HOUSEHOLD RECEIVABLES ACQUISITION COMPANY II and METRIS RECEIVABLES, INC. RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT Dated as of December 1, 2005
Exhibit 10.3
HOUSEHOLD RECEIVABLES ACQUISITION COMPANY II
and
METRIS RECEIVABLES, INC.
Dated as of December 1, 2005
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS | 2 | |||||||
Section 1.01. | Definitions | 2 | ||||||
Section 1.02. | Other Definitional Provisions | 8 | ||||||
ARTICLE II PURCHASE AND CONVEYANCE OF RECEIVABLES | 9 | |||||||
Section 2.01. | Purchase | 9 | ||||||
Section 2.02. | Addition of Accounts | 10 | ||||||
Section 2.03. | Representations and Warranties | 11 | ||||||
Section 2.04. | Removal and Deletion of Accounts | 11 | ||||||
ARTICLE III CONSIDERATION AND PAYMENT | 13 | |||||||
Section 3.01. | Purchase Price | 13 | ||||||
Section 3.02. | Adjustments to Purchase Price | 13 | ||||||
ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES | 14 | |||||||
Section 4.01. | HRAC II’s Representations and Warranties Relating to HRAC II | 14 | ||||||
Section 4.02. | Representations and Warranties of HRAC II Relating to the Agreement and the Receivables | 15 | ||||||
Section 4.03. | Representations and Warranties of MRI | 16 | ||||||
ARTICLE V COVENANTS | 18 | |||||||
Section 5.01. | Covenants of HRAC II | 18 | ||||||
ARTICLE VI REPURCHASE OBLIGATION | 20 | |||||||
Section 6.01. | Reassignment of Ineligible Receivables | 20 | ||||||
Section 6.02. | Reassignment of Other Receivables | 20 | ||||||
ARTICLE VII CONDITIONS PRECEDENT | 22 | |||||||
Section 7.01. | Conditions to MRI’s Obligations Regarding Receivables | 22 | ||||||
Section 7.02. | Conditions Precedent to HRAC II’s Obligations | 22 | ||||||
ARTICLE VIII TERM AND PURCHASE TERMINATION | 23 | |||||||
Section 8.01. | Term | 23 | ||||||
Section 8.02. | Purchase Termination | 23 | ||||||
ARTICLE IX SERVICING | 24 | |||||||
Section 9.01. | Pooling and Servicing Agreement Controls with respect to the Receivables | 24 |
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ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS | 25 | |||||||
Section 10.01. | Amendment | 25 | ||||||
Section 10.02. | GOVERNING LAW | 25 | ||||||
Section 10.03. | Notices | 25 | ||||||
Section 10.04. | Severability of Provisions | 25 | ||||||
Section 10.05. | Assignment | 25 | ||||||
Section 10.06. | Acknowledgment and Agreement of HRAC II | 26 | ||||||
Section 10.07. | Further Assurances | 26 | ||||||
Section 10.08. | No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies | 26 | ||||||
Section 10.09. | Counterparts | 26 | ||||||
Section 10.10. | Binding Effect; Third-Party Beneficiaries | 26 | ||||||
Section 10.11. | Merger and Integration | 26 | ||||||
Section 10.12. | Headings | 26 | ||||||
Section 10.13. | Schedules and Exhibits | 26 | ||||||
Section 10.14. | Survival of Representations and Warranties | 26 | ||||||
Section 10.15. | Nonpetition Covenant | 27 |
Exhibit A Form of Supplemental Conveyance
Schedule 1 List of Accounts
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RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of December 1, 2005, by and between HOUSEHOLD
RECEIVABLES ACQUISITION COMPANY II, a Delaware corporation (together with its permitted successors
and assigns, “HRAC II”), and METRIS RECEIVABLES, INC., a Delaware corporation (together
with its permitted successors and assigns, “MRI”).
ARTICLE I
Section 1.01. Definitions. All capitalized terms used herein shall have the following
meanings:
“Account” shall mean each revolving credit consumer credit card account established
pursuant to a Credit Agreement between a Credit Card Originator and any Person, which is identified
on an Account Schedule delivered by HRAC II to MRI on or after the Additional Cut-Off Date and which
on the Closing Date was an Eligible Account or, with respect to accounts designated after the
Closing Date, is an Additional Account or Related Account. The definition of “Account” shall
include each Transferred Account but shall not include Deleted Accounts and any Accounts all of the
Receivables in which are repurchased by HRAC II pursuant to Section 6 hereof. The term “Account”
shall refer to an Additional Account only from and after the Addition Date with respect thereto.
“Account Schedule” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01(c).
“Addition Date” shall mean, with respect to any Additional Account, the date from and
after which such Additional Account is included as an Additional Account pursuant to this Agreement
and the related Supplemental Conveyance.
“Additional Accounts” shall mean each Supplemental Account and each Automatic
Additional Account.
“Additional Cut-Off Date” shall have the meaning specified in the applicable
Supplemental Conveyance.
“Agreement” shall mean this Receivables Purchase Agreement and all amendments and
supplements hereto.
“Applicable Transferee” shall mean the Trustee.
“Appointment Date” shall have the meaning specified in Section 8.02.
“Automatic Additional Account” shall mean each revolving credit consumer credit card
account established pursuant to a Credit Agreement between a Credit Card Originator and any Person,
which account comes into existence after the Closing Date, is an Eligible Account, is designated
pursuant to subsection 2.02 to be included as an Automatic Additional Account, and is identified in
the computer file or microfiche list delivered pursuant to subsection 2.02(b)(iv) of this
Agreement.
“Bank Purchase Agreement” shall mean the Second Amended and Restated Receivables
Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 1, 2002, by and between, HRAC II, as purchaser, and HSBC Bank,
as seller, as amended from time to time.
“Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which
banking institutions in New York, Minnesota, Nevada, Arizona, Oklahoma, Illinois, or Delaware, are
authorized or obligated by law or executive order to be closed.
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“Class” shall have the meaning specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
“Closing Date” shall mean December 1, 2005.
“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Collection Account” shall have the meaning specified in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
“Collections” shall mean all payments received (including Recoveries) in respect of
the Receivables, in the form of cash, checks, wire transfers, electronic transfers, ATM transfers
or any other form of payment.
“Conveyance” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.01(a).
“Conveyance Papers” shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.01(c).
“Credit Adjustment” shall have the meaning specified in Section 3.02.
“Credit Agreement” shall mean, with respect to a revolving credit consumer credit card
account, the agreements between the Credit Card Originator and the Obligor governing the terms and
conditions of such account, as such agreements may be amended, modified or otherwise changed from
time to time.
“Credit Card Originator” shall mean (a) DMCCB and its successors or assigns, with
respect to Receivables created before December 1, 2005, (b) HSBC Bank and its successors or
assigns, with respect to Receivables created on or after December 1, 2005, or (c) any other
originator of revolving credit consumer credit card accounts approved by MRI.
“Credit Guidelines” shall mean the written policies and procedures of the applicable
Credit Card Originator or the Servicer, as the case may be, (i) relating to the operation of its
credit card business, which generally are applicable to its portfolio of revolving credit accounts
or a portion of a portfolio of receivables in a similar nature to the Accounts, or in the case of
an Credit Card Originator that has only a portion of its portfolio subject to a purchase agreement,
applicable to such portion of its portfolio and, in each case, which written policies and
procedures are consistent with prudent practice, including, without limitation, the written
policies and procedures for determining the creditworthiness of credit card customers and the
extension of credit to credit card customers, and (ii) relating to the maintenance of credit card
accounts and collection of receivables with respect thereto, as such policies and procedures may be
amended, modified, or otherwise changed from time to time.
