Exhibit 10.43
THIS RECEIVABLES PURCHASE TERMINATION AND RECONVEYANCE AGREEMENT
(this "Agreement") is made and entered into as of February 26, 2003, among GOLF
FUNDING CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the "Seller"), CALLAWAY GOLF SALES
COMPANY as the servicer (the "Servicer"), REDWOOD RECEIVABLES CORPORATION (the
"Purchaser") and GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION as operating agent for the
Purchaser (the "Operating Agent") and as collateral agent for the Purchaser (the
"Collateral Agent"; together with the Operating Agent, the "Agents").
STATEMENT OF FACTS
Pursuant to that certain Receivables Purchase and Servicing
Agreement, dated as of February 10, 1999 (as heretofore amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified, the "Purchase Agreement") among the Seller,
the Servicer, the Purchaser and the Agents, the Purchaser has purchased or
acquired from time to time from the Seller all receivables owned by the Seller
and the Servicer has serviced and administered such receivables.
The parties desire to terminate the Purchase Agreement and to
provide for the reassignment by the Purchaser and the Agents of the Transferred
Receivables to the Seller in accordance with and subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement.
STATEMENT OF TERMS
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein set
forth, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Definitions. Unless otherwise expressly defined herein, all
capitalized terms used herein shall have the respective meanings given such
terms in the Purchase Agreement.
2. Reconveyance by Purchaser. (a) Subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, the Purchaser hereby sells, assigns, transfers and
conveys to the Seller, and the Seller hereby accepts, purchases and receives,
all of the Purchaser's right, title and interest in and to the Transferred
Receivables as of the date hereof (the "RECONVEYED PROPERTY"). In consideration
for such transfers and assignments, the Seller shall pay the amount set forth in
the table below (the "RECONVEYANCE AMOUNT") in immediately available funds on or
before 2:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on [February 26, 2003] in the following account:
Bankers Trust Company, 0 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Account
Name: Redwood Receivables Corporation - Collection Account (GFC), Account
Number: 27063, ABA # 000-000-000:
Outstanding Capital Investment of the Purchaser $0
Accrued but unpaid Daily Yield and accrued but
unpaid fees of the Agents and the Purchaser $0
Legal Fees $7000
Reconveyance Amount $1
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(b) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each
Agent hereby consents to the sale, assignment, transfer and conveyance hereunder
of the Reconveyed Property by the Purchaser to the Seller and hereby releases
and terminates all security interests or other rights or interests that such
Agent may have in the Reconveyed Property. To evidence the effectiveness of such
reassignment and release of all security interests in the Reconveyed Property,
each Agent hereby authorizes the Seller (or any other Person designated by the
Seller) to record and file termination statements with respect to the financing
statements listed on Exhibit A attached hereto, and, each Agent agrees to the
extent necessary to execute termination statements with respect to such
financing statements. In addition to the foregoing, each of the Agents and the
Purchaser hereby agrees to consent to the (i) amendment of that certain
Collection Account Agreement, dated as of February 10, 1999 ("Account Agreement
#1"), among the Servicer, the Seller, the Collateral Agent, General Electric
Capital Corporation as "Lender Agent" and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A. ("Xxxxx
Fargo"), and (ii) termination of that certain Collection Account Agreement,
dated as of February 10, 1999 ("Account Agreement #2"; together with Account
Agreement #1, "Account Agreements"), among the Servicer, the Seller, the
Collateral Agent and Xxxxx Fargo, and to execute the termination letter attached
hereto as Exhibit B with respect to Account Agreement #2.
3. Termination of Purchase Agreement. Upon the effectiveness of this
Agreement, the Purchase Agreement shall terminate and all obligations of the
parties thereunder shall terminate, except with respect to provisions (and
obligations arising thereunder) of the Purchase Agreement that survive
termination of the Purchase Agreement, and all security interests of the parties
thereunder shall terminate.
4. Releases. Upon the effectiveness of this Agreement, each of the
Seller and the Servicer (each such party being referred to as a "Releasing
Party") shall be deemed to have (a) released and forever discharged each of the
Purchaser, the Agents and their respective subsidiaries, agents, employees,
officers, directors, attorneys, affiliates, successors and assigns
(collectively, the "Released Parties") of and from any and all liabilities,
claims, obligations, indebtedness, liens, causes of action and rights of any
kind, character or nature whatsoever, whether known or unknown, whether fixed or
contingent, and whether liquidated or unliquidated, that such Releasing Party
may have or claim to have against any such Released Party and which arises out
of or is connected in any way with any action of commission or omission of any
Released Party existing or occurring on or prior to the date of this Agreement,
including without limitation any claims, liabilities or obligations relating to
or arising out of or in connection with the Purchase Agreement or any of the
other Related Documents or any of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase
Agreement or any of the other Related Documents, from the beginning of time
until the execution and delivery of this Agreement (collectively, the "Released
Claims") and (b) agrees forever to refrain from commencing, instituting or
prosecuting any law suit, action or other proceeding against any of the Released
Parties with respect to any of such Released Claims; provided, however, that the
Released Claims do not include, and the releases and covenants-not-to-xxx set
forth in this Section 4 shall not apply to, the Released Parties' respective
representations, warranties, covenants and other obligations under this
Agreement or any obligations under the Purchase Agreement which survive
termination thereof as provided in Section 3.
