EXHIBIT 10.2.2
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FIRST AMENDMENT, dated as of January 15, 2002 (this
"Amendment"), to the Amended and Restated Transfer and Administration Agreement
(the "Agreement"), dated as of December 15, 2000, by and among CNH Capital
Receivables Inc., a Delaware corporation, as transferor (the "Transferor"), Case
Credit Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Case Credit"), in its individual
capacity and as Servicer (the "Servicer"), the several commercial paper conduits
listed on Schedule I thereto and their respective permitted successors and
assigns (the "CP Conduit Purchasers"), the several banks party thereto (the "APA
Banks"), the agent banks party thereto (the "Funding Agents") and JPMorgan Chase
Bank (formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank), as administrative agent for
the CP Conduit Purchasers, the APA Banks and the Funding Agents (the
"Administrative Agent").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Transferor has requested, and, upon this
Amendment becoming effective, the Servicer, the CP Conduit Purchasers, the APA
Banks, the Funding Agents and the Administrative Agent have agreed, that certain
provisions of the Agreement be amended in the manner provided for in this
Amendment.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1. Defined Terms. All capitalized terms defined in the
Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them therein.
2. Amendments to Article I. Article I of the Agreement is
hereby amended by:
(a) deleting therefrom the definitions of the following
defined terms in their respective entireties: "FE Increment," "Forestry and
Mining Equipment Percentage," "Miscellaneous Equipment Percentage," "TR
Increment" and "Truck Percentage";
(b) inserting the following new defined terms in alphabetical
order:
"'Agricultural Equipment Receivable' shall mean either a
Retail Installment Contract secured by Financed Equipment that is
agricultural equipment or a Lease of Financed Equipment that is
agricultural equipment.
'Performance Guarantor' shall mean IHF Internazionale Holding
FIAT S.A., a Swiss corporation, and its successors and assigns.
'Performance Guaranty' shall mean the performance guaranty
dated as of January 15, 2002 from the Performance Guarantor,
substantially in the form of Exhibit L."
(c) amending the definition of "Eligible Receivable" by (i)
deleting paragraphs (bb) and (cc) therefrom and substituting in lieu thereof the
following new paragraphs (bb) and (cc):
"(bb) the Financed Equipment with respect to which is
agricultural or construction equipment manufactured by or otherwise distributed
by Case or one of its Affiliates;
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(cc) it is not a Miscellaneous Equipment Receivable, Forestry
and Mining Equipment Receivable or Truck Receivable; and"
and (ii) deleting paragraphs (ee) and (ff) therefrom.
(d) deleting therefrom the definitions of the following
defined terms in their respective entireties and substituting in lieu thereof
the following new definitions:
"'CNH Portfolio' shall mean as of any date of determination
all outstanding Construction Equipment Receivables and Agricultural
Receivables owned or serviced by Case Credit or New Holland Credit as
of such date (including Receivables owned by third parties) the Obligor
of which has a mailing address in the United States of America.
'Financed Equipment' shall mean, with respect to any
Receivable, (a) which is a Retail Installment Contract, the property,
including any agricultural or construction equipment, together with all
accessions thereto, securing the Obligor's indebtedness under such
Receivable and (b) which is a Lease, the property, including any
agricultural or construction equipment, together with all accessions
thereto, subject to such Lease.
'Lease' shall mean a lease contract pursuant to which any
agricultural or construction equipment is leased, and includes any
Termination Value.
