ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Exhibit 2.1
EXECUTION VERSION
EXECUTION VERSION
This ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of April 1, 2006, is by and between GENERAL ELECTRIC
CAPITAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Purchaser”), and IKON OFFICE
SOLUTIONS, INC., an Ohio corporation (including as successor by merger to IOS Capital, LLC, the
“Seller”), each of which agrees as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01. Certain Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall
have the meanings specified in Exhibit A to, or elsewhere in, this Agreement.
Section 1.02. Interpretation and Rules of Construction. In this Agreement, except to
the extent that the context otherwise requires:
(a) when a reference is made in this Agreement to an article, section, exhibit or schedule,
such reference is to an Article or Section of, or an Exhibit or a Schedule to, this Agreement
unless otherwise indicated;
(b) whenever the words “include”, “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they
are deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”;
(c) the words “the date hereof” and words of similar import, when used in this Agreement,
refer to April 1, 2006;
(d) the words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import, when used in
this Agreement, refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this
Agreement; and
(e) the definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the singular as well as the
plural forms of such terms.
ARTICLE II
PURCHASE AND SALE
Section 2.01. Purchased Assets.
(a) Purchased Assets. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this
Agreement, as of the date hereof, the Purchaser shall purchase (or shall cause one or more
Acquiring Entities to purchase) from the Seller, and the Seller shall sell, assign, transfer and
convey (or shall cause one or more of its Affiliates to sell, assign, transfer and convey) to the
Purchaser (or one or more Acquiring Entities) the Purchased Assets.
(b) Excluded Assets. The Seller shall not sell, assign, transfer or convey (or cause
any Affiliate to sell, assign, transfer or convey) to the Purchaser or any Acquiring Entity, and
neither the Purchaser nor any Acquiring Entity shall purchase, any Excluded Assets.
(c) Assumed Liabilities. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in
this Agreement, effective as of the date hereof, the Seller shall assign and delegate to the
Purchaser (or one or more Acquiring Entities), and the Purchaser shall (or shall cause one or more
Acquiring Entities to) assume and be obligated to pay when due, perform, or otherwise discharge,
only the Assumed Liabilities.
(d) Excluded Liabilities. Neither the Purchaser nor any Acquiring Entity shall assume
or otherwise become liable for any Excluded Liabilities.
Section 2.02. The Purchase Price. The purchase price to be paid by the Purchaser for
the Purchased Assets shall be an amount equal to (a) the aggregate book value of the Purchased
Assets (determined in accordance with Sections 2.05 and 5.05) minus (b) the
aggregate amount of the Assumed Liabilities, in each case, as reflected on the Final Adjusted
Closing Date Schedule plus (c) the Premium (the “Purchase Price”).
Section 2.03. The Closing. The Closing of the sale of the Purchased Assets and the
assumption of the Assumed Liabilities hereunder shall be held at the New York City offices of Weil,
Gotshal & Xxxxxx LLP.
Section 2.04. Closing Deliveries and Payments.
(a) Effective as of the Closing, the Seller shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the
Purchaser:
(i) one or more bills of sale and assignment and assumption agreements, each
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D (the “Bills of
Sale”), duly executed by the Seller and each of its Affiliates that has any right,
title or interest in the Purchased Assets, pursuant to which (A) the Purchaser (or one or
more Acquiring Entities) shall acquire all of their right, title and interest in, to and
under the Purchased Assets, and (B) the Seller or its applicable Affiliate shall delegate
to the Purchaser (or one or more Acquiring Entities) the Assumed Liabilities, together with
such other transfer instruments or documents as may be necessary or desirable to transfer,
or evidence the transfer, of each Purchased Financing Contract and each other Purchased
Asset to the Purchaser or the applicable Acquiring Entity, as may be reasonably requested
by the Purchaser in a form mutually agreeable to the Seller and the Purchaser;
(ii) a receipt or receipts for the Initial Payment;
(iii) opinions, dated as of the date hereof, from Cravath, Swaine & Xxxxx LLP and
Vorys, Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx and Xxxxx LLP, legal counsel to the Seller;
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(iv) (A) each of the Ancillary Agreements, executed by the Seller and each Affiliate
party thereto, and (B) any and all escrows, deposits, security, impounds, accounts or other
Credit Enhancements or additional collateral relating to any Purchased Asset;
(v) (A) the amendments set forth on Schedule 5.08(a) executed by the parties
thereto (including Ambac) and the Seller, if a party thereto and (B) any ratings
confirmations from any rating agencies required under the Securitization Documents; and
(vi) an affidavit of non-foreign status of the Seller that complies with Section 1445
of the Code.
(b) At the Closing:
(i) the Purchaser shall (and/or shall cause one or more Acquiring Entities to) pay to
the Seller the Initial Payment, by wire transfer of immediately available funds, to an
account designated to the Purchaser in writing by the Seller; and
(ii) the Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Seller:
(A) one or more Bills of Sale providing for the assumption of the Assumed Liabilities,
duly executed by the Purchaser (or one or more Acquiring Entities), pursuant to which the
Purchaser (or one or more Acquiring Entities) shall accept the Purchased Assets and assume
the Assumed Liabilities, together with such other transfer instruments or documents as may
be necessary or desirable to transfer, or evidence the transfer, of the Assumed Liabilities
to the Purchaser or the applicable Acquiring Entity, as may be reasonably requested by the
Seller in a form mutually agreeable to the Seller and the Purchaser;
(B) opinions, dated as of the date hereof, from in—house counsel to Purchaser and
Weil, Gotshal & Xxxxxx LLP; and
(C) each of the other Ancillary Agreements, executed by the Purchaser and each
Acquiring Entity party thereto.
Section 2.05. Settlement Payments.
(a) Without prejudicing in any manner the rights or obligations of the parties pursuant to
Section 5.05 (including the preparation of the Final Adjusted Closing Date Schedule, the
settlement of the Purchase Price in accordance with Section 2.05(b) and the dispute
resolution procedures in respect of the Draft Closing Statements and the Final Closing Statements
in accordance with Section 5.05(a)(iv) and Section 5.05(b)), within two (2)
Business Days following the date of the delivery by the Purchaser of the Interim Balance Sheet
pursuant to Section 5.05(a)(iii), the following amounts shall be paid, by wire transfer of
immediately available funds, to an account designated in writing
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prior to such payment date by the recipient thereof to the party required to make such
payment:
(i) if the Interim Purchase Price exceeds the Initial Payment, the Purchaser shall
(and/or shall cause the applicable Acquiring Entity to) pay to the Seller the absolute
value of the amount of such excess, together with accrued interest thereon, calculated at
the Settlement Rate as from time to time in effect, for the period from the date hereof to
and including the date upon which such payment is made (calculated on the basis of the
actual number of days elapsed in a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be); and
(ii) if the Initial Payment exceeds the Interim Purchase Price, the Seller shall pay,
or shall cause to be paid, to the Purchaser (and/or one or more Acquiring Entities, as
directed by the Purchaser) the absolute value of the amount of such excess, together with
accrued interest thereon, calculated at the Settlement Rate as from time to time in effect,
for the period from the date hereof to and including the date upon which such payment is
made (calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in a year of 365 or 366
days, as the case may be);
provided, however, that notwithstanding any provision of Section 5.05, any disputes
in respect of the preparation of the draft Closing Date Schedule, the Interim Balance Sheet
or the calculation of the Interim Purchase Price and any proposals for adjustments to any
of the foregoing shall be reserved (and not waived) by the parties and deferred until the
conclusion of the settlement in accordance with this Section 2.05(a) and the
delivery of the draft of the audited Closing Date Schedule.
(b) In the event the parties settle certain amounts in accordance with Section
2.05(a), then on the Settlement Date, the following amounts shall be paid, by wire transfer of
immediately available funds, to an account designated in writing prior to the Settlement Date by
the recipient thereof to the party required to make such payment:
(i) if the Purchase Price exceeds the Interim Purchase Price, the Purchaser shall
(and/or shall cause the applicable Acquiring Entity to) pay to the Seller an amount equal
to the absolute value of the amount of such excess, together with accrued interest thereon,
calculated at the Settlement Rate as from time to time in effect, for the period from the
date hereof to and including the Settlement Date (calculated on the basis of the actual
number of days elapsed in a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be); or
(ii) if the Interim Purchase Price exceeds the Purchase Price, the Seller shall pay to
the Purchaser (and/or one or more Acquiring Entities, as directed by the Purchaser) an
amount equal to the absolute value of the amount of such excess, together with accrued
interest thereon, calculated at the Settlement Rate as from time to time in effect, for the
period from the date hereof to and including
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the Settlement Date (calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in a
year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be).
(c) In the event the parties do not settle any amounts in accordance with Section
2.05(a), then on the Settlement Date, the following amounts shall be paid, by wire transfer of
immediately available funds, to an account designated in writing prior to the Settlement Date by
the recipient thereof to the party required to make such payment:
(i) if the Purchase Price exceeds the Initial Payment, the Purchaser shall (and/or
shall cause the applicable Acquiring Entity to) pay to the Seller an amount equal to the
Settlement Payment plus the Settlement Interest in respect thereof; or
(ii) if the Initial Payment exceeds the Purchase Price, the Seller shall pay to the
Purchaser (and/or one or more Acquiring Entities, as directed by the Purchaser) an amount
equal to the Settlement Payment plus the Settlement Interest in respect thereof.
Section 2.06. Post-Closing Amounts Received and Paid. After the date hereof, all
amounts which are received by the Seller or any of its Affiliates in respect of any of the
Purchased Assets shall be received by such Person as agent, in trust for and on behalf of the
Purchaser, and following the Closing the Seller shall, on a weekly basis, pay, or cause to be paid
to the Purchaser, by wire transfer of immediately available funds (in the same currency such
amounts are received) to an account designated by the Purchaser to the Seller in writing (or such
other account as the Purchaser may, from time to time, designate upon no less than five Business
Days’ written notice to the Seller), all such amounts received by or paid to the Seller or any of
its Affiliates, and shall provide the Purchaser information as to the nature and source of all such
payments, including any invoice related thereto. After the date hereof, all amounts which are
received by the Purchaser or any of its Affiliates in respect of any of the Excluded Assets shall
be received by such Person as agent, in trust for and on behalf of the Seller, and the Purchaser
shall, on a weekly basis, pay, or cause to be paid to the Seller, by wire transfer of immediately
available funds (in the same currency such amounts are received) to an account designated by the
Seller to the Purchaser in writing (or such other accounts as the Seller may, from time to time,
designate upon no less than five Business Days’ written notice to the Purchaser), all such amounts
received by or paid to the Purchaser or any of its Affiliates, and shall provide the Seller
information as to the nature and source of all such payments, including any invoice relating
thereto.
Section 2.07. Consents; Administration Pending Consent.
(a) (i) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, this Agreement
shall not constitute an agreement to transfer or assign any Purchased Asset (other than the
Capital Stock of the Purchased ABS Entities) or any claim or right or any benefit arising
under or resulting from such Purchased Asset that is included in the Purchased Assets but
is not assignable or transferable
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without the consent of any Person (other than the Purchaser or any of its Affiliates,
or the Seller or any of its Affiliates) or for which assignment without such consent would
constitute a breach thereunder, to the extent that such consent shall not have been
obtained prior to the Closing; provided, however, that upon request by the
Purchaser after the date hereof, the Seller shall use all commercially reasonable efforts
obtain all necessary consents to the assignment thereof and, upon obtaining the requisite
third party consents thereto, such Purchased Asset or any claim or right or any benefit
arising under or resulting from such Purchased Asset shall be transferred and assigned to
the Purchaser or the applicable Acquiring Entity hereunder in accordance with Section
2.04(a)(i), at no additional consideration from the Purchaser or such Acquiring Entity.
(b) With respect to any Purchased Asset or any claim or right or any benefit arising under or
resulting from such Purchased Asset included in the Purchased Assets that is not assigned to the
Purchaser or an Acquiring Entity at the Closing by reason of Section 2.07(a), after the
Closing and until the applicable requisite consents are obtained and the foregoing sold and
assigned to the Purchaser or the applicable Acquiring Entity, the Seller shall provide in any
lawful and reasonable manner to the Purchaser or the applicable Acquiring Entity, in accordance
with this Section 2.07(b), the benefits under each such Purchased Asset or right or any
benefit arising under or resulting from such Purchased Asset (with the Purchaser responsible for
all Assumed Liabilities thereunder to the extent it would be liable under the applicable Purchased
Asset if the requisite consent had been obtained and such Purchased Asset or right had been
assigned to the Purchaser). In particular, in the event that any requisite consent is not obtained
prior to Closing, then the Purchaser or the applicable Acquiring Entity and Seller shall enter into
such lawful and reasonable arrangements (including sublicensing, subleasing or subcontracting, if
permitted) to provide to the Purchaser or such Acquiring Entity the economic and operational
equivalent of obtaining such requisite consent and assigning such Purchased Asset or right,
including enforcement for the benefit of the Purchaser or such Acquiring Entity of all claims or
rights arising thereunder, and the performance by the Purchaser or such Acquiring Entity of the
obligations thereunder. The Seller shall take all actions reasonably requested by the Purchaser or
the applicable Acquiring Entity to enforce the rights of the Purchaser or such Acquiring Entity
under any such Purchased Assets, including the assertion and enforcement of any right, claim,
presentation, demand or draw under or with respect to any such Purchased Assets. The Seller hereby
authorizes the Purchaser and the Acquiring Entities, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, at
the Purchaser’s expense to (x) perform all of the Assumed Liabilities under each of the contracts
and agreements that comprise the Purchased Assets but that are not assigned to the Purchaser or an
Acquiring Entity after giving effect to Section 2.07(a) and (y) amend, modify or waive any
such contract or agreement in the Seller’s name and in such manner as the Purchaser or the
applicable Acquiring Entity may reasonably desire. On the date hereof, or as requested from time
to time hereafter, the Seller shall provide to the Purchaser and the Acquiring Entities such powers
of attorney as the Purchaser may reasonably request in order to enable the Purchaser and the
Acquiring Entities to effectuate the foregoing provisions; provided, however, that
any and all liabilities or obligations incurred by the Seller arising out of, resulting from, based
upon, in
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connection with or relating to any action taken by the Purchaser or the applicable Acquiring
Entity pursuant to any such power of attorney shall be Assumed Liabilities.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLER
The Seller makes the representations and warranties set forth on Exhibit B to the
Purchaser on and as of the date hereof. Reference in this Agreement or in any of the Schedules or
Exhibits hereto to any of Sections 3.01 through 3.22 shall be deemed to be
references to the corresponding Sections of Exhibit B.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PURCHASER
The Purchaser makes the representations and warranties set forth on Exhibit C to the
Seller on and as of the date hereof. Reference in this Agreement or in any of the Schedules or
Exhibits hereto to any of Sections 4.01 through 4.06 shall be deemed to be
references to the corresponding Sections of Exhibit C.
ARTICLE V
COVENANTS; INDEMNITIES
The Seller agrees and covenants with the Purchaser as follows:
Section 5.01. [Intentionally Omitted].
Section 5.02. [Intentionally Omitted].
Section 5.03. Tax Matters.
(a) Allocation of Purchase Price. As soon as practicable following the signing of
this Agreement, but in no event later than 120 days after the date hereof, the Purchaser shall
provide to the Seller copies of IRS Form 8594 and any required exhibits thereto with the
Purchaser’s proposed allocation of the Purchase Price, including the Assumed Liabilities, among the
Purchased Assets and the Acquired ABS Assets. Within 60 days after the receipt of such Form 8594,
the Seller shall propose to the Purchaser any changes to such Form 8594 or shall indicate its
concurrence therewith. The failure by the Seller to propose any such change or to indicate its
concurrence within such 60 days shall be deemed to be an indication of its concurrence with such
Form 8594. The Purchaser and the Seller shall file, and shall cause their Affiliates to file, all
Tax Returns and statements, forms and schedules in connection therewith in a manner consistent with
such allocation of the Purchase Price and shall take no position contrary thereto unless required
to do so by applicable Tax Laws. Any disputes with respect to the items on Form 8594 which the
Purchaser and the Seller, acting in good faith, are unable to resolve
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shall be resolved pursuant to Section 5.05(b). Each of the parties to this Agreement
shall be bound by the decision rendered in accordance with Section 5.05(b).
(b) Property Taxes. The Seller shall bear all property and ad valorem Tax liability
with respect to the Purchased Assets and the Acquired ABS Assets if the lien or assessment date
arises prior to the date hereof irrespective of the reporting and payment dates of such Taxes. For
Tax Returns with respect to such property and ad valorem Taxes which have an assessment date prior
to the date hereof, the Seller will file such Tax Returns. For Tax Returns with respect to such
property and ad valorem Taxes which have an assessment date on or after the date hereof, the
Purchaser will file such Tax Returns. It will be the responsibility of the Seller to ensure that
the Purchaser receives the Tax bills that the Seller receives from the taxing authority in a timely
fashion with respect to property and ad valorem Taxes, which are to be paid by the Seller. Except
with respect to cost per copy leases or other leases that include property or ad valorem Taxes in
the monthly payment and do not separately invoice such Taxes, the Purchaser will invoice the lessee
and remit the funds received with respect to property and ad valorem Taxes which are to be paid by
the Seller promptly upon receipt to the Seller. The Purchaser shall bear all property and ad
valorem Tax liability with respect to the Purchased Assets or the Acquired ABS Assets if the lien
or assessment date arises on or after the date hereof.
