000 Xxxxxxxxx or (ii) the 0000 Xxxxxxxxx; provided further, however, that if such Capital Stock is issued to any employee or to any plan for the benefit of employees of Goodyear or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by Goodyear in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of such employee's termination, retirement, death or disability.
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The amount of any Disqualified Stock that does not have a fixed redemption, repayment or repurchase price will be calculated in accordance with the terms of such Disqualified Stock as if such Disqualified Stock were redeemed, repaid or repurchased on any date on which the amount of such Disqualified Stock is to be determined pursuant to the Agreement; provided, however, that if such Disqualified Stock could not be required to be redeemed, repaid or repurchased at the time of such determination, the redemption, repayment or repurchase price will be the book value of such Disqualified Stock as reflected in the most recent financial statements of such Person.
"Exchange Rate" means, on any day, with respect to US Dollars, Pounds Sterling or any other currency in relation to Euros, the rate at which such currency may be exchanged into Euros, as set forth at approximately 12:00 (noon), London time, on such day on the Reuters World Currency Page for U.S. Dollars, Pounds Sterling or such other currency, as applicable. In the event that any such rate does not appear on the applicable Reuters World Currency Page, the Exchange Rate shall be determined by reference to such other publicly available service for displaying exchange rates as may be agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and GEBV or, in the absence of such agreement, such Exchange Rate shall instead be the arithmetic average of the spot rates of exchange of the Administrative Agent, at or about 11:00 a.m., London time, on such date for the purchase of Euros for delivery two (2) Business Days later; provided that if at the time of any such determination, for any reason, no such spot rate is being quoted, the Administrative Agent, after consultation with GEBV, may use any reasonable method it deems appropriate to determine such rate, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
"Existing Credit Agreement" means the Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of May 12, 2015, as amended, among Goodyear, GEBV, GDTG, GDTO, the lenders party thereto, X.X. Xxxxxx Europe Limited, as administrative agent for the Lenders, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as collateral agent for the Lenders, as in effect immediately prior to the effectiveness of Transactions to occur on the Restatement Effective Date and prior to its amendment and restatement in the form hereof.
"Fair Market Value" means, with respect to any asset or property, the price which could be negotiated in an arm's-length, free market transaction, for cash, between a willing seller and a willing and able buyer, neither of whom is under undue pressure or compulsion to complete the transaction, as such price is, unless specified otherwise in this Agreement, determined in good faith by a Financial Officer of Goodyear or by the Board of Directors.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, or, when reference is made to financial statements of a Person organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside of the United States, generally accepted accounting principles in such jurisdiction, except that all determinations made under Section 6.09 of the Agreement shall be made in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.
"GEBV" means Goodyear Europe B.V. (previously named Goodyear Dunlop Tires Europe B.V.), a private company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of The Netherlands.
"Goodyear" means The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, an Ohio corporation.
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"Guarantee" means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any other Person and any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such Person:
provided, however, that the term "Guarantee" shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The term "Guarantee" used as a verb has a corresponding meaning. The term "Guarantor" shall mean any Person Guaranteeing any obligation.
"Hedging Obligations" of any Person means the obligations of such Person pursuant to any Interest Rate Agreement, Currency Agreement or raw materials hedge agreement.
"Incur" means issue, assume, Guarantee, incur or otherwise become liable for; provided, however, that any Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary (whether by merger, consolidation, acquisition or otherwise) shall be deemed to be Incurred by such Person at the time it becomes a Subsidiary. The term "Incurrence" when used as a noun shall have a correlative meaning. The accretion of principal of a non-interest bearing or other discount security shall not be deemed the Incurrence of Indebtedness.
"Indebtedness" means, with respect to any Person on any date of determination, without duplication:
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, in connection with the purchase by Goodyear or any Restricted Subsidiary of any business, the term "Indebtedness" shall exclude post-closing payment adjustments to which the seller may become entitled to the extent such payment is determined by a final closing balance sheet or such payment depends on the performance of such business after the closing; provided, however, that at the time of closing, the amount of any such payment is not determinable and, to the extent such payment thereafter becomes fixed and determined, the amount is paid within 30 days thereafter.
The amount of Indebtedness of any Person at any date shall be the outstanding balance at such date of all unconditional obligations as described above; provided, however, that in the case of Indebtedness sold at a discount, the amount of such Indebtedness at any time will be the accreted value thereof at such time.
"JPMEL" means X.X. Xxxxxx Europe Limited, and its successors.