'Permitted Securitization' shall mean (a) any transaction
which has been reviewed by Standard & Poor's and determined by Standard
& Poor's to be in compliance with its criteria for multiple-use SPEs
initially published in an article titled "Exceptions to Limitations on
SPEs' Ability to Issue Additional Debt" on March 29, 2000, as such
criteria may be amended and/or revised by Standard & Poor's from time
to time, and (b) involving one of the following: (i) any sale,
assignment or pledge by the Transferor of installment sale contracts,
sale contracts, receivables, installment obligations, loans or leases
arising out of or relating to the sale or lease of new or used
agricultural or construction equipment, (ii) the issuance by the
Transferor of the evidence of any indebtedness secured by installment
sale contracts, sale contracts, receivables, installment obligations,
loans or leases arising out of or relating to the sale or lease of new
or used agricultural or construction equipment, or (iii) the sale,
assignment or pledge by the Transferor of, or the issuance by the
Transferor of the evidence of any indebtedness secured by, interests in
installment sale contracts, sale contracts, receivables, installment
obligations, loans or leases arising out of or relating to the sale or
lease of new or used agricultural or construction equipment.
'Retail Installment Contract' shall mean a retail installment
sale or loan contract secured by any agricultural or construction
equipment.
'Scheduled Expiry Date' shall mean, with respect to any
Purchaser, the later of (a) January 14, 2003 and (b) the last day of
any extension of such Purchaser's Commitment made in accordance with
Section 3.1(c).
'Specified Spread Account Balance' shall mean with respect to
any Settlement Date, the greater of:
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(i) the product of (1) the sum of (x) 3% and (y) the sum of
the CE Increment and the Low Pay Out Lease Increment on such Settlement
Date and (2) the Aggregate Net Investment on such Settlement Date
(after giving effect to any increase therein on such Settlement Date),
provided, however, that if (A) the Net Loss Percentage on any
Settlement Date exceeds 4.00% or (B) the CNH Portfolio Delinquency
Ratio on any Settlement Date exceeds 4.00%, the amount in this clause
(i) with respect to such Settlement Date and each Settlement Date
thereafter shall equal the product of (1) the sum of (x) 5% and the (y)
the sum of the CE Increment and the Low Payout Lease Increment on such
Settlement Date and (2) the Aggregate Net Investment on such Settlement
Date (after giving effect to any increase therein on such Settlement
Date) and
(ii) the sum of (x) the product of (1) 1% and (2) the highest
Aggregate Net Investment since the date of the most recent Repurchase
(or, if no Repurchase has occurred, since the Initial Funding Date) and
(y) the product of (1) 50% of the sum of the CE Increment and the Low
Pay Out Lease Increment on such Settlement Date and (2) the highest
Aggregate Net Investment since the date of the most recent Repurchase
(or, if no Repurchase has occurred, since the Initial Funding Date);
provided further that the Specified Spread Account Balance on each
Settlement Date after the occurrence of a Termination Event shall equal
the greater of the Specified Spread Account Balance on the Settlement
Date preceding the occurrence of such Termination Event and the
Specified Spread Account Balance determined without giving effect to
this proviso and provided further that the Specified Spread Account
Balance on any Settlement Date shall not exceed the Aggregate Net
Investment on such Settlement Date.
3. Amendments to Article II. Article II of the Agreement is
hereby amended by deleting subsections (i), (ii), (v) and (vi) from Section
2.5(b) thereof and redesignating subsections (iii), (iv) and (vii) as
subsections (i), (ii) and (iii).
4. Amendments to Article XII. Article XII of the Agreement is
hereby amended by (i) adding the word "or" at the end of paragraph (p) and
adding the following new paragraphs (q) and (r) to Section 12.1 thereof:
"(q) The Performance Guaranty shall cease, for any reason, to
be in full force and effect other than as permitted in accordance with
its terms; or
(r) The Performance Guarantor shall default in the observance
or performance of any agreement contained in the Performance Guaranty
and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of one Business
Day;"
; (ii) changing each reference to "(m) through (p)" in Section 12.1 to "(m)
through (r) and (iii) adding the following sentence to the end of Section 12.2:
"Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall not have
the right to sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the
Transferred Interest upon the occurrence of a Termination Event
described in clause (q) or (r) of Section 12.1."
5. Addition of Exhibit L. The Agreement is hereby amended by
adding Exhibit L thereto in the form of Exhibit 1 to this Amendment.
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6. Amendments to Fee Letter. The Fee Letter referred to in the
Agreement is hereby amended to provide that the Program Fee Rate shall be
[Confidential] and the Unused Fee Rate shall be [Confidential].