“Defaulted Receivable” shall mean a Principal Receivable which is charged off as
uncollectible in accordance with the Credit Guidelines or the Servicer’s customary and usual
servicing procedures for servicing revolving credit accounts. A Principal Receivable shall become
a Defaulted Receivable no later than the day on which such Principal Receivable is recorded as
charged-off on the Servicer’s computer file of revolving credit accounts. Notwithstanding any
other provision hereof, any Defaulted Receivables that are Ineligible Receivables shall be treated
as Ineligible Receivables rather than Defaulted Receivables.
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“Deleted Account” shall mean any Removed Account as to which there are no Receivables
arising therein owned by MRI.
“Discount Option Receivables” shall have the meaning specified in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.
“Dissolution Event” shall have the meaning specified in Section 8.02.
“Distribution Date” shall have the meaning specified in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
“DMCCB” shall mean Direct Merchants Credit Card Bank, National Association, a national
bank or any successors or assigns of Direct Merchants Credit Card Bank, National Association.
“Dollars”, “$” or “U.S. $” shall mean United States dollars.
“Eligible Account” shall mean, on the Initial Cut-Off Date (or, with respect to
Additional Accounts, on the related Additional Cut-Off Date), a revolving credit consumer credit
card account owned by a Credit Card Originator:
(a) which is payable in Dollars;
(b) the Obligor on which has provided, as its initial billing address, an address
located in the United States or its territories or possessions or a United States military address;
(c) which has not been identified by the applicable Credit Card Originator or the Servicer in
its computer master file as stolen or lost;
(d) which is not sold or pledged to any other party and which does not have Receivables which
are sold or pledged to any other party; and
(e) the Receivables in which the applicable Credit Card Originator or the Servicer has not
charged off (or required to be charged off) in its customary and usual manner for charging off
Receivables in such Accounts.
“Eligible Receivable” shall mean a Receivable that satisfies each of the following
criteria: (a) it arises under an Eligible Account, (b) it is not sold or pledged to any other
party, (c) it constitutes an “account” or a “payment intangible” as defined in Article 9 of the UCC
as then in effect in the Relevant UCC State, (d) it is the legal, valid, and binding obligation of,
or is guaranteed by, a Person who is competent to enter into a Credit Agreement and incur debt and
is enforceable against such Person in accordance with its terms, (e) it was created or acquired by
the Credit Card Originator in compliance, in all material respects, with all Requirements of Law
applicable to the Credit Card Originator and pursuant to a Credit Agreement that complies, in all
material respects, with all Requirements of Law applicable to the Credit Card Originator (including
without limitation, laws, rules and regulations relating to truth in lending, usury, fair credit
billing, fair credit reporting, equal credit opportunity and fair debt collection practices), (f)
all material consents, licenses, or authorizations of, or registrations with, any Governmental
Authority required to be obtained or given by the Credit Card Originator in connection with the
creation of such Receivable or the execution, delivery, creation, and performance of the related
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Contract by the Credit Card Originator have been duly obtained or given and are in full force
and effect and (g) immediately prior to giving effect to the sale hereunder, HRAC II has good and
marketable title free and clear of all Liens and security interests (other than Permitted Liens).
“Enhancement” shall have the meaning specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
“Finance Charge and Administrative Receivables” shall mean the sum of all Receivables
evidencing amounts billed from time to time to the Obligors on any Account in respect of (i)
Periodic Rate Finance Charges, (ii) overlimit fees, (iii) late charges, (iv) returned check fees,
(v) annual membership fees and annual service charges, if any, (vi) transaction charges, (vii) cash
advance fees, (viii) fees and charges relating to debt waiver programs administered by a Credit
Card Originator or an affiliate of such Credit Card Originator, and (ix) other similar fees and
charges that are designated as Finance Charge and Administrative Receivables.
“Governmental Authority” shall mean the United States of America, any state or other
political subdivision thereof and any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial,
regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government.
“HRAC II” shall have the meaning specified in the recitals of this Agreement.
“HSBC Bank” shall mean HSBC Bank Nevada, National Association, a national bank, or any
of the successors or assigns of HSBC Bank Nevada, National Association.
“Initial Account” shall mean each revolving credit consumer credit card account
established pursuant to a Credit Agreement between the Credit Card Originator and an Obligor, which
account is owned by the Credit Card Originator.
“Initial Cut-Off Date” shall mean December 1, 2005.
“Interchange” shall mean interchange fees paid to HRAC II pursuant to the Bank
Purchase Agreement (or, with respect to a Credit Card Originator other than HSBC Bank, pursuant to
a similar agreement between such Credit Card Originator and HRAC II).
“Lien” shall mean any security interest, mortgage, deed of trust, pledge,
hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, equity interest, encumbrance, lien (statutory or
other), preference, participation interest, priority or other security agreement or preferential
arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever, including any conditional sale or other title
retention agreement, any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of
the foregoing and the filing of any financing statement under the UCC or comparable law of any
jurisdiction to evidence any of the foregoing; provided, however, that the term
“Lien” shall not include any lien or other encumbrance for municipal or other local taxes if such
taxes are not then due and payable or if the validity of such taxes is then being contested in good
faith by appropriate proceedings and adequate reserves with respect to such taxes have been set
aside on the appropriate books.
“Metris” shall mean Metris Companies Inc., a Delaware corporation.
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“Monthly Period” shall mean the period from and including the first day of a calendar
month to and including the last day of such calendar month.
“MRI” shall have the meaning specified in the recitals of this Agreement.
“Obligor” shall mean, with respect to any Account, any Person obligated to make
payments with respect to such Account, including any guarantor thereof but excluding any merchant.
“Officer’s Certificate” shall mean a certificate delivered and signed by the
Controller, Treasurer or any Vice President or more senior officer of HRAC II or MRI, as
applicable.
“Periodic Rate Finance Charges” shall have the meaning specified in the Credit
Agreement applicable to each Account for finance charges (due to periodic rate) or any similar
term.
“Permitted Liens” shall have the meaning specified in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
“Person” shall mean any person or entity, including any individual, corporation,
limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization, governmental entity or other entity of any nature.
“Pooling and Servicing Agreement” shall mean the Fourth Amended and Restated Pooling
and Servicing Agreement, dated as of December 1, 2005, by and among HSBC Finance Corporation, as
Servicer, MRI, as Transferor, and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee on behalf of the
Securityholders of the Metris Master Trust.
“Principal Receivables” shall mean all Receivables other than Finance Charge and
Administrative Receivables. In calculating the aggregate amount of Principal Receivables on any
day, the amount of Principal Receivables shall be reduced by the aggregate amount of credit
balances in the Accounts on such day.
“Purchase Price” shall have the meaning specified in Section 3.01(a).
“Purchase Price Payment Date” shall have the meaning specified in Section 3.01(a).
“Purchased Assets” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.01(a).
“Rating Agency” shall mean the nationally-recognized statistical rating agency or
agencies, if any, selected by MRI to rate any Securities.