(c) Cooperation with Respect to Tax Returns. The Purchaser and the Seller agree to
furnish or cause to be furnished to each other, and each at its own expense, in a timely manner,
such information (including access to books and records) and assistance, including making employees
available on a mutually convenient basis to provide additional information and explanations of any
material provided relating to the Purchased Assets as is reasonably necessary for the filing of any
Tax Return, for the preparation for any audit, and for the prosecution or defense of any claim or
Action relating to any adjustment or proposed adjustment with respect to Taxes or any appraisal of
the Purchased Assets. The Seller or the Purchaser, as the case may be, shall retain in its
possession all Tax Returns and Tax records, relating to the Purchased Assets, held by such party
immediately after the Closing that might be relevant to any taxable period ending on or prior to
the date hereof until the relevant statute of limitations has expired. After such time, the Seller
or the Purchaser, as the case may be, may dispose of such materials; provided,
however, that prior to such disposition the Seller or the Purchaser, as the case may be,
shall give the other party a reasonable opportunity to take possession of such materials, at such
other party’s expense.
(d) Erroneous Tax Payments. If the Purchaser determines that any Taxes in respect of
any Purchased Financing Contract are due and the Seller erroneously paid such Taxes at the
inception of such Purchased Financing Contract and the Purchaser is unable to collect such Taxes
from the Obligor under such Purchased Financing Contract, at the Purchaser’s request the Seller
shall initiate a timely and proper refund claim for the relevant Taxes. The Seller shall promptly
pay any such refund and the interest actually received thereon to the Purchaser upon receipt
thereof by the Seller, net of any reasonable out of pocket expenses incurred by the Seller in
connection with such refund claim. For the avoidance of doubt, the Seller shall be deemed to
actually receive a
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refund to the extent that the making of a claim for a refund results in a reduction of any Tax
liability of the Seller.
Section 5.04. Indemnifications, Assumptions of Liability and Related Matters.
(a) Indemnification by the Seller for Breach. Following the Closing, the Seller shall
indemnify and hold harmless each of the Purchaser, its Affiliates, and their respective directors,
officers, employees and agents (collectively, the “Purchaser Indemnified Parties”), from
and against and in respect of any and all Damages suffered or incurred by any of them resulting
from, arising out of, based on or relating to (i) any breach of any representation or warranty made
by the Seller in this Agreement that, as of the Closing, has not been cured by Seller or waived by
the Purchaser in accordance with Section 8.01; or (ii) any failure to perform any covenant,
agreement or undertaking on the part of the Seller contained in this Agreement. For purposes of
this Section 5.04(a), a breach of a representation or warranty contained in this Agreement
(other than in Section 3.07(a)) shall be deemed to exist either if such representation or
warranty is actually inaccurate or breached or if such representation or warranty would have been
breached or been inaccurate if such representation or warranty had not contained any limitation or
qualification as to materiality, Material Adverse Effect, knowledge or Knowledge in any such
representation or warranty or any limitation expressed as a monetary amount contained in
Section 3.13, it being the intention of the parties hereto that the Purchaser Indemnified
Parties shall be indemnified and held harmless from and against any and all Damages suffered or
incurred by any of them resulting from, arising out of, based upon or relating to the failure of
any such representation or warranty to be true, correct and complete in any respect, determined in
each case without regard to any qualification as to materiality, Material Adverse Effect, knowledge
or Knowledge in any such representation or warranty or any limitation expressed as a monetary
amount contained in Section 3.13 with respect thereto.
(b) Limitation on Liability.
(i) Each Purchaser Indemnified Party entitled to indemnification for any Damages
suffered or incurred by such Person resulting from, arising out of, based on or relating to
(A) a breach of any representation or warranty in Sections 3.01, 3.02,
3.03, 3.16, 3.18(b)(iii)(B), 3.19(a), 3.21(h) and
3.22 (individually a “Seller Special Representation” and collectively, the
“Seller Special Representations”), or (B) a failure to perform any covenant,
agreement or undertaking of the Seller, shall be entitled to such indemnification for the
full amount of such Damages regardless of the amount of the Damages.
(ii) Each Purchaser Indemnified Party entitled to indemnification under Section
5.04(a)(i) or Section 5.04(a)(iii) for any Damages suffered or incurred by such
Person resulting from, arising out of, based on or relating to a breach of any
representation or warranty made by the Seller in this Agreement other than a Seller Special
Representation, shall be entitled to indemnification from the Seller for the full amount of
all such Damages in excess of $2,500,000;
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provided, however, that in no event shall the Seller’s indemnification
obligations in respect of Damages resulting from, arising out of, based on or relating to
any such breach of representation or warranty exceed $400,000,000 (the “Liability
Cap”).
(iii) With respect to any breach of the agreements and covenants contained in
Section 5.01(a) and Section 5.02, to the extent that the Damages claimed by
a Purchaser Indemnified Party in respect of any such breach result from, arise out of or
are based on or relate to facts, events and circumstances that would give rise to a claim
for indemnification under Section 5.04(a)(i) for a breach of representation or
warranty that is not a Special Representation, such claim for breach of Section
5.01(a) and 5.02 shall be subject to the limitation on liability set forth in
Section 5.04(b)(ii) to the same extent, if any, as a claim for breach of such
representation or warranty. Subject only to the foregoing sentence, in the event that a
claim or demand for indemnification may be made under more than one provision of this
Section 5.04, the Person making such claim or demand shall have the right to elect
the provision of this Section 5.04 pursuant to which such claim or demand for
indemnification is made.
(iv) In calculating the amount of Taxes that are indemnifiable for Damages resulting
from a breach of a representation for the purposes of Section 5.04(a)(i),
Section 5.04(b)(i) or Section 5.04(b)(ii), the amount of such Damages shall
be an amount equal to the excess of (i) the Tax liability actually incurred by the
Purchaser and its Affiliates over (ii) the Tax liability that the Purchaser and its
Affiliates would have incurred if such representation was true and correct (the “Tax
Differential”). The Tax director of the Purchaser’s Capital Solutions business unit
(the “Tax Director”) shall make a good faith effort to establish the Tax
Differential and shall certify such amount and the rationale for such calculation to the
Seller (the “Tax Certification”). The Seller shall pay such Tax Differential to
the Purchaser within 30 days of receipt of the Tax Certification. In the event that any
item giving rise to the Tax Differential will reverse itself in future years or otherwise
result in any Tax savings to the Purchaser and its Affiliates in future years, the Tax
Certification shall provide the Tax Director’s best estimate of when the Tax Differential
will reverse itself. In addition, the Tax Director shall make a good faith effort to
calculate the actual amount of such Tax benefit and shall certify such amount and the
rationale for such calculation to the Seller within 30 days of the filing of any of its Tax
Returns which reflect the realization of any such Tax benefit, and shall pay such amount to
the Seller at the time of such certification.
(v) Upon a breach of a representation or warranty contained in Section 3.21(e)
that under the terms of the relevant Securitization Documents will require a repurchase of
a Purchased Financing Contract from a Purchased ABS Entity, the Seller shall (on the
required date for remittance of the repurchase price) repurchase from the applicable
Purchased ABS Entity or the Purchaser, as applicable, each Purchased Financing Contract and
related Portfolio Property to which such breach relates at the price specified in the
applicable Securitization
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Document for such repurchase. Upon the consummation by the Seller of such repurchase,
each repurchased Purchased Financing Contract and related Portfolio Property shall be
deemed to be an Excluded Asset for purposes hereof.
(vi) The Purchaser acknowledges that the Amendment Agreements provide that the
remedies available thereunder in respect of a breach by Seller of its Equipment Service
Obligations (as such term is defined in the Amended and Restated Program Agreement) under
the Purchased Financing Contracts apply to the exclusion of any indemnification remedy
under this Agreement for Damages arising out of the failure of an Obligor to make one or
more payments under a Purchased Financing Contract as a consequence of any such actual (or
asserted) breach.
(c) Survival of Representations and Warranties of the Seller.
(i) The Seller Special Representations and indemnifications with respect to their
breach shall survive until 60 days after the expiration of the applicable statute of
limitations.
(ii) The representations and warranties of the Seller in this Agreement which are not
Seller Special Representations shall survive the Closing until the expiration of 18 months
after the Closing; provided that the representations and warranties in
Section 3.21 (other than Section 3.21(g) and Section 3.21(h)) shall
survive until the maturity or redemption of any indebtedness of the Purchased ABS Entities.
(iii) The representations and warranties of the Seller which are contained in
Section 3.09 and Section 3.21(g) shall survive until 60 days after the
expiration of the applicable statute of limitations.
(d) Additional Indemnification by the Seller. Following the Closing, the Seller shall
indemnify and hold harmless all Purchaser Indemnified Parties from and against any and all Damages
suffered or incurred by any of them resulting from, arising out of, based on or relating to:
(i) any of the Excluded Assets or the ownership, operation, servicing, lease or use
thereof, or any action taken with respect thereto, by the Seller or any other Person (other
than the Purchaser or any of its Affiliates);
(ii) any of the Excluded Liabilities or the Specified Liabilities;
(iii) the failure of the Purchaser to receive any amounts due from an Obligor pursuant
to a Purchased Financing Contract due to the misconduct or misrepresentation by the Seller
in the sourcing, negotiation, documentation, credit analysis, underwriting of a Purchased
Financing Contract or otherwise in connection with the origination of such Purchased
Financing Contract, including misrepresentations by any employee, representative or agent
of the Seller to an Obligor, customer or the Seller;
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(iv) the failure of the Seller to comply with the provisions of any applicable “bulk
sales” or “bulk transfer” or similar Laws of any jurisdiction that may be applicable to the
sale or transfer of any or all of the Purchased Assets to the Purchaser;
(v) the provision, administration or servicing of collateral protection insurance to
an Obligor in respect of the related equipment under a Financing Contract; or
(vi) any claim by a Person (other than the Purchaser, the Seller or any of their
respective Affiliates) relating to the failure of the Seller or its Affiliates to obtain
any consent, approval or Authorization necessary to sell, assign, transfer and convey any
Purchased Asset or any claim, right or benefit arising under or resulting from such
Purchased Asset; provided, however, that the Damages suffered or incurred by any
Purchaser Indemnified Party in respect of any such claim shall be calculated as net of any
amount paid by Seller under Section 6.1(f) of the Amended and Restated Program
Agreement for such Purchased Asset.
(e) Indemnification by the Purchaser. Following the Closing, the Purchaser shall
indemnify and hold harmless each of the Seller, its Affiliates and their respective directors,
officers, employees and agents (collectively, the “Seller Indemnified Parties”) from and
against and in respect of any and all Damages suffered or incurred by any of them resulting from,
arising out of, based on or relating to (i) any breach of any representation or warranty made by
the Purchaser in this Agreement that, as of the Closing, has not been cured by the Purchaser or
waived by the Seller in accordance with Section 8.01; (ii) any failure to perform any
covenant, agreement or undertaking on the part of the Purchaser contained in this Agreement; (iii)
the Assumed Liabilities; or (iv) subject in all respects to the terms and conditions set forth in
the Amended and Restated Program Agreement and the other Amendment Agreements (including the
obligations (including any standard of care) of the Purchaser and its Affiliates, on the one hand,
and the Seller and its Affiliates, on the other hand, and the remedies for breach by a party
thereto of its obligations thereunder), Third Party Actions arising out of the ownership, servicing
and administration by the Purchaser of the Purchased Assets or the Acquired ABS Assets after the
Closing. For purposes of this Section 5.04(e), a breach of a representation or warranty
contained in this Agreement or any certificate delivered by the Purchaser pursuant to the terms of
this Agreement shall be deemed to exist either if such representation or warranty is actually
inaccurate or breached or if such representation or warranty would have been breached or been
inaccurate if such representation or warranty had not contained any limitation or qualification as
to materiality, material adverse effect or knowledge, it being the intention of the parties hereto
that the Seller Indemnified Parties shall be indemnified and held harmless from and against any and
all Damages suffered or incurred by any of them or resulting from, arising out of, based on or
relating to the failure of any such representation or warranty, to be true, correct and complete in
any respect, determined in each case without regard to any qualification as to materiality,
material adverse effect or knowledge set forth with respect thereto.
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(f) Survival of Representations and Warranties of the Purchaser; Limitation on
Liability.
(i) Each Seller Indemnified Party entitled to indemnification under Section
5.04(e)(i) and Section 5.04(e)(iii) for any Damages suffered or incurred by
such Person resulting from, arising out of, based on or relating to a breach of any
representation or warranty in Sections 4.01, 4.02, 4.03,
4.05 and 4.06 (individually a “Purchaser Special Representation”
and collectively the “Purchaser Special Representations”) shall be entitled to
indemnification from the Purchaser for the full amount of all such Damages regardless of
the amount of the Damages.
(ii) Each Seller Indemnified Party entitled to indemnification under Section
5.04(e)(i) and Section 5.04(e)(iii) for any Damages suffered or incurred by
such Person resulting from, arising out of, based on or relating to a breach of any
representation or warranty made by the Purchaser or Acquiring Entity in this Agreement
other than a Purchaser Special Representation shall be entitled to indemnification from the
Purchaser for the full amount of all such Damages in excess of $2,500,000;
provided, however, that in no event shall the Purchaser’s indemnification
obligations in respect of Damages resulting from, arising out of, based on or relating to
any such breach of representation or warranty exceed the Liability Cap.
(iii) The Purchaser Special Representations and indemnifications with respect to their
breach shall survive until 60 days after the expiration of the applicable statute of
limitations.
(iv) The representations and warranties of the Purchaser in this Agreement which are
not Purchaser Special Representations shall survive the Closing until the expiration of 18
months after the Closing.
(v) The Seller acknowledges that the Amendment Agreements provide that the remedies
available thereunder in respect of a breach by Seller of its Equipment Service Obligations
(as such term is defined in the Amended and Restated Program Agreement) under the Purchased
Financing Contracts apply to the exclusion of any indemnification remedy under this
Agreement for Damages arising out of the failure of an Obligor to make one or more payments
under a Purchased Financing Contract as a consequence of any such actual (or asserted)
breach.
(g) Indemnification Procedure for Third Party Actions. For the purposes of
administering the indemnification provisions of this Section 5.04, the following procedures
shall apply to Third Party Actions after the date hereof:
(i) An Indemnitee shall notify the Indemnitor in writing within 30 days following the
receipt of notice of any Third Party Action against such Indemnitee that gives rise to a
claim for indemnity pursuant to this Section 5.04
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(any 30-day notification requirement shall begin to run, in the case of a Third Party
Action which is amended so as to give rise to an Indemnification Event, from the first day
such Third Party Action is amended to include any claim for indemnity pursuant to this
Section 5.04), such notice shall describe in reasonable detail the basis of such
Third Party Action. The failure to give notice as required by this Section
5.04(g)(i) in a timely fashion shall not result in a waiver of any right to
indemnification hereunder unless the Indemnitor’s ability to defend against such Third
Party Action is materially and adversely affected by the failure of the Indemnitee to give
notice in a timely fashion as required by this Section 5.04(g)(i).
(ii) The Indemnitor shall be entitled (but not obligated) to assume the defense or
settlement of any such Third Party Action, or to participate in any negotiations or
proceedings to settle or otherwise eliminate any such Third Party Action, if it shall
provide the Indemnitee a written acknowledgement of its liability for the indemnity against
Damages relating to such Third Party Action. If the Indemnitor assumes any such defense or
settlement or any such negotiations, it shall pursue such defense, settlement or
negotiations in good faith. If the Indemnitor fails to elect in writing within 15 Business
Days of the notification referred to above to assume the defense, the Indemnitee may engage
counsel to defend, settle or otherwise dispose of such Third Party Action which counsel
shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnitor; provided, however, that
the Indemnitee shall not settle or compromise any such Third Party Action without the prior
written consent or agreement of the Indemnitor (which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed).
(iii) In cases where the Indemnitor has assumed the defense or settlement with respect
to a Third Party Action, the Indemnitor shall be entitled to assume the defense or
settlement thereof with counsel of its own choosing; provided, however,
that: (A) the Indemnitee (and its counsel) shall be entitled to continue to participate at
its own cost (except as provided below) in such Third Party Action and to participate in
any negotiations or proceedings to settle or otherwise eliminate, any such Third Party
Action; (B) the Indemnitor shall not be entitled to settle or compromise any such Third
Party Action without the consent or agreement of the Indemnitee (which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided, further, that if and only if
such consent is withheld and the settlement or compromise involves only the payment of
monetary damages and provides an unconditional release of the Indemnitee, the Indemnitor’s
liability shall be limited to the amount for which the Indemnitor agreed with the claimant
to settle and the Indemnitor shall remain responsible for its costs and attorneys’ fees to
the date such settlement was rejected by the Indemnitee and the Indemnitee shall be
responsible for the attorneys’ fees and disbursements in respect of such claim thereafter;
and (C) after written notice by the Indemnitor to the Indemnitee (as provided above) of its
election to assume control of the defense or settlement of any claim, the Indemnitor shall
not be liable to such Indemnitee hereunder for any attorneys’ fees and disbursements
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subsequently incurred by such Indemnitee in connection therewith (except as provided
below).