"Qualified Receivables Transaction" means any transaction or series of transactions that may be entered into by Goodyear or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to which Goodyear or any of its Subsidiaries may sell, convey or otherwise transfer to:
or may grant a security interest in, any accounts receivable (whether now existing or arising in the future) of Goodyear or any of its Subsidiaries, and any assets related thereto including, without limitation, all collateral securing such accounts receivable, all contracts and all Guarantees or other obligations in respect of such accounts receivable, proceeds of such accounts receivable and other assets which are customarily
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transferred or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with asset securitization transactions involving accounts receivable; provided, however that the financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions thereof shall be market terms (as determined in good faith by a Financial Officer of Goodyear); and provided further, however, that no such transaction or series of transactions shall be a Qualified Receivables Transaction if any of the accounts receivable subject thereto is or would absent such transaction or series of transactions otherwise be subject to a Lien securing any European Bank Indebtedness.
The grant of a security interest in any accounts receivable of Goodyear or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to secure Bank Indebtedness shall not be deemed a Qualified Receivables Transaction.
"Receivables Entity" means a (a) Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Goodyear which is a Restricted Subsidiary and which is designated by the Board of Directors (as provided below) as a Receivables Entity or (b) another Person engaging in a Qualified Receivables Transaction with Goodyear or a Subsidiary of Goodyear which Person engages in the business of the financing of accounts receivable, and in either of clause (a) or (b):
Any such designation by the Board of Directors shall be evidenced to the Administrative Agent by furnishing to the Administrative Agent a certified copy of the resolution of the Board of Directors giving effect to such designation and a certificate of a Financial Officer certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing conditions.
"Restatement Effective Date" means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 4.01 of the Agreement are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02 of the Agreement).
"Restricted GEBV Subsidiary" means any GEBV Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary.
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"Restricted Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary of Goodyear other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
"Sale/Leaseback Transaction" means an arrangement relating to property, plant and equipment now owned or hereafter acquired by Goodyear or a Restricted Subsidiary whereby Goodyear or a Restricted Subsidiary transfers such property to a Person and Goodyear or such Restricted Subsidiary leases it from such Person other than (i) leases between Goodyear and a Restricted Subsidiary or between Restricted Subsidiaries or (ii) any such transaction entered into with respect to any property, plant and equipment or any improvements thereto at the time of, or within 180 days after, the acquisition or completion of construction of such property, plant and equipment or such improvements (or, if later, the commencement of commercial operation of any such property, plant and equipment), as the case may be, to finance the cost of such property, plant and equipment or such improvements, as the case may be.
"Standard Securitization Undertakings" means representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities entered into by Goodyear or any Subsidiary of Goodyear which, taken as a whole, are customary in an accounts receivable transaction.
"Subsidiary" means any subsidiary of Goodyear.
"Swap Agreement" means any agreement in respect of any Hedging Obligations.
"Temporary Cash Investments" means any of the following:
Netherlands, the French Republic, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, or another member state of the European Union which has (i) not less than two of the following short-term deposit ratings: A1 from Standard & Poor's, P1 from Xxxxx'x and F1 from Fitch, and (ii) a combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000;
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Poor's, Aaa from Xxxxx'x and AAA from Fitch and (iii) have portfolio assets of at least $3,000,000,000;
the United States in any country in which such Foreign Subsidiary is located, provided that the investments permitted under this sub-clause (ii) shall be made in amounts and jurisdictions consistent with Goodyear's policies governing short-term investments.
"Unrestricted Subsidiary" means:
Subsidiary by the Board of Directors in the manner provided below and
The Board of Directors may designate any Subsidiary of Goodyear (including any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary of Goodyear) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries owns any Capital Stock or Indebtedness of, or owns or holds any Lien on any property of, Goodyear or any other Subsidiary of Goodyear that is not a Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated; provided, however, that either:
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The Board of Directors may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that immediately after giving effect to such designation:
Any such designation of a Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Board of Directors shall be evidenced to the Administrative Agent by promptly furnishing to the Administrative Agent a copy of the resolution of the Board of Directors giving effect to such designation and a certificate of a Financial Officer certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing provisions.
All other terms capitalized in this Schedule 14 and not defined shall be deemed to have the meaning in the Agreement. Terms in this Schedule 14 relating to Article 13.3(xv) of the General Master Purchase Agreement shall be deemed amended, for the purposes of the General Master Purchase Agreement, from time upon the amendment of the Agreement.
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