“Rating Agency Condition” shall mean, with respect to any action, that each Rating
Agency shall have notified the Transferor, the Servicer, and the Trustee, as the case may be, in
writing that such action will not result in a Ratings Event.
“Ratings Event” shall have the meaning specified in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
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“Receivables” shall mean all amounts payable by Obligors on any Account from time to
time, including amounts payable for Principal Receivables and Finance Charge and Administrative
Receivables, but only to the extent that such amounts payable have been conveyed by HSBC Bank to
HRAC II pursuant to the Bank Purchase Agreement (or, with respect to a Credit Card Originator other
than HSBC Bank, pursuant to a similar agreement between such Credit Card Originator and HRAC II).
“Recoveries” shall mean all amounts received with respect to Defaulted Receivables;
provided, however, that if any amount so recovered relates to both Defaulted
Receivables and other receivables, and if it cannot be determined with objective certainty whether
such amount relates to Defaulted Receivables or other receivables, the term “Recoveries” shall mean
the amount reasonably estimated by the Servicer, and agreed by HSBC Bank and HRAC II, as having
been recovered in respect of Defaulted Receivables.
“Related Account” shall mean an Account with respect to which a new credit card
account number has been issued by the applicable Credit Card Originator under circumstances
resulting from a lost or stolen credit card and not requiring standard application and credit
evaluation under the Credit Guidelines; provided that such Account can be traced or
identified by reference to or by way of an Account Schedule.
“Relevant UCC State” shall mean the State of Delaware and each jurisdiction in which
the filing of a UCC financing statement is necessary to perfect the ownership interest and security
interest of the Transferor pursuant to the Pooling and Servcing Agreement or the ownership or
security interest of the Trustee established under the Pooling and Servcing Agreement.
“Removed Account” shall mean any Account as to which HRAC II has received notice from
the Transferor that such Account is a “Removed Account” as defined in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
“Repurchase Price” shall have the meaning specified in Section 6.01(b).
“Requirements of Law” shall mean any law, treaty, rule or regulation, or determination
of an arbitrator or Governmental Authority, whether federal, state or local (including usury laws,
the Federal Truth in Lending Act and Regulation B and Regulation Z of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System), and, when used with respect to any Person, the certificate of
incorporation and by-laws or other organizational or governing documents of such Person.
“Security” shall have the meaning specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
“Securityholder” or “Holder” shall have the meaning specified in the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement.
“Series” shall have the meaning specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
“Servicer” shall mean the entity acting as Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
“Stop Date” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.04(a).
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“Supplement” shall have the meaning specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
“Supplemental Account” shall mean each revolving credit consumer credit card account
established pursuant to a Credit Agreement between a Credit Card Originator and any Person, which
account comes into existence after the Closing Date, is an Eligible Account, is designated pursuant
to subsection 2.02 to be included as a Supplemental Account, and is identified in the computer file
or microfiche list delivered pursuant to subsection 2.02(b)(iv) of this Agreement.
“Supplemental Conveyance” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.01(a).
“Transfer Date” shall have the meaning specified in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
“Transferor” shall mean the entity acting as Transferor under the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.
“Transferred Account” shall mean an Account into which an Account shall be transferred
pursuant to the Credit Guidelines; provided, however, that such Transferred Account can be traced
or identified as an account into which an Account has been transferred.
“Trust” shall mean the Metris Master Trust, which was formed pursuant to the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement.
“Trustee” shall mean U.S. Bank, National Association, a national banking association,
the institution executing the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as, and acting in the capacity of,
Trustee thereunder, or its successor in interest, or any successor trustee appointed as provided in
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
“UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the applicable
jurisdiction.
“Zero Balance Account” shall mean an account which, according to the Servicer’s
records, has had a balance of zero for 180 days or for such other period of time specified in the
Credit and Collection Policy (as that term is used and defined in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement).
Section 1.02. Other Definitional Provisions. (a) All terms defined in this Agreement
shall have the defined meanings when used in any certificate, other document or Conveyance Paper
made or delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined therein.
(b) The words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this
Agreement or any Conveyance Paper shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any
particular provision of this Agreement; and Section, Subsection, Schedule and Exhibit references
contained in this Agreement are references to Sections, Subsections, Schedules and Exhibits in or
to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.
[END OF ARTICLE I]
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ARTICLE II
Section 2.01. Purchase. (a) Subject to the terms of this Agreement, and by execution
from time to time of certain assignments substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto
(each, a “Supplemental Conveyance”) supplementing this Agreement, HRAC II hereby sells,
transfers, assigns, sets over and otherwise conveys to MRI (collectively, the
“Conveyance”), without recourse, all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the
Receivables of the Accounts existing on the Closing Date with respect to Initial Accounts and the
related Additional Cut-Off Date with respect to Additional Accounts and thereafter created from
time to time until the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Article VIII hereof, all
Interchange and Recoveries allocable to such Receivables, all monies due or to become due and all
amounts received or receivable with respect thereto, all Collections with respect thereto and all
proceeds (including “proceeds” as defined in the UCC) thereof (the “Purchased Assets”).
The Receivables existing in Accounts on the Closing Date with respect to Initial Accounts and the
related Additional Cut-Off Date with respect to Additional Accounts and thereafter arising in such
Accounts on or prior to such dates, and the related Purchased Assets, shall be sold by HRAC II and
purchased by MRI on the Closing Date with respect to Initial Accounts and the related Addition Date
with respect to Additional Accounts. Receivables arising after such dates in such Accounts and the
related Purchased Assets shall be sold by HRAC II and purchased by MRI on the date such Receivables
arise.
(b) In connection with each Conveyance of Receivables arising under Accounts, HRAC II agrees
(i) to record and file, at its own expense, any financing statements (and amendments with respect
to such financing statements when applicable) with respect to such Receivables and the related
Purchased Assets, meeting the requirements of applicable state law in such manner and in such
jurisdictions as are necessary to perfect, and maintain perfection of, the Conveyance of such
Receivables and other Purchased Assets from HRAC II to MRI, and to deliver such documents to MRI as
soon as practicable after the Closing Date, in the case of Receivables arising in the Initial
Accounts, and as soon as practicable after the applicable Addition Date, in the case of Receivables
arising in Additional Accounts, (ii) to cause such financing statements and amendments to name HRAC
II, as seller, and MRI, as purchaser, of such Receivables and other Purchased Assets and (iii) to
deliver a file-stamped copy of such financing statements or amendments or other evidence of such
filings to MRI (and to one or more Applicable Transferees, if MRI so directs) as soon as is
practicable after filing.
(c) In connection with each Conveyance of Receivables arising under Accounts, HRAC II further
agrees that it will, at its own expense, (i) on or prior to the Closing Date or the respective
Addition Date, as applicable, indicate in its computer files and microfiche lists that Receivables
created in connection with such Accounts and the related Purchased Assets have been sold to MRI in
accordance with this Agreement and the Supplemental Conveyance and (ii) on or prior to the date
that is five Business Days after the Closing Date or the respective Addition Date, as applicable,
deliver to MRI (and to one or more Applicable Transferees, if MRI so directs) a computer file or
microfiche list containing a true and complete list of all such Accounts specifying for each such
Account, as of the Closing Date or the Additional Cut-Off Date, as applicable, (A) its account
number, (B) the aggregate amount outstanding in such Account and (C) the aggregate amount of
Principal Receivables in such Account (the “Account Schedule”).
