RECEIVABLES LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT Dated as of November 1, 2007 Among LEAF CAPITAL FUNDING III, LLC, as the Borrower and LEAF FINANCIAL CORPORATION, as the Servicer and MORGAN STANLEY BANK as Class A Lender and Collateral Agent and MORGAN STANLEY...
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Dated
as
of November 1, 2007
Among
LEAF
CAPITAL FUNDING III, LLC,
as
the
Borrower
and
LEAF
FINANCIAL CORPORATION,
as
the
Servicer
and
XXXXXX
XXXXXXX BANK
as
Class A Lender and Collateral Agent
and
XXXXXX
XXXXXXX ASSET FUNDING INC.
as
Class B Lender
and
U.S.
BANK
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as
the
Custodian and the Lenders’ Bank
and
LYON
FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. (D/B/A U.S. BANK PORTFOLIO SERVICES),
as
the
Backup Servicer
This
RECEIVABLES LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT is made as of November 1, 2007,
among:
(1) LEAF
CAPITAL FUNDING III, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the
“Borrower”);
(2) LEAF
FINANCIAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“LEAF Financial” or the
“Initial Servicer”), as the Servicer (as defined herein);
(3) XXXXXX
XXXXXXX BANK, as Class A Lender (“Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx” and a “Lender”
hereunder) and Collateral Agent (as defined herein);
(4) XXXXXX
XXXXXXX ASSET FUNDING INC., as Class B Lender (a “Lender” hereunder and,
together with Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, the “Lenders”);
(5) U.S.
BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as the Custodian and the Lenders’ Bank (as each such
term is defined herein); and
(6) LYON
FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. (d/b/a U.S. Bank Portfolio Services), a Minnesota
corporation, as the Backup Servicer (as defined herein).
IT
IS
AGREED as follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION
1.01 Certain
Defined Terms. a) Certain capitalized terms used
throughout this Agreement are defined above or in this
Section 1.01.
(b) As
used in this Agreement and the exhibits and schedules thereto (each of which
is
hereby incorporated herein and made a part hereof), the following terms shall
have the following meanings (such meanings to be equally applicable to both
the
singular and plural forms of the terms defined):
“Accountants’
Report” has the meaning assigned to that term in
Section 6.11(b).
“Active
Backup Servicer’s Fee” means, for any Fee Period or portion thereof after
the occurrence of a Servicer Default and the appointment of the Backup Servicer
as Servicer hereunder, an amount, payable out of Collections on the Pledged
Receivables and amounts applied to the payment of, or treated as payments on,
the Pledged Receivables, equal to the greater of (i) the Active Backup Servicing
Fee Rate, multiplied by the Eligible Receivables Balance as of the first day
of
such Fee Period, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be
the
actual number of days in such Fee Period and the denominator of which shall
be
360, and (ii) $7,000. The Active Backup Servicer’s Fees shall also
include reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Backup Servicer in
performing its duties as Servicer.
“Active
Backup Servicing Fee Rate” means 1.50%.
“Active
Backup Servicer’s Indemnified Amounts” has the meaning assigned to that term
in Section 6.09.
“Adjusted
Eurodollar Rate” means, with respect to any Interest Period for any Loan (or
portion thereof) allocated to such Interest Period, an interest rate per annum
equal to the sum of (i) the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate Margin and
(ii) an interest rate per annum equal to the average of the interest rates
per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/16 of 1%) reported
during such Interest Period on Reuters LIBOR01 Page (British Bankers Association
Settlement Rate) as the London Interbank Offered Rate for United States dollar
deposits having a term of thirty (30) days and in a principal amount of
$1,000,000 or more (or, if such page shall cease to be publicly available or,
if
the information contained on such page, in each applicable Lender’s
sole judgment, shall cease to accurately reflect such London Interbank Offered
Rate, such rate as reported by any publicly available recognized source of
similar market data selected by such Lender that, in such Lender’s reasonable
judgment, accurately reflects such London Interbank Offered Rate).
“Adjusted
Eurodollar Rate Margin” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Fee
Letter.
“Adverse
Claim” means a lien, security interest, charge, encumbrance or other right
or claim of any Person other than, with (i) respect to the Pledged Assets,
any lien, security interest, charge, encumbrance or other right or claim in
favor of the Collateral Agent or (ii) any Permitted Lien.
“Affected
Party” has the meaning assigned to that term in
Section 2.09.
“Affiliate”
when used with respect to a Person, means any other Person controlling,
controlled by or under common control with such Person. For the
purposes of this definition, “control,” when used with respect to any specified
Person, means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person,
directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities,
by
contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have
meanings correlative to the foregoing.
“Aggregate
Advance Amount” means the Class A Advance Amount plus the Class B Advance
Amount.
“Agreement”
means this Receivables Loan and Security Agreement, as the same may be amended,
restated, supplemented and/or otherwise modified from time to time hereafter
in
accordance with its terms.
“Amortized
Equipment Cost” means, (i) with respect to all Eligible Receivables (a) as
of the Borrowing Date, the present value of the remaining Scheduled Payments
under all Eligible Receivables (including any Balloon Payment or Put Payment),
discounted monthly at the rate at which the present value of all Scheduled
Payments under all Eligible Receivables (including any Balloon Payment or Put
Payment) equals the Purchase Price and, (b) as of any subsequent date of
determination, shall mean the present value of the then remaining Scheduled
Payments under all Eligible Receivables (including any Balloon
Payment or Put Payment) discounted monthly at the aforementioned discount rate,
and (ii) with respect to an Eligible Receivable (a) as of the Borrowing Date,
the present value of the remaining
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“Annualized
Default Rate” means, as of any date of determination after the end of the
first Collection Period following the date hereof, an amount (expressed as
a
percentage) equal to (i) the product of (A) the aggregate Discounted
Balances of all Pledged Receivables which were Eligible Receivables at the
time
of their Pledge hereunder and which became Defaulted Receivables during the
six
(or such lesser number of Collection Periods since the date hereof) immediately
preceding Collection Periods and (B) 2 (if six or more Collection Periods
have occurred since the date hereof), 2.4 (if five Collection Periods have
occurred since the date hereof), 3 (if four Collection Periods have
occurred since the date hereof), 4 (if three Collection Periods have
occurred since the date hereof), 6 (if two Collection Periods have occurred
since the date hereof) or 12 (if one Collection Period has occurred since
the date hereof) divided by (ii) the average Eligible Receivables Balance
as of the first Business Day of each of the six (or such lesser number of
Collection Periods since the date hereof) immediately preceding Collection
Periods.
“Annualized
Net Loss Rate” means, as of any date of determination after the end of the
first Collection Period following the date hereof, an amount (expressed as
a
percentage) equal to (i) the product of (A) (x) the aggregate
Discounted Balances of all Pledged Receivables which were Eligible Receivables
at the time of their Pledge hereunder and which became Defaulted Receivables
during the six (or such lesser number of Collection Periods since the date
hereof) immediately preceding Collection Periods minus
(y) Recoveries received during the six (or such lesser number of Collection
Periods since the date hereof) immediately preceding Collection Periods and
(B) 2 (if six or more Collection Periods have occurred since the date
hereof), 2.4 (if five Collection Periods have occurred since the date
hereof), 3 (if four Collection Periods have occurred since the date
hereof), 4 (if three Collection Periods have occurred since the date
hereof), 6 (if two Collection Periods have occurred since the date hereof)
or 12 (if one Collection Period has occurred since the date hereof) divided
by (ii) the Eligible Receivables Balance as of the first Business Day of
the six (or such lesser number of Collection Periods since the date hereof)
immediately preceding Collection Periods.
“Approved
Lienholder” means any Person that (i) has entered into a Nominee Lienholder
Agreement, a copy of which has been delivered by the Collateral Agent to the
Custodian and (ii) appears on the list of approved lienholders provided by
LEAF
Financial Corporation to the Custodian from time to
time.
“Assigned
Documents” has the meaning assigned to that term in
Section 2.10.
“Assignment”
has the meaning set forth in the Purchase and Sale Agreement.
“Assignment
and Acceptance” has the meaning assigned to that term in
Section 9.04.
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“Available
Funds” has the meaning assigned to that term in
Section 2.04(c).
“Backup
Servicer” means Lyon Financial Services, Inc. (d/b/a U.S. Bank Portfolio
Services) or any successor Backup Servicer appointed by the Lenders pursuant
to
Section 6.13.
“Backup
Servicer Delivery Date” has the meaning assigned to that term in
Section 6.10(d).
“Balloon
Payment” means a payment due, or which may be required, at the end of the
term of a Contract (which constitutes a loan) equal to the principal amount
under such Contract which remains outstanding after the payment of all regular
scheduled payments of principal during the term of such Contract.
“Bankruptcy
Code” means Xxxxx 00, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Code, 11 U.S.C. §§ 101
etseq., as amended.
“Bankruptcy
Event” shall be deemed to have occurred with respect to a Person if
either:
(c) a
case or other proceeding shall be commenced, without the application or consent
of such Person, in any court, seeking the liquidation, reorganization, debt
arrangement, dissolution, winding up, or composition or readjustment of debts
of
such Person, the appointment of a trustee, receiver, custodian, liquidator,
assignee, sequestrator or the like for such Person or all or substantially
all
of its assets, or any similar action with respect to such Person under any
law
relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, winding up or composition
or
adjustment of debts, and such case or proceeding shall continue undismissed,
or
unstayed and in effect, for a period of 60 consecutive days; or an order for
relief in respect of such Person shall be entered in an involuntary case under
the federal bankruptcy laws or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect;
or
(d) such
Person shall commence a voluntary case or other proceeding under any applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, debt arrangement, dissolution or other
similar law now or hereafter in effect, or shall consent to the appointment
of
or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian,
sequestrator (or other similar official) for such Person or for any substantial
part of its property, or shall make any general assignment for the benefit
of
creditors, or shall fail to, or admit in writing its inability to, pay its
debts
generally as they become due, or, if a corporation or similar entity, its board
of directors or members shall vote to implement any of the
foregoing.
“Base
Rate” means, on any date, a fluctuating rate of interest per annum equal to
the arithmetic average of the rates of interest publicly announced by JPMorgan
Chase Bank and Citibank, N.A. (or their respective successors) as their
respective prime commercial lending rates (or, as to any such bank that does
not
announce such a rate, such bank’s “base” or other rate determined by the Class A
Lender to be the equivalent rate announced by such bank), except that, if any
such bank shall, for any period, cease to announce publicly its prime commercial
lending (or equivalent) rate, the Class A Lender shall, during such period,
determine the Base Rate based upon the prime commercial lending (or equivalent)
rates announced publicly by the other such bank or, if each such bank ceases
to
announce publicly its prime commercial lending (or equivalent) rate, based
upon
the prime commercial lending (or equivalent) rate or rates announced publicly
by
one or more other banks selected by the Class A Lender. The prime
commercial lending (or equivalent) rates used in computing the Base Rate are
not
intended to be the lowest rates of interest charged by such banks in connection
with extensions of credit to debtors. The Base Rate shall change as
and when such banks’ prime commercial lending (or equivalent) rates
change.
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“Borrower”
has the meaning assigned to that term in the preamble hereto.
“Borrower
Pension Plan” means a “pension plan” as such term is defined in section 3(2)
of ERISA, which is subject to Title IV of ERISA and to which the Borrower or
any
ERISA Affiliate of Borrower may have any liability, including any liability
by
reason of having been a substantial employer within the meaning of section
4063
of ERISA at any time during the preceding five years, or by reason of being
deemed to be a contributing sponsor under section 4069 of ERISA.
“Borrowing”
means the borrowing of the Class A Loan and the Class B Loan under this
Agreement.
“Borrowing
Date” means, with respect to the Borrowing, the date on which the Borrowing
is funded.
“Borrowing
Limit” means on the Borrowing Date, the lesser of (i) the Facility Limit and
(ii) the Maximum Advance Amount, and at any time the Aggregate Advance Amount,
as such amount may be increased pursuant to Section 2.16;
provided, however, that at all times, on or after the Program
Termination Date, the Borrowing Limit shall mean the aggregate outstanding
principal balance of the Loans.
“Breakage
Fee” means, for Loans allocated to any Interest Period during which such
Loans are repaid (in whole or in part) prior to the end of such Interest Period,
the breakage costs, if any, related to such repayment plus the amount, if any,
by which (i) interest (calculated without taking into account any Breakage
Fee), which would have accrued on the amount of the payment of such Loans during
such Interest Period (as so computed) if such payment had not been made, as
the
case may be, exceeds (ii) the sum of (A) interest actually received by
each Lender in respect of such Loans for such Interest Period and, if
applicable, (B) the income, if any, received by the Lenders from each
Lender’s investing the proceeds of such payments on such Loans.
“Business
Day” means a day of the year other than a Saturday or a Sunday or any other
day on which banks are authorized or required to close in New York City, Xx.
Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx xx Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxx; provided, that, if any
determination of a Business Day shall relate to a Loan bearing interest at
the
Adjusted Eurodollar Rate, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on
which banks are not open for dealings in dollar deposits in the London interbank
market.
“Calculated
Swap Amortizing Balance” means, with respect to a Qualifying Interest Rate
Swap and as of any date of determination, the projected scheduled amortizing
balance of the Pledged Receivables which were Pledged during the period ending
on the Remittance Date on which such Qualifying Interest Rate Swap became
effective and beginning on the day following the immediately preceding
Remittance Date, determined by the Servicer and accepted by the Lenders based
upon the Discounted Balance of such Pledged Receivables as of such date of
determination, adjusted for prepayments using an absolute prepayment speed
which, in the judgment of the Lenders, is consistent with the speed with which
the Pledged Receivables have prepaid in the past.
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“Capital
Stock” of any Person means any and all shares, interests, rights to
purchase, warrants, options, contingent share issuances, participations or
other
equivalents of or interest in equity (however designated) of such
Person.
“Certificate
of Title” means with respect to a Vehicle, an original certificate of title
issued by the Registrar of Titles of the applicable State.
“Change
of Control” means that at any time (i) Owner shall own directly or
indirectly less than 100% of all membership interests of the Borrower,
(ii) Resource America shall own directly or indirectly less than 50.1% of
all Capital Stock or voting power of the initial Servicer, (iii) the
initial Servicer shall own directly or indirectly less than 80% of all Capital
Stock or voting power of Originator and Owner, (iv) Resource America, Owner
or the Borrower merges or consolidates with any other Person without the prior
written consent of the Lenders, (v) the initial Servicer or the Originator
merges or consolidates with any other Person and the initial Servicer or the
Originator, as applicable, is not the surviving entity or (vi) either of
Crit XxXxxx or Xxxxx Xxxxxx is not employed in a senior management position
at
the initial Servicer, is not involved in the day-to-day operations of the
initial Servicer or is not able to perform substantially all of his duties
as an
employee of the initial Servicer during any three month period and, in each
case, has not been replaced by a person approved by the Lenders in writing
within 90 days of any such event.
“Check-in
Repurchase Event” has the meaning set forth in Section
5.02(e).
“Check-in
Requirements” means the procedures set forth in Section 5.02 of this
Agreement.
“Class
A Advance Amount” means $333,380,316.91.
“Class
A Facility Limit” means, at any time, with respect to the Class A Notes, the
product of (x) 97.10%, (y) 89%, and (z) the Amortized Equipment Cost with
respect to all Pledged Receivables that are Eligible Receivables.
“Class
A Interest Rate” means (i) from the Closing Date through August 7, 2008, the
Adjusted Eurodollar Rate plus 2.00%; (ii) from August 8, 2008 through the
Facility Maturity Date, the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate plus 2.50%; and (iii)
from
and after the Facility Maturity Date or at any time upon the occurrence and
continuation of any Event of Default or any Termination Event, the Adjusted
Eurodollar Rate plus 3.00%.
“Class
A Lender” means the Lender in respect of the Class A Loan.
“Class
A Loan” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(a).
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“Class
A Note” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(b).
“Class
B Advance Amount” means $33,712,616.32.
“Class
B Interest Rate” means (i) from the Closing Date through August 7, 2008, the
Adjusted Eurodollar Rate plus 10.00%; (ii) from August 8, 2008 through the
Facility Maturity Date, the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate plus 12.50%; and (iii)
from
and after the Facility Maturity Date or at any time upon the occurrence and
continuation of any Event of Default or any Termination Event, the Adjusted
Eurodollar Rate plus 15.00%.
“Class
B Lender” means the Lender in respect of the Class B Loan.
“Class
B Loan” means the sum of the Class B Advance Amount plus
$1,000,000.
“Class
B Note” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(b).
“Closing
Date” means November 7, 2007.
“Code”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Collateral
Agent” means the Class A Lender, in its capacity as collateral agent on
behalf of the Secured Parties.
“Collateral
Agent’s Fee” means, for any Fee Period, an amount, payable out of
Collections on the Pledged Receivables and amounts applied to the payment of,
or
treated as payments on, the Pledged Receivables, equal to the amount listed
in
the Fee Letter.
“Collateral
Receipt” has the meaning assigned to that term in the Custodial
Agreement.
“Collection
Account” means a special trust account (account number 119320000 at the
Lenders’ Bank) in the name of the Borrower and under the control of the Lender;
provided, that the funds deposited therein (including any interest and
earnings thereon) from time to time shall constitute the property and assets
of
the Borrower and the Borrower shall be solely liable for any taxes payable
with
respect to the Collection Account.
“Collection
Account Agreement” means that certain Collection Account Agreement, dated
the date of this Agreement, among the Borrower, the Servicer, the Lenders’ Bank
and the Lenders, as such agreement may from time to time be amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms
thereof.
“Collection
Date” means the date on which the aggregate outstanding principal amount of
the Loans have been repaid in full and all interest and Fees and all other
Obligations have been paid in full.
“Collection
Period” means, (i) with respect to any Remittance Date (including the
initial Remittance Date), the period beginning on, and including, the first
day
of the most recently ended calendar month and ending on, and including, the
last
day of the most recently ended calendar month; provided, that the final
Collection Period shall begin on, and include, the first day of the then current
calendar month and shall end on the Collection Date and (ii) in any context
other than with respect to any Remittance Date, a calendar month.
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“Collections”
means, without duplication, with respect to any Pledged Receivable, all
Scheduled Payments related to such Receivable, all prepayments and related
penalty payments with respect to the Contract related to such Receivable, all
overdue payments and related interest and penalty payments with respect to
the
Contract related to such Receivable, all Guaranty Amounts, all Insurance
Proceeds, all Servicing Charges, all proceeds under “buyout letters” or other
prepayment/termination agreements and all Recoveries related to such Receivable,
all amounts paid to the Borrower related to such Receivable pursuant to the
terms of the Purchase and Sale Agreement, all amounts paid by the Servicer
related to such Receivable in connection with its obligations under
Section 6.20 hereof, and all other payments received with respect to
the Contract related to such Receivable, all cash receipts and proceeds in
respect of the Other Conveyed Property or Related Security (including, without
limitation, the Obligor Collateral) related to such Receivable, any Servicer
Advances related to such Receivable, and any amounts paid to the Borrower under
or in connection with any Qualifying Interest Rate Swap or the hedging
arrangements contemplated thereunder.
“Commitment
Percentage” has the meaning assigned to that term in
Section 9.04(b).
“Computer
Tape or Listing” means the computer tape or listing (whether in electronic
form or otherwise) generated by the Servicer on behalf of the Borrower, which
provides information relating to the Receivables included in the Eligible
Receivables Balance.
“Contract”
means a Lease Contract or a Loan Contract.
“Controlling
Holders” means, so long as any amounts payable hereunder to the holders of
the Class A Notes remain outstanding, the holders of a majority of the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the Class A Notes, and thereafter, so long
as
any amounts payable hereunder to the holders of the Class B Notes remain
outstanding, the holders of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the
Class B Notes.
“Credit
and Collection Policy” means (i) collectively, the “Operations Policies
& Procedures” memorandum and certain other items, as annexed hereto as
Schedule IV as such policy may hereafter be amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time in compliance with this Agreement and (ii) with
respect to any Servicer other than LEAF Financial, that Servicer’s collection
policies for similar assets in effect from time to time.
“Custodial
Agreement” means that certain Custodial Agreement dated as of the date
hereof among the Servicer, the Borrower, the Lenders and the
Custodian, together with all instruments, documents and agreements executed
in
connection therewith, as such Custodial Agreement may from time to time be
amended, restated, supplemented and/or otherwise modified in accordance with
the
terms thereof.
“Custodian”
means U.S. Bank National Association (or a sub-custodian on its behalf) or
any
substitute Custodian appointed by the Lenders pursuant to the Custodial
Agreement.
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“Custodian’s
Fee” means, for any Fee Period, an amount, payable out of Collections on the
Pledged Receivables and amounts applied to the payment of, or treated as
payments on, the Pledged Receivables, equal to the aggregate fees listed in
that
certain “Schedule of Fees” letter dated October 23, 2007 between U.S. Bank
National Association and LEAF Financial Corporation which relate to such Fee
Period.
“Debt”
of any Person means (i) indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money,
(ii) obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or
other similar instruments related to transactions that are classified as
financings under GAAP, (iii) obligations of such Person to pay the deferred
purchase price of property or services, (iv) obligations of such Person as
lessee under leases which shall have been or should be, in accordance with
GAAP,
recorded as capital leases, (v) obligations secured by an Adverse Claim
upon property or assets owned (under GAAP) by such Person, even though such
Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such obligations
and
(vi) obligations of such Person under direct or indirect guaranties in
respect of, and obligations (contingent or otherwise) to purchase or otherwise
acquire, or otherwise to assure a creditor, against loss in respect of,
indebtedness or obligations of others of the kinds referred to in
clauses (i) through (v) above.
“Defaulted
Receivable” means, as of any date of determination, any Pledged
Receivable:
(i) with
respect to which any part of any Scheduled Payment, or any tax-related payment,
owed by the applicable Obligor under the terms of the related Contract remains
unpaid for more than 120 days after the due date therefor set forth in such
Contract;
(ii) with
respect to which the first or second Scheduled Payment is not paid in full
when
due under the related Contract;
(iii) with
respect to which any payment or other material terms of the related Contract
have been modified due to credit related reasons after such Contract was
acquired by the Borrower pursuant to the Purchase and Sale
Agreement;
(iv) which
has been or should be charged off as a result of the occurrence of a Bankruptcy
Event with respect to the related Obligor, if any, or which has been or should
otherwise be deemed uncollectible by the Servicer, in each case, in accordance
with the Credit and Collection Policy; or
(v) with
respect to which the Servicer has repossessed the related
Equipment.
“Deficiency”
has the meaning assigned to that term in the Custodial Agreement.
“Delinquency
Rate” means, as of any date of determination, an amount (expressed as a
percentage) equal to (i) the aggregate Discounted Balances of all
Delinquent Receivables as of the last day of the immediately preceding
Collection Period divided by (ii) aggregate Discounted Balances of all
Pledged Receivables which are Eligible Receivables as of such day.
“Delinquent
Receivable” means, as of any date of determination, any Pledged Receivable
(other than a Defaulted Receivable) with respect to which any part of any
Scheduled Payment (or other amount payable under the terms of the related
Contract) remains unpaid for more than 60 days but not more than 120 days
after the due date therefor set forth in such Contract.
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“Depository
Institution” means a depository institution or trust company, incorporated
under the laws of the United States or any State thereof, that is subject to
supervision and examination by federal and/or State banking
authorities.
“Discount
Rate” means, as of any date of determination, a percentage equal to the sum
of (i) 7.20% per annum, (ii) at any time prior to the occurrence of a Servicer
Default and the appointment of the Backup Servicer as Servicer hereunder, the
Servicing Fee Rate and the Standby Backup Servicing Fee Rate, (iii) at any
time after the occurrence of a Servicer Default and the appointment of the
Backup Servicer as Servicer hereunder, the Active Backup Servicing Fee Rate
and
(iv) a rate per annum equal to 0.05%.
“Discounted
Balance” means, with respect to any Contract, as of any date of
determination, the present value of the aggregate amount of Scheduled Payments
(including any Balloon Payment or Put Payment but, in any event, calculated
without giving effect to any booked residual value with respect to any related
Equipment) due or to become due under the terms of the related Contract after
the Cut-Off Date applicable to the Receivable related thereto, which remain
unpaid as of such date of determination, calculated by discounting such
aggregate amount of such Scheduled Payments to such date of determination at
an
annual rate equal to the Discount Rate.
“Dollar
Purchase Option Contract” means a Contract (i) in connection with which
an agreement was executed which grants the related Obligor a right to purchase
the Equipment leased under such Contract for $1.00 or other nominal
consideration at the end of the initial term of such Contract or
(ii) grants the related Obligor a right to purchase the Equipment leased
under such Contract for $1.00 or other nominal consideration at the end of
the
initial term of such Contract.
“Eligible
Depository Institution” means a Depository Institution the short term
unsecured senior indebtedness of which is rated at least Prime-1 by Xxxxx’x, A-1
by S&P, and F1 by Fitch, if rated by Fitch.
“Eligible
Receivable” means, at any time, a Pledged Receivable with respect to which
each of the representations and warranties regarding the Contract related to
such Pledged Receivable contained in Schedule III hereto is true and
correct at such time.
“Eligible
Receivables Balance” means, at any time, the aggregate Discounted Balances
of all Eligible Receivables which are Pledged Receivables hereunder to secure
Loans at such time.
“Equipment”
means the equipment or Vehicle leased to an Obligor, or serving as collateral
for a loan to an Obligor, under a Contract together with any replacement parts,
additions and repairs thereof, and any accessories incorporated therein and/or
affixed thereto.
“Equipment
Category” means any of the Equipment Categories set forth on Schedule V
hereto, as such schedule may be updated from time to time by the Borrower with
the consent of the Lenders (which such consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld).
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“Equity
Investment” means $10,210,637.42.
“ERISA”
means the United States Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended from time to time.
“ERISA
Affiliate” means a corporation, trade or business that is, along with any
Person, a member of a controlled group of corporations or a controlled group
of
trades or businesses, as described in section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended, or section 4001 of ERISA.
“Eurodollar
Disruption Event” means any of the following: (i) a
determination by any Lender that it would be contrary to law or to the directive
of any central bank or other governmental authority (whether or not having
the
force of law) to obtain United States dollars in the London interbank market
to
make, fund or maintain any Loan, (ii) a determination by any Lender that
the rate at which deposits of United States dollars are being offered in the
London interbank market does not accurately reflect the cost to such Lender
of
making, funding or maintaining any Loan or (iii) the inability of any
Lender to obtain United States dollars in the London interbank market to make,
fund or maintain any Loan.
“Eurodollar
Index” means an index based upon an interest rate reported on Reuters
LIBOR01 Page (British Bankers Association Settlement Rate) as the London
Interbank Offered Rate for United States dollar deposits.
“Event
of Default” has the meaning assigned to that term in
Section 7.01.
“Exception
Report” has the meaning set forth in the Custodial Agreement.
“Exception
Sublimit Receivable” means a Receivable arising under a Lease Contract
related to Equipment having an Amortized Equipment Cost of less than $100,000
as
to which the original, executed Lease Contract has not been forwarded to the
Custodian for inclusion in the related Receivable File.
“Excluded
Assets” means all Receivables and other assets acquired by the Originator
pursuant to the FDIC Purchase Agreement which are not Pledged
Assets.
“Exit
Fee” has the meaning set forth in the Fee Letter.
“Facility
Amount” means, at any time, the difference between the aggregate Loans
Outstanding hereunder minus $1,000,000 (the deferred, capitalized portion of
the
Class B Arrangement Fee (as defined in the Fee Letter) payable by the Borrower
to the Class B Lender).
“Facility
Deficiency” means, at any time, that either: (i) the Class A Facility Limit
is less than the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Class A Notes,
or (ii) the Facility Limit is less than the Facility Amount; an amount equal
to
the amount of such deficiency, respectively.
“Facility
Limit” means, at any time, with respect to the Class A Notes and the Class B
Notes, collectively, the product of (x) 97.10%, (y) 98%, and (z) the Amortized
Equipment Cost with respect to all Pledged Receivables that are Eligible
Receivables.
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“Facility
Limit Certificate” means a report, in substantially the form of
Exhibit A, prepared by the Borrower (or the initial Servicer on its
behalf) for the benefit of Lenders pursuant to
Section 6.10(c).
“Facility
Maturity Date” means November 1, 2008, unless extended by the Lenders in
their sole discretion, at the written request of the Borrower, by written notice
to the other parties hereto.
“FDIC
Documents” has the meaning specified in the Purchase and Sale
Agreement.
“FDIC
Purchase Agreement” means the Loan Sale Agreement between Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation, as Receiver of Netbank and the Originator with respect
to
the Pledged Receivables and other assets.
“Fee
Letter” has the meaning assigned to that term in
Section 2.08(a).
“Fee
Period” means a period commencing on (and including) a Remittance Date and
ending on (and including) the day prior to the next Remittance Date;
provided, that, the initial Fee Period hereunder shall commence on (and
include) the date hereof and end on (and include) December 7, 2007.
“Fees”
has the meaning assigned to that term in
Section 2.08(a).
“Fitch”
means Fitch, Inc. (or its successors in interest).
“FMV
Contract” means a Contract which (i) in connection with which any
agreement was executed which grants the related Obligor a right to purchase
the
Equipment leased under such Contract for the fair market value thereof at the
end of the initial term of such Contract or (ii) grants the related Obligor
a right to purchase the Equipment leased under such Contract for the fair market
value thereof at the end of the initial term of such Contract.
“GAAP”
means generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time
in
the United States.
“Government
Entity” means the United States, any State, any political subdivision of a
State and any agency or instrumentality of the United States or any State or
political subdivision thereof and any entity exercising executive, legislative,
judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to
government.
“Guaranty
Amounts” means any and all amounts paid by any guarantor with respect to the
applicable Contract.
“Included
Repurchased Receivable” means any Receivable repurchased by the Originator
pursuant to Section 6.1(b) of the Purchase and Sale Agreement with
respect to which, as of the date of repurchase, any part of any Scheduled
Payment (or other amount payable under the terms of the related Contract)
remained unpaid after the due date therefor set forth in such
Contract.
“Indemnified
Amounts” has the meaning assigned to that term in
Section 8.01.
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“Independent
Accountants” has the meaning assigned to that term in
Section 6.11(b).
“Initial
Qualified Swap Counterparty” means Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Capital Services Inc., a
Delaware corporation, and its successors and permitted assigns.
“Insurance
Certificate” means the insurance certificate related to the Insurance Policy
with respect to such Receivable (which insurance certificate shall list the
Originator as a loss payee).
“Insurance
Policy” means, with respect to any Obligor Collateral, the insurance policy
maintained by or on behalf of the Obligor pursuant to the related Contract
that
covers physical damage to the related Equipment (in an amount sufficient to
insure completely the value of such Equipment) and general liability (including
policies procured by the Borrower or the Servicer, or any agent thereof, on
behalf of the Obligor).
“Insurance
Proceeds” means, with respect to an item of Obligor Collateral and a related
Contract, any amount paid under an Insurance Policy issued with respect to
such
Obligor Collateral and/or the related Contract.
“Interest
Period” means, for any outstanding Loans, a period determined pursuant to
Section 2.03(a).
“Interest
Rate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
2.03(b).
“LEAF
Financial” has the meaning assigned to that term in the preamble
hereto.
“Lease
Contract” means (i) the standard form equipment lease contract of NBBF in
the form delivered to the Servicer and the Lenders and which shall be deemed
incorporated herein as Exhibit D-1 attached hereto or (ii) a lease
agreement otherwise approved by the Servicer in compliance with the Credit
and
Collection Policy, pursuant to which Equipment is leased to an Obligor by NBBF
or Originator, together with all schedules, supplements and amendments thereto
and each other document and instrument related to such lease.