7. Conditions to Effectiveness. This Amendment shall become
effective on January 15, 2002 (the "Amendment Effective Date") if each of the
following conditions precedent shall have been satisfied on or prior to such
day:
(a) The Administrative Agent shall have received, with a copy
for each Funding Agent, this Amendment duly executed and delivered by the
Transferor, the Servicer, each CP Conduit Purchaser, each APA Bank and the
Administrative Agent;
(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received, with a copy
for each Funding Agent, the Performance Guaranty duly executed and delivered by
IHF Internazionale Holding FIAT S.A.;
(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received, with a copy
for each Funding Agent, the executed legal opinion of Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxx, counsel
to the Performance Guarantor, dated the Amendment Effective Date and addressed
to the CP Conduit Purchasers, the APA Banks and the Funding Agents, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, with respect to the due
organization of the Performance Guarantor, the due authorization, execution and
delivery of the Performance Guaranty and the enforceability of the Performance
Guaranty,
(d) The representations and warranties of the Transferor, the
Servicer and each Seller contained in the Transaction Documents shall be true
and correct in all material respects as of the Amendment Effective Date; and
(e) The Issuer shall have paid to the APA Bank with respect to
each CP Conduit Purchaser a non-refundable renewal fee in an amount equal to
[Confidential] per annum of the APA Bank Commitment Amount of such APA Bank.
8. Miscellaneous.
(a) Payment of Expenses. The Transferor agrees to pay or
reimburse the Administrative Agent for all of its out-of-pocket costs and
reasonable expenses incurred in connection with this Amendment, including, the
reasonable fees and disbursements of its counsel.
(b) No Other Amendments; Confirmation. Except as expressly
amended, modified and supplemented hereby, the provisions of the Agreement are
and shall remain in full force and effect.
(c) Governing Law; Counterparts. (i) THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE
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PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
(ii) This Amendment 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. A set of the copies of this Amendment signed by all the
parties shall be lodged with the Administrative Agent. This Amendment
may be delivered by facsimile transmission of the relevant signature
pages hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Transferor, the Servicer, the CP
Conduit Purchasers, the APA Banks and the Administrative Agent have caused this
Amendment to be duly executed by their respective officers as of the day and
year first above written.
CNH CAPITAL RECEIVABLES INC.
By: /s/
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Name:
Title:
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CASE CREDIT CORPORATION
By: /s/
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Name:
Title:
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
as Administrative Agent
By: /s/
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Name:
Title:
PARK AVENUE RECEIVABLES
CORPORATION, as a CP
Conduit Purchaser
By: /s/
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Name:
Title:
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
as an APA Bank
By: /s/
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Name:
Title:
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
as a Funding Agent
By: /s/
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Name:
Title:
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QUINCY CAPITAL CORPORATION, as a
CP Conduit Purchaser
By: /s/
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Name:
Title:
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as an APA
Bank
By: /s/
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Name:
Title:
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a
Funding Agent
By: /s/
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Name:
Title:
ALPINE SECURITIZATION CORP., as a
CP Conduit Purchaser
By: /s/
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Name:
Title:
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON, NEW
YORK BRANCH, as an APA Bank
By: /s/
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Name:
Title:
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON, NEW
YORK BRANCH, as a Funding Agent
By: /s/
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Name:
Title:
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COMPASS US ACQUISITION LLC, as a
CP Conduit Purchaser
By: /s/
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Name:
Title:
WESTDEUTSCHE LANDESBANK
GIROZENTRALE, NEW YORK
BRANCH, as an APA Bank
By: /s/
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Name:
Title:
By: /s/
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Name:
Title:
WESTDEUTSCHE LANDESBANK
GIROZENTRALE, NEW YORK
BRANCH, as a Funding Agent
By: /s/
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Name:
Title:
By: /s/
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Name:
Title:
Exhibit 1
FORM OF PERFORMANCE GUARANTY