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Such computer files and microfiche lists, as supplemented from time to time to reflect
Accounts and Removed Accounts, shall be marked as Schedule 1 to this Agreement, shall be
delivered to MRI (and to one or more Applicable Transferees, if so directed by MRI), shall be
marked as proprietary and confidential, and are hereby incorporated into and made a part of this
Agreement. An updated Account Schedule reflecting Automatic Additional Accounts shall be delivered
quarterly by HRAC II to MRI no later than one month following the end of each fiscal quarter.
(d) The parties hereto intend that the conveyance of HRAC II’s right, title and interest in
and to the Purchased Assets pursuant to this Agreement and any Supplemental Conveyance shall
constitute an absolute sale, conveying good title free and clear of any Liens from HRAC II to MRI
and that the Purchased Assets shall not be part of HRAC II’s estate in the event of the insolvency
of HRAC II or a bankruptcy or similar event with respect to HRAC II. It is the intention of the
parties hereto that the arrangements with respect to the Purchased Assets pursuant to this
Agreement and any Supplemental Conveyance shall constitute a purchase and sale of such Purchased
Assets and not a loan or borrowing secured by such Purchased Assets, including for accounting
purposes. In the event, however, that notwithstanding such intent it were determined that the
transactions evidenced hereby constitute a loan or borrowing and not a purchase and sale, it is the
intention of the parties hereto that this Agreement shall constitute a security agreement under
applicable law, and that HRAC II shall be deemed to have granted, and HRAC II does hereby grant, to
MRI a first priority perfected security interest in all of HRAC II’s right, title and interest,
whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in, to and under the Receivables and other Purchased
Assets.
Section 2.02. Addition of Accounts.
(a) (i) If, from time to time, MRI (A) becomes obligated to designate Supplemental Accounts
pursuant to subsection 2.6(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, or (B) elects to designate
Supplemental Accounts pursuant to subsection 2.6(d) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, then,
in either case, MRI may, at its option, give HRAC II written notice thereof on or before the fifth
Business Day prior to the Addition Date therefor, and upon receipt of such notice HRAC II shall on
or before the Addition Date, designate sufficient Eligible Accounts to be included as Supplemental
Accounts as requested by MRI.
(ii) Additionally, HRAC II may, with the consent of MRI, designate newly originated Eligible
Accounts to be included as Automatic Additional Accounts.
(b) On the Addition Date with respect to any designation of Automatic Additional Accounts or
Supplemental Accounts, as the case may be, such Automatic Additional Accounts or Supplemental
Accounts shall become Accounts, and MRI shall purchase HRAC II’s right, title and interest in, to
and under the Receivables in such Automatic Additional Accounts or Supplemental Accounts, as the
case may be, and the related property, as provided in Section 2.01, subject to the satisfaction of
the following conditions on such Addition Date:
(i) HRAC II shall have delivered to MRI copies of UCC financing statements covering such
Additional Accounts, if necessary to perfect MRI’s interest in the Receivables arising therein and
the related property;
(ii) on each of the Addition Cut-Off Date and the Addition Date, the sale of the Receivables
arising in such Automatic Additional Accounts or Supplemental Accounts, as
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the case may be, and the related property, to MRI shall not have caused HRAC II’s insolvency
or have been made in contemplation of HRAC II’s insolvency;
(iii) no selection procedure was utilized by HRAC II that would result in a selection of such
Additional Accounts (from the Eligible Accounts available to HRAC II) that would be materially
adverse to the interests of MRI as of the Addition Date;
(iv) HRAC II shall have indicated in its accounting, computer and other records that
Receivables created in connection with such Automatic Additional Accounts or Supplemental Accounts,
as the case may be, and the related property, have been sold to MRI and shall have delivered to MRI
the required Account Schedule;
(v) HRAC II and MRI shall have entered into a duly executed, written assignment, substantially
in the form of Exhibit A (the “Supplemental Conveyance”); and
(vi) HRAC II shall have delivered to MRI an Officer’s Certificate of HRAC II, dated the
Addition Date, confirming, to the extent applicable, the items set forth in clauses (i) through (v)
above.
(vii) Unless otherwise specified in the related Supplement, all of the conditions precedent
set forth in Section 2.6(e) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall have been satisfied.
Section 2.03. Representations and Warranties. HRAC II hereby represents and warrants
to MRI on the related Addition Date as to the matters set forth in Section 2.02(b)(i) above that,
in the case of Additional Accounts, the computer file or microfiche list delivered pursuant to
Section 2.02(b)(iv) is, as of the applicable Additional Cut-Off Date for Supplemental Accounts and
in the case of Automatic Additional Accounts, the date thereof, true and complete in all material
respects.
Section 2.04. Removal and Deletion of Accounts.
(a) If an Account becomes a Removed Account, HRAC II shall stop selling to MRI Principal
Receivables arising in such Removed Account effective on the Business Day (the “Stop Date”)
after the date such Account becomes a Removed Account. Notwithstanding the cessation of the sale
to MRI of additional Principal Receivables arising in such Removed Account, Principal Receivables
sold to MRI prior to the Stop Date, Collections in respect of such Principal Receivables, Finance
Charge and Administrative Receivables whenever created that accrue in respect of such Principal
Receivables, and Collections in respect of such Finance Charge and Administrative Receivables,
shall continue to be property of MRI available for transfer by MRI. To the extent that it is not
clear to HRAC II whether collections relate to a Principal Receivable that was sold to MRI or to a
principal receivable that HRAC II did not sell to MRI, HRAC II shall allocate payments on each such
Removed Account with respect to the principal balance of such Removed Account first to the oldest
principal balance of such Removed Account.
(b) On and after the Stop Date for a Removed Account, HRAC II may xxxx its books and records
to indicate that such Account is a Removed Account, but HRAC II shall not (i) alter the indication
referenced in the first sentence of subsection 2.01(c) with respect to such Removed
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Account unless and until such Account becomes a Deleted Account or HRAC II has taken such
action as is necessary or advisable to cause the interest of MRI in the Receivables and other
property to continue to be perfected and of first priority, or (ii) delete such Removed Account
from Schedule 1 hereto or any Account Schedule.
(c) Once a Removed Account becomes a Deleted Account, unless such Deleted Account is a Zero
Balance Account, HRAC II shall promptly delete such Deleted Account from Schedule 1 hereto (by
delivering a schedule of Deleted Accounts or otherwise) and shall indicate in its accounting,
computer and other files that such Deleted Account is no longer an Account.