“Lease
File” has the meaning assigned to that term in clause (a) of the
definition of “Receivable File”.
“Lender”
means, any one of and “Lenders” means all of, the Class A Lender and the Class B
Lender, and each such Person’s successors and assigns.
“Lenders’
Bank” means U.S. Bank National Association and its successors and assigns
that are Eligible Depository Institutions.
“Lenders’
Bank Fee” means an annual fee paid in advance, payable out of Collections on
the Pledged Receivables and amounts applied to the payment of, or treated as
payments on, the Pledged Receivables, equal to $6,000. The “Lenders’
Bank Fee” shall also include (i) a one-time acceptance fee of $4,500 payable on
the Closing Date and (ii) reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the
Lenders’ Bank in the performance of its duties.
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“Liquidation
Proceeds” means, with respect to a Receivable with respect to which the
related Obligor Collateral has been repossessed or foreclosed upon by the
Servicer, all amounts realized with respect to such Receivable net of
(i) reasonable expenses of the Servicer incurred in connection with the
collection, repossession, foreclosure and/or disposition of the related Obligor
Collateral and (ii) amounts that are required to be refunded to the Obligor
on such Receivable; provided, however, that the Liquidation
Proceeds with respect to any Receivable shall in no event be less than
zero.
“Loan”
means either of the Class A Loan or the Class B Loan and “Loans” means
the Class A Loan and the Class B Loan.
“Loan
Contract” means, (i) the standard form equipment loan/security contract of
NBBF delivered to the Servicer and the Lenders and which shall be deemed
incorporated herein as Exhibit D-2 and Exhibit D-3 or (ii) a
loan/security agreement and promissory note otherwise approved by the Servicer
in compliance with the Credit and Collection Policy, in each case, pursuant
to
which NBBF or the Originator makes a loan to an Obligor secured by Equipment
purchased by such Obligor, together with all schedules, supplements and
amendments thereto and each other document and instrument related
thereto.
“Loan
File” has the meaning assigned to that term in clause (b) of the
definition of “Receivable File”.
“Loans
Outstanding” means the sum of the principal amounts of all Loans, as reduced
from time to time by Collections with respect to any Pledged Receivable received
and distributed as repayment of principal amounts of Loans outstanding pursuant
to Section 2.04 and any other amounts received by the Lenders to
repay the principal amounts of Loans outstanding pursuant to
Section 2.15 or otherwise; provided, however, that the
principal amounts of Loans outstanding shall
not
be
reduced by any Collections with respect to any Pledged Receivable or other
amounts if at any time such Collections or other amounts are rescinded or must
be returned for any reason.
“Lockbox”
means a post office box to which Collections with respect to any Pledged
Receivable are remitted for retrieval by the Lockbox Bank and for deposit by
the
Lockbox Bank into the Lockbox Account.
“Lockbox
Account” means the deposit account (account number 153910088597 at the
Lockbox Bank) in the name of “U.S. Bank NA as Securities Intermediary for LEAF
Financial and various lenders”.
“Lockbox
Bank” means U.S. Bank National Association and its successors in
interest.
“Lockbox
Intercreditor Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Lockbox
Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of April 18, 2005, among the Lockbox Bank,
the
Servicer, the Borrower, and certain other parties.
“Material
Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (i) the ability of
the Borrower, the Originator and/or the Servicer to conduct its business,
(ii) the ability of the Borrower, the Originator and/or the Servicer to
perform its respective obligations under this Agreement and/or any other
Transaction Document to which it is a party, (iii) the validity or
enforceability of this Agreement and/or any other Transaction Document to which
the Borrower, the Originator and/or the Servicer is a party, (iv) the
rights and remedies of any Lender under this Agreement and/or any of the
Transaction Documents and/or (v) the validity, enforceability or
collectibility of all or any portion of the Pledged Receivables.
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“Maximum
Advance Amount” means, on the Borrowing Date, $367,092,933.23.
“Minimum
Equity Requirement” means $10,000,000.
“Minimum
Tangible Net Worth” means, with respect to Resource America, a Tangible Net
Worth (measured as of each fiscal quarter end) of not less than
$125,000,000.
“Monthly
Remittance Report” means a report, in substantially the form of
Exhibit C, furnished by the Servicer to the Lenders pursuant to
Section 6.10(b).
“Moody’s”
means Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. (or its successors in
interest).
“Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx” has the meaning assigned to that term in the preamble
hereto.
“NetBank”
means NetBank, FSB, Alpharetta, Georgia, a federally chartered savings
bank.
“NBBF”
means NetBank Business Finance, a division of NetBank. All references
to NBBF shall also mean NetBank or any other applicable division
thereof.
“Nominee
Lienholder Agreement” means either (i) a “Vehicle Lienholder Nominee
Agreement” in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E (with such modifications as
the Collateral Agent may approve) or (ii) any other nominee lienholder agreement
or collateral agency agreement approved in writing by the Collateral
Agent.
“Non-Level
Payment Contract” means a Contract that does not provide for level Scheduled
Payments during the term of such Contract.
“Notes”
has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.01(b)
hereof.
“Notice
of Borrowing” has the meaning assigned to that term in
Section 2.02(b) hereof.
“Notice
of Pledge” has the meaning assigned to that term in the Custodial
Agreement.
“Obligations”
means all present and future indebtedness and other liabilities and obligations
(howsoever created, arising or evidenced, whether direct or indirect, absolute
or contingent, or due or to become due) of the Borrower to the Secured Parties
arising under this Agreement, the Notes and/or any other Transaction Document
and shall include, without limitation, all liability for principal of and
interest on the Loans, indemnifications and other amounts due or to become
due
by the Borrower to the Secured Parties under this Agreement and/or any other
Transaction Document, including, without limitation, interest, fees and other
obligations that accrue after the commencement of an insolvency proceeding
(in
each case whether or not allowed as a claim in such insolvency
proceeding).
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“Obligor”
means, collectively, each Person obligated to make payments under a
Contract.
“Obligor
Collateral” means (i) the Equipment leased to an Obligor under a Lease
Contract, (ii) the Equipment and other property pledged by an Obligor to
secure its obligations under a Loan Contract and (iii) any other property
pledged by an Obligor to secure its obligations under a Loan
Contract.
“Obligor
Financing Statement” means a UCC financing statement filed by Originator or
the Underlying Originator against an Obligor under a Contract which evidences
a
security interest in the related Obligor Collateral.
“Officer’s
Certificate” means a certificate signed by the president, the secretary, the
chief financial officer or any vice president of any Person.
“Opinion
of Counsel” means a written opinion of independent counsel acceptable to the
Lenders, which opinion, if such opinion or a copy thereof is required by the
provisions of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to be delivered
to the Borrower or the Lenders, is acceptable in form and substance to the
Lenders.
“Originator”
means LEAF Funding, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and/or the
Partnership.
“Originator
Insurance Agreement” means that certain letter agreement regarding the
Originator’s obligations as named loss payee under Insurance Policies, dated as
of the date hereof, among the Originator, the Servicer, the Borrower and the
Lenders, as such agreement may from time to time be amended, restated,
supplemented and/or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms
thereof.
“Other
Conveyed Property” means, with respect to any Receivable, all of the
Borrower’s right, title and interest in, to and under (i) all Collections
and other monies at any time received orreceivable
with respect to such Receivable after the applicable Cut-Off Date (as defined
in
the Purchase and Sale Agreement), (ii) the Equipment related to such
Receivable (to the extent of the Borrower’s ownership rights, if any, therein),
(iii) in the case of a Receivable related to any Contract, any and all
agreements, documents, certificates and instruments evidencing the Borrower’s
security interest or other interest in and to the related Obligor Collateral
or
any intercreditor agreement with respect thereto, including, without limitation,
any Certificate of Title, (iv) the Obligor Collateral related to such
Receivable including, without limitation, the security interest in such Obligor
Collateral granted by the related Obligor to Originator under the related
Contract and assigned by Originator to the Borrower under the Purchase and
Sale
Agreement, (v) the Obligor Financing Statement, if any, related to such
Receivable, (vi) the Insurance Policy and any proceeds from the Insurance
Policy relating to such Receivable, including rebates of premiums not otherwise
due to an Obligor, (vii) the related Contract and all other items required
to be contained in the related Receivable File, any and all other documents
or
electronic records that the Borrower keeps on file in accordance with its
customary procedures relating to such Receivable, the related Obligor Collateral
or the related Obligor, (viii) all property (including the right to receive
future Liquidation Proceeds) that secures such Receivable and that has been
acquired by or on behalf of the Borrower pursuant to the liquidation of such
Receivable, and (ix) all present and future rights, claims, demands, causes
and chooses in action in respect of any or all of the foregoing and all payments
on or under and all proceeds and investments of any kind and nature in respect
of any of the foregoing.
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“Other
Swap Breakage Cost” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section
2.15 hereof.
“Overdue
Payment” means, with respect to a Collection Period, all payments due in a
prior Collection Period that the Servicer receives from or on behalf of an
Obligor during such Collection Period, including any Servicing
Charges.
“Owner”
means (i) the Originator or (ii) subject to the prior written consent of the
Lenders (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), the Partnership or
any
subsidiary thereof or of the initial Servicer (each, a “Permitted Transferee”)
which acquires all of the membership interests of the Borrower.
“Partnership”
means, LEAF Equipment Leasing Income Fund III, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership.
“Permitted
Investments” means any one or more of the following:
(i) direct
obligations of, or obligations fully guaranteed as to principal and interest
by,
the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof, provided such
obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United
States;
(ii) repurchase
obligations (the collateral for which is held by a third party or the Collateral
Agent), with respect to any security described in clause (i) above,
provided that the long-term unsecured obligations of the party agreeing to
repurchase such obligations are at the time rated by Moody’s and S&P in one
of their two highest long-term rating categories and if rated by Fitch, in
one
of its two highest long-term rating categories;
(iii) certificates
of deposit, time deposits, demand deposits and bankers’ acceptances of any bank
or trust company incorporated under the laws of the United States
or
any
State thereof or the District of Columbia, provided that the short-term
commercial paper of such bank or trust company (or, in the case of the principal
depository institution in a depository institution holding company, the
long-term unsecured debt obligations of the depository institution holding
company) at the date of acquisition thereof has been rated by Moody’s and
S&P in their highest short-term rating category, and if rated by Fitch, in
its highest short-term rating category;
(iv) commercial
paper (having original maturities of not more than 270 days) of any
corporation incorporated under the laws of the United States or any State
thereof or the District of Columbia, having a rating, on the date of acquisition
thereof, of no less than A-1 by Moody’s, P-1 by S&P and F-1 if rated by
Fitch;
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(v) money
market mutual funds, including funds managed by the Lenders’ Bank or its
Affiliates, registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended,
having a rating, at the time of such investment, of no less than Aaa by Moody’s,
AAA by S&P and AAA if rated by Fitch; and
(vi) any
other investments approved in writing by the Lenders.
provided,
that no such instrument shall be a Permitted Investment if such instrument
evidences the right to receive either (a) interest only payments with
respect to the obligations underlying such instrument or (b) both principal
and interest payments derived from obligations underlying such instrument,
where
the principal and interest payments with respect to such instrument provide
a
yield to maturity exceeding 120% of the yield to maturity at par of such
underlying obligation. Each Permitted Investment may be purchased by
the Lenders’ Bank or through an Affiliate of the Lenders’ Bank.
“Permitted
Liens” means with respect to Obligor Collateral, (A) liens and security
interests in favor of the Collateral Agent, granted pursuant to the Transaction
Documents, (B) the interests of an Obligor arising under the Contract to
which it is a party in the Obligor Collateral related to such Contract,
(C) liens for taxes, assessments, levies, fees and other governmental and
similar charges either not yet due or being contested in good faith and by
appropriate proceedings, provided, that appropriate reserves shall have been
established with respect to any such taxes either not yet due or being contested
in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, (D) any liens with respect to
any mechanics, suppliers, materialmen, laborers, employees, repairmen and other
like liens arising in the ordinary course of a servicer’s, lessor’s/lender’s or
lessee’s/borrower’s business securing obligations which are not due and payable,
and (E) salvage rights of insurers with respect to the equipment subject to
a Contract under insurance policies maintained pursuant to the Transaction
Documents or a Contract.
“Permitted
Transferee” has the meaning given to such term in the definition of “Owner”
herein.
“Person”
means an individual, partnership, corporation (including a business trust),
limited liability company, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated
association, joint venture, government (or any agency or political subdivision
thereof) or other entity.
“Pledge”
means the pledge of any Receivable pursuant to
Article II.
“Pledged
Assets” has the meaning assigned to that term in
Section 2.11.
“Pledged
Receivables” has the meaning assigned to that term in
Section 2.11(a).
“Prepayment
Amount” means the principal amount of Loans repaid by the Borrower in
connection with an optional prepayment of Loans made by the Borrower pursuant
to
Section 2.15 hereof.
“Prepayment
Date” means any date on which an optional prepayment of Loans is made by the
Borrower pursuant to Section 2.15 hereof.
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“Priority
Documents” means, (i) with respect to a Lease Contract, the related
original, executed Lease Contract (or, in the case of a Lease Contract under
a
master lease, a machine or facsimile copy of the related master lease certified
by an authorized officer of the Borrower and stamped “I hereby certify that this
is a true and exact copy of the original” and an original, executed schedule
thereto describing the related Equipment) and the item listed in clause (4)
of
subsection (a)(i) of the definition of Receivable File, and (ii) with respect
to
a Loan Contract, the items listed in clauses (1), (2) and (4) of subsection
(b)(i) of the definition of Receivable File. The term “Priority
Documents” shall also include a machine copy of the existing Certificate of
Title with respect to any Vehicle subject to a Contract.
“Program
Termination Date” means the earliest of (i) the date of occurrence of
any event described in Section 7.01(a) hereof, (ii) the date of
the declaration of the Program Termination Date pursuant to any other subsection
of Section 7.01 or (iii) the date of the declaration of the
Program Termination Date by, and at the option of, the Lenders upon the
occurrence of a Program Termination Event.
“Program
Termination Event” means the occurrence of any of the following
events:
(i) a
regulatory, tax or accounting body has ordered that the activities of any Lender
or any Affiliate thereof contemplated hereby be terminated or, as a result
of
any other event or circumstance, the activities of any Lender or any Affiliate
contemplated hereby may reasonably be expected to cause such Lender or the
Person, if any, then acting as the administrator or the manager for such Lender
or any of its Affiliates to suffer materially adverse regulatory, accounting
or
tax consequences;
(ii) an
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;
(iii) Reserved;
(iv) the
Annualized Default Rate exceeds 3.5%;
(v) the
rolling weighted average of the Delinquency Rates in respect of any three
consecutive Collection Periods exceeds 4.0%;
(vi) the
Annualized Net Loss Rate exceeds 3.5%;
(vii) Reserved;
(viii) Reserved;
(ix) Reserved;
(x) a
Servicer Default has occurred and is continuing; or
(xi)
(1) any Qualifying Swap Counterparty ceases to maintain the long-term debt
ratings required of a Qualifying Swap Counterparty and (A) does not post
cash collateral in a manner acceptable to the Lenders within 45 days and
(B) is not replaced within 45 days by a replacement acceptable to the
Lenders or (2) the Borrower fails to comply with any term, covenant or
agreement hereunder related to the maintenance of any Qualifying Interest Rate
Swaps; or
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(xii) the
occurrence of three or more Termination Events.
“Purchase
and Sale Agreement” means that certain Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as
of the date hereof, between the Originator, as seller, and the Borrower, as
purchaser, together with all instruments, documents and agreements executed
in
connection therewith, as such Purchase and Sale Agreement may from time to
time
be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms
hereof.
“Purchase
Date” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase and Sale
Agreement.
“Purchase
Price” means $385,772,014.15.
“Put
Payment” means with respect to any Contract constituting a lease, the
payment, if any, required to be made by the Obligor under the terms of such
lease in connection with the required purchase by such Obligor of the related
Equipment at the end of the term of such lease.
“Qualifying
Interest Rate Swap” means (X) an interest rate swap agreement
(i) between the Borrower and a Qualifying Swap Counterparty,
(ii) under which the Borrower shall receive a floating rate of interest
based on a Eurodollar Index acceptable to the Lenders in exchange for the
payment by the Borrower of a fixed rate of interest equal to the applicable
Swapped Rate, (iii) the effective date of which is the Borrowing Date,
(iv) having a varying notional balance which is, as of the effective date
thereof, in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Loans
advanced on such effective date and (v) which shall otherwise be on such
terms and conditions and pursuant to such documentation as shall be acceptable
to the Lenders or (Y) an alternative interest rate hedging agreement agreed
to in writing by the Borrower and the Lenders.
“Qualifying
Swap Counterparty” means Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Capital Services Inc. (or any
successors or permitted assigns), any Lender or any Affiliate of a
Lender.
“Rating
Agencies” means Xxxxx’x, S&P and Fitch, or any other nationally
recognized statistical rating organizations as may be designated by the
Lenders.
“Receivable”
means the rights to all payments from an Obligor under a Contract, including,
without limitation, any right to the payment with respect to (i) Scheduled
Payments, (ii) any prepayments or overdue payments made with respect to
such Scheduled Payments, (iii) any
Guaranty
Amounts, (iv) any Insurance Proceeds, (v) any Servicing Charges and
(vi) any Recoveries.
“Receivable
File” means with respect to each Receivable:
(a) if
such Receivable is related to a Lease Contract the following items
(collectively, a “Lease File”):
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(i) (1) the
related original, executed Lease Contract (or, in the case of a Lease Contract
under a master lease, a machine or facsimile copy of the related master lease
certified by an authorized officer of the Borrower and stamped “I hereby certify
that this is a true and exact copy of the original” and an original, executed
schedule thereto describing the related Equipment) unless such Lease Contract
is
related to an Exception Sublimit Receivable, in which event the executed Lease
Contract (or, in the case of Lease Contracts under a master lease, the related
schedule) may be a machine or facsimile copy certified in the manner described
above, (2) a true, executed copy of the related delivery/installation
certificate or acknowledgment and acceptance of delivery certificate if such
Receivable is related to Equipment with an Amortized Equipment Cost in excess
of
$50,000, (3) a true copy of the Insurance Certificate if such
Receivable is related to Equipment with an Amortized Equipment Cost in excess
of
$100,000, (4) other than with respect to a Lease Contract related to
Equipment which has an Amortized Equipment Cost of less than $25,000 if such
Lease Contract is a Dollar Purchase Option Contract or $50,000 if such Lease
Contract is a FMV Contract, a “transmittal order” from the Servicer to a filing
service company and an “in process report” from such filing service company to
the Servicer (or other evidence of the submission of the related UCC financing
statement for filing in the appropriate filing office) and, within 45 days
of the related Contract being executed, a file-stamped copy of the related
UCC
financing statement and (5) vendor order(s) or invoice(s); and
(ii) copies
of any additional documents, other than servicing related documents, that the
Borrower keeps on file with respect to such Receivable;
(b) if
such Receivable is related to a Loan Contract the following items (collectively,
a “Loan File”):
(i) (1) the
original, executed payment schedule or promissory note (if any), (2) a
true, executed copy of the related “Master Agreement” or “Finance Agreement”,
(3) a true copy of the related Insurance Certificate if such Receivable is
related to Equipment with an Amortized Equipment Cost in excess of $100,000
and
(4) other than with respect to a Receivable related to Equipment which has
an Amortized Equipment Cost of less than $25,000, a “transmittal order” from the
Servicer to a filing service company and an “in process report” from such filing
service company to the Servicer (or other evidence of the submission of the
related UCC financing statement for filing in the appropriate filing office)
and, within 45 days of the related Contract being executed, a file-stamped
copy of the related UCC financing statement; and
(ii) copies
of any additional documents, other than servicing related documents, that the
Borrower keeps on file with respect to such Receivable;
In
addition, if the Obligor Collateral related to such Receivable is a Vehicle,
the
related Receivable File shall include the original copy of the Certificate
of
Title with respect to such Vehicle, which such Certificate of Title satisfies
the Titling Requirements or (prior to the 90th day after such Receivable
was first included in the calculation of the Eligible Receivables Balance,
if
such Certificate of Title has not yet been received by the Servicer or the
Borrower) a copy of the application for such Certificate of Title.
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“Receivables
Schedule” has the meaning assigned to that term in the Custodial
Agreement.
“Records”
means all documents, books, records and other information (including, without
limitation, tapes, disks, punch cards and related property and rights)
maintained with respect to Receivables and the related Obligors which the
Borrower has itself generated, in which the Borrower has acquired an interest
pursuant to the Purchase and Sale Agreement or in which the Borrower has
otherwise obtained an interest.
“Recoveries”
means, for any Collection Period during which, or any Collection Period after
the date on which, any Receivable becomes a Defaulted Receivable and with
respect to such Defaulted Receivable, all payments that the Servicer received
from or on behalf of the related Obligor during such Collection Period in
respect of such Defaulted Receivable or from the repossession, liquidation
or
re-leasing of the related Obligor Collateral, including but not limited to
Scheduled Payments, Overdue Payments, Guaranty Amounts and Insurance
Proceeds.
“Registrar
of Titles” means with respect to any State, the governmental agency or body
responsible for the registration of, and the issuance of certificates of title
relating to, motor vehicles and liens thereon.
“Related
Security” means with respect to any Receivable:
(i) any
and all security interests or liens and property subject thereto from time
to
time securing or purporting to secure payment of such Receivable;
(ii) all
guarantees, indemnities, warranties, letters of credit, insurance policies
and
proceeds and premium refunds thereof and other agreements or arrangements of
whatever character from time to time supporting or securing payment of such
Receivable; and
(iii) all
proceeds of the foregoing.
“Release
Price” means, with respect to a Pledged Receivable to be released hereunder,
an amount equal to the present value of the then remaining Scheduled Payments
under such Pledged Receivables (including any Balloon Payment or Put Payment)
discounted monthly at the discount rate used in calculating the Amortized
Equipment Cost, plus interest accrued thereon from and including the
Remittance Date immediately preceding the date such Pledged Receivable is to
be
released through (but not including) the next succeeding Remittance
Date.
“Remittance
Date” means the (7th) day
of each month
beginning December, 2007, or, if such date is not a Business Day, the next
succeeding Business Day; provided, that the final Remittance Date shall occur
on
the Collection Date.
“Reuters
LIBOR01 Page” means the display page so designated on the Reuters Monitor
Money Rates Service or any other page that may replace that page on that service
for the purpose of displaying comparable rates or prices.
“Resource
America” means Resource America, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
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“Rollover
Interest Period” means any Interest Period other than any Interest Period
applicable to the Loan arising as a result of the Borrowing on the Borrowing
Date.
“S&P”
means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx
Companies, Inc. (or its successors in interest).
“Scheduled
Payments” means, with respect to any Receivable, the periodic payments
payable under the terms of the related Contract (but not including any such
periodic payment to the extent paid in advance by the related
Obligor).
“Secured
Parties” means the Class A Lender, the Class B Lender, the Servicer, the
Backup Servicer, the Custodian, the Lenders’ Bank, each Qualified Swap
Counterparty and their respective successors and assigns.
“Servicer”
means, at any time, LEAF Financial or any other Person then authorized, pursuant
to Section 6.01, to service, administer and collect Pledged
Receivables.
“Servicer
Advance” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 6.19.
“Servicer
Default” means the occurrence of any of the following events:
(i) the
failure of the Servicer to deliver any payments, collections or proceeds which
it is obligated to deliver under the terms hereof or of any other Transaction
Document at the times it is obligated to make such deliveries under the terms
hereof or of any other Transaction Document, and such failure remains unremedied
for two Business Days;
(ii) the
failure of the Servicer to satisfy any of its reporting, certification,
notification or documentation requirements under the terms hereof or of any
other Transaction Document or the failure of the Servicer to observe or perform
any material term, covenant or agreement hereunder or under any other
Transaction Document (other than those described in clause (i) above) and
such failure shall remain unremedied for 10 days after the Servicer first
has knowledge, whether constructive or actual, of such failure;
(iii) any
representation, warranty or statement of the Servicer made herein or in any
other Transaction Document shall prove to be incorrect in any material respect,
and, solely if such incorrect representation, warranty or statement can be
remedied, such representation, warranty or statement is not made true within
15 days;
(iv) the
occurrence of an Event of Default;
(v) the
occurrence of a Program Termination Event described in clauses (iv), (v),
(vi) or (xii) of the definition of Program Termination Events; or
(vi) the
occurrence of any Bankruptcy Event in respect of the Servicer.
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“Servicer
Pension Plan” means a “pension plan” as such term is defined in section 3(2)
of ERISA, which is subject to Title IV of ERISA and to which the Servicer or
any
ERISA Affiliate of Servicer may have any liability, including any liability
by
reason of having been a substantial employer within the meaning of section
4063
of ERISA at any time during the preceding five years, or by reason of being
deemed to be a contributing sponsor under section 4069 of ERISA.
“Servicing
Charges” means the sum of (a) all late payment charges paid by Obligors
under Contracts after payment in full of any Scheduled Payments due in a prior
Collection Period and Scheduled Payments for the related Collection Period
and
(b) any other incidental charges or fees received from an Obligor,
including, but not limited to, late fees, collection fees, taxes and charges
for
insufficient funds.
“Servicing
Fee” means, for any Fee Period, an amount, payable out of Collections on the
Pledged Receivables and amounts applied to the payment of, or treated as
payments on, the Pledged Receivables, equal to (i) the Servicing Fee Rate
multiplied by (ii) the Eligible Receivables Balance as of the first day of
such Fee Period multiplied by (iii) a fraction, the numerator of which shall
be
the actual number of days in such Fee Period and the denominator of which shall
be 360. Upon assuming the duties of the Servicer hereunder, the
Backup Servicer shall also be entitled to receive a one-time acceptance fee
of
$60,000, which shall be considered part of the “Servicing Fee” hereunder but
shall be in addition to the amount set forth in the sentence above.
“Servicing
Fee Rate” means 1.00%.
“Standby
Backup Servicer’s Fee” means, for any Fee Period or portion thereof prior to
the occurrence of a Servicer Default and the appointment of the Backup Servicer
as Servicer hereunder, an amount, payable out of Collections on the Pledged
Receivables and amounts applied to the payment of, or treated as payments on,
the Pledged Receivables, equal to the greater of (i) the Standby Backup
Servicing Fee Rate, multiplied by the Eligible Receivables Balance as of the
first day of such Fee Period, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which
shall be the actual number of days in such Fee Period and the denominator of
which shall be 360, or (ii) $2,000. The “Standby Backup Servicer’s
Fee” shall also include (i) a one-time acceptance fee of $5,000 payable on the
Closing Date and (ii) reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Standby
Backup Servicer in the performance of its duties.
“Standby
Backup Servicing Fee Rate” means .0150%.
“State”
means one of the fifty states of the United States or the District of
Columbia.
“Swapped
Rate” means, with respect to any Qualifying Interest Rate Swap, the annual
rate of interest (expressed as a percentage) which the Borrower, as the
fixed-rate payor, is required to pay under such Qualifying Interest Rate Swap
in
order to receive the floating rate of interest provided for under such
Qualifying Interest Rate Swap.
“Tangible
Net Worth” means, with respect to any Person, the amount calculated in
accordance with GAAP as (i) the consolidated net worth of such Person and
its consolidated subsidiaries, plus (ii) to the extent not otherwise
included in such consolidated net worth, unsecured subordinated Debt of such
Person and its consolidated subsidiaries, the terms and conditions of
which
are
reasonably satisfactory to the Lenders, minus (iii) the consolidated
intangibles of such Person and its consolidated subsidiaries, including, without
limitation, goodwill, trademarks, tradenames, copyrights, patents, patent
allocations, licenses and rights in any of the foregoing and other items treated
as intangibles in accordance with GAAP.
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“Termination
Event” means the occurrence, on or after 60 days after the Borrowing Date,
of any of the following events:
(i) the
rolling weighted average of the Delinquency Rates in respect of any three
consecutive Collection Periods, calculated by the Lenders solely with respect
to
Receivables, exceeds 3.5%;
(ii) the
Annualized Default Rate, calculated by (or in a manner satisfactory to) the
Lenders solely with respect to Receivables, exceeds 4.0%; or
(iii) the
Annualized Net Loss Rate exceeds 3.5%.
“Titling
Requirements” means, (i) in the case of any Vehicle leased or sold to an
Obligor pursuant to a Contract, the Certificate of Title for such Vehicle
indicates the Obligor, as owner, and the Borrower or an Approved Lienholder,
as
lienholder, or (ii) in the event that any Vehicle leased or sold to an Obligor
pursuant to a Contract indicates NBBF, as owner, on the related Certificate
of
Title, then within 90 days after the Closing Date the Certificate of Title
for
such Vehicle shall indicate the Borrower, as owner, and an Approved Lienholder,
as lienholder.
“Transaction
Documents” means this Agreement, the Purchase and Sale Agreement, the
Lockbox Intercreditor Agreement, the Collection Account Agreement, the Fee
Letter, the Custodial Agreement, the Originator Insurance Agreement, the FDIC
Documents, the Class A Notes, the Class B Notes, each lease bailment agreement
with a sub-custodian, each Qualifying Interest Rate Swap and each document
and
instrument related to any of the foregoing.
“Transition
Costs” means any documented expenses and allocated cost of personnel
reasonably incurred by the Backup Servicer in connection with a transfer of
servicing from the Servicer to the Backup Servicer as the successor Servicer;
provided, that such expenses and allocated costs do not exceed
$60,000.
“UCC”
means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the
specified jurisdiction.
“Underlying
Originator” means Netbank or other originator of a Contract, other than the
Originator, engaged, in the ordinary course of business in providing financing
to Obligors for the purposes of acquiring or leasing the related
Equipment.
“Underlying
Originator Credit and Collection Policy” means the credit and collection
policy of an Underlying Originator, as such policy may hereafter be amended,
modified or supplemented from time to time in compliance with this
Agreement.
“United
States” means the United States of America.
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“Unmatured
Event of Default” means any event that, if it continues uncured, will, with
lapse of time or notice or lapse of time and notice, constitute an Event of
Default.
“Vehicle”
means a new or a used automobile, minivan, sports utility vehicle, light duty
truck or heavy duty truck, or any other equipment, ownership of which is subject
to a motor vehicle certificate of title statute.
“Warehouse
Facility” means the facility in the aggregate amount of up to $250,000,000,
as evidenced by the Receivables Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of October
31, 2006, among Resource Capital Funding II, LLC as borrower, LEAF Financial,
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Bank, as lender and U.S. Bank National Association, as same
may
be modified, amended, or supplemented from time to time.
“Weighted
Average Swapped Rate” means, as of any date of determination, the weighted
average (weighted solely based on the Calculated Swap Amortizing Balances of
such Qualifying Interest Rate Swaps as of such date of determination) of the
Swapped Rates of the Qualifying Interest Rate Swaps in effect on such date
of
determination.
SECTION
1.02 Other
Terms. All accounting terms not specifically defined herein shall
be construed in accordance with GAAP. All terms used in Article 9 of
the UCC in the State of New York, and not specifically defined herein, are
used
herein as defined in such Article 9.
SECTION
1.03 Computation
of Time Periods. Unless otherwise stated in this Agreement, in
the computation of a period of time from a specified date to a later specified
date, the word “from” means “from and including” and the words “to” and “until”
each mean “to but excluding.”
