AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AND SERVICING AGREEMENT dated as of June 25, 2009 among PROSPECT CAPITAL FUNDING LLC as Borrower PROSPECT CAPITAL CORPORATION as Servicer THE LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO as Lenders THE MANAGING AGENTS FROM TIME TO...
EXECUTION
COPY
AMENDED
AND RESTATED
dated as
of June 25, 2009
among
PROSPECT
CAPITAL FUNDING LLC
as
Borrower
PROSPECT
CAPITAL CORPORATION
as
Servicer
THE
LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO
as
Lenders
THE
MANAGING AGENTS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO
as Managing
Agents
U.S. BANK
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Calculation Agent, Paying
Agent and Documentation Agent
and
COÖPERATIEVE
CENTRALE RAIFFEISEN-BOERENLEENBANK B.A.,
“RABOBANK
NEDERLAND”, NEW YORK BRANCH
as Facility
Agent
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS | 1 | |
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1.1 Certain Defined Terms.
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1.2 Other Terms.
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1.3 Computation of Time Periods.
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1.4 Interpretation.
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ARTICLE II ADVANCES | 2 | |
Section
2.1 Advances.
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Section
2.2 Procedures for Advances; Delivery of Loan
Documents
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Section
2.3 Prepayments.
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Section
2.4 Principal Repayments.
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Section
2.5 The Notes.
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Section
2.6 Interest Payments.
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Section
2.7 Fees.
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Section
2.8 Priority of Payments.
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Section
2.9 Collections and Allocations.
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Section
2.10 Payments, Computations, Etc.
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Section
2.11 Breakage Costs.
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Section
2.12 Increased Costs; Capital Adequacy; Illegality.
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Section
2.13 Taxes.
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Section
2.14 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.
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Section
2.15 Changes in Facility Amount.
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Section
2.16 Reallocations.
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ARTICLE III CONDITIONS OF EFFECTIVENESS AND ADVANCES | 17 | |
Section
3.1 Conditions to Effectiveness.
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Section
3.2 Additional Conditions Precedent to All
Advances.
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ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES | 20 | |
Section
4.1 Representations and Warranties of the
Borrower.
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Section
4.2 Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Lenders
and Paying Agent.
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ARTICLE V GENERAL COVENANTS OF THE BORROWER | 24 | |
Section
5.1 Covenants of the Borrower.
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ARTICLE VI SECURITY INTEREST | 30 | |
Section
6.1 Security Interest.
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Section
6.2 Remedies.
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Section
6.3 Release of Liens.
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Section
6.4 Assignment of the Purchase Agreement.
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6.5 Delivery of Loan Files.
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6.6 Custody of Transferred Loans.
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6.7 Filings, etc.
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Section
6.8 Change of Name or Jurisdiction of Borrower;
Records.
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6.9 Global Note Loans.
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ARTICLE VII ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF LOANS | 34 | |
Section
7.1 Appointment of the Servicer.
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7.2 Duties and Responsibilities of the
Servicer.
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Section
7.3 Authorization of the Servicer.
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Section
7.4 Collection of Payments.
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Section
7.5 Servicer Advances.
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Section
7.6 Realization Upon Defaulted Loans or Charged-Off
Loans.
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Section
7.7 Servicer Optional Repurchases of Transferred Loans;
Releases of Transferred Loans.
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Section
7.8 Representations and Warranties of the
Servicer.
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Section
7.9 Covenants of the Servicer.
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Section
7.10 Payment of Certain Expenses by Servicer.
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Section
7.11 Reports.
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Section
7.12 Annual Statements as to Compliance.
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Section
7.13 Limitation on Liability of the Servicer and
Others.
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Section
7.14 The Servicer Not to Resign.
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Section 7.15 Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding the Loans. | 51 |
Section
7.16 Merger or Consolidation of the Servicer.
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Section
7.17 Identification of Records.
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Section
7.18 Servicer Termination Events.
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Section
7.19 Appointment of Successor Servicer.
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Section
7.20 Exclusion of Loans.
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Section
7.21 Determination of Certain Collateral Quality
Tests.
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ARTICLE VIII TERMINATION EVENTS; OPTIONAL REDEMPTION EVENTS AND EVENTS OF DEFAULT | 56 | |
Section
8.1 Termination Events; Optional Redemption
Events.
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Section
8.2 Events of Default.
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ARTICLE IX INDEMNIFICATION | 62 | |
Section
9.1 Indemnities by the Borrower.
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Section
9.2 Indemnities by the Servicer.
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ARTICLE X THE AGENTS | 65 | |
Section
10.1 Authorization and Action.
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Section
10.2 Delegation of Duties.
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Section
10.3 Exculpatory Provisions.
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Section
10.4 Reliance.
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Section
10.5 Non-Reliance on Facility Agent and Other
Lenders.
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Section
10.6 Reimbursement and Indemnification.
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Section
10.7 Agent in its Individual Capacity.
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Section
10.8 Successor Agents.
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ARTICLE XI ASSIGNMENTS; PARTICIPATIONS | 69 | |
Section
11.1 Assignments and Participations.
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ARTICLE XII MISCELLANEOUS | 72 | |
Section
12.1 Amendments and Waivers.
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Section
12.2 Notices, Etc.
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Section
12.3 No Waiver, Rights and Remedies.
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Section
12.4 Binding Effect.
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Section
12.5 Term of this Agreement.
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Section
12.6 GOVERNING LAW; CONSENT TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF
OBJECTION TO VENUE.
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Section
12.7 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.
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Section
12.8 Costs, Expenses and Taxes.
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Section
12.9 No Proceedings.
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Section
12.10 Recourse Against Certain Parties.
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Section
12.11 Protection of Security Interest; Appointment of Facility Agent
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Section
12.12 Confidentiality.
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Section
12.13 Execution in Counterparts; Severability;
Integration.
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Section
12.14 Special Provisions Applicable to Conduit
Lenders. |
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EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT
A-1
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Form
of Borrower Notice (Advances)
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EXHIBIT
A-2
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Form
of Borrower Notice (Facility Amount Reductions)
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EXHIBIT
A-3
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Form
of Borrower Notice (Prepayments)
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EXHIBIT
B
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Form
of Note
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EXHIBIT
C-1
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Form
of Assignment and Acceptance
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EXHIBIT
C-2
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Form
of Joinder Agreement
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EXHIBIT
D
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Form
of Monthly Report
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EXHIBIT
E
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Form
of Servicer’s Certificate
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EXHIBIT
F
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Form
of Assignment of Mortgage
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EXHIBIT
G
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Form
of Account Control Agreement
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EXHIBIT
H
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Form
of Repurchase of Transferred Loan
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EXHIBIT
I
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Form
of Independent Accountant Report
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ANNEXES
ANNEX
I
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Definitions
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ANNEX
II
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Xxxxx’x
Industry Classifications
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ANNEX
III
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Diversity
Score Table
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ANNEX
IV
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Xxxxx’x
Asset Correlation Methodology
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ANNEX
V
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Certain
Representations and Warranties
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SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE
I
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Loan
List
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SCHEDULE
II
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Additional
Servicer Data Deliveries
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SCHEDULE
III
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Approved
Loans
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THIS
AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AND SERVICING AGREEMENT is made as of June 25,
2009, among PROSPECT CAPITAL FUNDING LLC, a Delaware limited liability company,
as borrower (the “Borrower”), PROSPECT
CAPITAL CORPORATION, a Maryland corporation, as servicer (in such capacity, the
“Servicer”),
each financial institution or other entity from time to time party hereto as a
“Lender,”
COÖPERATIEVE CENTRALE RAIFFEISEN-BOERENLEENBANK B.A., “RABOBANK NEDERLAND”, NEW
YORK BRANCH and each other financial institution or other entity from time to
time party hereto acting in its capacity as managing agent for a Lender Group
hereunder (each such party, together with their respective successors in such
capacity, a “Managing
Agent”), U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, in its capacities as calculation
agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Calculation Agent”),
paying agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Paying Agent”) and
documentation agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Documentation
Agent”), and COÖPERATIEVE CENTRALE RAIFFEISEN-BOERENLEENBANK B.A.,
“RABOBANK NEDERLAND”, NEW YORK BRANCH, in its capacity as facility agent for the
Lenders (in such capacity, the “Facility
Agent”).
WHEREAS,
the Borrower, the Servicer, the Facility Agent and certain of the Lenders
previously entered into a Loan and Servicing Agreement, dated as of June 6,
2007, as amended by the First Amendment thereto dated as of December 31,
2007, as amended by the Consent, Waiver and Second Amendment thereto dated as of
January 16, 2009 and as amended by the Third Amendment to Loan and
Servicing Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2009 (the “Original Loan and Servicing
Agreement”); and
WHEREAS,
the parties hereto have agreed to certain amendments to the Original Loan and
Servicing Agreement and have determined to restate the Original Loan and
Servicing Agreement, as so amended.
NOW
THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree that the Original Loan
and Servicing Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety
as follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
Section
1.1 Certain Defined
Terms.
Certain
capitalized terms used throughout this Agreement are defined above or in Annex I
hereto.
Section
1.2 Other
Terms.
All
accounting terms not specifically defined herein shall be construed in
accordance with GAAP. All terms used in Article 9 of the UCC in the State
of New York, and not specifically defined herein, are used herein as defined in
such Article 9.
Section
1.3 Computation of Time
Periods.
Unless
otherwise stated in this Agreement, in the computation of a period of time from
a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and
including” and the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but
excluding.”
Section
1.4 Interpretation.
In each
Transaction Document, unless a contrary intention appears:
(a) the
singular number includes the plural number and vice versa;
(b) reference
to any Person includes such Person’s successors and assigns but, if applicable,
only if such successors and assigns are permitted by the Transaction
Document;
(c) reference
to any gender includes each other gender;
(d) the words
“include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the
phrase “without limitation;”
(e) reference
to any agreement (including any Transaction Document), document or instrument
means such agreement, document or instrument as amended, supplemented or
modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof
and, if applicable, the terms of the other Transaction Documents and reference
to any promissory note includes any promissory note that is an extension or
renewal thereof or a substitute or replacement therefor; and
(f) reference
to any Applicable Law means such Applicable Law as amended, modified, codified,
replaced or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time,
including rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and reference to any
section or other provision of any Applicable Law means that provision of such
Applicable Law from time to time in effect and constituting the substantive
amendment, modification, codification, replacement or reenactment of such
section or other provision.
ARTICLE
II
ADVANCES
Section
2.1 Advances.
(a) On the
terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, the Borrower may, by delivery of a
Funding Request to the Documentation Agent from time to time on any Business Day
during the Revolving Period, at the Borrower’s option, request that the Lenders
make advances (each, an “Advance”) to it in an
amount which, at any time, shall not exceed the Availability in effect on the
related Funding Date and shall be in an amount equal to $2,000,000 or an
integral multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof. The Documentation
Agent shall promptly provide a copy of such Funding Request to the Facility
Agent and each Managing Agent, and each Managing Agent, upon receipt thereof,
shall provide a copy thereof to each Lender in its Lender Group.
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(b) A Funding
Request shall be delivered to the Documentation Agent not later than 10:00 a.m.
(New York City time) on the second Business Day prior to the requested Funding
Date. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 2.1 or
elsewhere in this Agreement to the contrary, no Committed Lender shall be
obligated to make a share of any Advance in an amount that would result in the
aggregate Advances then funded by such Committed Lender exceeding its Commitment
then in effect, and no Conduit Lender which is not a Committed Lender shall be
obligated to make a share of any Advance in an amount that would result in the
aggregate Advances then funded by such Conduit Lender exceeding its Maximum
Advance Amount then in effect.
(c) Each
Funding Request shall contain the information specified in the form of Funding
Request contained in Exhibit A-1
hereto. A Funding Request for Advances shall be irrevocable when
delivered, except that to the extent a Funding Request relates to Advances which
are designated in the related Funding Request to be applied to fund one or more
Pre-Positioned Loans, such Funding Request may be amended or revoked by the
Borrower by notice to the Documentation Agent not later than 3:00 p.m. (New York
City time) on the Business Day immediately preceding the Funding
Date. The Documentation Agent shall promptly provide a copy of any
such notice to the Facility Agent, the Collateral Custodian and each Managing
Agent, and each Managing Agent, upon receipt thereof, shall promptly provide a
copy thereof to each Lender in its Lender Group. No more than five
Funding Dates may be designated in any calendar month, and not more than two
Funding Dates in any calendar week may be designated for Advances to fund
Pre-Positioned Loans.
(d) On the
Funding Date with respect to an Advance following (and subject to) prompt notice
from the Documentation Agent to the Facility Agent, each Managing Agent and each
Lender concerning the satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in
Section 2.2 and
Article III, (i)
each Conduit Lender which is not a Committed Lender may make a portion of such
Advance to the Borrower in an amount equal to its Funding Percentage of such
Advance, and (ii) each Committed Lender, severally, agrees to make a portion of
such Advance to the Borrower in an amount equal to its Funding Percentage of
such Advance. Such Advance shall be made by the applicable Lenders by
wire transfer of same day funds to the account specified in the relevant Funding
Request in accordance with Section 2.1(c)
no later than 3:00 p.m.
(New York City time) on the applicable Funding Date.
(e) Each
Conduit Lender which is not a Committed Lender shall notify the Managing Agent
for its Lender Group by 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the applicable Funding
Date whether it has elected to make its full pro rata share of an Advance
pursuant to Section 2.1(d). In
the event that a Conduit Lender shall fail to timely provide such notice, such
Conduit Lender shall be deemed to have elected not to make any portion of such
Advance. Such Managing Agent shall notify each Committed Lender in
its Lender Group on or prior to 1:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the applicable
Funding Date if such Conduit Lender has elected not to make its share of an
Advance equal to its Funding Percentage of the requested Borrowing, which notice
shall specify (i) the identity of such Conduit Lender, (ii) the portion of the
Advance which such Conduit Lender has elected not to make, and (iii) the
respective Liquidity Percentages of such Committed Lenders on such Funding Date
(as determined by such Managing Agent in good faith; for purposes of such
determination, such Managing Agent shall be entitled to rely conclusively on the
most recent information provided by such Conduit Lender or its agent or by the
agent for its Support Parties). Subject to receiving such notice and
to the satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 2.2 and
Article III,
each of the Committed Lenders in such Lender Group shall make an Advance in an
amount equal to its Liquidity Percentage multiplied by the amount of each
Advance which any Conduit Lender in such Lender Group has elected not to make at
or before 3:00 p.m. (New York City time), on the applicable Funding Date and
otherwise in accordance with Section 2.1(d).
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(f) In the
event that notwithstanding the fulfilment of the applicable conditions set forth
in Section 2.2 and
Article III with
respect to an Advance, a Conduit Lender which is not a Committed Lender elects
to make a share of an Advance on a Funding Date by providing the notice required
pursuant to Section
2.1(e) but fails to make the proceeds of such Advance available to the
Borrower by 2:00 p.m. on such Funding Date pursuant to Section 2.1(d),
such Conduit Lender shall be deemed to have rescinded its election to make such
share of such Advance, and neither the Borrower nor any other party shall have
any claim against such Conduit Lender by reason of its failure to timely make
such Advance. In any such case, the Managing Agent for such Conduit
Lender’s Lender Group shall give notice of such failure to each Committed Lender
in such Lender Group, to the Documentation Agent, the Facility Agent and the
Borrower not later than 2:15 p.m. (New York City time), on the Funding Date,
which notice shall specify (i) the identity of such Conduit Lender, (ii) the
amount of such Advance which it elected, but failed, to make, and (iii) the
respective Liquidity Percentages of each of such Committed Lenders on such
Funding Date (as determined by such Managing Agent in good faith; for purposes
of such determination, such Managing Agent shall be entitled to rely
conclusively on the most recent information provided by such Conduit Lender or
its agent or by the agent for its Support Parties). Subject to
receiving such notice, each Committed Lender in such Lender Group shall make an
Advance in an amount equal to its Liquidity Percentage multiplied by each
Advance which any Conduit Lender in such Lender Group has been deemed to have
rescinded its election to fund at or before 3:00 p.m. (New York City time), on
such Funding Date and otherwise in accordance with Section 2.1(d).
(g) The
obligation of each Committed Lender to remit its share (if any) of Advances
hereunder shall be several from that of each other Lender, and the failure of
any Lender to so make any such amount available to the Borrower shall not
relieve any other Lender which is a Committed Lender of its obligation
hereunder.
Section
2.2 Procedures for Advances;
Delivery of Loan Documents.
(a) It shall
be a condition precedent to any Advance (other than an Advance designed to fund
Pre-Positioned Loans) that each of the delivery requirements set forth in
Section 2(a) of the Custody Agreement shall have been satisfied with respect to
any Eligible Loan (other than Pre-Positioned Loans) first included in the
Collateral since the date of the prior Advance. No later than 1:00 p.m. (New
York City time) on the Funding Date, the Collateral Custodian shall have
delivered to the Facility Agent, the Managing Agents and the Documentation Agent
with respect to each Loan a Custodian Certification substantially in the form of
Exhibit A-1 to
the Custody Agreement, which shall not be subject to exceptions stated in a
related Custodian Exceptions Report.
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(b) It shall
be a condition precedent to any Advance designed to fund Pre-Positioned Loans
that each of the delivery requirements set forth in Section 2(b) of
the Custody Agreement that are required to have been satisfied on or prior to
the related Funding Date shall have been satisfied with respect to each such
Pre-Positioned Loan. No later than 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on
the Funding Date, the Collateral Custodian shall have delivered to the Facility
Agent, the Managing Agents and the Documentation Agent with respect to each such
Pre-Positioned Loan a Custodian Certification substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2 to
the Custody Agreement, which shall not be subject to exceptions stated in the
Custodian Exceptions Report (other than with respect to the delivery of items in
the related Loan File which are not required to be delivered on or prior to the
Funding Date in accordance with Section 2(b)(v)
or 2(b)(vii) of
the Custody Agreement).
(c) The
parties acknowledge and agree that deliveries of the foregoing documents,
instruments and certificates made by the Originator to the Facility Agent, the
Documentation Agent or the Collateral Custodian pursuant to the Purchase
Agreement or the Custody Agreement shall be deemed to have been delivered by or
on behalf of the Borrower for purposes of this Agreement.
Section
2.3 Prepayments.
At any
time during the Revolving Period the Borrower may prepay all or any portion of
the Outstanding Borrowings, upon delivery to the Documentation Agent and the
Collateral Custodian of a Borrower Notice substantially in the form of Exhibit A-3 at
least two (2) Business Days prior to the date of such repayment (or, in each
case, such later time as each Lender, in its sole discretion, may agree),
specifying the date and amount of the prepayment and certifying that, following
such prepayment, the Borrower will be in compliance with the terms of this
Agreement. Upon receipt of any such Borrower Notice, the
Documentation Agent shall promptly forward a copy thereof to the Facility Agent,
each Managing Agent and Lender. If any Borrower Notice relating to
any prepayment is given, the amount specified in such Borrower Notice shall be
due and payable on the date specified therein together with any accrued and
unpaid Interest and Facility Fees on the amount prepaid and any Breakage Costs
related thereto. Any partial prepayment by the Borrower of Advances
pursuant to this Section 2.3,
other than with respect to any payments made in accordance with clauses (ix) or
(x) of the
Priority of Payments or payments necessary so that the Borrowing Base Test is
satisfied, shall be in a minimum amount of $2,000,000 with integral multiples of
$100,000 above such amount. Any amount so prepaid may, subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, be reborrowed during the Revolving
Period. A Borrower Notice relating to any such prepayment shall be
irrevocable when delivered.
Section
2.4 Principal
Repayments.
The
Outstanding Borrowings shall be due and payable on the Legal Final Maturity
Date. In addition, Outstanding Borrowings shall be repaid in
accordance with the Priority of Payments, and any amount so repaid may, subject
to the terms and conditions hereof, be reborrowed hereunder during the Revolving
Period.
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Section
2.5 The
Notes.
(a) The
Advances made by any Lender hereunder shall be evidenced by a duly executed
promissory note of the Borrower payable to each Lender in substantially the form
of Exhibit B hereto
(collectively, the “Notes”). Notes
issued to a Lender shall be dated the Restatement Effective Date or such later
date on which such Person becomes a Lender hereunder and shall be in a maximum
principal amount equal to such Lender’s Commitment or Maximum Advance Amount (as
applicable) and shall otherwise be duly completed. Thereafter, the
Advances evidenced by a Note and interest thereon shall at all times (including
after assignment permitted pursuant to Article XI) be
represented by one or more Notes payable to the payee named therein and its
registered assigns.
(b) Each
Lender is hereby authorized to enter on a schedule attached to the Note as to
which it is the payee the following notations (which may be computer generated)
with respect to each Advance made by such Lender: (i) the date and
principal amount thereof and (ii) each payment and repayment of principal
thereof, and any such recordation shall constitute prima facie evidence of the
accuracy of the information so recorded. The failure of a Lender to make any
such notation on the schedule attached to the applicable Note shall not limit or
otherwise affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay the Advances in
accordance with their respective terms as set forth herein.
Section
2.6 Interest
Payments.
(a) Interest
shall accrue on the unpaid principal amount of each Advance for the period
commencing on and including the Funding Date of such Advance until but excluding
the date that such Advance shall be paid in full at the applicable Interest Rate
for each applicable Accrual Period. Interest on the Outstanding
Borrowings shall be payable on each Payment Date in accordance with the Priority
of Payments.
(b) If any
Lender shall notify the Documentation Agent and the Calculation Agent that a
Eurodollar Disruption Event as described in clause (i) of
the definition of “Eurodollar Disruption Event” has occurred, the (i)
Documentation Agent shall promptly notify the Servicer and Borrower and (ii) the
Calculation Agent shall in turn so notify the Borrower, whereupon all Advances
of such Lender in respect of which Interest accrues at the LIBO Rate shall
immediately be converted into Advances in respect of which Interest accrues
based on the Alternate Base Rate (but shall on the next Payment Date revert to
accruing Interest based on the LIBO Rate upon such Lender’s prompt notice to the
Documentation Agent and the Calculation Agent that such Eurodollar Disruption
Event shall no longer be continuing, which notice the Calculation Agent shall
forward to the Borrower). The Facility Agent shall notify the
Calculation Agent and the Borrower of the occurrence of any other date on which
Interest on Advances commences to accrue based on the Alternate Base Rate rather
than the LIBO Rate as herein provided.
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(c) Anything
in this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents to the contrary
notwithstanding, if at any time the rate of interest payable by any Person under
this Agreement and the Transaction Documents exceeds the highest rate of
interest permissible under Applicable Law (the “Maximum Lawful
Rate”), then, so long as the Maximum Lawful Rate would be exceeded, the
rate of interest under this Agreement and the Transaction Documents shall be
equal to the Maximum Lawful Rate. If at any time thereafter the rate of interest
payable under this Agreement and the Transaction Documents is less than the
Maximum Lawful Rate, such Person shall continue to pay interest under this
Agreement and the Transaction Documents at the Maximum Lawful Rate until such
time as the total interest received from such Person is equal to the total
interest that would have been received had Applicable Law not limited the
interest rate payable under this Agreement and the Transaction Documents. In no
event shall the total interest received by a Lender under this Agreement and the
Transaction Documents exceed the amount that such Lender could lawfully have
received, had the interest due under this Agreement and the Transaction
Documents been calculated since the Closing Date at the Maximum Lawful
Rate.
Section
2.7 Fees.
(a) On each
Payment Date and in accordance with the Priority of Payments, the Borrower shall
pay or cause to be paid from the Collection Account to the Paying Agent, for
distribution to the Lenders, the Facility Fee and such other fees and amounts
payable as specified in the Lenders Fee Letter.
(b) On each
Payment Date and in accordance with the Priority of Payments, the Borrower shall
pay or cause to be paid from the Collection Account the Servicing Fee, the
Backup Servicing Fee, the Custodian Fee and the respective Agents Fees as
specified in the Agents/Backup Servicer Fee Letter.
Section
2.8 Priority of
Payments.
On each
Payment Date, the Servicer on behalf of the Borrower shall direct the Paying
Agent to pay to the following Persons, from the Collection Account, to the
extent of (i) available funds received with respect to the related Collection
Period, (including any amounts transferred on such Payment Date from the
Interest Reserve Account pursuant to Section 7.4(g)(iii)),
and (ii) Servicer Advances, if any, with respect to such Collection Period or
the related Payment Date (the sum of such amounts described in clauses (i) and
(ii) being the
“Available
Collections”) the following amounts and in accordance with the relevant
Monthly Report, from (and, where applicable, limited to) the following sources,
in the following order of priority (the “Priority of
Payments”):
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From:
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Priority:
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First,
Interest Collections, then Principal Collections
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(i) FIRST, to the payment of Taxes and
governmental registration, filing and similar fees (including any deposit
being made into a Tax Reserve Account in accordance with this Agreement),
if any, due and owing by the Borrower;
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First,
Interest Collections, then Principal Collections
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(ii) SECOND, (A) first, to the payment of
Administrative Expenses in the order of priority that such expenses appear
in the definition thereof, (B) second, to the Securities Custodian in an
amount equal to any accrued and unpaid Custodian Fee and Custodian
Expenses, if any, and (C) third, to the Securities Intermediary in an
amount equal to any accrued and unpaid amounts then due and payable to the
Securities Intermediary pursuant to the Account Control Agreement; provided that the aggregate amount paid
pursuant to this clause (ii) and
clause (v) below in any Annual
Period shall not exceed the Annual Expense Cap;
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First,
Interest Collections, then Principal Collections
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(iii) THIRD, to the Servicer, in an amount equal
to any Unreimbursed Servicer Advances;
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First,
Interest Collections, then Principal Collections
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(iv) FOURTH, to the Servicer, in an amount equal
to its accrued and unpaid Senior Servicing Fees (other than any such
Senior Servicing Fees for any Collection Period, the payment of which has
been voluntarily deferred by the Servicer) for the payment
thereof;
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First,
Interest Collections, then Principal Collections
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(v) FIFTH, to the Backup Servicer and any
Successor Servicer, as applicable, in an amount equal to any accrued and
unpaid Backup Servicing Fee and, if any, accrued and unpaid Transition
Costs, Backup Servicer Expenses and Successor Servicer Expenses, provided that the aggregate amount paid
pursuant to this clause (v) and
clause (ii) above below in any
Annual Period shall not exceed the Annual Expense Cap;
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First,
Interest Collections, then Principal Collections
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(vi) SIXTH, [reserved];
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First,
Interest Collections, then Principal Collections
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(vii) SEVENTH, to the Paying Agent for payment on
a pro rata and pari passu basis, to each Lender in an amount equal to any
accrued and unpaid Interest and Facility Fees for such Payment Date owed
to such Lender for such Payment Date; provided that the aggregate amount
payable pursuant to this clause (vii)
on a Payment Date shall not exceed the Cap Amount for such Payment
Date;
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First,
Interest Collections, then Principal Collections
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(viii) EIGHTH, to the Interest Reserve Account
until the amount on deposit therein equals the Interest Reserve Account
Requirement;
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First,
Principal Collections. then Interest Collections
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(ix) NINTH, to the Paying Agent for payment on a
pro rata and pari passu basis to each Lender in repayment of Outstanding
Borrowings, to the extent necessary so that (A) each of the Borrowing
Base Test, Overcollateralization Ratio Test, the Required Equity Test and
the Interest Coverage Test is satisfied and (B) the Outstanding
Borrowings do not exceed the Facility Amount;
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Principal
Collections only
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(x) TENTH, so long as no Event of Default or an
Optional Redemption Event shall have occurred and be continuing, to the
Paying Agent for payment on a pro rata and pari passu basis to each Lender
in repayment of any Outstanding Borrowings until such amounts are reduced
to zero;
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First,
Interest Collections, then Principal Collections
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(xi) ELEVENTH, following the occurrence and
continuation of an Event of Default or an Optional Redemption Event, to
the Paying Agent first, (A) for
payment on a pro rata and pari passu basis to each Lender in repayment of
any Outstanding Borrowings until such amounts are reduced to zero; second (B) for payment on a pro rata and
pari passu basis to each Lender entitled thereto, the amount of Breakage
Costs, if any, incurred by such Lenders in connection with any repayments
of Advances occurring on any prior date which remain unpaid (as such
Breakage Costs are notified to the Borrower by the applicable Lender(s));
and third (C) for payment on a pro
rata and pari passu basis of all other Obligations payable under this
Agreement to the Agents, the Lenders, the Affected Parties or Indemnified
Parties;
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First,
Interest Collections, then Principal Collections
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(xii) TWELFTH, to the Paying Agent for payment on
a pro rata and pari passu basis to each Lender in an amount equal to any
accrued and unpaid Subordinate Interest and Fees owed to such Lender for
such Payment Date or, to the extent it remains unpaid, for any prior
Payment Date (together with interested accrued on such deferred
Subordinate Interest and Fees);
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First,
Interest Collections, then Principal Collections
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(xiii) THIRTEENTH, to the Paying Agent for payment
on a pro rata and pari passu (based on the amount of Breakage Costs) basis
to each Lender entitled thereto, the amount of Breakage Costs, if any,
incurred by such Lenders in connection with any repayments of Advances
occurring on such Payment Date or any prior date which remain unpaid (as
such Breakage Costs are notified to the Borrower by the applicable
Lender(s));
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First,
Interest Collections, then Principal Collections
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(xiv) FOURTEENTH, on a pro rata and pari passu
basis (A) to the Paying Agent for payment to the Person entitled thereto,
all other amounts then due and payable under this Agreement to the Agents,
including any Agents Fees, the Lenders, the Affected Parties or
Indemnified Parties, each for the payment thereof, (B) to the payment of
any amounts described in clause (ii) or (v) above which remain unpaid as a result
of the application of the Annual Expense Cap, (C) to the Servicer in an
amount equal to any amounts then due and payable by the Borrower to the
Servicer (including in respect of any legal fees and expenses of the
Servicer and or any indemnities under the Transaction Documents to the
extent required to be paid by the Borrower as set forth therein), other
than the Subordinate Servicing Fees and other amounts described in clause (xv) below, and (D) any other
Person in respect of any other fees or expenses (including indemnities)
permitted under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the
documents delivered pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement and
the other Transaction Documents then due and payable by the
Borrower;
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First,
Interest Collections, then Principal Collections
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(xv) FIFTEENTH, to the Servicer, in an amount
equal to its accrued and unpaid Subordinate Servicing Fees and any Senior
Servicing Fees for any prior Collection Period (including any such Senior
Servicing Fees, the payment of which was voluntarily deferred by the
Servicer) which remain unpaid, for the payment thereof; and
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Any
remaining available funds
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(xvi) SIXTEENTH, the remainder thereof, for the
account of the Borrower and at its direction, to or to the order of the
member or members of the Borrower (as reflected in any register of members
maintained by or on behalf of the Borrower).
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The Calculation Agent shall
determine the Interest Rate applicable to each Advance for each Accrual Period
(including the LIBO Rate or Alternate Base Rate, if applicable, used in
determining such Interest Rate) and the Cap Rate applicable for such Accrual
Period. Not later than the Business Day preceding the Reporting Date
relating to an Accrual Period, the Calculation Agent shall provide a written
statement to the Borrower, the Servicer, the Documentation Agent, the Facility
Agent and each Managing Agent, together with any supporting documentation or
calculations (including such additional information as the Borrower, the
Servicer, the Facility Agent or any Managing Agent may reasonably request),
setting forth the Interest Rate applicable to each Advance for each Accrual
Period, the LIBO Rate (if used in determining such Interest Rate), the Alternate
Base Rate (if used in determining such Interest Rate) and the Cap Rate
applicable such Accrual Period.
Not later than the Reporting Date
relating to each Payment Date, the Documentation Agent shall provide a written
notice or other statement to the Borrower and the Servicer, with a copy to the
Facility Agent, the Paying Agent and each Managing Agent, stating (A) the amount
of Interest, Facility Fees, Subordinate Interest and Fees (if any), Agents Fees,
Breakage Costs and other Obligations that are due and payable to any Agent,
Lender or other Secured Party on such Payment Date and (B) the amount of the
Servicing Fee, the Backup Servicing Fee and the Custodian Fee that are due and
payable to any Agent, Lender or other Secured Party on such Payment
Date.
Section
2.9 Collections and
Allocations.
The
Borrower or the Servicer on behalf of the Borrower shall promptly (but in no
event later than the Business Day after the receipt thereof) identify any
Collections received by it as being on account of Interest Collections or
Principal Collections and remit all such Interest Collections or Principal
Collections received directly by it to the Paying Agent for deposit into the
Collection Account. The Servicer on behalf of the Borrower shall make
such deposits or payments on the date indicated by wire transfer, in immediately
available funds.
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Section
2.10 Payments, Computations,
Etc.
(a) Unless
otherwise expressly provided herein, all amounts to be paid or deposited by the
Borrower or the Servicer on behalf of the Borrower hereunder shall be paid or
deposited in accordance with the terms hereof no later than 3:00 p.m. (New York
City time) on the day when due in lawful money of the United States in
immediately available funds. The Borrower shall, to the extent
permitted by law and, in accordance with the Priority of Payments, pay to the
Secured Parties interest on all amounts not paid or deposited when due hereunder
(including Subordinate Interest and Fees or other payments, the payment of which
is deferred in accordance with the Priority of Payments by reason of
insufficient Available Collections) at the rate per annum set forth in the
Lenders Fee Letter, payable on demand; provided, however, that such
interest rate shall not at any time exceed the Maximum Lawful
Rate. All computations of interest and all computations of the
Interest Rate and other fees hereunder shall be made on the basis of a year of
365 days (or, in the case of an accrual period which occurs in a leap year, 366
days) for the actual number of days (including the first but excluding the last
day) elapsed; provided that any computations of the Interest Rate using the LIBO
Rate shall be made on the basis of a year of 360 days for the actual number of
days (including the first but excluding the last day) elapsed.
(b) Whenever
any payment hereunder shall be stated to be due on a day other than a Business
Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and such
extension of time shall be reflected in the computation of Interest, other
interest or any fee payable hereunder, as the case may be; provided, however, that if the
preceding extension results in a Payment Date in respect of any Accrual Period
occurring later than otherwise scheduled, Interest in respect of the following
Accrual Period shall not begin to accrue until the date to which such Payment
Date is extended.
(c) All
payments hereunder shall be made in accordance with the Priority of Payments and
without set-off or counterclaim and in such amounts as may be necessary in order
that all such payments shall not be less than the amounts otherwise specified to
be paid under this Agreement (after withholding for or on account of any
Taxes).
(d) The
Paying Agent shall distribute funds received by it for the account of other
Persons entitled thereto (including such Paying Agent for its own account) as
promptly as practicable after such receipt and in any event on the same Business
Day on which such funds are received, if such receipt occurs no later than 3:00
p.m. (New York City time), and otherwise on the next succeeding Business Day, in
accordance (where applicable) with the Priority of Payments.
(e) Neither
the Borrower nor the Servicer shall be accountable or liable for any use or
application of any amounts paid to the Paying Agent or any Lender in accordance
with the Transaction Documents.
Section
2.11 Breakage
Costs.
The
Borrower shall pay, in accordance with the Priority of Payments, to the Paying
Agent, for payment to any applicable Lender upon the request of any Lender or
Managing Agent on each date on which a prepayment is made in accordance with the
Priority of Payments, such amount or amounts as shall, without duplication,
compensate such Lender for any loss, cost or expense (the “Breakage Costs”)
incurred by such Lender (as reasonably documented by such Lender and delivered
to the Borrower) as a result of (i) any prepayment of an Advance which bears
interest based on the LIBO Rate on a date other than a Payment Date, (ii) any
failure to repay or prepay an Advance on a Payment Date that (x) is required to
be paid or (y) the Borrower has elected to prepay on such Payment Date, or (iii)
any failure on the part of the Borrower to accept or take an Advance as to which
a Funding Request shall have been delivered to be made on the Funding Date
specified in such Funding Request for any reason, including the Borrower’s
failure to satisfy the conditions to the making of such Advance set forth in
Section 2.1 or
2.2 or Article III, but
excluding (A) a default by any Lender in making its share of such Advance when
required under the terms and conditions of this Agreement and (B) a failure of
an Advance (or the applicable portion thereof) designated to fund one or more
Pre-Positioned Loans to be made on the Funding Date specified in the applicable
Funding Request to the extent such Funding Request shall have been amended or
revoked in accordance with Section 2.1(c)
by no later than 5:00 p.m. on the second Business Day immediately preceding the
Funding Date. Such Breakage Costs to any Lender shall be deemed to
include an amount determined by such Lender to be the excess, if any, of (i) the
amount of interest which would have accrued on the principal amount of such
Advance had such event not occurred, at the LIBO Rate that would have been
applicable to such Advance, for the period from the date of such event to the
last day of the then current Accrual Period (or, in the case of a failure to
borrow, for the period that would have been the initial Accrual Period for such
Advance), over (ii) the amount of Interest which would accrue on such principal
amount for such period at the interest rate which such Lender would bid were it
to bid, at the commencement of such period, for dollar deposits of a comparable
amount and period from other banks in the eurodollar market (whether or not any
Advances by such Lender are in fact funded in the eurodollar
market). The determination by any Lender of the amount of any such
Breakage Costs shall be set forth in a written notice to the Borrower, the
Servicer and the Documentation Agent delivered by the applicable Lender prior to
the date of such prepayment in the case where notice of such prepayment is
delivered to such Lender in accordance with Section 2.3 or
within two (2) Business Days following such prepayment in the case where no such
notice is delivered (in which case, Breakage Costs shall include interest
thereon from the date of such prepayment), or in the case of a failure of an
Advance to be made, within two (2) Business Days following the stated Funding
Date for such Advance (in which case, Breakage Costs shall include interest
thereon from such stated Funding Date), and shall be conclusive absent manifest
error.
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Section
2.12 Increased Costs; Capital
Adequacy; Illegality.
(a) If after
the date hereof, any Affected Party shall be charged any fee, expense or
increased cost on account of the adoption of any Applicable Law (including any
Applicable Law regarding capital adequacy), any accounting principles or any
change in any of the foregoing, or any change in the interpretation or
administration thereof by any Governmental Authority, the Financial Accounting
Standards Board, any central bank or any comparable agency charged with the
interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance with any request or
directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any such authority or
agency (a “Regulatory
Change”): (i) that subjects any Affected Party to any charge or
withholding on or with respect to any Transaction Document or an Affected
Party’s obligations under a Transaction Document, or on or with respect to the
Advances, or changes the basis of taxation of payments to any Affected Party of
any amounts payable under any Transaction Document (except for changes in the
rate of tax on the overall net income of an Affected Party or taxes excluded by
Section 2.13) or
(ii) that imposes, modifies or deems applicable any reserve, assessment,
insurance charge, special deposit or similar requirement against assets of,
deposits with or for the account of an Affected Party, or credit extended by an
Affected Party pursuant to a Transaction Document or (iii) that imposes any
other condition the result of which is to increase the cost to an Affected Party
of performing its obligations under a Transaction Document, or to reduce the
rate of return on an Affected Party’s capital as a consequence of its
obligations under a Transaction Document, or to reduce the amount of any sum
received or receivable by an Affected Party under a Transaction Document or to
require any payment calculated by reference to the amount of interests or loans
held or interest received by it, then, upon demand by the applicable Lender to
the Borrower, with a copy to the Servicer, the Documentation Agent and the
applicable Managing Agent, the Borrower shall pay, in accordance with the
Priority of Payments, to the Paying Agent, for payment to any applicable Lenders
for the benefit of the relevant Affected Party, such amounts charged to such
Affected Party or such amounts to otherwise compensate such Affected Party for
such increased cost or such reduction.
(b) If as a
result of any event or circumstance similar to those described in clause (a) of
this Section 2.12, an
Affected Party is required to compensate a Funding Source or Support Provider in
connection with this Agreement or the funding or maintenance of Advances
hereunder, then on the next Payment Date after demand by such Affected Party,
the Borrower shall pay, in accordance with the Priority of Payments, to the
Paying Agent, for payment to such Affected Party, such additional amount or
amounts as may be necessary to reimburse such Affected Party for any such
amounts paid by it.
(c) In
determining any amount provided for in this section, the Affected Party may use
any reasonable averaging and attribution methods. Any Affected Party
making a claim under this section shall submit to the Borrower, with a copy to
the Documentation Agent, a certificate as to such additional or increased cost
or reduction, which certificate shall calculate in reasonable detail any such
charges and shall be conclusive absent demonstrable error.
Section
2.13 Taxes.
(a) All
payments made by the Borrower in respect of any Advance and all payments made by
the Borrower under this Agreement will be made free and clear of and without
deduction or withholding for or on account of any Taxes, unless such withholding
or deduction is required by Applicable Law. In such event, the Borrower shall
pay, in accordance with the Priority of Payments, to the appropriate taxing
authority any such Taxes required to be deducted or withheld and the amount
payable to each Lender or Agent (as the case may be) will be increased (such
increase, the “Additional Amount”)
such that every net payment made under this Agreement, after deduction or
withholding for or on account of any Taxes (including any Taxes on such
increase), is equal to the amount that would have been paid had no such
deduction or withholding been deducted or withheld; provided that the
foregoing obligation to pay Additional Amounts will not apply to, and the term
“Additional Amount” shall not include, net income or franchise taxes imposed on
a Lender or Agent, respectively, with respect to payments required to be made by
the Borrower or the Servicer on behalf of the Borrower under this Agreement, by
a taxing jurisdiction in which such Lender or Agent is organized, conducts
business or is paying taxes as of the Closing Date (as the case may
be). If a Lender or Agent pays any Taxes in respect of which the
Borrower is obligated to pay Additional Amounts under this Section 2.13(a),
the Borrower shall promptly reimburse such Lender or Agent in full.