[END OF ARTICLE II]
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ARTICLE III
Section 3.01. Purchase Price. (a) The “Purchase Price” for the Receivables
in Accounts existing on the Closing Date or the related Additional Cut-Off Date, and the related
Purchased Assets, that are conveyed to MRI under this Agreement and the related Supplemental
Conveyance and which came into existence after the Closing Date or the related Additional Cut-Off
Date shall be payable in cash on the Closing Date or the Addition Date, as applicable, in an amount
equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the aggregate balance of the Principal Receivables, and such of the
Finance Charge and Administrative Receivables as constitute fees and charges relating to debt
cancellation, debt waiver and other enhancement and insurance programs administered by the Credit
Card Originator, so conveyed, plus (ii) the present value of anticipated excess spread, including
Interchange, computed by taking into account factors such as historical losses (and discounted to
take into account any uncertainty as to future performance matching historical performance),
servicing fees, delinquencies, payment rates and yield, such sum adjusted to reflect any other
factors as HRAC II and MRI mutually may agree will result in a Purchase Price determined to be the
fair market value of such Receivables and the related Purchased Assets. This computation of
initial Purchase Price shall assume no reinvestment in new Receivables. The Purchase Price for the
Receivables in Accounts which come into existence after the Closing Date or the related Additional
Cut-Off Date, as applicable, and the related Purchased Assets, shall be payable on a date (the
“Purchase Price Payment Date”) mutually agreed to by HRAC II and MRI (but no later than the
Distribution Date following the Monthly Period in which such Receivables and the related Purchased
Assets are conveyed by HRAC II to MRI) in cash in an amount equal to the Purchase Price.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, HRAC II shall not be obligated to
continue to sell Receivables or other Purchased Assets to MRI to the extent that HRAC II is not
paid the Purchase Price therefor as provided herein.
Section 3.02. Adjustments to Purchase Price. The Purchase Price shall be adjusted on
each Purchase Price Payment Date (a “Credit Adjustment”) with respect to any Receivable
previously conveyed to MRI by HRAC II which has since been reversed by HRAC II or the Servicer
because of a rebate, refund, unauthorized charge or billing error to an Obligor or because such
Receivable was created in respect of merchandise which was refused or returned by an Obligor, but
in each case other than by reason of Servicer error. The amount of such adjustment shall equal (x)
the reduction in the principal balance of such Receivable resulting from the occurrence of such
event multiplied by (y) the quotient (expressed as a percentage) of (i) the Purchase Price payable
on such Purchase Price Payment Date computed in accordance with Section 3.01(a) divided by (ii) the
amount of Principal Receivables, and such of the Finance Charge and Administrative Receivables as
constitute fees and charges relating to debt cancellation, debt waiver and other insurance and
enhancement programs administered by the Credit Card Originator, paid for on such date pursuant to
such Section. In the event that an adjustment pursuant to this Section 3.02 causes the Purchase
Price to be a negative number, HRAC II agrees that, not later than 1:00 p.m. New York City time on
such Purchase Price Payment Date, HRAC II shall pay or cause to be paid to MRI an amount equal to
the amount by which the Credit Adjustment exceeds the unadjusted Purchase Price.
[END OF ARTICLE III]
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ARTICLE IV
Section 4.01. HRAC II’s Representations and Warranties Relating to HRAC II. HRAC II
hereby represents and warrants to, and agrees with, MRI on the date of this Agreement and each
Addition Date, that:
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would materially and adversely affect the performance by HRAC II of its obligations under this
Agreement or the Conveyance Papers, (iv) seeking any determination or ruling that would materially
and adversely affect the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or the Conveyance Papers or
(v) seeking to affect adversely the income tax attributes of the Trust under the Code or the
Delaware income tax system.
The representations and warranties set forth in this Section 4.01 shall survive the sale and
assignment of the Purchased Assets to MRI. Upon discovery by HRAC II or MRI of a breach of any of
the foregoing representations and warranties, the party discovering such breach shall give written
notice to the other party, and the Trustee within five Business Days following such discovery.
Section 4.02. Representations and Warranties of HRAC II Relating to the Agreement and the
Receivables.
(i) this Agreement and, in the case of Additional Accounts, the related Supplemental
Conveyance, each constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of HRAC II enforceable against
HRAC II in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by (A)
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws, now or
hereafter in effect, relating to creditors’ rights generally, (B) the possible unavailability of
remedies of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief, and (C)
equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be
brought;
(ii) as of the Closing Date with respect to the Initial Accounts and as of the related
Additional Cut-Off Date with respect to Additional Accounts, Schedule 1 to this Agreement,
as supplemented to such date, is an accurate and complete listing in all material respects of such
Accounts, and the information contained therein supplied by HRAC II with respect to the identity of
such Accounts and the Receivables existing thereunder is true and correct in all material respects;
(iii) each Receivable sold to MRI has been sold free and clear of any Lien;
(iv) all consents, orders, approvals or authorizations of or registrations or declarations
with any Governmental Authority required to be obtained, effected or given by HRAC II in connection
with the conveyance of each Receivable to MRI have been duly obtained, effected or given and are in
full force and effect;
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(v) this Agreement or, in the case of Additional Accounts, each related Supplemental
Conveyance, constitutes a valid sale, transfer and assignment to MRI of all right, title and
interest of HRAC II in the Receivables of the related Accounts and the proceeds thereof, and the
Interchange and Recoveries allocable to such Receivables;
(vi) on the Initial Cut-Off Date with respect to the Initial Accounts, and on the applicable
Additional Cut Off Date with respect to Additional Accounts, each such Account is an Eligible
Account;
(vii) on the Initial Cut-Off Date with respect to the Initial Accounts and on the applicable
Additional Cut-Off Date with respect to Additional Accounts, each Receivable contained in such
Account on such date and sold to MRI by HRAC II is an Eligible Receivable;
(viii) on the date of the creation of any new Receivable sold to MRI by HRAC II, such
Receivable is an Eligible Receivable; and
(ix) no selection procedures believed by HRAC II to be materially adverse to the interests of
MRI, the Trustee, or the Trust have been used by HRAC II in selecting such Accounts from among any
pool of accounts of a similar type available to HRAC II.
Section 4.03. Representations and Warranties of MRI. On the date of this Agreement
and each Addition Date, MRI hereby represents and warrants to, and agrees with, HRAC II that:
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contemplated by this Agreement and the Conveyance Papers to which MRI is a party, and the
fulfillment by MRI of the terms hereof and thereof, will not conflict with, result in any breach of
any of the material terms and provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time
or both) a material default under, any indenture, contract, agreement, mortgage, deed of trust or
other instrument to which MRI is a party or by which it or any of its properties are bound.
The representations and warranties set forth in this Section 4.03 shall survive the sale and
assignment of the Purchased Assets to MRI. Upon discovery by HRAC II or MRI of a breach of any of
the foregoing representations and warranties, the party discovering such breach shall give written
notice to the other party, and the Trustee within five Business Days following such discovery.
[END OF ARTICLE IV]
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ARTICLE V
Section 5.01. Covenants of HRAC II. HRAC II hereby covenants and agrees with MRI as
follows:
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(or, with respect to a Credit Card Originator other than HSBC Bank, in a similar agreement
between such Credit Card Originator and HRAC II), including those relating to periodic rate finance
charges, credit agreements, and credit guidelines related to the Accounts.
(g) Interchange. Not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on each Distribution
Date, HRAC II shall pay to or at the direction of MRI, in immediately available funds, any amount
of Interchange allocable to the Receivables which is received by HRAC II.
[END OF ARTICLE V]
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ARTICLE VI
Section 6.01. Reassignment of Ineligible Receivables.
(a) In the event that MRI is required to accept a reassignment of the Receivables previously
sold by HRAC II or Metris to MRI pursuant to Section 2.4(d) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,
HRAC II shall accept reassignment of such Receivables on the terms and conditions set forth in
Section 6.01(b).