ARTICLE
II
THE
RECEIVABLES FACILITY
SECTION
2.01 Borrowings. b) On
the Borrowing Date, subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth,
the Class A Lender and the Class B Lender shall make the term loan in principal
amounts equal to (i) in the case of the Class A Lender, the Class A Advance
Amount (the “Class A Loan” and a “Loan”), and (ii) in the case of
the Class B Lender, the Class B Advance Amount, respectively, to the Borrower
secured by Pledged Assets. On the Borrowing Date, no Loan shall be made if
(i)
the Aggregate Advance Amount shall exceed the Maximum Advance Amount, (ii)
any
Program Termination Event or an event that but for notice or lapse of time
or
both would constitute a Program Termination Event shall have occurred and be
continuing or (iii) the Facility Amount, after giving effect to such
Borrowing, would exceed the Borrowing Limit.
(b) The
Class A Loan shall be evidenced by a promissory note substantially in the form
of Exhibit H-1 (a “Class A Note” and collectively the “Class A
Notes”) and the Class B Loan shall be evidenced by a promissory note
substantially in the form of Exhibit H-2 (a “Class B Note” and
collectively the “Class B Notes” and, together with the Class A Notes,
collectively, the “Notes”).
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SECTION
2.02 The
Borrowing.
(a) [Reserved]
(b) i) The
Borrowing shall be made on at least two (2) Business Days’ irrevocable written
notice from the Borrower to the applicable Lender (such written notice, the
“Notice of Borrowing”), provided that such Notice of Borrowing is
received by such Lender no later than 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the
Business Day of receipt. Any Notice of Borrowing received after 12:00
noon (New York City time) shall be deemed received prior to 12:00 noon (New
York
City time) on the following Business Day. The Notice of Borrowing
shall specify (A) the aggregate amount of the Borrowing, (B) the date
of the Borrowing, (C) the allocation of the Loans as Class A Loans and Class
B
Loans and (D) in an electronic file acceptable to the Lenders, the Eligible
Receivables to be Pledged in connection with the Borrowing (and upon the
Borrowing, such Receivables shall be Pledged Receivables
hereunder). On the date of the Borrowing, upon satisfaction of the
applicable conditions set forth in Article III the Class A Lender and the
Class B Lender shall make available to the Borrower the portion of the Borrowing
constituting the Class A Advance Amount and the Class B Advance Amount,
respectively, on the Borrowing Date, no later than 2:00 P.M. (New York City
time), in same day funds (net of amounts payable to or for the benefit of each
related Lender), by payment into the account which the Borrower has designated
in writing.
(ii) The
Notice of Borrowing delivered to a Lender pursuant to this
Section 2.02(b) shall be in an electronic file format acceptable to
such Lender (A) accompanied by a copy of the Notice of Pledge (and the
Receivables Schedule attached thereto), which was sent to the Custodian pursuant
to the terms of the Custodial Agreement in connection with the pledge of
Eligible Receivables to be made in connection therewith and (B) specifying
for
each Receivables pledged therein the information set forth on Exhibit B
hereto.
(iii) The
Class A Loan shall bear interest at the Class A Interest Rate and the Class
B
Loan shall bear interest at the Class B Interest Rate.
(iv) The
Borrower may not reborrow any amounts that are repaid with respect to the
Loans.
(v) Determinations
by any Lender of the existence of any Eurodollar Disruption Event (any such
determination to be communicated to the Borrower and the other Lender by written
notice from such Lender promptly after such Lender learns of such event), or
of
the effect of any Eurodollar Disruption Event on its making or maintaining
Loans
at the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate or the Base Rate, shall be conclusive absent
manifest error.
SECTION
2.03 Determination
of Interest Periods and Interest Rates.
(a) The
initial Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing shall commence on, and
include, the date of the Borrowing and shall terminate on, and include, the
day
immediately prior to the next occurring Remittance Date or such earlier date
as
the Lenders may determine (an “Early Interest Period Termination
Date”). All outstanding Loans allocated to one or more initial
Interest Periods or Rollover
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(b) The
interest rate per annum (the “Interest Rate”) applicable to any Loan for
any Interest Period shall be equal to the applicable Class A Interest Rate
(for
the Class A Notes) or the applicable Class B Interest Rate (for the Class B
Notes); provided, however, that if a Lender shall have notified
the Borrower that a Eurodollar Disruption Event has occurred, the Interest
Rate
for all Loans shall be equal to the Base Rate until such Eurodollar Disruption
Event has ceased, at which time the Interest Rate shall again be equal to the
applicable Class A Interest Rate and applicable Class B Interest
Rate.
SECTION
2.04 Remittance
Procedures. The Servicer, as agent for the Lenders, shall
instruct the Lenders’ Bank and, if the Servicer fails to do so, the Collateral
Agent shall instruct the Lenders’ Bank, to apply funds on deposit in the
Collection Account as described in this Section 2.04.
(a) Interest
and Breakage Fees. On each Business Day (including any Remittance
Date), the Servicer shall, and, if the Servicer fails to do so, the Lenders
may
direct the Lenders’ Bank to, retain in the Collection Account for transfer at
the further direction of the Lenders or any duly authorized agent of the Lenders
(whether on such day or on a subsequent day) collected funds in an amount equal
to accrued and unpaid interest through such day on the Loans not so previously
retained and the amount of any accrued and unpaid Breakage Fees owed to each
Lender on such day. On or before the last day of each Interest
Period, the Lenders shall notify the Servicer of the accrued and unpaid interest
for such Interest Period and the Servicer shall, on the last day of each
Interest Period, direct the Lenders’ Bank to pay collected funds set aside in
respect of accrued and unpaid interest pursuant to this
Section 2.04(a) to each Lender (or the designee of such Lender) in
respect of payment of such accrued and unpaid interest for such Interest
Period. On any Business Day on which an amount is set aside in
respect of Breakage Fees pursuant to this Section 2.04(a), the
Servicer shall direct the Lenders’ Bank to pay such funds to the Lenders in
payment of such Breakage Fees.
(b) Interest
Period Loan Principal Repayment. The Servicer shall, and if the
Servicer fails to do so the Lenders may, by 10:00 a.m. (St. Xxxx, Minnesota
time) on the last day of each Interest Period that is not a Remittance Date,
direct the Lenders’ Bank to transfer collected funds held by the Lenders’ Bank
in the Collection Account on such date, to pay the Lenders in payment (or
partial payment) of the outstanding principal amount of all Loans allocated
to
such Interest Period, in an amount equal to the least of (i) the amount of
such collected funds held in the Collection Account other than funds set aside
pursuant to Section 2.04(a), (ii) the aggregate outstanding
principal amount of Loans allocated to such Interest Period, or
(iii) if no Program Termination Event shall have occurred and be
continuing, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Facility Amount
immediately prior to such distribution over the lesser of (A) the Facility
Limit and (B) the Borrowing Limit (after giving effect to the Borrowing and
any distributions of amounts on deposit in the Collection Account made on such
date).
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(c) Remittance
Date Transfers From Collection Account. The Servicer shall, and
if the Servicer fails to do so the Collateral Agent shall, by 10:00 a.m. (St.
Xxxx, Minnesota time) on each Remittance Date, direct the Lenders’ Bank to
transfer collected funds held by the Lenders’ Bank in
the
Collection Account which were remitted to the Collection Account during the
Collection Period with respect to such Remittance Date (“Available
Funds”), in the following amounts and priority:
(i) to
the Borrower, in an amount equal to such funds which were paid by Obligors
with
respect to their obligation under the related Contracts to pay any taxes (it
being agreed by the Borrower that such amount shall be promptly paid to the
taxing authorities entitled thereto), together with (provided the current
Scheduled Payment has been paid in full) late fees, interest on overdue amounts
and other amounts not in respect of Scheduled Payments;
(ii) to
the related Qualifying Swap Counterparty under each Qualifying Interest Rate
Swap, in an amount equal to (and for the payment of) all amounts which are
due
and payable by the Borrower to such Qualifying Swap Counterparty on such
Remittance Date, pursuant to the terms of the applicable Qualifying Interest
Rate Swap or this Agreement;
(iii) on
a prorata basis, to (w) the Backup Servicer in an amount
equal to the Standby Backup Servicer’s Fee (to the extent accrued and unpaid as
of the last day of the immediately preceding Fee Period) at any time prior
to
the occurrence of a Servicer Default and the appointment of the Backup Servicer
as the Servicer hereunder and (x) the Custodian, the Custodian’s Fee (y)
the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Agent’s Fee and (z) the Lenders’ Bank,
the Lenders’ Bank Fee;
(iv) at
any time prior to the occurrence of a Servicer Default and the appointment
of
the Backup Servicer as the Servicer hereunder, to the Servicer in an amount
equal to the Servicing Fee which is accrued and unpaid as of the last day of
the
immediately preceding Fee Period and, at any time after the occurrence of a
Servicer Default and the appointment of the Backup Servicer as the Servicer
hereunder, to the Backup Servicer in an amount equal to (1) the Active Backup
Servicer’s Fees which are accrued and unpaid as of the last day of the
immediately preceding Fee Period plus (2) any Transition Costs not previously
reimbursed to the Backup Servicer plus (3) the Active Backup Servicer’s
Indemnified Amounts;
(v) on
a prorata basis, (x) to the Collateral Agent, any indemnification
amounts then due and payable to the Collateral Agent and (y) to the Custodian,
any indemnification amounts then due and payable to the Custodian;
(vi) [Reserved];
(vii) (A)
first, to the Class A Lender in an amount equal to (and for the
prorata payment of) the Fees which are due and payable to it on
such Remittance Date pursuant to the terms of the Fee Letter, including (without
duplication) interest on the Class A Loan which is accrued and unpaid as of
the
last day of the immediately preceding Fee Period; and then (B) to the Class
B
Lender, in
an
amount equal to (and for the prorata payment of) the Fees which
are due and payable to it on such Remittance Date pursuant to the term of
the
Fee Letter, including (without duplication)
interest
on the Class B Loan which is accrued and unpaid as of the last day of the
immediately preceding Fee Period.
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(viii) to
the Servicer in an amount equal to any Servicer Advances (and amounts to be
reimbursed as Servicer Advances pursuant to Section 6.19) not
previously reimbursed to the Servicer;
(ix) to
the Owner (if the Owner is a Permitted Transferee), so long as no Termination
Event or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the amount then
required to be paid by the Partnership (pursuant to its partnership agreement)
to its limited partners, provided that the aggregate amount payable to the
Owner
in any twelve-month period shall not exceed the product of 8.5% times the
arithmetic average monthly Equity Investment for such period;
(x) so
long as no Termination Event or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
and prior to the Facility Maturity Date, to the holders of the Class A Notes
and
Class B Notes, prorata and paripassu, all remaining
amounts to pay principal on the Notes until the principal amount of all Notes
shall have been paid in full;
(xi) if
an Event of Default or Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, or
if
the Facility Maturity Date has occurred, then (A) to the holders of the Class
A
Notes, all remaining amounts to pay principal on the Class A Notes until the
principal amount of all Class A Notes shall have been paid in full, and (B)
thereafter, to the holders of the Class B Notes until the principal amount
of
all Class B Notes shall have been paid in full;
(xii) (A)
first, to the Class A Lender in an amount equal to the aggregate amount of
all
other Obligations then due from the Borrower to the Class A Lender or any
Affected Party hereunder related to the Class A Lender for the account of such
parties as applicable; and then (B) second, to the Class B Lender in an amount
equal to the aggregate amount of all other Obligations then due from the
Borrower to the Class B Lender or any Affected Party hereunder related to the
Class B Lender for the account of such parties as applicable; and
(xiii) to
the order of the Borrower, any remaining amounts.
(d) Subordination. Except
as otherwise provided in this Agreement or as otherwise agreed in a writing
signed by the Class A Lender and the Class B Lender, the payment of all
principal, interest or other amounts due under or in connection with the Class
B
Notes (collectively, the “Junior Obligations”) is hereby postponed and
subordinated to the payment in full in cash of all principal and interest due
in
respect of the Class A Notes, and, notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, all payments or other distributions whatsoever in respect of any
Junior Obligations owed to a holder of a Class B Note shall be made in
accordance with the priority of payments set forth in Section
2.04(c). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
holders of the Class B Notes agree that all liens and security interests which
secure the payment or performance of the Junior Obligations are hereby
subordinated to any lien or security interest now or hereafter securing the
payment or performance of any liability or other obligation owed to the holders
of the Class A Notes (regardless of the order or manner of perfection thereof
or
any non-perfection thereof).
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(e) Deficiency
Payments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
this Section 2.04 or in any other provision in this Agreement, if,
on any day prior to the Collection Date, a Facility Deficiency shall have
occurred, then the Borrower shall remit to the respective Lenders,
no
later
than the close of business of such Lender on such day (or if such day is not
a
Business Day, no later than the close of business of such Lender on the next
succeeding Business Day), (i) so long as no Termination Event or Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the amount required to eliminate
any Facility Deficiency or (ii) if any Termination Event or Event of Default
shall have occurred and is continuing, the entire outstanding Facility Amount,
first to the Class A Notes until paid in full, and then to the Class B Notes
until paid in full.
(f) Remittance
Reports. On each Remittance Date, the Servicer shall deliver to
the Lenders an electronic file, in a form acceptable to the Lenders, setting
forth all of the information set forth on Schedule VII.
(g) Instructions
to the Lenders’ Bank. All instructions and directions given to
the Lenders’ Bank by the Servicer, the Borrower or the Lenders pursuant to this
Section 2.04 shall be in writing (including instructions and
directions transmitted to the Lenders’ Bank in electronic format), and such
written instructions and directions shall be delivered with a written
certification that such instructions and directions are in compliance with
the
provisions of this Section 2.04. The Servicer and the
Borrower shall immediately transmit to the Lenders by telecopy a copy of all
instructions and directions given to the Lenders’ Bank by such party pursuant to
this Section 2.04. The Lender shall immediately transmit
to the Servicer and the Borrower by telecopy a copy of all instructions and
directions given to the Lenders’ Bank by the Lenders, pursuant to this
Section 2.04.
SECTION
2.05 Reserved.
SECTION
2.06 Reserved.
SECTION
2.07 Payments
and Computations, Etc. c) All amounts to be deposited or paid by
the Borrower or the Servicer to any Lender hereunder shall be paid or deposited
in accordance with the terms hereof no later than 12:00 noon (New York City
time) on the day when due in lawful money of the United States in immediately
available funds to the Collection Account or such other account as is designated
by such Lender. The Borrower shall, to the extent permitted by law,
pay to each applicable Lender interest on all amounts not paid or deposited
when
due hereunder (whether owing by the Borrower or the Servicer) at the Base Rate,
plus 2%, payable on demand; provided, however, that such interest
rate shall not at any time exceed the maximum rate permitted by applicable
law. Such interest shall be for the account of such Lender in respect
of each of the Class A Note and the Class B Note and shall be paid in accordance
with Section 2.04(c). Any Obligation hereunder shall not be
reduced by any distribution of any portion of Collections with respect to any
Pledged Receivable if at any time such distribution is rescinded or returned
by
a Lender to the Borrower or any other Person for any reason. All
computations of interest and all computations of Breakage Fee and other fees
hereunder (including, without limitation, the Fees, the Active Backup Servicer’s
Fee, the Standby Backup Servicer’s Fee, the Custodian’s Fee and the Servicing
Fee) shall be made on the basis of a year of 360 days (or 365 or 366 days
for interest calculated at the Base Rate) for the actual number of days
(including the first but excluding the last day) elapsed.
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(b) Whenever
any payment hereunder shall be stated to be due on a day other than a Business
Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and such
extension of time shall in such case be included in the computation of payment
of interest or any fee
payable
hereunder, as the case may be; provided, however, that with
respect to the calculation of interest, such extension of time shall not be
included in more than one Interest Period.
(c) If
the Borrowing requested by the Borrower and approved by the Lenders pursuant
to
Section 2.02 is not for any reason whatsoever, except as a result of
the gross negligence or willful misconduct of a Lender or an Affiliate thereof,
made or effectuated, as the case may be, on the date specified therefor, the
Borrower shall indemnify such Lender against any loss, cost or expense incurred
by such Lender related thereto (other than any such loss, cost or expense solely
due to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Lender or an Affiliate
thereof), including, without limitation, any loss (including cost of funds
and
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses), cost or expense incurred by reason of the
liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by such Lender
to fund Loans or maintain Loans made by such Lender during such Interest
Period. The applicable Lender shall provide to the Borrower
documentation setting forth the amounts of any loss, cost or expense referred
to
in the previous sentence, such documentation to be conclusive absent manifest
error.
SECTION
2.08 Fees. d)
The Borrower shall pay each Lender certain fees, including the Exit Fee, (the
“Fees”) in the amounts and on the dates set forth in a fee letter (the
“Fee Letter”), dated the date hereof, among the Borrower and the
Lenders.
(b) All
of the Fees payable pursuant to this Section 2.08 (other than Fees
payable on or prior to the Borrowing Date) shall be payable solely from amounts
available for application pursuant to, and subject to the priority of, payment
set forth in, Section 2.04.
SECTION
2.09 Increased
Costs; Capital Adequacy. e) If, due to either (i) the
introduction of or any change (including, without limitation, any change by
way
of imposition or increase of reserve requirements) in or in the interpretation
of any law or regulation (including, without limitation, any law or regulation
resulting in any interest payments paid to any Lender under this Agreement
being
subject to United States withholding tax) or (ii) the compliance with any
guideline or request from any central bank or other governmental authority
(whether or not having the force of law), there shall be any increase in the
cost to any Lender or any Affiliate, successor or assign or participant thereof
(each of which shall be an “Affected Party”) of agreeing to make or
making, funding or maintaining any Loan (or any reduction of the amount of
any
payment (whether of principal, interest, fee, compensation or otherwise) to
any
Affected Party hereunder), as the case may be, the Borrower shall, from time
to
time, within ten days after written demand complying with
Section 2.09(c) by such Lender, on behalf of such Affected Party,
pay to such Lender, on behalf of such Affected Party, additional amounts
sufficient to compensate such Affected Party for such increased costs or reduced
payments.
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(b) If
either (i) the introduction of or any change in or in the interpretation of
any law, guideline, rule or regulation, directive, request or accounting
principle or (ii) the compliance by any Affected Party with any law,
guideline, rule, regulation, directive, request or accounting principle from
any
central bank, other governmental authority, agency or accounting authority
(whether or not having the force of law), including, without limitation,
compliance by an Affected Party with any request or directive regarding capital
adequacy, has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on the
capital of any Affected Party, as a consequence of its obligations hereunder
or
any related document or arising in connection herewith or therewith to a level
below that which any such Affected Party could have achieved but for such
introduction, change or compliance (taking into
consideration the policies of such Affected Party with respect to capital
adequacy), by an amount deemed by such Affected Party to be material, then,
from
time to time, after demand by such Affected Party (which demand shall be
accompanied by a statement setting forth the basis of such demand), each Lender
shall be paid, on behalf of such Affected Party (from Collections with respect
to Pledged Receivables pursuant to, and subject to the priority of payment
set
forth in, Section 2.04), such additional amounts as will compensate
such Affected Party for such reduction.
(c) In
determining any amount provided for in this Section 2.09, the
Affected Party may use any reasonable averaging and attribution
methods. Each Lender, on behalf of any Affected Party making a claim
under this Section 2.09, shall submit to the Borrower a certificate
setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for and the computations of such
additional or increased costs, which certificate shall be conclusive absent
demonstrable error.
(d) If,
as a result of any event or circumstance similar to those described in
Section 2.09(a) or 2.09(b), any Affected Party (that is a
Lender) is required to compensate a bank or other financial institution
(including, without limitation, any Affiliate of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx) providing
liquidity support, credit enhancement or other similar support to such Affected
Party in connection with this Agreement, then, upon demand by such Affected
Party, the Borrower shall pay, in accordance with Section 2.04, to
such Affected Party such additional amount or amounts as may be necessary to
reimburse such Affected Party for any amounts paid by it, and shall notify
each
Qualified Swap Counterparty of such payment.
SECTION
2.10 Collateral
Assignment of Agreements. The Borrower hereby collaterally
assigns to the Collateral Agent (and its successors and assigns) for the benefit
of the Secured Parties, all of the Borrower’s right and title to and interest
in, to and under (but not any obligations under) the Purchase and Sale
Agreement, each Qualifying Interest Rate Swap, the Contract related to each
Pledged Receivable, all other agreements, documents and instruments evidencing,
securing or guarantying any Pledged Receivable and all other agreements,
documents and instruments related to any of the foregoing (the “Assigned
Documents”). Without limiting any obligation of the Servicer
hereunder, the Borrower confirms and agrees that the Collateral Agent (or any
designee thereof, including, without limitation, the Servicer), following an
Event of Default or a Program Termination Event, shall have the right to enforce
the Borrower’s rights and remedies under each Assigned Document, but without any
obligation on the part of the Collateral Agent or any of its Affiliates to
perform any of the obligations of the Borrower under any such Assigned
Document. In addition, each of the Servicer and the Borrower confirms
and agrees that the Servicer and the Borrower will, upon receipt of notice
or
discovery thereof, promptly send to the Collateral Agent a notice of
(i) any breach of any representation, warranty, agreement or covenant under
any such Assigned Document or (ii) any event or occurrence that, upon
notice, or upon the passage of time or both, would constitute such a breach,
in
each case, immediately upon learning thereof. The parties hereto
agree that such assignment to the Collateral Agent shall terminate upon the
Collection Date.
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SECTION
2.11 Grant
of a Security Interest. To secure the prompt and complete payment
when due of the Obligations and the performance by the Borrower of all of the
covenants and obligations to be performed by it pursuant to this Agreement,
the
Borrower hereby (i) collaterally assigns and pledges to the Collateral
Agent (and its successors and assigns), for the benefit of the Secured Parties,
and (ii) grants a security interest to the Collateral Agent (and its
successors and assigns), for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in all property
of the Borrower, whether
tangible or intangible and whether now owned or existing or hereafter arising
or
acquired and wheresoever located (collectively, the “Pledged Assets”),
including, without limitation, all of the Borrower’s right, title and interest
in, to and under:
(a) all
Receivables purchased by, or otherwise transferred or pledged to (pursuant
to
the terms of the Purchase and Sale Agreement) the Borrower under the Purchase
and Sale Agreement from time to time (such Receivables, the “Pledged
Receivables”, all Other Conveyed Property related to the Pledged Receivables
purchased by (or otherwise transferred or pledged pursuant to the terms of
the
Purchase and Sale Agreement) to the Borrower under the Purchase and Sale
Agreement, all Related Security related to the Pledged Receivables, all interest
of the Borrower in all Obligor Collateral related to the Pledged Receivables
(together with all security interests in and Insurance Proceeds related to
such
Obligor Collateral and all proceeds from the disposition of such Obligor
Collateral, whether by sale to the related Obligors or otherwise), all
Collections and other monies due and to become due under the Contracts related
to the Pledged Receivables received on or after the date such Pledged
Receivables were purchased by (or purportedly purchased by) the Borrower under
the Purchase and Sale Agreement;
(b) the
Assigned Documents, including, in each case, without limitation, all monies
due
and to become due to the Borrower under or in connection therewith;
(c) the
Collection Account, the Lockbox, the Lockbox Account, and all other bank and
similar accounts relating to Collections with respect to Pledged Receivables
(whether now existing or hereafter established) and all funds held therein,
and
all investments in and all income from the investment of funds in the Collection
Account, the Lockbox Account, and such other accounts;
(d) the
Records relating to any Pledged Receivables;
(e) all
UCC financing statements filed by the Borrower against the Originator under
or
in connection with the Purchase and Sale Agreement;
(f) [Reserved];
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(g) each
Qualifying Interest Rate Swap, any other interest rate protection agreement
entered into with respect to the transactions contemplated under the RLSA and,
in each case, all payments thereunder;
(h) all
Liquidation Proceeds relating to any Pledged Receivables; and
(i) all
proceeds of the foregoing property described in clauses (a) through (g)
above, including interest, dividends, cash, instruments and other property
from
time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or
in
exchange for or on account of the sale or other disposition of any or all of
the
then existing Pledged Receivables.
The
Borrower hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent to file financing statements
describing as the collateral covered thereby as "all of the debtor's personal
property or assets" or words to that effect, notwithstanding that such wording
may be broader in scope than the collateral described in this
Agreement.
SECTION
2.12 Evidence
of Debt. Each Lender shall maintain an account or accounts
evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from the
related Loan (and related Class A Note and Class B Note) owing to such Lender
from time to time, including the amounts of principal and interest payable
and
paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder. The entries made in
such account(s) of such Lender shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes,
absent manifest error.
SECTION
2.13 Release
of Pledged Receivables. f) Subject to Section 2.15
hereof, upon the repayment of the Loans and all other amounts payable to each
Lender under this Agreement and any other Transaction Document, the security
interest of the Collateral Agent in each Pledged Receivable and the related
Other Conveyed Property and Related Security shall be released and the Borrower
hereby authorized to file, on behalf of the Collateral Agent, UCC termination
statements in respect thereof.
(b) The
Borrower shall notify the Collateral Agent of any Release Price to be paid
pursuant to this Section 2.13 on the Business Day on which such
Release Price shall be paid specifying the Pledged Receivables to be released
and the Release Price.
(c) Promptly
after the Collection Date has occurred, the Collateral Agent shall re-assign
and
transfer to the Borrower, for no consideration but at the sole expense of the
Borrower, their respective remaining interests in the Pledged Assets, free
and
clear of any Adverse Claim resulting solely from an act by the Collateral Agent
but without any other representation or warranty, express or implied, by or
recourse against the Collateral Agent.
SECTION
2.14 Treatment
of Amounts Paid by the Borrower. Amounts paid by the Borrower
pursuant to Section 2.13 on account of Pledged Receivables shall be
treated as payments on Pledged Receivables hereunder.
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SECTION
2.15 Prepayment;
Certain Indemnification Rights; Termination. g) The Borrower may
prepay, in whole or in part, the outstanding principal amount of any Class
A
Notes and/or Class B Notes. Any amounts so prepaid shall be applied
to repay the outstanding principal amount of Loans allocated to an Interest
Period or Interest Periods selected by the related Lender. If the
Borrower intends to make an optional prepayment pursuant to this Section
2.15(a), the Borrower shall give five (5) Business Days' prior written
notice thereof to the Lenders, specifying the intended Prepayment Date, the
intended Prepayment Amount, a calculation of any applicable Breakage Fee and
any
other breakage costs in connection with a Qualified Interest Rate Swap (such
cost, an “Other Swap Breakage Cost”). Any such optional prepayment
shall be accompanied by all interest accrued with respect thereto and the
Breakage Fee and Other Swap Breakage Cost with respect to the applicable
Prepayment Amount and Prepayment Date. If such notice is given, the
principal amount specified in such notice (together with all interest accrued
with respect thereto and the Breakage Fee and Other Swap Breakage Cost related
thereto) shall be due and payable on the Prepayment Date specified
therein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment by the Borrower
required pursuant to Section 2.04(e) or (f) or, in connection with
the occurrence of an Event of Default, pursuant to Section 7.01 hereof
shall not be considered an optional prepayment and no Breakage Fee or Other
Swap
Breakage Cost shall be required to be paid in respect thereof.
(b) Without
limiting any other provision hereof, the Borrower agrees to indemnify each
Lender, the Qualifying Swap Counterparty and any Affiliate thereof and to hold
each such Person harmless
from any cost, loss or expense which it may sustain or incur as a consequence
of
(i) the Borrower making any optional prepayment pursuant to Section
2.15(a) hereof, (ii) any default by the Borrower in making any optional
prepayment pursuant to Section 2.15(a) hereof after notice of such
prepayment has been given, (iii) any failure by the Borrower to take a Loan
hereunder after notice of such Loan has been given pursuant to this Agreement,
(iv) any acceleration of the maturity of any Loans by any Lender in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement, including, but not limited to, any Breakage
Fees, any cost, loss or expense arising related to the termination (in whole
or
in part) or amendment of any Qualifying Interest Rate Swap and from interest
or
fees payable by such Lender to lenders of funds obtained by it in order to
advance or maintain the Loans hereunder. Indemnification pursuant to
this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement and shall include
reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and expenses of litigation.
(c) Notwithstanding
any other provision hereof, the Borrower shall not terminate or amend this
Agreement or any other Transaction Document or reduce the Borrowing Limit prior
to the Facility Maturity Date without the Lenders’ prior written consent, which
consent may be withheld in each Lender’s sole discretion.
(d) At
any time prior to the occurrence of a Termination Event or an Event of Default,
the Borrower shall have the right to deliver written notice, which notice shall
be sent to the Lenders and the holders of the Class B Notes (the
“Class B Buyout Notice”) designating a purchaser for (without recourse, warranty
or representation (other than the holders of such Class B Notes own such Class
B
Notes free and clear of any liens created or granted by the holders of such
Class B Notes)) the entire (but not less than the entire) outstanding principal
amount of Class B Notes (and all associated rights, titles, claims and
privileges associated therewith, including rights under this Agreement) for
an
amount (the “Class B Buyout Price”) equal to the outstanding principal amount
of, and accrued but unpaid interest on, the Class B Notes (including any
make-whole premium payable) and all other amounts then payable to the holder(s)
of the Class B Notes under this Agreement. The purchase of the Class
B Notes pursuant to this Section shall close no later than the date specified
in
such Class B Buyout Notice, which date shall be subject to the prior written
approval of the holder of the Class B Notes. The Class B Buyout Price
shall be remitted by wire transfer in immediately available federal funds to
the
holder(s) of the Class B Notes to account(s) specified by such
holder(s). Interest shall be calculated to but excluding the Business
Day on which such purchase shall occur if the Class B Buyout Price is wired
to
the holder(s) of the Class B Notes prior to 1:00 pm New York time and interest
shall be calculated to and including such Business Day if the Class B Notes
Buyout Price is wired to the holder(s) of the Class B Notes later than 1:00
pm
New York time.
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SECTION
2.16 Increase
of Borrowing Limit. The Borrower may, upon 30 days’ prior
written notice to the Lenders (with a simultaneous copy to the Initial
Qualifying Swap Counterparty), request that the Borrowing Limit be increased,
which request may be granted in the sole discretion, and with the written
consent, of the Lenders, it being agreed that the Borrower shall pay to each
Lender the fee related to such increase that is required pursuant to the terms
of the Fee Letter and any other costs, fees and expenses pursuant to Section
9.07.
ARTICLE
III
CONDITIONS
OF LOANS
SECTION
3.01 Conditions
Precedent to Borrowing. The Borrowing hereunder is subject to the
conditions precedent that:
(a) the
Arrangement Fee (as such term is defined in the Fee Letter) shall have been
paid
in full and all other acts and conditions (including, without limitation, the
obtaining of any necessary regulatory approvals and the making of any required
filings, recordings or registrations) required to be done and performed and
to
have happened prior to the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement
and all related documents and to constitute the same legal, valid and binding
obligations, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, shall have
been done and performed and shall have happened in due and strict compliance
with all applicable laws; and
(b) each
Lender shall have received on or before the date of the Borrowing the items
listed in Schedule I hereto, each in form and substance satisfactory
to such Lender.
SECTION
3.02 Conditions
Precedent to All Borrowings. The Borrowing by the Borrower from
the Lenders shall be subject to the further conditions precedent
that:
(a) Reserved;
(b) After
giving effect to the Borrowing requested by the Borrower the following
statements shall be true (and the Borrower shall be deemed to have certified
that):
(i) the
Facility Amount will not exceed the Borrowing Limit; and
(ii) the
Facility Amount will not exceed the Facility Limit.