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(b) The
Borrower will indemnify each Lender and Agent, in accordance with the Priority
of Payments, for the full amount of Taxes in respect of which the Borrower is
required to pay Additional Amounts (including any Taxes imposed by any
jurisdiction on such Additional Amounts) paid by such Lender or Agent (as the
case may be) and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses)
arising therefrom or with respect thereto; provided, however, that such
Lender or Agent, as appropriate, making a demand for indemnity payment, shall
provide the Borrower, at its address set forth under its name on the signature
pages hereof, with a certificate from the relevant taxing authority or from a
Responsible Officer of such Lender or Agent stating or otherwise evidencing that
such Lender or Agent has made payment of such Taxes and will promptly provide a
copy of or extract from documentation, if available, furnished by such taxing
authority evidencing assertion or payment of such Taxes. This indemnification
shall be made within ten days from the date such Lender or Agent (as the case
may be) makes written demand therefore by notice to the Borrower and the
Servicer, with a copy to the Documentation Agent.
(c) Within 30
days after the date of any payment by the Borrower of any Taxes, the Borrower
will furnish to the applicable Agent or Lender at its address set forth under
its name on the signature pages hereof, with a copy to the Documentation Agent,
appropriate evidence of payment thereof.
(d) If a
Lender is not created or organized under the laws of the United States or a
political subdivision thereof, such Lender shall, within 15 days after the date
hereof, or, if later, the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender hereunder,
and at any other time or times required under Applicable Laws or as reasonably
requested by the Borrower, the Servicer, the Collateral Custodian, any Managing
Agent, the Paying Agent or the Facility Agent, deliver to the Borrower, the
Collateral Custodian, the applicable Managing Agent and the Paying Agent (i) two
(or such other number as may from time to time be prescribed by Applicable Laws)
duly completed copies of IRS Form W-8ECI, Form W-8IMY or Form W-8BEN (or any
successor forms or other certificates or statements that may be required from
time to time by the relevant United States taxing authorities or Applicable
Laws), as appropriate, to permit the Borrower, the Collateral Custodian, such
Managing Agent and the Paying Agent, as applicable, to make payments hereunder
for the account of such Lender, as the case may be, without deduction or
withholding of United States federal income or similar Taxes and (ii) upon the
obsolescence of or after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in, any
form or certificate previously delivered pursuant to this Section 2.13(d),
two copies (or such other number as may from time to time be prescribed by
Applicable Laws) of such additional, amended or successor forms, certificates or
statements as may be required under Applicable Laws to permit the Borrower, the
Collateral Custodian, such Managing Agent and the Paying Agent, as applicable,
to make payments hereunder for the account of such Lender, without deduction or
withholding of United States federal income or similar Taxes.
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(e) For any
period with respect to which a Lender has failed to provide the Borrower, the
Collateral Custodian, a Managing Agent or the Paying Agent, as applicable, with
the appropriate form, certificate or statement described in clause (d) of
this section (other than if such failure is due to a change in law occurring
after the date of this Agreement), such Lender, as the case may be, shall not be
entitled to indemnification under clauses (a) or
(b) of this
section with respect to any Taxes.
(f) If, in
connection with a Support Agreement, a Conduit Lender is required to compensate
a Support Provider in respect of Taxes under circumstances similar to those
described in this section, then on the Payment Date after demand made at least
ten days prior to such Payment Date by the Lenders, the Borrower shall pay, in
accordance with the Priority of Payments, to the Paying Agent, for payment to
the applicable Conduit Lender, such additional amount or amounts as may be
necessary to reimburse such Conduit Lender for any amounts paid by
it.
Section
2.14 Mitigation Obligations;
Replacement of Lenders.
(a) If, in
accordance with the Priority of Payments, (i) a Lender requests compensation
under Section 2.12,
(ii) the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to a Lender or any
Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.13,
(iii) a Lender makes a demand pursuant to Section 2.13 or
(iv) an Affected Party is required to compensate a Funding Source or Support
Provider in respect of any such occurrence, then such Lender or other Affected
Party shall, or shall cause such Funding Source or Support Provider to, use
reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office (if such Lender,
Affected Party, Funding Source or Support Provider has multiple lending offices)
for funding and booking its Advances hereunder or to assign it rights and
obligation hereunder to any other of its offices, branches or affiliates (if
such Lender, Affected Party, Funding Source or Support Provider has multiple
offices, branches or lending affiliates, as applicable), if, in the reasonable
judgment of such Lender or Affected Party, such designation or assignment (A)
would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.12 or
2.13, as the
case may be, in the future, or eliminate the need for any notice pursuant to
Section 2.12, as
applicable, and (B) in each case, would not subject such Lender, Affected Party,
Funding Source or Support Provider to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would
not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender, Affected Party, Funding Source
or Support Provider. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay, in accordance
with the Priority of Payments, all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any
Lender or Affected Party in connection any such designation or
assignment.
(b) If, in
accordance with the Priority of Payments, (i) (A) a Lender requests compensation
under Section 2.12,
(B) the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to a Lender or any
Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.13, or
(C) an Affected Party is required to compensate a Funding Source or Support
Provider in respect of any such occurrence, and the amount of such compensation
or additional amounts, as applicable, are materially in excess (on a basis
proportional to outstanding Advances or Commitments, as applicable) of the
amounts payable to other Lenders or Affected Parties, as applicable, or (ii) any
other circumstance exists hereunder that gives the Borrower the right to replace
a Lender as a party hereto or an Affected Party, as the case may be, then the
Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender or
Affected Party, as the case may be, and the Facility Agent, require (x) such
Lender or the Lender to which such Affected Party relates, as applicable, if
consented to by all others Lenders and the Managing Agent in such Lender’s
Lender Group or (y) if not so consented, all Lenders and the Managing Agent in
such Lender Group, to, assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with
and subject to the restrictions contained in, and consents required by, Article XI), all
and not less than all of its interests, rights and obligations under this
Agreement and the Transaction Documents to an assignee or assignees that shall
assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if such other
Lender accepts such assignment); provided that: (x)
each assigning Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to all of
its Advances outstanding, accrued Interest thereon, accrued fees and all other
amounts payable to it and its Affected Parties hereunder and the other
Transaction Documents through (but excluding) the date of such assignment from
the assignee (to the extent of such Advances outstanding, accrued Interest
thereon and accrued fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts),
(y) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation
or additional amounts under Section 2.12 or
payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.13,
such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation, additional
amounts or payments thereafter and (z) such assignment does not conflict with
Applicable Law. A Lender or other Affected Party shall not be
required to make, or cause to be made, any such assignment or delegation if,
prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or Affected Party or
otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment
and delegation cease to apply.
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Section
2.15 Changes in Facility
Amount.
(a) On any
date prior to the Termination Date, the Borrower may request an increase in the
Facility Amount, to an amount not exceeding the Maximum Facility Amount, through
an increase in like amount of the aggregate Commitments (a “Facility
Increase”). Such request shall be made by notice to the
Documentation Agent, shall identify the Lenders agreeing to increase their
Commitments or additional Persons agreeing to become additional Lenders and
shall specify, for each such Lender or other Person, the identity thereof and
the amount of its proposed Commitment. The Documentation Agent shall
promptly provide a copy of any such notice to the Facility Agent and each
Managing Agent, and each Managing Agent, upon receipt thereof, shall promptly
provide a copy thereof to each Lender in its Lender Group. Any
Facility Increase shall be subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth
in subsection (c) below, and
(i) to the
extent such Facility Increase consists of Lenders increasing their Commitments,
such Facility Increase shall become effective upon the execution and delivery of
an amendment to this Agreement by the Borrower, the Servicer, the Facility
Agent, each such increasing Lender, the Managing Agent for its Lender Group and
without the requirement of consent from any other Lender or Agent,
and
(ii) to the
extent such Facility Increase consists of additional Persons becoming Lenders
hereunder, such Facility Increase shall become effective upon the execution and
delivery by the Borrower, the Servicer, the Facility Agent, each such Person and
the Managing Agent for its Lender Group (and without the requirement of consent
from any other Lender or Agent) of an agreement substantially in the form
attached as Exhibit C-2 hereto (a “Joinder
Agreement”).
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(b) Upon the
effectiveness of a Joinder Agreement, each additional Person or Persons agreeing
to become a Lender thereby shall for all purposes be a Lender party to this
Agreement and shall have all the rights and obligations of a Lender under this
Agreement to the same extent as if it were an original party hereto, and no
further consent or action by Borrower, the Lenders or the
Agents. Promptly following the effectiveness of any amendment to this
agreement described in clause (a)(i)
above or of any Joinder Agreement, the Facility Agent shall record the
information contained therein in the Register and give prompt notice thereof to
each Lender.
(c) Each
Facility Increase shall be subject to the conditions precedent
that:
(i) unless
otherwise consented to by the Facility Agent, the minimum increase in the
Facility Amount shall be $5,000,000;
(ii) after
giving effect to such increase, the Facility Amount shall not exceed the Maximum
Facility Amount;
(iii) all
Lenders shall have the pro rata benefit of any increased Interest margins,
Facility Fees payable (directly or indirectly) for the benefit of any Lenders
which are increasing or assuming new Commitments in connection with such
Facility Increase;
(iv) the
representations and warranties set forth in Sections 4.1 and
7.8 shall be
true and correct on and as of the date of such Facility Increase, before and
after giving effect thereto, as though made on and as of such date;
(v) no event
that constitutes a Termination Event has occurred and is continuing or would
result from such Facility Increase;
(vi) the
Borrowing Base Test shall be satisfied;
(vii) the
Overcollateralization Ratio Test shall be satisfied;
(viii) the
Required Equity Test shall be satisfied;
(ix) each
Collateral Quality Test shall be satisfied;
(x) there
shall have been no Material Adverse Change with respect to the Borrower or the
Servicer since the date of the most recent Advance;
(xi) if the
Facility Amount shall exceed $175,000,000 after giving effect to such Facility
Increase, the Rating Agency shall have confirmed in writing to the Borrower and
the Facility Agent that (i) such Facility Increase will not result in the
reduction of its rating of the existing portion of the Rated Facility to below
the Required Facility Rating or in a withdrawal of its rating of the existing
portion of the Rated Facility, and (ii) its rating of the increased portion of
the Rated Facility is at least equal to the Required Facility Rating;
and
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(xii) the
Servicer and the Borrower shall have taken such other action, including delivery
of approvals, consents, opinions, documents, and instruments to the Facility
Agent as it may reasonably request.
(d) To the
extent of any increase in the Commitment(s) of any other Lender(s) or the
addition of another Lender(s) and to the extent that the then existing
Commitment of Rabobank equals or exceeds $100,000,000, the Borrower shall, by
notice to the Documentation Agent, reduce the Commitment of Rabobank on a
non-pro rata, dollar-for-dollar basis in an amount not to exceed the lesser of
(A) the amount of such increase in the Commitment(s) and (B) the amount by which
Rabobank’s then existing Commitment exceeds $100,000,000.
(e) The
Borrower shall also be entitled, at its option and without premium or penalty,
to reduce the Commitment of Rabobank on a non-pro rata basis to an amount not
less than $75,000,000 by reducing the Facility Amount or obtaining a Facility
Increase.
(f) The
Borrower shall be entitled at its option and without premium or penalty, at any
time prior to the occurrence of a Termination Event, to reduce the Facility
Amount in whole or in part, by delivering a Borrower Notice substantially in the
form of Exhibit A-2 to
the Documentation Agent at least two (2) Business Days prior to the date of such
reduction; provided that (A) any
partial reduction of the Facility Amount shall be in an amount equal to the
lesser of (I) the Availability or (II) $2,000,000 and integral multiples of
$100,000 in excess thereof, and (B) such reduction shall be accompanied by the
payment in accordance with the Priority of Payments of any fees required under
any applicable Fee Letter in connection therewith. Upon receipt of
any such Borrower Notice, the Documentation Agent shall promptly forward a copy
thereof to the Facility Agent, each Managing Agent and Lender. Unless
otherwise agreed by the Facility Agent and the Lenders or otherwise provided in
Section 2.15(e),
the Commitment of each Lender shall be reduced ratably in proportion to such
reduction in the Facility Amount. Any request for a reduction or
termination pursuant to Section 2.15(d), (e) or
(f) shall be irrevocable. The Servicer shall deliver notice of
each reduction of the Facility Amount to the Rating Agency.
Section
2.16 Reallocations.
Upon the
effectiveness of any non-pro rata Facility Increase or any reallocation of
Commitments pursuant to Section 2.15,
each Lender shall sell to the other Lenders (as determined by the Facility
Agent), and each Lender shall purchase from the other Lenders (as so determined
by the Facility Agent) an interest in the outstanding Advances, for a purchase
price equal to the portion of the principal balance sold and purchased, so that,
after giving effect to such sale and purchase, as nearly as practical, the
aggregate Advances funded by each Lender Group are proportional to the aggregate
Commitments of the Committed Lenders in the Lender Groups.
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ARTICLE
III
CONDITIONS
OF EFFECTIVENESS AND ADVANCES
Section
3.1 Conditions to
Effectiveness.
The
conditions to the effectiveness of this Agreement on the Closing Date were set
forth in Section 3.1 of
the Original Loan and Servicing Agreement. The amendments to the
Original Loan and Servicing Agreement set forth herein shall not become
effective until, and no Lender shall be obligated to take, fulfill or perform
any other action hereunder, until the following conditions have been satisfied,
in the sole discretion of, or waived in writing by, the Facility Agent and the
Required Lenders:
(a) This
Agreement and all other Transaction Documents and any applicable Support
Facilities or counterparts hereof or thereof shall have been duly executed by,
and delivered to, the parties hereto and thereto and the Facility Agent and each
Managing Agent shall have received such other documents, instruments (including
certification of the identity of the “independent director” required pursuant to
the limited liability company agreement of the Borrower), agreements and legal
opinions (including a reliance letter with respect to the opinion of Xxxxxxxx
Chance US LLP dated July 3, 2007 relating to substantive consolidation and sale
characterization and an opinion as to the federal tax status of the Borrower) as
it or any Lender shall reasonably request in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, on or prior to the Restatement Effective Date,
each in form and substance satisfactory to the Facility Agent.
(b) The
Borrower shall have paid all fees required to be paid by it on the Restatement
Effective Date, including all fees required hereunder and under the Fee Letters
to be paid as of such date, and shall have reimbursed each Lender and each
Managing Agent and the Facility Agent for all fees, costs and expenses related
to the transactions contemplated hereunder and under the other Transaction
Documents and applicable Support Facilities, including the legal and other
document preparation costs incurred by any Lender, Managing Agent and/or the
Facility Agent.
(c) The
Facility Agent, the Documentation Agent, each Managing Agent and the Rating
Agency shall have received a statement, addressed to the Facility Agent, from a
firm of internationally recognized independent public accountants which are
reasonably satisfactory to the Facility Agent indicating that, based on
procedures agreed upon by such firm and the Servicer and which are reasonably
satisfactory to the Facility Agent, (i) that such firm has the Monthly Reports,
Quarterly Reports, Servicer’s Certificates, Loan Lists and valuations reports
from the Approved Valuation Agent received prior to the Restatement Effective
Date, (ii) that the calculations within those Monthly Reports, Quarterly Reports
and Servicer’s Certificates have been performed in accordance with the
applicable provisions of this Agreement, (iii) that the Aggregate Purchased Loan
Balance and the Net Portfolio Collateral Balance as of the immediately preceding
Payment Date have been accurately calculated, (iv) that the extent of compliance
of the Collateral with the criteria set forth in the definitions of “Eligible
Loans” and “Borrowing Base Eligible Loans” has been adequately characterized and
(v) that each of the Loans in the Loan List conforms to the stated
characteristics for such Loan. The Facility Agent need not make any
independent inquiry or investigation as to, and shall have no obligation or
liability in respect of, the sufficiency, validity or correctness of the
procedures employed by such independent public accountants. The
independent public accountants’ statement shall also indicate that the firm is
independent of the Servicer and the Borrower within the meaning of the Code of
Professional Ethics of the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants.
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(d) Obligors
in respect of Borrowing Base Eligible Loans included as part of the Collateral
shall be in not fewer than seven (7) different Industries, determined by
reference to the Xxxxx’x Industry Classifications.
(e) The
Transferred Loans shall consist of not fewer than eight (8) Borrowing Base
Eligible Loans (for such purpose, Loans to Obligors which are Affiliates of each
other shall be deemed to be a single Loan).
(f) The
Rating Agency shall have confirmed in writing to the Borrower and the Facility
Agent that its rating of the Rated Facility is at least equal to the Required
Facility Rating.
(g) Each
Conduit Lender whose Commercial Paper Notes are being rated by Xxxxx’x or
S&P shall have received, to the extent required under the terms of such
Conduit Lender’s program documents, the written confirmation of such rating
agency that the execution and delivery of this Agreement will not result in a
withdrawal or downgrading of the then-current rating of such Commercial Paper
Notes by such rating agency.
The Documentation Agent shall promptly
notify each Lender of the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth
above. Upon the Restatement Effective Date, each Lender shall sell to
the other Lenders (as determined by the Facility Agent), and each Lender shall
purchase from the other Lenders (as so determined by the Facility Agent) an
interest in the outstanding Advances, for a purchase price equal to the portion
of the principal balance sold and purchased, so that, after giving effect to
such sale and purchase, as nearly as practical, the aggregate Advances funded by
each Lender Group are proportional to the aggregate Commitments of the Committed
Lenders in the Lender Groups.
Section
3.2 Additional Conditions
Precedent to All Advances.
Each
Advance shall be subject to the further conditions precedent that, as of the
date of such Advance and both (i) before giving effect to such Advance and (ii)
after giving effect thereto and to the application of the proceeds
thereof:
(a) The
representations and warranties set forth in Sections 4.1 and 7.8 shall be true
and correct on and as of such date, as though made on and as of such
date;
(b) Obligors
in respect of Borrowing Base Eligible Loans included as part of the Collateral
shall be in not fewer than seven (7) different Industries, determined by
reference to the Xxxxx’x Industry Classifications;
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(c) The
Transferred Loans shall consist of not fewer than eight (8) Borrowing Base
Eligible Loans (for such purpose, Loans to Obligors which are Affiliates of each
other shall be deemed to be a single Loan);
(d) No more
than three (3) Loans shall then be Pre-Positioned Loans;
(e) The
Termination Date shall not have occurred;
(f) No event
shall have occurred that constitutes a Termination Event or Unmatured
Termination Event;
(g) The
amount on deposit in the Interest Reserve Account shall be at least equal to the
Interest Reserve Account Requirement;
(h) Each of
the Borrowing Base Test and Overcollateralization Ratio Test shall be
satisfied;
(i) The
Required Equity Test shall be satisfied;
(j) The
Liquidity Test shall be satisfied;
(k) The
applicable conditions set forth in Section 2.1 and
Section 2.2(a) and/or 2.2(b) shall have
been satisfied to the extent satisfaction thereof is required on or prior to the
Funding Date;
(l) No claim
shall have been asserted or proceeding commenced challenging enforceability or
validity of any of the Transaction Documents, excluding any instruments,
certificates or other documents relating to Loans that were the subject of prior
Advances;
(m) There
shall have been no Material Adverse Change with respect to the Borrower or the
Servicer since the preceding Advance;
(n) The
Documentation Agent shall have recalculated the Diversity Score and Xxxxx’x
Asset Correlation Factor pursuant to Section 7.21
after giving effect to such Advance and any transfer of Loans to the
Borrower;
(o) On the
related Funding Date, the Borrower or the Servicer, as the case may be, shall
have certified in the related Borrower Notice that the conditions set forth in
clauses (a) through (n) above shall have been satisfied;
(p) On the
first Funding Date that is after the Restatement Effective Date, the Facility
Agent and each Managing Agent shall have received an opinion relating to
substantive consolidation and sale characterization with respect to one or more
Loans transferred to the Borrower after the Restatement Effective Date as it or
any Lender shall reasonably request in connection with the transfer of such
Loans on such Funding Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Facility
Agent (for the avoidance of doubt, such opinion shall not be required as a
condition precedent to any Loans being made on the Restatement Effective Date,
unless additional Loans are being transferred to the Borrower on such date);
and
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(q) The
Servicer and the Borrower shall have taken such other actions, including
delivery of approvals, consents, opinions, documents, and instruments to the
Facility Agent as it may reasonably request.
ARTICLE
IV
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
Section
4.1 Representations and
Warranties of the Borrower.
The
Borrower represents and warrants as follows:
(a) Organization and Good
Standing. The Borrower is a limited liability company duly
formed, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its formation, and has full power, authority and legal right to
own or lease its properties and conduct its business as such business is
presently conducted.
(b) Due
Qualification. The Borrower is qualified to do business as a
limited liability company, is in good standing, and has obtained all licenses
and approvals as required under the laws of all jurisdictions in which the
ownership or lease of its property, and/or the conduct of its business (other
than the performance of its obligations hereunder) requires such qualification,
standing, license or approval, except to the extent that the failure to so
qualify, maintain such standing or be so licensed or approved would not have a
Material Adverse Effect. The Borrower is qualified to do business as
a limited liability company, is in good standing, and has obtained all licenses
and approvals as required under the laws of all states in which the performance
of its obligations pursuant to this Agreement requires such qualification,
standing, license or approval and where the failure to qualify or obtain such
license or approval would have Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Due
Authorization. The execution and delivery of this Agreement
and each Transaction Document to which the Borrower is a party and the
consummation of the transactions provided for herein and therein have been duly
authorized by the Borrower by all necessary action on the part of the
Borrower.
(d) No
Conflict. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and
each Transaction Document to which the Borrower is a party, the performance by
the Borrower of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and the
fulfillment of the terms hereof and thereof will not conflict with or result in
any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, and will not constitute (with
or without notice or lapse of time or both) a default under, the Borrower’s
limited liability company agreement or any material Contractual Obligation of
the Borrower.
(e) No
Violation. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and
each Transaction Document to which the Borrower is a party, the performance of
the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and the fulfillment of the
terms hereof and thereof will not conflict with or violate, in any material
respect, any Applicable Law.
(f) No
Proceedings. There are no proceedings or investigations
pending or, to the best knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against the
Borrower, before any Governmental Authority (i) asserting the invalidity of this
Agreement or any Transaction Document to which the Borrower is a party, (ii)
seeking to prevent the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement or any Transaction Document to which the Borrower is a party or
(iii) seeking any determination or ruling that could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(g) All Consents
Required. All material approvals, authorizations, consents,
orders or other actions of any Person or of any Governmental Authority (if any)
required in connection with the due execution, delivery and performance by the
Borrower of this Agreement and any Transaction Document to which the Borrower is
a party, have been obtained.
(h) Reports
Accurate. All Monthly Reports, Quarterly Reports, information,
exhibit, financial statement, document, book, record or report furnished or to
be furnished by the Borrower to the Facility Agent or a Managing Agent or Lender
in connection with this Agreement are true, complete and accurate in all
material respects.
(j) Selection
Procedures. No procedures believed by the Borrower to be
materially adverse to the interests of the Secured Parties were utilized by the
Borrower in identifying and/or selecting the Loans that are part of the
Collateral.
(k) Taxes. The
Borrower has filed or caused to be filed all Tax returns required to be filed by
it. The Borrower has paid all Taxes and all assessments made against it or any
of its property (other than any amount of Tax the validity of which is currently
being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to
which a cash reserve has been established in a Tax Reserve Account in an amount
equal to the amount of such Tax), and no Tax lien has been filed and, to the
Borrower’s knowledge, no claim is being asserted, with respect to any such Tax,
fee or other charge.
(l) Agreements
Enforceable. This Agreement and each Transaction Document to
which the Borrower is a party constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation
of the Borrower enforceable against the Borrower in accordance with their
respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by Insolvency
Laws and except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of
equity (whether considered in a suit at law or in equity).
(m) No
Liens. The Collateral is owned by the Borrower free and clear
of any Liens except for Borrower Permitted Liens as provided herein, and the
Facility Agent, as agent for the Secured Parties, has a valid and perfected
first priority security interest in the Collateral now existing or hereafter
arising, free and clear of any Liens except for Borrower Permitted
Liens. No effective financing statement or other instrument similar
in effect covering any Collateral is on file in any recording office except such
as may be filed in favor of the Facility Agent relating to this Agreement or
reflecting the transfer of the Collateral from the Originator to the
Borrower.
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(n) Security
Interest. The Borrower has granted a first priority security
interest (as defined in the UCC) to the Facility Agent, as agent for the Secured
Parties, in the Collateral, which is perfected (including, where applicable, by
the filing of UCC financing statements) and enforceable in accordance with
Applicable Law.
(o) Location of
Offices. The Borrower’s jurisdiction of organization,
principal place of business and chief executive office and the office where the
Borrower keeps all the Records is located at the address of the Borrower
referred to in Section 12.2
hereof (or at such other locations as to which the notice and other requirements
specified in Section 6.8
shall have been satisfied).
(p) Tradenames. The
Borrower has no trade names, fictitious names, assumed names or “doing business
as” names or other names under which it has done or is doing
business.
(q) Purchase
Agreement. The Purchase Agreement is the only agreement
pursuant to which the Borrower acquires Collateral.
(r) Value
Given. The Borrower gave reasonably equivalent value to the
Originator in consideration for the transfer to the Borrower of the Transferred
Loans under the Purchase Agreement (or such Transferred Loans were validly and
irrevocably contributed the Borrower’s capital), no such transfer was made for
or on account of an antecedent debt owed by the Originator to the Borrower, and
no such transfer is voidable or subject to avoidance under any Insolvency
Law.
(s) Accounting. The
Borrower accounts for the transfers to it from the Originator of interests in
the Loans under the Purchase Agreement as sales of such Loans in its books,
records and financial statements, in each case consistent with
GAAP.
(t) Separate
Entity. The Borrower is operated as an entity with assets and
liabilities distinct from those of the Originator and any Affiliates thereof
(other than the Borrower), and the Borrower hereby acknowledges that the Agents
and the Lenders are entering into the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement in reliance upon the Borrower’s identity as a separate legal entity
from the Originator and from each such other Affiliate of the
Originator.
(u) Investments. Except
for Supplemental Interests or Supplemental Interests that convert into an equity
interest in any Person, the Borrower does not own or hold directly or
indirectly, any capital stock or equity security of, or any equity interest in,
any Person.
(v) Business. Since
its formation, the Borrower has conducted no business other than the purchase
and receipt of Loans from the Originator under the Purchase Agreement, the
borrowing of funds under this Agreement and such other activities as are
incidental to the foregoing.
(w) ERISA. The Borrower
has not established and has not incurred and does not expect to incur any
liabilities in respect of any Benefit Plan. The Borrower has not
incurred and does not expect to incur any liabilities payable to the Pension
Benefit Guaranty Corporation under ERISA.
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(x) Investment Company
Act.
(i) The
Borrower represents and warrants that the Borrower is exempt and will remain
exempt from registration as an “investment company” within the meaning of the
1940 Act.
(ii) The
making of the Advances by the Lenders to the Borrower and the business and other
activities of the Borrower, including the application of the proceeds and
repayment thereof by the Borrower and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents to which the Borrower is a party do
not now and will not at any time result in any violations, with respect to the
Borrower, of the provisions of the 1940 Act or any rules, regulations or orders
issued by the SEC thereunder.
(y) Government
Regulations. The Borrower is not engaged in the business of
extending credit for the purpose of “purchasing” or “carrying” any “margin
security,” as such terms are defined in Regulation U of the Federal Reserve
Board as now and from time to time hereafter in effect (such securities being
referred to herein as “Margin Stock”). The
Borrower owns no Margin Stock, and no portion of the proceeds of any Advance
hereunder will be used, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of purchasing or
carrying any Margin Stock, for the purpose of reducing or retiring any
Indebtedness that was originally incurred to purchase or carry any Margin Stock
or for any other purpose that might cause any portion of such proceeds to be
considered a “purpose credit” within the meaning of Regulation T, U or X of the
Federal Reserve Board. The Borrower will not take or permit to be taken any
action that might cause any Related Document to violate any regulation of the
Federal Reserve Board.
(z) Foreign Assets
Control. The Borrower understands that federal regulations and
Executive Orders administered by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of
Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) prohibit,
among other things, the engagement in transactions with, and the provision of
services to, certain foreign countries, territories, entities and individuals,
and that the lists of OFAC prohibited countries, territories, persons and
entities can be found on the OFAC website at
xxx.xxxxx.xxx/xxxx. Neither the Borrower or any of its Affiliates
nor, to the Borrower’s actual knowledge (but without any obligation hereunder to
undertake any inquiry), except in connection with the origination of a Loan and
only as of the date of such origination, any Obligor is a country, territory,
person or entity named on an OFAC list, nor is it or any of its affiliates a
natural person or entity with whom dealings are prohibited under any OFAC
regulations.
(aa) USA PATRIOT
Act. (i) Neither the Borrower or any of its Affiliates nor, to
the Borrower’s actual knowledge (but without any obligation hereunder to
undertake any inquiry), except in connection with the origination of a Loan and
only as of the date of such origination, any Obligor is resident in, or
organized or chartered under the laws of, (A) a jurisdiction that has been
designated by the Secretary of the Treasury under Section 311 of the USA
PATRIOT Act as warranting special measures due to money laundering concerns or
(B) a Non-Cooperative Jurisdiction; (ii) the funds of neither the Borrower or
any of its Affiliates nor, to the Borrower’s actual knowledge (but without any
obligation hereunder to undertake any inquiry), except in connection with the
origination of a Loan and only as of the date of such origination, any Obligor
originate from, nor will they be routed through, an account maintained at (A) a
foreign bank operating under an offshore banking license or a foreign bank that
does not maintain a physical presence in any country, both within the meaning of
the USA PATRIOT Act (but excluding any foreign bank whose affiliate maintains a
physical presence in any country if such foreign bank is subject to supervision
by a banking authority in the country regulating such affiliate), or (B) a bank
organized or chartered under the laws of a Non-Cooperative Jurisdiction; and
(iii) neither the Borrower or any of its Affiliates nor, to the Borrower’s
actual knowledge (but without any obligation hereunder to undertake any
inquiry), except in connection with the origination of a Loan and only as of the
date of such origination, any Obligor is a senior foreign political figure, or
any immediate family member or close associate of a senior foreign political
figure, in each case, within the meaning of the USA PATRIOT Act.
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(bb) Eligibility of
Loans. Each Loan List and the information contained in each
Borrower Notice delivered pursuant to Section 2.1 and
Section 2.2(a)
and/or Section
2.2(b), as applicable, is an accurate and complete listing in all
material respects of all the Loans that are part of the Collateral as of date
thereof, and (i) the information contained therein with respect to the identity
of such Loans and the amounts owing thereunder is true and correct in all
material respects as of such date and (ii) each such Loan is an Eligible
Loan.
(cc) Certain Uniform Commercial
Code Matters. The representations and warranties set forth in
Annex V to
this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects.
Section
4.2 Representations, Warranties
and Covenants of the Lenders and Paying Agent.
(a) Each
Lender represents and warrants as of the date hereof and as of the date of any
Advance funded by such Lender that: (i) it is a Qualified Lender; (ii) any
transfer of any Note or any beneficial interest therein by such Lender in
violation of the transfer restrictions set forth on such Note will be of no
force and effect, will be void ab initio and will not operate to transfer any
rights to the transferee; and (iii) the Borrower maintains the right to resell
any interest in any Note previously transferred to any holder that is not
eligible to purchase such interest in accordance with the restrictions set forth
on such Note.
(b) The
Paying Agent represents that as of the date of this Agreement, it satisfies the
Agent Rating Requirement.
(c) The
Paying Agent agrees and covenants that if at any time it ceases to satisfy the
Agent Rating Requirement it will promptly, and in any event within five Business
Days, following any related downgrade or rating withdrawal provide written
notice thereof to the Borrower, the Servicer and the Facility
Agent.
ARTICLE
V
GENERAL
COVENANTS OF THE BORROWER
Section
5.1 Covenants of the
Borrower.
The
Borrower hereby covenants that:
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(a) Compliance with
Laws. The Borrower will comply in all material respects with
all Applicable Laws, including those with respect to the Loans that are part of
the Collateral and any Related Property.
(b) Preservation of Corporate
Existence. The Borrower will preserve and maintain its
existence, rights, franchises and privileges in the jurisdiction of its
formation, and qualify and remain qualified in good standing in each
jurisdiction where the failure to maintain such existence, rights, franchises,
privileges and qualification has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a
Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Limitations on Sales, Other
Transfers and Security Interests. The Borrower will not sell,
assign or transfer to any other Person, or grant, create, incur, assume or
suffer to exist any Lien on any Loan or Related Property that is part of the
Collateral, whether now existing or hereafter transferred hereunder, or any
interest therein. The Borrower will promptly notify the Facility
Agent of the existence of any Lien in respect of which it has notice on any Loan
or Related Property that is part of the Collateral and the Borrower shall defend
the right, title and interest of the Facility Agent as agent for the Secured
Parties in, to and under any Loan and the Related Property that is part of the
Collateral, against all claims of third parties; provided, however, that nothing
in this Section 5.1(c)
shall prevent or be deemed to prohibit the Borrower from (i) selling, assigning
or transferring Loans and Related Property pursuant to Section 6.3 or
7.7 or (ii)
granting, creating, incurring, assuming or suffering to exist Borrower Permitted
Liens upon any Loan that is part of the Collateral or Obligor Permitted Liens
upon any Related Property with respect thereto.
(d) Delivery of
Collections. The Borrower agrees to cause the delivery to the
Collateral Custodian for deposit into the Collection Account promptly (but in no
event later than one Business Day after receipt) all Collections received by
Borrower in respect of the Loans that are part of the Collateral.
(e) Activities of
Borrower. The Borrower shall not engage in any business or
activity of any kind, or enter into any transaction or indenture, mortgage,
instrument, agreement, contract, Loan or other undertaking, which is not
incidental to the transactions contemplated and authorized by this Agreement or
the Purchase Agreement. The Borrower shall not establish or maintain
any deposit accounts or securities accounts other than the Transaction
Accounts.
(f) Indebtedness. The
Borrower shall not create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness or
other liability whatsoever, except (i) obligations incurred under this Agreement
or the Purchase Agreement or (ii) liabilities incident to the maintenance of its
existence in good standing.
(g) Guarantees. The
Borrower shall not become or remain liable, directly or indirectly, in
connection with any Indebtedness or other liability of any other Person, whether
by guarantee, endorsement (other than endorsements of negotiable instruments for
deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business), agreement to purchase
or repurchase, agreement to supply or advance funds, or otherwise.
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(h) Investments. The
Borrower shall not make or suffer to exist any loans or advances to, or extend
any credit to, or make any investments (by way of transfer of property,
contributions to capital, purchase of stock or securities or evidences of
indebtedness, acquisition of the business or assets, or otherwise) in, any
Person except for purchases of Eligible Loans and Supplemental Interests
pursuant to the Purchase Agreement during the Revolving Period in accordance
with this Agreement, or for investments in Permitted Investments in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, the Borrower will not, without the consent of the Facility Agent
and satisfaction of the Rating Condition, acquire or enter into, or otherwise
become bound by (i) any Derivative or (ii) any securities lending
arrangement.
(i) Merger;
Sales. The Borrower shall not enter into any transaction of
merger or consolidation, or liquidate or dissolve itself (or suffer any
liquidation or dissolution), or acquire or be acquired by any Person, or convey,
sell, loan or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its property or
business, except as provided for in this Agreement.
(j) Distributions. The
Borrower may not declare or pay or make, directly or indirectly, any
distribution (whether in cash or other property) with respect to any Person’s
equity interest in the Borrower (collectively, a “Distribution”); provided, however, if no
Termination Event has occurred or will occur as a result thereof, the Borrower
may make Distributions from funds available in accordance with the Priority of
Payments.
(k) Agreements. The
Borrower shall not (i) amend or modify (A) the provisions of its certificate of
formation or limited liability company agreement, or (B) the Purchase Agreement
without the consent of the Facility Agent and the Required Lenders and, in the
case of any amendment or modification of the Purchase Agreement satisfaction of
the Rating Condition, or (ii) issue any power of attorney except to the Facility
Agent or the Servicer.
(l) Separate
Existence. The Borrower shall:
(i) Maintain
its own deposit account or accounts, separate from those of any Affiliate, with
commercial banking institutions. The funds of the Borrower will not be diverted
to any other Person or for other than corporate uses of the Borrower, and the
Borrower’s assets will not be commingled with those of any other
Person;
(ii) Ensure
that, to the extent that it shares the same persons as officers or other
employees as any of its Affiliates, the salaries of and the expenses related to
providing benefits to such officers or employees shall be fairly allocated among
such entities, and each such entity shall bear its fair share of the salary and
benefit costs associated with all such common officers and
employees;
(iii) Ensure
that, to the extent that it jointly contracts with any of its Affiliates to do
business with vendors or service providers or to share overhead expenses, the
costs incurred in so doing shall be allocated fairly among such entities, and
each such entity shall bear its fair share of such costs. To the extent that the
Borrower contracts or does business with vendors or service providers when the
goods and services provided are partially for the benefit of any other Person,
the costs incurred in so doing shall be fairly allocated to or among such
entities for whose benefit the goods and services are provided, and each such
entity shall bear its fair share of such costs. All material transactions
between Borrower and any of its Affiliates shall be only on an arm’s length
basis;
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(iv) Maintain
its books and records separate from those of any other Person, use separate
stationery, invoices, and checks and prepare separate financial
statements;
(v) Not
guarantee or become obligated for the debts of any other Person or hold out its
credit as being available to satisfy the obligations of others, and not to
pledge its assets for the benefit of any other Person or make any loans or
advances to any Person (except as provided in the Transaction
Documents);
(vi) Not
acquire obligations or securities of its members;
(vii) Conduct
its business in its own name; hold itself out as a separate entity and correct
any known misunderstanding regarding its separate identity;
(viii) Maintain
adequate capital in light of its contemplated business operations;
(ix) To the
extent that the Borrower and any of its Affiliates have offices in the same
location, there shall be a fair and appropriate allocation of overhead costs
among them, and each such entity shall bear its fair share of such
expenses;
(x) Conduct
its affairs strictly in accordance with its limited liability company agreement,
and observe all necessary, appropriate and customary legal formalities,
including holding all regular and special director’s meetings
appropriate to authorize all action, keeping separate and accurate records of
such meetings, passing all resolutions or consents necessary to authorize
actions taken or to be taken, and maintaining accurate and separate books,
records and accounts, including payroll and transaction accounts;
(xi) Take or
refrain from taking, as applicable, each of the activities specified or assumed
in the legal opinion referred to in Sections 3.1(a)
and 3.2(p) with
respect to substantive consolidation and sale characterization issues and take
such other actions as are reasonably necessary on its part to ensure that the
facts and assumptions set forth such opinions or in the certificates
accompanying such opinion remain true and correct in all material respects at
all times; and
(xii) Maintain
the effectiveness of, and continue to perform under the Purchase Agreement, such
that it does not amend, restate, supplement, cancel, terminate or otherwise
modify the Purchase Agreement, or give any consent, waiver, directive or
approval thereunder or waive any default, action, omission or breach under the
Purchase Agreement or otherwise grant any indulgence thereunder, without (in
each case) the prior written consent of the Facility Agent and the Required
Lenders and satisfaction of the Rating Condition.
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(m) ERISA
Matters. The Borrower will not establish, maintain or incur
obligations with respect to any Benefit Plan.
(n) Originator
Collateral. With respect to each item of Collateral acquired
by the Borrower, the Borrower will (i) acquire such Collateral pursuant to and
in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Agreement, (ii) take all action
necessary to perfect, protect and more fully evidence the Borrower’s ownership
of such Collateral, including (A) filing and maintaining, effective
precautionary financing statements (Form UCC-1) naming the Originator as
seller/debtor and the Borrower as purchaser/creditor in all necessary or
appropriate filing offices, and filing continuation statements, amendments or
assignments with respect thereto in such filing offices, and (B) executing or
causing to be executed such other instruments or notices as may be necessary or
appropriate, including Assignments of Mortgage, and (iii) take all additional
action that the Facility Agent may reasonably request to perfect, protect and
more fully evidence the respective interests of the parties to this Agreement in
the Collateral.
(o) Transactions with
Affiliates. The Borrower will not enter into, or be a party
to, any transaction with any of its Affiliates, except (i) the transactions
permitted or contemplated by this Agreement and the Purchase Agreement and (ii)
other transactions (including transactions related to the use of office space or
computer equipment or software by the Borrower to or from an Affiliate) (A) in
the ordinary course of business, (B) pursuant to the reasonable requirements of
the Borrower’s business, (C) upon fair and reasonable terms that are no less
favorable to the Borrower than could be obtained in a comparable arm’s-length
transaction with a Person not an Affiliate of the Borrower, and (D) not
inconsistent with the factual assumptions set forth in the legal opinion
referred to in Sections 3.1(a)
and 3.2(p) with
respect to substantive consolidation and sale characterization
issues. It is understood that any compensation arrangement for any
officer or employee shall be permitted under clause (ii)(A)
through (C)
above if such arrangement has been expressly approved by the managers of the
Borrower in accordance with the Borrower’s certificate of formation or limited
liability company agreement.
(p) Change in the Transaction
Documents. The Borrower will not amend, modify, waive or
terminate any terms or conditions of any of the Transaction Documents to which
it is a party, without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders and, in
the case of any amendment, waiver or termination, subject to satisfaction of the
Rating Condition.