(iv) In the event indemnification is requested, the relevant Indemnitor, its
representatives and agents shall have access to the premises, books and records of the
Indemnitee or parties seeking such indemnification and their Affiliates to the extent
reasonably necessary to assist it in defending or settling any such Third Party Action;
provided, however, that such access shall be conducted in such manner as
not to interfere unreasonably with the operation of the business of the Indemnitee or
Indemnitees. Except as reasonably necessary to assist it in defending or settling such
Third Party Action, the Indemnitee shall not be required to disclose any information with
respect to itself or any of its Affiliates (or former Affiliates) , and the Indemnitee
shall not be required to participate in the defense of any claim to be indemnified
hereunder (except as otherwise expressly set forth herein), unless otherwise reasonably
required or necessary in the defense of any claim to be indemnified hereunder.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, in no event shall any
Indemnitee be obligated to make any disclosure, or to take or refrain from taking any
action, that in its reasonable judgment, could prejudice its position or waive any
privilege in respect of any claim for indemnification against the Indemnitor pursuant to
this Section 5.04. All costs and expenses incurred by an Indemnitee in connection
with any access or cooperation requested by the Indemnitor shall be borne by the
Indemnitor. The Purchaser and the Seller shall reasonably cooperate to attempt to resolve
or mitigate Damages with respect to any such Third Party Action; provided,
however, that in no event shall a party’s compliance with the foregoing obligation
to reasonably cooperate be a basis for any claim that any such party shall have waived,
limited, relinquished or otherwise impaired, any rights such party may have pursuant to
this Agreement or be raised as a defense to any such rights.
(v) In the event the Indemnitor shall request that an Indemnitee participate in the
defense or settlement of an Indemnification Event, the Indemnitor shall pay the costs
incurred by the Indemnitee.
(vi) (A) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Purchaser
shall, with counsel reasonably acceptable to the Seller, have the sole right to (x) defend
any Action in respect of a Non-Assumable Claim and (y) settle or otherwise dispose of any
Non-Assumable Claim; provided, however, that the Purchaser shall conduct
the defense or settlement of Non-Assumable Claims diligently and in good faith. With
respect to any Non-Assumable Claim that the Purchaser is defending, settling or otherwise
disposing of, the Seller shall be permitted to participate at its own expense in the
defense of such Non-Assumable Claims but shall not be entitled to assume the defense
thereof.
(B) The Purchaser shall keep the Seller timely apprised of the status of all
Non-Assumable Claims and shall notify the Seller promptly of any material
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developments (including any material developments relating to settlements and proposed
settlements) relating to a Non-Assumable Claim. Without limiting the foregoing, no more
frequently than once a fiscal quarter, the Purchaser shall provide the Seller with a
written report summarizing in reasonable detail the status of any pending Non-Assumable
Claims (including a summary of any material settlement discussions). Without limitation of
the foregoing, promptly after the receipt by the Purchaser of a Qualifying Offer relating
to a Non-Assumable Claim, the Purchaser shall promptly provide the Seller with a copy of
such Qualifying Offer or, in the case of an oral Qualifying Offer, a written summary
thereof. In the event that the Purchaser receives a Qualifying Offer relating to a
Non-Assumable Claim that (1) includes a full, final and unconditional release of the
Purchaser from all Damages with respect thereto and (2) requires only (a) the payment of
money for which, as between the Purchaser Indemnified Parties, on the one hand, and the
Seller, on the other hand, the Seller has sole liability under this Agreement (a
“Monetary Settlement”) or (b) a Monetary Settlement and any action by the Seller or
any of its Affiliates (any such offer of compromise, a “Non-Assumable Claim
Offer”), then the Seller shall have no further liability to the Purchaser Indemnified
Parties with respect to such Non-Assumable Claim upon receipt by the Purchaser of (x) the
amount contained in such Non-Assumable Claim Offer and all other Damages suffered or
incurred by any Purchaser Indemnified Party in respect of such Non-Assumable Claim, in the
form of immediately available funds from the Seller, (y) a fully executed agreement of the
Seller and its Affiliates agreeing to the terms of the actions to be taken by the Seller or
any of its Affiliates pursuant to such Non-Assumable Claim Offer, if any, and (z) if the
Purchaser has accepted the terms of such Non-Assumable Claim Offer, a full, final and
unconditional release, as applicable, of each of the Purchaser Indemnified Parties from all
liabilities or obligations with respect thereto, executed by each of the third party
claimants in such Non-Assumable Claim; provided, however, if the Purchaser
has not accepted the terms of such Non-Assumable Claim Offer, the Seller shall have no
further liability to the Purchaser Indemnified Parties with respect to such Non-Assumable
Claim upon receipt by the Purchaser from the Seller of the amounts and agreements set forth
in the foregoing clauses (x) and (y).
(C) At any time during the defense by the Purchaser of a Non-Assumable Claim, the
Seller shall have the right to require the Purchaser (1) to proffer to the third party
claimants under such Non-Assumable Claim, a written offer of compromise that consists
solely of the payment of money for which, as between the Purchaser Indemnified Parties, on
the one hand, and the Seller, on the other hand, the Seller has sole liability under this
Agreement and/or any action by the Seller or any of its Affiliates in exchange for a full,
final and unconditional release from such claimants of the Purchaser from all Liability
with respect thereto, and (2) if such offer of compromise is accepted by such third party
claimants, to settle such Non-Assumable Claim on the terms contained in such offer of
compromise, including the full, final and unconditional release of the Purchaser from all
liabilities and obligations with respect thereto.
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(h) Any payments under Section 5.04, and any payments made after the date hereof
pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.1(f) of the Amended and Restated Program Agreement
(to the extent related to any Purchased Assets hereunder), shall be treated by the parties hereto
for federal, state and local income Tax purposes (whether foreign or domestic) as a non-taxable
reimbursement or purchase price adjustment, except to the extent that a contrary treatment is
required by Law.
(i) Exclusive Remedy. Except with respect to claims based on fraud and/or claims
seeking non-monetary equitable remedies, and except for the remedies contained in the Amended and
Restated Program Agreement with respect to Property constituting Purchased Assets hereunder, the
indemnification remedies set forth in this Agreement (including the repurchase rights in respect of
Section 5.04(b)(v) and the remedies provided for in Section 5.27), shall constitute
the sole and exclusive monetary remedies of the parties hereto after the Closing with respect to
any breach of representation, warranty or obligation under this Agreement. Except for the
representations and warranties contained in Exhibit B, Exhibit C, the Amended and
Restated Program Agreement and the other Amendment Agreements and except for the matters referred
to in the Information Letter, none of the Purchaser or any of its Affiliates or the Seller or any
of its Affiliates makes or has made any representations or warranties, whether express or implied,
oral or written, with respect to the Purchased Assets, the Acquired ABS Assets, the Assumed
Liabilities or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Section 5.05. Preparation of Closing Date Schedule and Final Adjusted Closing Date
Schedule.
(a) Preparation of Closing Date Schedule.
(i) As soon as practicable following the Closing, the Purchaser shall prepare, with
the cooperation and assistance of the Seller, a draft of the Closing Date Schedule. The
Closing Date Schedule shall reflect the Purchased Assets and the Assumed Liabilities. The
draft of the Closing Date Schedule shall be prepared in accordance with the Accounting
Principles. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (A) if the Accounting Principles do not
specifically address a particular matter necessary to prepare the Closing Date Schedule,
then the Accounting Principles shall be supplemented in accordance with GAAP, applied
consistently with the past practices and procedures of the Seller, but only to the extent
necessary to address such matter and (B) to the extent that any accounting principle,
method, practice or procedure included in the Accounting Principles is not in accordance
with GAAP, such accounting principle, method, practice or procedure shall be disregarded
for purposes of preparing the Closing Date Schedule but shall be treated as a Special
Adjustment for purposes of preparing the Final Adjusted Closing Date Schedule. The
Purchaser and the Seller shall each use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to
cause the draft of the Closing Date Schedule to be completed as soon as reasonably
practicable (which the parties hereto anticipate shall, in no event, be later than 60 days
after the date hereof)
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and, upon completion, such draft schedule shall promptly be provided to the
Purchaser’s Accountants, the Seller and the Seller’s Accountants.
(ii) Immediately following the preparation and distribution of the draft of the
Closing Date Schedule, the Purchaser shall cause the Purchaser’s Accountants to audit the
draft Closing Date Schedule, and such audit shall be conducted in accordance with generally
accepted auditing standards and shall be sufficient to permit the Purchaser’s Accountants
to deliver a special report certifying that the Closing Date Schedule fairly presents the
Purchased Assets and Assumed Liabilities as of the Closing in accordance with the
Accounting Principles, qualified only to the extent, if any, that the Purchaser’s
Accountants deem such qualification necessary on account of any dispute between the
Purchaser’s Accountants and the Seller’s Accountants that is resolved by the conflict
resolution mechanism set forth in Section 5.05(b) or agreed by the Purchaser and
the Seller, in either case, in a manner that in the Purchaser’s Accountants’ sole judgment
precludes the Purchaser’s Accountants from issuing an unqualified certification. The
Purchaser shall use reasonable efforts to cause the Purchaser’s Accountants to deliver the
draft audited Closing Date Schedule to each of the Seller, the Seller’s Accountants and the
Purchaser as soon as reasonably practicable (which the parties hereto anticipate shall, in
no event, be later than 60 days after the date of their receipt of the draft of the Closing
Date Schedule).
(iii) Concurrently with the preparation and delivery to the Purchaser’s Accountants,
the Seller and the Seller’s Accountants of the draft Closing Date Schedule, the Purchaser
shall, or shall cause the Purchaser’s Accountants to, prepare and deliver to the Purchaser
or the Purchaser’s Accountants, as applicable, the Seller and the Seller’s Accountants, a
draft of the adjusted Closing Date Schedule that reflects the Special Adjustments (the
“Interim Balance Sheet”). During the 30 day period following their receipt of each
of the draft audited Closing Date Schedule and the draft adjusted Closing Date Schedule
reflecting the Special Adjustments (collectively, the “Draft Closing Statements”),
both the Purchaser (in consultation with the Purchaser’s Accountants) and the Seller (in
consultation with the Seller’s Accountants) shall have the opportunity to review the Draft
Closing Statements (together with the Purchaser’s Accountants’ working papers, including
any portion thereof pertaining to any proposed adjustment) and, during such 30 day period,
the Seller, the Purchaser and the Seller’s Accountants shall have the right to propose to
the Purchaser’s Accountants those changes to the Draft Closing Statements that the Seller,
the Purchaser or the Seller’s Accountants determine to be appropriate in order to cause the
Draft Closing Statements to conform, in all respects, to the standards set forth in
Section 5.5(a)(i) and 5.5(a)(iii), as applicable.
(iv) In the event of any dispute between the Seller and the Seller’s Accountants, on
the one hand, and the Purchaser and the Purchaser’s Accountants, on the other hand,
regarding any of the adjustments proposed by the Seller or the Seller’s Accountants, on the
one hand, or the Purchaser or the
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Purchaser’s Accountants, on the other hand, with respect to any item of the Draft
Closing Statements, which the Seller and the Seller’s Accountants, on the one hand, and the
Purchaser and the Purchaser’s Accountants, on the other hand, cannot resolve within 45 days
after the receipt thereof, as the case may be, either the Seller or the Purchaser shall
have the right, upon delivery of written notice to the other party, to require that such
dispute be resolved in accordance with the provisions set forth in Section 5.05(b).
Promptly following the resolution of any disputes with respect to any proposed adjustments
to the Draft Closing Statements, the Purchaser shall cause the Purchaser’s Accountants to
prepare and deliver to the Seller and the Purchaser the final audited Closing Date Schedule
and the Final Adjusted Closing Date Schedule (collectively, the “Final Closing
Statements”), each of which shall reflect all adjustments thereto which have been
agreed upon by the Seller and the Seller’s Accountants, on the one hand, and the Purchaser
and the Purchaser’s Accountants, on the other hand, or which have been resolved pursuant to
Section 5.5(b), together with the Purchaser’s Accountants’ special report on each
Final Closing Statement.
(v) Each of the Purchaser, the Seller, the Purchaser’s Accountants and the Seller’s
Accountants shall have full access to all relevant accounting, financial and other records
and personnel reasonably requested by it in connection with the preparation, confirmation
or review of the Draft Closing Statements, as well as to the Purchaser’s Accountants’
working papers with respect thereto and special report thereon.
(b) Conflict Resolution Mechanism. Any dispute involving any adjustment to the Draft
Closing Statement proposed by the Seller, the Seller’s Accountants, the Purchaser or the
Purchaser’s Accountants (including any interpretation or application of any provision of this
Agreement affecting the preparation of the Draft Closing Statement) not resolved by the Seller, the
Seller’s Accountants, the Purchaser and the Purchaser’s Accountants within 45 days of the relevant
date of receipt thereof, shall upon the election of the Seller or the Purchaser, be resolved by the
Selected Accounting Firm. The Selected Accounting Firm shall resolve only issues upon which the
Purchaser, the Purchaser’s Accountants, the Seller and the Seller’s Accountants have been unable to
agree. The Selected Accounting Firm shall be prohibited from changing any item of the Draft
Closing Statements expressly agreed among the Purchaser, the Purchaser’s Accountants, the Seller
and the Seller’s Accountants. The Selected Accounting Firm (i) in resolving any issue with respect
to the Closing Date Schedule, shall apply the Accounting Principles in all instances, including
whether or not the Selected Accounting Firm believes the Accounting Principles are or are not in
accordance with the historic practices of the Seller with respect to the Purchased Assets or
(subject to the Special Adjustments) are or are not in accordance with GAAP and (ii) in resolving
any issue with respect to the adjusted Closing Date Schedule, the Selected Accounting Firm shall
apply the Special Adjustments, whether or not the Selected Accounting Firm believes the Special
Adjustments are or are not in accordance with the historic practices of the Seller with respect to
the Purchased Assets or are or are not in accordance with GAAP. The Purchaser and the Seller shall
each use their reasonable best efforts to cause the decision of such Selected Accounting Firm to be
rendered within 20 Business Days
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after appointment of the Selected Accounting Firm. The decision of the Selected Accounting
Firm shall be submitted in writing and shall be final and binding upon the parties.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the aggregate of all amounts in dispute with respect to all
disputes referred to in this Section 5.05(b) shall be less than $100,000, such disputes
shall not be resolved by the Selected Accounting Firm, but shall instead be resolved as follows:
50% of the aggregate of all amounts in dispute shall be deemed to have been resolved in the
Seller’s favor and 50% of the aggregate of all amounts in dispute shall be deemed to have been
resolved in the Purchaser’s favor.
(c) Payment of Fees. The Purchaser shall pay all of the fees of the
Purchaser’s Accountants and all expenses incurred by such firm in connection with the tasks
outlined in this Section 5.05, and the Seller shall pay all fees of the Seller’s
Accountants and all expenses incurred by such firm in connection with the tasks outlined in
this Section 5.05. The Purchaser and the Seller shall each pay one-half of the
fees and expenses incurred in connection with any disputes that are resolved by the
Selected Accounting Firm pursuant to Section 5.05(b).
(d) Cooperation. Each of the Seller and the Purchaser shall use their respective
commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Seller’s Accountants and the Purchaser’s Accountants
to cooperate with each other in connection with all of their activities undertaken in connection
with this Section 5.05.
Section 5.06. Insurance; Risk of Loss. (a) Except in the ordinary course of business,
consistent with past practices, the Seller shall neither terminate nor cause to terminate or allow
to be terminated (subject to applicable Law) any occurrence liability policies with respect to the
Purchased Assets or the Acquired ABS Assets so as to prevent the Purchaser from recovering under
such policies for losses from events occurring prior to the Closing, to the extent that coverage
for such losses was otherwise provided by any such policy.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 5.06(a), to the extent that (i) any insurance policies
owned or controlled by the Seller (collectively, the “Seller’s Insurance Policies”) cover
any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense resulting from, arising out of, based on or relating
to, any Purchased Asset or Acquired ABS Asset (the “Seller Liabilities”) and resulting
from, arising out of, based on or relating to occurrences prior to the Closing and (ii) the
Seller’s Insurance Policies permit claims to be made thereunder with respect to Seller Liabilities
resulting from, arising out of, based on or relating to occurrences prior to the Closing (the
“Seller Claims”), the Seller shall cooperate and shall cause its Affiliates to cooperate
with the Purchaser, in submitting Seller Claims (or pursuing Seller Claims previously made) on
behalf of the Purchaser under any Seller’s Insurance Policies.
Section 5.07. [Intentionally Omitted].
Section 5.08. Amendments to Securitization Documents . Effective as of any time prior
to the Closing, the Seller shall (a) execute the amendments set forth on Schedule 5.08(a)
and (b) obtain or cause to be obtained, all consents, approvals and rating
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agency confirmations required pursuant to the Securitization Documents in respect of such
amendments. The Purchaser shall reasonably cooperate with the Seller in respect thereof.