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(c) On
the Borrowing Date, the following statements shall be true and correct, and
the
Borrower by accepting any amount of the Borrowing shall be deemed to have
represented that:
(i) the
representations and warranties contained in Section 4.01 are true
and correct in all material respects, before and after giving effect to the
Borrowing to take place on the Borrowing Date and to the application of proceeds
therefrom, on and as of such day as though made on and as of such
date;
(ii) no
event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from the Borrowing, which
constitutes a Program Termination Event hereunder or an event that but for
notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a Program Termination
Event;
(iii) no
event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from the Borrowing, which
constitutes a Termination Event hereunder or an event that but for notice or
lapse of time or both would constitute a Termination Event;
(iv) Reserved;
(v) 1.2.the
requirements set forth in Section 2.01(a) hereof shall have been complied
with;
(vi) 3.(a)
the Borrower has delivered to each Lender a copy of the applicable Notice of
Borrowing and the related Notice of Pledge (together with the attached
Receivables Schedule) pursuant to Section 2.02, each appropriately
completed and executed by the Borrower, (b) the Borrower has delivered or
caused to have been delivered to the Custodian the Notice of Pledge with respect
to the Receivables being Pledged hereunder three (3) Business Days prior to
the
Borrowing Date, and (c) the Contract related to each Receivable being
Pledged hereunder on the Borrowing Date has been duly assigned by the Originator
to the Borrower and duly assigned by the Borrower to the Collateral
Agent;
(vii) all
terms and conditions of the Purchase and Sale Agreement required to be satisfied
in connection with the assignment of each Receivable being Pledged hereunder
on
the Borrowing Date (and the Other Conveyed Property and Related Security related
thereto), including, without limitation, the perfection of the Borrower’s
interests therein (other than with respect to Equipment which has an Amortized
Equipment Cost of less than $25,000 and is leased under Dollar Purchase Option
Contracts or $50,000 and is leased under FMV Contracts), shall have been
satisfied in full, and all filings (including, without limitation, UCC filings)
required to be made by any Person and all actions required to be taken or
performed by any Person in any jurisdiction to give the Collateral Agent a
first
priority perfected security interest in such Receivables, Related Security
and
the Other Conveyed Property related thereto and the proceeds thereof shall
have
been made, taken or performed;
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(viii) (A) the
initial Servicer shall have taken or caused to be taken all steps necessary
under all applicable law (including the filing of an Obligor Financing
Statement) in order to cause a valid, subsisting and enforceable perfected,
first priority security interest to exist in Originator’s favor in the Obligor
Collateral securing each Receivable being Pledged hereunder on the Borrowing
Date (other than with respect to Equipment which has an Amortized Equipment
Cost
of less than $25,000 and is leased under Dollar Purchase Option Contracts or
$50,000 and is leased under FMV Contracts), (B) the Originator shall have
assigned the perfected, first priority security interest in the Obligor
Collateral to the Borrower pursuant to the Purchase and Sale Agreement and
(C)
the Borrower shall have assigned the perfected, first priority security interest
in the Obligor Collateral (and the proceeds thereof) referred to in
clause (A) above to the Collateral Agent, pursuant to
Section 2.11 hereof;
(ix) [Reserved];
and
(x) the
Borrower shall have taken all steps necessary under all applicable law in order
to cause to exist in favor of the Collateral Agent a valid, subsisting and
enforceable first priority perfected security interest in the Borrower’s
interest in the Obligor Collateral related to each Receivable being Pledged
hereunder on the Borrowing Date (other than with respect to Equipment which
has
an Amortized Equipment Cost of less than $25,000 and is leased under Dollar
Purchase Option Contracts or $50,000 and is leased under FMV
Contracts);
(d) No
law or regulation shall prohibit, and no order, judgment or decree of any
Government Entity shall prohibit or enjoin, the making of such Loans by any
Lender in accordance with the provisions hereof; and
(e) The
Lenders shall have received and found to be satisfactory with respect to Pledged
Receivables being Pledged in connection with the Borrowing, which have been
previously pledged to any lender by the Originator, the Borrower or any
Affiliate thereof under any other financing facility, evidence of the release
of
any liens granted in connection with such financing with respect to any such
Pledged Receivables.
(f) Unless
a credit agreement and/or security agreement, including but not limited to
any
such agreement with National City Bank, as agent, related to Receivables being
Pledged by the Borrower in connection with the Borrowing, shall have provided
for an automatic release of the Agent’s or Collateral Agent’s, as applicable,
lien and security interest in such Receivables granted thereunder, the
applicable agent or lender shall have executed and delivered to the Borrower
and
the Collateral Agent a partial release letter and the Borrower shall have duly
filed with the appropriate filing office a UCC-3 partial release evidencing
the
release contained in such release letter, in each case in a form satisfactory
to
the Collateral Agent.
SECTION
3.03 Advances
Do Not Constitute a Waiver. No advance of a Loan by any Lender
hereunder shall constitute a waiver of any condition to such Lender’s obligation
to make such an advance unless such waiver is in writing and executed by such
Lender.
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ARTICLE
IV
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
SECTION
4.01 Representations
and Warranties of the Borrower. The Borrower hereby represents
and warrants, as of the date hereof, on the Borrowing Date and on the first
day
of each Rollover Interest Period, as follows:
(a) Each
Receivable designated as an Eligible Receivable on any Facility Limit
Certificate or Monthly Remittance Report is an Eligible
Receivable. Each Receivable included as an Eligible Receivable in any
calculation of the Facility Limit or the Eligible Receivables Balance is an
Eligible Receivable.
(b) The
Borrower is a limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and
in
good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation and has the
power and all licenses necessary to own its assets and to transact the business
in which it is engaged and is duly qualified and in good standing under the
laws
of each jurisdiction where the transaction of such business or its ownership
of
the Pledged Receivables requires such qualification.
(c) The
Borrower has the power, authority and legal right to make, deliver and perform
this Agreement and each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party
and
all of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and has taken all
necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, and
to
grant to the Collateral Agent a first priority perfected security interest
in
the
Pledged Assets on the terms and conditions of this Agreement. This
Agreement and each of the Transaction Documents to which the Borrower is a
party
constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrower, enforceable
against it in accordance with their respective terms, except as the
enforceability hereof and thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
moratorium, reorganization and other similar laws of general application
affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity
(whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at
law). No consent of any other party and no consent, license, approval
or authorization of, or registration or declaration with, any Government Entity,
bureau or agency is required in connection with the execution, delivery or
performance by the Borrower of this Agreement or any Transaction Document to
which it is a party or the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or
any
such Transaction Document or the Pledged Receivables, other than such as have
been met or obtained.
(d) The
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and all other agreements
and instruments executed and delivered or to be executed and delivered pursuant
hereto or thereto in connection with the Pledge of the Pledged Assets will
not
(i) create any Adverse Claim on the Pledged Assets or (ii) violate any
provision of any existing law or regulation or any order or decree of any court,
regulatory body or administrative agency or the certificate of formation or
limited liability company agreement of the Borrower or any contract or other
agreement to which or the Borrower is a party or by which the Borrower or any
property or assets of the Borrower may be bound.
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(e) No
litigation or administrative proceeding of or before any court, tribunal or
governmental body is presently pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower,
threatened against the Borrower or any properties of Borrower or with respect
to
this Agreement, which, if adversely determined, could have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(f) In
selecting the Receivables to be Pledged pursuant to this Agreement, no selection
procedures were employed which are intended to be adverse to the interests
of
any Lender.
(g) The
grant of the security interest in the Pledged Assets by the Borrower to the
Collateral Agent pursuant to this Agreement, is in the ordinary course of
business for the Borrower and is not subject to the bulk transfer or any similar
statutory provisions in effect in any applicable jurisdiction. No
such Pledged Assets have been sold, transferred, assigned or pledged by the
Borrower to any Person, other than the Pledge of such Assets to the Collateral
Agent pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
(h) The
Borrower has no Debt or other indebtedness which, in the aggregate, exceeds
$10,000, other than Debt incurred under the terms of the Transaction
Documents.
(i) The
Borrower has been formed solely for the purpose of engaging in the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.
(j) No
injunction, writ, restraining order or other order of any nature adversely
affects the Borrower’s performance of its obligations under this Agreement or
any Transaction Document to which the Borrower is a party.
(k) The
Borrower has filed (on a consolidated basis or otherwise) on a timely basis
all
tax returns (including, without limitation, all foreign, federal, state, local
and other tax returns) required
to be filed, is not liable for taxes payable by any other Person and has paid
or
made adequate provisions for the payment of all taxes, assessments and other
governmental charges due from the Borrower except for those taxes being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and in respect of which
no
penalty may be assessed from such contest and it has established proper reserves
on its books. No tax lien or similar adverse claim has been filed,
and no claim is being asserted, with respect to any such tax, assessment or
other governmental charge. Any taxes, fees and other governmental
charges payable by the Borrower, as applicable, in connection with the execution
and delivery of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby have been paid or shall have been
paid if and when due.
(l) The
chief executive office of the Borrower (and the location of the Borrower’s
records regarding the Pledged Receivables (other than those delivered to the
Custodian)) is located at 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx, XX
00000.
(m) The
Borrower’s legal name is as set forth in this Agreement; other than as disclosed
on Schedule II hereto (as such schedule may be updated from time to
by the Lenders upon receipt of a notice delivered to the Lenders pursuant to
Section 6.18), the Borrower has not changed its name since its
formation; the Borrower does not have tradenames, fictitious names, assumed
names or “doing business as” names other than as disclosed on
Schedule II hereto (as such schedule may be updated from time to by
the Lenders upon receipt of a notice delivered to the Lenders pursuant to
Section 6.18).
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(n) The
Borrower is solvent and will not become insolvent after giving effect to the
transactions contemplated hereby; the Borrower is paying its debts as they
become due; and the Borrower, after giving effect to the transactions
contemplated hereby, will have adequate capital to conduct its
business.
(o) The
Borrower has no subsidiaries.
(p) The
Borrower has given fair consideration and reasonably equivalent value in
exchange for the sale of the Pledged Receivables by the Originator under the
Purchase and Sale Agreement.
(q) No
Monthly Remittance Report or Facility Limit Certificate (each if prepared by
the
Borrower or to the extent that information contained therein is supplied by
the
Borrower), information, exhibit, financial statement, document, book, record
or
report furnished or to be furnished by the Borrower to the Lenders in connection
with this Agreement is or will be inaccurate in any material respect as of
the
date it is or shall be dated or (except as otherwise disclosed in writing to
the
Lenders, as the case may be, at such time) as of the date so furnished, and
no
such document contains or will contain any material misstatement of fact or
omits or shall omit to state a material fact or any fact necessary to make
the
statements contained therein not misleading.
(r) No
proceeds of the Loans will be used by the Borrower to acquire any security
in
any transaction, which is subject to Section 13 or 14 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(s) There
are no agreements in effect adversely affecting the rights of the Borrower
to
make, or cause to be made, the grant of the security interest in the Pledged
Assets contemplated by Section 2.11.
(t) The
Borrower is not an “investment company” or an “affiliated person” of or
“promoter” or “principal underwriter” for an “investment company” as such terms
are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, nor is the
Borrower otherwise subject to regulation thereunder.
(u) No
Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing.
(v) Reserved.
(w) The
Borrower is in compliance with ERISA in all material respects. No steps have
been taken to terminate any Borrower Pension Plan which could result in material
liability, and no contribution failure has occurred with respect to any Borrower
Pension Plan sufficient to give rise to a lien under section 302(f) of
ERISA. No condition exists or event or transaction has occurred with
respect to any Borrower Pension Plan which could result in the Borrower or
any
ERISA Affiliate of Borrower incurring any material liability, fine or
penalty.
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(x) There
is not now, nor will there be at any time in the future, any agreement or
understanding between the Servicer and the Borrower (other than as expressly
set
forth herein), providing for the allocation or sharing of obligations to make
payments or otherwise in respect of any taxes, fees, assessments or other
governmental charges.
(y) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in the Warehouse Facility, no Pledged Receivable will
constitute (for purposes of the Warehouse Facility) either an “Eligible Pool A
Receivable” or an “Eligible Pool B Receivable”, in each case as defined under
the Warehouse Facility.
SECTION
4.02 Representations
and Warranties of the Servicer. The Servicer (so long as the
Servicer is not the Backup Servicer as successor Servicer) hereby represents
and
warrants, as of the date hereof, on the Borrowing Date, on each Remittance
Date
and on the first day of each Rollover Interest Period, as follows:
(a) Each
Receivable designated as an Eligible Receivable on any Facility Limit
Certificate or Monthly Remittance Report is an Eligible
Receivable. Each Receivable included as an Eligible Receivable in any
calculation of the Facility Limit or the Eligible Receivables Balance is an
Eligible Receivable.
(b) The
Servicer is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation and has the power and
all licenses necessary to own its assets and to transact the business in which
it is engaged (which includes servicing Receivables on behalf of third parties
and itself) and is duly qualified and in good standing under the laws of each
jurisdiction where its servicing of the Pledged Receivables requires such
qualification.
(c) The
Servicer has the power, authority and legal right to make, deliver and perform
this Agreement and each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party
and
all of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and has taken all
necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a
party. This Agreement and each of the Transaction Documents to which
the Servicer is a party constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation
of
the Servicer, enforceable against it in accordance
with their respective terms, except as the enforceability hereof and thereof
may
be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and other
similar laws of general application affecting creditors’ rights generally and by
general principles of equity (whether such enforceability is considered in
a
proceeding in equity or at law). No consent of any other party and no
consent, license, approval or authorization of, or registration or declaration
with, any Government Entity is required in connection with the execution,
delivery or performance by the Servicer of this Agreement or any Transaction
Document to which it is a party or the validity or enforceability of this
Agreement or any such Transaction Document, other than such as have been met
or
obtained.
(d) The
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Servicer and all
other agreements and instruments executed and delivered or to be executed and
delivered by the Servicer pursuant hereto or thereto in connection with the
Pledge of the Pledged Assets will not (i) create any Adverse Claim on the
Pledged Assets or (ii) violate any provision of any existing law or
regulation or any order or decree of any court, regulatory body or
administrative agency or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the
Servicer or any material contract or other agreement to which the Servicer
is a
party or by which the Servicer or any of its property or assets may be
bound.
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(e) No
litigation or administrative proceeding of or before any court, tribunal or
governmental body is presently pending or, to the knowledge of the Servicer,
threatened against the Servicer or any properties of the Servicer or with
respect to this Agreement, which, if adversely determined, could have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(f) No
injunction, writ, restraining order or other order of any nature adversely
affects the Servicer’s performance of its obligations under this Agreement or
any Transaction Document to which the Servicer is a party.
(g) The
Servicer has filed (on a consolidated basis or otherwise) on a timely basis
all
material tax returns (including, without limitation, all foreign, federal,
state
and local income tax returns) required to be filed, is not liable for taxes
payable by any other Person (other than any Person within the Servicer’s
consolidated group or similar group) and has paid or made adequate provisions
for the payment of all material taxes, assessments and other governmental
charges due from the Servicer except for those taxes being contested in good
faith by appropriate proceedings and in respect of which it has established
proper reserves on its books. No tax lien or similar adverse claim
has been filed, and no claim is being asserted, with respect to any such tax,
assessment or other governmental charge. Any taxes, fees and other
governmental charges payable by the Servicer in connection with the execution
and delivery of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which
it
is a party and the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby have been paid
or
shall have been paid if and when due.
(h) The
chief executive office of the Servicer (and the location of the Servicer’s
records regarding the Pledged Receivables (other than those delivered to the
Custodian)) is located at 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx, XX
00000.
(i) The
Servicer’s legal name is as set forth in this Agreement; other than as disclosed
on Schedule II hereto (as such schedule may be updated from time to
by the Lenders upon receipt of a notice delivered to the Lenders pursuant to
Section 6.18), the Servicer has not changed its name since its
formation; the Servicer does not have tradenames, fictitious names, assumed
names or “doing
business as” names other than as disclosed on Schedule II hereto (as
such schedule may be updated from time to by the Lenders upon receipt of a
notice delivered to the Lenders pursuant to
Section 6.18).
(j) The
Servicer is solvent and will not become insolvent after giving effect to the
transactions contemplated hereby; the Servicer is paying its debts as they
become due; and the Servicer, after giving effect to the transactions
contemplated hereby, will have adequate capital to conduct its
business.
(k) As
of the date hereof and as of the date of delivery of any Monthly Remittance
Report or Facility Limit Certificate, no Monthly Remittance Report or Facility
Limit Certificate (each if prepared by the Servicer or to the extent that
information contained therein is supplied by the Servicer), information,
exhibit, financial statement, document, book, record or report furnished or
to
be furnished by the Servicer to the Lenders in connection with this Agreement
is
or will be inaccurate in any material respect, and no such document contains
or
will contain any material misstatement of fact or omits or shall omit to state
a
material fact or any fact necessary to make the statements contained therein
not
misleading.
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(l) The
Servicer is not an “investment company” or an “affiliated person” of or
“promoter” or “principal underwriter” for an “investment company” as such terms
are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, nor is the
Servicer otherwise subject to regulation thereunder.
(m) No
Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing.
(n) Each
of the Pledged Receivables was underwritten and is being serviced in conformance
with Originator’s and the Servicer’s standard underwriting, credit, collection,
operating and reporting procedures and systems (including, without limitation,
the Credit and Collection Policy).
(o) Any
Computer Tape or Listing made available by the Servicer to the Lenders was
complete and accurate in all material respects as of the date on which such
Computer Tape or Listing was made available.
(p) The
Servicer is in compliance with ERISA in all material respects. No steps have
been taken to terminate any Servicer Pension Plan which could result in material
liability, and no contribution failure has occurred with respect to any Servicer
Pension Plan sufficient to give rise to a lien under section 302(f) of
ERISA. No condition exists or event or transaction has occurred with
respect to any Servicer Pension Plan which could result in the Servicer or
any
ERISA Affiliate of Servicer incurring any material liability, fine or
penalty.
(q) There
is not now, nor will there be at any time in the future, any agreement or
understanding between the Servicer and the Borrower (other than as expressly
set
forth herein), providing for the allocation or sharing of obligations to make
payments or otherwise in respect of any taxes, fees, assessments or other
governmental charges.
(r) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in the Warehouse Facility, no Pledged Receivable will
constitute (for purposes of the Warehouse Facility) either an “Eligible Pool A
Receivable”
or an “Eligible Pool B Receivable”, in each case as defined under the Warehouse
Facility.
SECTION
4.03 Resale
of Receivables Upon Breach of Covenant or Representation and Warranty by
Borrower. The Borrower or the Servicer, as the case may be, shall
inform the other parties to this Agreement and the Qualifying Swap Counterparty
promptly, in writing, upon the discovery of any breach of the representations,
warranties and/or covenants contained in Section 4.01,
Section 4.02 or Section 5.01; provided,
however, that the failure to provide any such
notice shall not diminish,
in any manner whatsoever, any obligation of the Borrower under this
Section 4.03 to sell any Pledged Receivable. Upon the
discovery by or notice to the Borrower of any such breach that also constitutes
a LEAF Purchase Event under and as defined in the Purchase and Sale Agreement,
the Borrower
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SECTION
4.04 Representations
and Warranties of the Lenders. Each Lender hereby represents and
warrants, on the Borrowing Date and on the first day of each Rollover Interest
Period, that it is a “qualified purchaser” within the meaning of Section 3(c)(7)
of the Investment Company Act.
ARTICLE
V
GENERAL
COVENANTS OF THE BORROWER AND THE SERVICER
SECTION
5.01 General
Covenants. h) The Borrower will observe all corporate procedures
required by its certificate of formation, limited liability company agreement
and the laws of its jurisdiction of formation. The Borrower will
maintain its limited liability company existence in good standing under the
laws
of its jurisdiction of formation and will promptly obtain and thereafter
maintain qualifications to do business as a foreign limited liability company
in
any other state in which it does business and in which it is required to so
qualify under applicable law.
(b) The
Borrower will at all times ensure that (i) its members act independently
and in its interests and in the interests of its creditors, (ii) it shall
at all times maintain at least one independent manager who (A) is not
currently and has not been during the five years preceding the date of this
Agreement an officer, director or employee of the Borrower or an Affiliate
thereof (other than acting as independent manager or in a similar capacity)
and
(B) is not a member of the Borrower or an Affiliate thereof (other than a
special independent member of the Borrower or alimited
purpose corporation, business trust, partnership or other entity organized
for
the purpose of acquiring, financing or otherwise investing, directly or
indirectly, in assets or receivables originated, owned or serviced by Originator
or an Affiliate of any of them), (iii) its assets are not commingled with
those of Originator or any other Affiliate of the Borrower, (iv) its
members duly authorize all of its limited liability company actions, (v) it
maintains separate and accurate records and books of account and such books
and
records are kept separate from those of Originator and any other Affiliate
of
the Borrower and (vi) it maintains minutes of the meetings and other
proceedings of the members. Where necessary, the Borrower will obtain
proper authorization from its members for limited liability company
action.
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(c) The
Borrower will pay its operating expenses and liabilities from its own
assets.
(d) The
Borrower will not have any of its indebtedness guaranteed by Originator or
any
Affiliate thereof. Furthermore, the Borrower will not hold itself
out, or permit itself to be held out, as having agreed to pay or as being liable
for the debts of Originator, and the Borrower will not engage in business
transactions with Originator, except on an arm’s-length basis. The
Borrower will not hold Originator out to third parties as other than an entity
with assets and liabilities distinct from the Borrower. The Borrower
will cause any of its financial statements consolidated with those of Originator
to state that the Borrower is a separate corporate entity with its own separate
creditors who, in any liquidation of the Borrower, will be entitled to be
satisfied out of the Borrower’s assets prior to any value in the Borrower
becoming available to the Borrower’s equity holders. The Borrower
will not act in any other matter that could foreseeably mislead others with
respect to the Borrower’s separate identity.
(e) In
its capacity as Servicer, LEAF Financial will, to the extent necessary, maintain
separate records on behalf of and for the benefit of the Lenders, act in
accordance with instructions and directions, delivered in accordance with the
terms hereof, from the Borrower, and/or the Lenders in connection with its
servicing of the Pledged Receivables hereunder, and will ensure that, at all
times when it is dealing with or in connection with the Pledged Receivables
in
its capacity as Servicer, it holds itself out as Servicer, and not in any other
capacity.
(f) The
Servicer (if LEAF Financial or an Affiliate thereof) shall, to the extent
required by applicable law, disclose all material transactions associated with
this transaction in appropriate regulatory filings and public
announcements. The annual financial statements of Resource America
(including any consolidated financial statements) shall disclose the effects
of
the transactions contemplated by the Purchase and Sale Agreement as a sale
of
Receivables, Related Security and Other Conveyed Property to the Borrower,
and
the annual financial statements of the Borrower shall disclose the effects
of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as a loan to the extent required
by and in accordance with GAAP, it being understood that the Loans to the
Borrower under this Agreement will be treated as debt on the consolidated
financial statements of Resource America.
(g) The
Borrower shall take all other actions necessary to maintain the accuracy of
the
factual assumptions set forth in the legal opinions of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx &
Xxxx LLP, as special counsel to the Originator and the Borrower, issued in
connection with the Purchase and Sale Agreement and relating to the issues
of
substantive consolidation and true conveyance of the Pledged
Receivables.
(h) Except
as otherwise provided herein or in any other Transaction Document, neither
the
Borrower nor the Servicer shall sell, assign (by operation of law or otherwise)
or otherwise dispose of, or create or (if the Servicer is LEAF Financial or
an
Affiliate thereof) suffer to exist any Adverse Claim upon or with respect to,
any Pledged Receivable, any Collections related thereto or any other Pledged
Assets related thereto, or upon or with respect to any account to which any
Collections of any Receivable are sent, or assign any right to receive income
in
respect thereof. Except as otherwise provided herein or in any other
Transaction Document, the Borrower shall not create or suffer to exist any
Adverse Claim upon or with respect to any of the Borrower’s
assets. Except as otherwise provided herein or in any other
Transaction Document, the Servicer shall not create, or (if the Servicer is
LEAF
Financial or an Affiliate thereof) permit any action to be taken by any Person
to create, any Adverse Claim upon or with respect to any of the Borrower’s
assets.
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(i) The
Borrower will not merge or consolidate with, or convey, transfer, lease or
otherwise dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of
transactions), all or substantially all of its assets (whether now owned or
hereafter acquired) other than with respect to asset dispositions in connection
with an optional prepayment pursuant to Section 2.15(a) hereof, or
acquire all or substantially all of the assets or capital stock or other
ownership interest of any Person without the prior written consent of the
Lenders.
(j) The
Borrower will not account for or treat (whether in financial statements or
otherwise) the transactions contemplated by the Purchase and Sale Agreement
in
any manner other than a sale and absolute assignment of Receivables, Related
Security and Other Conveyed Property by Originator to the Borrower constituting
a “true conveyance” for bankruptcy purposes.
(k) The
Borrower will not amend, modify, waive or terminate any terms or conditions
of
the Purchase and Sale Agreement without the written consent of the Lenders,
and
shall perform its obligations thereunder.
(l) The
Borrower will not make any amendment, modification or other change to its
certificate of formation or limited liability company agreement that would
materially and adversely affect the Lenders without each Lender’s prior written
consent, and shall notify the Lenders prior to making any amendment,
modification or other change to its certificate of formation or limited
liability company agreement prior to the effectiveness thereof.
(m) Neither
the Borrower nor (if the Servicer is LEAF Financial or an Affiliate thereof)
the
Servicer will make or allow to be made any material amendment to the Credit
and
Collection Policy without the prior written consent of the Lenders (and the
Lenders hereby agree to take commercially reasonable efforts to respond to
any
request for such consent in a timely manner). Neither the Borrower
nor (if the Servicer is LEAF Financial or an Affiliate thereof) the Servicer
will make or allow to be made any non-material amendment to the Credit and
Collection Policy without the prior written consent of the Lenders; provided,
that if the Lenders have not responded to a written request for such
consent within ten (10) Business Days of receipt thereof, the Lenders shall
be
deemed to have consented to such request.
(n) If
the Borrower or the Servicer receives any Collections with respect to any
Pledged Receivable, the Borrower or the Servicer, as applicable, will remit
such
Collections to the Collection Account within one (1) Business Day of the
Borrower’s or the Servicer’s identification thereof.
(o) The
Servicer shall cause:
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(i) the
Obligor under each Contract to remit all payments owed or otherwise payable
by
such Obligor under such Contract (or any servicer on its behalf) to the Lockbox
or by wire transfer to the Lockbox Account;
(ii) the
Lockbox Bank to deposit all Collections with respect to any Pledged Receivable
in the Lockbox into the Lockbox Account on each Business Day; and
(iii) the
Lockbox Bank to remit all Collections with respect to any Pledged Receivable
on
deposit in the Lockbox Account (or any sub-account thereof or any related
account) to the Collection Account on each Business Day.
(p) Reserved.
(q) The
Borrower shall deliver to the Lenders on each Purchase Date a copy of the
Assignment delivered to it on such Purchase Date.
(r) Each
of the Servicer (and, if the Servicer is not LEAF Financial or an Affiliate
thereof, upon the Servicer gaining knowledge thereof) and the Borrower shall
promptly notify the Lenders of the occurrence of any Servicer Default, Event
of
Default, Program Termination Event, Termination Event (and any event that,
if it
continues uncured, would, with lapse of time or notice or lapse of time and
notice, constitute any Servicer Default, Event of Default, Program Termination
Event or Termination Event).
(s) Each
of the Servicer (if the Servicer is LEAF Financial or an Affiliate thereof)
and
the Borrower shall take all actions (in the case of Obligor Collateral with
an
Amortized Equipment Cost over $100,000) and all commercially reasonable actions
(in the case of Obligor Collateral with an Amortized Equipment Cost of $100,000
or less) necessary to ensure that the Originator is at all times named as loss
payee under each Insurance Policy with respect to Obligor Collateral related
to
a Pledged Receivable.
(t) On
the Borrowing Date, a Qualifying Interest Rate Swap, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Lenders, shall be duly executed by the Borrower and a
Qualifying Swap Counterparty, and any amounts required to have been paid
thereunder as of such Remittance Date shall have been paid and any obligations
required to have been performed thereunder as of such Remittance Date shall
have
been performed.
(u) The
Pledged Receivables are ineligible to be refinanced with any proceeds of the
Warehouse Facility.
(v) The
Borrower shall not acquire any debt obligation or interest therein if, after
giving effect to such acquisition, more than 40 percent of the debt obligations
or interests therein held by the Borrower (as determined under the rules of
Treasury Regulation 301.7701(i)-1(c)) would consist of real estate mortgages
or
interests therein (as defined in Treasury Regulation
301.7701(i)-1(d))
(w) If
the Obligor Collateral related to any Receivable securing the Borrowing is
a
Vehicle, the Borrower shall, within 40 days after the Closing Date, deliver
to
the applicable Registrar
of Titles an application for a Certificate of Title for such Vehicle satisfying
the Titling Requirements.
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SECTION
5.02 Check-in
Requirements.
(a) The
Borrower hereby covenants and agrees that, (i) not later than 20 days after
the
Borrowing Date, it shall cause to be delivered to the Custodian the Priority
Documents related to Contracts whose aggregate Amortized Equipment Cost
constitutes not less than 50% of the aggregate Amortized Equipment Cost of
all
Contracts, and (ii) not later than 40 days after the Borrowing Date, it shall
cause to be delivered to the Custodian the Priority Documents for each Pledged
Receivable; provided, however, that the Borrower shall be permitted to
deliver to the Custodian a machine copy of any original, executed Contract
(certified as a true copy (a “Certified True Copy”) by an officer of either the
Obligor or the Borrower or its predecessor as lessor or lender thereunder)
for
Contracts whose aggregate Amortized Equipment Cost constitutes not more than
5%
of the aggregate Amortized Equipment Cost of all Contracts.
(b) The
Borrower hereby covenants and agrees that if the aggregate Discounted Balance
of
all Contracts for which the Custodian has received only a Certified True Copy
exceeds the aforesaid 5% limit for any period exceeding fifteen days, then
on
the first Business Day after such fifteenth day it shall resell the Pledged
Receivables related to all such Contracts to the Originator, deposit the Release
Price for each such Pledged Receivable to the Collection Account and remit
to
the respective Lenders (no later than the close of business of such Lender
on
such Business Day), protanto, as a partial prepayment of the
outstanding principal amount of the Notes (together with interest accrued and
unpaid on such prepayment through such date of prepayment),
prorata according to their respective Commitment Percentage, and
otherwise comply with the requirements of Section 4.03 hereof with respect
to
all such Pledged Receivables.
(c) The
Custodian hereby agrees that, within one Business Day (to the extent the number
of Receivable Files received on any Business Day is no greater than 1,000 and
that such Receivable Files are delivered to the Custodian in the same order
as
the Receivable Schedule) or within such greater number of Business Days as
the
parties hereto mutually agree (to the extent the number of Receivable Files
received on any Business Day exceeds 1,000), it shall deliver to the Borrower,
each Lender and the Servicer (i) a Collateral Receipt for all Receivable Files
received on that date and (ii) an Exception Report) covering any Deficiencies
noted in such Collateral Receipt. Additionally, on each Business Day, the
Custodian hereby agrees to deliver to Borrower, each Lender and the Servicer
a
cumulative report of any uncured Deficiencies identified in all prior Collateral
Receipts.
(d) The
Borrower hereby covenants and agrees that, (i) subject to the proviso in
Section 5.02(a) hereof, not later than 60 days after the Borrowing
Date, it shall cause to be delivered to the Custodian every item
constituting the Receivable File for each Pledged Receivable, including every
item identified in each Exception Report delivered by the Custodian pursuant
to
Section 5.02(c) hereof and (ii) for each Pledged Receivable with respect
to which it shall not have complied with the immediately preceding clause (i),
it shall, to the extent it has not complied therewith within fifteen
noncomplying days after receipt of an Exception Report with respect to any
such
Deficiency pursuant to this Section 5.02(d), on the first Business Day
after, resell the Pledged Receivables related to all such Contracts to the
Originator, deposit the Release Price for each such Pledged Receivable to the
Collection Account and remit to the respective Lenders (no later than the close
of business
of such Lender on such Business Day), protanto, as a partial
prepayment of the outstanding principal amount of the Notes (together with
interest accrued and unpaid on such prepayment through such date of prepayment),
prorata according to their respective Commitment Percentage, and
otherwise comply with the requirements of Section 4.03 hereof with
respect to all such Pledged Receivables.