(q) Management
Manual. The Borrower will (a) comply in all material respects
with the Management Manual in regard to each Loan and the Related Property
included in the Collateral, and (b) furnish to the Facility Agent and each
Managing Agent at least 20 days prior to its proposed effective date, prompt
notice of any material changes in the Management Manual. The Borrower will not
agree or otherwise permit to occur any material change in the Management Manual,
which change would impair the collectibility of any Loan or otherwise adversely
affect the interests or remedies of the Facility Agent or the Secured Parties
under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, without the prior
written consent of the Facility Agent (in its sole discretion) and subject to
satisfaction of the Rating Condition.
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(r) Extension or Amendment of
Loans. The Borrower will not, except as otherwise permitted in
Section 7.4(a),
extend, amend or otherwise modify, or permit the Servicer on its behalf to
extend, amend or otherwise modify, the terms of any Loan.
(s) Reporting. The
Borrower will furnish to the Documentation Agent:
(i) as soon
as possible and in any event within two (2) Business Days after the occurrence
of each Termination Event and each Unmatured Termination Event, a written
statement, signed by a Responsible Officer, setting forth the details of such
event and the action that the Borrower proposes to take with respect
thereto;
(ii) promptly
upon request, such other information, documents, records or reports respecting
the Transferred Loans or the condition or operations, financial or otherwise, of
the Borrower or Originator as the Facility Agent may from time to time
reasonably request (factoring into such evaluation of reasonableness, among
other things, the cost to the Borrower of furnishing such requested
documentation) in order to protect the interests of the Facility Agent or the
Secured Parties under or as contemplated by this Agreement; and
(iii) promptly,
but in no event later than two (2) Business Days after its receipt thereof,
copies of any and all notices, certificates, documents, or reports delivered to
it by the Originator under the Purchase Agreement.
Upon
receipt of any such statement, information, document, records, report, notice or
certificate, the Documentation Agent shall promptly forward a copy thereof to
the Facility Agent and each Managing Agent and Rating Agency.
(t) Acquisitions of
Loans. The Borrower will not acquire any Loan (i) during the
Amortization Period, (ii) if, at the time of the acquisition thereof, such Loan
is not an Eligible Loan, (iii) if such acquisition would result in a failure to
comply with the Borrowing Base Test, the Overcollateralization Test or the
Required Equity Test, (iv) if such acquisition would cause any Collateral
Quality Test which was satisfied immediately prior to such acquisition or
origination to cease to be satisfied, (v) if such acquisition would not maintain
or improve the Borrower’s degree of compliance with any Collateral Quality Test
which was not satisfied immediately prior to such acquisition or (vi) if the
Documentation Agent shall not have recalculated the Diversity Score and the
Xxxxx’x Asset Correlation Factor with respect to such acquisition in
accordance with Section 7.21
hereof. The Borrower will not originate any Loan.
(u) Ratings. The
Borrower will ensure that, with respect each Transferred Loan as of its Cut-Off
Date, either (i) such Transferred Loan has a Xxxxx’x Rating or (ii) the Borrower
(or the Servicer on its behalf) shall have applied for a Xxxxx’x Credit Estimate
to be assigned to such Transferred Loan. With respect to each Transferred Loan
having a Xxxxx’x Credit Estimate, the Borrower (or the Servicer on its behalf)
shall apply for an updated Xxxxx’x Credit Estimate to be assigned to such
Transferred Loan on or prior to each six-month anniversary of the acquisition of
any such Loan and in any event not later than 10 Business Days following any
material amendment to the Loan Documents or other documents and provide to the
Rating Agency with all information available to the Borrower (and not subject to
any confidentiality or other similar restrictions on distribution) reasonably
requested by the Rating Agency to perform a renewed credit estimate, and shall
pay all expenses associated with such application.
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(v) Amendment to Backup
Servicing Agreement. On or before August 31, 2009, the
Borrower will enter into an amendment to the Backup Servicing Agreement, in form
and substance satisfactory to the Required Lenders, with the Servicer, the
Subservicer, the Facility Agent, the Documentation Agent and the Backup
Servicer to add the provisions set forth in the succeeding sentence.
Such amendment shall provide for additional information to be added in excel
spreadsheet format to the monthly Servicer Report with respect to the
Transferred Loans, including, without limitation, the data listed on Schedule
II.
Section
5.2 Hedging
Agreement.
If at any
time the one-month LIBO Rate is greater than 8%, the Borrower shall within 30
days of receipt of a written request from the Required Lenders with respect to
Fixed Rate Loans having in the aggregate an Outstanding Loan Balance not less
than 80% of the aggregate Outstanding Loan Balances of Fixed Rate Loans, enter
into and maintain an interest rate cap transaction between the Borrower and an
interest rate swap counterparty that has been approved in writing by the
Required Lenders (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld) which
interest rate cap shall: (i) have a notional amount and amortization schedule as
shall be agreed upon between the Required Lenders and the Borrower, (ii) shall
provide for payments to the Borrower to the extent that the LIBO Rate shall
exceed a rate agreed upon between the Required Lenders and the Borrower and
(iii) shall otherwise be in form and substance mutually satisfactory to the
Required Lenders and the Borrower. The Borrower shall promptly
deliver a copy of any such interest rate cap to the Rating Agency and the Paying
Agent. The Borrower shall not enter into any interest rate cap unless
the Rating Agency shall have confirmed in writing to the Borrower and the
Facility Agent that entering into such transaction will not result in the
reduction of its rating of the Rated Facility to below the Required Facility
Rating or in a withdrawal of its rating of the Rated
Facility. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to
the contrary, the failure of the Borrower to have entered into interest rate
caps with respect to the portion of Fixed Rate Loans specified above in this
Section 5.2 shall constitute an Optional Redemption Event without further
notice or grace periods.
ARTICLE
VI
SECURITY
INTEREST
Section
6.1 Security
Interest.
As
collateral security for the prompt, complete and indefeasible payment and
performance in full when due, whether by lapse of time, acceleration or
otherwise, of the Obligations, the Borrower hereby assigns, pledges and grants
to the Facility Agent, as agent for the Secured Parties, a lien on and security
interest in all of the Borrower’s right, title and interest in, to and under
(but none of its obligations under) the Collateral, whether now existing or
owned or hereafter arising or acquired by the Borrower, and wherever located.
The assignment under this Section 6.1 does
not constitute and is not intended to result in a creation or an assumption by
the Facility Agent or any of the Secured Parties of any obligation of the
Borrower or any other Person in connection with any or all of the Collateral or
under any agreement or instrument relating thereto. Anything herein to the
contrary notwithstanding, (a) the Borrower shall remain liable under the
Transferred Loans to the extent set forth therein to perform all of its duties
and obligations thereunder to the same extent as if this Agreement had not been
executed, (b) the exercise by the Facility Agent, as agent for the Secured
Parties, of any of its rights in the Collateral shall not release the Borrower
from any of its duties or obligations under the Collateral, and (c) none of the
Facility Agent or any Secured Party shall have any obligations or liability
under the Collateral by reason of this Agreement, nor shall the Facility Agent
or any Secured Party be obligated to perform any of the obligations or duties of
the Borrower thereunder or to take any action to collect or enforce any claim
for payment assigned hereunder.
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Section
6.2 Remedies.
In
respect of the Collateral and the security interest therein granted pursuant to
Section 6.1, the
Facility Agent (for itself and on behalf of the other Secured Parties) shall
have all of the rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC and other
Applicable Law. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any
Termination Event, the Facility Agent or its designees may (a) deliver a notice
of exclusive control to the Custodian and/or the Securities Custodian; and (b)
instruct the Collateral Custodian and/or the Securities Custodian to deliver any
or all of the Collateral to the Facility Agent or its designees and otherwise
give all instructions and entitlement orders to the Collateral Custodian and/or
the Securities Custodian regarding the Collateral. In addition, upon
the occurrence and during the continuance of (x) an Optional Redemption Event as
a result of which the Facility Agent shall have declared the Outstanding
Borrowings and other amounts owing by the Borrower under this Agreement to have
been accelerated and become immediately due and payable in accordance with Section 8.1(b)
or (y) an Event of Default, the Facility Agent or its designees may (i) require
that the Borrower or the Servicer immediately take action to liquidate the
Collateral to pay amounts due and payable in respect of the Obligations; (ii)
sell or otherwise dispose of the Collateral in a commercially reasonable manner,
all without judicial process or proceedings; (iii) take control of the Proceeds
of any such Collateral; (iv) exercise any consensual or voting rights in respect
of the Collateral; (v) release, make extensions, discharges, exchanges or
substitutions for, or surrender all or any part of the Collateral; (vi) enforce
the Borrower’s rights and remedies under the Custody Agreement with respect to
the Collateral; (vii) institute and prosecute legal and equitable proceedings to
enforce collection of, or realize upon, any of the Collateral; (viii) remove
from the Borrower’s, the Servicer’s, the Collateral Custodian’s, the Securities
Custodian’s and their respective agents’ place of business all books, records
and documents relating to the Collateral, other than copies of such books,
records and documents remaining with the Borrower, Servicer, Collateral
Custodian, Securities Custodian or agent, as the case may be, that are necessary
to continue the conduct of the business of such Person); and/or (ix) endorse the
name of the Borrower upon any items of payment relating to the Collateral or
upon any proof of claim in bankruptcy against an account debtor. For
purposes of taking the actions described in this Section 6.2, the
Borrower hereby irrevocably appoints the Facility Agent as its attorney-in-fact
(which appointment being coupled with an interest is irrevocable while any of
the Obligations remain unpaid), with power of substitution, in the name of the
Facility Agent or in the name of the Borrower or otherwise, for the use and
benefit of the Facility Agent, but at the cost and expense of the Borrower and
without notice to the Borrower; provided that the
Facility Agent hereby agrees to exercise such power only so long as a
Termination Event, Optional Redemption Event or Event of Default, as applicable,
shall be continuing. Any cash proceeds from the exercise of remedies
by the Facility Agent under this Section 6.2
shall be applied in accordance with the Priority of Payments.
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Section
6.3 Release of
Liens.
(a) So long
as no Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event has occurred and is
continuing, at the same time as any Loan that is part of the Collateral matures
by its terms and all amounts in respect thereof have been paid by the related
Obligor and deposited in the Collection Account, the Facility Agent as agent for
the Secured Parties will release its interest in such Loan and any Supplemental
Interests related thereto. In connection with any such release on or
after the occurrence of the above, the Facility Agent, as agent for the Secured
Parties, will execute and deliver to the Borrower or the Servicer on behalf of
the Borrower any termination statements and any other releases and instruments
as the Borrower or the Servicer on behalf of the Borrower may reasonably request
in order to effect the release of such Loan and Supplemental Interest; provided, that, the Facility
Agent as agent for the Secured Parties will make no representation or warranty,
express or implied, with respect to any such Loan or Supplemental Interest in
connection with such sale or transfer and assignment.
(b) Upon
receipt by the Facility Agent of the proceeds of a repurchase of an Ineligible
Loan (as such term is defined in the Purchase Agreement) by the Originator
pursuant to the terms of Section 7.1 of
the Purchase Agreement, the Facility Agent, as agent for the Secured Parties,
shall be deemed to have automatically released its interest in such Ineligible
Loan and any Supplemental Interests related thereto without any further action
on its part. In connection with any such release on or after the occurrence of
such repurchase, the Facility Agent, as agent for the Secured Parties, will
execute and deliver to the Borrower or the Servicer on behalf of the Borrower
any releases and instruments as the Borrower or the Servicer on behalf of the
Borrower may reasonably request in order to effect the release of such
Ineligible Loan and Supplemental Interest.
(c) Upon
receipt by the Facility Agent of the proceeds of a purchase of a Transferred
Loan by the Servicer pursuant to the terms of Section 7.7, the
Facility Agent, as agent for the Secured Parties, shall be deemed to have
automatically released its interest in such Transferred Loan and any
Supplemental Interests related thereto without any further action on its part.
In connection with any such release on or after the occurrence of such purchase,
the Facility Agent, as agent for the Secured Parties, will execute and deliver
to the Borrower or the Servicer on behalf of the Borrower any releases and
instruments as the Borrower or the Servicer on behalf of the Borrower may
reasonably request in order to effect the release of such Transferred Loan and
Supplemental Interest.
Section
6.4 Assignment of the Purchase
Agreement.
The
Borrower hereby assigns to the Facility Agent, for the ratable benefit of the
Secured Parties hereunder, all of the Borrower’s right and title to and interest
in the Purchase Agreement. The Borrower confirms that following a
Termination Event the Facility Agent shall have the sole right to enforce the
Borrower’s rights and remedies under the Purchase Agreement for the benefit of
the Secured Parties, but without any obligation on the part of the Facility
Agent, the Secured Parties or any of their respective Affiliates to perform any
of the obligations of the Borrower under the Purchase Agreement. The
Borrower further confirms and agrees that such assignment to the Facility Agent
shall terminate upon the Final Date; provided, however, that the
rights of the Facility Agent and the Secured Parties pursuant to such assignment
with respect to rights and remedies in connection with any indemnities and any
breach of any representation, warranty or covenants made by the Originator
pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, which rights and remedies survive the
termination of the Purchase Agreement, shall be continuing and shall survive any
termination of such assignment.
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Section
6.5 Delivery of Loan
Files.
(a) The
Borrower, or the Servicer on its behalf, shall deliver possession of all
“instruments” (within the meaning of Article 9 of the UCC) not constituting
part of “chattel paper” (within the meaning of Article 9 of the UCC) that
evidence any Transferred Loan set forth on a Loan List, including all Underlying
Notes (except in the case of Noteless Loans, Global Note Loans or
Participations), and all portions of the Loan Files, to the Collateral Custodian
on behalf of the Facility Agent prior to the applicable Funding Dates, in each
case endorsed in blank or to the Facility Agent, without recourse; provided that
notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Pre-Positioned Loan, the
Borrower shall make all deliveries required under Section 2(b)(ii) of the
Custody Agreement and deliver all other portions of the Loan File in each
case endorsed in blank without recourse, where applicable, not later than the
applicable date or dates specified in Sections 2(b)(v)
and 2(b)(viii)
of the Custody Agreement. The Borrower hereby authorizes and directs
the Servicer to deliver possession of all such instruments and Loan Files to the
Collateral Custodian on behalf of the Facility Agent, and agrees that such
delivery shall satisfy the condition set forth in the first sentence of this
Section 6.5(a). The
Servicer shall also identify on the Loan List (including any amendment thereof),
whether by attached schedule or marking or other effective identifying
designation, all Transferred Loans that are not evidenced by such
instruments.
(b) Prior to
the occurrence of a Termination Event, the Facility Agent shall not record the
Assignments of Mortgage delivered pursuant to Section 6.5(a)
and the definition of Loan Documents. Upon the occurrence of a
Termination Event, the Facility Agent shall, if so directed by the Majority
Lenders, cause to be recorded in the appropriate offices each Assignment of
Mortgage delivered to it with respect to all Transferred Loans. Each
such recording shall be at the expense of the Servicer; provided that to the
extent the Servicer does not pay such expenses, the Facility Agent shall be
reimbursed pursuant to the Priority of Payments.
Section
6.6 Custody of Transferred
Loans.
The
contents of each Loan File relating to a Transferred Loan shall be held in the
custody of the Collateral Custodian under the terms of the Custody Agreement and
this Agreement on behalf of the Facility Agent for the benefit of the Secured
Parties.
Section
6.7 Filings,
etc.
On or
prior to the Closing Date, the Borrower and the Servicer caused the UCC
financing statement(s) referred to in Section 4.1(n)
to be filed, and from time to time the Servicer shall take and cause to be taken
such actions and execute such documents as are necessary or desirable or as the
Facility Agent may reasonably request to perfect and protect the first priority
perfected security interest of the Facility Agent on behalf of the Secured
Parties in the Collateral against all other Persons, including the filing of
financing statements, amendments thereto and continuation statements, the
execution of transfer instruments and the making of notations on or taking
possession of all records or documents of title. Notwithstanding the
obligations of the Borrower and the Servicer set forth in the preceding
sentence, the Borrower and the Servicer hereby authorize the Facility Agent to
prepare and file, at the expense of the Servicer, UCC financing statements
(including but not limited to renewal, continuation or in lieu statements) and
amendments or supplements thereto or other instruments as the Facility Agent may
from time to time deem necessary or appropriate in order to perfect and maintain
the security interest granted hereunder in accordance with the
UCC. The Servicer agrees to pay all reasonable costs and
disbursements in connection with the perfection and the maintenance of
perfection, as against all third parties, of the Borrower’s and the Facility
Agent’s (on behalf of the Secured Parties) right, title and interest in and to
the Collateral (including the security interest in the Collateral related
thereto and the security interests provided for herein).
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Section
6.8 Change of Name or
Jurisdiction of Borrower; Records.
The
Borrower (a) shall not change its name or jurisdiction of organization, without
30 days’ prior written notice to the Facility Agent and satisfaction of the
Rating Condition, (b) shall not move, or consent to the Servicer or Collateral
Custodian moving, the Loan Documents without 30 days’ prior written notice to
the Facility Agent and (c) will promptly take all actions required by each
relevant jurisdiction in order to continue the first priority perfected security
interest of the Facility Agent as agent for the Secured Parties in all
Collateral (except for Borrower Permitted Liens), and such other actions as the
Facility Agent may reasonably request.
Section
6.9 Global Note
Loans.
The
Borrower shall cause its beneficial interest in each Global Note Loan to be
transferred to the Custody Account not later than the date specified in Section 2(a)(ii)
or Section 2(b)(v),
as applicable of the Custody Agreement. The Borrower will take such
steps as reasonably requested by the Facility Agent from time to time to effect
and perfect the security interest of the Facility Agent, on behalf of the
Secured Parties, in each Global Note Loan.
ARTICLE
VII
ADMINISTRATION
AND SERVICING OF LOANS
Section
7.1 Appointment of the
Servicer.
The
Borrower hereby appoints the Servicer to service the Transferred Loans and
enforce its respective rights and interests in and under each Transferred Loan
in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Article VII and
to serve in such capacity until the termination of its responsibilities pursuant
to Section 7.19. The
Servicer hereby agrees to perform the duties and obligations with respect
thereto set forth herein. The Servicer and the Borrower hereby
acknowledge that the Facility Agent and the Secured Parties are third party
beneficiaries of the obligations undertaken by the Servicer
hereunder.
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Section
7.2 Duties and Responsibilities
of the Servicer.
(a) The
Servicer shall conduct the servicing, administration and collection of the
Transferred Loans and shall take, or cause to be taken, all such actions as may
be necessary or advisable to service, administer and collect Transferred Loans
from time to time on behalf of the Borrower and as the Borrower’s
agent.
(b) The
duties of the Servicer, as the Borrower’s agent, shall include:
(i) preparing
and submitting of claims to, and post-billing liaison with, Obligors on
Transferred Loans;
(ii) maintaining
all necessary Servicing Records with respect to the Transferred Loans and
providing such reports in respect of the servicing of the Transferred Loans
(including information relating to its performance under this Agreement) as may
be required hereunder or as the Borrower, the Majority Lenders or the Facility
Agent may reasonably request;
(iii) maintaining
and implementing administrative and operating procedures (including an ability
to recreate Servicing Records evidencing the Transferred Loans in the event of
the destruction of the originals thereof) and keeping and maintaining all
documents, books, records and other information reasonably necessary or
advisable for the collection of the Transferred Loans (including records
adequate to permit the identification of each new Transferred Loan and all
Collections of and adjustments to each existing Transferred Loan); provided, however, that any
Successor Servicer shall only be required to recreate the Servicing Records of
each prior Servicer to the extent such records have been delivered to it in a
format reasonably acceptable to such Successor Servicer;
(iv) promptly
delivering to the Borrower, any Lender, the Facility Agent or the Rating Agency,
from time to time, such information and Servicing Records (including information
relating to its performance under this Agreement) as the Borrower, such Lender,
the Facility Agent or the Rating Agency from time to time reasonably
requests;
(v) identifying
each Transferred Loan clearly and unambiguously in its Servicing Records to
reflect that such Transferred Loan is owned by the Borrower and pledged to the
Facility Agent;
(vi) complying
in all material respects with the Management Manual in regard to each
Transferred Loan;
(vii) complying
in all material respects with all Applicable Laws with respect to it, its
business and properties and all Transferred Loans and Collections with respect
thereto;
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(viii) preserving
and maintaining its existence, rights, licenses, franchises and privileges as a
limited liability company in the jurisdiction of its organization, and
qualifying and remaining qualified in good standing as a foreign limited
liability company and qualifying to and remaining authorized and licensed to
perform obligations as Servicer (including enforcement of collection of
Transferred Loans on behalf of the Borrower, the Lenders, the Securities
Custodian and the Collateral Custodian) in each jurisdiction where the failure
to preserve and maintain such existence, rights, franchises, privileges and
qualification would materially adversely affect (A) the rights or interests of
the Borrower, the Lenders, the Securities Custodian and the Collateral Custodian
in the Transferred Loans, (B) the collectibility of any Transferred Loan, (C)
the ability of the Servicer to perform its obligations hereunder or (D) the
Required Facility Rating;
(ix) notifying
the Borrower and each Lender, Agent and Rating Agency of any material action,
suit, proceeding, dispute, offset deduction, defense or counterclaim that is or
is threatened to be (A) asserted by an Obligor with respect to any Transferred
Loan; or (B) reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(x) promptly
notifying the related Obligor of each Transferred Loan of the transfer of such
Loan from the Originator to the Borrower;
(xi) making
applications for credit ratings and credit estimates as contemplated by this
Agreement;
(xii) making
determinations on behalf of the Borrower to accept the transfer of Loans
pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and to dispose of any Loans when and as
permitted under this Agreement; and
(xiii) making
determinations on behalf of the Borrower to request and from time to time prepay
Advances hereunder in accordance with the terms hereof.
(c) The
Borrower and Servicer hereby acknowledge that the Secured Parties, the Facility
Agent, the Securities Custodian and the Collateral Custodian shall not have any
obligation or liability with respect to any Transferred Loans, nor shall any of
them be obligated to perform any of the obligations of the Servicer
hereunder.
(d) The
Borrower and the Facility Agent acknowledge that PCC has entered into the
Advisory Agreement with the Subservicer and that the Subservicer thereunder is
performing on behalf of the initial Servicer substantially all of the initial
Servicer’s non-monetary duties and obligations
hereunder. Notwithstanding such delegation, (i) PCC, as Servicer,
shall remain liable and responsible for the performance of the duties and
obligations of the Servicer pursuant to the terms hereof, (ii) such delegation
shall not relieve the Servicer of its obligation to service the Transferred
Loans and enforce the respective rights and interests of the Borrower and the
Facility Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in and under each
Transferred Loan in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Article VII, and
(iii) PCC, as Servicer, shall be liable for the acts and omissions of the
Subservicer in its performance of any duties or obligations of the Servicer
under this Agreement. PCC, as Servicer, will be solely responsible
for any compensation payable to the Subservicer. Upon the appointment
of any Successor Servicer hereunder, any right, power or authority of the
Servicer granted by PCC, as Servicer, to the Subservicer shall immediately
terminate without further action by any party. Nothing contained in
the Advisory Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify this
Agreement. Without the prior written consent of the Borrower and the
Required Lenders and satisfaction of the Rating Condition, neither the Servicer
nor any of its delegatees shall be permitted to delegate any of its duties or
responsibilities as Servicer to any Person other than the Subservicer pursuant
to this subsection; provided that the
Backup Servicer in its capacity as Successor Servicer may delegate such duties
or responsibilities in accordance with the Backup Servicing
Agreement.
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Section
7.3 Authorization of the
Servicer.
(a) Each of
the Borrower, each Lender and the Facility Agent hereby authorizes the Servicer
(including any successor thereto) to take any and all reasonable steps in its
name and on its behalf necessary or desirable and not inconsistent with the
pledge of the Transferred Loans to the Lender, the Securities Custodian and the
Collateral Custodian, in the determination of the Servicer, to collect all
amounts due under any and all Transferred Loans, including endorsing any of
their names on checks and other instruments representing Collections, executing
and delivering any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of
partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with
respect to the Transferred Loans and, after the delinquency of any Transferred
Loan and to the extent permitted under and in compliance with Applicable Law, to
commence proceedings with respect to enforcing payment thereof, to the same
extent as the Originator could have done if it had continued to own such
Loan. The Borrower shall furnish the Servicer (and any successors
thereto) with any powers of attorney and other documents necessary or
appropriate to enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative
duties hereunder, and shall cooperate with the Servicer to the fullest extent in
order to ensure the collectibility of the Transferred Loans. In no
event shall the Servicer be entitled to make the Borrower, any Lender or Agent,
the Collateral Custodian, the Securities Custodian or the Facility Agent a party
to any litigation without such party’s express prior written consent, or to make
the Borrower a party to any litigation (other than any routine foreclosure or
similar collection procedure) without the Facility Agent’s consent and notice to
the Rating Agency.
(b) After a
Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, at the Facility Agent’s
direction, the Servicer shall take such action as the Facility Agent may deem
necessary or advisable to enforce collection of the Transferred Loans; provided, however, that the
Facility Agent may, at any time that a Termination Event has occurred and is
continuing, notify any Obligor with respect to any Transferred Loans of the
assignment of such Transferred Loans to the Facility Agent for the benefit of
the Secured Parties and direct that payments of all amounts due or to become due
to the Borrower thereunder be made directly to the Facility Agent or any
servicer, collection agent or lock-box or other account designated by the
Facility Agent and, upon such notification and at the expense of the Borrower,
the Facility Agent may enforce collection of any such Transferred Loans and
adjust, settle or compromise the amount or payment thereof. The
Facility Agent shall give written notice to any Successor Servicer of the
Facility Agent’s actions or directions pursuant to this Section 7.3(b),
and no Successor Servicer shall take any actions pursuant to this Section 7.3(b)
that are outside of its Management Manual.
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Section
7.4 Collection of
Payments.
(a) Collection Efforts,
Modification of Loans. The Servicer will make reasonable
efforts to collect all payments called for under the terms and provisions of the
Transferred Loans as and when the same become due, and to follow those
collection procedures which it follows with respect to comparable Loans that it
services for itself or others. The Servicer may not waive, modify or
otherwise vary any provision of a Transferred Loan, except for (i) non-material
waivers, modifications or other variations as may be in accordance with the
provisions of the Management Manual (including the waiver of any late payment
charge or any other fees that may be collected in the ordinary course of
servicing any Loan included in the Collateral), that do not constitute Material
Modifications, and (ii) other waivers, modifications or other variations,
constituting Material Modifications, if (A) the Facility Agent shall have
consented thereto if such Material Modification occurs on or after the
occurrence of a Termination Event or during the Amortization Period, (B) the
Servicer shall have complied with the provisions of Section 5.1(u),
if applicable to such Loan, and shall have received a renewed or reconfirmed
Xxxxx’x Credit Estimate, for such Loan, and (C) such waiver, modification or
other variation and any changes in the applicable Xxxxx’x Default Probability
Rating of such Loan resulting therefrom do not result in the Borrower’s failure
to meet the Borrowing Base Test, the Required Equity Test, the
Overcollateralization Ratio Test or the Interest Coverage Test or result in the
failure to satisfy any Collateral Quality Test or, with respect to each
Collateral Quality Test which was not satisfied immediately prior thereto,
result in the maintenance or improvement of the Borrower’s degree of compliance
with such Collateral Quality Test.
(b) Acceleration. The
Servicer shall accelerate the maturity of all or any Scheduled Payments under
any Transferred Loan under which a default under the terms thereof has occurred
and is continuing (after the lapse of any applicable grace period) promptly
after such Loan becomes a Defaulted Loan or such earlier or later time as is
consistent with the Management Manual and the terms of such Loan. The
Servicer shall provide prompt notice to the Facility Agent and each Managing
Agent and Rating Agency of any such acceleration.
(c) Taxes and other
Amounts. To the extent provided for in any Transferred Loan,
the Servicer will use its best efforts to collect all payments with respect to
amounts due for taxes, assessments and insurance premiums relating to such
Transferred Loans or the Related Property and remit such amounts to the
appropriate Governmental Authority or insurer on or prior to the date such
payments are due.
(d) Payments to Collection
Account. On or before the Purchase Date in respect of any
Transferred Loan, the Servicer shall have instructed the Obligor of such
Transferred Loan to make all payments in respect thereof by wire transfer of
funds directly to the Collection Account.
(e) Establishment and
Maintenance of the Collection Account.
(i) The
Borrower or the Servicer on its behalf have heretofore established and shall
maintain in the name of the Borrower and assigned to the Facility Agent as agent
for the Secured Parties, a segregated corporate trust account (the “Collection Account”)
for the purpose of receiving Collections from the Collateral. The Collection
Account shall be held by the Securities Custodian in accordance with the Custody
Agreement and shall at all times be maintained with a Securities Intermediary
which is an office or branch of a depository institution or trust company
organized under the laws of the United States or any one of the States thereof
or the District of Columbia (or any domestic branch of a foreign bank);
provided, however, that at all times such depository institution or trust
company shall be a Qualified Institution. The Securities Custodian
may establish subaccounts within the Collection Account.
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(ii) To the
extent there are uninvested amounts deposited in the Collection Account, the
Servicer, prior to the occurrence of a Termination Event, and thereafter the
Facility Agent, may direct the Securities Custodian to invest all such amounts
in Permitted Investments selected by the Servicer on behalf of the Borrower or
by the Facility Agent, as the case may be. Any such Permitted
Investments which are made prior to the occurrence of a Termination Event and on
any day other than the Business Day immediately preceding a Payment Date shall
mature not later than the Business Day immediately preceding the next Payment
Date following the date of such investment, and otherwise any such Permitted
Investments shall mature not later than the next Business Day immediately
following the date of such investment. Any earnings (or losses) on
investments of funds in the Collection Account shall be credited (or debited) to
the Collection Account. Neither the Facility Agent nor the Securities
Custodian shall be liable for the amount of any loss incurred in respect of any
investment of funds in the Collection Account.
(f) Establishment of Tax Reserve
Accounts.
(i) In the
event that the Borrower is required to establish a cash reserve as contemplated
by Section 4.1(k),
the Borrower or the Servicer on its behalf shall cause to be established and
maintained in the name of the Borrower, a segregated account for such reserve
(each, a “Tax Reserve
Account”) and shall cause such Tax Reserve Account to be subject to an
Account Control Agreement. The Borrower shall on each Payment Date
and in accordance with the Priority of Payments deposit sufficient funds therein
from the amounts otherwise available to pay any Taxes being
contested. Each Tax Reserve Account shall be subject to a security
interest in favor of the Facility Agent as agent for the Secured Parties and
shall be held by the Securities Custodian in accordance with the Custody
Agreement and shall at all times be maintained with a Securities Intermediary
which is an office or branch of a depository institution or trust company
organized under the laws of the United States or any one of the States thereof
or the District of Columbia (or any domestic branch of a foreign bank); provided, however, that at all
times such depository institution or trust company shall be a Qualified
Institution.
(ii) Any and
all funds at any time on deposit in, or otherwise standing to the credit of, a
Tax Reserve Account shall be available at the direction of the Servicer to fund
payment of the Tax in respect of which such Tax Reserve Account was
established. Upon receipt by the Securities Custodian and the
Facility Agent of a certification from the Servicer and an Opinion of Counsel
that the Borrower’s contest of the validity of a Tax for which a Tax Reserve
Account was established has concluded and that all amounts, if any, payable with
respect to such Tax have been paid in full, the Securities Custodian shall at
the direction of the Servicer transfer funds on deposit in such Tax Reserve
Account to the Collection Account. On each Payment Date, any amounts
on deposit in a Tax Reserve Account in excess of the amount required to be held
therein in order for the Borrower to remain in compliance with Section 4.1(k)
with respect to the related Tax being contested shall be transferred by the
Securities Custodian at the direction of the Servicer to the Collection
Account.
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(iii) To the
extent there are uninvested amounts deposited in a Tax Reserve Account, the
Servicer, prior to the occurrence of a Termination Event, and thereafter the
Facility Agent may direct the Securities Custodian to invest all such amounts in
Permitted Investments selected by the Servicer on behalf of the Borrower or by
the Facility Agent, as the case may be. Any such Permitted
Investments shall mature not later than the Business Day immediately following
the date of such investment. Any earnings (and losses) on investments
of funds in a Tax Reserve Account shall be credited (or debited) to such Tax
Reserve Account. Neither the Facility Agent nor the Securities
Custodian shall be liable for the amount of any loss incurred in respect of any
investment of funds in any Tax Reserve Account.
(g) Establishment and
Maintenance of the Interest Reserve Account.
(i) The
Borrower or the Servicer on its behalf shall cause to be established on or
before the Restatement Effective Date and maintained in the name of the Borrower
and assigned to the Facility Agent as agent for the Secured Parties, a
segregated corporate trust account (the “Interest Reserve
Account”). The Interest Reserve Account shall be held by the
Securities Custodian in accordance with the Custody Agreement and shall at all
times be maintained with a Securities Intermediary which is an office or branch
of a depository institution or trust company organized under the laws of the
United States or any one of the States thereof or the District of Columbia (or
any domestic branch of a foreign bank); provided, however, that at all
times such depository institution or trust company shall be a Qualified
Institution.
(ii) Deposits
shall be made into the Interest Reserve Account in accordance with the Priority
of Payments, and the Borrower may make deposits into the Interest Reserve
Account from time to time from its funds not required to be applied in
accordance with the Priority of Payments.
(iii) On each
Payment Date, the Servicer shall direct the Securities Custodian and, at the
direction of the Servicer, the Securities Custodian shall transfer funds on
deposit in the Interest Reserve Account to the Collection Account in an amount
equal to the lesser of (i) the excess, if any, of (A) the amounts required to be
paid from the Collection Account pursuant to clauses (ii)
through (vii) and
(ix) of Section 2.8 on
such Payment Date, over (B) Available Collections for such Payment Date
(determined before giving effect to any amounts transferred from the Interest
Reserve Account) available for the payment thereof and (ii) the amount then on
deposit in the Interest Reserve Account.
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(iv) To the
extent there are uninvested amounts deposited in the Interest Reserve Account,
the Servicer, prior to the occurrence of a Termination Event, and thereafter the
Facility Agent may direct the Securities Custodian to invest all such amounts in
Permitted Investments selected by the Servicer on behalf of the Borrower or by
the Facility Agent, as the case may be. Any such Permitted
Investments which are made prior to the occurrence of a Termination Event and on
any day other than the Business Day immediately preceding a Payment Date shall
mature not later than the Business Day immediately preceding the next Payment
Date following the date of such investment, and otherwise any such Permitted
Investments shall mature not later than the next Business Day immediately
following the date of such investment. Any earnings (and losses) on
investments of funds in the Interest Reserve Account shall be credited or
debited to Interest Reserve Account. Neither the Facility Agent nor
the Securities Custodian shall be liable for the amount of any loss incurred in
respect of any investment of funds in the Interest Reserve Account.
(h) Qualified
Institutions. In the event the Servicer has received notice
from the Facility Agent or otherwise has actual knowledge that a depositary
holding any of the Transaction Accounts ceases to be a Qualified Institution,
then the Servicer shall give notice thereof to the Facility Agent (if
applicable), the Securities Custodian and the Rating Agency and within 60 days
shall cause such Transaction Account to become established and maintained with a
Qualified Institution.
(i) Account Control
Agreements. The Servicer and the Borrower shall at all times
cause each Transaction Account to be subject to the provisions of an Account
Control Agreement which shall be in full force and effect. The
Facility Agent agrees that it shall not deliver a notice of exclusive control
pursuant to any Account Control Agreement unless a Termination Event shall have
occurred and be continuing.
(j) Adjustments. If
(i) the Servicer makes a deposit into the Collection Account in respect of a
Collection of a Loan in the Collateral and such Collection was received by the
Servicer in the form of a check that is not honored for any reason or (ii) the
Servicer makes a mistake with respect to the amount of any Collection and
deposits an amount that is less than or more than the actual amount of such
Collection, the Servicer shall appropriately adjust the amount subsequently
deposited into the Collection Account to reflect such dishonored check or
mistake. Any Scheduled Payment in respect of which a dishonored check is
received shall be deemed not to have been paid.
Section
7.5 Servicer
Advances.
For each
Collection Period, if the Servicer determines that any Scheduled Payment (or
portion thereof) that was due and payable pursuant to a Loan included in the
Collateral during such Collection Period was not received prior to the end of
such Collection Period, the Servicer may, but shall not be obligated to, make an
advance in an amount up to the amount of such delinquent Scheduled Payment (or
portion thereof) to the extent that the Servicer reasonably expects to be
reimbursed for such advance; in addition, if on any day there are not sufficient
funds on deposit in the Collection Account to pay accrued Interest on any
Advance or Facility Fees, the Servicer may make an advance in the amount
necessary to pay such Interest or Facility Fees (in either case, any such
advance, a “Servicer
Advance”). Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any
Successor Servicer will not be obligated to make any Servicer Advances. The
Servicer will deposit any Servicer Advances into the Collection Account on or
prior to 3:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the related Payment Date, in
immediately available funds.
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Section
7.6 Realization Upon Defaulted
Loans or Charged-Off Loans.
The
Servicer will use reasonable efforts to repossess or otherwise comparably
convert the ownership of any Related Property with respect to a Defaulted Loan
or Charged-Off Loan and will act as sales and processing agent for Related
Property that it repossesses. The Servicer will follow the practices and
procedures set forth in the Management Manual in order to realize upon such
Related Property. Without limiting the foregoing, the Servicer may
sell any such Related Property with respect any Defaulted Loan or Charged-Off
Loan to the Servicer or its Affiliates for a purchase price equal to the then
fair market value thereof; any such sale to be evidenced by a certificate of a
Responsible Officer of the Servicer delivered to the Facility Agent identifying
the Defaulted Loan or Charged-Off Loan and the Related Property, setting forth
the sale price of the Related Property and certifying that such sale price is
equal to the fair market value of such Related Property. In any case
in which any such Related Property has suffered damage, the Servicer will not
expend funds in connection with any repair or toward the repossession of such
Related Property unless it reasonably determines that such repair and/or
repossession will increase the Recoveries by an amount greater than the amount
of such expenses. The Servicer will remit to the Securities Custodian
for deposit into the Collection Account the Recoveries received in connection
with the sale or disposition of Related Property with respect to a Defaulted
Loan or Charged-Off Loan.
Section
7.7 Servicer Optional
Repurchases of Transferred Loans; Releases of Transferred
Loans.
(a) The
Servicer may, at any time at its sole option, but subject in all cases to
compliance with the assumptions set forth in the legal opinions referred to in
Sections 3.1(a)
and 3.2(p) with
respect to substantive consolidation and sale characterization, with respect to
any Transferred Loan that it determines, request to purchase any Transferred
Loan, together with any Related Property, Insurance Policies, Loan Documents and
Supplemental Interests related to such Loan (collectively, the “Repurchased
Collateral”), with respect to which (i) the Borrower or any Affiliate of
the Borrower has received notice of the related Obligor’s intention to prepay
such Transferred Loan in full within a period of not more than 60 days from the
date of such notification, (ii) is within 60 days of such Transferred Loan’s
maturity date, or (iii) the Servicer believes, in the exercise of its reasonable
discretion, will likely become a Defaulted Loan or a Charged-Off Loan, or that
has become a Defaulted Loan or a Charged-Off Loan, notify the Borrower, the
Facility Agent and each Managing Agent that it is requesting to purchase such
Repurchased Collateral.
(b) The
Servicer may, subject to the consent of the Required Lenders, acting in their
sole discretion, and subject in all cases to compliance with the assumptions set
forth in the legal opinion referred to in Sections 3.1(a)
and 3.2(p) with
respect to substantive consolidation and sale characterization, request to
purchase any Repurchased Collateral.
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(c) The
Servicer may request purchase of Repurchased Collateral pursuant to paragraph (a) or
(b) above by
providing five Business Days’ prior written notice to Borrower, the Facility
Agent and each Managing Agent. The Borrower may agree to such
purchase provided that such Repurchased Collateral shall have been released from
the Collateral as provided in Section 7.7(d)
below. With respect to any Repurchased Collateral, the Servicer shall
enter into an agreement with the Borrower in substantially the form of Exhibit H and shall,
on the date of purchase, remit to the Borrower in immediately available funds an
amount equal to the Repurchase Price therefor. Upon each purchase of
Repurchased Collateral by the Servicer pursuant to this Section 7.7, the
Borrower shall automatically and without further action be deemed to transfer,
assign and set-over to the Servicer all the right, title and interest of the
Borrower in, to and under such Repurchased Collateral and all monies due or to
become due with respect thereto, all proceeds thereof and all rights to security
for any such Repurchased Collateral, and all proceeds and products of the
foregoing, free and clear of any Lien created pursuant to this
Agreement.
(d) In
connection with any repurchase of a Transferred Loan by the Servicer pursuant to
Section 7.7(a)
or (b) above or
any repurchase of any Transferred Loan by the Seller pursuant to Section 7.1 of
the Purchase Agreement, but subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 7.7(d),
the Borrower, may from time to time, upon providing at least five Business Days’
prior written notice to the Facility Agent, each Managing Agent, the
Documentation Agent, the Collateral Custodian and the Securities Custodian,
obtain releases of the security interest of the Facility Agent (for the benefit
of the Secured Parties) in such Transferred Loan (together with any Related
Property, Insurance Policies, Loan Documents and Supplemental Interests related
to such Loan) by paying into the Collection Account an amount (the “Release Price”) equal
to the outstanding principal balance of such Transferred Loan as of the date of
release, plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon. The security
interest in favor of the Facility Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties,
in all Loans shall continue in effect until such time as the full amount of the
related Release Price shall have been deposited into the Collection
Account. The Facility Agent will execute and deliver, at the expense
of the Borrower, such documentation evidencing such release as the Borrower may
reasonably request. The Borrower’s right to obtain a release of
Transferred Loans pursuant to this Section 7.7(d)
is subject to the conditions that, after giving effect to such release and to
such Loans ceasing to be Transferred Loans, (i) there shall exist no Termination
Event or Unmatured Termination Event, (ii) each of the Borrowing Base Test,
Overcollateralization Ratio Test, the Required Equity Test and the Interest
Coverage Test shall be satisfied, (iii) such release would cause any Collateral
Quality Test which was satisfied immediately prior to such exclusion to continue
to be satisfied, and (iv) such release would maintain or improve the Borrower’s
degree of compliance with any Collateral Quality Test which was not satisfied
immediately prior to such release.