Section 5.09. [Intentionally Omitted].
Section 5.10. Further Assurances.
(a) The Seller shall, whenever and as often as reasonably requested to do so by the Purchaser,
execute, acknowledge and deliver any and all such other and further acts, assignments,
endorsements, transfers and any instruments of further assurance, approvals and consents as are
necessary or proper in order to complete, ensure and perfect (i) the sale, transfer and conveyance
of the Purchased Assets to the Purchaser or the applicable Acquiring Entity as contemplated hereby,
and (ii) the consummation of the other transactions contemplated hereby.
(b) The Purchaser shall, whenever and as often as reasonably requested to do so by the Seller,
do, execute, acknowledge and deliver any and all such other and further acts, assignments,
endorsements, transfers and any instruments of further assurance, approvals and consents as are
necessary or proper in order to complete, ensure and perfect (i) assumption of the Assumed
Liabilities by the Purchaser or the applicable Acquiring Entity, and (ii) the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby.
Section 5.11. Payment of Brokers’ or Finders’ Fees. The Seller shall pay any and all
brokers’ or finders’ fees, and any other commissions or similar fees, payable to any Person acting
on behalf of the Seller or any of its Affiliates or under the authority of any of them, in
connection with any of the transactions contemplated herein, and the Purchaser shall pay any and
all brokers’ or finders’ fees, and any other commissions or similar fees, payable to any Person
acting on behalf of the Purchaser or any of its Affiliates or under the authority of any of them,
in connection with any of the transactions contemplated hereby, in each case, regardless of whether
any claim for payment is asserted before or after the Closing, or before or after any termination
of this Agreement.
Section 5.12. [Intentionally Omitted].
Section 5.13. [Intentionally Omitted].
Section 5.14. Transfer Taxes. The Seller shall be liable for and shall pay (and shall
indemnify and hold the Purchaser harmless against any Damages in respect of) any and all sales,
use, value added, stamp, documentary, filing, recording, transfer or similar fees or Taxes, UCC-3
filing fees, UCC, DOT, real estate and title recording or filing fees and other amounts payable in
respect of transfer filings) as levied by any Governmental Entity in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement (collectively, the “Transfer Taxes”). The
Purchaser agrees to provide the Seller with any Exemption Certificate reasonably requested by the
Seller. The Seller hereby agrees to file all necessary documents (including all Tax Returns) with
respect to
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all such amounts in a timely manner. The Seller agrees to utilize its sales or use Tax
credits relating to the Purchased Assets to minimize the Transfer Taxes.
Section 5.15. Records.
(a) The Purchaser recognizes that certain records may contain incidental information relating
to Subsidiaries or divisions of the Seller other than the Purchased Assets and that the Seller may
retain copies of the relevant portions thereof. All information relating to the Purchased Assets
retained by the Seller pursuant to the foregoing sentence shall be subject to, and the Seller shall
hold all such information in confidence in accordance with, the provisions of the Amended and
Restated Program Agreement.
(b) Until the termination of the Program (as defined in the Amended and Restated Program
Agreement) in accordance with the Amended and Restated Program Agreement, the Seller agrees to keep
confidential all nonpublic information in its possession regarding the Purchased Assets (including
any information made available to the Seller pursuant to Section 5.15(a));
provided, however, that each the Seller shall not be required to maintain as
confidential any information that (i) is or becomes generally available to the public other than as
a result of a disclosure by the Seller, (ii) is or becomes available to the Seller or any of its
Affiliates on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Purchaser or its Affiliates,
provided, however, that the source of such information is not known by the Seller
or any of its Affiliates to be bound by a confidentiality agreement with the Purchaser or any of
its Affiliates or other contractual, legal or fiduciary obligation of confidentiality to the
Purchaser or any of its Affiliates with respect to such material, (iii) has been independently
acquired or developed by the Seller or any of its representatives without violating any of the
provisions of this Agreement, (iv) was available to the Seller or any of its Affiliates on a
non-confidential basis prior to its disclosure by the Purchaser or any of its Affiliates or (v) is
required to be disclosed pursuant to the terms of an Order by a Governmental Entity or any other
legal requirement.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein or in any other agreement to
which the parties hereto are parties or by which they are bound, the obligations of confidentiality
contained herein and therein, as they relate to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
(the “Transaction”), shall not apply to the tax structure or tax treatment of the
Transaction, and each party hereto (and any employee, representative, or agent of any party hereto)
may disclose to any and all persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax structure and tax
treatment of the Transaction and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax
analysis) that are provided to such party relating to such tax treatment and tax structure;
provided, however, that such disclosure shall not include the name (or other
identifying information not relevant to the tax structure or tax treatment) of any person and shall
not include information for which nondisclosure is reasonably necessary in order to comply with
applicable securities laws.
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Section 5.16. Bulk Transfer Laws. The Purchaser acknowledges that the Seller has not
complied with the provisions of any “bulk transfer law” of any jurisdiction in connection with the
sale of the Purchased Assets to the Purchaser.
Section 5.17. Access to Facilities. From and after the Closing, the Purchaser will be
given access to the facilities of the Seller such that the Purchaser will have access to (a) the
original Purchased Financing Contract and (b) all books, records and documents in respect of the
Purchased Assets, the Securitization Documents and the Securitization Transactions.
Section 5.18. [Intentionally Omitted].
Section 5.19. Delivery of Closing Portfolio Tape. No later than five (5) days after
the date hereof, the Purchaser shall prepare and deliver to the Seller the Closing Date Portfolio
Tape. The parties shall re-execute and deliver, no later than nine (9) days after the date hereof,
the Bills of Sale (originally executed and delivered pursuant to Sections 2.04(a)(i) and
2.04(b)(ii)(A)) with such Closing Portfolio Tape attached thereto.
Section 5.20. Enforcement of Liens. Neither the Seller nor any of its Affiliates
shall enforce against the Purchaser (or any of its Affiliates) any workers’, mechanics’,
suppliers’, carriers’, warehousemen’s or other similar liens held by or for the benefit of the
Seller or its Affiliates existing as of the date hereof on any Portfolio Property.
Section 5.21. [Intentionally Omitted].
Section 5.22. [Intentionally Omitted].
Section 5.23. [Intentionally Omitted].
Section 5.24. Allocations. With respect to the periodic minimum lease payment due to
the Seller from an Obligor pursuant to any Purchased Financing Contract, the allocation as between
the amount allocable to the use of the Portfolio Property related thereto, on the one hand, and the
amount allocable to the service and maintenance of such Portfolio Property (including the related
Equipment Service Obligations), on the other, that is reflected in the Final Adjusted Closing
Schedule shall be final and binding on the Purchaser and the Seller for the calculation of the
Purchase Price.
Section 5.25. [Intentionally Omitted].
Section 5.26. Recourse Obligations. Upon the failure of the Purchaser to receive any
amounts due from an Obligor pursuant to a Purchased Financing Contract set forth on Schedule
3.18(b) (each, a “Historic Exception Contract”), the Purchaser shall have recourse to
the Seller for such amount and the Seller shall indemnify and hold harmless the Purchaser for such
amount, consistent with the past practices of the Seller with respect to such recourse, in each
case, for the term of such Historic Exception Contract.
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Section 5.27. Payment of Indemnified Items; Eligible Repayment Items.
(a) With respect to any Purchased Financing Contract identified as an “NCRT” on Schedule
5.27, the Seller agrees, absolutely and unconditionally, to pay to the Purchaser on the payment
dates scheduled in the IKONICS system on the date hereof (and in no event later than the last day
of the month), commencing after the date hereof, the amounts set forth in the schedule of cash
flows attached hereto as Part 1 of Schedule 5.27 with respect to such month, regardless of
(x) whether or not there shall exist an enforceable payment obligation in respect of any such
amounts against the Obligor in respect of such Purchased Financing Contract, (y) whether or not the
Seller shall have received payment in respect thereof from the Obligor in respect of such Purchased
Financing Contract, or (z) any other reason. In the event the Seller fails to make a scheduled
payment in accordance with the preceding sentence (except to the extent that the Purchaser could
have caused such payment to be timely made by exercise of its offset right pursuant to Section
5.27(b)), the Purchaser shall be entitled to (and the Seller shall pay to the Purchaser)
interest on any such unpaid amount at the Settlement Rate as from time to time in effect for the
period from the date of breach to and including the date on which such payment is made (calculated
on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may
be); provided that in the event of a termination of the Amended and Restated Program
Agreement for any reason prior to payment in full of the amounts reflected on Part 1 of
Schedule 5.27, the aggregate unpaid balance reflected on such Schedule shall immediately
become due and payable and the Seller shall immediately pay all such amounts. No event with
respect to a Purchased Financing Contract listed on Part 2 of Schedule 5.27 shall be deemed
to result in a write-off of a Financing Contract eligible to be applied to the notional loss pool
established pursuant to Section 10.6 of the Amended and Restated Program Agreement.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or in the Amended and Restated
Program Agreement, and without limiting any other remedy available at law or in equity, the parties
hereto acknowledge and agree that Purchaser shall be entitled to exercise rights of offset against
any amounts otherwise payable to Seller by the Purchaser or GE Capital Information Technology
Solutions, Inc. under the Amended and Restated Program Agreement or any GE Operative Agreement in
satisfaction of any unpaid amounts owing by Seller to Purchaser under Section 5.27(a).
Section 5.28. Securitization Matters. With respect to securitization matters, the
parties have made the additional agreements and covenants set forth in Exhibit F to this
Agreement.
Section 5.29. Shared Collections. Commencing on the date hereof, General Electric
Capital Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“GE Capital”), shall have no further
obligations to the Seller pursuant to Section 5.30 of the Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of
December 10, 2003 (as amended) by and among GE Capital, Seller and IOS Capital, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company.
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ARTICLE VII
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ARTICLE VIII
GENERAL
Section 8.01. Amendments. This Agreement may be amended, modified, superseded or
canceled, and any of the terms, covenants, representations, warranties or conditions hereof may be
waived, only by an instrument in writing signed by each of the parties hereto or, in the case of a
waiver, by or on behalf of the party waiving compliance.
Section 8.02. Integrated Contract. This Agreement, and any written amendments to this
Agreement satisfying the requirements of Section 8.01, together with the Ancillary
Agreements: (i) constitute the entire agreement between the Seller and the Purchaser with respect
to the subject matter hereof or thereof, and (ii) supersede and replace all correspondence,
understandings and communications between the parties hereto with respect to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. In the event of any conflict between this Agreement and any
conveyancing or assumption document delivered pursuant to this Agreement, the terms of this
Agreement shall govern and control.
Section 8.03. Governing Law. This Agreement and the legal relations between the
parties hereto arising thereunder shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the Laws of
the State of New York, without regard to the principles regarding the choice of Law.
Section 8.04. Notices. Any notices or other communications required or permitted
hereunder shall be sufficiently given if sent by registered mail or certified mail, postage
prepaid, by overnight courier service, or by telecopy or other written form of electronic
communication:
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If to the Seller, at:
IKON OFFICE SOLUTIONS, INC.
00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: General Counsel
00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: General Counsel
with a copy to:
CRAVATH, SWAINE & XXXXX LLP
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Esq.
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Esq.
and if to the Purchaser, at:
GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION
00 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: General Counsel
00 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: General Counsel
and
GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION
000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: General Counsel, GE Commercial Finance
000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: General Counsel, GE Commercial Finance
with a copy to:
WEIL, GOTSHAL & XXXXXX LLP
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxx XxXxxxxx, Esq.
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxx XxXxxxxx, Esq.
or to such other address as shall be furnished in writing by the Purchaser (on the one hand) or the
Seller (on the other hand), to the other, and any such notice or communication shall be deemed to
have been given as of the date so mailed, dispatched or transmitted (except that a notice of change
of address shall not be deemed to have been given until received by the addressee). Failure or
delay in delivering any notice, demand, request, consent, approval, declaration or other
communication to any Person designated
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to receive a copy thereof shall in no way adversely affect the effectiveness of such notice,
demand, request, consent, approval, declaration or other communication.
Section 8.05. No Assignment. This Agreement may not be assigned, except by operation
of law; provided, however, that (i) the Purchaser may assign its rights hereunder
to one or more of its Affiliates and (ii) the Purchaser may assign its rights, but not its
obligations, hereunder to any Person in connection with (A) any securitization or assignment of the
Purchased Financing Contracts or (B) any other transfer or sale of any of the Purchased Assets;
provided, further, that under no circumstances shall the Purchaser assign or
otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder to any Person listed on Schedule
1.01(c) without the prior written consent of the Seller, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, no assignment otherwise permitted
hereunder shall, without the written consent of the Seller, relieve the Purchaser from any of its
liabilities hereunder.
Section 8.06. Headings. The descriptive headings of the several Articles and Sections
of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a part of this Agreement.
Section 8.07. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement, and shall become
effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each party hereto and delivered to the
other parties hereto.
Section 8.08. Announcements. The Purchaser and the Seller agree to consult with each
other prior to issuing any press release or otherwise making any public statement with respect to
the transactions contemplated hereby, and shall not issue any such press release or make any such
public statement prior to such consultation and without the prior consent of the other parties
(which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), except as may be required by any Law
or pursuant to any listing agreement with any securities exchange or any stock exchange
regulations.
Section 8.09. Severability. If at any time subsequent to the date hereof, any
provision of this Agreement shall be held by any court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal,
void or unenforceable, such provision shall be of no force and effect, but the illegality or
unenforceability of such provision shall have no effect upon, and shall not impair the
enforceability of, any other provision of this Agreement.
Section 8.10. Binding Effect. This Agreement and the covenants, terms and conditions
set forth herein shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and
their respective successors and permitted assigns.
Section 8.11. Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY
AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHTS IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION
BASED HEREON, OR ARISING OUT OF, UNDER, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY EXHIBIT
HERETO, OR ANY
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COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALING OR STATEMENTS (WHETHER VERBAL OR WRITTEN) RELATING TO THE
FOREGOING. THIS PROVISION IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR THE PARTIES HERETO TO ENTER INTO THIS
AGREEMENT.
Section 8.12. Exclusive Jurisdiction. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this
Agreement, the parties hereto agree that any Action seeking to enforce any provision of, or based
on any matter arising out of or in connection with, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated
hereby shall be brought in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
or any other New York State court sitting in New York City, and each of the parties hereby consents
to the jurisdiction of such courts (and of the appropriate appellate courts therefrom) in any such
Action and irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, any objection which it may
now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such Action in any such court or that any
such Action which is brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Each
party agrees that service of process on such party as provided in Section 8.04 shall be
deemed effective service of process on such party. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in
this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, each party shall submit at all times to personal
jurisdiction in the State of New York.
Section 8.13. No Third Party Beneficiary. This Agreement is not intended and shall
not be construed to confer upon any Person other than the parties hereto any rights or remedies
hereunder except that the parties hereto agree and acknowledge that the agreements and covenants
contained in Section 5.04 are, subject to Article VIII, intended for the benefit of the
Indemnitees referred to therein (each such Person, a “Third Party Beneficiary”), and that,
subject to Article VIII, each such Indemnitee, although not a party to this Agreement, shall be and
is hereby constituted a direct and irrevocable third party beneficiary of the agreements and
covenants contained in Section 5.04 and shall have the right to enforce such agreements and
covenants against the applicable party thereto in all respects fully and to the same extent as if
such Third Party Beneficiary were a party hereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement
(including Section 5.04) may be amended or waived by the Purchaser and the Seller at any
time and from time to time in accordance with Section 8.01 and any such amendment or waiver
shall be fully effective with respect to the rights of the Third Party Beneficiaries under
Section 5.04.
Section 8.14. Expenses. Except as otherwise specifically set forth in this Agreement,
the Seller and the Purchaser will each be responsible for the payment of its own costs and expenses
incurred in connection with the negotiations leading up to, and the performance of, their
respective obligations pursuant to this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Agreement to be executed on its
behalf by its officers or representatives thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above
written.
GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION | |||||
By: | |||||
Name: | |||||
Title: | |||||
IKON OFFICE SOLUTIONS, INC. | |||||
By: | |||||
Name: | |||||
Title: |
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EXHIBIT A
DEFINITIONS
“Accounting Principles” shall mean the accounting principles (including accounting
methods, practices and procedures) set forth on Exhibit E.
“Acquired ABS Assets” shall mean all right, title and interest to and under the
leases, and the equipment subject to the leases, owned by any Purchased ABS Entity.
“Acquiring Entity” shall mean any Affiliate of the Purchaser designated by the
Purchaser to acquire all or any portion of the Purchased Assets and/or assume all or any portion of
the Assumed Liabilities.
“Action” shall mean any action, complaint, investigation, petition, suit or other
proceeding, whether civil, criminal or administrative or in law or in equity, before any arbitrator
or Governmental Entity.
“Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common
control with, such Person.