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(e) The
events described in subsections (b) and (d)(ii) hereof shall constitute a
Check-in Repurchase Event.
ARTICLE
VI
ADMINISTRATION
AND SERVICING; CERTAIN COVENANTS
SECTION
6.01 Appointment
and Designation of the Servicer. i) The Borrower and the Lenders
hereby appoint the Person designated by the Lenders from time to time, pursuant
to this Section 6.01 (the “Servicer”), as their agent to
service, administer and collect the Pledged Receivables and otherwise to enforce
their respective rights and interests in and under the Pledged Receivables
and
the other Pledged Assets. The Servicer shall collect such Pledged
Receivables under the conditions referred to above by means of the collection
procedures as set forth in the Credit and Collection Policy, to the extent
consistent with the provisions of this Article VI. Unless
otherwise specified by the Borrower, the Servicer’s authorization under this
Agreement shall terminate on the Collection Date. Until the Lenders
give notice to the Borrower of a designation of a new Servicer upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of any Servicer Default, or consents
in
writing to the appointment by the Borrower of a new Servicer, LEAF Financial
is
hereby designated as, and hereby agrees to perform the duties and obligations
of, the Servicer, pursuant to the terms hereof at all times until the earlier
of
the Lenders’ designation of the Backup Servicer or any other Person as the new
Servicer (upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Servicer
Default), the delivery by the Lenders of its written consent to the appointment
by the Borrower of a new Servicer or the Collection Date. Upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of any Servicer Default, the Lenders
may
at any time designate as Servicer the Backup Servicer, or any other Person
with
demonstrated experience in servicing equipment leases and loans, to succeed
LEAF
Financial or any successor Servicer, on the condition in each case that any
such
Person so designated shall agree to perform the duties and obligations of the
Servicer pursuant to the terms hereof. Each of the Borrower and LEAF
Financial hereby grants to any successor Servicer an irrevocable power of
attorney to take any and all steps in the Borrower’s, LEAF Financial’s or the
Servicer’s name, as applicable, and on behalf of the Borrower or LEAF Financial,
necessary or desirable, in the determination of such successor Servicer, to
service, administer or collect any and all Pledged Receivables.
(b) The
Servicer is hereby authorized to act for the Borrower and the Lenders and,
in
such capacity, shall manage, service, administer and arrange collections on
the
Pledged Receivables and perform the other actions required by the Servicer
under
this Agreement for the benefit of the Lenders. The Servicer agrees
that its servicing of the Pledged Receivables shall be carried out in accordance
with customary and usual procedures of institutions which service equipment
lease and loan contracts and receivables and, to the extent more exacting,
the
degree of skill and attention that the Servicer exercises from time to time,
with respect to all comparable equipment lease and loan contracts and
receivables that it services for itself or others in accordance with the Credit
and Collection Policy (or if the Backup
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(c) Reserved.
(d) To
the extent consistent with the standards, policies and procedures otherwise
required hereby, the Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone,
to do any and all things in connection with such managing, servicing,
administration and collection that it may deem necessary or
desirable. The Servicer is authorized to release liens on Obligor
Collateral in order to collect Insurance Proceeds with respect thereto and
to
liquidate such Obligor Collateral in accordance with its customary standards,
policies and procedures; provided, however, that, notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Servicer shall not, (i) except pursuant to an order from
a court of competent jurisdiction, release an Obligor from payment of any unpaid
amount under any Pledged Receivable or (ii) waive the right to collect the
unpaid balance of any Pledged Receivable from such Obligor, except that, subject
to Section 6.02(a), the Servicer may forego collection efforts if
the amount which the Servicer, in its reasonable judgment, expects to realize
in
connection with such collection efforts is determined by the Servicer, in its
reasonable judgment, to be less than the reasonably expected costs of pursuing
such collection efforts and if the Servicer would forego such collection efforts
in accordance with its customary procedures. The Servicer is hereby
authorized to commence, in its own name (in its capacity as Servicer), if
possible, or in the name of the Borrower or the Lenders (provided that if
the Servicer is acting in the name of the Borrower or the Lenders, the Servicer
shall have obtained the Borrower’s or the Lenders’ consent, as the case may be,
which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), a legal proceeding to enforce
any Pledged Receivable (or any terms or provisions of the related Contract)
or
to commence or participate in any other legal proceeding (including, without
limitation, a bankruptcy proceeding) relating to or involving a Pledged
Receivable or any related Contract, Obligor or Obligor Collateral. If
the Servicer commences or participates in such a legal proceeding in its own
name, the Borrower or the Lenders, as the case may be, shall thereupon be deemed
to have automatically assigned such Pledged Receivable to the Servicer solely
for purposes of commencing or participating in any such proceeding as a party
or
claimant, and the Servicer is authorized and empowered by the Borrower or the
Lender, as the case may be, to execute and deliver in the Servicer’s name any
notices, demands, claims, complaints, responses, affidavits or other documents
or instruments in connection with any such proceeding. The Borrower
or the Lender, as the case may be, shall furnish the Servicer with any powers
of
attorney and other documents which the Servicer may reasonably request in
writing and which the Servicer deems necessary or appropriate and take any
other
steps which the Servicer may deem necessary or appropriate to enable the
Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties under this
Agreement. If, however, in any suit or legal proceeding it is held
that the Servicer may not prosecute such suit or legal proceeding on the grounds
that it is not an actual party in interest or a holder entitled to enforce
such
suit or legal proceeding, the Borrower shall take such steps as the Servicer
deems necessary to prosecute such suit or legal proceeding, including bringing
suit in its name.
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SECTION
6.02 Collection
of Receivable Payments; Modification and Amendment of Receivables; Lockbox
Agreements. i) Consistent with and subject to the standards,
policies and procedures required by this Agreement, the Servicer shall collect
all payments called for under the terms and provisions of the Contracts related
to the Pledged Receivables (and the terms and provisions of any documents
related thereto) as and when the same shall become due and shall follow such
collection procedures with respect to the Pledged Receivables and the related
Contracts and Insurance Policies as will, in the reasonable judgment of the
Servicer, maximize the amount to be received by the Borrower and the Lenders
with respect thereto.
(b) The
Servicer shall remit all payments by or on behalf of the Obligors received
directly by the Servicer to the Collection Account, without deposit into any
intervening account as soon as practicable, but in no event later than the
end
of business on the Business Day of identification thereof as payments by or
on
behalf of the Obligors.
SECTION
6.03 Realization
Upon Receivables. Consistent with the standards, policies and
procedures required by this Agreement, the Servicer shall use its best efforts
to repossess (or otherwise comparably convert the ownership of) and liquidate
any Obligor Collateral securing a Pledged Receivable within a number of days
consistent with the Credit and Collection Policy of an uncured failure of
the related Obligor to make any payment which it is obligated to make under
the
related Contract or an earlier date that would be customary under the
circumstances involved (as determined in accordance with the Credit and
Collection Policy) and, in any case, in a manner as will, in the reasonable
judgment of the Servicer, maximize the amount to be received by the Borrower
and
the Lenders with respect thereto; provided, however, that the
Servicer need not repossess (or otherwise comparably convert the ownership
of)
and liquidate the Obligor Collateral securing such a Pledged Receivable if,
in
the reasonable opinion of the Servicer, the value of such Obligor Collateral
does not exceed by more than an insignificant amount the cost to repossess
(or
otherwise comparably convert the ownership of) and liquidate such Obligor
Collateral. The Servicer is authorized to follow such customary
practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary or advisable, consistent
with the standard of care required by Section 6.01, which practices
and procedures may include reasonable efforts to realize upon any guaranties,
selling the related Obligor Collateral at public or private sale, the submission
of claims under an Insurance Policy and other actions by the Servicer in order
to realize upon such Pledged Receivable. The foregoing is subject to
the provision that, in any case in which the Obligor Collateral shall have
suffered damage, the Servicer shall not expend funds in connection with any
repair or towards the repossession of such Obligor Collateral, unless it shall
determine in its discretion that such repair and/or repossession shall increase
the proceeds of liquidation of the related Pledged Receivable by an amount
greater than the amount of such expenses. All Liquidation Proceeds
shall be remitted directly by the Servicer to the Collection Account without
deposit into any intervening account as soon as practicable, but in no event
later than one (1) Business Day after identification thereof as Liquidation
Proceeds. The Servicer shall pay on behalf of the Borrower any
personal property taxes assessed on repossessed Obligor Collateral, and the
Servicer shall be entitled to reimbursement of any such tax as a Servicer
Advance.
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SECTION
6.04 Insurance
Regarding Equipment. j) At the time of the Pledge of any
Receivable hereunder, the Servicer shall require each Obligor to obtain and
maintain (or with respect to an Underlying Originator, cause such Underlying
Originator to obtain and maintain) Insurance Policies in accordance with the
terms of the Credit and Collection Policy and its customary servicing procedures
and shall furnish evidence of such insurance (except if the Equipment
relating to such Obligor has an aggregate Amortized Equipment Cost of $100,000
or less) to the Lenders.
(b) The
Servicer may, and upon the request of the Lenders shall, xxx to enforce or
collect upon the Insurance Policies, in its own name (but in its capacity as
Servicer), if possible, or as agent of the Borrower and the
Lenders. If the Servicer elects to commence a legal proceeding to
enforce an Insurance Policy, the act of commencement shall be deemed to be
an
automatic assignment of the rights of the Borrower and the Lenders under such
Insurance Policy to the Servicer for purposes of collection only. If,
however, in any enforcement suit or legal proceeding it is held that the
Servicer may not enforce an Insurance Policy on the grounds that it is not
an
actual party in interest or a holder entitled to enforce the Insurance Policy,
the Borrower shall take such steps as the Servicer deems necessary to enforce
such Insurance Policy, including bringing suit in its name.
SECTION
6.05 Maintenance
of Security Interests in Obligor Collateral. k) The initial
Servicer and the Borrower shall take all steps necessary, under all applicable
law, in order to (i) cause a valid, subsisting and enforceable first
priority perfected security interest to exist in favor of the Collateral Agent
in the Borrower’s interests in the Obligor Collateral, all Other Conveyed
Property and all Related Security related to each Receivable (and the proceeds
thereof) being Pledged hereunder, to secure a Loan on the Borrowing Date thereof
including (A) the filing of a UCC financing statement in the applicable
jurisdiction adequately describing the Obligor Collateral, Other Conveyed
Property and all Related Security and naming the Borrower as debtor and the
Collateral Agent as the secured party, (B) filing Obligor Financing
Statements against all Obligors purchasing or leasing Obligor Collateral, and
(C) other than with respect to a Lease Contract related to Equipment which
has an Amortized Equipment Cost of less than $25,000 if such Lease Contract
is a
Dollar Purchase Option Contract or $50,000 if such Lease Contract is a FMV
Contract, causing the filing of UCC-3 assignment statements in the applicable
jurisdictions adequately describing the Equipment and other collateral being
transferred by the Underlying Originator to the Originator and naming the
applicable Underlying Originator as the assignor and Originator as the assignee,
(ii) ensure that such security interest is and shall be prior to all other
liens upon and security interests in the Borrower’s interests in such Obligor
Collateral, Other Conveyed Property and Related Security (and the proceeds
thereof) that now exist, or may hereafter arise or be created other than
Permitted Liens, and (iii) ensure that immediately prior to the Pledge of
such Receivable by the Borrower to the Collateral Agent, such Obligor
Collateral, Other Conveyed Property and Related Security is free and clear
of
all Adverse Claims other than Permitted Liens; and
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(b) The
initial Servicer shall take all steps, as are necessary (subject to
Section 6.05(a)), to maintain perfection of the security interest in
the Borrower’s interests in the Obligor Collateral, Other Conveyed Property and
Related Security related to each Pledged Receivable (and the proceeds thereof)
in favor of the Collateral Agent including but not limited to, obtaining the
execution by the Borrower and the recording, registering, filing, rerecording,
refiling, and reregistering of all security agreements, financing statements
and
continuation statements as are necessary to maintain and/or perfect such
security interests granted by the Borrower and the recordation of the Borrower’s
or the applicable Approved Lienholder’s lien on the Certificate of Title for any
Vehicle included in such Obligor Collateral, all in accordance with the Titling
Requirements. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Borrower and each Lender each hereby authorizes the initial Servicer, and the
initial Servicer agrees, to take any and all steps necessary (subject to
Section 6.05(a)) to re-perfect the security interest in the
Borrower’s interests in any Obligor Collateral (and the Borrower’s interests
therein), Other Conveyed Property and Related Security
related to each Pledged Receivable (and the proceeds thereof) in favor of the
Collateral Agent as may be necessary, due to the relocation of such Obligor
Collateral or for any other reason.
SECTION
6.06 Pledged
Receivable Receipts. The Servicer shall make a deposit into the
Collection Account in an amount equal to the Collections with respect to any
Pledged Receivable received, or made by, or on behalf of it, within one Business
Day of such Collections being received, or made by, or on behalf of
it.
SECTION
6.07 No
Rights of Withdrawal. Until the Collection Date, the Borrower
shall have no rights of direction or withdrawal, with respect to amounts held
in
the Collection Account or the Lockbox Account, except with respect to funds
not
related to any Pledged Assets, which were incorrectly deposited into any such
account.
SECTION
6.08 Permitted
Investments. The Borrower shall, pursuant to written instruction,
direct the Lenders’ Bank (and if the Borrower fails to do so, the Lenders may,
pursuant to written instruction, direct the Lenders’ Bank) to invest, or cause
the investment of, funds on deposit in the Collection Account in Permitted
Investments, from the date of this Agreement until the Collection
Date. Absent any such written instruction, the Lenders’ Bank shall
invest, or cause the investment of, such funds in Permitted Investments
described in clause (v) of the definition thereof. A Permitted
Investment acquired with funds deposited in the Collection Account shall mature
not later than the Business Day immediately preceding any Remittance Date,
and
shall not be sold or disposed of prior to its maturity. All such
Permitted Investments shall be registered in the name of a securities
intermediary or its nominee for the benefit of the Lenders, and otherwise comply
with assumptions of the legal opinion of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Wood LLP,
delivered in connection with this Agreement. All income and gain
realized from any such investment, as well as any interest earned on deposits
in
the Collection Account, shall be distributed in accordance with the provisions
of Article II hereof. The Borrower shall deposit in the
Collection Account, as the case may be (with respect to investments made
hereunder of funds held therein), an amount equal to the amount of any actual
loss incurred, in respect of any such investment, immediately upon realization
of such loss. None of the Lenders’ Bank or any Lender shall be liable
for the amount of any loss incurred, in respect of any investment, or lack
of
investment, of funds held in the Collection Account.
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SECTION
6.09 Servicing
Compensation. As compensation for its activities hereunder, the
Servicer shall be entitled to be paid the Servicing Fee from the Collection
Account as provided in Section 2.04(c). The Servicer
shall be required to pay all expenses incurred by it in connection with its
servicing activities hereunder and shall not be entitled to reimbursement
therefor, except with respect to reasonable expenses of the Servicer incurred
in
connection with the repossession and disposition of any Obligor Collateral
(which the Servicer may retain from the proceeds of the disposition of such
Obligor Collateral) and any Servicer Advances made by the Servicer pursuant
hereto. The Servicing Fee may not be transferred in whole, or in
part, except in connection with the transfer of all the Servicer’s
responsibilities and obligations under this Agreement. At any time
after the occurrence of a Servicer Default and the appointment of the Backup
Servicer as the Servicer hereunder, the Backup Servicer shall be entitled to
receive an amount, payable out of Collections on the Pledged Receivables and
amounts applied to the payment of, or treated as payments on, the Pledged
Receivables, equal to expenses incurred by the Backup Servicer,
acting in its capacity as the Servicer, in connection with its obligations
under
Sections 6.05(a) and (b) hereof (such expenses, the “Active
Backup Servicer’s Indemnified Amounts”).
SECTION
6.10 Reports
to the Lenders; Account Statements; Servicing Information. l) The
Borrower will deliver to the Lenders and each Qualifying Swap Counterparty,
(i) on the Program Termination Date, a report identifying the Pledged
Receivables (and any information with respect thereto requested by the Lenders)
on the day immediately preceding the Program Termination Date, and
(ii) upon a Lender’s reasonable request and upon reasonable notice, on any
other Business Day, a report identifying the Pledged Receivables (and any
information with respect thereto, reasonably requested by such Lender) as of
such day.
(b) At
least four (4) Business Days prior to each Remittance Date, the Servicer shall
prepare and deliver, or have delivered to the Lenders and each Qualifying Swap
Counterparty, (i) a Monthly Remittance Report and any other information
reasonably requested by a Lender, relating to all Pledged Receivables
(including, if requested, a Computer Tape or Listing), all information in the
Monthly Remittance Report and all other such information to be accurate as
of
the last day of the immediately preceding Collection Period, and (ii) in an
electronic format mutually acceptable to the Servicer and the Lenders, all
information reasonably requested by the Lenders relating to all Pledged
Receivables. If any Monthly Remittance Report indicates the existence
of a Facility Deficiency, the Borrower shall, on the date of delivery of such
Monthly Remittance Report, prepay to the Lenders, for the account of the
Lenders, a portion of the Loans as is necessary to cure such Facility
Deficiency, in accordance with Section 2.04(e) hereof.
(c) By
no later than the Borrowing Date, the Borrower (or the initial Servicer on
its
behalf) shall also prepare and deliver to the Lenders a Facility Limit
Certificate containing information accurate as of the date of delivery of such
Facility Limit Certificate. If any Facility Limit Certificate
indicates the existence of a Facility Deficiency, the Borrower shall on the
date
of delivery of such Facility Limit Certificate prepay to the Lenders, for the
account of the Lenders, a portion of the Loans, to the extent necessary to
cure
such Facility Deficiency, in accordance with Section 2.04(e)
hereof.
(d) At
least four (4) Business Days prior to each Remittance Date (each such day,
a
“Backup Servicer Delivery Date”), the Servicer shall prepare and deliver,
or have delivered, to the Backup Servicer (i) a Monthly Remittance Report
in respect of the immediately-preceding Collection Period and (ii) a
computer tape or a diskette or any other electronic transmission in a format
acceptable to the Backup Servicer containing the information with respect to
the
Pledged Receivables during such Collection Period which was necessary for
preparation of such Monthly Remittance Report or is reasonably requested by
the
Backup Servicer.
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(e) The
Borrower shall deliver to the Lenders all reports it receives pursuant to the
Purchase and Sale Agreement within one Business Day of the receipt
thereof.
SECTION
6.11 Statements
as to Compliance; Financial Statements. m) The Servicer shall
deliver to the Backup Servicer, the Borrower and the Lenders on or before March
31st of each year, beginning with 2008, an Officer’s Certificate stating, as to
each signatory thereof, that (x) a review of the activities of the Servicer
during the preceding calendar year (or the portion of the preceding calendar
year commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending December 31, 2007
in
the
case of the first such review) and of its performance under this Agreement
has
been made under such officer’s supervision, and (y) to the best of such
officer’s knowledge, based on such review, the Servicer has fulfilled all of its
obligations under this Agreement throughout such calendar year (or portion
thereof, as the case may be) or, if there has been a default in the fulfillment
of any such obligation, specifying each such default known to such officer
and
the nature and status thereof and the action being taken to cure such
default.
(b) The
Servicer (if LEAF Financial or an Affiliate thereof) shall, at its expense,
cause a firm of nationally recognized independent certified public accountants
acceptable to the Lenders (the “Independent Accountants”), who may also
render other services to the Servicer, the Backup Servicer or to the Borrower,
to deliver to the Borrower and the Lenders, on or before March 31st of each
year, beginning 2008, with respect to the twelve (12) months ended the
immediately preceding December 31, a statement (the “Accountant’s
Report”) addressed to the Board of Directors of the Servicer and to the
Lenders, to the effect that such firm has examined such Facility Limit
Certificates and Monthly Remittance Reports prepared by the Servicer during
the
twelve (12) months ended the immediately preceding December 31 as it deemed
necessary in order to issue the Accountants’ Report and issued its report
thereon, and that such examination was made in accordance with generally
accepted auditing standards and, accordingly, included such tests of the
accounting records and such other auditing procedures as such firm considered
necessary in the circumstances. The Accountants’ Report shall further
state that (i) a review in accordance with agreed upon procedures was made;
and (ii) except as disclosed in the Accountant’s Report, no exceptions or
errors in the Facility Limit Certificates and Monthly Remittance Reports
examined were found except for (A) such exceptions as the Independent
Accountants believe to be immaterial and (B) such other exceptions as shall
be set forth in the Accountants’ Report. The Accountants’ Report
shall also indicate that the firm is independent of the Borrower and the
Servicer within the meaning of the Code of Professional Ethics of the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
(c) As
soon as available and no later than forty-five (45) days after the end of each
calendar quarter in each fiscal year of the Borrower or Resource America, the
Borrower shall deliver to the Lenders two copies of:
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(i) a
balance sheet of the Borrower and Resource America as of the end of such
calendar quarter, setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures
for the most recent year-end for which an audited balance sheet has been
prepared, which balance sheet shall be prepared and presented in accordance
with, and provide all necessary disclosure required by, GAAP and shall be
accompanied by a certificate signed by the financial vice president, treasurer,
chief financial officer or controller of the Borrower or Resource America,
as
applicable, stating that such balance sheet presents fairly the financial
condition of the Borrower or Resource America, as the case may be, and has
been
prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied; and
(ii) statements
of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flow of the Borrower and Resource
America for such calendar quarter setting forth in comparative form the
corresponding figures for the comparable period one year prior thereto (subject
to normal year-end adjustments), which such statements shall be prepared and
presented in accordance with, and provide all necessary disclosure required
by,
GAAP and shall be accompanied by a certificate signed by the financial vice
president, treasurer, chief financial officer or controller
of the Borrower or Resource America, as applicable, stating that such financial
statements present fairly the financial condition and results of operations
of
the Borrower or Resource America, as the case may be, and have been prepared
in
accordance with GAAP consistently applied.
(d) As
soon as available and no later than forty-five (45) days after the end of each
calendar quarter in each fiscal year of Resource America, LEAF Financial shall
deliver to the Lenders two copies of:
(i) a
consolidated balance sheet of Resource America and its consolidated subsidiaries
(including Originator and Servicer) as of the end of such calendar quarter,
setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for the most recent
year-end for which an audited balance sheet has been prepared, which such
balance sheet shall be prepared and presented in accordance with, and provide
all necessary disclosure required by, GAAP and shall be accompanied by a
certificate signed by the financial vice president, treasurer, chief financial
officer or controller of Resource America stating that such balance sheet
presents fairly the financial condition of the companies being reported upon
and
has been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied; and
(ii) consolidated
statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flow of Resource America and
its consolidated subsidiaries (including Originator and Servicer) for such
calendar quarter, in each case, setting forth in comparative form the
corresponding figures for the comparable period one year prior thereto (subject
to normal year-end adjustments), which such statements shall be prepared and
presented in accordance with, and provide all necessary disclosure required
by,
GAAP and shall be accompanied by a certificate signed by the financial vice
president, treasurer, chief financial officer or controller of Resource America
stating that such financial statements present fairly the financial condition
and results of operations of the companies being reported upon and have been
prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied.
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(e) As
soon as available and no later than ninety (90) days after the end of each
fiscal year of the Borrower or Resource America, LEAF Financial shall deliver
to
the Lenders two copies of:
(i) a
balance sheet of the Borrower and Resource America as of the end of the fiscal
year, setting forth in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal
year
and accompanied by an opinion of a firm of independent certified public
accountants of nationally recognized standing acceptable to the Lenders stating
that such balance sheet presents fairly the financial condition of the Borrower
or Resource America, as applicable, and has been prepared in accordance with
GAAP consistently applied (except for changes in application in which such
accountants concur); and
(ii) statements
of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flow of the Borrower and Resource
America for such fiscal year, setting forth in comparative form the figures
for
the previous fiscal year and accompanied by an opinion of a firm of independent
certified public accountants of nationally recognized standing acceptable to
the
Lenders stating that such financial statements present fairly the financial
condition of the Borrower or Resource America,
as applicable, and have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently
applied (except for changes in application in which such accountants
concur).
(f) As
soon as available and no later than ninety (90) days after the end of each
fiscal year of Resource America, LEAF Financial shall deliver to the Lenders
two
copies of:
(i) a
consolidated and consolidating balance sheet of Resource America and its
consolidated subsidiaries (including Originator and Servicer) as of the end
of
the fiscal year, setting forth in comparative form the figures for the previous
fiscal year and accompanied by an opinion of a firm of independent certified
public accountants of nationally recognized standing acceptable to the Lenders
stating that such balance sheet presents fairly the financial condition of
the
companies being reported upon and has been prepared in accordance with GAAP
consistently applied (except for changes in application in which such
accountants concur); and
(ii) consolidated
and consolidating statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flow of
Resource America and its consolidated subsidiaries (including Originator) for
such fiscal year; in each case setting forth in comparative form the figures
for
the previous fiscal year and accompanied by an opinion of a firm of independent
certified public accountants of nationally recognized standing acceptable to
the
Lenders stating that such financial statements present fairly the financial
condition of the companies being reported upon and have been prepared in
accordance with GAAP consistently applied (except for changes in application
in
which such accountants concur).
SECTION
6.12 Access
to Certain Documentation; Obligors; Background Check. n) The
Collateral Agent (and its agents or professional advisors) shall at the expense
of the Borrower, have the right under this Agreement, once during each calendar
quarter, to examine and audit, during business hours or at such other times
as
might be reasonable under applicable circumstances, any and all of
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(b) Each
Lender (and its respective agents or professional advisors) shall, at its own
expense, have the right under this Agreement to contact Obligors once with
respect to any Receivable which is Pledged hereunder to request that each such
Obligor verify and confirm by return letter the existence and amount of such
Receivable, the type of Equipment leased under or securing the related Contract
and such other information as such Lender deems reasonable under the
circumstances (each such return letter to be mailed to a post office box
established by such Lender). The Servicer and the Borrower hereby
agree to cooperate with each Lender (and its respective agents or professional
advisors) in connection with any attempt thereby to contact any such Obligor
and
shall provide to each such Lender such information as is needed in order to
facilitate such contact. Each Lender (and its respective agents and
professional advisors) shall treat as confidential any information obtained
during any such contact with any such Obligor which is not already publicly
known or available; provided, however, that each Lender (and its respective
agents or professional advisors) may disclose such information if required
to do
so by law or by any regulatory authority and may disclose information relevant
to the tax treatment and tax structure of the transactions contemplated by
this
Agreement.
(c) Each
Lender (or its respective agents and/or third party professional advisors)
may,
from time to time, cause comprehensive background checks on newly-hired senior
management, key employees and principals of each of Resource Capital Corp.,
the
initial Servicer and Originator to be completed by an investigation service
acceptable to such Lender, at the Borrower’s expense.
SECTION
6.13 Backup
Servicer. If a Servicer Default shall occur, then the Lenders
may, by notice to the Servicer, the Borrower and the Backup Servicer, terminate
all of the rights and obligations of the Servicer under this
Agreement. Upon the delivery to the Servicer of such notice, all
authority and power of the Servicer under this Agreement, whether with respect
to the Pledged Assets or otherwise, shall pass to and be vested in the Backup
Servicer pursuant to and under this Section (unless the Lenders shall have
appointed a different successor Servicer pursuant to Section 6.01
hereof or the
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The
Active Backup Servicer’s Fees and Transition Costs shall be paid out of
Collections with respect to any Pledged Receivable as set forth in
Section 2.04(c) on and after the date, if any, that the Backup
Servicer assumes the responsibilities of the Servicer pursuant to this
Section. The Standby Backup Servicer’s Fees and Transition Costs
shall be paid out of Collections with respect to any Pledged Receivable as
set
forth in Section 2.04(c) prior to the date, if any, that the Backup
Servicer assumes the responsibilities of the Servicer pursuant to this
Section.
Any
obligations of LEAF Financial under any Transaction Document other than in
its
capacity as Servicer shall continue in effect notwithstanding LEAF Financial’s
termination as Servicer.
On
and
after the time the Servicer receives a notice of termination pursuant to this
Section 6.13, the Backup Servicer shall be (and the Backup Servicer
hereby agrees to be) the successor in all respects to the Servicer in its
capacity as Servicer under this Agreement and the transactions set forth or
provided for herein and shall have all the rights and powers and be subject
thereafter to all the responsibilities, duties and liabilities relating thereto
placed on the Servicer by the terms and provisions hereof; provided,
however, that any failure to perform such duties or responsibilities
caused by the Servicer’s failure to
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The
Backup Servicer hereby agrees that it shall, and shall take all actions
necessary so that it shall at all times be ready to, assume all the rights
and
powers and all of the responsibilities, obligations and duties of the Servicer
hereunder, within ten (10) Business Days of receiving from a Lender a notice
requesting the Backup Servicer to do so.
Notwithstanding
anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, absent specific knowledge
by any Lyon Financial Services, Inc. account representative assigned to this
transaction from time to time, or written notice detailing specific Errors
(as
defined below) or other deficiencies, Lyon Financial Services, Inc., as
successor Servicer, is authorized to accept and rely on all accounting records
(including computer records) and work product of the prior Servicer hereunder
relating to the Contracts (collectively, the “Predecessor Servicer Work
Product”) without any audit or other examination thereof, and Lyon Financial
Services, Inc. shall have no duty, responsibility, obligation or liability
for
the acts and omissions of the prior Servicer. If any error,
inaccuracy, commission or incorrect or nonstandard practice or procedure
(collectively, “Errors”) exists in any Predecessor Servicer Work Product
and such Errors cause Lyon Financial Services, Inc. to make or continue any
errors (collectively, “Continued Errors”), Lyon
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Within
four (4) Business Days after each Remittance Date, provided that the Backup
Servicer shall have received the information specified in
Section 6.10(d) within the time specified therein, the Backup
Servicer shall compare the information on the computer tape or diskette (or
other means of electronic transmission acceptable to the Backup Servicer) most
recently delivered to the Backup Servicer by the Servicer pursuant to
Section 6.10(d) with respect to such Remittance Date to the
corresponding Monthly Remittance Report delivered to the Backup Servicer by
the
Servicer pursuant to Section 6.10(d) and shall:
(a) confirm
that such Monthly Remittance Report is complete on its face;
(b) confirm
the distributions to be made on such Remittance Date pursuant to
Section 2.04(c) hereof to the extent the Backup Servicer is able to
do so given the information provided to it by the Servicer (it being hereby
agreed that the Backup Servicer shall promptly notify the Servicer and the
Lenders if such information is insufficient and that the Servicer shall promptly
provide to the Backup Servicer any additional information required by the Backup
Servicer);
(c) confirm
the mathematical computations of information in such Monthly Remittance Report;
and
(d) confirm
such other information as the Backup Servicer and the Lenders may
agree;
In
the
event of any discrepancy between the information set forth in
subparagraphs (b) or (c) above as calculated by the Servicer and that
determined or calculated by the Backup Servicer, the Backup Servicer shall
promptly report such discrepancy to the Servicer and the Lenders. In
the event of a discrepancy as described in the preceding sentence, the Servicer
and the Backup Servicer shall attempt to reconcile such discrepancy within
five
(5) Business Days after reporting such discrepancy, but in the absence of a
reconciliation, distributions on the related Remittance Date shall be made
consistent with the information calculated by the Servicer, the Servicer and
the
Backup Servicer shall attempt to reconcile such discrepancy prior to the next
Remittance Date, and the Servicer shall promptly report to the Lenders regarding
the progress, if any, which shall have been made in reconciling such
discrepancy. If the Backup Servicer and the Servicer are unable to
reconcile such discrepancy with respect to such Monthly Remittance Report by
the
next Remittance Date that falls in April, July, October or January, the Servicer
shall cause independent accountants acceptable to the Lenders, at the Servicer’s
expense, to examine such Monthly Remittance Report and attempt to reconcile
such
discrepancy at the earliest possible date (and the Servicer shall promptly
provide the Lenders with a report regarding such event). The effect,
if any, of such reconciliation shall be reflected in the Monthly Remittance
Report for the next succeeding Remittance Date.