(e) The
Borrower may, at its option, elect to offset the Release Price to be paid for
any Loan or Loans to the Facility Agent on any Business Day against the
aggregate amount of Advances, if any, to be made by the Lenders to the Borrower
on such day. In order to make any such election, the Borrower shall
give notice of such election in the related Funding Request. If the Borrower
makes any such election, then, (x) if the Release Price exceeds such aggregate
amount of Advances, the Borrower shall pay only such excess into the Collection
Account (and the Lenders shall make no payment to the Borrower in respect of
such Advances) or (y) if such aggregate amount of Advances exceeds such Release
Price, the Lenders shall fund only such excess to the Borrower (and the Borrower
shall make no payment to the Facility Agent in respect of such Release
Price).
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(f) The
Borrower shall, at the sole expense of the initial Servicer, execute such
documents and instruments of transfer as may be prepared by the initial Servicer
and take such other actions as shall reasonably be requested by the initial
Servicer to effect the transfer and release of Transferred Loans pursuant to
this Section 7.7.
Section
7.8 Representations and
Warranties of the Servicer.
The
initial Servicer hereby represents and warrants as follows:
(a) Organization and Good
Standing. The Servicer is a corporation duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation with all requisite corporate power and authority to own its
properties and to conduct its business as presently conducted and to enter into
and perform its obligations pursuant to this Agreement.
(b) Due
Qualification. The Servicer is qualified to do business as a
corporation, is in good standing, and has obtained all licenses and approvals as
required under the laws of all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of
its property and or the conduct of its business (other than the performance of
its obligations hereunder) requires such qualification, standing, license or
approval, except to the extent that the failure to so qualify, maintain such
standing or be so licensed or approved would not have a Material Adverse
Effect. The Servicer is qualified to do business as a corporation, is
in good standing, and has obtained all licenses and approvals as required under
the laws of all states in which the performance of its obligations pursuant to
this Agreement requires such qualification, standing, license or approval and
where the failure to qualify or obtain such license or approval would have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Power and
Authority. The Servicer has the corporate power and authority
to execute and deliver this Agreement and each other Transaction Document to
which the Servicer is a party and to carry out its terms and the terms of the
Advisory Agreement. The Servicer has duly authorized (i) the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each other Transaction
Document to which the Servicer is a party and (ii) the performance of the
Advisory Agreement, in each case by all requisite corporate action.
(d) No
Violation. The consummation of the transactions contemplated
by, and the fulfillment of the terms of, this Agreement, each other Transaction
Document to which the Servicer is a party and the Advisory Agreement by the
Servicer (with or without notice or lapse of time) will not or do not, as the
case may be, (i) conflict with, result in any breach of any of the terms or
provisions of, or constitute a default under, the articles of incorporation or
bylaws of the Servicer, or any Contractual Obligation to which the Servicer is a
party or by which it or any of its property is bound, (ii) result in the
creation or imposition of any Adverse Claim upon any of its properties pursuant
to the terms of any such Contractual Obligation (other than this Agreement), or
(iii) violate any Applicable Law.
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(e) No
Consent. No consent, approval, authorization, order,
registration, filing, qualification, license or permit of or with any
Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Servicer or any of its
properties is required to be obtained by or with respect to the Servicer in
order for the Servicer to enter into this Agreement or any other Transaction
Document to which the Servicer is a party or perform its obligations hereunder,
under any such Transaction Document or the Advisory Agreement.
(f) Binding
Obligation. This Agreement, each other Transaction Document to
which the Servicer is a party and the Advisory Agreement constitute legal, valid
and binding obligations of the Servicer, enforceable against the Servicer in
accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be
limited by (i) applicable Insolvency Laws and (ii) general principles of equity
(whether considered in a suit at law or in equity).
(g) No
Proceeding. There are no proceedings or investigations pending
or threatened against the Servicer, before any Governmental Authority (i)
asserting the invalidity of this Agreement, any other Transaction Document or
the Advisory Agreement, (ii) seeking to prevent the consummation of any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement any other Transaction Document or
the Advisory Agreement or (iii) seeking any determination or ruling that might
(in the reasonable judgment of the Servicer) have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(h) Reports
Accurate. All Servicer Certificates, Monthly Reports,
Quarterly Reports, information, exhibits, financial statements, documents,
books, Servicer Records or other reports furnished or to be furnished by the
Servicer to any Agent, Lender or Rating Agency in connection with this Agreement
are and will be accurate, true and correct in all material
respects.
(i) Properties and
Rights. The Servicer (if applicable, taking into account the
services provided to it by the Subservicer under the Advisory Agreement) has
sufficient properties, assets, personnel, licenses and rights as are reasonably
necessary for the Servicer’s performance of its duties and obligations hereunder
in accordance with the terms hereof.
Section
7.9 Covenants of the
Servicer.
The
Servicer hereby covenants that:
(a) Compliance with
Law. The Servicer will comply in all material respects with
all Applicable Laws, including those with respect to the Transferred Loans and
Related Property and Loan Documents or any part thereof.
(b) Preservation of Corporate
Existence, etc. The Servicer will preserve and maintain its
corporate existence, rights, franchises and privileges in the jurisdiction of
its incorporation, and qualify and remain qualified in good standing as a
foreign corporation in each jurisdiction where the failure to maintain such
existence, rights, franchises, privileges and qualification has had, or could
reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect. The
Servicer will at all times (and, if applicable, taking into account the services
provided to it by the Subservicer under the Advisory Agreement) maintain
sufficient properties, assets, personnel, licenses and rights as are reasonably
necessary for the Servicer’s performance of its duties and obligations hereunder
in accordance with the terms hereof.
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(c) Obligations with Respect to
Loans. The Servicer will duly fulfill and comply with all
material obligations on the part of the Borrower to be fulfilled or complied
with under or in connection with each Loan and will do nothing to impair the
rights of the Borrower or the Facility Agent as agent for the Secured Parties or
of the Secured Parties in, to and under the Collateral.
(d) Preservation of Security
Interest. The Servicer on behalf of the Borrower will file (or
cause or authorize the filing of) such financing and continuation statements and
any other documents that may be required by any law or regulation of any
Governmental Authority to preserve and protect fully the interest of the
Facility Agent as agent for the Secured Parties in, to and under the
Collateral.
(e) Change of Name or
Jurisdiction; Records. The Servicer (i) shall not change its
name or jurisdiction of incorporation, without 30 days’ prior written notice to
the Borrower, the Facility Agent and the Rating Agency, and (ii) shall not move,
or consent to the Collateral Custodian moving, the Loan Documents relating to
the Transferred Loans without 30 days’ prior written notice to the Borrower and
the Facility Agent and, in either case, will promptly take all actions required
of each relevant jurisdiction in order to continue the first priority perfected
security interest of the Facility Agent as agent for the Secured Parties on all
Collateral, and such other actions as the Facility Agent may reasonably
request.
(f) Management
Manual. The Servicer will (i) comply in all material respects
with the Management Manual in regard to each Transferred Loan and (ii) furnish
to the Facility Agent and each Managing Agent, at least 20 days prior to its
proposed effective date, prompt notice of any material change in the Management
Manual. The Servicer will not agree or otherwise permit to occur any
material change in the Management Manual, which change would impair the
collectibility of any Transferred Loan or otherwise adversely affect the
interests or remedies of the Facility Agent or the Secured Parties under this
Agreement or any other Transaction Document, without the prior written consent
of the Facility Agent (in its sole discretion) and satisfaction of the Rating
Condition.
(g) Termination
Events. The Servicer, as soon as possible and in any event
within three (3) Business Days after having actual knowledge of a Termination
Event or Unmatured Termination Event, pursuant to Section 8.1(a) or otherwise,
will furnish to the Facility Agent and each Managing Agent and Rating Agency a
written statement setting forth the details of such event and the action that
the Servicer proposes to take with respect thereto.
(h) Extension or Amendment of
Loans. The Servicer will not, except as otherwise permitted in
Section 7.4(a),
extend, amend or otherwise modify the terms of any Transferred
Loan.
(i) Other. The
Servicer will furnish to the Borrower and to any Lender, Agent or Rating Agency
such other information, documents records or reports respecting the Transferred
Loans or the condition or operations, financial or otherwise of the Servicer as
the Borrower or such Lender, Agent or Rating Agency may from time to time
reasonably request in order to protect the respective interests of the Borrower,
such Lender, the Facility Agent or the Secured Parties under or as contemplated
by this Agreement.
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(j) Maintenance of Loan
Register. The Servicer shall maintain with respect to each
Noteless Loan a register (each, a “Loan Register”) in
which it will record (i) the amount of such Loan, (ii) the amount of any
principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the
Obligor thereunder, (iii) the amount of any sum in respect of such Loan received
from the Obligor, (iv) the date of origination of such Loan and (v) the maturity
date of such Loan. At any time a Noteless Loan is included as part of
the Collateral pursuant to this Agreement, the Servicer shall deliver to the
Collateral Custodian a copy of the related Loan Register, together with a
certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Servicer certifying to the accuracy
of such Loan Register as of the Funding Date of such Loan.
Section
7.10 Payment of Certain Expenses
by Servicer.
The
initial Servicer will be required to pay all expenses incurred by it in
connection with its activities under this Agreement, including fees and
disbursements of legal counsel and independent accountants, Taxes imposed on the
Servicer, expenses incurred in connection with payments and reports pursuant to
this Agreement, and all other fees and expenses not expressly stated under this
Agreement for the account of the Borrower. In consideration for the payment by
the Borrower of the Servicing Fee, the initial Servicer will be required to pay
(i) all reasonable fees and expenses owing to any bank or trust company in
connection with the maintenance of the Collection Account and the Backup
Servicer Fee pursuant to the Backup Servicing Agreement and the Custodian Fee
pursuant to the Custody Agreement, and (ii) the fees and expenses of the Rating
Agency in connection with its initial rating of the Rated Facility. The initial
Servicer shall be required to pay such expenses for its own account and shall
not be entitled to any payment therefor other than the Servicing
Fee.
Section
7.11 Reports.
(a) Monthly
Report. With respect to each Determination Date and the
related Collection Period, the Servicer will provide to the Borrower and the
Documentation Agent, on the related Reporting Date, a monthly statement (a
“Monthly
Report”) signed by a Responsible Officer of the Servicer and
substantially in the form of Exhibit D.
(b) Quarterly
Report. With respect to the June Collection Period, the
Servicer will provide to the Borrower and the Documentation Agent, no later than
the earlier of (i) 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Servicer or
(ii) the date on which the Servicer files a Form 10-K (or any successor form for
the applicable fiscal year) with the Securities and Exchange Commission with
respect to such fiscal year, a quarterly valuation report of the Loans included
in the Collateral (a “Quarterly Report”)
prepared by the Approved Valuation Agent, in form and scope reasonably
satisfactory to the Facility Agent. With respect to each March,
September and December Collection Period, the Servicer will provide to the
Borrower and the Documentation Agent, no later than the earlier of (i) 45 days
after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of
the Servicer or (ii) the date on which the Servicer files a Form 10-Q (or any
successor form) with the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to such
fiscal quarter, a Quarterly Report prepared by the Approved Valuation
Agent.
(c) Servicer
Certificate. Together with each Monthly Report, the Servicer
shall submit to the Borrower and the Documentation Agent a certificate (a “Servicer’s
Certificate”), signed by a Responsible Officer of the Servicer and
substantially in the form of Exhibit E.
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(d) Originator Financial
Statements. If PCC is not the Servicer, the Borrower will
submit to the Documentation Agent, promptly upon receipt thereof, the quarterly
and annual financial statements received from the Originator pursuant to Section 6.1(a)
of the Purchase Agreement.
(e) Servicer Financial
Statements. The Servicer will submit to the Documentation
Agent the following financial statements:
(i) within 90
days after the end of each fiscal year of the Servicer, the audited consolidated
balance sheet and related statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and
cash flows of the Servicer and its subsidiaries as of the end of and for such
year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the
previous fiscal year, all reported on by the Servicer’s independent public
accountants to the effect that such consolidated financial statements present
fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of
operations of the Servicer and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP consistently applied; provided that the
requirements set forth in this clause (i) may
be fulfilled by filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission a
Form 10-K (or any successor form) for the applicable fiscal year;
and
(ii) within 45
days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal
year of the Servicer, the consolidated balance sheet and related statements of
operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Servicer and its
subsidiaries as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed
portion of the fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the
figures for (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the
corresponding period or periods of the previous fiscal year, all certified by
the chief financial officer of the Servicer as presenting fairly in all material
respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Servicer and
its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently
applied, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of
footnotes; provided that the
requirements set forth in this clause (ii) may
be fulfilled by filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission a Form 10-Q
(or any successor form) for the applicable quarterly period.
Except as
otherwise set forth in the Backup Servicing Agreement, the Backup Servicer shall
have no duty to review any of the financial information set forth in such
financial statements.
(f) Subservicer Financial
Statements. The Servicer will submit to the Documentation
Agent within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Subservicer, the
consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, members’ equity
and cash flows of the Subservicer and its subsidiaries as of the end of and for
such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for
the previous fiscal year, all of which shall be subject of a compilation and
review by the Subservicer’s independent public accountants and shall be in
accordance with and pursuant to the statements on standards for accounting and
review services (SSARS) promulgated by the AICPA.
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(g) Distribution of
Reports.
(i) Upon
receipt of any Monthly Report, Quarterly Report, Servicer’s Certificate,
financial statements or other information, pursuant to this Section 7.11,
the Documentation Agent shall promptly furnish a copy thereof to the Facility
Agent, each Managing Agent and the Backup Servicer or, upon notice of the
availability thereof (which notice may be delivered by email) make such copy
available to such parties via the Documentation Agent’s website. Upon
receipt thereof, each Managing Agent shall promptly forward a copy thereof to
each Lender in its Lender Group.
(ii) Upon
receipt of any Monthly Report and Servicer’s Certificate, the Documentation
Agent shall promptly forward a copy thereof to the Rating Agency.
Section
7.12 Annual Statements as to
Compliance.
The
Servicer will provide to the Borrower and the Documentation Agent, on or before
May 15 of each year an annual report signed by a Responsible Officer of the
Servicer certifying that (a) a review of the activities of the Servicer, and the
Servicer’s performance pursuant to this Agreement, for the twelve-month period
(or, with respect to the first report after the Restatement Effective Date, the
nine-month period) ending on the preceding March 31 of such year has been made
under such Person’s supervision and (b) the Servicer has performed or has caused
to be performed in all material respects all of its obligations under this
Agreement throughout such twelve-month period (or nine-month period, as the case
may be) and no Servicer Termination Event has occurred and is continuing (or if
a Servicer Termination Event has so occurred and is continuing, specifying each
such event, the nature and status thereof and the steps necessary to remedy such
event, and, if a Servicer Termination Event occurred during such year and no
notice thereof has been given to the Documentation Agent, specifying such
Servicer Termination Event and the steps taken to remedy such
event).
On or
before the date on which such annual statement (or such nine-month period
report, as the case may be) of the Servicer is due in each year, the Servicer
shall also cause to be delivered to the Documentation Agent a statement
substantially in the form of Exhibit I hereto
from a firm of internationally recognized independent public accountants which
are reasonably satisfactory to the Facility Agent indicating that, based on
procedures agreed upon by such firm and the Servicer and which are reasonably
satisfactory to the Facility Agent, (i) that such firm has reviewed the Monthly
Reports, Quarterly Reports, Servicer’s Certificates, Loan Lists and valuations
reports from the Approved Valuation Agent received since the last review and
applicable information from the Servicer, (ii) that the calculations within
those Monthly Reports, Quarterly Reports and Servicer’s Certificates have been
performed in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement, (iii)
the Aggregate Purchased Loan Balance and the Net Portfolio Collateral Balance as
of the immediately preceding Payment Date, (iv) the extent of compliance of the
Collateral with the criteria set forth in the definitions of “Eligible Loans”
and “Borrowing Base Eligible Loans,” and (v) each of the Loans in the Loan List
conforms to the stated characteristics listed for such Loan. In the event such
firm of independent public accountants requires the Facility Agent to agree to
the procedures performed by such firm, the Facility Agent, without undertaking
any obligation to pay fees or other amounts to such firm, shall do so at the
direction of the Majority Lenders, but need not make any independent inquiry or
investigation as to, and shall have no obligation or liability in respect of,
the sufficiency, validity or correctness of such procedures. The independent
public accountants report shall also indicate that the firm is independent of
the Servicer and the Borrower within the meaning of the Code of Professional
Ethics of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
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Upon
receipt of any report or statement pursuant to this Section 7.12,
the Documentation Agent shall furnish a copy thereof to the Facility Agent, each
Managing Agent, the Backup Servicer and the Rating Agency or, upon notice of the
availability thereof (which notice may be delivered by email) make such copy
available to such parties via the Documentation Agent’s website.
Section
7.13 Limitation on Liability of
the Servicer and Others.
Except as
provided herein, neither the Servicer (including any Successor Servicer) nor any
of the directors or officers or employees or agents of the Servicer shall be
under any liability to the Borrower, any Agent or Lender or any other Person for
any action taken or for refraining from the taking of any action expressly
provided for in this Agreement; provided, however, that this
provision shall not protect the Servicer or any such Person against any
liability that would otherwise be imposed by reason of its willful misfeasance,
bad faith or negligence in the performance of duties or by reason of its willful
misconduct hereunder.
The
Servicer shall not be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any
legal action that is not incidental to its duties to service the Transferred
Loans in accordance with this Agreement that in its reasonable opinion may
involve it in any expense or liability. The Servicer may, in its sole
discretion, undertake any legal action relating to the servicing, collection or
administration of Transferred Loans and the Related Property that it may
reasonably deem necessary or appropriate for the benefit of the Borrower and the
Secured Parties with respect to this Agreement and the rights and duties of the
parties hereto and the respective interests of the Borrower and the Secured
Parties hereunder.
Section
7.14 The Servicer Not to
Resign.
The
Servicer shall not resign from the obligations and duties hereby imposed on it
except upon its determination that (i) the performance of its duties hereunder
is or becomes impermissible under Applicable Law and (ii) there is no reasonable
action that it could take to make the performance of its duties hereunder
permissible under Applicable Law. Any such determination permitting
the resignation of the Servicer shall be evidenced as to clause (i) above
by an Opinion of Counsel to such effect delivered to the Borrower, the Facility
Agent and each Managing Agent and Rating Agency. To the extent
permissible and in accordance with Applicable Law, no such resignation shall
become effective until a successor shall have assumed the responsibilities and
obligations of the Servicer in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
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Section
7.15 Access to Certain
Documentation and Information Regarding the Loans.
The
Borrower or the Servicer, as applicable, shall provide to the Facility Agent,
each Managing Agent and the Backup Servicer access to the Loan Documents and all
other documentation regarding the Loans included as part of the Collateral and
the Related Property, such access being afforded without charge but only (i)
upon reasonable prior notice, (ii) during normal business hours and (iii)
subject to the Servicer’s normal security and confidentiality
procedures. From and after (x) the Closing Date and periodically
thereafter at the discretion of the Facility Agent (but in no event limited to
fewer than twice per calendar year), the Facility Agent, on behalf of and with
the input of each Lender, may review the Borrower’s and the Servicer’s
collection and administration of the Loans in order to assess compliance by the
Servicer with the Servicer’s written policies and procedures, as well as with
this Agreement and may conduct an audit of the Transferred Loans, Loan Documents
and Records in conjunction with such a review, which audit shall be reasonable
in scope and shall be completed in a reasonable period of time and (y) the
occurrence, and during the continuation of a Termination Event, the Facility
Agent and each Managing Agent and Lender may review the Borrower’s and the
Servicer’s collection and administration of the Transferred Loans in order to
assess compliance by the Servicer with the Servicer’s written policies and
procedures, as well as with this Agreement, which review shall not be limited in
scope or frequency, nor restricted in period. The Facility Agent may
also conduct an audit (as such term is used in clause (x) of
this Section 7.15) of
the Transferred Loans, Loan Documents and Records in conjunction with such a
review. The Borrower shall bear the cost of such reviews and audits
in accordance with the Priority of Payments, provided that the
Borrower shall not be required to bear such costs in excess of $15,000 in any
twelve month period.
Section
7.16 Merger or Consolidation of
the Servicer.
The
Servicer shall not consolidate with or merge into any other Person or convey or
transfer its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person
and unless:
(i) the
Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Servicer is merged or the
Person that acquires by conveyance or transfer the properties and assets of the
Servicer substantially as an entirety shall be, if the Servicer is not the
surviving entity, organized and existing under the laws of the United States or
any State or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by an
agreement supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Borrower, the
Facility Agent and each Managing Agent (with a copy thereof provided by the
Servicer to the Rating Agency), in form satisfactory to the Borrower and the
Facility Agent, the performance of every covenant and obligation of the Servicer
hereunder (to the extent that any right, covenant or obligation of the Servicer,
as applicable hereunder, is inapplicable to the successor entity, such successor
entity shall be subject to such covenant or obligation, or benefit from such
right, as would apply, to the extent practicable, to such successor
entity);
(ii) the
Servicer shall have delivered to the Borrower, the Documentation Agent and each
Managing Agent and Rating Agency an Officer’s Certificate that such
consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer and such supplemental agreement
comply with this Section 7.16 and
that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction
have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel that such supplemental
agreement is legal, valid and binding with respect to the successor entity and
that the entity surviving such consolidation, conveyance or transfer is
organized and existing under the laws of the United States or any State or the
District of Columbia. The Borrower, the Facility Agent and each
Managing Agent and Rating Agency shall receive prompt written notice of such
merger or consolidation of the Servicer; and
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(iii) after
giving effect thereto, no Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event shall
have occurred.
Section
7.17 Identification of
Records.
The
Servicer shall clearly and unambiguously identify each Loan that is part of the
Collateral and the Related Property in its computer or other records to reflect
that the interest in such Loans and Related Property have been transferred to
and are owned by the Borrower and that the Facility Agent has the interest
therein granted by Borrower pursuant to this Agreement.
Section
7.18 Servicer Termination
Events.
(a) If any
one of the following events (a “Servicer Termination
Event”) shall occur and be continuing on any day:
(i) any
failure by the Servicer to make any payment, transfer or deposit as required by
this Agreement and, except with respect to payments, transfers or deposits
required in connection with the occurrence of the Legal Final Maturity Date,
such failure shall have continued without cure for a period of two Business
Days; or
(ii) any
failure by the Servicer to give instructions or notice to the Borrower, any
Lender or Managing Agent and/or the Facility Agent as required by this Agreement
or to deliver any Required Reports hereunder on or before the date occurring
three Business Days after the date such instructions, notice or report is
required to be made or given, as the case may be, under the terms of this
Agreement; or
(iii) any
representation or warranty made or deemed made by the Servicer hereunder or
under any other Transaction Document to which it is a party shall prove to be
incorrect in any material respect as of the time when the same shall have been
made and, in each case if such incorrectness is reasonably able to be remedied,
when such incorrectness continues unremedied for more than fifteen (15) days
after the first to occur of (i) the date on which written notice of such
incorrectness requiring the same to be remedied shall have been given to the
Servicer by the Borrower, the Facility Agent, any Lender or Managing Agent or
the Collateral Custodian and (ii) the date on which the
Servicer becomes aware thereof; or
(iv) any
failure on the part of the Servicer duly to observe or perform in any material
respect any other covenants or agreements of the Servicer set forth in this
Agreement or any other Transaction Document, other than those expressly
addressed in another clause of this Section 7.18,
to which it is a party as Servicer and, in each case if such failure is
reasonably able to be remedied, when such failure continues unremedied for more
than fifteen (15) days after the first to occur of (i) the date on which written
notice of such failure requiring the same to be remedied shall have been given
to the Servicer by the Borrower, the Facility Agent, any Managing Agent or
Lender or the Collateral Custodian and (ii) the date on which the Servicer
becomes aware thereof; or
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(v) the
Servicer shall fail to service the Transferred Loans in accordance with the
Management Manual; or
(vi) the
occurrence of any Event of Default or Optional Redemption Event; or
(vii) an
Insolvency Event shall occur with respect to the Servicer or the Subservicer;
or
(viii) the
Servicer agrees or consents to, or otherwise permits to occur, any amendment,
modification, change, supplement or revision of or to the Management Manual in
whole or in part that could have a material adverse effect upon the Transferred
Loans or interest of any Lender, without the prior written consent of the
Facility Agent; or
(ix) the
Servicer or Subservicer shall be in (A) default in the payment of any
Indebtedness in an individual or aggregate principal amount (or having a
facility amount) in excess of (1) in the case of the Servicer, $10,000,000 or
(2) in the case of the Subservicer, $1,000,000 beyond the period of grace, if
any, provided in the instrument or agreement under which such Indebtedness was
created; or (B) default in the observance or performance of any other agreement
or condition relating to any such Indebtedness or contained in any instrument or
agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto or any other event shall
occur or condition exist, the effect of which default or other event or
condition is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness
(or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders) to cause, with the
giving of notice if required, any such Indebtedness to become due, or to require
the prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance thereof, prior to its
stated maturity, or to cause the termination of any related lending commitment
prior to the stated termination date thereof (any applicable grace period having
expired); or
(x) (A) a (x)
final judgment for the payment of money in excess of (1) in the case of the
Servicer, $10,000,000 or (2) in the case of the Subservicer, $1,000,000
(individually or in the aggregate) or (y) final non-appealable judgment for the
payment of money in excess of $2,500,000 individually shall have been rendered
against the Servicer or the Subservicer by a court of competent jurisdiction,
and such judgment, decree or order shall continue unsatisfied and in effect for
any period of 30 consecutive days without a stay of execution, or (B) the
Servicer or Subservicer shall have made payments of amounts in excess of (1) in
the case of the Servicer, $10,000,000 or (2) in the case of the Subservicer,
$1,000,000 in settlement of any litigation, provided that any
judgment rendered against the Subservicer shall be deemed a judgment rendered
against the Servicer for purposes of this paragraph (x) if the Servicer shall
satisfy such judgment from its own funds by reason of an indemnification
obligation; or
(xi) the
Tangible Net Worth of the Servicer at the end of any of the Servicer’s fiscal
quarters shall be less than the Minimum Tangible Net Worth; or
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(xii) the sum
of (a) Servicer's consolidated net investment income (as set forth in the
quarterly and annual financial statements of the Servicer delivered pursuant to
Section
7.11(e)) plus (b) any realized
gains minus (c)
any realized losses for each of three consecutive fiscal quarters of the
Servicer is less than zero; or
(xiii) any
Material Adverse Change occurs in the financial condition of the Servicer or the
Subservicer; or
(xiv) any
Change-in-Control of the initial Servicer or the Subservicer occurs without the
prior written consent of the Borrower and the Facility Agent; or
(xv) the
Advisory Agreement shall be terminated, whether by action of either party
thereto, by operation of law or by reason of its failure to be renewed, or
otherwise the Advisory Agreement shall cease to be in full force and effect; or
the Advisory Agreement shall have been amended or otherwise modified, without
the prior written consent of the Facility Agent, in a manner that might (in the
reasonable judgment of the Facility Agent) have a Material Adverse Effect; or
PCM shall cease to be the adviser under the Advisory Agreement;
then,
notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, so long as any such Servicer
Termination Events shall not have been remedied within three Business Days or,
if a cure period is applicable thereto, within three Business days following the
expiration of such cure period, the Facility Agent may, or at the direction of
the Required Lenders shall, by written notice to the Servicer and the Backup
Servicer (a “Termination Notice”),
subject to the provisions of Section 7.19,
terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Servicer as Servicer under
this Agreement. The Borrower shall pay all reasonable set-up and conversion
costs associated with the transfer of servicing rights to the Successor Servicer
in accordance with the Priority of Payments.
Section
7.19 Appointment of Successor
Servicer.
(a) On and
after the receipt by the Servicer of a Termination Notice pursuant to Section 7.18,
the Servicer shall continue to perform all servicing functions under this
Agreement until the date on which a successor is appointed as provided in this
Section. The Required Lenders may, in their sole discretion, but subject to
satisfaction of the Rating Condition, appoint the Backup Servicer as the
Servicer hereunder, and the Backup Servicer shall within ten Business Day assume
all obligations of the Servicer hereunder, and all authority and power of the
Servicer under this Agreement shall pass to and be vested in the Backup
Servicer; provided, however, that any
Successor Servicer (including the Backup Servicer) shall not (i) be responsible
or liable for any past actions or omissions of the outgoing Servicer, (ii) have
any obligations to perform advancing or repurchase obligations, if any, of the
Servicer or predecessor Servicer unless it elects to do so in its sole
discretion, (iii) have any obligation to pay any of the fees and expenses of any
other party to the transaction contemplated hereby, (iv) have any liability with
respect to the performance of the Subservicer or any other sub-servicers
appointed by any prior Servicer, (v) make any of the representations and
warranties of the Servicer under this Agreement (other than the representations
and warranties set forth in the Backup Servicing Agreement), or (vi) have any
obligation to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial
liability in the performance of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any
of its rights and powers, if, in its reasonable judgment, it shall believe that
repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is
not assured to it. Subject to satisfaction of the Rating Condition,
if the Required Lenders do not appoint the Backup Servicer as successor
Servicer, there is no Backup Servicer or the Backup Servicer is unwilling or
unable to assume such obligations on such date, then the Facility Agent shall as
promptly as possible appoint an alternate successor servicer to act as Servicer
(in each such case, the “Successor Servicer”),
and such Successor Servicer shall accept its appointment by a written assumption
in a form acceptable to the Facility Agent.
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(b) Upon its
appointment as Successor Servicer, the Backup Servicer (subject to Section 7.19(a)
and the terms of the Backup Servicing Agreement) or the alternate successor
servicer, as applicable, shall be the successor in all respects to the Servicer
with respect to servicing functions under this Agreement, shall assume all
Servicing Duties hereunder and shall be subject to all the responsibilities,
duties and liabilities relating thereto placed on the Servicer by the terms and
provisions hereof, and all references in this Agreement to the Servicer shall be
deemed to refer to the Backup Servicer or the Successor Servicer, as
applicable. Any Successor Servicer shall be entitled, with the prior
consent of the Facility Agent, to appoint agents to provide some or all of its
duties hereunder, provided that no such appointment shall relieve such Successor
Servicer of the duties and obligations of the Successor Servicer pursuant to the
terms hereof and that any such subcontract may be terminated upon the occurrence
of a Servicer Termination Event.
(c) All
authority and power granted to the Servicer under this Agreement shall
automatically cease and terminate upon termination of the Servicer under this
Agreement and shall pass to and be vested in the Successor Servicer, and the
Successor Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, on
behalf of the Servicer, as attorney-in-fact or otherwise, all documents and
other instruments, and to do and accomplish all other acts or things necessary
or appropriate to effect the purposes of such transfer of servicing
rights. The Servicer agrees to cooperate with the Successor Servicer
in effecting the termination of the responsibilities and rights of the Servicer
to conduct servicing on the Collateral, including the transfer to the Successor
Servicer for the administration by it of all cash amounts that shall at the time
be held by Servicer for deposit, or have been deposited by the Servicer, or
thereafter received with respect to the Loans and the delivery to the Successor
Servicer in an orderly and timely fashion of all files and records with respect
to the Loans and a computer tape in readable form containing all information
necessary to enable the Successor Servicer to service the Loans. In
addition, the Servicer agrees to cooperate and use its best efforts, at the
Servicer’s expense, to provide the Successor Servicer, with reasonable access
(including at the premises of the Servicer) to Servicer’s employees and any and
all of the books, records (in electronic or other form) or other information
reasonably requested by it to enable the Successor Servicer, to assume the
servicing functions hereunder and to maintain a list of key servicing personnel
and contact information.
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(d) Upon the
Backup Servicer receiving notice that it is required to serve as the Servicer
hereunder pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 7.19
(including satisfaction of the Rating Condition), the Backup Servicer will
promptly begin the transition to its role as Successor Servicer.
(e) The
predecessor Servicer shall pay all Transition Costs of the Backup Servicer
incurred in transitioning to its role as Servicer.
Section
7.20 Exclusion of
Loans.
The
Servicer (on behalf of the Borrower) may by notice to the Facility Agent elect
to exclude one or more Eligible Loans (or portion(s) thereof) (as applicable,
“Excluded
Loans”) from the Net Portfolio Collateral Balance; provided that (i) the
Overcollateralization Ratio Test would be satisfied after giving effect to such
exclusion, (ii) such exclusion would cause any Collateral Quality Test which was
satisfied immediately prior to such exclusion to continue to be satisfied, and
(iii) such exclusion would maintain or improve the Borrower’s degree of
compliance with any Collateral Quality Test which was not satisfied immediately
prior to such exclusion.
Section
7.21 Determination of Certain
Collateral Quality Tests.
Promptly
after receiving a Funding Request or any notice of the Borrower’s acquisition of
any Loan or of any proposed release of any Loan from the Collateral (whether
pursuant to Section 7.7
hereof, by reason of the repurchase or substitution thereof pursuant to Section 7.1 or 7.2 of the Purchase
Agreement or otherwise, but excluding any release in connection with a
realization upon the Collateral in accordance with Section 6.3
hereof) and a loan tape in Microsoft Excel format, the Documentation
Agent shall promptly (i) calculate the Diversity Score by reference to the
Diversity Score Table set forth in Annex III hereto
for the related Aggregate Industry Equivalent Unit Score set forth therein in
accordance with the provisions of such Annex using the values set forth in the
latest Monthly Report on the tab referencing “Diversity Score”, (ii) calculate
the Xxxxx’x Asset Correlation Factor in accordance with the Xxxxx’x asset
correlation methodology set forth in Annex IV using
the values set forth in the latest Monthly Report on the tab referencing
“Xxxxx’x Asset Correlation Inputs” and (iii) provide the Servicer with a report
of such calculations and of any discrepancies with the Diversity Score or
Xxxxx’x Asset Correlation Factor calculated by the Borrower, or by the Servicer
on its behalf.
ARTICLE
VIII
TERMINATION
EVENTS; OPTIONAL REDEMPTION EVENTS AND EVENTS OF DEFAULT
Section
8.1 Termination Events; Optional
Redemption Events.
(a) If any of
the following events (each, an “Termination Event”)
shall occur and be continuing:
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(i) the
occurrence of any Event of Default or Optional Redemption Event; or
(ii) Xxxxx’x
withdraws its rating of the Rated Facility or reduces its rating of the Rated
Facility to below Baa3, or
(iii) the
Rolling Three-Month Default Ratio shall exceed 7.5%; or
(iv) the
Rolling Three-Month Charged-Off Ratio shall exceed 5.0%; or
(v) on any
Determination Date, the Interest Coverage Test is not satisfied; or
(vi) on any
Determination Date, the Asset Coverage Ratio shall be less than
200%;
then, and
in any such event, the Facility Agent shall, at the request of the Required
Lenders, by notice to the Borrower declare the Termination Date to have
occurred, without demand, protest or future notice of any kind, all of which are
hereby expressly waived by the Borrower; provided, that in the
event that the Termination Event described in subsection (i)
herein has occurred, the Termination Date shall automatically occur, without
demand, protest or any notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly
waived by the Borrower. Upon its receipt of written notice of the
occurrence of any Termination Event from the Required Lenders or upon the
Facility’s Agent declaration that the Termination Date shall have occurred
pursuant to this paragraph, the Facility Agent shall promptly notify the
Documentation Agent thereof. The Documentation Agent shall promptly
forward a copy of any such notice received by it to the Borrower, the Servicer,
the Backup Servicer, each Managing Agent and Rating Agency, and each Managing
Agent shall promptly forward a copy of any such notice received by it to each
Lender in its Lender Group.
(b) If any of
the following events (each, an “Optional Redemption
Event”) shall occur and be continuing:
(i) In the
event that all Outstanding Borrowings, all accrued and unpaid Interest and
Facility Fees and all other Obligations shall not have been paid or repaid in
full on the Expected Final Payment Date (regardless of the availability of funds
therefor); or
(ii) except as
set forth in clause (i)
above, the Borrower shall default in the payment of any other amounts required
to be made under the terms of this Agreement (regardless of the availability of
funds therefor in accordance with the Priority of Payments), and such failure
shall not have been cured on or prior to the next following Payment
Date;
(iii) any
representation or warranty made or deemed made by the Originator hereunder or
under any other Transaction Document to which it is a party shall prove to be
incorrect in any material respect as of the time when the same shall have been
made and, in each case if such incorrectness is reasonably able to be remedied,
when such incorrectness continues unremedied for more than fifteen (15) days
after the first to occur of (A) the date on which written notice of such
incorrectness requiring the same to be remedied shall have been given to such
Person by the Facility Agent, any Lender or Managing Agent or the Collateral
Custodian and (B) the date on which such Person becomes aware thereof;
or
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(iv) the
Originator shall fail to perform or observe in any material respect any term,
covenant or agreement of the Originator set forth in any other Transaction
Document to which it is a party, and, in each case if such failure is reasonably
able to be remedied, when such failure continues unremedied or more than fifteen
(15) days after the first to occur of (x) the date on which written notice of
such failure requiring the same to be remedied shall have been given to such
Person by the Facility Agent, any Lender or Managing Agent or the Collateral
Custodian and (y) the date on which such Person becomes aware thereof;
or
(v) an
Insolvency Event shall occur with respect to the Originator; or
(vi) the
Originator shall be in (A) default in the payment of any Indebtedness in an
individual or aggregate principal amount (or having a facility amount) in excess
of $1,500,000 beyond the period of grace, if any, provided in the instrument or
agreement under which such Indebtedness was created; or (B) default in the
observance or performance of any other agreement or condition relating to any
such Indebtedness or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing,
securing or relating thereto or any other event shall occur or condition exist,
the effect of which default or other event or condition is to cause, or to
permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on
behalf of such holder or holders) to cause, with the giving of notice if
required, any such Indebtedness to become due, or to require the prepayment,
repurchase, redemption or defeasance thereof, prior to its stated maturity, or
to cause the termination of any related lending commitment prior to the stated
termination date thereof (any applicable grace period having expired);
or
(vii) (A) (x) a
final judgment for the payment of money in excess of $10,000,000 (individually
or in the aggregate) or a final non-appealable judgment for the payment of money
in excess of $2,500,000 individually shall have been rendered against the
Originator, or (y) a final non-appealable judgment for the payment of money in
excess of $200,000 (individually or in the aggregate) shall have been rendered
against the Borrower by a court of competent jurisdiction or (z) a final
judgment for the payment of money in excess of $500,000 (individually or in the
aggregate) shall have been rendered against the Borrower by a court of competent
jurisdiction and, if such judgment relates to the Originator, such judgment,
decree or order shall continue unsatisfied and in effect for any period of 30
consecutive days without a stay of execution, or (B) the Originator or the
Borrower, as the case may be, shall have made payments of amounts in excess of
$10,000,000 or $200,000 (individually or in the aggregate), respectively, in
settlement of any litigation; or
(viii) the
Originator ceases to be an “investment company” that has elected to be regulated
as a “business development company” within the meaning of the 1940 Act or to be
qualified as a “regulated investment company” for purposes of the Internal
Revenue Code; or
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(ix) the
business and other activities of the Originator, including the consummation and
conduct of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents to which
the Originator is a party result in a violation by the Originator, the Borrower,
or any other person or entity of the 1940 Act or the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder; or
(x) on any
Measurement Date, the Borrowing Base Test shall not be satisfied, and such
failure shall continue for more than two (2) Business Days; or
(xi) on any
Measurement Date, the Overcollateralization Ratio Test shall not be satisfied,
and such failure shall continue for more than two (2) Business Days;
or
(xii) on any
Measurement Date, the Required Equity Test shall not be satisfied, and such
failure shall continue for more than two (2) Business Days; or
(xiii) on any
Determination Date, the Asset Coverage Ratio shall be less than 175%;
or
(xiv) a
Servicer Termination Event occurs; or
(xv) the
common shares of the Originator shall cease to be listed for trading on a
recognized United States national securities exchange; or
(xvi) any
Material Adverse Change occurs in the financial condition of the Borrower or the
Originator; or
(xvii) any
Change-in-Control of the Borrower or the Originator occurs; or
(xviii) the
occurrence of any Key Person Event; or
(xix) the
Borrower agrees or consents to, or otherwise permits to occur, any amendment,
modification, change, supplement or revision of or to the Management Manual in
whole or in part that could have a material adverse effect upon the Transferred
Loans or interest of any Lender, without the prior written consent of the
Required Lenders; or
(xx) if the
Liquidity Test shall be not be satisfied for any period of 60 consecutive
calendar days;
then, and
in any such event, the Facility Agent (A) shall at the request of the Required
Lenders by notice to the Borrower declare the Termination Date to have occurred,
without demand, protest or future notice of any kind, all of which are hereby
expressly waived by the Borrower, and/or (B) shall, at the request of (x) all
Lenders or (y) if the Required Lenders shall have notified the Facility Agent
that it is their reasonable expectation that, after giving effect to an orderly
realization on the Collateral pursuant to Section 6.2 and
to the application of the proceeds thereof in accordance with the Priority of
Payments, all Outstanding Borrowings and all accrued and unpaid Interest and
Facility Fees (other than Subordinate Interest and Fees) would be paid in full,
the Required Lenders, or may, with the consent of all Lenders or, subject to
satisfaction of the condition set forth in clause (y)
above, the Required Lenders, without demand, protest or future notice of any
kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower, declare all
Outstanding Borrowings and all other amounts owing by the Borrower under this
Agreement to have been accelerated and become immediately due and
payable. Upon its receipt of written notice of the occurrence of any
Optional Redemption Event from the Required Lenders or upon the Facility’s Agent
declaration, at the direction of the Required Lenders, that the Termination Date
shall have occurred or that the Obligations shall have been accelerated pursuant
to this paragraph, the Facility Agent shall promptly notify the Documentation
Agent thereof. The Documentation Agent shall promptly forward a copy
of any such notice received by it to the Servicer, the Backup Servicer, each
Managing Agent and Rating Agency, and each Managing Agent shall promptly forward
a copy of any such notice received by it to each Lender in its Lender
Group.