(b) HRAC II shall accept reassignment of any Receivables described in Section 6.01(a), and any
related Purchased Assets, from MRI on the date on which such Receivables and related Purchased
Assets are reassigned to MRI, and shall pay for such reassigned Receivables and related Purchased
Assets by paying to MRI in immediately available funds on the next Purchase Price Payment Date an
amount equal to 100% of the aggregate balance of such reassigned Receivables as constitute
Principal Receivables and Finance Charge and Administrative Receivables representing fees and
charges relating to debt cancellation, debt waiver and other enhancement and insurance programs
administered by the Credit Card Originator, plus accrued and unpaid finance charges at the annual
percentage rate applicable to such Receivables from the last date billed through the end of the
prior Monthly Period (the “Repurchase Price”). Upon reassignment of such Receivables and
related Purchased Assets, MRI shall automatically and without further action sell, transfer,
assign, set over and otherwise convey to HRAC II, without recourse, representation or warranty, all
the right, title and interest of MRI in and to such Receivables and related Purchased Assets, and
such reassigned Receivables and related Purchased Assets shall be treated by MRI as collected in
full as of the date on which they are transferred. MRI shall execute such documents and
instruments of transfer or assignment and take such other actions as shall reasonably be requested
by HRAC II to effect the conveyance of such Receivables and related Purchased Assets pursuant to
this Section 6.01(b).
Section 6.02. Reassignment of Other Receivables. (a) In the event any representation
or warranty set forth in Section 4.01(a) or (c) or Section 4.02(a)(i) or (a)(v) is not true and
correct in any material respect and as a result of such breach MRI is required to accept a
reassignment of the Receivables previously sold by HRAC II to MRI pursuant to Section 2.4(e) of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, HRAC II shall accept reassignment of such Receivables on the terms
and conditions set forth in Section 6.02(b).
(b) HRAC II shall accept reassignment of any Receivables described in Section 6.02(a), and any
related Purchased Assets, from MRI on the date on which such Receivables and related Purchased
Assets are reassigned to MRI, and shall pay for such reassigned Receivables and related Purchased
Assets by paying to MRI in immediately available funds, not later than 1:00 p.m. New York City
time, on the Transfer Date following the Monthly Period in which such reassignment obligation
arises, an amount equal to the Repurchase Price. If MRI so directs, HRAC II shall deposit such
payment directly into the Collection Account in accordance with the terms of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement. Upon reassignment of such Receivables and related Purchased Assets, MRI shall
automatically and without further action sell, transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to
HRAC II, without recourse, representation or warranty, all the right, title and interest of MRI in
and to such Receivables and related Purchased Assets,
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and such reassigned Receivables and related Purchased Assets shall be treated by MRI as
collected in full as of the date on which they are transferred. MRI shall execute such documents
and instruments of transfer or assignment and take such other actions as shall reasonably be
requested by HRAC II to effect the conveyance of such Receivables and related Purchased Assets
pursuant to this Section 6.02(b).
[END OF ARTICLE VI]
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ARTICLE VII
Section 7.01. Conditions to MRI’s Obligations Regarding Receivables. The obligations
of MRI to purchase any Receivables created on or after the Closing Date or any Addition Date shall
be subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:
(a) All representations and warranties of HRAC II contained in this Agreement shall be true
and correct with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on
such date (except that, to the extent any such representation or warranty expressly relates to an
earlier date, such representation or warranty was true and correct on such earlier date);
(b) All information (concerning any Account to which such Receivables relate) provided or to
be provided to MRI shall be true and correct in all material respects;
(c) HRAC II shall have indicated in its computer files and microfiche lists that such
Receivables have been sold to MRI in accordance with this Agreement; and
(d) HRAC II shall have recorded and filed, at its own expense, any financing statements with
respect to such Receivables meeting the requirements of applicable state law in such jurisdictions
as would be necessary to perfect the sale of such Receivables from HRAC II to MRI, and shall
deliver a file-stamped copy of such financing statements or other evidence of such filings to MRI.
Section 7.02. Conditions Precedent to HRAC II’s Obligations. The obligations of HRAC
II to sell, on any date, Receivables shall be subject to the satisfaction of the following
conditions:
(a) All representations and warranties of MRI contained in this Agreement shall be true and
correct with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on such
date (except that, to the extent any such representation or warranty expressly relates to an
earlier date, such representation or warranty was true and correct on such earlier date);
(b) Payment or provision for payment of the Purchase Price in accordance with Sections 3.01
and 3.02 hereof shall have been made; and
(c) All corporate and legal proceedings and all instruments in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be satisfactory in form and substance to HRAC II,
and HRAC II shall have received from MRI copies of all documents (including, without limitation,
records of corporate proceedings) relevant to the transactions herein contemplated as HRAC II may
reasonably have requested.
[END OF ARTICLE VII]
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ARTICLE VIII
Section 8.01. Term. This Agreement shall commence as of the date of execution and
delivery hereof and shall continue at least until the termination of the Trust as provided in
Article XII of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Thereafter this Agreement may be terminated by
the mutual agreement of the parties hereto.
Section 8.02. Purchase Termination. If (a) HRAC II shall file a petition or commence
a proceeding (i) to take advantage of any bankruptcy, conservatorship, receivership, insolvency or
similar laws or (ii) for the appointment of a trustee, conservator, receiver, liquidator or similar
official for or relating to HRAC II or all or substantially all of its property, (b) HRAC II shall
consent or fail to object to any such petition filed or proceeding commenced against or with
respect to it or all or substantially all of its property, or any such petition or proceeding shall
not have been dismissed or stayed within sixty (60) days of its filing or commencement, or a court,
agency, or other supervisory authority with jurisdiction shall have decreed or ordered relief with
respect to any such petition or proceeding, (c) HRAC II shall admit in writing its inability to pay
its debts generally as they become due, (d) HRAC II shall make an assignment for the benefit of its
creditors, (e) HRAC II shall voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations, or (f) HRAC II shall
take any action in furtherance of any of the foregoing (any of the foregoing, a “Dissolution
Event”), HRAC II shall, on the day of such Dissolution Event (the “Appointment Date”),
immediately cease to sell additional Principal Receivables to MRI and shall promptly give notice to
MRI and the Applicable Transferees of such Dissolution Event. Notwithstanding any cessation of the
sale to MRI of additional Principal Receivables, Principal Receivables sold to MRI prior to such
Appointment Date, Collections in respect of such Principal Receivables, Finance Charge and
Administrative Receivables whenever created accrued in respect of such Principal Receivables, and
Collections in respect of such Finance Charge and Administrative Receivables, shall continue to be
property of MRI available for transfer by MRI to the Trust.
[END OF ARTICLE VIII]
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ARTICLE IX
Section 9.01. Pooling and Servicing Agreement Controls with respect to the
Receivables. HRAC II acknowledges that the Receivables are to be deposited in the Trust
pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and are to be serviced by the Servicer. HRAC II
agrees to cooperate fully with the Servicer and to permit the Servicer to take any and all actions
necessary in connection with the Receivables.