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Other
than as specifically set forth in this Agreement, the Backup Servicer shall
have
no obligation to supervise, verify, monitor or administer the performance of
the
Servicer and shall have no liability for any action taken or omitted by the
Servicer.
The
Backup Servicer may allow a subservicer to perform any and all of its duties
and
responsibilities hereunder, including but not limited to its duties as successor
Servicer hereunder, should the Backup Servicer become the successor Servicer
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement; provided, however, that
the Backup Servicer shall remain liable for the performance of all of its duties
and obligations hereunder to the same extent as if no such subservicing had
occurred.
In
no
event shall the Backup Servicer (either prior to or after its appointment
hereunder as Servicer) be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in
the
performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly
or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including without limitation, acts
of
terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes
or
acts of God.
SECTION
6.14 Additional
Remedies of Lenders Upon Event of Default. During the continuance
of any Event of Default, each Lender, in addition to the rights specified in
Section 7.01, shall have the right to take all actions now or
hereafter existing at law, in equity or by statute to protect its interests
and
enforce its rights and remedies (including the institution and prosecution
of
all judicial, administrative and other proceedings and the filings of proofs
of
claim and debt in connection therewith). Except as otherwise
expressly provided in this Agreement, no remedy provided for by this Agreement
shall be exclusive of any other remedy, each and every remedy shall be
cumulative and in addition to any other remedy, and no delay or omission to
exercise any right or remedy shall impair any such right or remedy or shall
be
deemed to be a waiver of any Event of Default.
SECTION
6.15 Waiver
of Defaults. The Lenders may waive any default by the Servicer in
the performance of its obligations hereunder and its
consequences. Upon any such waiver of a past default, such default
shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed
to have been remedied for every purpose of this Agreement. No such
waiver shall be effective unless it shall be in writing and signed by the
Lenders and no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default
or
impair any right consequent thereon except to the extent expressly so
waived.
SECTION
6.16 Maintenance
of Certain Insurance. On the date hereof the Servicer shall
obtain, and at all times thereafter during the term of its service as Servicer
the Servicer shall maintain, in force a directors and officers liability
insurance policy in an amount not less than $1,000,000 naming the Collateral
Agent as loss payee and with an insurance company reasonably acceptable to
the
Lenders.
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The
Servicer shall deliver a copy of the insurance policy required under this
Section 6.16 to the Lenders on the date hereof together with a
certification from the applicable insurance company that such policy is in
force
on the date hereof.
The
Servicer shall prepare and present, on behalf of itself and the Lenders, claims
under any such policy in a timely fashion in accordance with the terms of such
policy, and upon, the filing of any claim on any policy described in this
Section, the Servicer shall promptly notify the Lenders of such
claim.
SECTION
6.17 Segregation
of Collections. The Servicer shall not commingle funds
constituting Collections with respect to any Pledged Receivable with any other
funds of the Servicer; provided, that such commingling may occur in the
Lockbox Account so long as the Lockbox Intercreditor Agreement is in full force
and effect.
SECTION
6.18 UCC
Matters; Protection and Perfection of Pledged Assets. The
Borrower will not change the jurisdiction of its formation, make any change
to
its corporate name or use any tradenames, fictitious names, assumed names,
“doing business as” names or other names (other than those listed on
Schedule II hereto, as such schedule may be revised from time to
time to reflect name changes and name usage permitted under the terms of this
Section 6.18 after compliance with all terms and conditions of this
Section 6.18 related thereto) unless, prior to the effective date of
any such jurisdiction change, name change or use, the Borrower notifies the
Collateral Agent of such change in writing and delivers to the Collateral Agent
such executed financing statements as the Collateral Agent may request to
reflect such jurisdiction, name change or use, together with such other
documents and instruments as the Collateral Agent may request in connection
therewith. The Borrower will not change the location of its chief
executive office or the location of its records regarding the Pledged
Receivables unless, prior to the effective date of any such change of location,
the Borrower notifies the Collateral Agent of such change of location in writing
and delivers to the Collateral Agent such executed financing statements as
the
Collateral Agent may reasonably request to reflect such change of location,
together with such Opinions of Counsel, documents and instruments as the
Collateral Agent may request in connection therewith. The Borrower
agrees that from time to time, at its expense, it will promptly execute and
deliver all further instruments and documents, and take all further action
that
the Collateral Agent may reasonably request in order to perfect, protect or
more
fully evidence the Collateral Agent’s interest in the Pledged Assets acquired
hereunder, or to enable the Collateral Agent to exercise or enforce any
of
its respective rights hereunder. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, the Borrower will, upon the request of the Collateral
Agent: (i) execute (if necessary) and file such financing or
continuation statements, or amendments thereto or assignments thereof, and
such
other instruments or notices, as may be necessary or appropriate or as the
Collateral Agent may request, and (ii) xxxx its master data processing
records evidencing such Pledged Receivables with a legend acceptable to the
Collateral Agent, evidencing that the Collateral Agent has acquired an interest
therein as provided in this Agreement. The Collateral Agent shall be
entitled to conclusively rely on the filings or registrations made by or on
behalf of the Borrower without any independent investigation and the Borrower’s
obligation to make such filings as evidence that such filings have been
made. The Borrower hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent to file one
or more financing or continuation statements, and amendments thereto and
assignments thereof, relative to all or any of the Pledged Receivables and
the
Other Conveyed Property and the
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SECTION
6.19 Servicer
Advances. The Servicer may, in its sole discretion, make an
advance in respect of any payment due on a Pledged Receivable (other than a
Defaulted Receivable) to the extent such payment has not been received by the
Servicer as of its due date and the Servicer reasonably expects such payment
will be ultimately recoverable (a “Servicer Advance”). The
Servicer shall deposit into the Collection Account in immediately available
funds the aggregate of all Servicer Advances to be made during a Fee Period
on
or prior to the Business Day immediately preceding the related Remittance
Date. The Servicer shall be entitled to reimbursement for such
Servicer Advances from monies in the Collection Account as provided in
Section 2.04(c) hereof.
SECTION
6.20 Repurchase
of Receivables Upon Breach of Covenant or Representation and Warranty by
Servicer. The Borrower or the Servicer, as the case may be, shall
inform the other parties to this Agreement and the Initial Qualifying Swap
Counterparty promptly, in writing, upon the discovery of any breach of the
Servicer’s representations, warranties and/or covenants pursuant to
Section 4.02, Section 6.05 or Article V;
provided, however, that the failure to provide any such
notice
shall not diminish, in any manner whatsoever, any obligation of the Servicer
hereunder to repurchase any Pledged Receivable. Unless such breach
shall have been cured
by
the last day of the first full calendar month following the discovery by or
notice to the Servicer of such breach (and provided that a Facility Deficiency
exists on such last day), the Servicer (if LEAF Financial or an Affiliate
thereof) shall have an obligation, and the Borrower shall and the Collateral
Agent may, enforce such obligation of the Servicer (if LEAF Financial or an
Affiliate thereof), to repurchase any Pledged Receivable materially and
adversely affected by such breach. The Borrower shall notify the
Collateral Agent promptly, in writing, of any failure by the Servicer to so
repurchase any such Pledged Receivable. In consideration of the
repurchase of such Pledged Receivable, the Servicer shall remit funds in an
amount equal to the Release Price for
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SECTION
6.21 Compliance
with Applicable Law. The Servicer and the Borrower shall at all
times comply in all material respects with all requirements of applicable
federal, state and local laws, and regulations thereunder (including, without
limitation, usury laws, the Federal Truth-in-Lending Act, the Equal Credit
Opportunity Act, the Fair Credit Billing Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act,
the
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act, the
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxx Warranty Act, the Federal Reserve Board’s Regulations “B” and “Z”,
the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act of 1940 and state adaptations of the
National Consumer Act and of the Uniform Consumer Credit Code and all other
consumer credit laws and equal credit opportunity and disclosure laws) in the
conduct of its business.
SECTION
6.22 Receipt
of Certificates of Title. Any Receivable with respect to which
the Obligor Collateral includes a Vehicle and for which the Servicer shall
not
have (i) received a Certificate of Title satisfying the Titling
Requirements and (ii) delivered such Certificate of Title to the Custodian
within 90 days of the first day of inclusion of such Pledged Receivable in
the calculation of the Facility Limit, shall no longer be deemed to be an
Eligible Receivable and, therefore, shall no longer be included in the
calculation of the Facility Limit. In the case of any Receivable
excluded from the calculation of the Facility Limit pursuant to the previous
sentence, the Receivable so excluded from the calculation of the Facility Limit
may at a later time be included in the calculation of the Facility Limit,
provided, that (i) the Custodian shall have received the Certificate
of Title described above with respect to such Receivable from the applicable
Registrar of Titles and delivered such Certificate of Title to the Custodian
and
(ii) such Receivable is otherwise an Eligible Receivable at such
time.
SECTION
6.23 Lenders’
Bank Limitation of Liability. o) The Lenders’ Bank undertakes to
perform only such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this
Agreement, it being expressly understood by the parties hereto that there are
no
implied duties or obligations under this Agreement. Neither the
Lenders’ Bank nor any of its officers, directors, employees or agents shall be
liable, directly or indirectly, for any damages or expenses arising out of
the
services performed under this Agreement other than damages which result from
the
gross negligence or willful misconduct of it or them. In no event
will the Lenders’ Bank or any of its officers, directors, employees or agents be
liable for any consequential, indirect or special damages.
(b) The
Lenders’ Bank shall not be liable for any error of judgment, or for any act done
or step taken or omitted by it, in good faith, or for any mistakes of fact
or
law, or for anything which it may do or refrain from doing in connection
herewith.
(c) The
Lenders’ Bank may rely on and shall be protected in acting upon any certificate,
instrument, opinion, notice, letter, telegram or other document delivered to
it
by any other Person and which in good faith it believes to be genuine and which
has been signed by the proper party or parties. The Lenders’ Bank may
rely on and shall be protected in acting upon the written instructions of any
designated officer of the Borrower, the Servicer or the Lender.
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(d) The
Lenders’ Bank may consult with counsel reasonably satisfactory to it and the
opinion of such counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection
in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good
faith and in accordance with the opinion of such counsel.
(e) The
Lenders’ Bank shall not be required to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise
incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder,
or
in the exercise of its rights or powers, if the Lenders’ Bank believes that
repayment of such funds (repaid in accordance with the terms of this Agreement)
or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured
to it.
(f) The
Lenders’ Bank shall not be deemed to be a fiduciary of any party
hereto.
(g) The
parties hereto agree that in no event will the Lenders’ Bank be liable for
special, indirect or consequential damages.
ARTICLE
VII
EVENTS
OF DEFAULT
SECTION
7.01 Events
of Default. If any of the following events (each an “Event of
Default”) shall occur:
(a) the
occurrence of any Bankruptcy Event with respect to the Borrower, Owner, Resource
America, the Originator or the Servicer; or
(b) any
representation or warranty made or deemed to be made by the Borrower or the
Servicer (or any of its officers) under or in connection with this Agreement
(or
any remittance report or other information or report delivered pursuant hereto)
or any other Transaction Document shall prove to be false or incorrect in any
respect and shall remain false or incorrect for a period fifteen (15) Business
Days after the Servicer or the Borrower become aware, or are notified by a
Lender, the Custodian or any other Person, that such representation or warranty
is false or incorrect; provided, however, that if any breach
described above is cured by the repurchase of Receivables pursuant to
Article VI of the Purchase and Sale Agreement or by a repayment
hereunder, or repurchase pursuant to Sections 4.03 or 6.20
hereof, such breach shall cease to constitute an Event of Default;
or
(c) (i) the
Borrower or the Servicer shall fail to perform or observe any term, covenant
or
agreement hereunder or under any other Transaction Document (other than
described in (x) clause (ii)
below) in any material respect and such failure remains unremedied for fifteen
(15) Business Days or (ii) either the Servicer or the Borrower shall fail
to make any payment or deposit to be made by it when due hereunder or under
any
other Transaction Document and such failure remains unremedied for two (2)
Business Days; or
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(d) the
Borrower, Owner, Resource America or the Servicer shall
fail to pay (and such failure remains unremedied for two (2) Business Days)
any
principal of or premium or interest on any Debt in an amount in excess of
$10,000,000, when the same becomes due and payable (whether by scheduled
maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand or otherwise); or any other
default under any agreement or instrument relating to any Debt of the Borrower
or the Servicer or any other event, shall occur if the effect of such default
or
event is to accelerate, or to permit the acceleration of, the maturity of such
Debt; or any such Debt shall be declared to be due and payable or required
to be
prepaid (other than by a regularly scheduled required prepayment) prior to
the
stated maturity thereof; or
(e) the
Originator, the Borrower or any of their respective subsidiaries shall have
suffered any material adverse change to its business, financial condition or
any
other condition which, in any Lender’s sole discretion, constitutes a material
impairment of the Originator or the Borrower’s ability to perform its
Obligations; or
(f) (i) the
Collateral Agent shall at any time fail to have a valid, perfected, first
priority security interest in any of the Pledged Assets (other than Equipment
which has a value of less than (x) $25,000 if such Equipment is leased
under Dollar Purchase Option Contracts or (y) $50,000 if such Equipment is
leased under FMV Contracts) or (ii) any purchase by the Borrower of a
Receivable and the Collections, Related Security and Other Conveyed Property
with respect thereto under the Purchase and Sale Agreement shall, for any
reason, cease to create in favor of the Borrower a perfected ownership interest
in such Receivable and the Collections, Related Security and the Other Conveyed
Property with respect thereto; provided, however, that if an event
described in the foregoing clause (i) or (ii) is cured by the
repurchase of Receivables pursuant to Article VI of the Purchase and
Sale Agreement or by a repayment hereunder or repurchase pursuant to
Sections 4.03 or 6.20 hereof, within five Business Days, such
event shall cease to constitute an Event of Default; or
(g) the
Borrower or the Servicer shall have suffered any material adverse change to
its
financial condition or operations which would affect the collectibility of
the
Pledged Receivables or the Borrower’s or the Servicer’s ability to conduct its
business or fulfill its obligations hereunder or under any other Transaction
Document; or
(h) the
Servicer’s or the Borrower’s activities are terminated for any reason, including
any termination thereof by a regulatory, tax or accounting body; or
(i) the
occurrence of a Change of Control; or
(j) the
Purchase and Sale Agreement or any other Transaction Document or any material
provision of any of them shall cease to be in full force and effect and
enforceable in accordance with its terms, or the Servicer, the Borrower, or
any
Affiliate of the Servicer or the Borrower shall so assert in writing;
or
(k) the
occurrence of a Servicer Default; or
(l) either
(1) the Facility Amount exceeds the Facility Limit or (2) the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the Class A Notes exceeds the Class A Facility
Limit; and, in each case, such event shall remain unremedied for two Business
Days; or
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(m) the
auditor’s opinion accompanying the audited annual financial statements of the
Servicer or the Borrower is qualified in any manner; or
(n)
(i) any Qualifying Interest Rate Swap shall cease to be in full force and
effect, (ii) the Borrower or the Servicer fail to comply with any hedging
requirement hereunder or (iii) the counterparty under any Qualifying
Interest Rate Swap or former or purported Qualifying Interest Rate Swap fails
to
qualify as a Qualifying Swap Counterparty and does not post cash collateral
in a
manner satisfactory to the Lenders is not replaced by a Qualifying Swap
Counterparty within 45 days of such counterparty’s failure to so qualify,
(iv) the occurrence of any default by the Borrower or Servicer in the
observance or performance of any of the terms or provisions of any Qualifying
Interest Rate Swap or (v) any interest rate swap agreement represented by
the Borrower or the Servicer to be a Qualifying Interest Rate Swap shall fail
to
be, or cease to be, a Qualifying Interest Rate Swap; or
(o) Resource
America shall, at any time, permit its Tangible Net Worth to be less than the
Minimum Tangible Net Worth;
(p) either
(i) the provisions of the Transaction Documents relating to the Backup
Servicer or its duties under any of the Transaction Documents cease to be in
full force and effect and enforceable in accordance with their terms, or the
Backup Servicer shall so assert in writing, (ii) Lyon Financial Services,
Inc. or any successor Backup Servicer resigns, is removed by the Lenders, or
otherwise ceases to act as the Backup Servicer, and such Backup Servicer is
not
replaced by a new Backup Servicer satisfactory to the Lenders within 45 days
of
such resignation, removal or other event; or
(q) the
occurrence of three or more Termination Events;
then
the
Lenders may, by notice to the Borrower and each Qualifying Swap Counterparty,
declare the Program Termination Date to have occurred; provided, that, in
the case of any event described in Section 7.01(a) above, the
Program Termination Date shall be deemed to have occurred automatically upon
the
occurrence of such event. Upon any such declaration or automatic
occurrence, (i) the Borrower shall cease purchasing Receivables from
Originator under the Purchase and Sale Agreement, (ii) at the option of
each Lender in its sole discretion, such Lender may declare such Lender’s
related Loans made to the Borrower hereunder and all interest and all Fees
accrued on such Loans and any other Obligations to be immediately due and
payable (and the Borrower shall pay such Loans and all such amounts and
Obligations immediately), (iii) the Lenders, jointly and in their sole
discretion, may direct the Obligors to make all payments under the Pledged
Receivables directly to the Backup Servicer, the Collateral Agent or any lockbox
or account established by any of such parties. Any Collections
received in any such account (or received directly by any Lender or the
Collateral Agent) shall be applied to the Obligations in accordance with the
priority of payments set forth in Section 2.04(c). In
addition, upon any such declaration or upon any such automatic occurrence,
the
Lenders and the Collateral Agent shall have, in addition to all other rights
and
remedies under this Agreement or otherwise, all other rights and remedies
provided
under the UCC of the applicable jurisdiction and other applicable laws, which
rights shall be cumulative.
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SECTION
7.02 Additional
Remedies of the Lenders. p) If, (i) upon any Lender’s
declaration that such Lender’s related Loans made to the Borrower hereunder are
immediately due and payable pursuant to Section 7.01 or (ii) on
the Facility Maturity Date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the
Loans, all accrued Fees and interest and any other Obligations are not
immediately paid in full, then the Collateral Agent, in addition to all other
rights specified hereunder, shall have the right to immediately sell in a
commercially reasonable manner, in a recognized market (if one exists) at such
price or prices as the Collateral Agent may reasonably deem satisfactory, any
or
all Pledged Assets and shall apply the proceeds thereof to the Obligations
in
accordance with the priority of payments set forth in Section
2.04(c).
(b) The
parties recognize that it may not be possible to sell all of the Pledged Assets
on a particular Business Day, or in a transaction with the same purchaser,
or in
the same manner because the market for such Pledged Assets may not be
liquid. Accordingly, the Collateral Agent may elect, in its sole
discretion, the time and manner of liquidating any Pledged Assets, and nothing
contained herein shall obligate the Collateral Agent to liquidate any Pledged
Assets on the date a Lender declares the Loans made to the Borrower hereunder
to
be immediately due and payable pursuant to Section 7.01 or to
liquidate all Pledged Assets in the same manner or on the same Business
Day.
(c) Any
amounts received from any sale or liquidation of the Pledged Assets pursuant
to
this Section 7.02 in excess of the Obligations will be returned to
the Borrower, its successors or assigns, or to whosoever may be lawfully
entitled to receive the same, or as a court of competent jurisdiction may
otherwise direct.
(d) Each
of the Class A Lender, the Class B Lender, the Collateral Agent and the Initial
Qualifying Swap Counterparty shall have, in addition to all the rights and
remedies provided herein and provided by applicable federal, state, foreign,
and
local laws (including, without limitation, the rights and remedies of a secured
party under the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable state, to the extent
that the Uniform Commercial Code is applicable, and the right to offset any
mutual debt and claim), all rights and remedies available to such Person at
law,
in equity or under any other agreement between such Person and the
Borrower.
(e) Except
as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, no remedy provided for by
this Agreement shall be exclusive of any other remedy, each and every remedy
shall be cumulative and in addition to any other remedy, and no delay or
omission to exercise any right or remedy shall impair any such right or remedy
or shall be deemed to be a waiver of any Program Termination Event or Event
of
Default.
ARTICLE
VIII
INDEMNIFICATION
SECTION
8.01 Indemnities
by the Borrower. Without limiting any other rights which the
Class A Lender, the Class B Lender, the Collateral Agent, the Backup Servicer
(whether in its capacity as Backup Servicer or successor Servicer), the Lenders’
Bank, the Custodian, the Initial Qualifying Swap Counterparty or any of their
respective Affiliates may have hereunder or under applicable
law,
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(i) any
Pledged Receivable treated as or represented by the Borrower to be an Eligible
Receivable which is not at the applicable time an Eligible
Receivable;
(ii) reliance
on any representation or warranty made or deemed made by the Borrower or any
of
its officers under or in connection with this Agreement, which shall have been
false or incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made or
delivered;
(iii) the
failure by the Borrower to comply with any term, provision or covenant contained
in this Agreement or any agreement executed in connection with this Agreement,
or with any applicable law, rule or regulation with respect to any Pledged
Assets, or the nonconformity of any Pledged Assets with any such applicable
law,
rule or regulation;
(iv) the
failure to vest and maintain vested in the Collateral Agent or to transfer
to
the Collateral Agent a first priority perfected security interest in the
Receivables which are, or are purported to be, Pledged Receivables, together
with all related Other Conveyed Property, Collections, Related Security and
other Pledged Assets related thereto (including, without limitation, the
Borrower’s interest in and to any and all Obligor Collateral with respect to
such Receivables), free and clear of any Adverse Claim whether existing at
the
time of the related Borrowing or at any time thereafter;
(v) the
failure to maintain, as of the close of business on each Business Day prior
to
the Collection Date, a Facility Amount which is less than or equal to the lesser
of (x) the Borrowing Limit on such Business Day and (y) the Facility
Limit on such Business Day;
(vi) the
failure to maintain, as of the close of business on each Business Day prior
to
the Collection Date, a Facility Amount, which is less than or equal to the
Facility Limit;
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(vii) Reserved;
(viii) the
failure to file, or any delay in filing, financing statements or other similar
instruments or documents under the UCC of any applicable jurisdiction or other
applicable laws with respect to any Receivables which are, or are purported
to
be, Pledged Receivables
or
the
other Pledged Assets related thereto, whether at the time of the Borrowing
or at
any subsequent time;
(ix) any
dispute, claim, offset or defense (other than the discharge in bankruptcy of
an
Obligor) to the payment of any Receivable which is, or is purported to be,
a
Pledged Receivable (including, without limitation, a defense based on such
Receivable (or the Contract evidencing such Receivable) not being a legal,
valid
and binding obligation of such Obligor enforceable against it in accordance
with
its terms);
(x) any
failure of the Borrower to perform its duties or obligations in accordance
with
the provisions of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document;
(xi) the
failure of the Borrower to pay when due any taxes payable in connection with
the
Pledged Receivables or the Pledged Assets related thereto;
(xii) any
repayment by a Lender of any amount previously distributed in payment of Loans
or payment of interest or Fees or any other amount due hereunder, in each case
which amount such Lender believes in good faith is required to be
repaid;
(xiii) the
commingling by the Borrower of Collections of Pledged Receivables at any time
with other funds;
(xiv) any
investigation, litigation or proceeding related to this Agreement or the use
of
proceeds of Loans or the Pledged Assets;
(xv) any
failure by the Borrower to give reasonably equivalent value to Originator in
consideration for the transfer by Originator to the Borrower of any Receivable
or any attempt by any Person to void or otherwise avoid any such transfer under
any statutory provision or common law or equitable action, including, without
limitation, any provision of the Bankruptcy Code;
(xvi) [Reserved];
(xvii) any
failure of the Borrower or any of its agents or representatives to remit to
the
Collection Account, Collections of Pledged Receivables remitted to the Borrower
or any such agent or representative;
(xviii) any
failure on the part of the Borrower duly to observe or perform in any material
respect any covenant or agreement under any Qualifying Interest Rate Swap;
and/or
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(xix) any
Contract related to any Pledged Receivable being rejected by an Obligor under
Section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code in the event that a Bankruptcy Event has
occurred with respect to such Obligor.
Any
amounts subject to the indemnification provisions of this
Section 8.01 shall be paid by the Borrower to the applicable Lender
on behalf of the applicable Indemnified Party within two (2) Business Days
following such Lender’s written demand therefor on behalf of the applicable
Indemnified Party (and such Lender shall pay such amounts to the applicable
Indemnified Party promptly after the receipt by such Lender of such
amounts). Each Lender, on behalf of any related
Indemnified
Party making a request for indemnification under this Section 8.01,
shall submit to the Borrower a certificate setting forth in reasonable detail
the basis for and the computations of the Indemnified Amounts with respect
to
which such indemnification is requested, which certificate shall be conclusive
absent demonstrable error.
If
the
Borrower has made any payments in respect of Indemnified Amounts to a Lender,
on
behalf of an Indemnified Party pursuant to this Section 8.01 and
such Indemnified Party thereafter collects any of such amounts from others,
such
Indemnified Party will promptly repay such amounts collected to the Borrower,
without interest.
SECTION
8.02 Indemnities
by Servicer. q) Without limiting any other rights which any
Indemnified Party may have hereunder or under applicable law, the Servicer
(if
LEAF Financial or one of its Affiliates) hereby agrees to indemnify each
Indemnified Party from and against any and all damages, losses, claims,
liabilities and related costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees
and disbursements) (all of the foregoing being collectively referred to as
“Servicer Indemnified Amounts”) suffered or sustained by any Indemnified
Party as a consequence of any of the following, excluding, however, Servicer
Indemnified Amounts resulting solely from (A) any gross negligence, bad faith
or
willful misconduct of any Indemnified Party claiming indemnification hereunder,
(B) taxes (including interest and penalties imposed thereon) imposed by the
jurisdiction in which such Indemnified Party’s principal executive office is
located, on or measured by the overall net income of such Indemnified Party;
(C)
Indemnified Amounts to the extent that they are or result from lost profits
(other than principal, interest and Fees with respect to the Loans); and (D)
Indemnified Amounts to the extent the same includes losses that arise solely
due
to Receivables being uncollectible on account of the insolvency, bankruptcy
or
lack of creditworthiness of the related Obligor or would constitute recourse
to
Servicer for such losses:
(i) the
inclusion, in any computations made by it in connection with any Facility Limit
Certificate or Monthly Remittance Report or other report prepared by it
hereunder, of any Pledged Receivables which were not Eligible Receivables as
of
the date of any such computation;
(ii) reliance
on any representation or warranty made by the Servicer (if LEAF Financial or
one
of its Affiliates) or any of its officers under or in connection with this
Agreement, which shall have been false or incorrect in any material respect
when
made or delivered;
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(iii) the
failure by the Servicer (if LEAF Financial or any of its Affiliates) to comply
with (A) any term, provision or covenant contained in this Agreement, or
any agreement executed in connection with this Agreement, or (B) any
applicable law, rule or regulation applicable to it with respect to any Pledged
Assets;
(iv) any
action or inaction by the Servicer (if LEAF Financial or one of its Affiliates)
that causes the Collateral Agent not to have a first priority perfected security
interest in the Receivables that are, or are purported to be, Pledged
Receivables, together with all related Other Conveyed Property, Collections,
Related Security and other Pledged Assets related thereto (including without
limitation, the Borrower’s interest in and to any and all Obligor Collateral
with respect to such Receivables), free and clear of any Adverse Claim whether
existing at the time of the related Borrowing or any time
thereafter;
(v) the
commingling by the Servicer (if LEAF Financial or one of its Affiliates) of
the
Collections of Pledged Receivables at any time with any other
funds;
(vi) any
failure of the Servicer (if LEAF Financial or one of its Affiliates) or any
of
its agents or representatives (including, without limitation, agents,
representatives and employees of the Servicer acting pursuant to authority
granted under Section 6.01 hereof) to remit to Collection Account,
Collections of Pledged Receivables remitted to the Servicer or any such agent
or
representative;
(vii) the
failure by the Servicer (if LEAF Financial or any of its Affiliates) to perform
any of its duties or obligations in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement or errors or omissions related to such duties; and/or
(viii) notwithstanding
whether any Pledged Receivable shall have been repurchased by the Servicer
pursuant to Section 6.20, any of the events or facts giving rise to
a breach of any of the Servicer’s representations, warranties, agreements and/or
covenants set forth in Article V or
Article VI.
(b) Any
Servicer Indemnified Amounts shall be paid by the Servicer (if LEAF Financial
or
one of its Affiliates) to each related Lender, for the benefit of the applicable
Indemnified Party, within two (2) Business Days following receipt by the
Servicer of such Lender’s written demand therefor (and such Lender shall pay
such amounts to the applicable Indemnified Party promptly after the receipt
by
such Lender of such amounts).
(c) If
the Servicer has made any indemnity payments to a Lender, on behalf of an
Indemnified Party pursuant to this Section 8.02 and such Indemnified
Party thereafter collects any of such amounts from others, such Indemnified
Party will promptly repay such amounts collected to the Servicer, without
interest.
Each
applicable Indemnified Party shall deliver to the indemnifying party under
Section 8.01 and Section 8.02, within a reasonable time
after such Indemnified Party’s receipt thereof, copies of all notices and
documents (including court papers) received by such Indemnified Party relating
to the claim giving rise to the Indemnified Amounts.
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ARTICLE
IX
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION
9.01 Amendments
and Waivers. No amendment or modification of any provision of
this Agreement shall be effective without the written agreement of the Borrower,
the Servicer, the Lenders and, to the extent any of their rights or obligations
hereunder are adversely affected thereby, the Backup Servicer, the Custodian,
the Lenders’ Bank, and/or each Qualifying Swap Counterparty, and no termination
or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure
therefrom by the Borrower or the Servicer shall be effective without the written
concurrence of the Backup Servicer and the Lenders. Any waiver or
consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific
purpose for which given.
SECTION
9.02 Notices,
Etc. All notices and other communications provided for hereunder
shall, unless otherwise stated herein, be in writing (including telex
communication, communication
by facsimile copy or electronic mail) and mailed, telexed, transmitted or
delivered, as to each party hereto, at its address set forth on Schedule
VI hereto or specified in such party’s Assignment and Acceptance or at such
other address (including, without limitation, an electronic mail address) as
shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the other parties
hereto. All such notices and communications shall be effective, upon
receipt, or in the case of notice by facsimile copy or electronic mail, when
verbal communication of receipt is obtained, except that notices and
communications pursuant to Article II shall not be effective until
received.
SECTION
9.03 No
Waiver; Remedies. No failure on the part of any Lender to
exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right hereunder shall operate as
a
waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right hereunder
preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other
right. The remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive
of any remedies provided by law.