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Section
8.2 Events of
Default.
If any of
the following events (each, an “Event of Default”)
shall occur and be continuing:
(i) the
Borrower shall have failed to pay all Outstanding Borrowings and all amounts
required to be paid pursuant to clause (vii) or
clause (ix) of
Section 2.8
hereof (in each case regardless of the availability of funds therefore) on the
Legal Final Maturity Date; or
(ii) the
Borrower shall default in the payment of any amount required to be paid pursuant
to clause (vii) or
clause (ix) of
Section 2.8
hereof (regardless of the availability of funds therefor in accordance with the
Priority of Payments) on any date other than the Legal Final Maturity Date and
such failure shall have continued without cure for a period of two Business
Days; or
(iii) other
than a failure already referred to in paragraphs (i) and (ii) above, the
Borrower shall fail on any Payment Date to disburse amounts available in the
Collection Account in accordance with the Priority of Payments, which failure
continues for a period of two Business Days; or
(iv) any
representation or warranty made or deemed made by the Borrower hereunder or
under any other Transaction Document to which it is a party shall prove to be
incorrect in any material respect as of the time when the same shall have been
made and, in each case if such incorrectness is reasonably able to be remedied,
when such incorrectness continues unremedied for more than fifteen (15) days
after the first to occur of (A) the date on which written notice of such
incorrectness requiring the same to be remedied shall have been given to such
Person by the Facility Agent, any Lender or Managing Agent or the Collateral
Custodian and (B) the date on which such Person becomes aware thereof;
or
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(v) the
Borrower shall fail to perform or observe in any material respect any other
covenant or other agreement of the Borrower set forth in this Agreement and any
other Transaction Document to which it is a party, other than those expressly
addressed in another clause of this Section 8.2,
and, in each case if such failure is reasonably able to be remedied, when such
failure continues unremedied or more than fifteen (15) days after the first to
occur of (x) the date on which written notice of such failure requiring the same
to be remedied shall have been given to such Person by the Facility Agent, any
Lender or Managing Agent or the Collateral Custodian and (y) the date on which
such Person becomes aware thereof; or
(vi) an
Insolvency Event shall occur with respect to the Borrower; or
(vii) the Borrower shall become required to register as an
“investment company” under the 1940 Act; or
(viii) the
Facility Agent, as agent for the Secured Parties, shall fail for any reason to
have a valid and perfected first priority security interest in any of the
Collateral; or
(ix) the
business and other activities of the Borrower, including the acceptance of the
Advances by the Borrower made by the Lenders, the application and use of the
proceeds thereof by the Borrower and the consummation and conduct of the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents to which the Borrower is
a party result in a violation by the Borrower of the 1940 Act or the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder;
then, and
in any such event, the Facility Agent shall at the request of the Required
Lenders by notice to the Borrower declare the Termination Date to have occurred,
without demand, protest or future notice of any kind, all of which are hereby
expressly waived by the Borrower, and all Outstanding Borrowings and all other
amounts owing by the Borrower under this Agreement shall be accelerated and
become immediately due and payable, provided, that in the
event that a Event of Default described in subsection (vi)
or (vii) herein
has occurred, the Termination Date and such acceleration shall automatically
occur, without demand, protest or any notice of any kind, all of which are
hereby expressly waived by the Borrower. Upon its receipt of written
notice of the occurrence of any Event of Default from the Required Lenders or
upon the Facility’s Agent declaration, at the direction of the Required Lenders,
that the Termination Date shall have occurred or that the Obligations shall have
been accelerated pursuant to this paragraph, the Facility Agent shall promptly
notify the Documentation Agent thereof. The Documentation Agent shall
promptly forward a copy of any such notice received by it to each Managing
Agent, the Backup Servicer and the Rating Agency, and each Managing Agent shall
promptly forward a copy of any such notice received by it to each Lender in its
Lender Group.
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ARTICLE
IX
INDEMNIFICATION
Section
9.1 Indemnities by the
Borrower.
(a) Without
limiting any other rights that any such Person may have hereunder or under
Applicable Law, the Borrower hereby agrees to indemnify the Agents, the Lenders,
the Backup Servicer, any Successor Servicer, the Collateral Custodian, the
Securities Custodian, any Secured Party or its assignee and each of their
respective Affiliates and officers, directors, employees, members and agents
thereof (collectively, the “Indemnified
Parties”), forthwith on demand, with a copy to the Documentation Agent,
from and against any and all damages, losses, claims, liabilities and related
costs and expenses, including reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees and
disbursements (all of the foregoing being collectively referred to as “Indemnified Amounts”)
awarded against or incurred by, any such Indemnified Party arising out of or as
a result of this Agreement, excluding, however, Indemnified Amounts to the
extent resulting from (x) gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith on
the part of any Indemnified Party or (y) a claim brought by the Borrower or the
Servicer against an Indemnified Party for breach in bad faith of such
Indemnified Party’s obligations hereunder or under any other Transaction
Document as to which such breach shall have been found to have occurred by final
order of a court of competent jurisdiction. Without limiting the
foregoing, the Borrower shall indemnify the Indemnified Parties for Indemnified
Amounts relating to or resulting from:
(i) any Loan
treated as or represented by the Borrower to be an Eligible Loan that is not at
the applicable time an Eligible Loan;
(ii) reliance
on any representation or warranty made or deemed made by the Borrower, the
Servicer (or one of its Affiliates) or any of their respective officers under or
in connection with this Agreement, which shall have been false or incorrect in
any material respect when made or deemed made or delivered;
(iii) the
failure by the Borrower or the Servicer (or one of its Affiliates) to comply
with any term, provision or covenant contained in this Agreement or any
agreement executed in connection with this Agreement, or with any Applicable Law
with respect to any Loan comprising a portion of the Collateral, or the
nonconformity of any Loan, the Related Property with any such Applicable Law or
any failure by the Originator, the Borrower or any Affiliate thereof to perform
its respective duties under the Loans included as a part of the
Collateral;
(iv) the
failure to vest and maintain vested in the Facility Agent a first priority
perfected security interest in the Collateral;
(v) the
failure to file or authorize filing, or any delay in filing or authorizing
filing, financing statements or other similar instruments or documents under the
UCC of any applicable jurisdiction or other Applicable Laws with respect to any
Collateral whether at the time of any Advance or at any subsequent time and as
required by the Transaction Documents;
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(vi) any
dispute, claim, offset or defense (other than the discharge in bankruptcy of the
Obligor) of the Obligor to the payment of any Loan included as part of the
Collateral that is, or is purported to be, an Eligible Loan (including a defense
based on the Loan not being a legal, valid and binding obligation of such
Obligor enforceable against it in accordance with its terms);
(vii) any
failure of the Borrower or the Servicer (if the Originator or one of its
Affiliates) to perform its duties or obligations in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement or any failure by the Originator, the Borrower or
any Affiliate thereof to perform its respective duties under the Transferred
Loans;
(viii) any
products liability claim or personal injury or property damage suit or other
similar or related claim or action of whatever sort arising out of or in
connection with merchandise or services that are the subject of any Loan
included as part of the Collateral or the Related Property included as part of
the Collateral;
(ix) the
failure by Borrower to pay when due any Taxes for which the Borrower is liable,
including sales, excise or personal property taxes payable in connection with
the Collateral;
(x) any
repayment by the Facility Agent or a Secured Party of any amount previously
distributed in reduction of Outstanding Borrowings or payment of Interest or any
other amount due hereunder, in each case which amount the Facility Agent or such
Secured Party believes in good faith is required to be repaid;
(xi) any
investigation, litigation or proceeding related to this Agreement or the use of
proceeds of Advances or in respect of any Loan included as part of the
Collateral or the Related Property included as part of the
Collateral;
(xii) any
failure by the Borrower to give reasonably equivalent value to the Originator in
consideration for the transfer by the Originator to the Borrower of any
Transferred Loan or the Related Property or any attempt by any Person to void or
otherwise avoid any such transfer under any statutory provision or common law or
equitable action, including any provision of the Bankruptcy Code;
or
(xiii) the
failure of the Borrower, the Originator or any of their respective agents or
representatives to remit to the Servicer or the Facility Agent, Collections on
the Collateral remitted to the Borrower or any such agent or representative in
accordance with the terms hereof or the commingling by the Borrower or any
Affiliate of any collections.
If the
Borrower has made any indemnity payment pursuant to this Section 9.1 and
such payment fully indemnified the recipient thereof and the recipient
thereafter collects any payments from others in respect of such Indemnified
Amounts, the recipient shall repay to the Borrower an amount equal to the amount
it has collected from others in respect of such indemnified
amounts.
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(b) Any
amounts subject to the indemnification provisions of this Section 9.1
shall be paid by the Borrower to the applicable Indemnified Party in accordance
with the Priority of Payments.
(c) If for
any reason the indemnification provided above in this Section 9.1 is
unavailable to the Indemnified Party or is insufficient to hold an Indemnified
Party harmless, then the Borrower, shall contribute to the amount paid or
payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such loss, claim, damage or
liability in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative
benefits received by such Indemnified Party on the one hand and the Borrower on
the other hand but also the relative fault of such Indemnified Party as well as
any other relevant equitable considerations.
(d) The
obligations of the Borrower under this Section 9.1
shall survive the resignation or removal of any Agent and the termination of
this Agreement but only with respect to any actions or omissions prior to such
resignation or removal.
(e) The
parties hereto agree that the provisions of this Section 9.1
shall not be interpreted to provide recourse to the Borrower against loss by
reason of the bankruptcy or insolvency (or other credit condition) of, or
default by, an Obligor on any Transferred Loan.
Section
9.2 Indemnities by the
Servicer.
(a) Without
limiting any other rights that any such Person may have hereunder or under
Applicable Law, the Servicer hereby agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Party,
forthwith on demand, with a copy to the Documentation Agent, from and against
any and all Indemnified Amounts (calculated without duplication of Indemnified
Amounts paid by the Borrower pursuant to Section 9.1
above) awarded against or incurred by any such Indemnified Party by reason of
any acts, omissions or alleged acts or omissions of the Servicer, including (i)
any representation or warranty made by the Servicer under or in connection with
any Transaction Documents to which it is a party, any Required Report or any
other information or report delivered by or on behalf of the Servicer pursuant
hereto, which shall have been false, incorrect or misleading in any material
respect when made or deemed made, (ii) the failure by the Servicer to comply
with any Applicable Law, (iii) the failure of the Servicer to comply with its
duties or obligations in accordance with the Agreement, or (iv) any litigation,
proceedings or investigation against the Servicer, excluding, however,
Indemnified Amounts to the extent resulting from (A) gross negligence, willful
misconduct or bad faith on the part of any Indemnified Party, (B) a claim
brought by the Servicer or the Borrower against an Indemnified Party for breach
in bad faith of such Indemnified Party’s obligations hereunder or under any
other Transaction Document as to which such breach shall have been found to have
occurred by final order of a court of competent jurisdiction, or (C) under any
Federal, state or local income or franchise taxes or any other Tax imposed on or
measured by income (or any interest or penalties with respect thereto or arising
from a failure to comply therewith) required to be paid by such Indemnified
Party in connection herewith to any taxing authority. The provisions of this
indemnity shall run directly to and be enforceable by an injured party subject
to the limitations hereof. If the Servicer has made any indemnity
payment pursuant to this Section 9.2 and
such payment fully indemnified the recipient thereof and the recipient
thereafter collects any payments from others in respect of such Indemnified
Amounts, the recipient shall repay to the Servicer an amount equal to the amount
it has collected from others in respect of such indemnified
amounts.
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(b) If for
any reason the indemnification provided above in this Section 9.2 is
unavailable to the Indemnified Party or is insufficient to hold an Indemnified
Party harmless, then Servicer shall contribute to the amount paid or payable to
such Indemnified Party as a result of such loss, claim, damage or liability in
such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits
received by such Indemnified Party on the one hand and Servicer on the other
hand but also the relative fault of such Indemnified Party as well as any other
relevant equitable considerations.
(c) The
obligations of the Servicer under this Section 9.2
shall survive the resignation or removal of any Agent and the termination of
this Agreement but only with respect to any actions or omissions prior to such
resignation or removal.
(d) The
parties hereto agree that the provisions of this Section 9.2
shall not be interpreted to provide recourse to the Servicer against loss by
reason of the bankruptcy or insolvency (or other credit condition) of, or
default by, related Obligor on, any Transferred Loan.
(e) Any
indemnification pursuant to this Section 9.2
shall not be payable from the Collateral.
ARTICLE
X
THE
AGENTS
Section
10.1 Authorization and
Action.
(a) Each
Secured Party hereby designates and appoints Rabobank as Facility Agent
hereunder and authorizes Rabobank to take such actions as agent on its behalf
and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Facility Agent by the terms
of this Agreement together with such powers as are reasonably incidental
thereto. Each Lender in each Lender Group hereby designates and
appoints the Person designated herein as Managing Agent for such Lender Group as
agent for such Lender Group hereunder and authorizes such Person to take such
actions as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to
the Managing Agent for such Lender Group by the terms of this Agreement together
with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each
Secured Party hereby designates and appoints USBank as Paying Agent hereunder
and authorizes USBank take such actions as agent on its behalf and to exercise
such powers as are delegated to the Paying Agent by the terms of this Agreement
together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each
Lender hereby designates and appoints USBank as Documentation Agent and
Calculation Agent hereunder and authorizes USBank take such actions as agent on
its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Documentation
Agent and Calculation Agent by the terms of this Agreement together with such
powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.
(b) In
performing its functions and duties hereunder, each of the Facility Agent and
the Paying Agent shall act solely as agent for the Secured Parties and does not
assume nor shall be deemed to have assumed any obligation or relationship of
trust or agency with or for the Borrower or the Servicer or any of their
successors or assigns. In performing its functions and duties
hereunder, each Managing Agent shall act solely as agent for the Lenders in its
Lender Group and does not assume nor shall be deemed to have assumed any
obligation or relationship of trust or agency with or for the Borrower or any
other Lenders or any of its or their successors or assigns. In
performing its functions and duties hereunder, each of the Documentation Agent
and the Calculation Agent shall act solely as agent for the Lenders and does not
assume nor shall be deemed to have assumed any obligation or relationship of
trust or agency with or for the Borrower or the Servicer or any of their
successors or assigns.
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(c) None of
the Facility Agent, the Documentation Agent, the Paying Agent, the Calculation
Agent or any Managing Agent for a Lender Group (each, an “Agent”), shall have
any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein and
applicable to such Agent, or any fiduciary relationship with any Secured Party,
and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or
liabilities on the part of any Agent shall be read into this Agreement or
otherwise exist for any Agent. No Agent shall be required to take any
action that exposes such Agent to personal liability or that is contrary to this
Agreement or Applicable Law. The appointment and authority of each
Agent hereunder shall terminate at the indefeasible payment in full of the
Obligations.
Section
10.2 Delegation of
Duties.
Each
Agent may execute any of its duties under this Agreement by or through agents or
attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all
matters pertaining to such duties. No Agent shall not be responsible for the
negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with
reasonable care.
Section
10.3 Exculpatory
Provisions.
No Agent
nor any of its directors, officers, agents or employees shall be (i) liable for
any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it or them under or in
connection with this Agreement (except for its, their or such Person’s own gross
negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith or, in the case of an Agent, the
breach of its obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement), or (ii)
responsible in any manner to any of the Secured Parties for any recitals,
statements, representations or warranties made by the Borrower contained in this
Agreement or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to
or provided for in, or received under or in connection with, this Agreement for
the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency
of this Agreement or any other document furnished in connection herewith, or for
any failure of the Borrower to perform its obligations hereunder, or for the
satisfaction of any condition specified in Article
III. No Agent shall not be under any obligation to any Secured
Party to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of
the agreements or covenants contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement, or
to inspect the properties, books or records of the Borrower. No Agent shall be
deemed to have knowledge of any Termination Event unless such Agent has received
notice of such Termination Event, in a document or other written communication
titled “Notice of Termination Event” from the Borrower, from a Secured Party in
the case of the Facility Agent or from a Lender in its Lender Group in the case
of a Managing Agent.
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Section
10.4 Reliance.
(a) Each
Agent shall in all cases be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in
relying, upon any document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and
correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or Persons
and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including counsel to the
Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by such
Agent.
(b) Each
Agent (other than a Managing Agent) shall in all cases be fully justified in
failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement or any other
document furnished in connection herewith unless it shall first receive such
advice or concurrence of the Required Lenders or all of the Secured Parties, as
applicable, as it deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified to its
satisfaction by the Lenders which are Committed Lenders, provided, that, unless and
until an Agent (other than a Managing Agent) shall have received such advice,
such Agent may take or refrain from taking any action, as such Agent shall deem
advisable and in the best interests of the Secured Parties. Each
Agent (other than a Managing Agent) shall in all cases be fully protected in
acting, or in refraining from acting, in accordance with a request of the
Required Lenders or all of the Secured Parties, as applicable, and such request
and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon
all the Secured Parties.
(c) Each
Managing Agent shall in all cases be fully justified in failing or refusing to
take any action under this Agreement or any other document furnished in
connection herewith unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of
Committed Lenders in its Lender Group holding a majority of the aggregate
Commitments of Lenders in such Lender Group as it deems appropriate or it shall
first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Committed Lenders in its Lender
Group, provided, that, unless and
until a Managing Agent shall have received such advice, such Managing Agent may
take or refrain from taking any action, as such Managing Agent shall deem
advisable and in the best interests of the Lenders in its Lender
Group. Each Managing Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in
acting, or in refraining from acting, in accordance with a request of the
Committed Lenders in its Lender Group holding a majority of the aggregate
Commitments of Lenders in such Lender Group, and such request and any action
taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders
in such Lender Group.
Section
10.5 Non-Reliance on Facility
Agent and Other Lenders.
Each
Secured Party expressly acknowledges that no Agent or other Secured Party or any
of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or
affiliates has made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by
an Agent or any other Secured Party hereafter taken, including any review of the
affairs of the Borrower, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or
warranty by such Agent or any other Secured Party. Each Secured Party represents
and warrants to each Agent and to each other Secured Party that it has and will,
independently and without reliance upon such Agent or any other Secured Party
and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made
its own appraisal of and investigation into the business, operations, property,
prospects, financial and other conditions and creditworthiness of the Borrower
and made its own decision to enter into this Agreement.
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Section
10.6 Reimbursement and
Indemnification.
(a) The
Committed Lenders agree to reimburse and indemnify the Facility Agent, the
Paying Agent, the Documentation Agent and the Calculation Agent and its
respective officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents ratably
according to their Commitments, as applicable, to the extent not paid or
reimbursed by the Borrower (i) for any amounts for which such Agent, acting in
its capacity as an Agent, is entitled to reimbursement by the Borrower hereunder
and (ii) for any other expenses incurred by such Agent, in its capacity as an
Agent, and acting on behalf of the Lenders or the Secured Parties, in connection
with the administration and enforcement of this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents.
(b) The
Committed Lenders in each Lender Group agree to reimburse and indemnify the
Managing Agent for such Lender Group and its officers, directors, employees,
representatives and agents ratably according to their Commitments, as
applicable, to the extent not paid or reimbursed by the Borrower (i) for any
amounts for which such Managing Agent, acting in its capacity as Managing Agent,
is entitled to reimbursement by the Borrower hereunder and (ii) for any other
expenses incurred by such Managing Agent, in its capacity as Managing Agent, and
acting on behalf of the Lenders in its Lender Group, in connection with the
administration and enforcement of this Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents.
Section
10.7 Agent in its Individual
Capacity.
Each
Agent and each of its Affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from and
generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Affiliate of
the Borrower as though such Agent were not an Agent hereunder. With respect to
Advances made by an Agent (in its individual capacity) or any of its Affiliates
pursuant to this Agreement, such Agent and each of its Affiliates shall have the
same rights and powers under this Agreement as any Lender and may exercise the
same as though it were not an Agent, and the terms “Lender” and “Lenders” shall
include each Agent in its individual capacity.
Section
10.8 Successor
Agents.
(a) The
Facility Agent may, upon 5 days’ notice to the Borrower, the Secured Parties and
the Rating Agencies, and the Facility Agent will, upon the direction of all of
the Lenders, resign as Facility Agent and give notice of such resignation to the
Rating Agency. If the Facility Agent shall resign, then the Required
Lenders during such 5-day period shall appoint from among the Persons acting as
Managing Agents a successor agent. If for any reason no successor
Facility Agent is appointed by the Required Lenders during such 5-day period,
then effective upon the expiration of such 5-day period, the Managing Agents,
collectively, shall perform all of the duties of the Facility Agent hereunder
and the Borrower shall make all payments in respect of the Obligations or under
any Fee Letter delivered by the Borrower to the Facility Agent and the Secured
Parties directly to the applicable Secured Parties and for all purposes shall
deal directly with the Secured Parties. After any retiring Facility Agent’s
resignation hereunder as Facility Agent, the provisions of Article IX and Article X shall inure
to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was
Facility Agent under this Agreement.
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(b) A
Managing Agent may, upon 5 days’ notice to the Borrower, the Lenders in its
Lender Group, the Facility Agent, the other Managing Agents and the Rating
Agencies, and a Managing Agent will, upon the direction of all of the Lenders in
its Lender Group resign as Managing Agent for such Lender Group and give notice
of such resignation to the Facility Agent, the other Managing Agents and the
Rating Agencies. If a Managing Agent shall resign, then the Committed
Lenders in its Lender Group holding a majority of the aggregate Commitments of
Lenders in such Lender Group, with the consent of the Conduit Lender, if any, in
such Lender Group, during such 5-day period shall appoint from among the Secured
Parties a successor agent. If for any reason no successor Managing
Agent is appointed in such manner during such 5-day period, then effective upon
the expiration of such 5-day period, the Committed Lenders in such Lender Group,
collectively, shall perform all of the duties of such Managing Agent hereunder
and the Borrower and the Facility Agent shall make all payments in respect of
the Obligations or under any Fee Letter delivered by the Borrower or the
Facility Agent to such Managing Agent or the Lenders in such Lender Group
directly to the applicable Lenders and for all purposes shall deal directly with
such Secured Parties. After any retiring Managing Agent’s resignation hereunder
as a Managing Agent, the provisions of Article IX and Article X shall inure
to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was
a Managing Agent under this Agreement.
(c) Each of
the Documentation Agent, the Paying Agent and the Calculation Agent may, upon 30
days’ notice to the Borrower, the other Secured Parties and the Rating Agencies,
and such Agent will, upon the direction of all of the Lenders or, in the case of
the Paying Agent, if is no longer satisfies the Agent Rating Requirement, resign
as Agent and give notice of such resignation to Rating Agencies. If
any such Agent shall resign, then the Required Lenders during such 30 day period
shall appoint a successor; provided that in the case of the Paying Agent, such
successor shall satisfying the Agent Rating Requirement. If for any
reason no successor Agent is appointed by the Required Lenders during such 30
day period, then effective upon the expiration of such 30 day period, the
Facility Agent, shall perform all of the duties of such Agent hereunder and, in
the case of the Paying Agent, and the Borrower shall make all payments in
respect of the Obligations which would otherwise be paid to the Paying Agent
directly to the Secured Parties entitled thereto. After any retiring Agent’s
resignation hereunder as Agent, the provisions of Article IX and Article X shall inure
to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was
Agent under this Agreement.
ARTICLE
XI
ASSIGNMENTS;
PARTICIPATIONS
Section
11.1 Assignments and
Participations.
(a) Neither
Borrower nor the Servicer shall have the right to assign its rights or
obligations under this Agreement.
(b) Borrower
and each Lender hereby agree and consent to the complete or partial assignment
by each Conduit Lender of all or any portion of its rights under, interest in,
title to and obligations under this Agreement (i) to its Support Providers
pursuant to a Support Facility or to its Funding Sources, or (ii) (A) to any
other issuer of commercial paper notes sponsored or administered by same
managing agent or administrator as such Conduit Lender of an Affiliate thereof
or (B) to any Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender hereunder, or (iii) to any
other Person in accordance with Section 11.1(c). Upon
such assignment, such Conduit Lender shall be released from its obligations so
assigned. Further, Borrower and each Lender hereby agree that any
assignee of any Conduit Lender of this Agreement or all or any of the
outstanding Advances of such Conduit Lender shall have all of the rights and
benefits under this Agreement as if the term “Conduit Lender” explicitly
referred to such party, and no such assignment shall in any way impair the
rights and benefits of such Conduit Lender hereunder.
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(c) Any
Lender may at any time and from time to time, with the prior consent of the
Facility Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), assign
to one or more Persons (“Purchasing Lenders”)
all or any part of its rights and obligations under this Agreement pursuant to
an assignment agreement, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit C-1
hereto (the “Assignment and
Acceptance”) executed by such Purchasing Lender and such selling
Lender. In addition, so long as no Termination Event has occurred and
is continuing at such time, the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required prior to the effectiveness
of any such assignment unless such assignment is to any Lender, any Funding
Source or Support Provider of a Lender, any Affiliate of a Lender, Funding
Source or Support Provider or any issuer of commercial paper notes sponsored or
administered by a Lender or any Funding Source or Support Provider for a Lender
or any Affiliate of any Lender, Funding Source or Support
Provider. Upon delivery of the executed Assignment and Acceptance to
the Facility Agent, such selling Lender shall be released from its obligations
hereunder to the extent of such assignment. Thereafter the Purchasing Lender
shall for all purposes be a Lender party to this Agreement and shall have all
the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement to the same extent
as if it were an original party hereto and no further consent or action by
Borrower, the Lenders, the Managing Agents or the Facility Agent shall be
required. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to
the contrary, so long as no Termination Event has occurred and is continuing at
such time, the consent of **************** (such consent not to be unreasonably
withheld or delayed), so long as it remains a Committed Lender hereunder, shall
be required prior to the effectiveness of any assignment by Rabobank to a Person
which is not an Affiliate of Rabobank if, after giving effect to such
assignment, the Commitment of Rabobank would be less than
$75,000,000.
(d) By
executing and delivering an Assignment and Acceptance, the Purchasing Lender
thereunder and the selling Lender thereunder confirm to and agree with each
other and the other parties hereto as follows: (i) other than as provided in
such Assignment and Acceptance, such selling Lender makes no representation or
warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements,
warranties or representations made in or in connection with this Agreement or
the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or
value of this Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant
hereto; (ii) such Purchasing Lender confirms that it has received a copy of this
Agreement, together with copies of such financial statements and other documents
and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and
decision to enter into such Assignment and Acceptance; (iii) such Purchasing
Lender will, independently and without reliance upon the Facility Agent, the
selling Lender or any other Lender or any Managing Agent and based on such
documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to
make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under this
Agreement; (iv) such Purchasing Lender and such selling Lender confirm that such
Purchasing Lender is an Eligible Assignee; (v) such Purchasing Lender appoints
and authorizes each of the Facility Agent and the applicable Managing Agent to
take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under this
Agreement as are delegated to such agent by the terms hereof, together with such
powers as are reasonably incidental thereto; and (vi) such Purchasing Lender
agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the
obligations which by the terms of this Agreement are required to be performed by
it as a Lender.
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(e) The
Facility Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower,
shall maintain at its address referred to herein a copy of each Assignment and
Acceptance delivered to and accepted by it and a register for the recordation of
the names and addresses of the Lenders and the Commitment of, and principal
amount of, each Advance owned by each Lender from time to time (the “Register”). The
entries in the Register shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent
manifest error, and the Lenders and the Borrower may treat each Person whose
name is recorded in the Register as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this
Agreement. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Lenders or the
Borrower at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior
notice.
(f) Subject
to the provisions of this Section 11.1,
upon their receipt of an Assignment and Acceptance executed by a selling Lender
and a Purchasing Lender, the Facility Agent shall, if such Assignment and
Acceptance has been completed and is in substantially the form of Exhibit C-1
hereto, accept such Assignment and Acceptance, and the Facility Agent shall then
(i) record the information contained therein in the Register and (ii) give
prompt notice thereof to each Lender.
(g) Any
Lender may, in the ordinary course of its business at any time sell to one or
more Persons (each a “Participant”), with
the prior written notice to the Facility Agent, participating interests in its
pro-rata share of the Advances of the Lenders or any other interest of such
Lender hereunder. Notwithstanding any such sale by a Lender of a
participating interest to a Participant, such Lender’s rights and obligations
under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, such Lender shall remain solely
responsible for the performance of its obligations hereunder, and the Borrower,
the Lenders, the Managing Agents and the Facility Agent shall continue to deal
solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and
obligations under this Agreement. Each Lender agrees that any
agreement between such Lender and any such Participant in respect of such
participating interest shall not restrict such Lender’s right to agree to any
amendment, supplement, waiver or modification to this Agreement, except for any
amendment, supplement, waiver or modification set forth in clauses (ii) and
(iii) to the proviso to Section 12.1
that affects such Participant.
(h) Each
Lender may, in connection with any assignment or participation or proposed
assignment or participation pursuant to this Section 11.1,
disclose to the assignee or participant or proposed assignee or participant any
information relating to the Borrower or Servicer furnished to such Lender by or
on behalf of the Borrower or the Servicer.
(i) Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, no Lender shall assign,
transfer, grant a participation interest in or otherwise convey any Note or any
beneficial interest therein to any Person other than a Qualified
Lender.
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(j) Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, but subject to the
provisions in Section 11.1(i),
(i) no Lender shall be prohibited from pledging or assigning as collateral any
of its rights under this Agreement to any Federal Reserve Bank in accordance
with Applicable Law and any such pledge or collateral assignment may be made
without compliance with Section 11.1(b)
or Section 11.1(c),
and (ii) any Conduit Lender may pledge or assign as collateral any of its rights
under this Agreement pursuant to its program collateral or security agreement
with a collateral agent to secure obligations owing by such Conduit Lender to
its debt holders, Support Providers or other creditors or the debt holders,
Support Providers or other creditors of its Funding Source; provided that, in the
case of any pledge or assignment under this Section 11.1(j), the
pledgor or assignor shall remain responsible for all of its obligations under
this Agreement as though such pledge or assignment had not
occurred.
ARTICLE
XII
MISCELLANEOUS
Section
12.1 Amendments and
Waivers.
(a) Except as
provided in this Section 12.1, no
amendment, waiver, consent or other modification of any provision of this
Agreement shall be effective without the written agreement of the Borrower, the
Facility Agent and the Required Lenders; provided, however, that (i)
without the consent of the Lenders, the Facility Agent may, with the consent of
Borrower, amend this Agreement solely to add additional Persons as Lenders
hereunder, (ii) any amendment of this Agreement that is solely for the purpose
of increasing the Commitment of a specific Lender may be effected with the
written consent of the Borrower, the Facility Agent and the affected Lender, and
(iii) the consent of each affected Lender shall be required to: (A) extend the
Scheduled Commitment Termination Date or the date of any payment or deposit of
Collections by the Borrower or the Servicer, (B) reduce the amount (other than
by reason of the repayment thereof) or extend the time of payment of Outstanding
Borrowings or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of Interest (or any
component thereof) or increase the Commitment of such Lender, (C) reduce any fee
payable to the Facility Agent for the benefit of the Lenders, (D) amend, modify
or waive any provision of the definition of Required Lenders or Sections 2.11, 3.2, 11.1(a), 12.1, 12.9, or 12.10, (E) consent to
or permit the assignment or transfer by the Borrower of any of its rights and
obligations under this Agreement, (F) amend or waive any Servicer Termination
Event, Termination Event, Optional Redemption Event or Event of Default, (G)
change the definition of “Borrowing Base Test,” “Overcollateralization Ratio
Test,” “Required Equity Test” or “Payment Date,” or (H) amend or modify any
defined term (or any defined term used directly or indirectly in such defined
term) used in clauses (A) through (G) above in a manner that would circumvent
the intention of the restrictions set forth in such clauses. Any
waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the
specific purpose for which given.
(b) Notwithstanding
clause (a)
above, no amendment, waiver or other modification having a material affect on
the rights or obligations of the Paying Agent, the Documentation Agent, or the
Calculation Agent shall be effective against such Person without the written
agreement of such Person. The Borrower or the Servicer on its behalf will
deliver a copy of all waivers and amendments to the Documentation Agent, the
Paying Agent and the Calculation Agent.
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(c) No
amendment, waiver or other modification having a material affect on the rights
or obligations of the Collateral Custodian, the Securities Custodian or the
Backup Servicer (including any duties of the Servicer that the Backup Servicer
would have to assume as Successor Servicer) shall be effective against such
Person without the written agreement of such Person. The Borrower or the
Servicer on its behalf will deliver a copy of all waivers and amendments to the
Collateral Custodian, the Securities Custodian and the Backup
Servicer.
(d) No
amendment, waiver or other modification under this Section 12.1,
shall become effective unless the Rating Condition shall have been satisfied
with respect thereto.
(e) If any
Lender whose consent would otherwise be required under this Section 12.1 to
effect any waiver, amendment or other modification of this Agreement or any
other Transaction Document refuses to so consent at a time when the Required
Lenders so consent and any required Rating Condition shall have been satisfied
with respect thereto, the Borrower may, within 30 days of such refusal and upon
notice to the Facility Agent and each Managing Agent, propose a replacement
Lender for such refusing Lender and the provisions set forth in Section 2.14(b)
shall apply in respect of such replacement.
Section
12.2 Notices,
Etc.
All
notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall, unless otherwise
stated herein, be in writing (including communication by facsimile copy or other
electronic transmission) and mailed, transmitted or hand delivered, as to each
party hereto, at its address set forth under its name on the signature pages
hereof or specified in such party’s Assignment and Acceptance or Joinder
Agreement, as applicable, or at such other address as shall be designated by
such party in a written notice to the other parties hereto; provided that
Funding Requests hereunder may not be delivered by means of an electronic
transmission other than electronic transmission of a facsimile copy (including a
file sent by email in “pdf” format). All such notices and communications shall
be effective upon receipt, except that notices and communications sent by
facsimile copy or to an email address shall not be effective until verbal
confirmation of receipt is obtained. All notices and other
communications to the Rating Agency provided for hereunder shall, unless
otherwise stated herein, be in writing (including communication by facsimile
copy or other electronic transmission) and mailed, transmitted or hand delivered
to it at:
Xxxxx’x
Investor Services
7 World
Trade Center, 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention:
CDO Monitoring Group
Email:
xxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx
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Section
12.3 No Waiver, Rights and
Remedies.
No
failure on the part of the Facility Agent or any Secured Party or any assignee
of any Secured Party to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right or
remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or
partial exercise of any right or remedy hereunder preclude any other or further
exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right. The rights and remedies
herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights and remedies
provided by law.
Section
12.4 Binding
Effect.
This
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Borrower, the
Facility Agent, the Secured Parties and their respective successors and
permitted assigns, and the provisions relating to the Backup Servicer, including
Sections 2.8,
7.19, 9.1 and 9.2 shall inure to
the benefit of the Backup Servicer.
Section
12.5 Term of this
Agreement.
This
Agreement, including the Borrower’s obligation to observe its covenants set
forth in Article V, and
the Servicer’s obligation to observe its covenants set forth in Article VII,
shall remain in full force and effect until the Final Date; provided, however, that the
rights and remedies with respect to any breach of any representation or warranty
made or deemed made by the Borrower pursuant to Articles III or IV, the
indemnification and payment provisions of Article IX and Sections 10.6
and 12.8, and
the provisions of Sections 12.6,
12.7, 12.9 and 12.10 shall be
continuing and shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
Section
12.6 GOVERNING LAW; CONSENT TO
JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF OBJECTION TO VENUE.
THIS
AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH OF THE SECURED PARTIES PARTY HERETO AND EACH OTHER
SECURED PARTY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE OF THE BENEFITS ACCORDED HEREBY, EACH OF THE
PARTIES HERETO HEREBY AGREES TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY AND OF THE UNITED STATES
DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK AND ANY APPELLATE COURT
FROM ANY THEREOF. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND EACH SECURED PARTY
HEREBY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION BASED ON FORUM NON CONVENIENS, AND ANY OBJECTION TO
VENUE OF ANY ACTION INSTITUTED HEREUNDER IN ANY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED COURTS AND
CONSENTS TO THE GRANTING OF SUCH LEGAL OR EQUITABLE RELIEF AS IS DEEMED
APPROPRIATE BY SUCH COURT.
Section
12.7 WAIVER OF JURY
TRIAL.
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TO THE
EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EACH OF THE PARTIES PARTY HERETO AND EACH
SECURED PARTY, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE OF THE BENEFITS ACCORDED HEREBY, WAIVES ANY
RIGHT TO HAVE A JURY PARTICIPATE IN RESOLVING ANY DISPUTE, WHETHER SOUNDING IN
CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE BETWEEN THE PARTIES HERETO ARISING OUT OF,
CONNECTED WITH, RELATED TO, OR INCIDENTAL TO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ANY OF
THEM IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
INSTEAD, ANY SUCH DISPUTE RESOLVED IN COURT WILL BE RESOLVED IN A BENCH TRIAL
WITHOUT A JURY.
Section
12.8 Costs, Expenses and
Taxes.
(a) In
addition to the rights of indemnification granted to the Facility Agent, the
other Agents and Secured Parties, the Collateral Custodian, the Securities
Custodian, the Backup Servicer, any Successor Servicer and its or their
Affiliates and officers, directors, employees and agents thereof under Article IX hereof,
the Borrower agrees to pay, in accordance with the Priority of Payments, all
reasonable costs and expenses of the Facility Agent, the other Agents and
Secured Parties, the Collateral Custodian, the Securities Custodian, the Backup
Servicer and any Successor Servicer incurred in connection with the preparation,
execution, delivery, administration (including periodic auditing), amendment or
modification of, or any waiver or consent issued in connection with, this
Agreement and the other documents to be delivered hereunder or in connection
herewith, including the reasonable and documented fees and out-of-pocket
expenses of counsel for the Facility Agent, the other Agents and Secured
Parties, the Collateral Custodian, the Securities Custodian, the Backup Servicer
and any Successor Servicer with respect thereto and with respect to advising the
Facility Agent, the other Agents and Secured Parties, the Collateral Custodian,
the Securities Custodian, the Backup Servicer and any Successor Servicer as to
their respective rights and remedies under this Agreement and the other
documents to be delivered hereunder or in connection herewith, and all costs and
expenses, if any (including reasonable and documented counsel fees and
expenses), incurred by the Facility Agent, the other Agents and Secured Parties,
the Collateral Custodian, the Securities Custodian, the Backup Servicer and any
Successor Servicer in connection with the enforcement of this Agreement and the
other documents to be delivered hereunder or in connection
herewith.
(b) The
Borrower shall pay, in accordance with the Priority of Payments, any and all
stamp, sales, excise and other taxes and fees payable or determined to be
payable in connection with the execution, delivery, filing and recording of this
Agreement, the other documents to be delivered hereunder or any Support Facility
in connection with this Agreement or the funding or maintenance of Advances
hereunder.
(c) The
Borrower shall pay, in accordance with the Priority of Payments, all other
costs, expenses and taxes (excluding income taxes or other taxes that would not
be indemnified under Section 2.13),
including all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the Facility Agent or
any Managing Agent in connection with periodic audits of the Borrower’s or the
Servicer’s books and records, which are incurred as a result of the execution of
this Agreement.
(d) The
Borrower shall pay, in accordance with the Priority of Payments, the Rating
Agency all rating monitoring fees and expenses of such Rating Agency in
connection with the maintenance of its respective rating of the Rated
Facility.
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Section
12.9 No
Proceedings.
Each
party hereto hereby covenants and agrees that on behalf of itself and each of
its affiliates, that prior to the date which is one year and one day after the
payment in full of all indebtedness for borrowed money of a Conduit Lender, such
party will not institute against, or join any other Person in instituting
against, such Conduit Lender any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement,
insolvency or liquidation proceedings or other similar proceeding under the laws
of the United States or any state of the United States.
Each of
the parties hereto hereby agrees that it will not institute against, or join any
other Person in instituting against the Borrower any Insolvency Proceeding so
long as there shall not have elapsed one year and one day since the Final
Date.
The
provisions of this Section 12.9
shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
Section
12.10 Recourse Against Certain
Parties.
(a) No
recourse under or with respect to any obligation, covenant or agreement
(including the payment of any fees or any other obligations) of the Facility
Agent or any Secured Party contained in this Agreement or any other agreement,
instrument or document entered into by it pursuant hereto or in connection
herewith shall be had against any Person or any manager or administrator of such
Person or any incorporator, affiliate, stockholder, officer, employee or
director of such Person or of any such manager or administrator, as such, by the
enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding, by virtue
of any statute or otherwise.
(b) Amounts
payable by the Borrower hereunder shall be paid solely from the Collateral and
no recourse under or with respect to any obligation, covenant or agreement
(including the payment of any fees or any other obligations) of the Borrower
contained in this Agreement or any other agreement, instrument or document
entered into by it pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall be had
against any Person or any manager or administrator of such Person or any
incorporator, affiliate, stockholder, officer, employee or director of such
Person or of any such manager or administrator, as such, by the enforcement of
any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding, by virtue of any statute
or otherwise.