“Agreed Warranty” means (a) with respect to GECITS’ interest in any Purchased
Financing Contract, that GECITS is transferring good and valid title to such interest free and
clear of all liens (other than those arising through Seller or its Affiliates), (b) with respect to
GECITS’ interest in any Equipment, that GECITS is transferring to Seller such title thereto as
Seller conveyed to GECITS under this Agreement, free and clear of all liens arising through GECITS
after the date of transfer with respect thereto (other than (i) any lien for taxes not yet due and
payable, (ii) any mechanic’s or materialmen’s lien, which a lessee or borrower under the related
Financing Contract is required to remove, (iii) any other lien on the lessee’s or borrower’s
interest in such Equipment which is permitted in accordance with the terms of the applicable
Financing Contract, (iv) with respect to the Equipment, the interest of a Customer under the
related Financing Contract, (v) any grant of an interest in or right to purchase such Equipment to
the related Customer (or any Affiliate thereof) in connection with the related Financing Contract,
(vi) any liens arising through the related Customer (or any Affiliate thereof), or (vii) any
agreement to transfer Equipment in connection with any foreclosure or repossession, and/or
remarketing, thereof) and (c) with respect to the equity interests in the ABS Entities, (i) that
GECITS is transferring good and valid title to such equity interest to Seller free and clear of all
liens (other than those arising through Seller or its Affiliates) and (ii) each of the
representations and warranties set forth on Annex D to the Amended and Restated Program
Agreement.
“Agreement” shall mean this Asset Purchase Agreement, including the Schedules and
Exhibits attached hereto and made a part hereof, as the same may be amended, restated or otherwise
modified from time to time in accordance with the provisions hereof.
“Ambac” mean AMBAC Assurance Corporation.
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“Amended and Restated Program Agreement” shall mean the Amended and Restated Program
Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Purchaser, GECITS and the Seller.
“Amendment Agreements” shall mean (i) the Amended and Restated Program Agreement, (ii)
the Servicing Agreements Side Letter and (iii) the Securitization Agreements.
“Ancillary Agreements” shall mean (i) the Amendment Agreements, and (ii) the Bills of
Sale.
“Assumed Liabilities” shall mean (i) the liabilities and obligations of the Seller
required to be paid or performed by the Seller pursuant to the Purchased Financing Contracts, and
(ii) the liabilities and obligations of the Seller required to be paid or performed by the Seller
pursuant to any Derivative Agreement included on Schedule 1.01(b); provided, however, that
the liabilities and obligations described in the foregoing clause (i) shall be Assumed Liabilities
only if they arise out of, result from, are based on or relate to the period from and after the
Closing and do not arise out of, result from, are based on or relate to any breach or
non-compliance by the Seller or any of its predecessors under any contract or agreement described
therein.
“Authorization” shall mean any domestic or foreign, federal, state, provincial, local
or other governmental or other quasi-governmental consent, license, permit, grant, authorization or
approval, including any consent, license, permit, grant, authorization or approval of any agency,
instrumentality or subdivision of the foregoing.
“Bankruptcy Exception” shall mean, in respect of any agreement, contract or
commitment, any limitation thereon imposed by any bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance,
reorganization, moratorium or similar Law affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally and,
with respect to the enforceability of any agreement, contract or commitment, by general principles
of equity, including principles of commercial reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing
(regardless of whether enforcement is sought in an Action at law or in equity).
“Bills of Sale” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.04(a)(i).
“Business Day” shall mean any day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or other day on
which banks are required or authorized by Law to be closed in the City of New York.
“Capital Stock” shall mean any and all shares, interests, participations or other
equivalents (however designated) or capital stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent
ownership interests in a Person (other than a corporation), and any and all warrants or options to
purchase any of the foregoing.
“Closing” shall mean the effective time of the sale of the Purchased Assets, which for
all purposes shall be 5:00 p.m. local time in New York, New York on
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April 1, 2006, and “day of the Closing” and “Closing Date” shall be deemed to
mean such day.
“Closing Date Schedule” shall mean the schedule of assets acquired and liabilities
assumed reflecting the Purchased Assets and the Assumed Liabilities and the respective amounts
thereof, in each case determined as of the Closing, and the notes and schedules, if any, thereto,
prepared in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.05, including those pertaining to
the resolution of the disputes with respect thereto.
“Closing Portfolio Tape” shall mean the computer disk, computer tape or other computer
format delivered pursuant to Section 5.19 setting forth, as of the date hereof, the
Portfolio Information for each Purchased Financing Contract.
“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“Contractual Obligation” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any written or oral
contract, agreement, deed, mortgage, lease, license, commitment, guaranty, indenture, undertaking,
arrangement or understanding or other document or instrument (but excluding the certificate of
incorporation, by-laws or other similar constituent documents of such Person), to which or by which
such Person is a party or otherwise subject or bound, or to which or by which any property or right
of such Person is subject or bound.
“Credit Enhancement” shall mean any Property pledged, assigned, mortgaged, made,
delivered or transferred as security for the performance of any obligation under or with respect to
any Purchased Financing Contract.
“Damages” shall mean any loss (including liquidated damages), liability, judgment,
settlement, award (including back-pay awards), claim, cost, damage, deficiency, Tax, penalty, fine
or expense, whether or not arising out of third party claims (including interest, penalties,
reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, court costs and all reasonable out-of-pocket amounts paid
in investigation, defense or settlement of any of the foregoing and enforcement of any rights of
indemnification against any Indemnitor or with respect to any appeal). “Damages” shall not
include Special Damages (other than any Special Damages required to be paid by a Purchaser
Indemnified Party or a Seller Indemnified Party to any Person (other than to a party to this
Agreement or any of its Affiliates), which Special Damages shall be deemed to be direct losses of
the Person required to pay such Special Damages).
“Derivatives Agreements” shall mean all (i) interest rate swaps, caps, floors,
collars, option agreements, futures and forward contracts and other similar interest rate risk
management arrangements and interest rate insurance, and (ii) foreign exchange contracts, currency
swap or option agreements, forward contracts, commodity swaps, purchase or option contracts,
“principal-only” strip swap contracts and other similar contracts or arrangements that, in each
case, are designed to alter the risks of any Person arising from fluctuations in interest rates or
currency values.
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“Documentation” shall mean any forms of leases, conditional sales contracts, notes,
security agreements, guarantees, financing statements and other documents or instruments necessary
for, or used in connection with, the origination, ownership, operation, servicing, lease or use of
the Purchased Assets or the Acquired ABS Assets.
“Dollars” and the sign “$” each shall mean the lawful money of the United
States of America.
“Draft Closing Statements” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.05(a)(iii).
“Encumbrance” shall mean any title defect, conflicting or adverse claim of ownership,
mortgage, security interest, lien, pledge, claim, right of first refusal, option, charge, deed
restriction, reservation, lease, order, decree, judgment, stipulation, settlement, attachment,
objection or any other encumbrance of any nature whatsoever, whether or not perfected.
“Environmental Law” shall mean any domestic or foreign, federal, state or local
statute, legally binding rule, regulation or ordinance pertaining to the protection of human health
and safety or the environment, including the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,
and Liability Act (“CERCLA”) (42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq.), the Hazardous
Material Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. § 1801 et seq.), the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act (33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
(42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq.), the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. § 7401 et
seq.), the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq.) and the
Occupational Safety and Health Act (29 U.S.C. § 651 et seq.), (to the extent it
relates to occupational exposure to Hazardous Materials) all as now or hereafter amended or
supplemented, and the regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, and judicial interpretations
thereof, as well as equitable or common law rights of action related thereto.
“Equipment Service Obligations” shall mean any equipment or software service,
maintenance, warranty, image management commitment or other similar obligations of the Seller
contained in any Financing Contract or any Old Facilities Management Contract.
“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Exchange Act Rules” shall mean the rules and regulations promulgated under the
Exchange Act.
“Excluded Assets” shall mean all assets of the Seller other than the Purchased Assets,
including without limitation, (i) all Public Sector Financing Contracts in respect of which a
United States federal Governmental Entity is the Obligor, (ii) all agreements, contracts,
arrangements or commitments of the Seller with any Person for the provision, administration or
service of collateral protection insurance in respect of
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any Portfolio Property, (iii) all payments received by the Purchaser from any Obligor related
to property and ad valorem Taxes allocable to the Seller pursuant to Section 5.03(b), (iv)
payment from any Obligor, to the extent in respect of the performance of the Equipment Service
Obligations under any Purchased Financing Contract, (v) any equipment in respect of a Financing
Contract that is cancelled or terminated prior to the date hereof and is not in automatic renewal
in accordance with its terms on the date hereof, (vi) Financing Contracts in respect of which the
Obligor thereunder has, on or prior to closing, (A) an express right to consent to the transfer by
the Seller of all or any portion of such Financing Contract and (B) indicated to IKON or its
Affiliates that it does not or will not consent to the transfer of all or any portion of such
Financing Contract to the Purchaser in accordance with this Agreement (together with the Equipment
subject thereto), (vii) all Derivatives Agreements of the Seller (other than as set forth on
Schedule 1.01(b)) and (viii) the Financing Contracts set forth on Schedule 1.01(e).
“Excluded Liabilities” shall mean any and all liabilities and obligations of any
nature whatsoever (accrued, contingent, matured or unmatured) of the Seller, other than Assumed
Liabilities including, without limitation, liabilities and obligations of the Seller (i) under this
Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, or (ii) arising out of, resulting from, based on or relating
to (1) any agreements, contracts, commitments or guaranties in respect of any indebtedness for
borrowed monies of the Seller including all Derivatives Agreements (other than as set forth on
Schedule 1.01(b)), (2) any Taxes of the Seller, (3) any Excluded Asset, (4) any violation
of any applicable Law by the Seller with respect to the Purchased Assets or the Acquired ABS
Assets, or by the Seller or any Purchased ABS Entity with respect to the Securitization
Transactions, on or prior to the Closing, (5) any Action (including any counterclaims or
cross-claims) or Remedial Action, relating to (x) the Seller, any Purchased Assets or any Acquired
ABS Assets, in each case arising out of or based upon or with respect to any event or circumstance
occurring on or prior to the Closing and not arising out of or based upon any action or omission of
the Purchaser or any of its Affiliates (other than any action that Purchaser is required or
permitted to take under, or any inaction permitted by, the IKON Retained Business Servicing
Agreement, dated as of March 31, 2004 (as amended), between the Seller and the Purchaser), or (y)
the billing and collection following the Closing of any Purchased Financing Contracts in accordance
with their written terms, to the extent such Action relates to, arises out of or derives from any
violation, on or prior to the Closing, of any applicable Law by the Seller with respect to the
Purchased Assets or the Acquired ABS Assets, or by the Seller or any Purchased ABS Entity with
respect to the Securitization Transactions, whether or not, in the case of either of the foregoing
clause (x) or (y), such Action is pending or threatened on the date hereof, and whether brought,
made or instigated by any Governmental Entity or any private Person, (6) any mechanics’ or
materialmen’s lien, xxxxxx or inchoate, existing on or prior to the Closing on tangible property
constituting Purchased Assets other than Portfolio Property, (7) any breach or non-compliance of
the Seller at any time at or prior to the Closing under any agreement, contract, arrangement or
commitment, (8) any Taxes of any Purchased ABS Entity for any period or portion thereof ending on
or prior to the date hereof, (9) any Equipment Service Obligations, and (10) any servicing or
administration of a Financing Contract
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sold, assigned or otherwise transferred on or prior to the
Closing by the Seller to any Person (other than the Purchased ABS Entities).
“Exemption Certificate” shall mean a form or statement from a customer of the Seller
indicating that the transaction covered by a Purchased Financing Contract is exempt from any sales,
use or similar Tax.
“Final Adjusted Closing Date Schedule” shall mean a schedule of assets acquired and
liabilities assumed prepared by adjusting the Closing Date Schedule in accordance with the
provisions of Sections 5.05(a)(ii) and 5.05(a)(iii) to give effect to the Special
Adjustments and Section 5.05(a)(iv) pertaining to the resolution of the disputes with
respect thereto.
“Final Closing Statements” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.05(a)(iv).
“Financial Statements” shall mean each of (i) the audited financial statements of the
Seller contained in the annual report of the Seller on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
September 30, 2005, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”)
prior to the date hereof and (ii) the unaudited financial statements of the Seller contained in
each quarterly report of Seller on Form 10-Q filed by the Seller with the Commission prior to the
date hereof and, in each case, with respect to periods after September 30, 2005.
“Financing Contract” shall mean any contract (including any schedule or amendment
thereto or assignment, assumption, renewal or novation thereof), any ancillary agreements relating
thereto, in the form of (i) a lease of or rental agreement with respect to Property, (ii) a sale
contract (including an installment sale contract or conditional sale agreement) arising out of the
sale of Property, (iii) a secured or unsecured financing of Property or (iv) a secured or unsecured
loan, and in each case, with respect to which: (A) the Seller or any Purchased ABS Entity is the
lessor, seller, lender, secured party or obligee (whether initially or as an assignee), or (B) such
contract is between an obligor, on the one hand, and a lessor, seller, obligee, secured party or
assignee of any of the foregoing, on the other hand, and (1) would be a Financing Contract if the
Seller or any Purchased ABS Entity were the lessor, seller, obligee, secured party or assignee of
any of the foregoing thereunder and (2) with respect to which the Seller or any Purchased ABS
Entity is an assignee of the revenues or claims with respect thereto; provided,
however, that “Financing Contract” shall not include any Securitization Document or
Syndication Agreement.
“GAAP” shall mean United States generally accepted accounting principles and
practices.
“GECITS” shall mean GE Capital Information Technology Solutions, Inc., a California
corporation.
“GE Operative Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Amended and
Restated Program Agreement.
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“Governmental Entity” shall mean any domestic or foreign federal, state, provincial,
local, county or municipal government, governmental, judicial, regulatory or
administrative agency, department, commission, board, bureau, court or other authority or
instrumentality.
“Hazardous Materials” shall mean any material or substance which is defined as a
“hazardous waste,” “hazardous material,” “hazardous substance,” “restricted hazardous waste,”
“contaminant,” “pollutant,” “toxic waste” or “toxic substance” or otherwise regulated pursuant to
any provision of Environmental Law.
“Historic Exception Contract” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.26.
“Indemnification Event” shall mean any Third Party Action for which a Person is
entitled to indemnification under this Agreement.
“Indemnitee” shall mean the person who is entitled to indemnity pursuant to the terms
of this Agreement.
“Indemnitor” shall mean the indemnifying person in the case of any obligation to
indemnify pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
“Information Letter” shall mean the letter, dated as of the date hereof, from the
Purchaser to the Seller.
“Initial Payment” shall mean $193,465,000.
“Interim Purchase Price” shall mean an amount equal to (i) the aggregate book value of
the Purchased Assets minus (ii) the aggregate amount of the Assumed Liabilities, in each
case as reflected on the Interim Balance Sheet plus (iii) the Premium.
“IRS” shall mean the United States Internal Revenue Service.
“Knowledge”, or “knowledge” or any similar expression, as it applies to any of
the Seller, shall mean the knowledge which any (i) director, officer, vice president or senior vice
president of the Seller or (ii) individual set forth on Schedule 1.01(a), in each case, has
or ought to have in the prudent exercise of that individual’s duties, after due inquiry, as
applicable.
“Law” shall mean any statute, rule, regulation, code, Order, constitution, ordinance,
common law, standard, limitation, compliance schedule, written direction, request or treaty,
whether legislatively, judicially, administratively or otherwise promulgated, of any Governmental
Entity.
“Material Adverse Effect” shall mean a material adverse effect on the ownership,
collection, enforcement, value or administration of the Purchased Assets and the Acquired ABS
Assets, taken as a whole, or any event, circumstance or occurrence which would reasonably be
expected to have any such material adverse effect, other than
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any change to the extent resulting from (i) any event, occurrence, state of facts or development generally affecting the industries in
which the business of the Seller (with respect to the Purchased Assets or the Acquired ABS Assets) operates (other than changes,
effects, occurrences or developments specifically relating to or having a disproportionate effect
on the Purchased Assets or the Acquired ABS Assets taken as a whole) or (ii) any actions
specifically permitted or required to be taken or omitted to be taken pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement.
“Monetary Settlement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.04(g)(vi)(B).
“Non-Assumable Claim” shall mean any Indemnification Event in which one or more of the
following legal theories have been asserted: (i) violations by any Purchaser Indemnified Party or
the Seller of (A) any criminal Law, or (B) RICO (the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations
Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961-1968) or any state or federal Laws relating to securities, antitrust or
competition (or any comparable foreign Laws), or (ii) fraud by any Purchaser Indemnified Party or
the Seller (with respect to the Purchased Assets or Acquired ABS Assets) other than allegations of
fraud by an Obligor arising out of ordinary course enforcement and collection disputes.
“Non-Assumable Claim Offer” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.04(g)(vi)(B).
“Obligor” shall mean any Person that is an obligor, borrower or lessee under any
Financing Contract.
“Old Facilities Management Contract” shall mean a single agreement that is billed,
collected and otherwise serviced by Seller and whereby (i) the Seller agrees to provide any
equipment or software service, maintenance, warranty, image management commitment or other similar
services to a customer and (ii) the customer agrees to lease equipment from the Seller, in
consideration for one fixed minimum monthly fee plus additional variable charges.