SECTION
9.04 Binding
Effect; Assignability; Multiple Lenders. r) This Agreement shall
be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Borrower, the Servicer, the
Lenders, the Backup Servicer, the Custodian, the Lenders’ Bank and their
respective successors and permitted assigns. This Agreement and each
Lender’s rights and obligations hereunder (and under its related Note) and
interest herein shall be assignable in whole or in part (including by way of
the
sale of participation interests therein) by such Lender and its successors
and
assigns. None of the Borrower, the Servicer or the Backup Servicer
may assign any of its rights and obligations hereunder or any interest herein
without the prior written consent of the Lenders; provided that the Borrower
shall be permitted, on not less than 10 Business Days’ prior written notice to
the other parties hereto and with the prior written consent of the Lenders,
to
be provided in the sole discretion of the Lenders, to assign all of its rights
and obligations hereunder to, and simultaneously with the transfer of all
Pledged Assets to, a Permitted Transferee which shall have assumed in a writing
satisfactory to the Lenders all such rights and obligations and acquired all
such Pledged Assets. The parties to each assignment or participation
made pursuant to this Section 9.04 shall execute and deliver to the
applicable Lender, for its acceptance and recording in its books and records,
an
assignment and acceptance agreement (an “Assignment and Acceptance”) or a
participation agreement or other transfer instrument reasonably satisfactory
in
form and substance to (i) the parties to
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(b) Whenever
the term “Lender” is used herein, it shall mean the Class A Lender, the Class B
Lender and/or any other Person which shall have executed an Assignment and
Acceptance, in each case with respect to either the Class A Loan or the Class
B
Loan; provided, however, that the holders of the Class A Notes
collectively, and the holders of the Class B Notes collectively, shall have
a
prorata share (subject to any provisions of this Agreement which
shall subordinate the rights of the holders of the Class B Notes to the holders
of the Class A Notes) of the rights and obligations of the Lender(s) hereunder
with respect to the Pledged Assets and otherwise in the relative proportions
that the outstanding principal amount of the Class A Notes or the Class B Notes,
respectively, bears to the sum of the outstanding principal amount of the Class
A Notes and the Class B Notes on such date of calculation (its respective
“Commitment Percentage”). Unless otherwise specified herein, any right at
any time of any Lender to enforce any remedy under this Agreement or any
Transaction Document shall be exercised by the Controlling Holders.
(c) Subject
to Section 9.04(a), each of the parties hereto hereby agrees to
execute any amendment to this Agreement that is required in order to facilitate
the addition of any new Lender hereunder as contemplated by this
Section 9.04 and which does not have any adverse effect on the
Borrower, the Originator, the Servicer or any Affiliate thereof.
SECTION
9.05 Term
of This Agreement. This Agreement including, without limitation,
the Borrower’s obligation to observe its covenants set forth in
Articles V and VI and the Servicer’s obligation to observe
its covenants set forth in Articles V and VI, shall remain in
full force and effect until the Collection Date; provided,
however, that the rights and remedies with respect to any breach of
any
representation and warranty made or deemed made by the Borrower or the Servicer
pursuant to Articles III and IV and the indemnification and
payment provisions of Article VIII and Article IX and
the provisions of Section 9.08 and Section 9.09 shall be
continuing and shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
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SECTION
9.06 GOVERNING
LAW; JURY WAIVER; CONSENT TO JURISDICTION. s) THIS AGREEMENT
SHALL, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK, BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT
REGARD TO ANY CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES THEREOF THAT WOULD CALL FOR THE
APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT
THE
VALIDITY OR PERFECTION OF THE INTERESTS OF THE LENDERS IN THE PLEDGED
RECEIVABLES, OR REMEDIES HEREUNDER, IN RESPECT THEREOF, ARE GOVERNED BY THE
LAWS
OF A JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(b) EACH
OF THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY RIGHT
IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION ARISING DIRECTLY
OR
INDIRECTLY OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE
TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREUNDER.
(c) ANY
LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE BROUGHT IN
THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK; AND, BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, EACH
OF
THE PARTIES HERETO CONSENTS, FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, TO
THE
NON-EXCLUSIVE
JURISDICTION OF THOSE COURTS. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY
WAIVES, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING ANY
OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON
CONVENIENS, THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY ACTION
OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH JURISDICTION IN RESPECT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY DOCUMENT
RELATED HERETO. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF ANY
SUMMONS, COMPLAINT OR OTHER PROCESS, WHICH SERVICE MAY BE MADE BY ANY OTHER
MEANS PERMITTED BY NEW YORK LAW.
SECTION
9.07 Costs,
Expenses and Taxes. t) In addition to the rights of
indemnification granted to the Backup Servicer (whether in its capacity as
Backup Servicer or successor Servicer), the Custodian, the Lenders’ Bank, each
Lender and its respective Affiliates under Section 8.01 hereof, the
Borrower agrees to pay on demand all reasonable (and reasonably documented)
costs and expenses of the Backup Servicer, the Custodian, the Lenders’ Bank and
each Lender incurred in connection with the preparation, execution or delivery
of, or any waiver or consent issued or amendment prepared in connection with,
this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents and the other documents to
be
delivered hereunder or in connection herewith or therewith or incurred in
connection with any amendment, waiver or modification of this Agreement, any
other Transaction Document, and any other documents to be delivered hereunder
or
thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith that is necessary or requested
(and, with respect to such Lender, actually entered into) by any of the
Borrower, the Servicer, such Lender or made necessary or desirable as a result
of the actions of any regulatory, tax or accounting body affecting such Lender
and its Affiliates, or which is related to an Event of Default, including,
without limitation, the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of counsel
for the Backup
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(b) The
Borrower shall pay on demand any and all stamp, sales, excise and other taxes
and fees payable or determined to be payable in connection with the execution,
delivery, filing and recording of this Agreement, the other documents to be
delivered hereunder or any agreement or other document providing liquidity
support, credit enhancement or other similar support to any Lender which is
specific to this Agreement or the funding or maintenance of Loans
hereunder.
(c) The
Borrower shall pay on demand all other costs, expenses and taxes (excluding
franchise and income taxes) incurred by any Lender or the Initial Qualifying
Swap Counterparty or any shareholder thereof related to this Agreement, any
other Transaction Document or any Qualifying Interest Rate Swap or similar
interest rate cap agreement (“Other Costs”), including, without
limitation, the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of counsel for such
Lender or the Initial Qualifying Swap Counterparty with respect to
(i) advising such Person as to its rights and remedies under this Agreement
and the other documents to be delivered hereunder or in connection herewith
and
(ii) the enforcement of this Agreement and the other documents to be
delivered hereunder or in connection herewith; provided, however,
that the Borrower shall have no obligation
to
pay
the fees and out-of-pocket expenses of counsel to the Initial Qualifying Swap
Counterparty related to the initial negotiation, execution and delivery of
any
Qualifying Interest Rate Swap.
(d) Without
limiting any other provision hereof, the Borrower shall pay on demand all costs,
expenses and fees of the Backup Servicer prior to the occurrence of a Servicer
Default and the appointment of the Backup Servicer as Servicer hereunder related
to its duties under this Agreement.
(e) Any
Person making a claim under this Section 9.07 shall submit to the
Borrower a notice setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for and the
computations of the applicable costs, expenses, taxes or similar
items.
SECTION
9.08 No
Proceedings. The Servicer, the Backup Servicer, the Custodian,
the Collateral Agent, the Class A Lender, the Class B Lender and the Lenders’
Bank each hereby agree that it will not institute against, or join any other
Person in instituting against, the Borrower any proceedings of the type referred
to in the definition of Bankruptcy Event prior to two years and one day after
the Collection Date.
SECTION
9.09 Recourse
Against Certain Parties. No recourse under or with respect to any
obligation, covenant or agreement (including, without limitation, the payment
of
any fees or any other obligations) of any Lender as contained in this Agreement
or any other agreement, instrument or document entered into by the Borrower
or
such Lender pursuant hereto or in connection herewith
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SECTION
9.10 Execution
in Counterparts; Severability; Integration. This Agreement may be
executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in
separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be
an
original and all of which when taken together shall constitute one and the
same
agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart
of a signature page to this Agreement by facsimile shall be effective as
delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement. In the
event that any provision in or obligation under this Agreement shall be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the validity, legality and
enforceability of the remaining provisions or obligations, or of such provision
or obligation in any other jurisdiction, shall not in any way be affected or
impaired thereby. This Agreement contains the final and complete
integration of all prior expressions by the parties hereto with respect to
the
subject matter hereof and shall constitute the entire agreement among the
parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, superseding all prior
oral or written understandings other than the Fee Letter.
SECTION
9.11 Tax
Characterization. Notwithstanding any provision of this
Agreement, the parties hereto intend that the Loans advanced hereunder shall
constitute indebtedness of the Borrower for federal income tax
purposes.
SECTION
9.12 Calculation
of Performance Triggers. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
herein, Included Repurchased Receivables shall be treated as Pool Receivables
for purposes of each calculation of the Annualized Default Rate, Annualized
Net
Loss Rate, and Delinquency Rate required to be made hereunder (but for no other
purpose).
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ARTICLE
X
THE
COLLATERAL AGENT
SECTION
10.01 No
Implied Duties. The Collateral Agent shall be obligated to
perform only the duties as are specifically set forth in this Agreement, and
no
implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against
the
Collateral Agent.
SECTION
10.02 Limits
on Liability. The Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any
acts, omissions, errors of judgment or mistakes of fact or law made, taken
or
omitted to be made or taken by it in accordance with this Agreement and the
other Transaction Documents (including acts, omissions, errors or mistakes
with
respect to the Collateral), except for those arising out of or in connection
with the Collateral Agent’s gross negligence or willful
misconduct. The Collateral Agent may consult with counsel,
accountants and other experts, and any opinion or advice of any such counsel,
any such accountant and any such other expert shall be full and complete
authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or suffered by
the
Collateral Agent hereunder in accordance therewith. The Collateral Agent shall
have the right at any time to seek instructions concerning the administration
of
the Pledged Assets from any court of competent jurisdiction. The
Collateral Agent may conclusively rely, and shall be fully protected in acting,
upon any resolution, statement, certificate, instrument, opinion, report,
notice, request, consent, order, bond or other paper or document which it has
no
reasonable reason to believe to be other than genuine and to have been signed
or
presented by the proper party or parties or, in the case of cables, telecopies
and telexes, to have been sent by the proper party or parties. Absent
its gross negligence or willful misconduct, the Collateral Agent may
conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of
the
opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to
the
Collateral Agent and conforming to the requirements of this Agreement and the
other Transaction Documents, if any.
SECTION
10.03 Acknowledgement. Each
Lender hereby acknowledges and agrees that its rights and obligations as a
“Lender” under the Collection Account Agreement are being held by Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
in its capacity as Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured
Parties.
[Signature
page to follow.]
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed by their
respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above
written.
THE
BORROWER:
|
LEAF
CAPITAL FUNDING III, LLC
By:_______________________________________
Name:
Title:
|
THE
SERVICER:
|
LEAF
FINANCIAL CORPORATION
By:_______________________________________
Name:
Title:
|
THE
CLASS A LENDER AND
THE
COLLATERAL AGENT
|
XXXXXX
XXXXXXX BANK
By:_______________________________________
Name:
Title:
|
THE
CLASS B LENDER
|
XXXXXX
XXXXXXX ASSET FUNDING INC.
By:_______________________________________
Name:
Title:
|
THE
CUSTODIAN AND
THE
LENDERS’ BANK:
|
U.S.
BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By:_______________________________________
Name:
Title:
|
THE
BACKUP SERVICER
|
LYON
FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. (D/B/A
U.S.
BANK PORTFOLIO SERVICES)
By:_______________________________________
Name:
Title:
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S-1
SCHEDULE
I
CONDITION
PRECEDENT DOCUMENTS
As
required by Section 3.01 of the Agreement, each of the following
items must be delivered to the Lenders prior to the date of the
Borrowing:
(a) A
copy of this Agreement duly executed by each of the parties hereto;
(b) A
certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of each of the Borrower,
the
Originator and the Servicer, dated the date of this Agreement, certifying
(i) the names and true signatures of the incumbent officers authorized to
sign on behalf of the such Person each Transaction Document to which it is
a
party (on which certificate the Lenders may conclusively rely until such time
as
the Lenders shall receive from such Person a revised certificate meeting the
requirements of this paragraph (b)), (ii) that the copy of the
certificate of incorporation or formation of each such Person attached thereto
is a complete and correct copy and that such certificate of incorporation or
formation has not been amended, modified or supplemented and is in full force
and effect, (iii) that the copy of the organizational documents of such
Person attached thereto is a complete and correct copy, and that such
organizational documents have not been amended, modified or supplemented and
is
in full force and effect, and (iv) the resolutions of the board of
directors or members of such Person approving and authorizing the execution,
delivery and performance by such Person of each Transaction Document to which
it
is a party;
(c) Good
standing certificate, dated as of a recent date for each of the Borrower, the
Originator and the Servicer, issued by its jurisdiction of
organization;
(d) Executed,
original copies of proper financing statements (the “Facility Financing
Statements”) describing the Pledged Receivables, Other Conveyed Property,
Related Security and other Pledged Assets, and (a) filed against Originator
in
favor of the Borrower as assignor secured party and naming the Collateral Agent
as total assignee and (b) filed against the Borrower and in favor of the
Collateral Agent, as secured party, and other, similar instruments or documents,
as may be necessary or, in the opinion of the Collateral Agent, desirable under
the UCC of all appropriate jurisdictions or any comparable law to perfect the
Collateral Agent’s interests in all Pledged Receivables, Other Conveyed
Property, Related Security and other Pledged Assets;
(e) Executed,
original copies of proper financing statements, if any, necessary to release
all
security interests and other rights of any Person in the Pledged Receivables,
Other Conveyed Property, Related Security and other Pledged Assets previously
granted by Originator or the Borrower;
(f) Certified
copies of requests for information or copies (or a similar UCC search report
certified by a party acceptable to the Lenders), dated a date reasonably near
to
the date of the initial Borrowing, listing all effective financing statements
(including the Facility Financing Statements), which name any of the Borrower
or
the Originator (under such party’s present name and any previous name) as debtor
and which are filed in the jurisdictions in which the Facility Financing
Statements were filed, together with copies of such financing statements (none
of which, other than the Facility Financing Statements, shall cover any Pledged
Assets);
(g) One
or more favorable Opinions of Counsel, of counsel to the Originator and the
Borrower, with respect to such matters as any Lender may reasonably request
(including an opinion, with respect to the creation, perfection and first
priority of the security interest of the Borrower and the Collateral Agent
in
the property described in such Opinion of Counsel);
(h) One
or more favorable Opinions of Counsel, of counsel to the Originator and the
Borrower, with respect to the true conveyance of the Receivables under the
Purchase and Sale Agreement, and issues of substantive
consolidation;
(i) One
or more favorable Opinions of Counsel, of counsel to the Originator, the
Borrower, the Custodian and the Backup Servicer with respect to, among other
things, the due authorization, execution and delivery of, and enforceability
of,
this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents;
(j) A
favorable Opinion of Counsel of counsel to the Borrower, with respect to the
first priority perfected security interest of the Collateral Agent in the
Collection Account and the funds therein;
(k) Any
necessary third party consents to the closing of the transactions contemplated
hereby;
(l) A
copy of each of the other Transaction Documents duly executed by the parties
thereto; and
(m) A
copy of the directors and officers liability insurance policy referred to in
Section 6.16 hereof together with a certification from the
applicable insurance company that such policy is in full force and effect on
the
date hereof.
(n) Copies
of all other documents referred to in the Closing Checklist attached as Exhibit
I hereto, satisfactory in all respect to the Lenders.
SCHEDULE
II
PRIOR
NAMES, TRADENAMES, FICTITIOUS NAMES
AND
“DOING BUSINESS AS” NAMES
1. Borrower: None
2. Servicer: LEAF
Financial Corporation
LEAF
Financial Corporation was previously named Fidelity Leasing
Corporation. Effective February 28, 1996, Fidelity Leasing
Corporation changed its name to F.L. Partnership Management,
Inc. Effective May 1, 2000, F.L. Partnership Management, Inc. and FL
Financial Services, Inc. merged, with F.L. Partnership Management, Inc. as
the
surviving entity. Effective December 13, 2001, F.L. Partnership
Management, Inc. changed its name to LEAF Financial
Corporation. Effective June 29, 2004, LEAF Asset Management, Inc. and
LEAF Financial Corp. merged, with LEAF Financial Corp. as the surviving
entity. LEAF Financial Corporation has no trade names, fictitious
names or “doing business as” names.
SCHEDULE
III
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES WITH
RESPECT
TO ELIGIBLE RECEIVABLES
The
following representations and warranties are made by the Borrower with respect
to the Contracts related to Pledged Receivables which are designated as being
Eligible Receivables on a Facility Limit Certificate or a Monthly Remittance
Report, or are otherwise represented to the Lenders as being Eligible
Receivables, or are included as Eligible Receivables in any calculation set
forth herein.
1. Each
such Contract represents the genuine, legal, valid, binding and full recourse
payment obligation of the Obligor thereunder, enforceable by the Borrower in
accordance with its terms and the Obligor, with respect to such Contract (and
any guarantor of the Obligor’s obligations thereunder), had full legal capacity
to execute and deliver such Contract and any other documents related
thereto.
2. [Intentionally
omitted.]
3. To
the extent that such Contract consists of a payment schedule or promissory
note
(if any), together with the “Master Agreement”, “Finance Agreement” or similar
agreement related thereto and incorporated by reference therein, each other
payment schedule or promissory note (if any) related to the same “Master
Agreement”, “Finance Agreement” or similar agreement is also a Contract related
to a Pledged Receivable. To the extent that such Contract consists of
a “Master Lease Schedule” or similar agreement together with a “Master Lease
Agreement” or similar agreement which is related to, and incorporated by
reference therein, each other “Master Lease Schedule” or similar agreement
related to the same “Master Lease Agreement” or similar agreement is also a
Contract related to a Pledged Receivable.
4. Reserved.
5. Each
such Contract (i) was (a) originated by Originator in the ordinary course
of Originator’s business and Originator had all necessary licenses and permits
to originate Contracts in the State where the related Obligor and the related
Obligor Collateral were located or (b) purchased by Originator, in a transaction
that would constitute a “true sale” for bankruptcy purposes, from a Person (a
“Seller”) (other than Northern Leasing Systems, Inc. or any Affiliate
thereof) who originated such Contract in the ordinary course of Seller’s
business and who had all necessary licenses and permits to originate Contracts
in the State where the related Obligor and the related Obligor Collateral were
located, (ii) was sold by Originator to the Borrower under the Purchase and
Sale Agreement and the Borrower has all necessary licenses and permits to own
Receivables and enter into Contracts in the state where the related Obligor
and
the related Obligor Collateral are located, (iii) contains customary and
enforceable provisions, such as to render the rights and remedies of the
Borrower (and any assignee thereof) adequate for realization against the
collateral security related thereto and (iv) provides for level Scheduled
Payments during the term of such Contract or such Contract is a Non-Level
Payment Contract.
Sch.
III-1
6. Each
such Contract was originated by Originator or the Seller without any fraud
or
material misrepresentation on the part of the related Obligor or Originator
or
the Seller. Each such
Contract
was sold by Originator to the Borrower without any fraud or material
misrepresentation on the part of Originator.
7. No
such Contract is the subject of any litigation (other than as set forth in
any
of the FDIC Documents or any Schedule thereto), nor is it subject to any right
of rescission, setoff, counterclaim or defense on the part of the Obligor
thereunder.
8. Each
such Contract has had no provision thereof waived, amended, altered or modified
in any respect since its acquisition or origination by LEAF except in conformity
with the Credit and Collection Policy.
9. The
Obligor, with respect to each such Contract, has a billing address in the United
States and, except as otherwise permitted in writing by the Lenders from time
to
time, the Equipment which is the subject of each such Contract and all other
Obligor Collateral with respect thereto is located in the United
States.
10. Each
such Contract (i) is calculated at a fixed yield, (ii) is fully
amortizing in periodic installments over its remaining term (which may include
a
Balloon Payment or Put Payment), (iii) has a remaining term of 180 months
or less and does not permit renewal or extension, (iv) provides for
acceleration of the Scheduled Payments thereunder if the related Obligor is
in
default under or has otherwise violated or breached any material provision
of
such Contract, (v) neither the Originator, the Servicer, the Borrower or
any other Person has applied any part of any cash collateral paid under such
Contract to any of the Scheduled Payments due under such Contract, and
(vi) has not been assigned by the related Obligor nor has there been any
sub-lease of the Obligor Collateral.
11. [Intentionally
omitted.]
12. Each
such Contract (i) is payable by a single Obligor, that is a corporate
Person, or, if the collateral is Equipment used in a business, an individual
and
(ii) provides for the financing or lease of Obligor Collateral to be used
in the business of the related Obligor.
13. Each
such Contract was originated in the United States and is denominated and payable
solely in United States Dollars.
14. Each
such Contract (i) if a Lease Contract, contains “hell or high water”
provisions; (ii) requires the related Obligor to assume all risk of loss or
malfunction of the related Obligor Collateral; (iii) requires the related
Obligor to pay all maintenance, repair, insurance and taxes, together with
all
other ancillary costs and expenses, with respect to the related Obligor
Collateral; and (iv) requires the related Obligor to pay, in full, when
due, all Scheduled Payments notwithstanding any casualty, loss or other damage
to the related Obligor Collateral.
15. Each
such Contract is by its terms an absolute and unconditional obligation of the
related Obligor and is non-cancelable (in the case of a Lease Contract) and
non-cancelable and non-prepayable without the payment in full of principal
and
accrued interest and finance charges prior to the expiration of the term of
such
Contract; such Contract does not provide for the substitution, exchange or
addition of any other items of Obligor Collateral related to such Contract
if
the effect thereof would be to reduce or extend the Scheduled Payments related
thereto; and the rights with respect
to such Contract are assignable by Originator (and its successors and assigns,
including the Borrower) without the consent of or notice to any
Person.
Sch.
III-2
16. Each
such Contract is in the form of one of the form contracts attached hereto as
Exhibit X-0, Xxxxxxx X-0 or Exhibit D-3 or in a form
otherwise approved by the Servicer in compliance with the Credit and Collection
Policy.
17. [Intentionally
omitted.]
18. All
material requirements of applicable federal, state and local laws, and
regulations thereunder in respect of each such Contract, the origination
thereof, and the Obligor Collateral related thereto, have been complied with
in
all respects.
19. The
applicable Obligor (other than a lessee under a Lease Contract that is a “true
lease”) has good and marketable title to the Equipment which is the subject of
each such Contract and such Equipment is free and clear of all Adverse
Claims.
20. Each
such Contract constitutes either an “Instrument” or “Chattel Paper” or a
“Payment Intangible” within the meaning of the UCC.
21. Each
such Contract contains language by which the related Obligor grants a security
interest to Originator in the Obligor Collateral which is the subject of each
such Contract.
22. (A) The
Originator shall have taken or caused to be taken all steps necessary under
all
applicable law (including the filing of an Obligor Financing Statement with
respect to each such Contract) in order to cause a valid, subsisting and
enforceable perfected, first priority security interest to exist in Originator’s
favor in the Obligor Collateral securing each such Contract (other than with
respect to Equipment which has a value of less than $25,000 if such Equipment
is
leased under Dollar Purchase Option Contracts or $50,000 if such Equipment
is
leased under FMV Contracts), (B) Originator shall have assigned the
perfected, first priority security interest in the Obligor Collateral referred
to in clause (A) above to the Borrower pursuant to the Purchase and Sale
Agreement and (C) the Borrower shall have assigned the perfected, first
priority security interest in the Obligor Collateral referred to in clause
(A)
above to the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 2.11
hereof.
23. The
Borrower has taken all steps necessary under all applicable law in order to
perfect the security interest of the Collateral Agent in (i) the Borrower’s
interest in the Obligor Collateral related to each such Contract (other than
Equipment which has a value of less than $25,000 if such Equipment is leased
under Dollar Purchase Option Contracts or $50,000 if such Equipment is leased
under FMV Contracts) and (ii) each such Contract and the Receivable,
Related Security and Other Conveyed Property related thereto (and the proceeds
thereof), and there exists in favor of the Collateral Agent as secured party,
a
valid, subsisting and enforceable first priority perfected security interest
in
(i) the Borrower’s interest in such Obligor Collateral and (ii) such
Contract and the Receivable, Related Security and Other Conveyed Property
related thereto (and the proceeds thereof) and such security interest is and
shall be prior to all other liens upon and security interests in (i) the
Borrower’s interest in such Obligor Collateral and (ii) such Contract and
the Receivable, Related Security and Other Conveyed Property related thereto
(and the proceeds thereof) that now exist or may hereafter arise or be created
(other than Permitted Liens).
Sch.
III-3
24. If
the Obligor Collateral related to such Contract includes a Vehicle, such
Contract shall be a Loan Contract or a Dollar Purchase Option Contract, and
the
Borrower or the Servicer shall have delivered to the applicable Registrar of
Titles an application for a Certificate of Title for such Vehicle satisfying
the
Titling Requirements.
25. No
such Contract is a Defaulted Receivable or, at the time of its Pledge hereunder,
a Delinquent Receivable.
26. Each
such Contract is payable by an Obligor which is not subject to any bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or similar proceeding.
27. The
information pertaining to each such Contract set forth in the Schedule of
Contracts (as defined in the Purchase and Sale Agreement), the related
Assignment and each Facility Limit Certificate and Monthly Remittance Report
is
true and correct in all respects.
28. With
respect to each such Contract, by the Borrowing Date on which such Contract
is
Pledged hereunder and on each relevant date thereafter, Originator will have
caused its master computer records relating to such Contract to be clearly
and
unambiguously marked to show that such Contract has been Pledged under this
Agreement.
29. With
respect to each such Contract there exists a Receivable File and such Receivable
File contains each item listed in the definition of Receivable File with respect
to such Contract and such Receivable File has been delivered to the Custodian
or
will have been delivered to the Custodian in accordance with Section 5.02 of
the
RLSA.
30. No
such Contract has been repaid, prepaid, satisfied, subordinated or rescinded,
and the Obligor Collateral securing such Contract has not been released from
the
lien of the Lenders in whole or in part (except for releases of Equipment from
a
Contract prior to the date of the Pledge thereof and which releases have been
noted in the Collateral Receipt related to such document).
31. No
such Contract was originated in, or is subject to the laws of, any jurisdiction
the laws of which would make unlawful, void or voidable the sale, transfer,
pledge and/or assignment of such Contract under this Agreement or the Purchase
and Sale Agreement, and Originator has not entered into any agreement with
any
Obligor that prohibits, restricts or conditions the sale, transfer, pledge
and/or assignment of such Contract.
32. [Intentionally
Omitted].
33. No
such Contract has been sold, transferred, assigned or pledged by Originator
to
any Person other than the Borrower. Borrower has not taken any action
to convey any right to any Person that would result in such Person having a
right to payments due under any such Contract or payments received under the
related Insurance Policy or otherwise to impair the rights of the Borrower
or
the Lenders in such Contract, the related Insurance Policy or any proceeds
thereof. There is an Insurance Policy in full force and effect with
respect to the Equipment related to such Contract if such Equipment had an
Amortized Equipment Cost over $100,000.
Sch.
III-4
34. No
such Contract is assumable by another Person in a manner which would release
the
Obligor thereof from such Obligor’s obligations to Originator or the
Borrower.
35. There
has been no default, breach, violation or event permitting acceleration under
the terms of any such Contract, and no condition exists or event has occurred
and is continuing that with notice, the lapse of time or both would constitute
a
default, breach, violation or event permitting acceleration under the terms
of
any such Contract, and there has been no waiver of any of the
foregoing.
36. No
selection procedures adverse to the Borrower or any Lender have been utilized
in
selecting any such Contract from all other similar Contracts originated or
purchased by Originator.
37. The
Obligor Collateral related to any such Contract is not subject to any tax or
mechanic’s lien or any other Adverse Claim.
38. [Intentionally
omitted.]
39. The
Borrower has delivered to the Custodian, in accordance with Section 5.02 of
the
RLSA, the sole original counterpart of each such Contract (or a true and correct
copy thereof) and such document constitutes the entire agreement between the
parties thereto in respect of the related Obligor Collateral.
40. Each
such Contract is in full force and effect in accordance with its terms and
neither the Borrower nor the Obligor has or will have suspended or reduced
any
payments or obligations due or to become due thereunder by reason of a default
by any other party to such Contract; there are no proceedings pending or
threatened asserting insolvency of such Obligor; there are no proceedings
pending or threatened wherein such Obligor, any other obligated party or any
Government Entity has alleged that such Contract is illegal or
unenforceable.
41. The
acquisition practices used by the Originator and the origination and collection
practices used by the Servicer with respect to each such Contract have been
in
all respects customary in the equipment financing and servicing
business.
42. The
Obligor Collateral related to each such Contract was properly delivered to
the
Obligor in good repair and is in proper working order. Each Obligor has accepted
the related Equipment. The related Obligor is the end user of the
Equipment that is the subject of any such Contract and no Obligor has sublet
the
Equipment to any other party.
43. The
Obligor with respect to any such Contract is not a merchant with respect to
the
Equipment related to such Contract.
Sch.
III-5
44. Except
with respect to a breach of an Obligor’s right of quiet enjoyment of the related
Equipment, neither the operation of any of the terms of any such Contract nor
the exercise by the Borrower, the Servicer or the Obligor of any right under
any
such Contract will render such Contract unenforceable in whole or in part nor
subject to any right of rescission, setoff, claim, counterclaim or defense,
and
no such right of rescission, set-off, claim, counterclaim or defense, including
a defense arising out of a breach of the Obligor’s right of quiet enjoyment of
the Equipment, has been asserted with respect thereto.
45. The
Borrower and the Servicer have duly fulfilled all obligations on their part
to
be fulfilled under or in connection with the origination, acquisition and
assignment of such Contract, including, without limitation, giving any notices
and obtaining any consents necessary to effect the
acquisition
of such Contract by the Borrower, and have done nothing to impair the rights
of
the Borrower or any Lender in the Contract or payments with respect
thereto.
46. Originator
and the Servicer have duly fulfilled all obligations on their part to be
fulfilled under or in connection with the origination, acquisition and
assignment of such Contract, and have done nothing to impair the rights of
the
Borrower in such Contract or payments with respect
thereto. Originator, the Servicer and Borrower have duly fulfilled
all continuing obligations on their part to be fulfilled under or in connection
with such Contract.
47. [Intentionally
Omitted].
48. The
sale from the Originator to the Borrower of each such Contract and the Other
Conveyed Property and Related Security related thereto does not violate the
terms or provisions of any agreement to which the Borrower is a party or by
which it is bound.
49. The
transfer, assignment and conveyance of the Contract and the Other Conveyed
Property and Related Security related thereto from the Originator to the
Borrower pursuant to the Purchase and Sale Agreement is not subject to nor
will
result in any tax, fee or governmental charge payable by the Borrower or any
other Person to any federal, state or local government.
50. No
such Contract (other than a “true lease”) may be (i) an executory contract
or (ii) in any event, deemed to be an executory contract or unexpired lease
subject to rejection by an Obligor under Section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code
in the event that a Bankruptcy Event has occurred with respect to such
Obligor.
51. Each
such Contract contains enforceability provisions (i) permitting the
acceleration of the payments thereunder if the Obligor is in default under
such
Contract and (ii) sufficient to enable the Borrower to repossess or
foreclose upon the Obligor Collateral related thereto.
52. Each
such Contract generally contains provisions requiring the payment of both
interest and principal (or, in the case of a Lease Contract, lease payments)
in
each calendar month or quarter during the term of such Contract.
53. The
promissory note, if any, related to each such Contract (i) was payable to
the Originator immediately prior to its transfer to the Borrower under the
Purchase and Sale Agreement, and (ii) was payable to the Borrower
immediately prior to its Pledge hereunder and has not been endorsed by
Originator to any Person other than the Borrower.