(c) Each of
parties hereto hereby acknowledges and agrees that any other transactions with a
Conduit Lender hereunder shall be without recourse of any kind to such Conduit
Lender. A Conduit Lender shall have no obligation to pay any amounts
owing hereunder in excess of any amount available to such Conduit Lender after
paying or making provision for the payment of any commercial paper notes of such
Conduit Lender. In addition, each party hereto agrees that a Conduit
Lender shall have no obligation to pay any other party, any amounts constituting
fees, a reimbursement for expenses or indemnities (collectively, “Expense Claims”), and
such Expense Claims shall not constitute a claim against such Conduit Lender (as
defined in Section 101 of Title 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code),
unless or until such Conduit Lender has received amounts sufficient to pay such
Expense Claims and such amounts are not required to pay the commercial paper of
such Conduit Lender.
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(d) The
provisions of this Section 12.10
shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
Section
12.11 Protection of Security
Interest; Appointment of Facility Agent as Attorney-in-Fact.
(a) The
Borrower shall, or shall cause the Servicer to, cause or authorize this
Agreement, all amendments hereto and/or all financing statements and
continuation statements and any other necessary documents covering the right,
title and interest of the Facility Agent as agent for the Secured Parties and of
the Secured Parties to the Collateral to be promptly recorded, registered and
filed, and at all time to be kept recorded, registered and filed, all in such
manner and in such places as may be required by law fully to preserve and
protect the right, title and interest of the Facility Agent as agent for the
Secured Parties hereunder to all property comprising the Collateral. The
Borrower shall deliver, or shall cause the Servicer to deliver, to the Facility
Agent file-stamped copies of, or filing receipts for, any document recorded,
registered or filed as provided above, as soon as available following such
recording, registration or filing, in each case, solely to the extent that the
Borrower or the Servicer (rather than the Facility Agent) is the recipient of
any such file-stamped copies or filing receipts. The Borrower and the Servicer
shall cooperate fully in connection with the obligations set forth above and
will execute any and all documents reasonably required to fulfill the intent of
this Section 12.11.
(b) The
Borrower agrees that from time to time, at its expense, it will promptly execute
and deliver all instruments and documents, and take all actions, that may
reasonably be necessary or desirable, or that the Facility Agent may reasonably
request, to perfect, protect or more fully evidence the security interest
granted to the Facility Agent, as agent for the Secured Parties, in the
Collateral, or to enable the Facility Agent or the Secured Parties to exercise
and enforce their rights and remedies hereunder.
(c) If the
Borrower or the Servicer fails to perform any of its obligations hereunder after
five Business Days’ notice from the Facility Agent, the Facility Agent or any
Lender may (but shall not be required to) perform, or cause performance of, such
obligation; and the Facility Agent’s or such Lender’s reasonable costs and
expenses incurred in connection therewith shall be payable by the Borrower or
the Servicer (if the Servicer that fails to so perform is the Borrower or an
Affiliate thereof) as provided in Article IX, as
applicable. The Borrower irrevocably authorizes the Facility Agent and appoints
the Facility Agent as its attorney-in-fact to act on behalf of the Borrower, (i)
to execute, if required, on behalf of the Borrower as debtor and to file
financing statements necessary or desirable in the Facility Agent’s sole
discretion to perfect and to maintain the perfection and priority of the
interest of the Secured Parties in the Collateral and (ii) to file a carbon,
photographic or other reproduction of this Agreement or any financing statement
with respect to the Collateral as a financing statement in such offices as the
Facility Agent in its sole discretion deems necessary or desirable to perfect
and to maintain the perfection and priority of the interests of the Lenders in
the Collateral. This appointment is coupled with an interest and is
irrevocable.
Section
12.12 Confidentiality.
(a) Each of
the Agents and the Lenders agrees and the Borrower agrees, and each other
Secured Party shall be deemed to have agreed, by its acceptance of the benefits
accorded hereby, to maintain and to cause each of its employees and officers to
maintain the confidentiality of this Agreement and the other confidential
proprietary information with respect to the other parties hereto and their
respective businesses (including confidential propriety information regarding
the Loans and the Obligors thereunder) obtained by it or them in connection with
the structuring, negotiating and execution of the transactions contemplated
herein, except that each such party and its officers and employees may (i)
disclose such information to its external accountants and attorneys, (ii)
disclose such information as required by an Applicable Law, as required to be
publicly filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, as required by
an order of any judicial or administrative proceeding or as permitted in Section 12.12(b)
below, (iii) disclose the existence of this Agreement, but not the financial
terms thereof, (iv) publicly disclose the existence and financial terms of this
Agreement to the extent required for analysts to properly model the transaction
evidenced hereby, and (v) disclose this Agreement and such information in any
suit, action, proceeding or investigation (whether in law or in equity or
pursuant to arbitration) involving any of the Transaction Documents for the
purpose of defending itself, reducing itself, reducing its liability, or
protecting or exercising any of its claims, rights, remedies, or interests under
or in connection with any of the Transaction Documents.
(b) Anything
herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower hereby consents to the
disclosure of any nonpublic information with respect to it and the Loans for use
in connection with the transactions contemplated herein and in the Transaction
Documents and in connection with obtaining and monitoring credit ratings or
estimates with respect to the Loans and the Advances (i) to the Facility Agent
or other Secured Parties by each other, (ii) by the Facility Agent or the other
Secured Parties to any prospective or actual Eligible Assignee or participant of
any of them, (iii) by the Facility Agent or the other Secured Parties to any
rating agency, commercial paper dealer or provider of a surety, guaranty or
credit or liquidity enhancement to a Secured Party and (iv) to any Rating
Agency, and to any officers, directors, members, employees, outside accountants
and attorneys of any of the foregoing, provided each such
Person is informed of the confidential non-public nature of such information and
agree to be bound hereby. In addition, the Facility Agent and the other Secured
Parties may disclose any such nonpublic information pursuant to any law, rule,
regulation, direction, request or order of any judicial, administrative or
regulatory authority or proceedings.
(c) The
Borrower and the Servicer each agrees that it shall not (and shall not permit
any of its Affiliates to) issue any news release or make any public announcement
pertaining to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the
Transaction Documents without the prior written consent of the Facility Agent
(which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) unless such news
release or public announcement is required by law or is necessary for analysts
to properly model the transaction evidenced hereby, in which case the Borrower
or the Servicer shall consult with the Facility Agent prior to the issuance of
such news release or public announcement. The Borrower and the Servicer each
may, however, disclose the general terms of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement and the Transaction Documents to trade creditors, suppliers and
other similarly-situated Persons so long as such disclosure is not in the form
of a news release or public announcement.
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Section
12.13 Execution in Counterparts;
Severability; Integration.
This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties
hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed
to be an original and all of which when taken together shall constitute one and
the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a
signature page to this Agreement by electronic transmission shall be effective
as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement. In case any
provision in or obligation under this Agreement shall be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the validity, legality and enforceability of
the remaining provisions or obligations, or of such provision or obligation in
any other jurisdiction, shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
This Agreement contains the final and complete integration of all prior
expressions by the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and
shall constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to
the subject matter hereof, superseding all prior oral or written understandings
other than any Fee Letters.
Section
12.14 Special Provisions
Applicable to Conduit Lenders.
Each of
the parties hereby covenants and agrees that:
(a) notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein, any Conduit Lender may disclose to its Support
Providers, its collateral administrator, its Program Manager, any Affiliates of
any such Person and Governmental Authorities having jurisdiction over such
Conduit Lender or any of its Support Providers, its Program Manager or any
Affiliate of such Person and any of the rating agencies that have rated such
Conduit Lender’s Commercial Paper Notes or other debt, the identities of (and
other material information regarding) the Borrower, any other obligor in respect
of, an Advance made by such Conduit Lender, collateral for such an Advance and
any of the terms and provisions of the Transaction Documents that it may deem
necessary or advisable; no provision herein pertaining specifically to any
Conduit Lender or any of its Support Providers or an Advance made by such
Conduit Lender, including this Section 12.14,
may be amended or waived without the written consent of such Conduit
Lender;
(b) no pledge
and/or collateral assignment by any Conduit Lender to any of its Support
Providers under a Support Facility of an interest in the rights of such Conduit
Lender in any Advance made by such Conduit Lender shall constitute an assignment
and/or assumption of such Conduit Lender’s obligations under this Agreement,
such obligations in all cases remaining with such Conduit Lender; and any such
pledge and/or collateral assignment of the rights of such Conduit Lender shall
be permitted hereunder without further action or consent, and any such pledgee
may perfect a collateral assignment of such interest notwithstanding anything to
the contrary in this Agreement; and
(c) each
Conduit Lender may act hereunder by and through its Program Manager or its
collateral administrator.
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Annex
I
Definitions
As used
in this Agreement and its exhibits, schedules and annexes, the following terms
shall have the following meanings (such meanings to be equally applicable to
both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined):
Account
Amounts: On any date of determination, the amounts then on
deposit in the Collection Account or the Interest Reserve Account.
Account Control
Agreement: An agreement or agreements with the applicable
Securities Intermediary with respect to one or more Transaction Accounts in
favor of the Facility Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties,
substantially in form of Exhibit G hereto
(or in such other form as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Facility
Agent).
Accrual
Period: The period from and including the Closing Date to but
excluding the initial Payment Date and each successive period from and including
a Payment Date to but excluding the following Payment Date.
Additional
Amount: Defined in Section 2.13.
Adjusted
Commitment: On any date of determination, with respect to a
Committed Lender for a Conduit Lender, such Committed Lender’s Commitment minus
the aggregate outstanding principal amount of its Support Advances to such
Conduit Lender.
Adjusted Outstanding Loan
Balance: With respect to any Defaulted Loan at any time, the
least of (i) the applicable Moody’s Recovery Rate multiplied by the Outstanding
Loan Balance thereof at such time, (ii) its Fair Market Value and (iii) with
respect to any Defaulted Loan that has been a Defaulted Loan for more than two
years, zero.
Administrative
Expenses: Any amounts due and payable, including in respect of
any indemnity, from and by or accrued for the account of the Borrower with
respect to any Payment Date to:
(i) any
Agent, including the Agents Fees;
(ii) the
independent director, independent accountants, agents and counsel of the
Borrower for fees and expenses (including tax reports); or
(iii) the
Rating Agency for fees and expenses in connection with any rating (including the
annual fee payable with respect to the monitoring of any rating) of the Rated
Facility (including fees and expenses due or accrued in connection with any
credit estimates or ratings of any Loans).
Advance: Defined
in Section 2.1(a).
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Adverse Claim:
A lien, security interest, pledge, charge, encumbrance or other right or claim
of any Person.
Advisory
Agreement: The Investment Advisory Agreement dated as of
July 22, 2004, between PCC and PCM, as extended as of June 6, 2008 and as
the same may be further extended from time to time in accordance with its
terms.
Affected
Party: Each Agent, each Lender and, with respect to any
Conduit Lender, each of its Funding Sources and Support Providers, and any
Affiliate of any of the foregoing.
Affiliate: With
respect to a Person means any other Person controlling, controlled by or under
common control with such Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” when
used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the
management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through
the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms
“controlling” or “controlled” have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
Agent: Defined
in Section 10.1(c).
Agent Rating
Requirement: A requirement that is satisfied by any Agent, if
such Agent or a Person which is unconditionally guaranteeing the obligations of
such Agent under this Agreement (in a manner satisfactory to the Rating Agency)
has a long-term unsecured debt rating of “Baa3” or better by
Moody’s.
Agents
Fees: Collectively, the Documentation Agent Fee, the
Calculation Agent Fee and the Paying Agent Fee.
Agents/Backup Servicer Fee
Letter: The letter agreement or agreements in effect from time
to time among the Borrower, the Facility Agent and one or more of the Backup
Servicer, the Calculation Agent, the Documentation Agent and the Paying Agent in
respect of certain amounts payable to each of the Backup Servicer, the
Calculation Agent, the Documentation Agent and the Paying Agent, as applicable,
for its own account, as it or they may be amended or modified from time to time
with the consent of the Borrower and the Facility Agent.
Aggregate Outstanding Loan
Balance: On any date of determination, the sum of the
Outstanding Loan Balances of all Eligible Loans included as part of the
Collateral on such date.
Aggregate Purchased Loan
Balance: On any date of determination, (i) the Purchased Loan
Balances of all Borrowing Base Eligible Loans included as part of the Collateral
on such date, minus (ii) the sum,
without duplication, of (A) the Large Loan Excess Amount, plus (B) the Loan
Seniority Excess Amount.
Agreement: This
Amended and Restated Loan and Servicing Agreement.
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Alternate Base
Rate: On any date, a fluctuating rate of interest per annum
determined by the Calculation Agent (each such determination, absent manifest
error, to be conclusive and binding on all parties hereto and their assignees)
to equal to the higher of (i) the Prime Rate (as provided by Rabobank to the
Calculation Agent) or (ii) the Federal Funds Rate plus 0.50%.
Amortization
Period: The period beginning on the Termination Date and
ending on the Final Date.
Annual Expense
Cap: $400,000.
Annual
Period: Each successive period consisting of twelve
consecutive Payment Dates commencing with the Payment Date occurring in July
2009.
Applicable
Law: As of any date of determination and for any Person, the
then applicable laws, rules, regulations (including proposed, temporary and
final income tax regulations), statutes, treaties, codes, ordinances, permits,
certificates, orders and licenses of and interpretations by any Governmental
Authority (including usury laws, the Federal Truth in Lending Act, and
Regulation Z, Regulation W and Regulation B of the Federal Reserve Board), and
the then applicable judgments, decrees, injunctions, writs, orders, or line
action of any court, arbitrator or other administrative, judicial, or
quasi-judicial tribunal or agency of competent jurisdiction.
Approved Valuation
Agent: Lincoln International or another independent valuation
agent who is not an Affiliate of any party hereto and appointed by the initial
Servicer with the consent of the Facility Agent, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld. The Servicer shall give prompt notice of the
appointment of any other or additional Approved Valuation Agent to
Moody’s.
Asset Coverage
Ratio: As of any date of determination and determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP: the ratio of (i) the fair
market value of the total assets of the Originator and its consolidated
subsidiaries (for such purpose, the “fair market value” of any Loan being the
Fair Market Value thereof as most recently determined pursuant to this
Agreement), less all liabilities (other than Indebtedness, including
Indebtedness hereunder) of the Originator and its consolidated subsidiaries, to
(ii) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness (including, for the avoidance of
doubt, Indebtedness hereunder) of the Originator and its consolidated
subsidiaries.
Assignment and
Acceptance: Defined in Section 11.1(c).
Assignment of
Mortgage: As to each Loan secured by an interest in real
property, one or more assignments, notices of transfer or equivalent
instruments, each in recordable form and sufficient under the laws of the
relevant jurisdiction to reflect the transfer of the related mortgage, deed of
trust, security deed or similar security instrument and all other documents
related to such Loan to the Borrower and to grant a perfected lien thereon by
the Borrower in favor of the Facility Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties,
each such Assignment of Mortgage to be substantially in the form of Exhibit F
hereto.
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Availability: On
any date of determination, the lesser of (i) the maximum amount, if any, by
which the Outstanding Borrowings could be increased without causing any of
the Borrowing Base Test, the Overcollateralization Ratio Test or the Required
Equity Test not to be satisfied on such day, and (ii) the amount by which the
Facility Amount exceeds the Outstanding Borrowings on such day; provided, however, during the
Amortization Period, the Availability shall be zero.
Available
Collections: Defined in Section 2.8.
Backup
Servicer: Lyon Financial Services, Inc. (d/b/a U.S. Bank
Portfolio Services), in its capacity as Backup Servicer under the Backup
Servicing Agreement.
Backup Servicer
Expenses: The out-of-pocket expenses to be paid to the Backup
Servicer under the Backup Servicing Agreement.
Backup Servicer
Fee: The fee to be paid to the Backup Servicer as set forth in
the Agents/Backup Servicer Fee Letter.
Backup Servicing
Agreement: The Amended and Restated Backup Servicing
Agreement, dated as of the date hereof among the Borrower, the Servicer, the
Subservicer, the Facility Agent, the Documentation Agent and the Backup
Servicer.
Bankruptcy
Code: The United States Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 (11
U.S.C. §§ 101, et seq.), as amended
from time to time.
Benefit
Plan: Any employee benefit plan as defined in
Section 3(3) of ERISA that is subject to Title IV of ERISA in respect of
which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of the Borrower is, or at any time
during the immediately preceding six years was, an “employer” as defined in
Section 3(5) of ERISA.
Bond: A
security that is in the form of, or represented by, a bond, debenture, note
(other than notes delivered pursuant to loans) or other debt instrument, in each
case, issued pursuant to an indenture, paying agency agreement or similar
agreement with a trustee or fiscal agent.
Borrower: Defined
in the preamble hereto.
Borrower
Notice: A written notice, in the form of Exhibit X-0,
X-0 or A-3, as
applicable.
Borrower Permitted
Liens: The following Liens:
(i) Liens
created pursuant to the Transaction Documents in favor of the Facility Agent, as
agent for the Secured Parties.
(ii) Liens
for taxes not yet due and payable or which are being contested in good faith and
by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate cash reserves with
respect thereto are maintained by the Borrower;
(iii) Liens
securing judgments for the payment of money not constituting an Event of Default
or Optional Redemption Event hereunder;
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(iv) in
the case of a Second Lien Loan, the Lien of the senior loan or loans to which
such Second Lien Loan is subordinated; and
(v) materialmen’s,
warehousemen’s and other liens arising by operation of law in the ordinary
course of business for sums not due or sums that are being contested in good
faith.
Borrowing
Base: On any date of determination, an amount equal to (i) 47%
of the Aggregate Purchased Loan Balance plus (ii) the Account
Amounts.
Borrowing Base Eligible
Loan: On any date of determination, each Loan which satisfies
each of the following requirements on such date:
ARTICLE
XIII the Loan
is an Eligible Loan;
ARTICLE
XIV the Loan
shall have been valued in accordance with the Management Manual based on the
valuation by the Approved Valuation Agent;
ARTICLE
XV the Loan
is not a Defaulted Loan and, if such Loan shall at any time have been a
Defaulted Loan and is not a Broadly Syndicated Loan, all defaults with respect
thereto shall have been and remained cured without further default for a period
of not less than 12 consecutive months;
ARTICLE
XVI the Loan
is rated 1, 2 or 3 in accordance with the Risk Rating Model; and
ARTICLE
XVII such Loan
has a Moody’s Default Probability Rating that rates the probability of payment
of the full amount of the principal and interest payable on such Loan at least
equal to the Minimum Moody’s Default Probability Rating; provided that that if
and so long as such Loan is a Rating Pending Loan, such Loan shall be deemed to
satisfy the requirements of this clause for a period not exceeding 120 days
following the first date on which such Loan was included in the Collateral if
the Servicer shall have determined in good faith estimate that the Moody’s
Default Probability Rating expected to be assigned to such Loan will be at least
equal to the Minimum Moody’s Default Probability Rating and shall have given
notice of such determination to the Documentation Agent and the Facility
Agent.
Borrowing Base
Test: A test that is satisfied as of any Measurement Date if
the Borrowing Base is at least equal to the Outstanding Borrowings.
Breakage
Costs: Defined in Section 2.11.
Broadly Syndicated
Loan: A Loan (i) which is part of an issuance of at least
$150,000,000 in aggregate principal amount for all pari passu obligations of
which such Loan was a part or series and (ii) title to which is beneficially
owned by four or more unaffiliated lenders (inclusive of the Borrower) or other
holders of record.
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Business
Day: Any day of the year other than a Saturday or a Sunday on
which (i) banks are not required or authorized to be closed in New York City or
the location of the principal office of the Collateral Custodian (initially St.
Xxxx, Minnesota) or the location of the office of the Securities Custodian
(initially Boston, Massachusetts), and (ii) if the term “Business Day” is used
in connection with the LIBO Rate or in connection with the making or repayment
of Advances which bear Interest determined by reference to the LIBO Rate, means
the foregoing only if such day is also a day of year on which dealings in United
States dollar deposits are carried on in the London interbank
market.
Calculation
Agent: Defined in the preamble hereto.
Calculation Agent
Fee: As defined in the Agents/Backup Servicer Fee
Letter.
Cap
Amount: With respect to a Payment Date, the following
amount:
CR
x AR x NPCB x
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AD
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360
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where
CR
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=
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the
Cap Rate;
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AR
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=
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0.47
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NPCB
|
=
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the
daily average of Net Portfolio Collateral Balance during the Accrual
Period ended on such Payment Date; and
|
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AD
|
=
|
the
actual number of days in such Accrual
Period.
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Cap
Rate: With respect to an Accrual Period, (a) if the LIBO Rate
for such Accrual Period is 2.0% or higher, a rate per annum equal to the sum of
(i) 4.5% plus (ii) such LIBO Rate, or (b) if the LIBO Rate for such Accrual
Period is lower than 2.0%, a rate per annum equal to 6.5%.
Change-in-Control: With
respect to any entity, the date on which (i) any Person or “group” acquires any
“beneficial ownership” (as such terms are defined under Rule 13d-3 of, and
Regulation 13D under, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, but
excluding any Benefit Plan of such entity or its subsidiaries, and
any Person acting in its capacity as a trustee, agent or other fiduciary or
administrator of any such Benefit Plan), either directly or indirectly, of
membership interests or other equity interests or any interest convertible into
any such interest in such entity having more than fifty percent (50%) of the
voting power for the election of managers of such entity, if any, under ordinary
circumstances, or (ii) an entity sells, transfers, conveys, assigns or otherwise
disposes of all or substantially all of the assets of such entity.
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Charged-Off
Loan: Any Loan (i) that is 90 days past due with respect to
any interest or principal payment, (ii) for which an Insolvency Event has
occurred with respect to the related Obligor or (iii) that is or should be
written off as uncollectible by the Servicer in accordance with the Management
Manual.
Charged-Off
Ratio: With respect to any Collection Period, the percentage
equivalent of a fraction, calculated as of the Determination Date for such
Collection Period, (i) the numerator of which is equal to the aggregate
Outstanding Loan Balance of all Transferred Loans and repurchased Loans as
described below that became Charged-Off Loans during such Collection Period and
(ii) the denominator of which is equal to (A) the sum of (x) the Aggregate
Outstanding Loan Balance as of the first day of such Collection Period and (y)
the Aggregate Outstanding Loan Balance as of the last day of such Collection
Period, divided by (B) two.
Clearstream:
Clearstream Banking Luxembourg, S.A., a corporation organized under the laws of
the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
Closing
Date: June 6, 2007.
Collateral: All
right, title and interest, whether now owned or hereafter acquired or arising,
and wherever located, of the Borrower in, to and under any and all of the
following:
(i) the
Transferred Loans, and all monies due or to become due in payment of such Loans
on and after the related Purchase Date;
(ii) any
Related Property securing the Transferred Loans including all proceeds from any
sale or other disposition of such Related Property;
(iii) the
Loan Documents relating to the Transferred Loans;
(iv) all
Supplemental Interests related to any Transferred Loans;
(v) each
Transaction Account, all funds held in such account, and all certificates and
instruments, if any, from time to time representing or evidencing any
Transaction Account or such funds;
(vi) all
Collections and all other payments made or to be made in the future with respect
to the Transferred Loans, including such payments under any guarantee or similar
credit enhancement with respect to such Loans, including any payments received
by the Borrower or on behalf of the Borrower by the Servicer or the Originator
in respect of the Transferred Loans and whether in the form of cash, checks,
wire transfers, electronic transfers or any other form of payment;
(vii) the
Purchase Agreement; and
(viii) all
income and Proceeds of the foregoing.
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Collateral
Custodian: U.S. Bank National Association, in its capacity as
Collateral Custodian under the Custody Agreement, together with its successors
and assigns.
Collateral Quality
Tests: Tests (each, a “Collateral Quality
Test”) performed with respect to the Eligible Loans included in the
Collateral on any date of determination, that are satisfied so long
as:
(i) the
Weighted Average Moody’s Recovery Rate is greater than or equal to 34% as of
such date;
(ii) the
Weighted Average Xxxxx’x Rating Factor is less than or equal to 4100 as of such
date;
(iii) Weighted
Average Coupon is greater than or equal to 10.00% as of such date;
(iv) the
Weighted Average Spread is equal to or greater than 5.00% as of such
date;
(v) the
Weighted Average Life is equal to or less than 60 months;
(vi) the
Moody’s Asset Correlation Factor is less than or equal to 28 as of such date
based on a number of Eligible Loans equal to 20; and
(vii) the
Diversity Score is equal to or greater than 7.5 as of such date.
Collateral
Value: On any date of determination, (i) with respect to an
Eligible Loan other than a Defaulted Loan, the Outstanding Loan Balance of such
Loan on such date, provided that if such
Eligible Loan was purchased by the Originator or by the Borrower for a purchase
price of less than 85% of the Outstanding Loan Balance thereof, the Collateral
Value of such Eligible Loan (if determined pursuant to this clause (i))
shall be such purchase price, reduced by the aggregate Principal Collections
applied to reduction of the Outstanding Loan Balance of such Loan after the date
of purchase, and (ii) with respect to an Eligible Loan which is a Defaulted
Loan, the Adjusted Outstanding Loan Balance of such Defaulted Loan on such date,
and (iii) with respect to a Loan which is not an Eligible Loan or which has not
been valued by the Approved Valuation Agent, zero.
Collection
Account: Defined in Section 7.4(e).
Collection
Period: Each calendar month, provided that for
purposes of Interest Collections only, “Collection Period” shall mean each
period from and including a Reporting Date to but excluding the following
Reporting Date.
Collections: (i)
All cash collections or other cash proceeds of a Transferred Loan received by or
on behalf of the Borrower by the Servicer or the Originator from or on behalf of
any Obligor in payment of any amounts owed in respect of such Transferred Loan,
including Interest Collections, Principal Collections, Insurance Proceeds, and
all Recoveries, (ii) all amounts received by the Borrower in connection with the
repurchase of an Ineligible Loan pursuant to Section 7.1 of
the Purchase Agreement, (iii) all amounts received by the Borrower in connection
with the purchase of a Transferred Loan pursuant to Section 7.7,
(iv) any amounts to be transferred from the Interest Reserve Account to the
Collection Account as provided in Section 7.4(g),
and (vi) interest earnings in the Collection Account or the Interest Reserve
Account.
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Commercial Paper
Notes: On any day, any short-term promissory notes issued by
any Conduit Lender with respect to financing any Advance hereunder that are
allocated, in whole or in part, by such Conduit Lender to fund or maintain the
Outstanding Borrowings.
Commitment: During
the Revolving Period (i) for each Committed Lender, the commitment of such
Committed Lender to fund any Advance to the Borrower in an amount not to exceed
the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on the signature pages of this
Agreement, as such amount may be modified in accordance with the terms hereof,
and (ii) with respect to any Person who becomes a Committed Lender pursuant to
an Assignment and Acceptance or Joinder Agreement, as applicable, the commitment
of such Person to fund any Advance to the Borrower in an amount not to exceed
the amount set forth in such Assignment and Acceptance or Joinder Agreement, as
applicable, as such amount may be modified in accordance with the terms hereof
and thereof. During the Amortization Period, for each Committed
Lender, aggregate outstanding Advances then funded by such Committed
Lender.
Committed
Lender: Each financial institution which is, or may become,
party to this Agreement, as a Committed Lender as designated on the signature
pages hereto or to the Assignment and Acceptance or Joinder Agreement, as
applicable, by which it becomes a party to this Agreement.
Conduit
Lender: Each Lender (if any) designated as a Conduit Lender in
the Assignment and Acceptance or Joinder Agreement, as applicable, by which it
becomes a party to this Agreement.
Contractual
Obligation: With respect to any Person, means any provision of
any securities issued by such Person or any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust,
contract, undertaking, agreement, instrument or other document to which such
Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound or is
subject.
Covenant-Lite
Loan: A Loan that (i) does not contain any financial covenants
or (ii) requires the Obligor to comply with an Incurrence Covenant, but no
Maintenance Covenant. “Incurrence Covenant” means a covenant by the borrower to
comply with one or more financial covenants only upon the occurrence of certain
actions of the borrower including, but not limited to, a debt issuance, dividend
payment, share purchase, merger, acquisition or divestiture. “Maintenance
Covenant” means a covenant by the borrower to comply with one or more financial
covenants during each reporting period, whether or not it has taken any
specified action.
Current Pay Loan: (i)
a Transferred Loan that would otherwise be a Defaulted Loan as a result of the
provisions of clause (a)(iv)
of the definition of such term as to which (A) all scheduled interest and
principal payments due (other than those due as a result of any bankruptcy,
insolvency, receivership or other analogous proceeding) on such Transferred Loan
were paid in cash and the Servicer reasonably expects that the remaining
scheduled interest and principal payments due will be paid in cash, (B) the
Xxxxx’x Rating of such Transferred Loan is at least “Caa2,” and is not on a
watch list for possible downgrade, (C) the Fair Market Value of such Transferred
Loan (determined by the Approved Valuation Agent) is at least 85% of par, and
(D) if the Obligor on such Transferred Loan is the subject of a bankruptcy,
insolvency, receivership or other analogous proceeding, the bankruptcy court or
other authorized official has authorized the payment of interest due and payable
on such Loan and all such payments are current, or (ii) a Defaulted Loan that
would not constitute a Defaulted Loan except for the provisions of clause (a)(v) of
the definition of such term and that satisfies the requirements of clause (i)(A),
(i)(C) and, if
applicable, (i)(D) above; provided that to the
extent that more than 10% of the Aggregate Outstanding Loan Balance would
otherwise constitute Current Pay Loans, one or more Transferred Loans that would
otherwise be Current Pay Loans having an Aggregate Principal Balance equal to
such excess shall be deemed not to constitute Current Pay Loans (and shall
therefore constitute Defaulted Loans).
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Custodian
Certification: Defined in the Custody Agreement.
Custodian Exceptions
Report: Defined in the Custody Agreement.
Custodian
Expenses: The out-of-pocket expenses to be paid to the
Collateral Custodian and Securities Custodian under the Custody
Agreement.
Custodian
Fee: The fee to be paid to the Collateral Custodian and the
Securities Custodian as set forth in the Agents/Backup Servicer Fee
Letter.
Custody
Account: The account of such name established pursuant to the
Custody Agreement.
Custody
Agreement: The Second Amended and Restated Custody Agreement,
dated as of the date hereof, among the Borrower, the Servicer, the Originator,
the Facility Agent, the Documentation Agent, the Collateral Custodian and the
Securities Custodian.
Cut-Off
Date: With respect to a Transferred Loan, defined in the
Purchase Agreement.
Defaulted
Loan: On any date of determination, any Transferred
Loan:
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(b) such
Loan is a Participation in a loan or other debt security (i) that would, if such
loan or other debt security were a Loan, constitute an “Defaulted Loan” under
paragraph (a) above, (ii) in respect of which any payments made by the Obligor
under such loan or other debt security are not received by the Borrower from the
Selling Institution for more than 10 Business Days or (iii) if the entry of a
decree or order by a court having competent jurisdiction adjudges the related
counterparty or Selling Institution as bankrupt or insolvent;
(c) that
in the judgment of the Servicer (exercised in accordance with the Management
Manual) is defaulted; or
(d)
is
a Charged-Off Loan.
For
purposes of clause (a)(i)
above, the “Applicable Grace Period” shall mean, (x) except in the case of a
Broadly Syndicated Loan, 30 days, or (y) in the case of a Broadly Syndicated
Loan, five days if the Servicer shall have determined in good faith that the
applicable payment default was the result of administrative error, force majeure
or other reasons unrelated to the creditworthiness of the Obligor, and otherwise
zero days.
Default
Ratio: With respect to any Collection Period, the percentage
equivalent of a fraction, calculated as of the Determination Date for such
Collection Period, (i) the numerator of which is equal to the aggregate
Outstanding Loan Balance of all Transferred Loans and repurchased Loans as
described below (excluding Charged-Off Loans) that became Defaulted Loans during
such Collection Period and (ii) the denominator of which is equal to (A) the sum
of (x) the Aggregate Outstanding Loan Balance as of the first day of such
Collection Period and (y) the Aggregate Outstanding Loan Balance as of the last
day of such Collection Period, divided by (B) two.
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Derivatives: Any
(i) exchange-traded or over-the-counter forward, future, option, swap, cap,
collar, floor, foreign exchange contract, any combination thereof, whether for
physical delivery or cash settlement, relating to any interest rate, interest
rate index, currency, currency exchange rate, currency exchange rate index, debt
instrument, debt price, debt index, depository instrument, depository price,
depository index, equity instrument, equity price, equity index, commodity,
commodity price or commodity index, (ii) any trust certificate, credit-linked
note, credit derivative transaction, synthetic letter of credit or other
transaction, contract, instrument, undertaking or security purchased from, or
entered into with a counterparty the returns on which are linked to the credit
performance of a related reference obligation and/or reference obligor, or (iii)
any transaction, contract, instrument, undertaking or security referencing any
of the foregoing.
Determination
Date: The last day of each Collection Period.
DIP
Obligation: Any interest in a Loan that is a loan or financing
facility which is an obligation of a debtor-in-possession pursuant to
Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code.
Diversity
Score: With respect to each Moody’s Industry Classification,
the number established by the Borrower, or by the Servicer on its behalf, and
recalculated by the Documentation Agent pursuant to Section 7.21 of
this Agreement by reference to the Diversity Score Table set forth in Annex III hereto
for the related Aggregate Industry Equivalent Unit Score set forth therein in
accordance with the provisions of such Annex.
Documentation
Agent: Defined in the preamble hereto.
Documentation Agent
Fee: As defined in the Agents/Backup Servicer Fee
Letter.
Eligible
Assignee: A Qualified Lender who is approved by the Facility
Agent as a Purchasing Lender pursuant to Section 11.1
(such approval not to be unreasonably withheld).
Eligible
Loan: On any date of determination, each Loan which satisfies
each of the following requirements:
the Loan
(other than Noteless Loan or a Participation) is evidenced by a promissory note
that, together with all related Loan Documents, have been duly authorized and
are in full force and effect and constitute the legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Obligor of such Loan to pay the stated amount of the Loan and
interest thereon, and the related Loan Documents are enforceable against such
Obligor in accordance with their respective terms;
ARTICLE
XVIII the Loan,
if it is a Noteless Loan, is evidenced by a credit agreement or other documents
containing an express unconditional promise to pay in a form reasonably
satisfactory to the Facility Agent that together with all related Loan
Documents, have been duly authorized and are in full force and effect and
constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Obligor of such Loan
to pay the stated amount of the Loan and interest thereon, and the related Loan
Documents are enforceable against such Obligor in accordance with their
respective terms;
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ARTICLE
XIX the Loan,
if it is a Participation, is evidenced by a participation agreement that has
been duly authorized and is in full force and effect and constitutes the legal,
valid and binding obligation of the Selling Institution, and the underlying Loan
Documents (including, except in the case of a Noteless Loan or a Global Note
Loan, the related promissory note) satisfy the requirements of clause (i) or
(ii) above, as
applicable;
ARTICLE
XX the Loan
was originated in accordance with the terms of the Management Manual and arose
in the ordinary course of the Originator’s business from the lending of money to
the Obligor thereof;
ARTICLE
XXI the
Obligor of such Loan has executed all appropriate documentation required by the
Originator;
ARTICLE
XXII the Loan,
together with the Loan Documents related thereto, is a “general intangible”, an
“instrument”, an “account”, or “tangible chattel paper” within the meaning of
the UCC of all jurisdictions that govern the perfection of the security interest
granted therein;
ARTICLE
XXIII all
material consents, licenses, approvals or authorizations of, or registrations or
declarations with, any Governmental Authority required to be obtained, effected
or given in connection with the making of such Loan have been duly obtained,
effected or given and are in full force and effect;
ARTICLE
XXIV the Loan
and all related Collateral is owned by the Borrower free and clear of any Liens
except for Borrower Permitted Liens as provided herein; the Facility Agent, as
agent for the Secured Parties, has a valid and perfected first priority security
interest in the Loan and all related Collateral, free and clear of any Liens
except for Borrower Permitted Liens; all filings (including such UCC filings) as
are necessary in any jurisdiction to perfect such security interest of the
Facility Agent as agent for the Secured Parties in the Loan and all related
Collateral have been made; and no effective financing statement or other
instrument similar in effect covering the Loan or any related Collateral is on
file in any recording office except such as may be filed in favor of the
Facility Agent relating to this Agreement or reflecting the transfer of the Loan
or such Collateral from the Originator to the Borrower;
ARTICLE
XXV (A) the
Loan, together with the related Loan Documents, is fully assignable (subject
only to (I) the applicable Obligor’s right to consent to the assignment of such
Loan to a competitor or the Obligor’s right to consent generally, so long as
such consents may not, by the terms of the applicable agreements and other
documents, be unreasonably withheld or delayed, and such Obligor shall not have
such a right to consent if an event of default or similar event (however
denominated) shall have occurred with respect to such Loan, and (II) such other
limitations on assignability which shall have been consented to by the Facility
Agent in its discretion) and, if such Loan is secured by an interest in real
property, an Assignment of Mortgage executed in blank has been delivered to the
Collateral Custodian; provided that (x)
Related Property securing such Loan may be subject to rights of consent of third
parties to the assignment thereof so long as, in the judgment of the Facility
Agent, such Related Property and such rights are not material to the credit
quality of such Loan and the Borrower is using reasonable commercial efforts to
obtain such consents and (y) in the case of a Qualified Agented Loan, the
assignment of such Loan may be subject to rights of consent of the agent with
respect to such Qualified Agented Loan and the related Obligor, so long as such
consents may not, by the terms of the applicable Loan Documents, be unreasonably
withheld or delayed and the related Obligor shall not have such a right of
consent if an event of default or similar event (however denominated) shall have
occurred with respect to such Loan, and (B) except in the case of a Bond, the
Originator shall have delivered to the Borrower and the Documentation Agent a
Closing Attorney Opinion (as defined in the Custody Agreement);
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ARTICLE
XXVI the Loan
was documented and closed in accordance with the Management Manual, including
the relevant opinions and assignments, and, except in the case of Noteless
Loans, there is only one current original Underlying Note;
ARTICLE
XXVII each
delivery required with respect to the Loan, to the extent required to have been
made pursuant to Section 2 of the
Custody Agreement on or prior to the applicable date of determination of the
eligibility of such Loan, has been timely made in accordance with such
Section;
ARTICLE
XXVIII the Loan,
together with the Loan Documents related thereto, does not contravene in any
material respect any Applicable Laws (including laws, rules and regulations
relating to usury, truth in lending, fair credit billing, fair credit reporting,
equal credit opportunity, fair debt collection practices and privacy) and with
respect to which no party to the Loan Documents related thereto is in material
violation of any such Applicable Laws;
ARTICLE
XXIX the Loan
is denominated and payable only in United States dollars in the United
States;
ARTICLE
XXX the
Obligor’s jurisdiction of organization and principal office and any Related
Property are located in the United States or Canada (excluding
Quebec);
ARTICLE
XXXI the Loan
is secured by a perfected Lien under the UCC or other applicable law in Related
Property, and all such Related Property is free of any Liens except for Obligor
Permitted Liens;
ARTICLE
XXXII the Loan
does not allow for rights of rescission, set off, counterclaim or defense (other
than in favor of the lender or lenders thereunder or their agents), and no
material dispute has been asserted with respect to the Loan;
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ARTICLE
XXXIII the
Related Property with respect to such Loan is insured in accordance with the
Management Manual;
ARTICLE
XXXIV at the
time of the Borrower’s acquisition thereof, the Loan had a remaining term to
maturity of (i) if such Loan was acquired prior to the Restatement Effective
Date, no more than 120 months or (ii) if such Loan was acquired on or after the
Restatement Effective Date, no more than 84 months;
ARTICLE
XXXV such Loan
bears interest which is due and payable no less frequently than
semi-annually;
ARTICLE
XXXVI if such
Loan is a PIK Loan, the cash-pay portion of interest on such Loan is payable at
a current rate at least equal to eight percent (8.0%) per annum (for the
avoidance of doubt, a PIK Loan which permits the full deferral of interest for
any period is not an Eligible Loan);
ARTICLE
XXXVII if such
Loan is a Fixed Rate Loan, the per annum rate at which current cash-pay interest
thereon is calculated and payable is at least equal to 8.00%, and if such Loan
is not a Fixed Rate Loan, the per annum spread over the applicable LIBO Rate (or
the comparable index rate) (with respect to Loans that do not bear interest
based upon the LIBO Rate or a comparable index rate or for which there is a
floor for the interest rate, the spread shall be deemed to be the all-in rate
minus the LIBO Rate) at which current cash-pay interest thereon is calculated
and payable is at least equal to 4.00%, provided that if such
Loan was purchased by the Originator or by the Borrower for a purchase price of
less than 85% of the Outstanding Loan Balance thereof, then the interest rate on
such Loan for purposes of this clause shall be calculated assuming that the
Outstanding Loan Balance of such Loan is the product of the actual Outstanding
Loan Balance thereof multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is such
purchase price and the denominator of which is the Outstanding Principal Balance
on the date of purchase;
ARTICLE
XXXVIII the
Obligor has not funded any required payments (directly or indirectly) in respect
of such Loan with another Loan or other extension of credit from the Originator
or any of its Affiliates (or any Person from which such Loan was purchased
directly or indirectly by the Originator or any Affiliate of any such Person);
provided that a
Loan shall not be excluded as an Eligible Loan under this clause solely by
reason of the funding of capitalized or similar initial interest payments, on
such Loan for a period not exceeding one year from the initial disbursement of
such Loan, from the proceeds of such Loan in accordance with the original terms
of such Loan;
ARTICLE
XXXIX the Loan
is not a loan or extension of credit made by the Originator or any of its
Affiliates for the purpose of making any principal, interest or other payment on
any other Loan necessary in order to keep such other Loan from becoming
delinquent;
ARTICLE
XL the
Loan’s commodity price risk (if any) has been appropriately hedged by the
Obligor in accordance with the Management Manual;
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ARTICLE
XLI the
related Loan Documents do not require any future advances to be made to the
related Obligor on or after the Closing Date;
ARTICLE
XLII no
payments in respect of the Loan (including principal or interest) are subject to
deduction or withholding for or on account of any Taxes;
ARTICLE
XLIII on the
date such Loan was first included in the Collateral, the Loan was not a
Defaulted Loan or Current Pay Loan and, if such Loan is a PIK Loan, no
installments of interest on such Loan were then deferred or capitalized (whether
or not in accordance with the terms thereof);
ARTICLE
XLIV the Loan
is not in the form of an installment sale agreement, lease or other arrangement
under which the lender or any agent thereof acquires title to or an ownership
interest in any Related Property;
ARTICLE
XLV the
Obligor of the Loan is not the Originator or an Affiliate of the Originator,
unless otherwise consented to by the Facility Agent in its sole discretion (or
consented to by the “Administrative Agent” pursuant to the Original Loan and
Servicing Agreement, such Loans which have been consented to are listed on Schedule
III);
ARTICLE
XLVI the
Obligor of the Loan is not a Governmental Authority;
ARTICLE
XLVII the terms
of such Loan require that payments of the principal thereof and of cash interest
thereon be made by the Obligor by wire transfer of funds to an account
designated from time to time by the lender or its agent or
assignee;
ARTICLE
XLVIII such Loan
is not a DIP Obligation or a Structured Finance Obligation;
ARTICLE
XLIX such Loan
is not a Derivative, unless entered into or acquired in accordance with Section 5.1(h);
ARTICLE
L such Loan
is indebtedness of the Obligor and not an equity interest therein,
ARTICLE
LI if such
Loan is a First Lien Loan or Second Lien Loan, such Loan is not a Covenant-Lite
Loan;
ARTICLE
LII on the
date such Loan was first included in the Collateral and, if such Loan was then a
Rating Pending Loan, on the date it ceased to be a Rating Pending Loan, such
Loan has a Xxxxx’x Default Probability Rating that addresses the full amount of
the principal and interest payable on such Loan at least equal to the Minimum
Xxxxx’x Default Probability Rating;
ARTICLE
LIII if the
Loan is a Participation, on the date such Loan was first included in the
Collateral the Selling Institution has either a long-term unsecured debt rating
of “A1” or better by Xxxxx’x or a short-term unsecured debt rating or
certificate of deposit rating of “P-1” or better by Xxxxx’x;
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ARTICLE
LIV if such
Loan was acquired by the Borrower on or after the Restatement Effective Date,
such Loan is a Senior Secured Loan;
ARTICLE
LV the
inclusion of such Loan as an Eligible Loan does not result in the Collateral
Values of all Eligible Loans whose interest payments are due and payable less
frequently than monthly to exceed 50% of the Collateral Values of all Eligible
Loans;
ARTICLE
LVI the
inclusion of such Loan as an Eligible Loan does not result in the Collateral
Values of all Eligible Loans that are secured by, or the payment of which is
derived from, obligations of consumers, to exceed 7.5% of the Collateral Values
of all Eligible Loans; and
ARTICLE
LVII the
Borrower’s purchase price of such Loan under the Purchase Agreement or, if such
Loan was purchased by the Originator or an Affiliate of the Originator from a
third party, the Originator’s or such Affiliate’s purchase price thereof was at
least equal to 50% of the outstanding principal balance thereof at the time of
purchase.