“Order” shall mean any decree, injunction, judgment, order, ruling, assessment or
writ.
“Original Equipment Cost” shall mean, with respect to any item of Portfolio Property,
the original cost of such Portfolio Property as established on the books and records of the Seller
at the inception of the related Financing Contract.
“Permitted Encumbrance” shall mean (i) any Encumbrance for Taxes not yet due and
payable or any Taxes that may thereafter be paid without penalty to the extent such Taxes have been
reserved against on the Final Adjusted Closing Date Schedule, (ii) any mechanic’s or materialmen’s
lien on Portfolio Property that an Obligor is required to remove (other than any such Liens in
favor of the Seller), (iii) any mechanic’s or materialmen’s lien on tangible property other than
Portfolio Property, (iv) in the case of any Portfolio Property, any Encumbrance created by the
related Purchased Financing Contract, (v) any other Encumbrance on the Obligor’s interest in
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any Portfolio Property which is specifically permitted in accordance with the terms of the related
Purchased Financing Contract and which does not materially affect the value of the Portfolio Property subject to such Encumbrance, or (vi) in the case of the Acquired ABS
Assets, the Encumbrances created by the Securitization Documents.
“Person” shall mean any individual, partnership, firm, corporation, limited liability
company, association, trust, unincorporated organization, Governmental Entity or other entity, as
well as any syndicate or group that would be deemed to be a person under Section 13(d)(3) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
“Portfolio Information” shall mean the information of the type set forth on
Schedule 3.06(b).
“Portfolio Property” shall mean Property with respect to which the Seller or any
Purchased ABS Entity is the lessor, seller or secured party, as the case may be, pursuant to the
terms of a Purchased Financing Contract (whether initially or as an assignee).
“Portfolio Tape” shall mean the computer disk, computer tape or other computer format
delivered to Purchaser setting forth, as of February 28, 2006, the Portfolio Information for each
Purchased Financing Contract.
“Premium” shall mean the sum of (a) product of (i) 0.0225 multiplied
by (ii) the excess of (A) the aggregate book value of all Purchased Financing Contracts
(other than any Purchased Financing Contract (x) the stated contractual term of which has expired
on or prior to the date hereof or (y) in respect of which the final equipment lease or rental
payment thereunder has been billed, in the ordinary course, on or prior to the date hereof),
discounted to reflect the increase in the 2-year swap rate between January 6, 2006 and the date
hereof, minus (B) the aggregate book value of any personal property Tax or ad valorem
reimbursement payments due or to become due in respect of such Purchased Financing Contracts,
minus (C) the aggregate book value of any payments billed and due, as of the date hereof,
in respect of such Purchased Financing Contracts, minus (D) the aggregate book value of any
and all Purchased Financing Contracts in respect of which the Obligors thereunder have been subject
to a bankruptcy or similar proceeding during the term of such Financing Contracts and have not, in
connection with such proceedings, reaffirmed their respective obligations with respect to such
Financing Contracts as of the date hereof, in case of each of the amounts referred to in clauses
(A) (prior to giving effect to any discount referred to in such clause), (B), (C) and (D) as
reflected on the Final Adjusted Closing Date Schedule, plus (b) $50,000.
“Property” shall mean all property and assets of whatsoever nature including personal
property, whether tangible or intangible, and claims, rights and choses in action.
“Public Sector Financing Contract” shall mean any Financing Contract (including any
amendment thereto or any renewal, assignment, assumption or novation thereof) to which any
Governmental Entity is a party.
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“Purchase Price” shall mean the amount to be paid by the Purchaser to the Seller for
the Purchased Assets in accordance with Section 2.02.
“Purchased ABS Entities” shall mean IKON Receivables Funding, LLC and IKON
Receivables-2, LLC.
“Purchased Assets” shall mean (i) all Purchased Financing Contracts, the Credit
Enhancements and Portfolio Property held by Seller, all Capital Stock of the Purchased ABS Entities
and the Derivative Agreement included in Schedule 1.01(b), (ii) the right to receive any
payments from an Obligor in respect of any Purchased Financing Contract (including any Purchased
Financing Contract that has reached maturity on or prior to the date hereof and which the residual
in respect thereof has been reduced on the books and records of Seller to $0 (including any
payments received by any party in respect thereof and the right, title and interest in and to the
equipment subject thereto)), and (iii) restricted cash in respect of the Purchased ABS Entities;
provided, however, that in no event shall the Purchased Assets include any Excluded
Assets.
“Purchased Financing Contract” shall mean each Financing Contract set forth on the
Portfolio Tape (with such deletions thereto as are necessary to give effect to expirations or other
terminations of Financing Contracts set forth thereon between February 28, 2006 and the date
hereof), in each case, that is not an Excluded Asset.
“Purchaser” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Purchaser Indemnified Parties” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.04(a).
“Purchaser’s Accountants” shall mean KPMG LLP or any public accounting firm with
nationally recognized auditing expertise (other than the Seller’s Accountants), as selected by the
Purchaser.
“Purchaser Special Representations” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.04(g)(i).
“Qualifying Offer” shall mean (i) a written offer by a third party to compromise any
Non-Assumable Claims in respect of an Indemnification Event or (ii) an oral offer by a third party
to compromise any such Non-Assumable Claims in respect of an Indemnification Event that the
Purchaser, in its good faith judgment, determines to be a credible effort by the offering party to
compromise.
“Registration Statement” shall mean any registration statement filed prior to the date
hereof in respect of any Purchased ABS Entity.
“Release” shall mean any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, injection,
deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, or leaching into the outdoor environment of Hazardous
Materials.
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“Remedial Action” shall mean any action required by any Governmental Entity or
Environmental Law to (i) clean up, remove, treat or in any other way address any Hazardous
Material; (ii) prevent the Release of any Hazardous Material so it does not endanger or threaten to
endanger public health or welfare or the indoor or outdoor environment; or (iii) perform pre-remedial studies and investigations or post-remedial
monitoring and care.
“Residual” shall mean, with respect to any item of Portfolio Property, its estimated
value upon expiration of the Financing Contract to which it is subject, as determined by the Seller
and set forth on the Portfolio Tape.
“Risk Management Policy For Leasing” shall refer to the credit, underwriting and
collection policies of Seller as set forth in Schedule 3.19(a).
“Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Securities Act Rules” shall mean the rules and regulations promulgated under the
Securities Act.
“Securitization Agreements” shall mean: (i) the Purchased Securitization Assignment
and Assumption Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Seller, the Purchaser, IKON
Receivables Funding, Inc. and IKON Receivables-2, LLC, (ii) the Series 2002-1 Consent and Waiver,
dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Seller, the Purchaser, the Purchased ABS Entities,
BNY Midwest Trust Company, and Ambac, and (iii) the Series 2003-1 Consent and Waiver, dated as of
the date hereof, by and among the Seller, the Purchaser, the Purchased ABS Entities, BNY Midwest
Trust Company, and Ambac.
“Securitization Documents” shall mean the agreements set forth on Schedule
3.21(a) and each agreement and closing document to which the Seller or any Purchased ABS Entity
is or was a party in connection with any Securitization Transaction.
“Securitization Transaction” shall mean any transaction or series of transactions that
have been entered into by the Seller or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with, or reasonably
related to, a transaction or series of transactions in which the Seller or any of its Subsidiaries
has sold, conveyed, or otherwise transferred, or may sell, convey or otherwise transfer, pursuant
to a Securitization Document, to a Purchased ABS Entity, any “accounts”, “general intangibles”,
“instruments” or “chattel paper” (as such terms are defined in the Uniform Commercial Code), in
each case whether now existing or arising in the future.
“Selected Accounting Firm” shall mean a public accounting firm with nationally
recognized auditing expertise, which shall be selected by Purchaser’s Accountants and Seller’s
Accountants to resolve a dispute arising pursuant to Section 5.05; provided,
however, that in no event shall the Selected Accounting Firm be the same accounting firm as
that of either the Sellers’ Accountants or the Purchaser’s Accountants.
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“Seller” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Seller Claims” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.06(b).
“Seller Indemnified Parties” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.04(e).
“Seller Liabilities” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.06(b).
“Seller Special Representations” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.04(b)(i).
“Seller’s Accountants” shall mean PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP or any public accounting
firm with nationally recognized auditing expertise (other than Purchaser’s Accountants), as
selected by the Seller.
“Seller’s Insurance Policies” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.06(b).
“Servicing Agreements Side Letter” shall mean the letter agreement, dated as of the
date hereof, by and among the Purchaser, GECITS and the Seller.
“Settlement Date” shall mean the fifth Business Day following the date of delivery of
the Final Adjusted Closing Date Schedule as provided in Section 5.05(a)(iv).
“Settlement Interest” shall mean, with respect to any Settlement Payment, the sum of
accrued interest on such Settlement Payment, calculated at the Settlement Rate as from time to time
in effect, for the period from the date hereof to and including the date upon which such Settlement
Payment is made (calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in a year of 365 or
366 days, as the case may be).
“Settlement Payment” shall mean an amount equal to the absolute value of the
difference between (i) the Initial Payment paid pursuant to Section 2.04(b)(i) and (ii) the
Purchase Price.
“Settlement Rate” shall mean, on any date, (i) with respect to the Settlement Payment,
the “target” federal funds rate reported in the “Money Rates” section of the Eastern Edition of The
Wall Street Journal published for such date. In the event The Wall Street Journal ceases
publication of such federal funds rate or fails on any particular date to publish such federal
funds rate, the Settlement Rate shall instead refer to the rate for the last transaction in
overnight federal funds arranged prior to such date by XX Xxxxxx Chase Bank.
“Special Adjustments” shall mean such adjustments to the Closing Date Schedule as
shall be necessary to (i) reflect all assets or liabilities, the existence of which are known on
the date the Purchaser’s Accountants complete the procedures contemplated by Section
5.05(a)(iv), and which, as of the date hereof, were assets or liabilities (as the case may be)
of a type properly to have been reflected on such Closing Date Schedule in accordance with
Section 5.05(a)(i) but which were not in fact reflected on such Closing Date Schedule,
including any asset or liability which was not reflected on the Closing
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Date Schedule because such assets or liabilities were not deemed to be material, (ii) remove any asset or liability which
should not have been reflected on such Closing Date Schedule in accordance with Section 5.05(a)(i) but was in fact reflected
thereon irrespective of whether such asset or liability is deemed not to be material, (iii) give
effect to any accounting principle, method, practice or procedure included in the Accounting
Principles that is not in accordance with GAAP, (iv) remove all intangible assets reflected on such
Closing Date Schedule, (v) eliminate any Excluded Assets or any Excluded Liabilities reflected on
such Closing Date Schedule, (vi) remove any assets that would be reflected on a balance sheet of
the Seller prepared in accordance with the Accounting Principles as “deferred lease costs” or
“deferred costs”, and (vii) reflect each Flex Lease in accordance with FAS 13 and 27.
“Special Damages” shall mean special, exemplary, consequential or punitive losses or
damages; provided, however, that “Special Damages” shall not include any
Damages relating to the failure of any Purchaser Indemnified Party to receive the amounts payable
in accordance with the terms of any Purchased Financing Contract.
“Specified Liabilities” shall mean any and all sales, use or other similar Taxes
required to be collected in respect of any Purchased Financing Contract during the 120 days after
the date hereof if (A) such Tax is not being collected by the Purchaser in respect of the Purchased
Financing Contract pursuant to its reliance on an applicable exemption from such Tax; (B) such
exemption from Tax is dependent upon receipt by the Seller of a properly executed Exemption
Certificate; and (C) within 120 days following the Closing, the Purchaser has notified the Seller
that a properly completed and executed Exemption Certificate is neither in the Purchaser’s existing
records or files nor is obtainable from the particular customer following reasonable commercial
efforts of the Purchaser to obtain such Exemption Certificate from the customer; provided
that a Tax shall be a Specified Liability only to the extent that the Purchaser is unable to
collect such Tax (on a current or retroactive basis) from the customer following reasonable
commercial efforts after such failed efforts to obtain an Exemption Certificate.
“State and Local Governmental Entity” shall mean a state, territory or possession of
the United States, or fully constituted political subdivision or agency of any of the foregoing, or
the District of Columbia.
“Subsidiary” shall mean, as to any Person, any other Person whose shares of Capital
Stock having ordinary voting power (other than Capital Stock having such power only by reason of
the happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the board of directors or similar governing
body of such other Person are owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly
or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such first Person.
“Syndication Agreements” shall mean any agreement, contract or other arrangement
(other than this Agreement, the Securitization Documents and the Financing Contracts) pursuant to
which any interest in any asset, right, interest or Property has been
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sold, transferred to or otherwise disposed of to any Person or Persons by the Seller including in an asset-backed
financing.
“Tax” (and, in the plural, “Taxes”) shall mean any domestic or foreign
federal, state, provincial or local taxes, charges, fees, levies, imposts, duties and governmental
fees or other like assessments or charges of any kind whatsoever, together with any interest or
penalty, addition to tax or additional amount imposed thereon, whether payable by reason of
contract, assumption, transferee liability, operation of law, Treasury Regulation Section
1.1502-6(a) (or any predecessor or successor thereof, or any analogous or similar provision under
law) or otherwise (including any income, net income, gross income, receipts, windfall profit,
severance, property, production, sales, use, license, excise, registration, franchise, employment,
payroll, withholding, alternative or add-on minimum, intangibles, ad valorem, transfer, gains,
stamp, estimated, transaction, title, capital, paid-up capital, profits, occupation, premium,
value-added, recording, real property, personal property, federal highway use, commercial rent or
environmental tax).
“Tax Certification” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.04(b)(iv).
“Tax Differential” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.04(b)(iv).
“Tax Director” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.04(b)(iv).
“Tax-Exempt Public Sector Financing Contract” shall mean a Public Sector Financing
Contract in respect of which the interest income received by the Seller is treated on its books and
records as exempt from federal income tax pursuant to Section 103 of the Code or any predecessor
thereof.
“Tax Return” shall mean any return, report or statement required to be filed with
respect to any Tax (including any attachments thereto, and any amendment thereof) including, but
not limited to, any information return, claim for refund, amended return or declaration of
estimated Tax, and including, where permitted or required, combined or consolidated returns for any
group of entities that includes the Seller.
“Third Party Action” shall mean any Action, assertion, allegation, complaint, cause of
action, demand, suit, proceeding, notice of actual or potential liability or responsibility, claim
for reimbursement or contribution, order, judgment, injunction, request or demand under claim of
authority to take action or refrain from taking action, Encumbrance, proceeding in condemnation,
execution upon judgment, or other claim, in each case, by a Person (other than a Purchaser
Indemnified Party or a Seller Indemnified Party) against any Purchaser Indemnified Party or any
Seller Indemnified Party, as the case may be.
“Third Party Beneficiary” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.13.
“Transfer Taxes” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.14.
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EXHIBIT B
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
OF THE SELLER
OF THE SELLER
Section 3.01. Organization and Good Standing.
(a) Each of the Seller and each Purchased ABS Entity (i) is duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the Laws of its jurisdiction of organization, (ii) has the requisite
power (x) to own and lease its Property and (y) except for such franchises, licenses, permits,
authorizations and approvals the lack of which, individually or in the aggregate, would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, to carry on its business as now being
conducted and (iii) is duly qualified to conduct business and is in good standing as a foreign
Person in all jurisdictions in which the character or location of the Property owned or leased by
it or the nature of the business conducted by it requires such authorization or qualification,
except where the failure to be so qualified or authorized has not and would not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. True and correct copies of the certificate of
incorporation (or equivalent document), including all amendments thereto through the date hereof,
and the by-laws (or equivalent document), as in effect on the date hereof, of each of the Seller
and each Purchased ABS Entity have previously been provided to the Purchaser by the Seller.
Section 3.02. Corporate Authority. The Seller has all requisite power and authority
to execute and deliver, and to perform its obligations under, this Agreement, each Ancillary
Agreement and the other documents to be executed and delivered by it pursuant hereto or thereto.
Each of this Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements and the other documents to be executed and
delivered by the Seller pursuant hereto or thereto has been duly authorized by all necessary action
and has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and is the valid and binding obligation of
the Seller, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement thereof may
be limited by the Bankruptcy Exception.
Section 3.03. No Conflicts. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.03, neither
the execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement, any Ancillary Agreement or any other
document to be executed and delivered by the Seller in connection herewith or therewith nor
compliance by the Seller with the terms and provisions hereof or thereof nor the consummation by
the Seller of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby will result in the creation of any
Encumbrance on any of the Purchased Assets or will conflict with, constitute a default under or
result in a breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of or create a right of
termination or cancellation (determined without giving effect to the provisions of Section
2.07 hereof) under (i) the certificate of incorporation (or equivalent document) or by-laws (or
equivalent document) of the Seller or any Purchased ABS Entity, (ii) any Law to which the Seller or
any Purchased ABS Entity, or any of the Purchased Assets are subject, or (iii) any agreement,
contract or commitment relating to the Purchased Assets or Acquired ABS Assets to which the Seller
or any Purchased ABS Entity is a party or to which the Seller or such Purchased ABS Entity or any
of its Properties are subject (including any Purchased Asset), except, in the
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case of this clause (iii), for such conflicts, defaults or breaches that, individually or in
the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 3.04. Consents. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.04, the execution
and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement, any Ancillary Agreement or any other document to be
executed and delivered by the Seller pursuant hereto or thereto or the consummation by the Seller
of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, will neither require any notices, reports or
other filings to be made by the Seller with, nor require any consents, licenses, permits,
Authorizations or approvals required to be obtained by the Seller or any Purchased ABS Entity from,
(i) any Governmental Entity or (ii) any other Person, other than the failure of which to obtain or
make in respect of this clause (ii) would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
Section 3.05. No Violations of Law.