[END OF ARTICLE IX]
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ARTICLE X
Section 10.01. Amendment. This Agreement and any Conveyance Papers and the rights and
obligations of the parties hereunder and thereunder may not be changed orally, but only by an
instrument in writing signed by MRI and HRAC II in accordance with this Section 10.01. This
Agreement and any Conveyance Papers may be amended from time to time by MRI and HRAC II, provided
that MRI provides to HRAC II (a) an Officer’s Certificate of MRI to the effect that MRI reasonably
believes that such amendment will not have a material adverse effect, and (b) an opinion of counsel
addressed and delivered to HRAC II, dated the date of such amendment, to the effect that the
conditions precedent to any such amendment have been satisfied.
Section 10.02. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE CONVEYANCE PAPERS SHALL BE
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT
OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE
DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
Section 10.03. Notices. All demands, notices and communications hereunder shall be in
writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered at or mailed by
certified mail, return receipt requested, to (a) in the case of HRAC II, Household Receivables
Acquisition Company II, 0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx 00000, Attention:
Manager-Compliance (facsimile no. (000) 000-0000)); (b) in the case of MRI, Metris Receivables,
Inc., 0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx 00000, Attention: Manager-Compliance (facsimile
no. (000) 000-0000)); (c) in the case of the Trustee, U.S. Bank National Association, 00 Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xx. Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000; or (d) as to each party, at such other address as shall be
designated by such party in a written notice to each other party.
Section 10.04. Severability of Provisions. If any one or more of the covenants,
agreements, provisions, or terms of this Agreement or any Conveyance Paper shall for any reason
whatsoever be held invalid, then such covenants, agreements, provisions, or terms shall be deemed
severable from the remaining covenants, agreements, provisions, and terms of this Agreement or any
Conveyance Paper and shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions
of this Agreement or of any Conveyance Paper.
Section 10.05. Assignment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein,
other than MRI’s assignment of its right, title and interest in, to and under this Agreement to the
Trust, this Agreement may not be assigned by the parties hereto, except for an assignment by a
party hereto of its right, title and interest in, to and under this Agreement to (i) a successor by
merger assuming this Agreement, (ii) any affiliate of the Servicer (or any successor thereto) which
assumes the obligations of this Agreement or (iii) any entity provided that the Rating Agency
Condition has been satisfied.
Section 10.06. Acknowledgment and Agreement of HRAC II. By execution below, HRAC II
expressly acknowledges and agrees that all of MRI’s right, title and interest in, to and under this
Agreement, including, without limitation, all of MRI’s right, title and interest in and to the
Receivables, shall be assigned by MRI to the Trust pursuant to the Pooling and
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Servicing Agreement. HRAC II hereby expressly consents to such assignments. Additionally,
HRAC II agrees to pay, or cause to be paid, directly to the Trustee any amounts payable by HRAC II
to MRI hereunder which are identified to HRAC II as required to be paid by MRI to the Trust or the
Trustee. Any payment required to be made on or before a specified date in same-day funds may be
made on the prior Business Day in next- day funds.
Section 10.07. Further Assurances. HRAC II and MRI agree to do and perform, from time
to time, any and all acts and to execute any and all further instruments required or reasonably
requested by the other party, and the Trustee more fully to effect the purposes of this Agreement
and the Conveyance Papers, including, without limitation, the execution of any financing statements
or amendments thereto or equivalent documents relating to the Purchased Assets for filing under the
provisions of the UCC or other law of any applicable jurisdiction.
Section 10.08. No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure to exercise and no delay in
exercising, on the part of HRAC II or MRI, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder shall
operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power
or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other
right, remedy, power or privilege. Subject to Section 10.06, the rights, remedies, powers and
privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exhaustive of any rights, remedies, powers and
privileges provided by law.
Section 10.09. Counterparts. This Agreement and the Conveyance Papers may be executed
in two or more counterparts (and by different parties on separate counterparts), each of which
shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
Section 10.10. Binding Effect; Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement and the
Conveyance Papers will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their
respective successors and permitted assigns. The Applicable Transferees shall be considered
third-party beneficiaries of this Agreement.
Section 10.11. Merger and Integration. Except as specifically stated otherwise
herein, this Agreement and the Conveyance Papers set forth the entire understanding of the parties
relating to the subject matter hereof, and all prior understandings, written or oral, are
superseded by this Agreement and the Conveyance Papers. This Agreement and the Conveyance Papers
may not be modified, amended, waived or supplemented except as provided herein.
Section 10.12. Headings. The headings are for purposes of reference only and shall
not otherwise affect the meaning or interpretation of any provision hereof.
Section 10.13. Schedules and Exhibits. The schedules and exhibits attached hereto and
referred to herein shall constitute a part of this Agreement and are incorporated into this
Agreement for all purposes.
Section 10.14. Survival of Representations and Warranties. All representations,
warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement or contained in any Supplemental Conveyance,
shall remain operative and in full force and effect and shall survive the conveyance of any
Purchased Assets by MRI to the Trust pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
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Section 10.15. Nonpetition Covenant. Notwithstanding any prior termination of this
Agreement, HRAC II shall not, prior to the date which is one year and one day after the termination
of this Agreement, acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke or cause MRI or the Trust to petition or
invoke the process of any Governmental Authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining a case
against MRI or the Trust under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or appointing a trustee,
receiver, conservator, liquidator, assignee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of
MRI or the Trust or any substantial part of its property or ordering the winding-up or liquidation
of the affairs of MRI or the Trust.
[END OF ARTICLE X]
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HOUSEHOLD RECEIVABLES ACQUISITION COMPANY II | |||||
By: | |||||
Name: | |||||
Title: | |||||
METRIS RECEIVABLES, INC. | |||||
By: | |||||
Name: | |||||
Title: |
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL CONVEYANCE
(As required by Section 2.02 of
the Receivables Purchase Agreement)
the Receivables Purchase Agreement)
SUPPLEMENTAL CONVEYANCE No. , dated as of , by and between
HOUSEHOLD RECEIVABLES ACQUISITION COMPANY II, as Seller (together with its permitted successors and
assigns, “HRAC II”), and METRIS RECEIVABLES, INC. (together with its permitted successors
and assigns, “MRI”), pursuant to the Receivables Purchase Agreement referred to below.
WHEREAS, HRAC II and MRI are parties to the Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of
December 1, 2005 (hereinafter as such agreement may have been, or may from time to time be,
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “Receivables Purchase Agreement”);
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Receivables Purchase Agreement, HRAC II wishes to designate
Additional Accounts and to sell the Receivables of such Additional Accounts, whether existing on
the Additional Cut-Off Date or thereafter created, to MRI pursuant to the Receivables Purchase
Agreement; and
“Addition Date” shall mean, with respect to the Additional Accounts, ,.
“Additional Accounts” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.
“Additional Cut-Off Date” shall mean, with respect to the Additional Accounts [the
close of business on], .
“Additional Purchased Assets” shall have the meaning specified in Section 3(a)
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Supplemental Conveyance, such computer file or microfiche list shall be incorporated into and
made part of this Supplemental Conveyance and the Receivables Purchase Agreement and is marked as
Schedule 1 to this Supplemental Conveyance and shall supplement Schedule 1 of the
Receivables Purchase Agreement.
(a) HRAC II does hereby sell, transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to MRI,
without recourse, all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Receivables of
the Additional Accounts existing on the Additional Cut-Off Date and thereafter created from
time to time until the termination of the Receivables Purchase Agreement pursuant to Article
VIII thereof, all Interchange and Recoveries allocable to such Receivables, all monies due
or to become due and all amounts received or receivable with respect thereto, all
Collections with respect thereto and all proceeds (including “proceeds” as defined in the
UCC) thereof (the “Additional Purchased Assets”).