Equity
Issuance: Any issuance by a Person of any share of capital
stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, any warrant,
option or other right for the purchase or other acquisition from such Person of
any share of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such
Person, any security (other than a debt security) convertible into or
exchangeable for any share of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit
interests in) such Person or warrant, right or option for the purchase or other
acquisition from such Person of such shares (or such other interests), and any
other ownership or profit interest in such Person (including partnership, member
or trust interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not
such share, warrant, option, right or other interest is authorized or otherwise
existing on any date of determination. For the avoidance of doubt,
Equity Issuances shall include the issuance of any equity interest (as described
above) upon the conversion or exchange of any debt security that is convertible
or exchangeable, or is being converted or exchanged, for any such equity
interest.
ERISA: The
U.S. Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to
time, and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued
thereunder.
ERISA
Affiliate: (i) Any corporation that is a member of the same
controlled group of corporations (within the meaning of Section 414(b) of
the Internal Revenue Code) as the Borrower; (ii) a trade or business (whether or
not incorporated) under common control (within the meaning of
Section 414(c) of the Internal Revenue Code) with the Borrower or (iii) a
member of the same affiliated service group (within the meaning of
Section 414(m) of the Internal Revenue Code) as the Borrower, any
corporation described in clause (i) above
or any trade or business described in clause (ii)
above.
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Euroclear: Euroclear
Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear system and any successor or
successors thereto.
Eurodollar Disruption
Event: With respect to any Advance as to which Interest
accrues or is to accrue at a rate based upon the LIBO Rate, any of the
following: (i) a determination by a Lender or its Support Provider
that it would be contrary to law or to the directive of any central bank or
other Governmental Authority to obtain United States dollars in the London
interbank market to make, fund or maintain any Advance or any related Support
Advance; (ii) a determination by the Majority Lenders that adequate and
reasonable means do not exist for purposes of determining the LIBO Rate; (iii) a
determination by the Majority Lenders that the rate at which deposits of United
States dollars are being offered to such Lenders or their Support Providers in
the London interbank market does not accurately reflect the cost to such Lender
or Support Provider of making, funding or maintaining any Advance or any related
Support Advance; or (iv) a determination by the Majority Lenders that United
States dollar deposits are not being offered in the London interbank market to
make, fund or maintain any Advance or any related Support Advance.
Eurodollar Reserve
Percentage: On any day, the then applicable percentage
(expressed as a decimal) prescribed by the Federal Reserve Board (or any
successor) for determining reserve requirements applicable to “Eurocurrency
Liabilities” pursuant to Regulation D or any other then applicable regulation of
the Federal Reserve Board (or any successor) that prescribes reserve
requirements applicable to “Eurocurrency Liabilities” as presently defined in
Regulation D.
Event of
Default: Defined in Section 8.2.
Excess Concentration
Amount: On any date of determination, the sum of, without
duplication (after giving effect to the provisions of Section 7.20
with respect to Excluded Loans, if any):
Section
57.1 the aggregate amount by
which the Collateral Values of Eligible Loans, the Obligors of which have their
principal offices in any one state of the United States exceeds (A) prior to
December 31, 2009, 50% or, from and after such date, 25% of the Collateral
Values of all Eligible Loans in the case of Texas or (B) 25% of the Collateral
Values of all Eligible Loans for any other state;
Section
57.2 the aggregate amount by
which the Collateral Values of Eligible Loans, the Obligors of which have their
principal offices or jurisdiction of organization in Canada exceeds 10% of the
Collateral Values of all Eligible Loans;
Section
57.3 the aggregate amount by
which the Collateral Values of Eligible Loans, the Obligors of which are in the
same Industry (an “Industry Concentration”), exceeds (A) prior to December 31,
2009, 45% or, from and after such date, 20% of the Collateral Values of all
Eligible Loans in the case of the largest Industry Concentration, (B) prior to
December 31, 2009, 55% or, from and after such date, 35% of the Collateral
Values of all Eligible Loans in the case the two largest Industry Concentrations
in the aggregate, (C) prior to December 31, 2009, 65% or, from and after such
date, 45% of the Collateral Values of all Eligible Loans in the case the three
largest Industry Concentrations in the aggregate, and (D) 10% of the Collateral
Values of all Eligible Loans in the case of any other Industry
Concentration;
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Section
57.4 the aggregate amount by
which the respective Collateral Values of Eligible Loans exceed the applicable
Large Loan Concentration Limits;
Section
57.5 the aggregate amount by
which the Collateral Values of all Eligible Loans whose interest payments are
due and payable less frequently than quarterly exceeds 5% of the Collateral
Values of all Eligible Loans;
Section
57.6 the aggregate amount by
which the Collateral Values of all Eligible Loans which are PIK Loans exceeds 5%
of the Collateral Values of all Eligible Loans;
Section
57.7 the aggregate amount by
which the Collateral Values of all Eligible Loans that have remaining terms to
maturity greater than 60 months exceeds 35% of the Collateral Values of all
Eligible Loans;
Section
57.8 the aggregate amount by
which the Collateral Values of all Eligible Loans that are Fixed Rate Loans
exceeds 45% of the Collateral Values of all Eligible Loans;
Section
57.9 the aggregate amount by
which the Collateral Values of all Eligible Loans with a Xxxxx’x Default
Probability Rating of “Caa1” or lower exceeds, prior to December 31, 2009, 25%
or, from and after such date, 15% of the Collateral Values of all Eligible
Loans;
Section
57.10 the aggregate amount by
which the Collateral Values of all Eligible Loans which do not have a Xxxxx’x
Default Probability Rating exceeds 10% (or such larger percentage to which the
Facility Agent may consent from time to time in its discretion) of the
Collateral Values of all Eligible Loans;
Section
57.11 the aggregate amount by
which the Collateral Values of all Eligible Loans which are Participations
exceeds 15% of the Collateral Values of all Eligible Loans;
Section
57.12 the aggregate amount by
which the Collateral Values of all Eligible Loans which are Participations
entered into by the Borrower with Selling Institutions (or their Affiliates)
having the same credit rating exceeds the applicable percentage of the
Collateral Values of all Eligible Loans set forth below for such credit rating
(in the event of a split rating, the lower rating shall apply) (provided that if the rating
of any Selling Institution has been placed on watch by Xxxxx’x for possible upgrade or
downgrade, such rating shall be deemed to have been upgraded or downgraded, as the case may
be, by one rating subcategory):
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Credit
Rating of Selling
Institution
(Xxxxx’x)
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Individual
Participation
Selling
Institution
Percentage
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Aggregate
Participation
Selling
Institution
Percentage
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“Aaa”
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10%
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15%
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“Aa1”
|
10%
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15%
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“Aa2”
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10%
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15%
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“Aa3”
|
10%
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15%
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“A1”
|
5%
|
10%
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“A2”
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5%
|
5%
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Section
57.13 the aggregate amount by
which the Collateral Values of all Eligible Loans that are not First Lien Loans
exceeds 50% of the Collateral Values of all Eligible Loans;
Section
57.14 the aggregate amount by
which the Collateral Values of all Eligible Loans that are not First Lien Loan
or Second Lien Loans exceeds 15% of the Collateral Values of all Eligible
Loans;
Section
57.15 the aggregate amount by
which the Collateral Values of all Eligible Loans that are Bonds or that were
not structured and originated by the Originator exceeds 50% of the Collateral
Values of all Eligible Loans; and
Section
57.16 the aggregate amount by
which the Collateral Values of all Eligible Loans that are Bonds exceeds 20% of
the Collateral Values of all Eligible Loans.
Excluded
Loan: Defined in Section
7.20.
Expected Final Payment
Date: The first anniversary of the last day of the Revolving
Period (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business
Day).
Facility
Agent: Defined in the preamble hereto.
Facility
Amount: Initially, $175,000,000 as such amount may be
increased or decreased from time to time at the request of the Borrower pursuant
to Section 2.15;
provided that
on any day on or after the Termination Date, the Facility Amount shall be equal
to the amount of Outstanding Borrowings on such day.
Facility
Fee: As defined in the Lenders Fee Letter.
Facility
Increase: Defined in Section 2.15(a).
Fair Market
Value: With respect to each Loan, the least of (i) (A) the
outstanding principal amount of such Loan times (B) the price most recently
determined by the Borrower on such Loan in accordance with the Management Manual
based on a valuation from the Approved Valuation Agent, (ii) the remaining
principal amount of such Loan and (iii) if such Loan (other than a Current Pay
Loan) has been reduced in value below the remaining principal amount thereof
(other than as a result of the allocation of a portion of the remaining
principal amount to warrants), the value of such Loan as required by, and in
accordance with, the 1940 Act and any orders of the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission issued to the Originator, to be determined by the Board of
Directors of the Originator and reviewed by its auditors. If such
Loan is a Current Pay Loan and the Fair Market Value thereof shall not have been
determined in accordance with clause (i)
above, such Loan shall be deemed to have a Fair Market Value equal to
zero.
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Federal Funds
Rate: For any period, a fluctuating interest rate per annum
for each day during such period equal to (i) the weighted average of the rates
on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve
System arranged by federal funds brokers, as published for such day (or, if such
day is not a Business Day, for the preceding Business Day) by the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York; or (ii) if such rate is not so published for any day
which is a Business Day, the average of the quotations at approximately 10:30
a.m. (New York City time) for such day on such transactions received by the
Collateral Agent from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing
selected by it.
Federal Reserve
Board: The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System.
Fee
Letters: Collectively, the Lenders Fee Letter, the
Agents/Backup Servicer Fee Letter and the Structuring Agent Fee
Letter.
Final
Date: The date following the Termination Date on which all
Outstanding Borrowings have been reduced to zero, the Lenders have received all
accrued Interest, fees, and all other amounts owing to them under this Agreement
and each of the Backup Servicer, the Collateral Custodian and the Agents have
each received all amounts due to them in connection with the Transaction
Documents.
First Lien
Loan: (i) With respect to a Loan having a Xxxxx’x Credit
Estimate, a Loan which Xxxxx’x has classified as a first lien loan for purposes
of such Xxxxx’x Credit Estimate, and (ii) with respect to any other Loan, a Loan
which is a Senior Secured Loan.
Fixed Rate
Loan: A Loan which bears interest at a fixed rate of interest
(it being understood that any Loan which bears interest at a floating rate of
interest subject to a floor rate shall not constitute a Fixed Rate
Loan).
Funding
Date: Any day on which an Advance is made in accordance with
and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
Funding
Percentage: With respect to a Committed Lender, its Commitment
as a percentage of the Facility Amount, and with respect to a Conduit Lender,
its Maximum Advance Amount as a percentage of the Facility Amount.
Funding
Request: A Borrower Notice requesting an Advance substantially
in the form of Exhibit A-1
hereto.
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Funding
Source: With respect to a Conduit Lender, any financing
conduit or intermediate special purpose entities from which, directly or
indirectly, such Conduit Lender receives funds to finance such Conduit Lender’s
making or maintaining its Advances hereunder.
GAAP: Generally
accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time in the United
States.
Gas Solutions
Interest: As defined in the Purchase Agreement.
Global Note
Loan: A Bond or Loan as to which the Underlying Note is held
by the nominee for any of The Depository Trust Company, Clearstream or Euroclear
or any other internationally recognized depositary or clearing
system.
Governmental
Authority: With respect to any Person, any nation or
government, any state or other political subdivision thereof, any central bank
(or similar monetary or regulatory authority) thereof, any entity exercising
executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or
pertaining to government and any court or arbitrator having jurisdiction over
such Person.
Increased
Costs: Any amounts required to be paid by the Borrower to an
Affected Party pursuant to Section 2.12.
Indebtedness: With
respect to a Person at any date, (i) all indebtedness of such Person for
borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of property or services (other
than current liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business and payable
in accordance with customary trade practices) or that is evidenced by a note,
bond, debenture or similar instrument, (ii) all obligations of such Person under
capital leases, (iii) all obligations of such Person in respect of acceptances
issued or created for the account of such Person, (iv) all liabilities secured
by any Adverse Claims on any property owned by such Person even though such
Person has not assumed or otherwise become liable for the payment thereof, and
(v) all net indebtedness, obligations or liabilities of that Person in respect
of Derivatives, and (vi) obligations under direct or indirect guaranties in
respect of obligations (contingent or otherwise) to purchase or otherwise
acquire, or to otherwise assure a creditor against loss in respect of, clauses (i)
through (v)
above.
Indemnified
Amounts: Defined in Section 9.1(a).
Indemnified
Parties: Defined in Section 9.1(a).
Industry: The
industry of an Obligor as determined by reference to the Xxxxx’x Industry
Classifications.
Ineligible
Loan: Defined in the Purchase Agreement.
Insolvency
Event: With respect to a specified Person, (i) the filing of a
decree or order for relief by a court having jurisdiction in the premises in
respect of such Person or any substantial part of its property in an involuntary
case under any applicable Insolvency Law now or hereafter in effect, or
appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or
similar official for such Person or for any substantial part of its property, or
ordering the winding-up or liquidation of such Person’s affairs, and such decree
or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive
days; or (ii) the commencement by such Person of a voluntary case under any
applicable Insolvency Law now or hereafter in effect, or the consent by such
Person to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such
law, or the consent by such Person to the appointment of or taking possession by
a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar
official for such Person or for any substantial part of its property, or the
making by such Person of any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or
the failure by such Person generally to pay its debts as such debts become due,
or the taking of action by such Person in furtherance of any of the
foregoing.
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Insolvency
Laws: The Bankruptcy Code and all other applicable
liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, moratorium, rearrangement,
receivership, insolvency, reorganization, suspension of payments, or similar
debtor relief laws from time to time in effect affecting the rights of creditors
generally.
Insolvent: As
to any Person at any time, having a state of affairs such that any of the
following conditions are met: (i) the fair value of the property owned by
such Person is not greater than the amount of such Person’s liabilities
(including disputed, contingent and unliquidated liabilities) as such value is
established and liabilities evaluated for purposes of Section 101(32) of
the Bankruptcy Code; (ii) the present fair salable value of the property owned
by such Person in an orderly liquidation of such Person is less than the amount
that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts
as they become absolute and matured; (iii) such Person is not able to realize
upon its property and pay its debts and other liabilities (including disputed,
contingent and unliquidated liabilities) as they mature in the normal course of
business; (iv) such Person intends to, or believes that it will, incur debts or
liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay as such debts and liabilities
mature; and (v) such Person is engaged in business or a transaction, or is about
to engage in a business or a transaction, for which such Person’s property would
constitute unreasonably small capital.
Insolvency
Proceeding: Any case, action or proceeding before any court or
Governmental Authority relating to an Insolvency Event.
Insurance
Policy: With respect to any Loan included in the Collateral,
an insurance policy covering physical damage to or loss to any assets or Related
Property of the Obligor securing such Loan.
Insurance
Proceeds: Any amounts payable or any payments made, to the
Borrower or to the Servicer on its behalf under any Insurance
Policy.
Interest: For
each Accrual Period and each Advance outstanding during such Accrual Period, the
product of the following, as determined by the Calculation Agent (each such
determination, absent manifest error, to be conclusive and binding on all
parties hereto and their assignees):
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IR
x P x
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AD
|
|
DC
|
||
where
IR
|
=
|
the
Interest Rate applicable to such Advance;
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|
P
|
=
|
the
average of the outstanding principal amounts of such Advance on each day
of such Accrual Period;
|
|
AD
|
=
|
the
actual number of days in such Accrual Period, or if such Advance was first
made during such Accrual Period, the actual number of days beginning on
the day such Advance was first made through the end of such Accrual
Period; and
|
|
DC
|
=
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360;
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provided, however, that no
provision of this Agreement shall require or permit the collection of Interest
in excess of the maximum permitted by Applicable Law. Interest shall
not be considered paid by any distribution if at any time such distribution is
rescinded or must otherwise be returned for any reason.
Interest
Collections: Any and all (i) amounts received in respect of
any interest, fees or other similar charges on a Transferred Loan (other than a
Defaulted Loan) from or on behalf of any Obligors that are deposited into the
Collection Account, (ii) all payments or proceeds of any Defaulted Loan to the
extent that such payments and proceeds in the aggregate exceed the principal
balance of such Defaulted Loan, (iii) all payments and proceeds from
Supplemental Interests, and (iv) interest and other net earnings from amounts on
deposit in the Collection Account. For the avoidance of doubt, no
amounts that relate to Defaulted Loans, other than as provided in clause (ii)
above, shall constitute “Interest Collections”.
Interest Coverage
Ratio: With respect to any Collection Period, the percentage
equivalent of a fraction, calculated as of the Determination Date for such
Collection Period, (a) the numerator of which is equal to the excess of (i) the
aggregate Interest Collections for such Collection Period over (ii) the sum of
(A) the aggregate amounts payable pursuant to clauses (i) and
(iv) of Section 2.8 on
the related Payment Date plus
(B) 1/12th of the
Annual Expense Cap, and (b) the denominator of which is equal to the aggregate
amount payable pursuant to clause (vii) of
Section 2.8 on
the related Payment Date.
Interest Coverage
Test: A test that is satisfied as of any Determination Date if
the Interest Coverage Ratio shall be equal to or greater than 150%.
Interest
Rate: For any Accrual Period with respect to any Advance, the
greater of (i) 2.0% per annum and (ii) a rate per annum equal to the LIBO Rate
for such Accrual Period or, if a Eurodollar Disruption Event occurs for such
Accrual Period the Alternate Base Rate; provided, that the
Interest Rate for the first two (2) Business Days following any Advance made by
such Lender shall be the Alternate Base Rate if such Advance was designated in
the related Funding Request to be applied to fund one or more Pre-Positioned
Loans.
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Interest Reserve
Account: Defined in Section 7.4(g)(i).
Interest Reserve Account
Requirement: Initially, $687,500.00 and thereafter, for any
date of determination (i) in an Accrual Period with respect to which the LIBO
Rate is lower than 2.0%, an amount equal to 0.55% of the Outstanding Borrowings
on such date, and (ii) in an Accrual Period with respect to which the LIBO Rate
is 2.0% or higher, an amount equal to 0.27% of the Outstanding Borrowings on
such date.
Internal Revenue
Code: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
Investment: With
respect to any Person, any direct or indirect loan, advance or investment by
such Person in any other Person, whether by means of share purchase, capital
contribution, loan or otherwise, excluding the acquisition of assets pursuant to
the Purchase Agreement and excluding commission, travel and similar advances to
officers, employees and directors made in the ordinary course of
business.
Joinder
Agreement: Defined in Section 2.15(a)(ii).
Key Person
Event: (a) Xxxx Xxxxx shall cease for any reason to be
employed at or by the Subservicer in a substantially similar capacity as on the
date hereof, (b) (i) X. Xxxxx Eliasek shall cease for any reason to be employed
at or by the Subservicer in a substantially similar capacity as on the date
hereof and (ii) a replacement reasonably acceptable to the Facility Agent shall
not have been appointed within 60 days following such cessation, or (c) (i)
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx shall cease for any reason to act as chief financial officer and
chief compliance officer of PCC, and (ii) a replacement chief financial officer
and/or chief compliance officer (as applicable) reasonably acceptable to the
Facility Agent shall not have been appointed within 60 days following such
cessation.
Large Loan Concentration
Limit: (i) For the Eligible Loan of the Obligor with the
largest Collateral Value, $45,000,000; (ii) for the Eligible Loans of the next
three Obligors with the largest Collateral Values, $30,000,000 each; (iii) for
the Eligible Loan of the next Obligor with the largest Collateral Value,
$27,500,000; (iv) for the Eligible Loans of the next two Obligors with the
largest Collateral Values, $25,000,000 each; (v) for the Eligible Loans of the
next five Obligors with the largest Collateral Values, $20,000,000 each; and
(vi) for the Eligible Loans of each other Obligor, $15,000,000
each.
Large Loan Excess
Amount: On any date of determination, the aggregate amount by
which the respective Outstanding Loan Balances of Borrowing Base Eligible Loans
exceed the applicable Large Loan Limits.
Large Loan
Limit: (i) For the Borrowing Base Eligible Loan of the Obligor
with the largest Outstanding Loan Balance, $45,000,000; (ii) for the Borrowing
Base Eligible Loans of the next three Obligors with the largest Outstanding Loan
Balances, $30,000,000 each; (iii) for the Borrowing Base Eligible Loan of the
next Obligor with the largest Outstanding Loan Balance, $27,500,000; (iv) for
the Borrowing Base Eligible Loans of the next two Obligors with the largest
Outstanding Loan Balances, $25,000,000 each; (v) for the Borrowing Base Eligible
Loans of the next five Obligors with the largest Outstanding Loan Balances,
$20,000,000 each; and (vi) for the Borrowing Base Eligible Loans of each other
Obligor, $15,000,000 each.
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Legal Final Maturity
Date: June 25, 2020 (or, if such day is not
a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day) or, if the Scheduled Commitment
Termination Date shall have been extended pursuant to the terms hereof, the
tenth anniversary of such extended Scheduled Commitment Termination
Date.
Lender: Each
Conduit Lender and each Committed Lender.
Lender
Group: Each group of Lenders consisting of (i) a Conduit
Lender which is a not a Committed Lender and one or more the Committed Lenders
with respect to such Conduit Lender, or (ii) one or more Committed Lenders
(which may include a Conduit Lender which is a Committed Lender). The
initial Lender Groups shall be (i) the Rabobank Lender Group, which shall
consist of Rabobank, as Committed Lender, and (ii) the **************** Lender
Group, which shall consist of ****************, as Committed
Lender. The Managing Agent for the Rabobank Lender Group shall be
Rabobank, and the Managing Agent for the **************** Lender Group shall be
****************. Other Lender Groups may be designated from time to
time pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance or Joinder Agreement, as
applicable.
Lenders Fee
Letter: Any letter agreement among the Borrower, the Facility
Agent and the Managing Agents in respect of, among other things, the Facility
Fee and certain other amounts payable to for the account of one or more Lenders,
as it may be amended or modified and in effect from time to time with the
consent of the Facility Agent and each Managing Agent (acting with the consent
of each affected Lender).
LIBO
Rate: With respect an Accrual Period, an interest rate per
annum determined by the Calculation Agent (each such determination, absent
manifest error, to be conclusive and binding on all parties hereto and their
assignees) to be equal to:
(i) the
posted rate for one month deposits in United States dollars appearing on Reuters
Page LIBOR01 at 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the Business Day that is the second
Business Day immediately preceding the first day of such Accrual Period (the
“LIBOR Determination
Date”); or
(ii) if,
on any LIBOR Determination Date, no such rate appears on Reuters Page LIBOR01,
the arithmetic mean of the offered quotations of the Reference Banks to prime
banks in the London interbank market for one month deposits in United States
dollars by reference to requests for quotations as of approximately 11:00 a.m.
(London time) on such LIBOR Determination Date made by the Calculation Agent to
the Reference Banks. If, on any LIBOR Determination Date, at least
two of the Reference Banks provide such quotations, the LIBO Rate for such
Accrual Period shall be deemed to be the arithmetic mean of such
quotations. If on any LIBOR Determination Date fewer than two
Reference Banks provide such quotations, the LIBO Rate for such Accrual Period
shall be deemed to be the arithmetic mean of the offered quotations that leading
banks in New York City selected by the Calculation Agent (after consultation
with the Facility Agent) are quoting on the relevant LIBOR Determination Date
for one month deposits in United States dollars to the principal London offices
of leading banks in the London interbank market.
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Lien: With
respect to any item of property, (i) any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge,
security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such item, or (ii)
the interest of a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale agreement,
financing loan or other title retention agreement relating to such
item.
Liquidation
Expenses: With respect to any Defaulted Loan, the aggregate
amount of out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred by the Borrower or on
behalf of the Borrower by the Servicer (including amounts paid to any
subservicer) in connection with the repossession, refurbishing and disposition
of any related assets securing such Loan including the attempted collection of
any amount owing pursuant to such Loan.
Liquidity
Percentage: For a Committed Lender in respect of a Conduit
Lender in a Lender Group, such Committed Lender’s Adjusted Commitment with
respect to such Conduit Lender as a percentage of the aggregate Adjusted
Commitments of all Committed Lenders in such Lender Group.
Liquidity
Provider: With respect to a Conduit Lender, any one or more
Persons from which such Conduit Lender is entitled to borrow from, to which a
Conduit Lender is entitled to sell an interest in assets, or with which such
Conduit Lender has entered into a total return swap or other derivative
transaction, providing liquidity support to such Conduit Lender with reference
to such Conduit Lender’s Advances.
Liquidity
Test: A test that is satisfied as of any applicable date, if
the sum of (i) the Originator’s aggregate unencumbered and unrestricted cash and
cash equivalents (determined in accordance with GAAP), plus (ii) Availability,
is not less than $20,000,000.
Loan: Any
senior or subordinate loan arising from the extension of credit to an Obligor by
the Originator (or a Participation therein) or any Bond sold by the Originator
to the Borrower pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
Loan
Documents: (a) With respect to any Loan (other than those
described in (b) below), the following documents or
instruments:
(i) the
Primary Loan Documents relating to such Loan;
(ii) copies
of all other material operative documents related to such Loan, in each case
together with any amendments or modifications thereto;
(iii) if
any Loan is secured by real property, an Assignment of Mortgage and of any other
material recorded security documents in recordable form, executed by the
Borrower or the prior holder of record, in blank or to the Facility Agent (and
evidencing an unbroken chain of assignments from the prior holder of record to
the Facility Agent), with any assignment to the Facility Agent to be in the
following form: “Coöperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A., “Rabobank
Nederland”, New York Branch, as Facility Agent for the Secured Parties” unless
such mortgage is held by a collateral agent for the benefit of the Secured
Parties; and
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(iv) either,
in each case as indicated on the Loan List, (i) copies of the UCC-1 financing
statements, if any, and any related continuation statements, each showing the
Obligor as debtor and each with evidence of filing thereon, or (ii) copies of
any such financing statements certified by the Servicer to be true and complete
copies thereof in instances where the original financing statements have been
sent to the appropriate public filing office for filing but evidence of filing
thereof has not yet been received; and
(b) with
respect to any Loan which a party other than the Originator acts as lead agent
and collateral agent or a Broadly Syndicated Loan, the following documents or
instruments:
(i) the
Primary Loan Documents relating to such Loan;
(ii) copies
of all other material operative documents related to such Loan, in each case
together with any amendments or modifications thereto; and
(iii) either,
in each case as indicated on the Loan List, (i) copies of the UCC-1 financing
statements, if any, and any related continuation statements, each showing the
Obligor as debtor and each with evidence of filing thereon, or (ii) copies of
any such financing statements certified by the Servicer to be true and complete
copies thereof in instances where the original financing statements have been
sent to the appropriate public filing office for filing but evidence of filing
thereof has not yet been received.
Loan
File: With respect to any Loan, the Loan Documents related
thereto.
Loan
List: The Loan List provided by the Borrower to the
Documentation Agent and the Collateral Custodian, as set forth in Schedule I
hereto (which shall include the specific documents that should be included in
each Loan File), as the same may be changed from time to time in accordance with
the provisions hereof and by notice to the Collateral Custodian.
Loan
Register: Defined in Section 7.9(j).
Loan Seniority Excess
Amount: On any date of determination, the sum of, without
duplication,
(i) the
aggregate amount by which the Outstanding Loan Balances of all Borrowing Base
Eligible Loans that are not First Lien Loans exceeds 50% of the Aggregate
Outstanding Loan Balance; plus
(ii) the
aggregate amount by which the Outstanding Loan Balances of all Borrowing Base
Eligible Loans that are not First Lien Loan or Second Lien Loans exceeds 15% of
the Aggregate Outstanding Loan Balance.
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Majority
Lenders: At a particular time, Lenders with Commitments
aggregating more than 50% of the Facility Amount.
Management
Manual: (i) With respect to the Originator, the Borrower and
the initial Servicer, those credit, collection, customer relation and service
policies existing as of the date hereof relating to the Loans and related Loan
Documents, consisting of the Subservicer’s investment management manual, as
updated May 18, 2007, and the Subservicer’s post-closing portfolio
management manual, as updated May 18, 2007, each as on file with the
Facility Agent and the Documentation Agent and as each of the same may be
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with
Sections 5.1(q)
and 7.9(f); and
(ii) with respect to any Successor Servicer, the collection procedures and
policies of such person (as approved by the Facility Agent) at the time such
Person becomes Successor Servicer.
Managing
Agent: Defined in the preamble hereto.
Material Adverse
Change: With respect to any Person, any material adverse
change in the business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations,
performance or properties of such Person and its subsidiaries, taken as a
whole.
Material Adverse
Effect: With respect to any event or circumstance, means a
material adverse effect on (i) the business, condition (financial or otherwise),
operations, performance or properties of the Servicer or the Borrower, in each
case together with its subsidiaries and taken as a whole, (ii) the validity,
enforceability or collectibility of this Agreement or any other Transaction
Document or any Support Facility or the validity, enforceability or
collectibility of the Loans, (iii) the rights and remedies of the Facility Agent
or any Secured Party under this Agreement or any Transaction Document or any
Support Facility, (iv) the ability of the Borrower or the Servicer to perform
its obligations under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, or (v)
the status, existence, perfection, priority, or enforceability of the Facility
Agent’s or Secured Parties’ security interest in the Collateral.
Material
Modification: With respect to a Loan, any amendment or waiver
of, or modification or supplement to, an Underlying Note or other Loan Document
with respect to such Loan executed or effected on or after the date on which
such Loan became a Transferred Loan that, (i) reduces or forgives any or all of
the principal amount due under such Loan, (ii) waives one or more interest
payments, or reduces the interest rate applicable to such Loan, (iii) delays or
extends the required or scheduled amortization in any way that increases the
weighted average life of such Loan by more than 25% from its weighted average
life on the related Cut-Off Date, or (iv) provides additional funds to the
Obligor of such Loan or any of its Affiliates for the purpose of making any
principal, interest or other payment on such Loan or any other Loan necessary in
order to keep any such Loan from becoming delinquent.
Maximum Advance
Amount: For any Conduit Lender which is not a Committed
Lender, the aggregate Commitments of the Committed Lenders in its Lender
Group.
Maximum Facility
Amount: $250,000,000, as such amount may be increased from
time to time by mutual agreement of the Borrower and the Facility Agent, provided the Rating
Agency shall have confirmed in writing to the Borrower and the Facility Agent
that (i) such increase will not result in the reduction of its rating of the
existing portion of the Rated Facility to below the Required Facility Rating or
in a withdrawal of its rating of the existing portion of the Rated Facility, and
(ii) its rating of the increased portion of the Rated Facility is at least equal
to the Required Facility Rating.
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Maximum Lawful
Rate: Defined in Section 2.6(c).
Measurement
Date: Each of the following: (i) the date of any Funding
Request, (ii) each Funding Date, (iii) each date on which the Borrower acquires
or disposes of any Eligible Loan or on which the Lien of this Agreement on any
Eligible Loan is released, (iv) each date on which any Loan ceases to be an
Eligible Loan or any Eligible Loan becomes a Defaulted Loan, (v) each date on
which the Servicer becomes aware of a reduction or withdrawal of the Xxxxx’x
Rating of an Eligible Loan, and (vi) each date as of which the information in
any Monthly Report is calculated.
Minimum Moody’s Default
Probability Rating: With
respect to each Loan included in the Collateral as of the Closing Date, a
Moody’s Default Probability Rating of at least “Caa3” and, with respect to each
other Loan, a Moody’s Default Probability Rating of at least
“Caa2”.
Minimum Tangible Net
Worth: With respect to Servicer as at the end of the fiscal
quarter ending on March 31, 2009, $335,000,000, and (b) as at the end of any
fiscal quarter during each fiscal year thereafter, the sum of (i) $335,000,000
plus (ii) 75% of the Net Proceeds of all Equity Issuances by the Servicer or any
subsidiary of the Servicer (other than Equity Issuances to the Servicer or a
subsidiary of the Servicer) after March 31, 2009.
Monthly Available
Principal: With respect to any Collection Period, the sum of
(i) the aggregate Principal Collections for such Collection Period, plus without
duplication, (ii) any Insurance Proceeds, Recoveries, amounts received by the
Borrower in connection with the repurchase of an Ineligible Loan pursuant to
Section 7.1 of
the Purchase Agreement and all amounts received by the Facility Agent in
connection with the release of a Transferred Loan pursuant to Section 7.7, to
the extent, in the case of this clause (ii),
that such Collections are in reduction of or otherwise in respect of the
outstanding principal balance of any Loan.
Monthly
Report: Defined in Section 7.11(a).
Moody’s: Xxxxx’x
Investors Service, Inc.
Moody’s Asset Correlation
Factor: A single number determined by the Borrower, or by the
Servicer on its behalf, and recalculated by the Documentation Agent pursuant to
Section 7.21 of
this Agreement in accordance with the Moody’s asset correlation methodology set
forth in Annex IV.
Moody’s Assigned
Rating: With respect to any Loan as of any date of determination, the
monitored publicly available rating or Moody’s Credit Estimate assigned to such
Loan by Moody’s that addresses the full amount of the principal and interest
payable on such Loan.
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Moody’s Credit
Estimate: With respect to a Loan, the credit assessment
designated for such Loan by Moody’s upon application by the Borrower in
accordance with the Agreement.
Moody’s Default Probability
Rating: With respect to any Loan, as of any Measurement Date,
the rating determined in accordance with the following:
(a) With
respect to First Lien Loans and Second Lien Loans, as follows, in the following
order of priority:
(i) if
the Obligor has a corporate family rating from Moody’s, such corporate family
rating;
(ii) if
clause (i)
does not apply and such Loan has a Moody’s Credit Estimate, such Moody’s Credit
Estimate; and
(iii) in
any other case, the Xxxxx’x Rating of such Loan; and
(b) With
respect to all other Loans, as follows, in the following order of
priority:
(i) if
the Obligor has a senior unsecured obligation with a Moody’s Assigned Rating,
such rating;
(ii) if
clause (i)
does not apply and such Loan has a Moody’s Credit Estimate, such Moody’s Credit
Estimate; and
(iii) in
any other case, the Moody’s Derived Rating of the Loan.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, (a) if the Xxxxx’x rating or ratings used to determine the
Xxxxx’x rating above are on watch for downgrade or upgrade by Moody’s, the
Moody’s Default Probability Rating will be determined adjusting such Xxxxx’x
rating or ratings down two subcategories (if on watch for downgrade), down one
subcategory (if on negative outlook) or up one subcategory (if on watch for
upgrade), (b) for so long as a Loan is in the process of being reviewed by
Moody’s, (i) (x) if an unqualified auditors’ letter has been provided in
connection with such review and the Obligor of such Loan has an interest
coverage ratio greater than or equal to one (1) with respect to such Loan, the
Moody’s Default Probability Rating of such Loan will be deemed “Caal”, and (y)
in all other cases, the Moody’s Default Probability Rating will be deemed
“Caa3”, and (c) if such Loan is a Ratings Pending Loan, such Loan shall be
deemed to have a Moody’s Default Probability Rating equal to “Caa1” for a period
of up to 90 days.
Moody’s Derived
Rating: With respect to a Loan not having a Moody’s Assigned Rating, as
of any Measurement Date, the rating determined in accordance with the following,
in the following order of priority:
(a) the
“Issuer Rating” applicable to the Obligor assigned by Moody’s;
(b) if
no such “Issuer Rating” is available from Moody’s, but there is a subordinated
obligation issued by such obligor that has an Moody’s Assigned Rating, then (1)
if the Moody’s Assigned Rating of such subordinated obligation is at least “B3”
(and, if rated “B3,” not on watch for downgrade), the Moody’s Derived Rating
will be the rating which is one rating subcategory higher than such Moody’s
Assigned Rating, or (2) if the Moody’s Assigned Rating of such subordinated
obligation is less than “B3” (or rated “B3” and on watch for downgrade), the
Moody’s Derived Rating will be such Moody’s Assigned Rating;
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(c) if
there is no subordinated obligation issued by such obligor that has an Moody’s
Assigned Rating, but there is a senior secured obligation issued by such obligor
that has an Moody’s Assigned Rating, then (1) if the Moody’s Assigned Rating of
such senior secured obligation is at least “Caa3” (and, if rated “Caa3,” not on
watch for downgrade), the Moody’s Derived Rating will be the rating which is one
subcategory below such Moody’s Assigned Rating, or (2) if the Moody’s Assigned
Rating of such senior secured obligation is less than “Caa3” (or rated “Caa3”
and on watch for downgrade), then the Moody’s Derived Rating will be
“C”;
(d) if
there are no subordinated or senior secured obligations issued by such obligor
that have an Moody’s Assigned Rating, but such obligor has a corporate family
rating from Moody’s, the Moody’s Derived Rating will be one rating subcategory
below such corporate family rating;
(e) if
such obligor does not have any subordinated or senior secured obligation issued
and outstanding, which obligation has a monitored public rating from S&P,
without any postscripts, asterisks or other qualifying notations, that addresses
the full amount of principal and interest promised, and (i) neither such obligor
nor any of its affiliates is subject to reorganization or bankruptcy
proceedings, (ii) no debt securities or obligations of such obligor are in
default, (iii) neither such obligor nor any of its affiliates has defaulted on
any debt during the past two years, (iv) such obligor has been in existence for
the past five years, (v) such obligor is current on any cumulative dividends,
(vi) the fixed-charge ratio for such obligor exceeds 125% for each of the past
two fiscal years and for the most recent quarter, (vii) such obligor had a net
profit before tax in the past fiscal year and the most recent quarter, and
(viii) the annual financial statements of such obligor are unqualified and
certified by a firm of independent accountants of international reputation, and
quarterly statements are unaudited but signed by a corporate officer, the
Moody’s Derived Rating will be “Caal”; and
(f) otherwise,
such Loan shall be deemed not to have a Moody’s Derived Rating;
provided that, with
respect to any Participation, to the extent that any seller counterparty is an
entity that has (or whose parent corporation has) a long term debt rating of
less than “A2” from Moody’s or does not have any rating from Moody’s, the
Moody’s Derived Rating will be the lower of (i) “Caa2” and (ii) the rating of
the underlying loan obligation as determined pursuant to the provisions of this
definition.