(a) To the Knowledge of the Seller, and except as set forth on Schedule 3.05(a), (i)
the Seller directly or indirectly owns and operates, and since September 30, 2005 has owned and
operated, each of the Purchased Assets in compliance with all applicable Laws, (ii) neither the
origination, billing and collection of any Purchased Financing Contract nor the enforcement of any
Purchased Financing Contract or Credit Enhancement in accordance with the terms thereof has
resulted in the violation of any applicable Laws and (iii) the Seller has not received since
September 30, 2005, any written notice of violation of any Law which if adversely determined
against the Seller would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Purchased
Assets, or the Acquired ABS Assets or the ownership or operation thereof. Schedule 3.05(a)
sets forth the Authorizations required for Seller to own, service and administer the Purchased
Assets or the Acquired ABS Assets as currently owned, serviced and administered and, to the
Knowledge of the Seller, no other Authorizations are required to own, service and administer the
Purchased Assets or the Acquired ABS Assets as currently owned, serviced and administered in all
material respects in compliance with applicable Laws.
(b) To the Knowledge of the Seller, and except as set forth on Schedule 3.05(b), (i)
the Purchased ABS Entities own and operate, and since September 30, 2005 have owned and operated,
each of the Acquired ABS Assets in compliance with all applicable Laws, and (ii) no Purchased ABS
Entity has received since September 30, 2005, any written notice of violation of any applicable Law
relating to any of the Acquired ABS Assets or the ownership or operation thereof.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 3.05 shall not apply to Tax matters,
which matters are solely the subject of Section 3.09.
Section 3.06. Financial Statements; Reports.
(a) The balance sheets of the Seller included in the Financial Statements fairly present, in
all material respects, the financial position of Seller as of the dates thereof, and the statements
of income, changes in shareholders’ or members’ equity
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and cash flows of the Seller included in the Financial Statements fairly present, in all
material respects, the results of income, shareholders’ or members’ equity and cash flows, as the
case may be, of Seller for the periods set forth therein (subject, in the case of unaudited
statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments), in each case in accordance with GAAP applied on
a basis consistent with the Accounting Principles.
(b) To the Knowledge of Seller, all of the Portfolio Information and other data set forth in
the Portfolio Tape is true, correct, complete and accurate in all respects.
Section 3.07. Absence of Certain Changes.
(a) From September 30, 2005, to the date of this Agreement, there has not been any material
adverse change in the Purchased Assets (other than the Purchased Financing Contracts), upon any of
the Seller’s right or ability to own the Purchased Assets (other than the Purchased Financing
Contracts), or any development or combination of developments of which the Seller has Knowledge
that is reasonably likely to result in any such change, in each case other than any change to the
extent resulting from (i) any event, occurrence, state of facts or development generally affecting
the industries in which the business of the Seller (with respect to the Purchased Assets or
Acquired ABS Assets) operates (other than changes, effects, occurrences or developments
specifically relating to or having a disproportionate effect on the Purchased Assets and the
Acquired ABS Assets taken as a whole) or (ii) any actions specifically permitted or required to be
taken or omitted to be taken pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
(b) [Intentionally Omitted].
(c) From September 30, 2005, to the date of this Agreement, none of the Seller or any
Purchased ABS Entity has, with respect to any Purchased Asset or Acquired ABS Asset, (i) waived or
committed to waive any rights (other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practices with respect to the Purchased Financing Contracts), which waiver would reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) directly or indirectly in any way extended or
otherwise restructured the payment schedule, payment terms or any other term or condition of any
Purchased Financing Contract, or made any advance, extension, novation, modification or other
accommodation to any lessee or Obligor thereunder (other than in the ordinary course of business
consistent with the Risk Management Policy For Leasing), (iii) suffered any damage, destruction or
casualty loss in respect of the Purchased Assets, whether or not covered by insurance, in excess of
$20,000 in the case of any individual loss or $100,000 with respect to the aggregate of all such
losses, or (iv) changed, in any material respect, its Documentation, except for changes made in the
ordinary course of business consistent with its past practice.
(d) Since September 30, 2005, there has been no change in the Risk Management Policy For
Leasing.
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Section 3.08. [Intentionally Omitted].
Section 3.09. Taxes. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.09:
(a) The Seller (i) has timely filed (or there has been timely filed on its behalf) with the
appropriate Governmental Entities all Tax Returns required to be filed with respect to the
Purchased Assets and the Acquired ABS Assets, and all such Tax Returns are true, correct and
complete in all material respects, and (ii) has paid (or there has been paid on their behalf) all
Taxes shown as due and payable to any Governmental Entity, relating to the Purchased Assets and the
Acquired ABS Assets or have provided for all such Taxes on its books and records and in accordance
with the Accounting Principles. With respect to the Purchased Assets and the Acquired ABS Assets,
for any period for which Tax Returns have not yet been filed, or for which Taxes are not yet due or
owing or which are being contested in good faith, the Seller has made due and sufficient current
accruals for such Taxes on its books and records and in accordance with the Accounting Principles.
(b) To the Knowledge of the Seller, the Seller has not received any notice from any taxing
authority that it is conducting or intends to conduct an audit or investigation with respect to the
Purchased Assets or the Acquired ABS Assets. No issue has been raised by a taxing authority in any
current or prior examination which, by application of the same or similar principles, would
reasonably be expected to result in a proposed deficiency for any post-Closing period with respect
to the Purchased Assets or the Acquired ABS Assets. There are no outstanding waivers in writing or
comparable material binding consents regarding the application of any statute of limitations in
respect of Taxes relating to any Purchased Assets or the Acquired ABS Assets. No claim has been
made by a Governmental Entity in a jurisdiction where the Seller does not file Tax Returns to the
effect that the Seller is, or may be subject to taxation by that Governmental Entity by reason of
any Purchased Asset;
(c) None of the Purchased Assets or the Acquired ABS Assets is a debt obligation that (i) was
issued with “original issue discount” as that term is defined in Section 1273(a) of the Code; or
(ii) is an “applicable high yield discount obligation” as defined in Section 163(i)(1) of the Code;
(d) There are no Encumbrances for Taxes upon the Purchased Assets or the Acquired ABS Assets,
except for Permitted Encumbrances;
(e) No Purchased Asset or Acquired ABS Asset (i) constitutes “tax exempt use property” within
the meaning of Section 168(h)(1) of the Code, (ii) is subject to Section 168(g)(1)(A) of the Code,
or (iii) is “limited use property” (as the term is used in Rev. Proc. 2001-28). No Purchased Asset
or Acquired ABS Asset is (i) an interest in a taxable mortgage pool within the meaning of Section
7701(i) of the Code, or (ii) an interest in a partnership, trust or REMIC within the meaning of
Section 7701(a) of the Code; and
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(f) (i) The interest component of any payments required to be made under any Tax-Exempt Public
Sector Financing Contract is specifically and separately stated in such Tax-Exempt Public Sector
Financing Contract and (ii) all filings with the IRS or other Governmental Entity as are necessary
to preserve the tax exempt nature of such interest have been made, including Form 8038 G or Form
8038 GC.
Section 3.10. Real Property. None of the Purchased Assets are comprised of a fee or
leasehold interest in any real Property.
Section 3.11. [Intentionally Omitted].
Section 3.12. [Intentionally Omitted].
Section 3.13. Litigation and Liabilities. Except as set forth on Schedule
3.13, there are no civil, criminal or administrative Actions pending (including any
counterclaims) or, to the Seller’s Knowledge, threatened, against the Seller or any Purchased ABS
Entity relating to or affecting any of the Purchased Assets or Assumed Liabilities which if
adversely determined against any Seller or Purchased ABS Entity would reasonably be likely to
result in Damages in excess of $100,000. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.13, neither the
Seller nor any Purchased ABS Entity is or has been the subject of, nor to the Seller’s Knowledge,
threatened with, any Action or Order of any Governmental Entity nor to the Seller’s Knowledge have
there been any investigations or any threat of investigation, in either case relating to any of the
Purchased Assets, Acquired ABS Assets or Assumed Liabilities (including with respect to the
origination, collection, administration, enforcement or foreclosure in respect of any Purchased
Assets or Acquired ABS Assets) from September 30, 2005, through the date hereof.
Section 3.14. [Intentionally Omitted].
Section 3.15. Insurance. Set forth on Schedule 3.15 is a list of all
material liability, property, workers compensation, directors and officers’ liability and other
policies of insurance that insure the Purchased Assets or affect or relate to the ownership, use or
operations of any of the Purchased Assets as of the date hereof, all of which are in full force and
effect, and no written notice of cancellation or non-renewal has been received by the Seller in
respect of any such policies of insurance.
Section 3.16. Title to Purchased Assets. Except with respect to the Portfolio
Property, being the subject of Section 3.19, (i) the Seller owns and has good title to each
of the Purchased Assets (including the Purchased Financing Contracts and Credit Enhancements
included therein), free and clear of all Encumbrances, other than those Encumbrances described in
clause (i) of the definition of Permitted Encumbrances and (ii) the Purchased ABS Entities own and
have good title to each of the Acquired ABS Assets, free and clear of all Encumbrances, other than
Encumbrances created by the Securitization Documents.
Section 3.17. Conduct of Business. Since September 30, 2005, Seller has used
reasonable efforts to preserve substantially intact the Purchased Assets and has used commercially
reasonable efforts to preserve its present relationships consistent with
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past practices with each obligor in respect of the Purchased Assets or the Acquired ABS
Assets, the discontinuance of which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 3.18. Purchased Financing Contracts.
(a) Each Purchased Financing Contract and Credit Enhancement (i) is valid, binding and
enforceable by the Seller or Purchased ABS Entity against the lessee, obligor or borrower
thereunder in accordance with its written terms, except as may be limited by the Bankruptcy
Exception, and (ii) constitutes and arose out of a bona fide business transaction entered into in
the ordinary and usual course of business of the Seller, consistent with its past practices.
(b) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.18(b), (i) each Purchased Financing Contract and
Credit Enhancement is in full force and effect, owned by the Seller (or, in the case of any
Acquired ABS Asset, by a Purchased ABS Entity) free and clear of Encumbrances other than Permitted
Encumbrances, and not subject to any defense, offset, claim, right of rescission or counterclaim by
the Obligor (with respect to a Purchased Financing Contract) or by the obligor thereunder (with
respect to a Credit Enhancement), or any Person claiming under any such right, that would adversely
affect the validity or enforceability of such Purchased Financing Contract or Credit Enhancement in
accordance with its written terms; (ii) neither the Seller nor any Purchased ABS Entity is in
breach of or default under any Purchased Financing Contract or Credit Enhancement, and, to the
Seller’s Knowledge, no other event has occurred which, with notice and/or lapse of time, would
constitute a default by the Seller or a Purchased ABS Entity; (iii) the Purchased Financing
Contracts constitute financing of commercial transactions and, to the Knowledge of the Seller, (A)
the Seller has not entered into a Purchased Financing Contract for the purpose of enabling the
Obligor under such Purchased Financing Contract to acquire any interest in or the use of any
Portfolio Property pursuant to such Financing Contract for personal, family, household or
agricultural use or (B) no Obligor is required under any applicable Law to withhold from payments
on such Purchased Financing Contracts any interest or other withholdings for payment of Taxes to
any Governmental Entity; (iv) no Purchased Financing Contract is terminable at the option of the
Obligor thereunder except to the extent that such Obligor is required to pay to the Seller or
Purchased ABS Entity a termination fee in an amount not less than the present value of all
remaining scheduled payments thereunder discounted at the implicit rate of such Purchased Financing
Contract; (v) all payments pursuant to each Purchased Financing Contract are made directly to the
Seller; and (vi) the Seller has approved credit applications and otherwise entered into commitments
with respect to Purchased Financing Contracts in a manner consistent with the Risk Management
Policy For Leasing, collateral eligibility standards, credit quality classifications and other
financing origination policies of Seller in effect at the time such Purchased Financing Contracts
were originated.
(c) No Purchased Financing Contract is subject to any debt subordination agreement,
participation agreement, intercreditor agreement, owner trust agreement, purchase agreement,
collateral sharing agreement, residual sharing agreement,
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remarketing agreement or vendor recourse agreement and no Purchased Financing Contract is
subject to any Syndication Agreements, in each case, that is not in writing and accurately
reflected in the credit and legal files for such Purchased Financing Contract.
(d) Schedule 3.18(d) sets forth a list of each Credit Enhancement that is a letter of
credit with a maximum amount drawable thereunder in excess of $50,000, in the case of any Credit
Enhancement in respect of any Financing Contract constituting a Purchased Asset or Acquired ABS
Asset. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.18(d), the Seller has collateral monitoring
systems which accurately reflect and track the expiration dates of all Credit Enhancements in
respect of the Purchased Assets and Acquired ABS Assets which are in the form of letters of credit.
(e) Each Purchased Financing Contract and Credit Enhancement comprising part of the Purchased
Assets or the Acquired ABS Assets is expressly governed by the Laws of a state of the United
States, and each Obligor under a Purchased Financing Contract comprising part of the Purchased
Assets or the Acquired ABS Assets is located in the United States.
(f) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.18(f), the Seller maintains in the credit and
legal files for each Purchased Financing Contract: (i) all amendments, modifications, waivers,
extensions, cancellations and releases in respect of such Purchased Financing Contract, (ii) fully
executed originals of each lease or note (and an executed original or a true and correct copy of
all other documents) comprising such Purchased Financing Contract, related Credit Enhancements and
all other Documents required by the Seller’s credit or investment approval, and (iii) documentation
sufficient to establish the Original Equipment Cost of all Portfolio Property subject to such
Purchased Financing Contract for purposes of determining personal property Tax liability.
(g) Schedule 3.18(g) sets forth the codes in Seller’s IKONICS financial and accounting
system that identify each of the following types of Financing Contracts: (x) “OP Rental Financing
Contracts” and (y) “NCRs.” Except (i) with respect to Purchased Financing Contracts the stated
contractual term of which has expired on or prior to the date hereof or which is otherwise in
auto-renewal or “evergreen” status on the date hereof, and (ii) with respect to Financing Contracts
identified as “NCRTs” on Schedule 5.27, none of the Purchased Financing Contracts
constitute “OP Rental Financing Contracts” or “NCRs”.
Section 3.19. Portfolio Property.
(a) (i) The Seller (or, in the case of a Acquired ABS Asset, a Purchased ABS Entity) has, with
respect to each item of Portfolio Property, either (A) good and valid title to such Portfolio
Property, free and clear of all Encumbrances other than those Encumbrances described in clauses (i)
through (v) of the definition of Permitted Encumbrances, or (B) a valid first priority security
interest on such Portfolio Property that is governed by or subject to a Purchased Financing
Contract which has been duly perfected (including but not limited to pursuant to all appropriate
Uniform
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Commercial Code filings), when and as required by Seller’s written operating procedures
pertaining to such matters, a copy of which is set forth on Schedule 3.19(a); (ii) none of
the Portfolio Property is a vessel, an aircraft or a vehicle; and (iii) no Person has an option to
purchase any item of Portfolio Property for a fixed amount less than the greater of (A) the
Residual thereof or (B) the amount set forth in the Purchased Financing Contract covering such
Portfolio Property.
(b) (i) The Seller has not taken action or failed to take any action in respect of any
Portfolio Property, which would be reasonably likely to impair or prejudice the validity or
enforceability of any manufacturer’s warranty in respect of such Portfolio Property, and the Seller
has not amended, cancelled, modified, assigned or encumbered any of such warranties (other than as
provided in the related Purchased Financing Contracts); and (ii) the Seller has not entered into a
Purchased Financing Contract on the assumption that the risk of loss in respect of the related
Portfolio Property would be borne by the Seller, and each Obligor under a Purchased Financing
Contract (and not the Seller or any other Person) is required to provide insurance against loss or
damage with respect to the Portfolio Property subject to or governed by such Purchased Financing
Contract pursuant to (x) the terms of the standard form of the Purchased Financing Contracts or (y)
the credit policies of the Seller through insurance policies issued by unaffiliated insurers or, if
permitted by the terms of the applicable credit approval, through self-insurance.
(c) Each item of Portfolio Property is comprised exclusively of (i) document processing and
imaging goods (including all replacement parts, additions and repairs thereto and any accessories
incorporated therein and/or affixed thereto), (ii) the right to use and transfer by license,
sublease or otherwise, any software included with any such Portfolio Property and (iii) other
office equipment and furnishings.