(b) In connection with such sale and if necessary, HRAC II agrees to record and file,
at its own expense, one or more financing statements (and amendments with respect to such
financing statements when applicable) with respect to the Additional Purchased Assets
meeting the requirements of applicable state law in such manner and in such jurisdictions as
are necessary to perfect the sale of the Additional Purchased Assets to MRI, and to deliver
a file-stamped copy of such financing statements or amendments or other evidence of such
filing to MRI.
(c) In connection with such sale, HRAC II further agrees, at its own expense, on or
prior to the date of this Supplemental Conveyance, to indicate in the appropriate computer
files and microfiche lists that all Receivables created in connection with the Additional
Accounts and the related Additional Purchased Assets have been sold to MRI pursuant to this
Supplemental Conveyance.
(d) The parties hereto intend that the conveyance of the Additional Purchased Assets
described in Section 3(a) constitute an absolute sale consistent with the intent expressed
in Section 2.01(d) of the Receivables Purchase Agreement. It is the intention of the parties
hereto that the arrangements with respect to the Additional Purchased Assets shall
constitute a purchase and sale of such Additional Purchased Assets and not a loan, including
for accounting purposes. In the event, however, that notwithstanding such intent it were
determined that the transactions evidenced hereby constitute a loan and not a purchase and
sale, it is the intention of the parties hereto that this Supplemental Conveyance shall
constitute a security agreement under applicable law, and that HRAC II shall be deemed to
have granted, and HRAC II does hereby grant, to MRI a first priority perfected security
interest in all of HRAC II’s right, title and interest, whether now owned or hereafter
acquired, in, to and under the Additional Purchased Assets to secure the obligations of HRAC
II hereunder and under the Receivables Purchase Agreement.
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Additional Purchased Assets, now existing and hereafter created, conveyed to MRI pursuant to
Section 3 of this Supplemental Conveyance. MRI further agrees to enforce HRAC II’s covenant to
deliver to MRI (and to the Applicable Transferees if MRI has so directed) the computer file or
microfiche list described in Section 2 of this Supplemental Conveyance within five Business Days of
the Addition Date.
(a) Legal, Valid and Binding Obligation. This Supplemental Conveyance
constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of HRAC II enforceable against HRAC II in
accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by (i) applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws, now or hereafter
in effect, relating to creditors’ rights generally, (ii) the possible unavailability of
remedies of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief and
(iii) equitable defenses and the discretion of the court before which any proceeding
therefor may be brought;
(b) Selection Procedures. No selection procedures believed by HRAC II to be
materially adverse to the interests of MRI, the Trustee or the Trust have been used by HRAC
II in selecting the Additional Accounts from among any pool of accounts of a similar type
available to HRAC II;
(c) Insolvency. HRAC II is not insolvent and, after giving effect to the
conveyance set forth in Section 3 of this Supplemental Conveyance, will not be insolvent;
(d) Sale of Receivables. This Supplemental Conveyance constitutes a valid sale,
transfer and assignment to MRI of all right, title and interest of HRAC II in the
Receivables of the Additional Accounts and the proceeds thereof, and the Interchange and
Recoveries allocable to such Receivables;
(e) No Conflict. The execution and delivery of this Supplemental Conveyance by
HRAC II, the performance by HRAC II of the transactions contemplated by this Supplemental
Conveyance, and the fulfillment by HRAC II of the terms of this Supplemental Conveyance
applicable to HRAC II will not conflict with, violate or result in any breach of any of the
material terms and provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time or
both) a material default under, any indenture, contract, agreement, mortgage, deed of trust
or other instrument to which HRAC II is a party or by which it or any of its properties are
bound;
(f) No Violation. The execution, delivery and performance of this Supplemental
Conveyance by HRAC II and the fulfillment by HRAC II of the terms contemplated herein
applicable to HRAC II will not conflict with or violate any Requirements of Law applicable
to HRAC II;
(g) No Proceedings. There are no proceedings or investigations, pending or, to
the best knowledge of HRAC II, threatened against HRAC II before any Governmental Authority
(i) asserting the invalidity of this Supplemental Conveyance, (ii) seeking to
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prevent the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Supplemental
Conveyance, (iii) seeking any determination or ruling that, in the reasonable judgment of
HRAC II, would materially and adversely affect the performance by HRAC II of its obligations
under this Supplemental Conveyance, (iv) seeking any determination or ruling that would
materially and adversely affect the validity or enforceability of this Supplemental
Conveyance or (v) seeking to affect adversely the income tax attributes of the Trust under
the Code or the Delaware income tax system;
(h) All Consents. All authorizations, consents, orders or approvals of or
registrations or declarations with any Governmental Authority required to be obtained,
effected or given by HRAC II in connection with the execution and delivery by HRAC II of
this Supplemental Conveyance and the performance of the transactions contemplated by this
Supplemental Conveyance by HRAC II have been duly obtained, effected or given and are in
full force and effect;
(i) No Liens. Each Receivable sold to MRI has been sold free and clear of any
Lien, and each related underlying receivable is then free and clear of all Liens;
(j) Eligibility of Additional Accounts. On the Additional Cut-Off Date, each
Additional Account is an Eligible Account; and
(k) Eligibility of Receivables. On the Additional Cut-Off Date, each Receivable
contained in an Additional Account on such date and sold to MRI by HRAC II is an Eligible
Receivable.
(a) Representations and Warranties. Each of the representations and warranties
made by HRAC II in Section 5 of this Supplemental Conveyance shall be true and correct on
the date of this Supplemental Conveyance and on the Addition Date.
(b) Officer’s Certificate. HRAC II shall have delivered to MRI an Officer’s
Certificate of HRAC II confirming that (i) no selection procedures believed by HRAC II to be
materially adverse to the interests of MRI, the Trustee or the Trust have been used by HRAC
II in selecting the Additional Accounts from among any pool of accounts of a similar type
available to HRAC II; and (ii) the list of Additional Accounts, as of the Additional Cut-Off
Date, is a true and complete schedule identifying all such Additional Accounts and specifies
for each such Additional Account, as of the Additional Cut-Off Date, (x) its account number,
(y) the aggregate amount outstanding in such Additional Account and (z) the aggregate amount
of Principal Receivables in such Additional Account.
(c) Additional Information. HRAC II shall have delivered to MRI such
information as was reasonably requested by MRI to satisfy itself as to the accuracy of the
representation and warranty set forth in Section 5(d) of this Supplemental Conveyance.
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9. Governing Law. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL CONVEYANCE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE
OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
SUCH LAWS.
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HOUSEHOLD RECEIVABLES ACQUISITION COMPANY II | |||||
By: | |||||
Name: | |||||
Title: | |||||
METRIS RECEIVABLES, INC. | |||||
By: | |||||
Name: | |||||
Title: |
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Schedule 1 to
Supplemental
Conveyance
Supplemental
Conveyance
Additional Accounts
Computer Files Containing Account Information Delivered to MRI are Incorporated by Reference
Schedule 1
LIST OF ACCOUNTS
COMPUTER FILES CONTAINING ACCOUNT INFORMATION DELIVERED TO MRI ARE INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE