AMENDMENT NO. 6 TO LOAN AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT 4
AMENDMENT NO. 6 TO LOAN AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
This AMENDMENT NO. 6 (the “Amendment”) dated as of February 22, 2008 is by and among
SWC Receivables Funding LLC (the “Borrower”), The Xxxxxxx-Xxxxxxxx Company (the
“Servicer”), XXXXXX, LLC (“Xxxxxx”), as a Conduit Lender, Citibank, N.A.
(“Citibank”), as a Committed Lender, and Citicorp North America, Inc. (“CNAI”), as
a Managing Agent and as Program Agent.
PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS:
(1) The Borrower, Servicer, Xxxxxx, Citibank and CNAI are parties to a Loan and Servicing
Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2006 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified previously
and from time to time hereafter, the “Agreement”); capitalized terms defined therein being
used herein as therein defined unless otherwise defined herein.
(2) In consideration of the mutual agreements contained herein, and for other valuable
consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto have agreed to amend the
Agreement as set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1.Extension Amendment and Waiver.
1.1 Pursuant to Section 2.01(c) of the Agreement, the Borrower hereby requests
the Committed Lender to extend the date set forth in clause (i) of the definition of
“Scheduled Termination Date” (the “Commitment Termination Date”) to February 20,
2009. By its signature below, the Committed Lender consents to such extension effective as
of the date hereof. By their signatures below, the Conduit Lender, the Committed Lender and
CNAI as a Managing Agent and as Program Agent each hereby waive (i) the requirement set
forth in clause (iv) of Section 2.01(c) that such request for an extension
must be given at least sixty (60) days prior to the current Commitment Termination Date and
(ii) the limitation set forth in Section 2.01(c) that Borrower may, no more frequently than
once each year, request to extend the Commitment Termination Date.
SECTION 2. Conditions of Effectiveness. This Amendment shall become effective as of
the date hereof upon receipt by CNAI of (i) the counterparts of this Amendment duly executed by
each of the parties hereto and (ii) the counterparts of the amended and restated Fee Letter duly
executed by each of CNAI and the Borrower.
SECTION 3. Representations and Warranties of the Borrower and the Servicer. Each of
the Borrower and the Servicer represents and warrants as to itself as follows:
(a) No authorization, approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with,
any governmental authority or regulatory body is required for the due execution, delivery
and performance by such Person of this Amendment or the performance by such Person of
the Agreement as amended by this Amendment;
(b) This Amendment and the Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, constitute legal,
valid and binding obligations of such Person enforceable against such Person in accordance
with their terms;
(c) Upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, such Person hereby reaffirms all
covenants, representations and warranties made by it in the Agreement, as amended, and
agrees that all such covenants, representations and warranties shall be deemed to have been
re-made as of the effective date of this Amendment; and
(d) Upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, no Event of Termination, and no
Incipient Event of Termination shall have occurred and is continuing.
SECTION 4. Reference to and the Effect on the Agreement. (a) On and after the
effective date of this Amendment, each reference in the Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”,
“hereof”, “herein” or words of like import referring to the Agreement, and each reference to the
Agreement in any Facility Document or any other document, instrument or certificate delivered in
connection with any of the foregoing, shall mean and be a reference to the Agreement as amended
hereby.
(b) Except as specifically amended above, the Agreement is and shall continue to be in full
force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed.
SECTION 5. Costs, Expenses and Taxes. The Borrower agrees to pay on demand all
reasonable costs and expenses of the Program Agent, the Managing Agents and the Lenders in
connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of this Amendment and the other instruments
and documents to be delivered hereunder, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and
out-of-pocket expenses of counsel for the Program Agent, the Managing Agents and the Lenders with
respect thereto and with respect to advising the Program Agent, the Managing Agents and the Lenders
as to its rights and responsibilities hereunder and thereunder.
SECTION 6. Execution in Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number
of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so
executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall
constitute but one and the same agreement.
SECTION 7. Governing Law. This Amendment shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed by their
respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above written.
SWC RECEIVABLES FUNDING LLC, as the Borrower |
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By: | /s/ | |||
Name: | Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |||
Title: | President | |||
THE XXXXXXX-XXXXXXXX COMPANY, as Servicer |
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By: | /s/ | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President and Treasurer |
CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., as a Managing Agent and as Program Agent |
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By: | /s/ | |||
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XXXXXX, LLC, as a Conduit Lender |
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By: | Citicorp North America, Inc., as Attorney-in-Fact | |||
By: | /s/ | |||
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CITIBANK, N.A., as a Committed Lender |
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By: | /s/ | |||
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