5. Effectiveness of this Agreement. This Agreement shall be
effective as of this date upon the satisfaction of all of the following
conditions precedent:
(a) One or more counterparts of this Agreement shall have been
executed and delivered by the Seller, the Servicer, the Purchaser and the
Agents; and
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(b) The Purchaser shall have received payment of the Reconveyance
Amount in accordance with Section 2(a) above.
(c) The Agents and the Purchaser shall have received evidence
satisfactory to the Agents that all conditions precedent to the effectiveness of
that certain Fifth Amendment and Limited Waiver to Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement, dated as of February 25, 2003, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit
C hereto, have been satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms thereof.
6. Further Assurances. Each of the Purchaser and the Agents hereby
agrees to execute and deliver such Uniform Commercial Code termination
statements, and such other documents as the Seller may reasonably request from
time to time in order to more fully effectuate the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement (including, without limitation, those necessary to amend or
terminate, as the case may be, the Account Agreements); provided, however, that
any and all such termination statements, and other documents shall be prepared
and/or recorded at the Seller's expense.
7. Representations and Warranties.
(a) Each of the parties hereto represents and warrants that it has
the full corporate or other power and authority to execute and deliver this
Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder and that this Agreement has
been duly and validly executed and delivered by it (and assuming the due and
valid execution and delivery hereof by all other parties hereto) constitutes a
legal, valid and binding obligation of such party enforceable against it in
accordance with its terms, except as the enforceability hereof may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws of general
application relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights or by
general principles of equity.
(b) Each of the Purchaser and the Agents hereby represents and
warrants that, upon the effectiveness of this Agreement and the Purchaser's
receipt of the Reconveyance Amount in accordance with Section 2(a) above, the
Seller and the Servicer will not owe any amounts to the Purchaser or the Agents
for any reason under the Purchase Agreement or any of the other Related
Documents; provided, however, that all or a portion of such amounts shall be
reinstated in the event and to the extent that any payment thereof is rescinded
or must otherwise be disgorged or returned by the Purchaser or either Agent upon
the insolvency, dissolution, liquidation, bankruptcy or reorganization of the
Seller or the Servicer or upon or as a result of the appointment of a trustee,
receiver or conservator or similar officer for the Seller or the Servicer or any
substantial part of its property.
8. Miscellaneous. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. This Agreement shall be
binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their
respective successors and assigns. This Agreement may be executed in any number
of several counterparts, and each such counterpart shall constitute an original
and all such counterparts together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
The delivery of an executed counterpart hereof by facsimile shall constitute
delivery of an executed counterpart hereof.
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IN WITNESS, each of the parties hereto, by their respective duly
authorized signatories, has executed and delivered this Agreement as of the date
first above written.
GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION, as
Operating Agent
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Duly Authorized Signatory
GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION, as
Collateral Agent
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Duly Authorized Signatory
REDWOOD RECEIVABLES CORPORATION, as Purchaser
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Assistant Secretary
GOLF FUNDING CORPORATION,
as the Seller
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
President and Chief Executive Officer
CALLAWAY GOLF SALES COMPANY,
as the Servicer
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Chief Executive Officer
Signature Page
EXHIBIT A
Financing Statements to be Terminated
DEBTOR STATE FILING NO.
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Callaway Golf Sales Company California 199904860295
Callaway Golf Sales Company California 199904860288
Callaway Golf Company California 199904860283
Golf Funding Corporation California 199904860272
EXHIBIT B
Account Agreement Termination Letter
[Insert Date]
Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A.
000 "X" Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Re: Account Number 4488-838889
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is hereby made to that certain Collection Account
Agreement, dated as of February 10, 1999 ("Account Agreement"), among Callaway
Golf Sales Company (the "Servicer"), Golf Funding Corporation (the "Seller"),
General Electric Capital Corporation as the collateral agent (the "Collateral
Agent") and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A. ("Xxxxx Fargo").
Pursuant to the terms of the Account Agreement, we hereby give you
written notice that the Receivables Purchase and Servicing Agreement, dated as
of February 10, 1999 (as heretofore amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified, the "Purchase Agreement") among the Seller, the Servicer, Redwood
Receivables Corporation (the "Purchaser"), the Collateral Agent and General
Electric Capital Corporation as operating agent has been terminated and is no
longer in effect, and as a result we hereby terminate the Account Agreement.
Very Truly Yours,
GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION
By:__________________________________
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Duly Authorized Signatory
Acknowledged, agreed and consented to
this ___ day of _______________
XXXXX FARGO BANK, N.A.
By:_________________________________
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT C
Fifth Amendment and Limited Waiver
[see attached]