Sch.
III-6
54. [Intentionally
Omitted].
55. [Intentionally
Omitted].
56. [Intentionally
Omitted].
57. The
vendor of the Equipment relating to such Receivable has received payment in
full
from the Obligor prior to the Pledge of such Receivable hereunder and has no
remaining obligations with respect to such Equipment except for any applicable
warranty.
58. No
such Contract provides for delivery and/or financing of any Equipment after
the
Closing Date and there are no unperformed purchase or financing commitments
thereunder as of the Closing Date, and no such Contract contains any unperformed
purchase or financing commitments as of the Closing Date.
59. No
Scheduled Payment under any Contract is delinquent for more than 30
days.
Sch.
III-7
SCHEDULE
IV
CREDIT
AND COLLECTION POLICY
Attached.
Sch.
IV-1
SCHEDULE
V
EQUIPMENT
CATEGORIES
AUTOMOTIVE
|
AWNINGS
|
BEAUTY
SALON
|
BOOK
OF BUSINESS
|
CLEANING
EQUIPMENT
|
COMPUTERS
|
CONSTRUCTION
|
CONTAINERS
|
COPIERS
|
CREMATORIUMS
|
ELECTRONIC
EQUIPMENT
|
ENGINEERING
EQUIPMENT
|
FARMING
EQUIPMENT
|
FEES
|
FITNESS
& RECREATIONAL EQUIP
|
FIXTURES
|
FURNITURE
& FURNISHINGS
|
GAS
PUMPS
|
GOLF
CARS
|
HEATING
& AIR EQUIPMENT
|
INDUSTRIAL
CYLINDERS
|
LANDSCAPE
& GARDENING EQUIP
|
LAUNDRY
& DRYCLEANING EQUIP
|
LEASEHOLD
IMPROVEMENTS
|
LOCK
BOXES
|
MACHINE
TOOL EQUIPMENT
|
MAILING
EQUIPMENT
|
MANUFACTURING
EQUIPMENT
|
MEDICAL
EQUIPMENT
|
MOBILE
COMMUNICATIONS
|
MOBILE/PORTABLE
EQUIPMENT
|
NEW
CONSTRUCTION
|
OFFICE
EQUIPMENT
|
PLUMBING
|
PORTABLE
TOILETS
|
POS
SYSTEMS
|
PRINTING
EQUIPMENT
|
REFUSE
CONTAINERS
|
RENTAL
EQUIPMENT
|
RENTAL
PROPANE TANKS
|
RENTAL
WATER BOTTLES/COOLERS
|
RESTAURANT
EQUIPMENT
|
RETAIL
EQUIPMENT
|
Sch.
V-1
SECURITY SYSTEMS |
SIGNS |
SOFTWARE |
TANNING EQUIPMENT |
TELEPHONE SYSTEMS |
TITLE EQUIPMENT |
VENDING |
VIDEO EQUIPMENT |
WATER SYSTEMS |
WORKING CAPITAL LOAN |
*
The
above categories are subject to change based upon LEAF operations.
Sch.
V-2
SCHEDULE
VI
ADDRESSES
FOR NOTICE
LEAF
Capital Funding III, LLC
c/o
LEAF
Funding Inc.
0000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx
Facsimile
No.: (000) 000-0000
Confirmation
No.: (000) 000-0000
LEAF
Financial Corporation
0000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx
Xxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
Facsimile
No.: (000) 000-0000
Confirmation
No.: (000) 000-0000
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Capital Services Inc.
Transaction
Management Group
0000
Xxxxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
XX 00000-0000
Attention: Chief
Legal Officer
Facsimile
No.: 000-000-000-0000
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Credit
000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
XX 00000
Facsimile
No.: (000) 000-0000
E-mail:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Bank
0000
Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx
Facsimile
No.: (000) 000-0000
Confirmation
No.: (000) 000-0000
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Asset Funding Inc.
0000
Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx
Facsimile
No.: (000) 000-0000
Confirmation
No.: (000) 000-0000
Sch.
VI-1
U.S.
Bank
National Association
EP-MN-WS3D
00
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxx.
Xx.
Xxxx,
XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
Facsimile
No.: (000) 000-0000
Confirmation
No.: (000) 000-0000
Lyon
Financial Services, Inc. (d/b/a U.S. Bank Portfolio Services)
U.S.
Bank
Portfolio Services
0000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attention: Xxx
Xxxxxxx
Facsimile
No.: (000) 000-0000
Confirmation
No.: (000) 000-0000
Sch.
VI-2
SCHEDULE
VII
REMITTANCE
REPORT INFORMATION
[TO
BE
AGREED UPON BY COLLATERAL AGENT AND SERVICER]
Sch.
VII-1
EXHIBIT
A
FORM
OF
FACILITY LIMIT CERTIFICATE
FACILITY
LIMIT CERTIFICATE
__________,
200__
To: Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Bank/Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Asset Funding Inc.
0000
Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn:
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
Reference
is made to the Receivables Loan and Security Agreement dated as of November
1,
2007 (the “Loan Agreement”), among LEAF Capital Funding III, LLC, (the
“Borrower”), Leaf Financial Corporation, as the Servicer, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Bank,
as Class A Lender, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Asset Funding Inc., as Class B Lender, U.S.
Bank National Association, as the Custodian and the Lenders’ Bank and Lyon
Financial Services, Inc. (d/b/a U.S. Bank Portfolio Services) as the Backup
Servicer. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein shall
have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Loan Agreement.
In
accordance with Section 6.10(c) of the Loan Agreement, the Borrower
hereby certifies that, after giving effect to the Borrowing requested to occur
on __________, 200__:
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(1)
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(a)
the Facility Amount under the Loan Agreement does not exceed the
Facility
Limit, and (b) the outstanding principal amount of the Class A Notes
does
not exceed the Class A Facility
Limit;
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(2)
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no
Program Termination Event or Event of Default exists;
and
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(3)
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if
the Borrowing is to be secured by Receivables, no Termination Event
exists;
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Exh.A1
The
Borrower hereby further certifies that attached hereto as Schedule A are
true and correct calculations evidencing the accuracy of the statements set
forth in paragraphs (1) and, as applicable, (2) above.
Very
truly yours,
LEAF
CAPITAL FUNDING III, LLC
By:
Name: Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
Title: Vice
President
Exh.A2
EXHIBIT
B
FORM
OF
REQUIRED DATA FIELDS
(a) Obligor
lease number;
(b) Obligor
name;
(c) Reserved;
(d) Obligor
Credit risk rating (if available);
(e) Collateral
location (city and state);
(f) Reserved;
(g) Equipment
category/type;
(h) Non
Level Payment Contract flag;
(i) Balloon
flag and put payment flag;
(j) Stand
Alone Working Capital Loan Flag;
(k) New/used
flag (if available);
(l) Lease
type (true/installment);
(m) Serial
Number (if available);
(n) SIC
Code (if available);
(o) Vendor;
(p) Commencement
Date
(q) Maturity
Date;
(r) Date
Next Due;
(s) Original
Term;
(t) Remaining
Term;
(u) Payment
Frequency;
(v) Original
Receivable Balance;
(w) Current
Receivable Balance;
Exh.
B-1
(x) Original
Equipment Cost;
(y) Amortized
Equipment Cost;
(z) Scheduled
Payment; and
(aa) Discounted
Balance.
Exh.
B-2
EXHIBIT
C
FORM
OF
MONTHLY REMITTANCE REPORT
(See
attached.)
Exh.C-1
EXHIBIT
D-1
FORM
OF
LEASE CONTRACT
(See
attached.)
Exh.
D-1-1
EXHIBIT
D-2
FORM
OF
LOAN CONTRACT
(See
attached.)
Exh.
D-2-1
EXHIBIT
D-3
FORM
OF
LOAN CONTRACT
(See
attached.)
Exh.
D-3-1
EXHIBIT
E
VEHICLE
LIENHOLDER NOMINEE AGREEMENT
This
Vehicle Lienholder Nominee Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made as of
__________, 2007, among __________ (the “Lienholder”), as Lienholder,
LEAF Capital Funding III, LLC (the “Borrower”), Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Bank, as
Class A Lender and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Asset Funding Inc., as Class B Lender
(collectively, the “Lenders”).
Whereas,
from time to time LEAF Funding, LLC (“Funding”) may acquire an
ownership or security interest in certain Contracts;
Whereas,
Lienholder appears as the lienholder of record on the Titles for the Vehicles
sold or leased under such Contracts;
Whereas,
from time to time Funding may sell to the Borrower certain of such Contracts
and
all of its right, title and interest in the related Vehicles, and
Whereas,
the Borrower shall pledge, inter alia, such Contracts and the
Borrower’s security interest in each such Vehicle, to the Lenders in order to
secure loans being advanced to the Borrower by, and the other obligations of
the
Borrower to, the Lenders (the “Loan Transactions”); and
Whereas,
due to the administrative difficulty and costs of amending the Titles of the
Vehicles to note thereon (i) the security interest of the Borrower in such
Vehicles and (ii) the security interest of the Lenders in the security interest
of the Borrower in such Vehicles, the Titles to the Vehicles will not be amended
to note such security interests of the Borrower and the Lenders but instead,
from and after the date hereof, the Lienholder will act as the Borrower’s and
the Lenders’ respective nominee lienholder with respect to the Vehicles pursuant
to the terms hereof;
Now,
Therefore, in consideration of the mutual promises herein contained and for
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
are
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby
agree as follows:
1. Term. This
Agreement will commence on the date hereof and will remain in full force and
effect until the Collection Date.
2. Appointment
of Nominee Lienholder. The Borrower and the Lenders hereby
appoint the Lienholder as their nominee lienholder, in a representative
capacity, with respect to the Vehicles, and the Lienholder hereby agrees to
serve in such capacity as described herein. The Lienholder hereby
agrees that all of its right, title, interest (which is solely as stated
lienholder on the Titles) in and to the
Exh.
E-1
3. Interests
in the Vehicles. Notwithstanding the fact that the Lienholder
will be and remain noted as first lienholder (which is solely as stated
lienholder) on the Titles to the Vehicles from time to time pledged to the
Borrower and repledged to the Lenders, each party hereto hereby agrees that,
on
and after the date hereof:
(i) except
as set forth in subsection (ii) below and subject to the terms of any agreement
between the Borrower and the Lenders, the Borrower is entitled to all incidents,
benefits and risks of a holder of a first priority perfected security interest
or ownership in and lien on the Vehicles;
(ii) subject
to the terms of any agreement between the Borrower and the Lenders, the Lenders
is entitled to all incidents, benefits and risks of a holder of a first priority
perfected security interest in and lien on the Borrower’s first priority
perfected security interest in and lien on the Vehicles and the right to
exercise or cause the exercise of all remedies with respect to the Vehicles,
including the right to repossess, sell and otherwise transfer and dispose of
the
Vehicles at the times and subject to the terms of the Contract with the Obligor
relating to such Vehicle;
(iii) the
Lienholder has no direct (or indirect) ownership or other rights or interest
(including any security interest) in any of the Vehicles;
(iv) the
Lienholder will not take any action with respect to the Vehicles unless such
action is consented to by the Lenders; and
(v) the
Lienholder shall not represent to any lender, financing source or other Person,
that it has, or in any other manner hold itself out as having, any direct or
indirect ownership interest or any other rights or interests (including any
security interest) in any of the Vehicles, except for any rights it may have
as
nominee lienholder hereunder with respect to the Vehicles.
On
the
Collection Date, the Lienholder shall, at the expense of the Borrower, return
the Titles to the Borrower along with a power of attorney, if necessary to
substitute Borrower or Lenders as stated lienholder on all Titles, and the
Lienholder shall have no further responsibility for removing the Lienholder
as
stated lienholder on the Titles.
Exh.
E-2
4. Entire
Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among
the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and
supersedes any prior understandings, agreements, or representations by or among
the parties hereto, written or oral, to the extent they relate in any way to
the
subject matter hereof.
5. Remittance
of Proceeds. In the event that Lienholder receives any insurance
proceeds or other payments or proceeds in respect of the Vehicles, it shall
hold
the same in trust and notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the receipt
thereof, and shall remit promptly such payments or proceeds to the account
specified by the Lenders as set forth herein, or as otherwise identified by
the
Lenders from time to time by written notice, but in no event later than the
fifth day following receipt of such payments or proceeds.
6. Documentation. From
and after the date hereof, to the extent that Lienholder from time to time
receives any certificate of title or notifications of lienholder status relating
to any Vehicle, Lienholder shall promptly forward the same to U.S. Bank (or,
following the delivery of written notice from Lenders to such effect, the
Lenders).
7. Nonpetition. Lienholder
hereby agrees that it will not institute against, or join any other person
or
entity in instituting against Borrower any proceeding under any bankruptcy,
reorganization, liquidation or insolvency law or statute now or hereafter in
effect in any jurisdiction until two years and one day shall have elapsed since
the payment in full of all indebtedness and other obligations owed by Borrower
to the Lenders, Lenders’ Bank and Collateral Agent with respect to the Loan
Transactions.
8. Succession
and Assignment. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure
to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and
permitted assigns. Neither the Lienholder nor the Borrower may assign
either this Agreement or any of its respective rights, interests, or obligations
hereunder without the prior written approval of the Lenders.
9. Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed in separate counterparts, each of which will be deemed
an original but all of which together will constitute one and the same
instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page
to this Agreement by facsimile shall be effective as delivery of a manually
executed counterpart of this Agreement.
10. Headings. The
section headings contained in this Agreement are inserted for convenience only
and will not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this
Agreement.
11. Notices. All
notices, requests, demands, claims and other communications hereunder will
be in
writing. Any notice, request, demand, claim, or other communication
hereunder will be deemed duly given if (and then two business days after) it
is
sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid,
and addressed to the intended recipient as set forth below:
If
to
the Lienholder:
Exh.
E-3
LEAF
Capital Funding III, LLC
0000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxx,
Xx 00000
Attention:
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Facsimile
No.: (000) 000-0000
Confirmation
No.: (000) 000-0000
If
to
the Lenders:
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Bank
0000
Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
XX 00000
Attention:
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
Facsimile
No.: (000) 000-0000
Confirmation
No.: (000) 000-0000
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Asset Funding Inc.
0000
Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
XX 00000
Attention:
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
Facsimile
No.: (000) 000-0000
Confirmation
No.: (000) 000-0000
Any
party
hereto may give written notice, request, demand, claim, or other communication
hereunder using any other means (including personal delivery, expedited courier,
messenger service, telecopy, telex, ordinary mail, or electronic mail), but
no
such notice, request, demand, claim, or other communication will be deemed
to
have been duly given unless and until it is actually received by the intended
recipient. Any party hereto may change the address to which notices,
requests, demands, claims and other communications hereunder are to be delivered
by giving the other parties notice in the manner herein set forth.
12. Governing
Law. This agreement shall, in accordance with
section 5-1401 and 5-1402 of the General Obligations Law of the State of
New York, be governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard
to
any conflicts of law principles thereof that would call for the application
of
the laws of any other jurisdiction.
13. Consent
to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial; Etc. Any legal action or
proceeding with respect to this agreement may be brought in the courts of the
State of New York or of the United States of America for the Southern District
of New York, and, by execution and delivery of this agreement, each party hereto
hereby accepts for itself and in respect of its property, generally and
unconditionally, the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the aforesaid
courts. The guarantor hereby irrevocably waives, in connection with
any such action or proceeding, (i) trial by jury, (ii) to the extent it may
effectively do so under applicable law, any objection, including any objection
to the laying of venue or based on the grounds of forum non conveniens, which
it
may now or hereafter have to the bringing of any such action or proceeding
in
such respective jurisdictions and (iii) the right to interpose any set-off,
counterclaim or cross-claim (unless such set-off, counterclaim or cross-claim
could not, by reason of any applicable federal or state procedural laws, be
interposed, pleaded or alleged in any other action).
Exh.
E-4
14. Amendments
and Waivers. No amendment of any provision of this Agreement
will be valid unless the same will be in writing and signed by each of the
parties hereto. No waiver by the Lenders of any default,
misrepresentation, or breach of warranty or covenant hereunder, whether
intentional or not, will be deemed to extend to any prior or subsequent default,
misrepresentation, or breach of warranty or covenant hereunder or affect in
any
way any rights arising by virtue of any such prior or subsequent
occurrence.
15. Severability. Any
term or provision of this Agreement that is invalid or unenforceable in any
situation in any jurisdiction will not affect the validity or enforceability
of
the remaining terms and provisions hereof or the validity or enforceability
of
the offending term or provision in any other situation or in any other
jurisdiction.
16. Definitions. Capitalized
terms used herein but not previously defined herein have the following
meanings:
(i) “Collection
Date” means the date on which (a) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of
the loans under the Loan Transactions have been repaid in full and all interest
and fees and all other obligations of the Borrower thereunder have been paid
in
full, and (b) the Lenders shall have no further obligation to make additional
loans.
(ii) “Contract”
means a finance lease contract or a secured loan contract with respect to one
or
more Vehicles and includes the rights to all payments from the Obligor
thereunder.
(iii) “Obligor”
means each person obligated to make payments under a Contract and which is
the
owner or co-owner of the related Vehicle(s).
(iv) “Registrar
of Titles” means with respect to any state, the governmental agency or body
responsible for the registration of, and the issuance of certificates of title
relating to, motor vehicles and liens thereon.
(v) “Servicer”
means LEAF Financial Corporation.
(vi) “Title”
means with respect to a Vehicle, an original certificate of title issued by
the
Registrar of Titles of the applicable state.
(vii) “Vehicle”
means a new or a used automobile, minivan, sports utility vehicle, light duty
truck or heavy duty truck in which Borrower or Funding has acquired an ownership
or security interest.
[Signature
page to follow.]
Exh.
E-5
In
Witness Whereof, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of
the
date first above written.
[LIENHOLDER]
By:_______________________________
Name:_________________________
Title:__________________________
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LEAF
CAPITAL FUNDING III, LLC,
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as
Borrower
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By:______________________________
Name:________________________
Title:_________________________
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XXXXXX
XXXXXXX BANK, as Class A Lender
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By:_____________________________
Name:________________________
Title:_________________________
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XXXXXX
XXXXXXX ASSET FUNDING INC., as Class B
Lender
|
By:_____________________________
Name:________________________
Title:_________________________
Exh.
E-6
EXHIBIT
F
FORM
OF
NOTICE OF BORROWING
NOTICE
OF BORROWING
November
__, 2007
To: Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Bank/Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Asset Funding Inc.
0000
Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn:
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
Notice
of
Borrowing No.: [1]
Gentlemen:
Reference
is made to the Receivables Loan and Security Agreement dated as of November
1,
2007 (the “Loan Agreement”), among LEAF Capital Funding III, LLC, (the
“Borrower”), Leaf Financial Corporation, as the Servicer, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Bank,
as Class A Lender and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Asset Funding Inc., as Class B Lender,
U.S.
Bank National Association, as the Custodian and the Lenders’ Bank and Lyon
Financial Services, Inc. (d/b/a U.S. Bank Portfolio Services) as the Backup
Servicer. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein shall
have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Loan Agreement.
In
accordance with Sections 2.02(b) and 6.10(c) of the Loan Agreement, the
Borrower hereby certifies that, after giving effect to the Borrowing requested
to occur on November 7, 2007:
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1.
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Requested
aggregate amount of Borrowing:
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Class
A
Loan: $__________
Class
B
Loan: $__________
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2.
|
Requested
date of Borrowing: November 7, 2007
|
|
3.
|
In
connection with this Borrowing we Pledge to you the Eligible Receivables
set forth on the Schedule of Receivables attached
hereto.
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Exh.
F-1
Payments
in connection with this Borrowing should be deposited to the following
account: _________________________.
(Signature
page to follow)
Exh.
F-2
Very
truly yours,
LEAF
CAPITAL FUNDING III, LLC
By:
Name: Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
Title: Vice
President
Exh.
F-3
EXHIBIT
G
Reserved.
Exh.
G-1
EXHIBIT
H-1
FORM
OF
CLASS A NOTE
CLASS
A
NOTE
US
$333,380,316.91
|
New
York, New York
|
November
7, 2007
|
|
FOR
VALUE
RECEIVED, LEAF Capital Funding III, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(the “Borrower”), promises to pay to the order of XXXXXX XXXXXXX BANK
(the “Lender”) the principal amount of the Class A Loan made by Lender to
Borrower pursuant to the Receivables Loan and Security Agreement, dated as
of
November 1, 2007, as amended or modified (the “RLSA”), among the
undersigned, LEAF Financial Corporation, as Servicer, the Lender, in its
capacity as Class A Lender, Class B Lender and Collateral Agent, U.S. Bank
National Association, as the Custodian and the Lenders’ Bank, and Lyon Financial
Services, Inc. (d/b/a U.S. Bank Portfolio Services). Such principal
payments shall be made in the amounts and on the dates provided for in the
RLSA;
provided, however, that the entire unpaid principal amount of this
Class A Note shall be due and payable on November 1, 2008. Borrower
also promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of the Class A
Loan
on the dates and at the rate or rates provided for in the RLSA. All
such payments of principal and interest shall be made in the currencies and
at
the offices required under the RLSA.
This
Class A Note is one of the promissory notes referred to in Section 2.01(b)
of
the RLSA and is subject to all terms of the RLSA. Terms defined in
the RLSA are used herein with the same meanings.
The
Borrower hereby expressly waives presentment, demand, notice of protest and
all
other further demands and further notices in connection with the delivery,
acceptance, performance, default or enforcement of this Class A Note and RLSA,
and an action for amounts due hereunder or thereunder shall immediately
accrue.
The
Class
A Loan by Lender, the respective dates on which the principal is due and all
repayments of the principal thereof shall be recorded by Lender pursuant to
its
normal business practice; provided that the failure of Lender to make any
such recordation or endorsement shall not affect the obligations of the Borrower
under the first paragraph of this Class A Note or under the RLSA.
[Remainder
of page intentionally left blank]
Reference
is made to the RLSA for provisions for the prepayment hereof and the
acceleration of the maturity hereof.
LEAF
CAPITAL FUNDING III, LLC
|
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By:
_________________________
|
|
Name:
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Title:
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Exh.
H.1-3
EXHIBIT
H-2
FORM
OF
CLASS B NOTE
CLASS
B
NOTE
US$34,712,616.32
|
New
York, New York
|
November
7, 2007
|
|
FOR
VALUE
RECEIVED, LEAF Capital Funding III, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(the “Borrower”), promises to pay to the order of XXXXXX XXXXXXX ASSET
FUNDING INC. (the “Lender”) the principal amount of $34,712,616.32 in
accordance with the Receivables Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of
November 1, 2007, as amended or modified (the “RLSA”), among the
undersigned, LEAF Financial Corporation, as Servicer, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Bank in
its
capacity as Class A Lender and Collateral Agent, the Lender as Class B Lender,
U.S. Bank National Association, as the Custodian and the Lenders’ Bank, and Lyon
Financial Services, Inc. (d/b/a U.S. Bank Portfolio Services). Such
principal payments shall be made in the amounts and on the dates provided for
in
the RLSA; provided, however, that the entire unpaid principal
amount of this Class B Note shall be due and payable on November 1,
2008. Borrower also promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal
amount of this Class B Note on the dates and at the rate or rates provided
for
in the RLSA. All such payments of principal and interest shall be
made in the currencies and at the offices required under the RLSA.
This
Class B Note is one of the promissory notes referred to in Section 2.01(b)
of
the RLSA and is subject to all terms of the RLSA. Terms defined in
the RLSA are used herein with the same meanings.
The
Borrower hereby expressly waives presentment, demand, notice of protest and
all
other further demands and further notices in connection with the delivery,
acceptance, performance, default or enforcement of this Class B Note and RLSA,
and an action for amounts due hereunder or thereunder shall immediately
accrue.
The
original principal amount of this Class B Note, the respective dates on which
the principal is due and all repayments of the principal thereof shall be
recorded by Lender pursuant to its normal business practice; provided
that the failure of Lender to make any such recordation or endorsement shall
not
affect the obligations of the Borrower under the first paragraph of this Class
B
Note or under the RLSA.
[Remainder
of page intentionally left blank]
Reference
is made to the RLSA for provisions for the prepayment hereof and the
acceleration of the maturity hereof.
LEAF
CAPITAL FUNDING III, LLC
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By:
_________________________
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Name:
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Title:
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Exh.
H-2-2
EXHIBIT
I
CLOSING
CHECKLIST
Exh.
I-1
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
PAGE
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ARTICLE
I
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DEFINITIONS
|
1
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Section
1.01
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Certain
Defined Terms
|
1
|
Section
1.02
|
Other
Terms
|
26
|
Section
1.03
|
Computation
of Time Periods
|
26
|
ARTICLE
II
|
THE
RECEIVABLES FACILITY
|
26
|
Section
2.01
|
Borrowings
|
26
|
Section
2.02
|
The
Borrowing.
|
27
|
Section
2.03
|
Determination
of Interest Periods and Interest Rates.
|
27
|
Section
2.04
|
Remittance
Procedures
|
28
|
Section
2.05
|
Reserved.
|
31
|
Section
2.06
|
Reserved.
|
31
|
Section
2.07
|
Payments
and Computations, Etc
|
31
|
Section
2.08
|
Fees
|
32
|
Section
2.09
|
Increased
Costs; Capital Adequacy
|
32
|
Section
2.10
|
Collateral
Assignment of Agreements
|
33
|
Section
2.11
|
Grant
of a Security Interest
|
34
|
Section
2.12
|
Evidence
of Debt
|
35
|
Section
2.13
|
Release
of Pledged Receivables
|
35
|
Section
2.14
|
Treatment
of Amounts Paid by the Borrower
|
35
|
Section
2.15
|
Prepayment;
Certain Indemnification Rights; Termination
|
35
|
Section
2.16
|
Increase
of Borrowing Limit
|
37
|
ARTICLE
III
|
CONDITIONS
OF LOANS
|
37
|
Section
3.01
|
Conditions
Precedent to Borrowing
|
37
|
Section
3.02
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Conditions
Precedent to All Borrowings
|
37
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Section
3.03
|
Advances
Do Not Constitute a Waiver
|
39
|
ARTICLE
IV
|
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
|
40
|
Section
4.01
|
Representations
and Warranties of the Borrower
|
40
|
Section
4.02
|
Representations
and Warranties of the Servicer
|
43
|
Section
4.03
|
Resale
of Receivables Upon Breach of Covenant or Representation and
Warranty by
Borrower
|
45
|
Section
4.04
|
Representations
and Warranties of the Lenders
|
46
|
ARTICLE
V
|
GENERAL
COVENANTS OF THE BORROWER AND THE SERVICER
|
46
|
Section
5.01
|
General
Covenants
|
46
|
Section
5.02
|
Check-in
Requirements.
|
50
|
ARTICLE
VI
|
ADMINISTRATION
AND SERVICING; CERTAIN COVENANTS
|
51
|
Section
6.01
|
Appointment
and Designation of the Servicer
|
51
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Section
6.02
|
Collection
of Receivable Payments; Modification and Amendment of Receivables;
Lockbox
Agreements
|
53
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PAGE
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Section
6.03
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Realization
Upon Receivables
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53
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Section
6.04
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Insurance
Regarding Equipment
|
54
|
Section
6.05
|
Maintenance
of Security Interests in Obligor Collateral
|
54
|
Section
6.06
|
Pledged
Receivable Receipts
|
55
|
Section
6.07
|
No
Rights of Withdrawal
|
55
|
Section
6.08
|
Permitted
Investments
|
55
|
Section
6.09
|
Servicing
Compensation
|
56
|
Section
6.10
|
Reports
to the Lenders; Account Statements; Servicing Information
|
56
|
Section
6.11
|
Statements
as to Compliance; Financial Statements
|
57
|
Section
6.12
|
Access
to Certain Documentation; Obligors; Background Check
|
59
|
Section
6.13
|
Backup
Servicer
|
60
|
Section
6.14
|
Additional
Remedies of Lenders Upon Event of Default
|
64
|
Section
6.15
|
Waiver
of Defaults
|
64
|
Section
6.16
|
Maintenance
of Certain Insurance
|
65
|
Section
6.17
|
Segregation
of Collections
|
65
|
Section
6.18
|
UCC
Matters; Protection and Perfection of Pledged Assets
|
66
|
Section
6.19
|
Servicer
Advances
|
66
|
Section
6.20
|
Repurchase
of Receivables Upon Breach of Covenant or Representation and
Warranty by
Servicer
|
66
|
Section
6.21
|
Compliance
with Applicable Law
|
67
|
Section
6.22
|
Receipt
of Certificates of Title
|
67
|
Section
6.23
|
Lenders’
Bank Limitation of Liability
|
67
|
ARTICLE
VII
|
EVENTS
OF DEFAULT
|
68
|
Section
7.01
|
Events
of Default
|
68
|
Section
7.02
|
Additional
Remedies of the Lenders
|
71
|
ARTICLE
VIII
|
INDEMNIFICATION
|
71
|
Section
8.01
|
Indemnities
by the Borrower
|
71
|
Section
8.02
|
Indemnities
by Servicer
|
74
|
ARTICLE
IX
|
MISCELLANEOUS
|
76
|
Section
9.01
|
Amendments
and Waivers
|
76
|
Section
9.02
|
Notices,
Etc
|
76
|
Section
9.03
|
No
Waiver; Remedies
|
76
|
Section
9.04
|
Binding
Effect; Assignability; Multiple Lenders
|
76
|
Section
9.05
|
Term
of This Agreement
|
77
|
Section
9.06
|
GOVERNING
LAW; JURY WAIVER; CONSENT TO JURISDICTION
|
78
|
Section
9.07
|
Costs,
Expenses and Taxes
|
78
|
Section
9.08
|
No
Proceedings
|
79
|
Section
9.09
|
Recourse
Against Certain Parties
|
79
|
Section
9.10
|
Execution
in Counterparts; Severability; Integration
|
80
|
Section
9.11
|
Tax
Characterization
|
80
|
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|
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Section
9.12
|
Calculation
of Performance Triggers
|
80
|
ARTICLE
X
|
THE
COLLATERAL AGENT
|
81
|
Section
10.01
|
No
Implied Duties
|
81
|
Section
10.02
|
Limits
on Liability
|
81
|
Section
10.03
|
Acknowledgement
|
81
|
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LIST
OF SCHEDULES AND EXHIBITS
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE
I
|
Condition
Precedent Documents
|
SCHEDULE
II
|
Prior
Names, Tradenames, Fictitious Names and “Doing Business As”
Names
|
SCHEDULE
III
|
Representations
and Warranties with Respect to Eligible Receivables, Eligible Contracts
and Eligible Underlying Originators
|
SCHEDULE
IV
|
Credit
and Collection Policy
|
SCHEDULE
V
|
Equipment
Categories
|
SCHEDULE
VI
|
Addresses
for Notice
|
SCHEDULE
VII
|
Remittance
Report Information
|
EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT
A
|
Form
of Facility Limit Certificate
|
EXHIBIT
B
|
Form
of Required Data Fields
|
EXHIBIT
C
|
Form
of Monthly Remittance Report
|
EXHIBIT
D-1
|
Form
of Lease Contract
|
EXHIBIT
D-2
|
Form
of Loan Contract
|
EXHIBIT
D-3
|
Form
of Loan Contract
|
EXHIBIT
E
|
Form
of Vehicle Lienholder Nominee
Agreement
|
EXHIBIT
F
|
Form
of Notice of Borrowing
|
EXHIBIT
G
|
Reserved
|
EXHIBIT
H-1
|
Form
of Class A Note
|
EXHIBIT
H-2
|
Form
of Class B Note
|
EXHIBIT
I
|
Closing
Checklist
|
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