(d) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.19(d), each item of Portfolio Property
comprising part of the Purchased Assets or the Acquired ABS Assets was, at origination of the
related Purchased Financing Contract, and, to the Knowledge of the Seller has been thereafter,
located within the United States.
Section 3.20. [Intentionally Omitted].
Section 3.21. Securitizations.
(a) Schedule 3.21(a) lists all of the Securitization Transactions as of the date of
this Agreement. Except as disclosed in Schedule 3.21(a), with respect to each Contractual
Obligation of the Seller relating to a Securitization Document: (i) such Contractual Obligation is
legal, valid, binding, enforceable, and in full force and effect subject to the Bankruptcy
Exception; (ii) neither the Seller nor any Subsidiary of the Seller has repudiated, and to the
Knowledge of the Seller and its Subsidiaries, no other Person has repudiated, any such Contractual
Obligation; and (iii) the fulfillment of any such Contractual Obligation by the Seller or by any
Subsidiary of the Seller will not lead to any liability, obligation, judgment, lien, injunction,
charge, order, decree, ruling,
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damage, assessment, loss, fine, penalty, expense, fee or cost for which any Purchaser
Indemnified Party would be entitled to be indemnified pursuant to this Agreement.
(b) Each Purchased ABS Entity operates and has been operated since the date of its
incorporation, organization or formation, as applicable, in accordance with its certificate of
incorporation, bylaws or other constituent documents of such Person, if applicable, and all other
Securitization Documents.
(c) No Purchased ABS Entity is party to, bound by or subject to any agreement, contract or
commitment other than the Securitization Documents.
(d) No event has occurred and is continuing which (with or without notice or lapse of time)
would be reasonably likely to result in any material recourse or indemnification obligation of the
Seller or any of its Subsidiaries to any Purchased ABS Entity arising out of any Securitization
Transaction.
(e) The representations and warranties of the Seller and the Purchased ABS Entities contained
in the Securitization Documents and set forth in Schedule 3.21(e) are true and correct as
of the date hereof without regard to any language therein specifying the date as of which the
representation or warranty is true, and the other representations and warranties contained in the
Securitization Documents were true and correct as of the date made. Neither the Seller nor any
Purchased ABS Entity has taken any action (other than as servicer in enforcement of any lease in a
manner consistent with the Securitization Documents) or failed to perform any covenant which action
or failure has caused or will cause any representation or warranty contained in Section
2.04 of any Assignment and Servicing Agreement executed by a Purchased ABS Entity to be untrue
as of the date hereof.
(f) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.21(f), each of the Seller and the Purchased ABS
Entities has complied in all material respects with its covenants and agreements set forth in the
Securitization Documents. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.21(f), no Event of Default,
Servicer Event of Default, Acceleration Event (each as defined in the Securitization Documents) or
any event that would permit termination, early amortization, liquidation, modification (including
interest, premium or fee increases) or acceleration has occurred (whether now cured or uncured) and
no event (whether now cured or uncured) that with the giving of notice or the passage of time or
both would constitute any such event, has occurred, and neither the Seller nor any Purchased ABS
Entity is aware of any allegation that any such event has occurred. Except as set forth on
Schedule 3.21(f), the “shadow” ratings of Ambac Assurance Corporation’s exposure to the
Securitization Transactions have not been reduced, qualified or withdrawn, and no series thereof is
on “watchlist” or similar rating agency status or under review by any rating agency for possible
downgrade.
(g) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.21(g), to the Knowledge of the Seller, no
Purchased ABS Entity is or has been since its inception an association taxable as a corporation for
federal or state income Tax purposes. Each Purchased ABS Entity is a single member limited
liability company and no election has been made on IRS Form
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8832 to treat any such entity as other than a disregarded entity for federal income Tax
purposes.
(h) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.21(h), (i) the Registration Statements were
declared effective under the Securities Act and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of such
Registration Statements has been issued; (ii) the Registration Statements, as of their respective
effective dates, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and
the Securities Act Rules; (iii) on the dates of their use, each prospectus and preliminary
prospectus conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and the
Securities Act Rules; (iv) neither the Registration Statements, as of their respective effective
dates, nor the prospectuses or preliminary prospectuses, on the dates of their use, or any
amendments or supplements to the foregoing, contained or incorporated by reference any untrue
statement of any material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made,
not misleading; and (v) the Seller has timely filed the reports and information required to be
filed by public issuers of asset-backed securities, and each such filing complied with the
applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the Exchange Act Rules and the information set
forth in each such filing was true and correct in all material respects and no such filing and no
servicer report delivered by Seller to the trustee contained any untrue statement of material fact
or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(i) There are no pending or, to the Seller’s Knowledge, threatened proceedings, lawsuits, or
administrative actions alleging violations of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the Securities
Act Rules or the Exchange Act Rules relating to any of the Registration Statements, preliminary
prospectuses or prospectuses or any report or reporting obligation referred to in Section
3.21(h).
(j) No provision of any Securitization Document has been amended, modified, waived or
supplemented prior to the date hereof, except as otherwise permitted by the Securitization
Documents. Each such amendment, modification, waiver or supplement is listed on Schedule
3.21(j).
(k) No payments have been made by, or any claims made against, Ambac Assurance Corporation as
insurer under the Securitization Documents.
Section 3.22. Brokers’ or Finders’ Fees, etc. Except as previously disclosed to the
Purchaser, no broker, finder or investment banker is entitled to any brokerage, finder’s or other
fee or commission in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement based upon
arrangements made by or on behalf of the Seller and the Purchaser is not nor shall at or after date
hereof be, obligated to pay any such fees or commissions to any Person.
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EXHIBIT C
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
OF
THE PURCHASER
OF
THE PURCHASER
Section 4.01. Organization and Good Standing. The Purchaser (i) is a duly organized
corporation, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of its jurisdiction of
incorporation and (ii) has the corporate power (x) to own and lease its Property and (y) except for
such franchises, licenses, permits, authorizations and approvals the lack of which, individually or
in the aggregate, have not had and could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse
effect on its ability to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, to carry on its business
as now being conducted.
Section 4.02. Corporate Authority. The Purchaser has all requisite corporate power
and authority to execute and deliver, and to perform its obligations under, this Agreement, each
Ancillary Agreement and the other documents to be executed and delivered by it pursuant hereto or
thereto. Each of this Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements and the other documents to be executed
and delivered by the Purchaser pursuant hereto or thereto has been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action and has been duly executed and delivered by the Purchaser and is the valid and
binding obligation of the Purchaser, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as
enforcement thereof may be limited by the Bankruptcy Exception.
Section 4.03. No Conflicts. Neither the execution and delivery by the Purchaser of
this Agreement, any Ancillary Agreement or any other document to be executed and delivered by the
Purchaser in connection herewith or therewith, nor the compliance by the Purchaser with the terms
and provisions hereof or thereof, nor the consummation by the Purchaser of the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby will conflict with, constitute a default under, or result in a
breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of, or create a right of termination or
cancellation (determined without giving effect to the provisions of Section 2.07 hereof)
under, (i) the certificate of incorporation (or equivalent document) or by-laws (or equivalent
document) of the Purchaser, (ii) any Law to which the Purchaser or any of its Properties are
subject or (iii) any agreement, contract or commitment to which the Purchaser is a party or to
which any of its Properties are subject, except for such conflicts, defaults or breaches that,
individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse
effect on the ability of the Purchaser to consummate the transactions contemplated herein.
Section 4.04. Consents. The execution and delivery by the Purchaser of this
Agreement, any Ancillary Agreement or any other document to be executed and delivered by the
Purchaser pursuant hereto or thereto or the consummation by the Purchaser of the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby, will neither require any notices, reports or other filings to be
made by the Purchaser with, nor require any consents, licenses, permits, Authorizations or
approvals required to be obtained by the Purchaser from, (i) any Governmental Entity or (ii) any
other Person, other than the failure of which to obtain or make in respect of this clause (ii)
would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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Section 4.05. Available Funds. The Purchaser has or has available to it all funds
necessary to satisfy all of its obligations hereunder, and its ability to consummate the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement is not dependent or conditional upon the receipt of
financing (whether debt or equity) from any third party.
Section 4.06. Brokers’ or Finders’ Fees, etc. No broker, finder or investment banker
is entitled to any brokerage, finder’s or other fee or commission in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of the
Purchaser.
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EXHBIT D
FORM OF
XXXX OF SALE, ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT
XXXX OF SALE, ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT
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EXHIBIT E
ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES
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EXHIBIT F
SECURITIZATION MATTERS
Securitization Covenants:
1. Reporting.
(a) If reasonably requested or required by (i) the Commission, (ii) the New York State
Attorney General, (iii) the United States Department of Justice or (iv) any Governmental Entity
acting on behalf, or with or under the authority, of any of the foregoing (collectively, the
“Requesting Parties”), the Seller shall make, or cause to be made, promptly any filings,
reports and related certifications requested by such Requesting Party for such periods as requested
of any Reporting Entity, to the extent the Seller has the legal right or power to do so. If the
Seller is informed by any Requesting Party of the request or requirement after the date hereof,
then upon the Seller’s request, the Purchaser will provide the Seller with information in the
Purchaser’s possession necessary for the Seller to comply with the request of the Requesting Party.
In the event a Requesting Party reasonably requests or requires that the Purchaser or, after the
Closing, any Purchased ABS Entity, make any filing or report (i) to correct errors or deficiencies
in the filings, reports or certifications previously made by any Reporting Entity or (ii) to
conform the previous filings, reports or related certifications by any such Reporting Entity with
the requirements of any Requesting Party or with the customary reporting practices of issuers of
asset-backed securities (each a “Curative Filing”), the Seller shall indemnify and hold
harmless each Purchaser Indemnified Party from and against any and all Damages suffered or incurred
by any of them resulting from, arising out of, based on or relating to any such Curative Filings
and upon the Purchaser’s request, the Seller shall provide the Purchaser with any information in
the Seller’s possession necessary for the Purchaser to comply with such request or requirement.
(b) The Seller and the Purchaser agree to give the other party prompt written notice of the
receipt from any Requesting Entity of any request or requirement described in this Section 1.
2. Registration Statements/Securities Act/Exchange Act.
The Seller hereby indemnifies and holds harmless the Purchaser Indemnified Parties from and
against and in respect of any and all Damages suffered or incurred by any of them resulting from,
arising out of, based on, or relating to, any of the following statements made by the Seller not
being true: (i) the Registration Statements were declared effective under the Securities Act and
no stop order suspending the effectiveness of such Registration Statements has been issued; (ii)
the Registration Statements, as of their respective effective dates, conformed in all material
respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Securities Act Rules; (iii) on the dates
of their use, each prospectus and preliminary prospectus delivered prior to the date hereof
conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Securities Act
Rules; (iv) neither the Registration Statements, as of their respective effective dates, nor the
prospectuses or preliminary prospectuses, on the dates of their use, or any amendments or
supplements to the foregoing made or issued prior to the date
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hereof, contained or incorporated by reference any untrue statement of any material fact or
omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading; and (v)
the Seller and each Purchased ABS Entity has timely prior to the date hereof filed the reports and
information required to be filed by public issuers of asset-backed securities, and each such filing
complied with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the Exchange Act Rules and the
information set forth in each such filing was true and correct in all material respects and no such
filing and no servicer, portfolio or similar report delivered by IOS Capital (as predecessor in
interest to the Seller) under the Securitization Documents contained any untrue statement of
material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.
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EXECUTION VERSION
by and between
GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION,
a Delaware corporation,
and
IKON OFFICE SOLUTIONS, INC.,
an Ohio corporation,
Dated as of April 1, 2006
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I Definitions | 1 | |||||||
Section 1.01. | Certain Defined Terms | 1 | ||||||
Section 1.02. | Interpretation and Rules of Construction | 1 | ||||||
ARTICLE II Purchase and Sale | 1 | |||||||
Section 2.01. | Purchased Assets | 1 | ||||||
Section 2.02. | The Purchase Price | 2 | ||||||
Section 2.03. | The Closing | 2 | ||||||
Section 2.04. | Closing Deliveries and Payments | 2 | ||||||
Section 2.05. | Settlement Payments | 3 | ||||||
Section 2.06. | Post-Closing Amounts Received and Paid | 5 | ||||||
Section 2.07. | Consents; Administration Pending Consent | 5 | ||||||
ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLER | 8 | |||||||
ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PURCHASER | 8 | |||||||
ARTICLE V COVENANTS; INDEMNITIES | 8 | |||||||
Section 5.01. | [Intentionally Omitted] | 8 | ||||||
Section 5.02. | [Intentionally Omitted] | 8 | ||||||
Section 5.03. | Tax Matters | 8 | ||||||
Section 5.04. | Indemnifications, Assumptions of Liability and Related Matters | 10 | ||||||
Section 5.05. | Preparation of Closing Date Schedule and Final Adjusted Closing Date Schedule | 18 | ||||||
Section 5.06. | Insurance; Risk of Loss | 21 | ||||||
Section 5.07. | [Intentionally Omitted] | 21 | ||||||
Section 5.08. | Amendments to Securitization Documents | 21 | ||||||
Section 5.09. | [Intentionally Omitted] | 22 | ||||||
Section 5.10. | Further Assurances | 22 | ||||||
Section 5.11. | Payment of Brokers’ or Finders’ Fees | 22 | ||||||
Section 5.12. | Supplements to Schedules | 22 |
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Section 5.13. | [Intentionally Omitted] | 22 | ||||||
Section 5.14. | Transfer Taxes | 22 | ||||||
Section 5.15. | [Records | 23 | ||||||
Section 5.16. | Bulk Transfer Laws | 24 | ||||||
Section 5.17. | Access to Facilities | 24 | ||||||
Section 5.18. | [Intentionally Omitted] | 24 | ||||||
Section 5.19. | Delivery of Closing Portfolio Tape | 24 | ||||||
Section 5.20. | Enforcement of Liens | 24 | ||||||
Section 5.21. | [Intentionally Omitted] | 24 | ||||||
Section 5.22. | [Intentionally Omitted] | 24 | ||||||
Section 5.23. | [Intentionally Omitted] | 24 | ||||||
Section 5.24. | Allocations | 24 | ||||||
Section 5.25. | [Intentionally Omitted] | 25 | ||||||
Section 5.26. | [Recourse Obligations | 25 | ||||||
Section 5.27. | Payment of Indemnified Items; Eligible Repayment Items. | 25 | ||||||
Section 5.28. | Securitization Matters | 26 | ||||||
Section 5.29. | Shared Collections | 26 | ||||||
ARTICLE VI [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED] | 26 | |||||||
ARTICLE VII [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED] | 26 | |||||||
ARTICLE VIII GENERAL | 26 | |||||||
Section 8.01. | Amendments | 26 | ||||||
Section 8.02. | Integrated Contract | 26 | ||||||
Section 8.03. | Governing Law | 27 | ||||||
Section 8.04. | Notices | 27 | ||||||
Section 8.05. | No Assignment | 28 | ||||||
Section 8.06. | Headings | 28 | ||||||
Section 8.07. | Counterparts | 28 | ||||||
Section 8.08. | Announcements | 28 |
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Section 8.09. | Severability | 28 | ||||||
Section 8.10. | Binding Effect | 29 | ||||||
Section 8.11. | Waiver of Jury Trial | 29 | ||||||
Section 8.12. | Exclusive Jurisdiction | 29 | ||||||
Section 8.13. | No Third Party Beneficiary | 29 | ||||||
Section 8.14. | Expenses | 30 |
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TABLE OF EXHIBITS
Exhibit A
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Certain Defined Terms | |
Exhibit B
|
Representations and Warranties of the Seller | |
Exhibit C
|
Representations and Warranties of the Purchaser | |
Exhibit D
|
Form of Xxxx of Sale | |
Exhibit E
|
Accounting Principles | |
Exhibit F
|
Securitization Matters |
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DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE
Schedule 1.01(a)
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Knowledge | |
Schedule 1.01(b)
|
Derivative Agreement | |
Schedule 1.01(c)
|
Prohibited Assignees | |
Schedule 1.01(d)
|
Excluded Assets | |
Schedule 3.03
|
No Conflicts | |
Schedule 3.04
|
Consents | |
Schedule 3.05(a)
|
No Violations of Law | |
Schedule 3.05(b)
|
No Violations of Law | |
Schedule 3.06(b)
|
Portfolio Information | |
Schedule 3.09
|
Taxes | |
Schedule 3.13
|
Litigation and Liabilities | |
Schedule 3.15
|
Insurance | |
Schedule 3.18(b)
|
Financing Contracts | |
Schedule 3.18(d)
|
Financing Contracts | |
Schedule 3.18(f)
|
Financing Contracts | |
Schedule 3.18(g)
|
Financing Contracts | |
Schedule 3.19(a)
|
Portfolio Property | |
Schedule 3.19(d)
|
Portfolio Property | |
Schedule 3.21(a)
|
Securitizations | |
Schedule 3.21(f)
|
Securitizations | |
Schedule 3.21(g)
|
Securitizations | |
Schedule 3.21(h)
|
Securitizations | |
Schedule 3.21(j)
|
Securitizations | |
Schedule 5.08(a)
|
Amendments to Securitization Documents | |
Schedule 5.27
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NCRTs |
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