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Moody’s Industry
Classifications: The industry classifications set forth in
Annex II,
as such industry classifications shall be updated at the option of the Servicer
with the consent of the Facility Agent if Moody’s publishes revised industry
classifications.
Xxxxx’x
Rating: With respect to any Loan of any Measurement Date, the
rating determined in accordance with the following, in the following order of
priority:
(a) With
respect to First Lien Loans:
(i) if
there is an Moody’s Assigned Rating with respect to such Loan, such Moody’s
Assigned Rating; or
(ii) if
clause (i)
does not apply and the Obligor has a corporate family rating from Moody’s, such
corporate family rating; or
(iii) if
neither clause (i) or
(ii) apply, the
rating that is one rating subcategory above the Moody’s Derived
Rating;
(b) With
respect to all other Loans:
(i) If
there is an Moody’s Assigned Rating with respect to such Loan, such Moody’s
Assigned Rating; or
(ii) if
there is no such Moody’s Assigned Rating, the Moody’s Derived Rating;
and
(c) If
neither clause (a) or
(b) applies,
such Loan shall be deemed not to have a Xxxxx’x Rating.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if the Xxxxx’x rating or ratings used to determine the Xxxxx’x
rating above are on watch for downgrade by Moody’s, the Xxxxx’x Rating will be
determined by adjusting such Xxxxx’x rating or ratings down two subcategories
(if on watch for downgrade) or down one subcategory (if on negative
outlook).
Xxxxx’x Rating
Factor: For each Loan, the number set forth in the table below
opposite the Moody’s Default Probability Rating of such Loan or, in the event
Moody’s establishes additional ratings, such other numbers as may be assigned by
Moody’s and provided by the Borrower or Moody’s to the Facility
Agent:
Xxxxx’x
Rating
|
Xxxxx’x
Rating
Factor
|
Xxxxx’x
Rating
|
Xxxxx’x
Rating
Factor
|
|||
Aaa
|
1
|
Ba1
|
940
|
|||
Aa1
|
10
|
Ba2
|
1,350
|
|||
Aa2
|
20
|
Ba3
|
1,766
|
|||
Aa3
|
40
|
B1
|
2,220
|
|||
A1
|
70
|
B2
|
2,720
|
|||
A2
|
120
|
B3
|
3,490
|
|||
A3
|
180
|
Caa1
|
4,770
|
|||
Baal
|
260
|
Caa2
|
6,500
|
|||
Baa2
|
360
|
Caa3
|
8,070
|
|||
Baa3
|
610
|
Ca
or lower
|
10,000
|
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Moody’s Recovery
Rate: As of any Measurement Date, (i) with respect to any Loan
other than a Broadly Syndicated Loan, (A) the recovery rate specifically
assigned to such Loan by Moody’s, or (B) if no recovery rate shall have been so
assigned, (x) a rate determined in accordance with clause (ii)(b)
below if such Loan is a Rating Pending Loan with respect to Moody’s, and
otherwise (y) 0%, and (ii) with respect to a Broadly Syndicated Loan, the
recovery rate determined in accordance with the following, in the following
order of priority:
(a) If
such Loan has been specifically assigned a recovery rate by Moody’s, such
recovery rate;
(b) For
so long as such Loan is a Rating Pending Loan with respect to Moody’s, (i) if
such Loan is a First Lien Loan, the Moody’s Recovery Rate shall be deemed to be
45%, (ii) if such Loan is a Second Lien Loan, the Moody’s Recovery Rate shall be
deemed to be 30%, and (iii) in each other case, the Moody’s Recovery Rate shall
be deemed to be 15%;
(c) If
the Loan is a First Lien Loan or a Second Lien Loan, and no recovery rate is
determined pursuant to clause (a) or
(b) above, the
rate determined pursuant to the table below based on the number of rating
subcategories difference between the Xxxxx’x Rating and the Moody’s Default
Probability Rating for such Loan (for purposes of clarification, if the Xxxxx’x
Rating is higher than the Moody’s Default Probability Rating, the rating
subcategories difference will be positive and if it is lower,
negative):
Number
of Moody’s Ratings Subcategories Difference Between the Xxxxx’x Rating for
the Loan and the Moody’s Default Probability
Rating for such Loan
|
The
Moody’s Recovery Rate for First Lien Loans and Second Lien Loans
|
|
+2
or more
|
60%
|
|
+1
|
50%
|
|
0
|
45%
|
|
-1
|
40%
|
|
-2
|
30%
|
|
-3
or less
|
20%
|
(d) For
all other Loans that are loans not referred to in clause (b) or
(c) above, with
respect to which no recovery rate is determined pursuant to clause (a)
above, the rate determined pursuant to the table below based on the number of
rating subcategories difference between the Xxxxx’x Rating and the Moody’s
Default Probability Rating for such Loan or Bond (for purposes of clarification,
if the Xxxxx’x Rating is higher than the Moody’s Default Probability Rating, the
rating subcategories difference will be positive and if its lower,
negative):
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Number
of Moody’s Ratings Subcategories Difference Between the Xxxxx’x Rating for
the Loan or Bond and the Moody’s Default Probability Rating for such
Loan
|
The
Moody’s Recovery Rate for Other Loans or
Bonds
|
|
+2
or more
|
45%
|
|
+1
|
42.5%
|
|
0
|
40%
|
|
-1
|
30%
|
|
-2
|
15%
|
|
-3
or less
|
10%
|
Multiemployer
Plan: A “multiemployer plan” as defined in
Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA that is or was at any time during the current
year or the immediately preceding five years contributed to by the Borrower or
any ERISA Affiliate on behalf of its employees.
1940
Act: The Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended.
Net Portfolio Collateral
Balance: On any date of determination, an amount equal to (i)
the Collateral Value of all Eligible Loans (other than Excluded Loans), minus (ii) the Excess
Concentration Amount; provided that, with
respect to the determination of Collateral Value, the Outstanding Loan Balance
of any PIK Loan shall not include any principal amount of such PIK Loan
representing previously deferred or capitalized interest.
Net
Proceeds: means with respect to any Equity Issuance by a
Person, the aggregate amount of all cash and the fair market value of all other
property received by such Person in respect of such Equity Issuance net of
investment banking fees, legal fees, accountants’ fees, underwriting discounts
and commissions and other customary fees and expenses actually incurred by such
Person in connection with such Equity Issuance. In the case of shares
issued in a stock dividend or similar transaction, the Net Proceeds thereof
shall equal the current market value of the such shares at the time of such
issuance net of any expenses incurred in respect of such issuance.
Non-Cooperative
Jurisdiction: Any foreign country that has been designated as
non-cooperative with international anti-money laundering principles or
procedures by an intergovernmental group or organization, such as the Financial
Action Task Force on Money Laundering, of which the United States is a member
and with which designation the United States representative to the group or
organization continues to concur.
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Noteless Loan: A Loan
with respect to which the underlying Loan Documents (i) do not require the
Obligor to execute and deliver a promissory note to evidence the indebtedness
created under such Loan and (ii) do not permit any holder of the indebtedness
created under such Loan to affirmatively request a promissory note from the
related Obligor.
Notes: Defined
in Section 2.5(a).
Obligations: All
loans, advances, debts, liabilities and obligations for monetary amounts owing
by the Borrower to any Lender, Agent or other Secured Party or any of their
assigns, as the case may be, whether due or to become due, matured or unmatured,
liquidated or unliquidated, contingent or non-contingent, and all covenants and
duties regarding such amounts, of any kind or nature, present or future, arising
under or in respect of any of this Agreement, any other Transaction Document
delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, as
amended or supplemented from time to time, whether or not evidenced by any
separate note, agreement or other instrument. This term includes all
principal, interest (including interest that accrues after the commencement
against the Borrower of any action under the Bankruptcy Code), Breakage Costs,
fees, including any and all arrangement fees, loan fees, facility fees, and any
and all other fees, expenses, costs or other sums (including attorney costs)
chargeable to the Borrower under any of the Transaction Documents.
Obligor: With
respect to any Loan, the Person or Persons obligated to make payments pursuant
to such Loan, including any guarantor thereof. For purposes of calculating the
Excess Concentration Amount and Large Loan Concentration Limit, all Loans
included in the Collateral or to become part of the Collateral the Obligor of
which is an Affiliate of another Obligor shall be aggregated with all Loans of
such other Obligor.
Obligor Permitted
Liens: With respect to an Obligor and its Loan, the following
Liens:
(a) Liens for
taxes not yet due and payable or which are being contested in good faith and by
appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect
thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person in accordance with
GAAP;
(b) carriers’,
warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or other like Liens
arising in the ordinary course of business which are not overdue for a period of
more than 30 days or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate
proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are
maintained on the books of the applicable Person in accordance with
GAAP;
(c) pledges
and deposits in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers
compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation,
other than any Lien imposed by ERISA;
(d) deposits
to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts and leases (other than
Indebtedness), statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds
and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of
business;
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(e) easements,
rights-of-way, restrictions and other similar encumbrances affecting real
property which, in the aggregate, are not substantial in amount, and which do
not in any case materially detract from the value of the property subject
thereto or materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of the
applicable Person;
(f) Liens
securing judgments for the payment of money not constituting an event of default
under the terms of the applicable Loan;
(g) in the
case of a Second Lien Loan, the Lien of the senior loan or loans to which such
Second Lien Loan is subordinated; and
(h) in the
case of a subordinated Loan, the Lien or Liens of the senior loan or loans to
which such subordinated Loan is subordinated.
Officer’s
Certificate: A certificate signed by any officer of the
Borrower or the Servicer, as the case may be.
Opinion of
Counsel: A written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for
the Borrower or the Servicer, as the case may be, and who shall be reasonably
acceptable to the Facility Agent.
Optional Redemption
Event: Defined in Section 8.1(b).
Original Loan and Servicing
Agreement: Defined in the preamble to this
Agreement.
Originator: PCC.
Outstanding
Borrowings: On any date of determination, the aggregate
principal amount of Advances outstanding on such day, after giving effect to all
repayments of Advances and makings of new Advances on such day.
Outstanding Loan
Balance: With respect to any Loan as of any date of
determination, the outstanding principal balance thereof; provided that the
Outstanding Loan Balance of any Loan that has not been valued by the Approved
Valuation Agent shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this
definition. For the avoidance of doubt, the Outstanding Loan Balance
of a PIK Loan shall not include any principal amount of such PIK Loan
representing previously deferred or capitalized interest.
Overcollateralization
Ratio: As of any Measurement Date, the ratio (expressed as a
percentage) calculated by dividing (i) the Net Portfolio Collateral Balance on
such Measurement Date by (ii) the sum of (A) the Outstanding Borrowings minus
(B) the Account Amounts.
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Overcollateralization Ratio
Test: A test that is satisfied as of any Measurement Date, if
the Overcollateralization Ratio is at least equal to 212.8%. For
example, if Outstanding Borrowings equal $135,000,000 on a Measurement Date, and
assuming there is no Account Amounts, the Overcollateralization Ratio Test would
be satisfied on such Measurement Date if the Net Portfolio Collateral Balance
were equal to or greater than $287,243,043.
Participant: Defined
in Section 11.1(g).
Participation: An
interest in a Loan that is acquired indirectly by way of a participation from a
Selling Institution.
Paying
Agent: Defined in the preamble hereto.
Paying Agent
Fee: As defined in the Agents/Backup Servicer Fee
Letter.
Payment
Date: (i) The fifteenth (15th) day of
each calendar month prior to the occurrence of the Legal Final Maturity Date and
(ii) the Legal Final Maturity Date (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the
next succeeding Business Day).
PCC: Prospect
Capital Corporation, a Maryland corporation.
PCM: Prospect
Capital Management LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
Permitted
Investments: Any one or more of the following types of
investments:
(i) marketable
obligations of the United States, the full and timely payment of which are
backed by the full faith and credit of the United States and that have a
maturity of not more than 270 days from the date of acquisition;
(ii) marketable
obligations, the full and timely payment of which are directly and fully
guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the United States and that have a
maturity of not more than 270 days from the date of acquisition;
(iii) bankers’
acceptances and certificates of deposit and other interest-bearing obligations
(in each case having a maturity of not more than 270 days from the date of
acquisition) denominated in dollars and issued by any bank with capital, surplus
and undivided profits aggregating at least $100,000,000, the short-term
obligations of which are rated “A-1+” by S&P and “P-1” by
Xxxxx’x;
(iv) repurchase
obligations with a term of not more than ten days for underlying securities of
the types described in clauses (i),
(ii) and (iii) above entered
into with any bank of the type described in clause (iii)
above;
(v) commercial
paper (other than asset backed commercial paper) rated at least “A-1+” by
S&P and “P-1” by Xxxxx’x;
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(vi) investments
in money market funds (which may be managed by the Collateral Custodian or its
Affiliates) rated “AAAm” or “AAAm-G” by S&P and in the highest applicable
investment category by Xxxxx’x; and
(vii) demand
deposits, time deposits or certificates of deposit (having original maturities
of no more than 365 days) of depository institutions or trust companies
incorporated under the laws of the United States or any state thereof (or
domestic branches of any foreign bank) and subject to supervision and
examination by federal or state banking or depository institution authorities;
provided, however that at the
time such investment, or the commitment to make such investment, is entered
into, the short-term debt rating of such depository institution or trust company
shall be at least “A-1+” by S&P and “P-1” by Xxxxx’x;
provided
that (A) if such security is rated by S&P, such rating does not include the
subscript “f”, “p”, “pi”, “q”, “r” or “t”, (B) such security must mature not
later the Business Day before the next Payment Date, (C) such security may not
be an interest only security, a mortgage-backed security, a structured finance
security or a net interest margin security, (D) such security shall not have
been purchased for an amount exceeding the par value thereof, (E) such security
is not subject to substantial non-credit related risks, and (F) payments on such
security are not subject to any withholding taxes or similar deductions or
reductions. Permitted Investments may be purchased by or through the
Facility Agent or the Collateral Custodian or their respective
Affiliates.
Person: An
individual, partnership, corporation (including a statutory trust), limited
liability company, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, sole
proprietorship, joint venture, government (or any agency or political
subdivision thereof) or other entity.
PIK
Loan: A Loan to an Obligor, which provides that any portion of
the interest accrued for a specified period of time or until the maturity
thereof is, or at the option of the obligor may be, added to the principal
balance or otherwise deferred and accrued rather than being paid in cash, provided that any
such Loan shall not constitute a PIK Loan if it (i) is a Fixed Rate Loan and
requires payment of interest in cash on a current monthly or quarterly basis at
a rate of not less than 8% per annum or (ii) is not a Fixed Rate Loan and
requires payment of interest in cash on a current monthly or quarterly basis at
a rate of not less than 4% per annum in excess of the applicable rate
index. The principal balance of any PIK Loan will not include any
principal amount of such PIK Loan representing previously deferred or
capitalized interest.
Pre-Positioned
Loan: Any Borrowing Base Eligible Loan which will be funded at
the closing of such Loan and which is designated by the Borrower (or the
Servicer on the Borrower’s behalf) in writing to the Documentation Agent and the
Collateral Custodian as a “Pre-Positioned Loan”. Subject to the
foregoing, any Pre-Positioned Loan as to which each of the applicable
conditions, obligations, certifications and delivery requirements (as
applicable) shall have been satisfied (as confirmed in writing by the Servicer
to the Facility Agent and the Collateral Custodian) shall no longer constitute a
Pre-Positioned Loan for any purpose under this Agreement.
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Primary Loan
Documents: (a) With respect to any Loan (other than those
described in (b), (c) or (d) below), the following documents or
instruments:
(i) except
in the case of a Noteless Loan, Global Note Loan or a Participation, the
original or, in the case of a lost note accompanied by an affidavit and
indemnity, a copy of the executed Underlying Note, endorsed by the Borrower or
the prior holder of record either in blank or to the Facility Agent (and
evidencing an unbroken chain of endorsements from each prior holder thereof
evidenced in the chain of endorsements to the Facility Agent), with any
endorsement to the Facility Agent to be in the following form: “Coöperatieve
Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A., “Rabobank Nederland”, New York Branch,
as Facility Agent for the Secured Parties”;
(ii) in
the case of a Noteless Loan, a copy of the Loan Register with respect to such
Noteless Loan;
(iii) in
the case of a Participation, a copy of the related participation agreement;
and
(iv) originals
or copies of each of the following (each in fully executed form), to the extent
applicable to the related Loan: any related loan agreement, credit agreement,
note purchase agreement, security agreement, collateral assignment or similar
document, mortgage, deed of trust or similar instrument, subordination
agreement, intercreditor agreement or similar instruments or
guarantees;
(b) with
respect to any Loan which a party other than the Originator acts as lead agent
and collateral agent, the following documents or instruments:
(i) except
in the case of a Noteless Loan, Global Note Loan or a Participation, the
original or, in the case of a lost note accompanied by an affidavit and
indemnity, a copy of the executed Underlying Note, endorsed by the Borrower or
the prior holder of record either in blank or to the Facility Agent (and
evidencing an unbroken chain of endorsements from each prior holder thereof
evidenced in the chain of endorsements to the Facility Agent), with any
endorsement to the Facility Agent to be in the following form: “Coöperatieve
Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A., “Rabobank Nederland”, New York Branch,
as Facility Agent for the Secured Parties”;
(ii) in
the case of a Noteless Loan, a copy of the Loan Register with respect to such
Noteless Loan;
(iii) in
the case of a Participation, a copy of the related participation agreement;
and
(iv) copies
or electronic versions of each of the following (each in fully executed form),
to the extent applicable to the related Loan: any related loan agreement, credit
agreement, note purchase agreement, security agreement, collateral assignment or
similar document, mortgage, deed of trust or similar instrument, subordination
agreement, intercreditor agreement or similar instruments or
guarantees;
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(c) with
respect to a Broadly Syndicated Loan, the following documents or
instruments:
(i) except
in the case of a Noteless Loan, Global Note Loan or a Participation, the
original or, in the case of a lost note accompanied by an affidavit and
indemnity, a copy of the executed Underlying Note, endorsed by the Borrower or
the prior holder of record either in blank or to the Facility Agent (and
evidencing an unbroken chain of endorsements from each prior holder thereof
evidenced in the chain of endorsements to the Facility Agent), with any
endorsement to the Facility Agent to be in the following form: “Coöperatieve
Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A., “Rabobank Nederland”, New York Branch,
as Facility Agent for the Secured Parties”;
(ii) in
the case of a Participation, a copy of the related participation agreement;
and
(iii) copies
or electronic versions of each of the following (each in fully executed form),
to the extent applicable to the related Loan and to the extent the Originator or
the Borrower possesses the same or has reasonable access thereto, any related
loan agreement, credit agreement, note purchase agreement, security agreement,
collateral assignment or similar document, mortgage, deed of trust or similar
instrument, subordination agreement, intercreditor agreement or similar
instruments or guarantees; or
(d) with
respect to a Bond, the following documents or instruments:
(i) except
in the case of a Global Note Loan, the original or, in the case of a lost note
accompanied by an affidavit and indemnity, a copy of the executed Underlying
Note, endorsed by the Borrower or the prior holder of record either in blank or
to the Facility Agent (and evidencing an unbroken chain of endorsements from
each prior holder thereof evidenced in the chain of endorsements to the Facility
Agent), with any endorsement to the Facility Agent to be in the following form:
“Coöperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A., “Rabobank Nederland”, New
York Branch, as Facility Agent for the Secured Parties”;
(ii) in
the case of a Participation, a copy of the related participation
agreement;
(iii) a
copy of the final offering memorandum, prospectus or similar marketing document
for such Bond; and
(iv) copies
or electronic versions of each of the following (each in fully executed form),
to the extent applicable to the related Loan and to the extent the Originator or
the Borrower possesses the same or has reasonable access thereto, any related
indenture, loan agreement, credit agreement, note purchase agreement, security
agreement, collateral assignment or similar document, mortgage, deed of trust or
similar instrument, subordination agreement, intercreditor agreement or similar
instruments or guarantees.
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Prime
Rate: The rate announced by Rabobank from time to time as its
base rate in the United States, such rate to change as and when such designated
rate changes. The Prime Rate is not intended to be the lowest rate of
interest charged by Rabobank in connection with extensions of credit to
debtors.
Principal
Collections: Any and all Collections not constituting Interest
Collections.
Priority of
Payments: The priority of payments set forth in Section 2.8.
Proceeds: With
respect to any Collateral, whatever is receivable or received when such
Collateral is sold, collected, liquidated, foreclosed, exchanged, or otherwise
disposed of, whether such disposition is voluntary or involuntary, including all
rights to payment with respect to any insurance relating to such
Collateral.
Purchase
Agreement: The Amended and Restated Purchase and Sale
Agreement dated as of the date hereof, between the Originator and the
Borrower.
Purchase
Date: Defined in the Purchase Agreement.
Purchased Loan
Balance: As of any date of determination and any Transferred
Loan, the least of (i) the Outstanding Loan Balance of such Loan as of such
date, (ii) the Fair Market Value of such Loan, and (iii) the excess, if any, of
(A) the lesser of the Borrower’s purchase price for such Loan under the Purchase
Agreement or the purchase price for such Loan paid by the Originator over (B)
the aggregate Principal Collections applied to reduction of the Outstanding Loan
Balance of such Loan; provided that the
Purchased Loan Balance of a Defaulted Loan shall be deemed to be
zero.
Purchasing
Lenders: Defined in Section 11.1(c).
Qualified Agented
Loan: means a Loan which (I) (a) was originated as a part of a syndicated
loan transaction in accordance with the terms of the Management Manual, (b) the
applicable Loan Documents provide for a lead agent and, if such Loan is secured,
a collateral agent that in each case (i) is not an Affiliate of the Originator,
the Borrower or the related Obligor, (ii) is either (A) a bank or other
financial institution, the long-term unsecured senior debt of which is rated at
least “A3” by Xxxxx’x, (B) a bank or other financial institution having a
holding company that, as of the date of determination, had been listed among the
first 20 institutions by rank on the list of syndication agents and arrangers
(U.S. Agent Only Volume) in the Gold Sheets published by
Reuters Loan Pricing Corporation (or any successor to such list approved by the
Facility Agent) in any month within the past 12 months of such date of
determination or (C) has been consented to as agent with respect to such Loan by
the Facility Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), and (iii) in
each such capacity is agent for all lenders in such syndicated loan transaction
and receives payment directly from the Obligor thereof on behalf of such
lenders, (c) the right to control the actions of and replace the lead agent and,
if applicable, the collateral agent in such syndicated loan transaction is to be
exercised by at least a majority in interest of all lenders in such syndicated
loan transaction, (d) such Loan consists of 50% or less of the aggregate
principal amount of loans issued in such syndicated loan transaction of equal
priority with such Loan, and (e) there are in the aggregate, six or more lenders
(for which purposes Affiliates shall be treated as a single lender and a lender
and special purpose entities sponsored or administered by such lender shall be
treated as a single lender) providing loans in all tranches (inclusive of the
tranche which includes such Loan) of such syndicated loan transaction, or (II)
in the sole discretion of the Facility Agent and at the request of the Borrower,
shall be designated as a Qualified Agented Loan.
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Qualified
Institution: A depository institution or trust company
organized under the laws of the United States or any one of the States thereof
or the District of Columbia (or any domestic branch of a foreign bank), (i) that
has either a long-term unsecured debt rating of “A1” or better by Xxxxx’x or a
short-term unsecured debt rating or certificate of deposit rating of “P-1” or
better by Xxxxx’x, (ii) that has a short-term unsecured debt rating or
certificate of deposit rating of “A-1” or better by S&P or, if such entity
does not have a short-term unsecured debt rating or certificate of deposit
rating from S&P, has a long-term unsecured debt rating of “A+” or better by
S&P and (iii) whose deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation.
Qualified
Lender: A Person that is a “qualified purchaser” as defined in
Section 2(a)(51) of the 1940 Act, and the rules promulgated thereunder and
that is not: (a) a broker dealer which owns and invests on a discretionary basis
less than U.S.$25 million in securities of unaffiliated issuers; (b) a
participant-directed employee plan, such as a 401(k) plan, or a trust fund
holding the assets of such plan; (c) an entity formed, reformed or recapitalized
for the purpose of investing in the Notes and/or other securities of the
Borrower; (d) an investment company excepted from the 1940 Act pursuant to
Section 3(c)(1) or Section 3(c)(7) thereof (or a foreign investment
company under Section 7(d) thereof relying on Section 3(c)(1) or
3(c)(7) with respect to its beneficial owners that are U.S. persons), which was
formed on or before April 30, 1996, unless it has received the consent of
its beneficial owners who acquired their interests on or before April 30, 1996,
with respect to its treatment as a “qualified purchaser” in the manner required
by Section 2(a)(51)(C) of the 1940 Act and the rules promulgated
thereunder; (e) a (i) partnership; (ii) common trust fund; or (iii) special
trust, pension fund or profit sharing or retirement plan, or other entity, in
which the partners, beneficiaries, beneficial owners, participants or other
equity owners, as the case may be, may designate the particular investments to
be made, or the allocation thereof; or (f) an entity that has invested more than
40% of its assets in the Notes (or beneficial interests therein) and/or other
securities of the Borrower after giving effect to the purchase of the Notes (or
beneficial interests therein).
Quarterly
Report: Defined in Section 7.11(b).
Rabobank: Coöperatieve
Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A., “Rabobank Nederland”, New York Branch,
in its individual capacity.
Rated
Facility: The obligations of the Borrower to repay Advances
and to pay Interest and Facility Fees (other than Subordinate Interest and Fees)
in accordance with this Agreement.
Rating
Agency: Xxxxx’x.
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Rating
Condition: With respect to any action taken or to be taken
hereunder, a condition that is satisfied when the Rating Agency has confirmed in
writing to the Borrower and the Facility Agent that such action will not result
in the reduction of its rating of the Rated Facility or in a withdrawal of its
rating of the Rated Facility.
Rating Pending
Loan: In the case of Xxxxx’x, a Loan as to which the Servicer
shall have applied for a Xxxxx’x Credit Estimate and shall have provided to
Xxxxx’x all the information that is required to provide such a Xxxxx’x Credit
Estimate, provided such Loan
shall cease to be a Rating Pending Loan with respect to Xxxxx’x on the date on
which Xxxxx’x shall have provided, or declined to provide, such Xxxxx’x Credit
Estimate.
Records: With
respect to any Transferred Loans, all documents, books, records and other
information (including computer programs, tapes, disks, punch cards, data
processing software and related property and rights) maintained with respect to
any item of Collateral and the related Obligors, other than the Loan
Documents.
Recoveries: With
respect to any Defaulted Loan, proceeds of the sale of any Related Property,
proceeds of any related Insurance Policy, and any other recoveries with respect
to such Loan and Related Property, and amounts representing late fees and
penalties, net of Liquidation Expenses and amounts, if any, received that are
required to be refunded to the Obligor on such Loan.
Reference
Banks: Three banks in the London interbank market selected by
the Calculation Agent.
Register: Defined
in Section 11.1(e).
Regulatory
Change: Defined in Section 2.12(a).
Related
Property: With respect to a Loan, any property or other assets
of the Obligor thereunder pledged as collateral to the Originator to secure the
repayment of such Loan.
Release
Price: Defined in Section 7.7(d).
Reporting
Date: The date that is two (2) Business Days prior to each
Payment Date.
Repurchase
Price: For any Transferred Loan purchased by the Servicer
pursuant to Section 7.7, an
amount equal to the fair market value of such Transferred Loan, which fair
market value shall be on terms equivalent to those that could be obtained at
arm’s length with a Person not an Affiliate of the Borrower.
Repurchased
Collateral: Defined in Section
7.7(a).
Required Equity
Amount: At any time, an amount equal to the greater of (i) the
aggregate Outstanding Loan Balances of the eight largest Borrowing Base Eligible
Loans (based on Outstanding Loan Balances) included as part of Collateral, or
(ii) $150,000,000.
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Required Equity
Test: A test that is satisfied as of any Measurement Date if
the Unimpaired Equity Investment is at least equal to the Required Equity
Amount.
Required Facility
Rating: As of the Closing Date and as of any date of
determination thereafter, a rating of not less than “A2” by
Xxxxx’x.
Required
Lenders: At a particular time, (i) if at such time there are
fewer than four Lenders, all Lenders or (ii) if at such time there are four or
more Lenders, three or more Lenders with Commitments aggregating at least 66.7%
of the Facility Amount. For purposes of determining the number of
Lenders under this paragraph, Lenders which are Affiliates of each other or
which are members of the same Lender Group shall be deemed to be a single
Lender.
Required
Reports: Collectively, the Monthly Report, the Quarterly
Report the Servicer’s Certificate and the annual and quarterly financial
statements required to be delivered pursuant to Sections 7.11(d),
(e) or (f).
Responsible
Officer: As to the Borrower or PCC (in any capacity
hereunder), Xxxx Xxxxx, X. Xxxxx Xxxxxxx and Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx and, as to any
other Person, any officer of such Person with direct responsibility for the
administration of this Agreement, and also, in each case, with respect to a
particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of
such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular
subject. The Borrower and the Servicer may designate other
Responsible Officers from time to time by notice to the Facility
Agent.
Restatement Effective
Date: The date on which each of the conditions set forth in
Section 3.1
shall have been satisfied or waived in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement.
Revolving
Period: The period commencing on the Closing Date and ending
on the day immediately preceding the Termination Date. The Revolving
Period may not re-commence after the occurrence of the Termination Date (by
reason of a waiver of any related Termination Event or otherwise), except with
consent of the Borrower, the Facility Agent, the Servicer and each Lender and
satisfaction of the Rating Condition.
Risk Rating
Model: The Subservicer’s risk rating classification (as set
forth in the Management Manual).
Rolling Three-Month
Charged-Off Ratio: For any day, the rolling three period
average Charged-Off Ratio for the three immediately preceding Collection
Periods.
Rolling Three-Month Default
Ratio: For any day, the rolling three period average Default
Ratio for the three immediately preceding Collection Periods.
S&P: Standard
& Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc.,
and any successor thereto.
Scheduled Commitment
Termination Date: June 24, 2010 (or, if such day is not a
Business Day, the next preceding Business Day), or such later date to which the
Scheduled Commitment Termination Date may be extended by mutual agreement of the
Borrower, the Facility Agent, the Servicer and each Lender, subject to
satisfaction of the Rating Condition.
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Scheduled
Payment: On any Determination Date, with respect to any Loan,
each monthly payment (whether principal, interest or principal and interest)
scheduled to be made by the Obligor thereof after such Determination Date under
the terms of such Loan.
Second Lien
Loan: With respect to a Loan having a Xxxxx’x Credit
Estimate, a Loan which Xxxxx’x has classified as a second lien loan for purposes
of such Xxxxx’x Credit Estimate.
Secured
Party: Each Lender and each other Affected Party.
Securities
Custodian: U.S. Bank National Association, in its capacity as
Securities Custodian under the Custody Agreement.
Securities
Intermediary: The “securities intermediary,” as defined in the
applicable UCC, with respect to any Transaction Account and financial assets
therein.
Selling
Institution: An institution from which the Borrower acquires a
Participation.
Senior Secured
Loan: A Loan which (i) is not (and is not permitted by its
terms to become) subordinate in right of payment to any other obligation for
borrowed money of the Obligor of such Loan, (ii) is secured by a valid first
priority perfected security interest or lien in, to or on the assets of the
Obligor under such Loan (such assets to include the cash flow of the Obligor)
which security interest or lien is not subordinate to the security interest or
lien securing any other debt for borrowed money, and (iii) that the Servicer
determines in its sole discretion to have collateral (including the valuation of
the Obligor based upon cash flows) securing the Loan on or about the time of
origination; provided, that,
notwithstanding the foregoing, any right of payment pursuant to any of (x) any
obligation which is less than the greater of $1,000,000 or 10% of the
outstanding principal amount of such Loan, (y) a revolving credit facility for
working capital that is senior to such Loan and is collateralized by a valid
first priority perfected security interest in the accounts receivable or other
specific asset classes of the Obligor or (z) a hedging agreement between the
Obligor and a hedging counterparty provided to enhance the collateral securing
the Loan and the long-term cash flow of the Obligor shall be permitted hereunder
and shall not otherwise disqualify such Loan as a Senior Secured
Loan.
Senior Servicing
Fee: For each Payment Date, an amount equal to the sum of the
products, for each day during the related Collection Period, of (i) the
Outstanding Loan Balance of each Loan as of the preceding Determination Date,
(ii) the applicable Servicing Fee Rate, and (iii) a fraction, the numerator of
which is one and the denominator of which is 365 (or, with respect to a
Collection Period, or the portion thereof, which occurs in a leap year, 366
days).
Servicer: PCC
and its permitted successors and assigns as servicer hereunder.
Servicer
Advance: An advance of Scheduled Payments made by the Servicer
pursuant to Section 7.5. For
purposes of Section 2.8, a
Servicer Advance in respect of a Scheduled Payment of principal shall be applied
as a Principal Collection, and a Servicer Advance in respect of a Scheduled
Payment of interest or other amounts shall be applied as an Interest
Collection.
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Servicer Termination
Event: Defined in Section 7.18.
Servicer’s
Certificate: Defined in Section 7.11(c).
Servicing
Duties: Those duties of the Servicer which are enumerated in
Section 7.2.
Servicing
Fee: For each Payment Date, the Senior Servicing Fee and the
Subordinate Servicing Fee (if any) for such Payment Date.
Servicing Fee
Rate: A rate equal to 1.00% per annum in the case of the
Senior Servicing Fee and 1.00% per annum in the case of the Subordinate
Servicing Fee; provided that in the
case of any Successor Servicer which is not an Affiliate of the Originator, the
Servicing Fee Rate shall be a rate equal to 1.00% per annum in the case of the
Senior Servicing Fee and 0% in the case of the Subordinate Servicing
Fee.
Servicing
Records: All documents, books, records and other information
(including computer programs, tapes, disks, data processing software and related
property rights) prepared and maintained by the Servicer with respect to the
Transferred Loans and the related Obligors.
Structured Finance
Obligation: Any asset-backed security, collateralized debt
obligation, mortgage-backed security, commercial mortgage-backed security or
similar instrument, in each case, issued in order to securitize a pool of
financial assets (subject primarily to corporate credit risk) that constitute
the primary or sole collateral and source of payment for such securities or
investments, but shall exclude (for the avoidance of doubt) any collateral that
is secured by leases.
Structuring Agent Fee
Letter: The letter agreement between the Originator and
Rabobank in respect of, among other things, a structuring agent fee payable to
Rabobank in respect of the transactions provided by the Purchase Agreement and
this Agreement.
Subordinate Interest and
Fees: With respect to a Payment Date, the excess, if any of
(i) the aggregate amount of Interest and Facility Fees which are accrued and
unpaid through such Payment Date, over (ii) the Cap Amount for such Payment
Date. Subordinate Interest and Fees shall not be considered paid by
any distribution if at any time such distribution is rescinded or must otherwise
be returned for any reason.
Subordinate Servicing
Fee: For each Payment Date, an amount equal to the sum of the
products, for each day during the related Collection Period, of (i) the
Outstanding Loan Balance of each Loan as of the preceding Determination Date,
(ii) the applicable Servicing Fee Rate, and (iii) a fraction, the numerator of
which is one and the denominator of which is 365 (or, with respect to a
Collection Period, or the portion thereof, which occurs in a leap year, 366
days).
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Subservicer: PCM,
as adviser under the Advisory Agreement.
Successor
Servicer: Defined in Section 7.19(a).
Successor Servicer
Expenses: The out-of-pocket expenses of any Successor Servicer
that may be reimbursed pursuant to this Agreement or the Backup Servicing
Agreement.
Supplemental
Interests: With respect to any Transferred Loan, any equity
interests, warrants, options, purchase rights, overriding royalties or similar
rights issued to or acquired by the Originator or the Borrower in
connection with and secured by the same Related Property, payable under a
specified priority of payments and otherwise integrated with the terms of the
Transferred Loan; provided that, the
Gas Solutions Interest, to be transferred as required pursuant to Section 2.3 of
the Purchase Agreement, shall be deemed to be a Supplemental
Interest. For the avoidance of doubt, no amount shall be included in
the Net Portfolio Collateral Balance or the Borrowing Base in respect of
Supplemental Interests.
Support
Advances: With respect to a Conduit Lender, any loans,
drawings or other extensions of credit to or for the account of such Conduit
Lender or its Funding Source, or any purchases from such Conduit Lender or its
Funding Source, under any Support Facility to finance such Conduit Lender’s
making or maintaining its Advances hereunder.
Support
Facility: Any liquidity or credit support facility or
instrument (including any loan agreement, asset purchase agreement,
participation agreement, swap agreement, letter of credit or surety bond) to
which a Conduit Lender or its Funding Source is a party or under which it has
rights and under which such Conduit Lender or Funding Source may
receive financing for such Conduit Lender’s making or maintaining its Advances
hereunder.
Support
Provider: With respect to a Conduit Lender, any Liquidity
Provider and any other Person extending credit, or having a commitment to extend
credit to or for the account of, or to make purchases from, such Conduit Lender
or its Funding Source or issuing a letter of credit, surety bond, swap agreement
or other instrument to support any obligations arising under or in connection
with the commercial paper, variable funding or medium term note program of such
Conduit Lender or its Funding Source or any collateral agent under a security
agreement to which such Conduit Lender is a party.
Tangible Net Worth:
With respect to any Person, the total of stockholder’s equity of such Person
(determined in accordance with GAAP) after (i) subtracting therefrom the
aggregate amount of such Person’s intangible assets, including goodwill,
franchises, licenses, patents, trademarks, tradenames, copyrights and service
marks and (ii) subtracting such Person’s unrealized appreciation on investments,
or adding back such Person’s unrealized depreciation on investments, as the case
may be.
Tax Reserve
Account: Defined in Section 7.4(f)(i).
Taxes: Any
present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, assessments or fees
of any nature (including interest, penalties, and additions thereto) that are
imposed by any Government Authority.
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Termination
Date: The earliest to occur of (i) the date declared by the
Facility Agent or occurring automatically in each case in respect of the
occurrence of a Termination Event or Optional Redemption Event pursuant to Section 8.1 or
an Event of Default pursuant to Section 8.2,
(ii) a date selected by the Borrower upon at least 30 days’ prior written notice
to the Facility Agent, or (iii) the Scheduled Commitment Termination
Date.
Termination
Event: Defined in Section 8.1(a).
Termination
Notice: Defined in Section 7.18.
Transaction
Account: Each of the Collection Account, the Interest Reserve
Account, each Tax Reserve Account (if any) and the Custody Account.
Transaction
Documents: This Agreement, the Purchase Agreement, the Custody
Agreement, the Backup Servicing Agreement, each Account Control Agreement and
any additional document, letter, fee letter, certificate, opinion, agreement or
writing the execution of which is necessary or incidental to carrying out the
terms of the foregoing documents.
Transferred
Loans: Each Loan that is acquired by the Borrower under the
Purchase Agreement. Any Transferred Loan that is (i) repurchased or
reacquired by the Originator pursuant to the terms of Section 7.1 of
the Purchase Agreement, (ii) purchased by the Servicer pursuant to the terms of
Section 7.7 or
(iii) otherwise released from the lien of this Agreement pursuant to Section 6.3 or
7.7 shall not
be treated as a Transferred Loan for purposes of this Agreement, except as
otherwise provided in the definitions of “Charged-Off Ratio” and “Default Ratio”
contained herein.
Transition
Costs: The reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the
Backup Servicer in transitioning to Servicer; provided, however, that the
Facility Agent’s consent shall be required if such Transition Costs exceed
$50,000 in the aggregate.
UCC: The Uniform
Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the specified jurisdiction or,
if no jurisdiction is specified, the State of New York.
Underlying Note: With
respect to a Loan (other than a Noteless Loan or a Participation), the
promissory note of an Obligor evidencing such Loan.
Unimpaired Equity
Investment: As of any date of determination, the excess of
(i) the sum of (A) the Account Amounts and (B) the aggregate
Outstanding Loan Balances of all Borrowing Base Eligible Loans, over
(ii) the aggregate Outstanding Borrowings.
United
States: The United States of America.
Unmatured Termination
Event: An event that, with the giving of notice or lapse of
time, or both, would become a Termination Event.
Unreimbursed Servicer
Advances: At any time, the amount of all previous Servicer
Advances (or portions thereof) as to which the Servicer has not been reimbursed
as of such time in accordance with the Priority of Payments and that the
Servicer has determined in its sole discretion will not be recoverable from
Collections with respect to the related Transferred Loan.
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Unused
Commitment: On any date of determination with respect to a
Committed Lender, the excess, if any, of its Commitment over the aggregate
outstanding Advances funded by such Committed Lender (after giving effect to any
changes in such Commitment, any making or repayment of Advances and any
purchases of Advances by such Committed Lender from its related Conduit Lender
pursuant to Section 2.1(i)
on such date).
USBank: U.S.
Bank National Association, in its individual capacity. U.S. Bank National
Association
USA PATRIOT
Act: Means the Uniting and Strengthening America By Providing
Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of
2001.
Weighted Average
Coupon: As of any Measurement Date shall equal a fraction
(expressed as a percentage and rounded up to the next 0.001%) equal to the sum
of the weighted average coupons on the Collateral Values of all Eligible Loans,
other than any Excluded Loan or any Loan, or portion thereof which is then
included in the computation of Excess Concentration Amount, which are Fixed Rate
Loans determined by (i) multiplying the Collateral Value of each such Fixed Rate
Loan by the current cash-pay per annum rate at which it pays interest, (ii)
summing the amounts determined pursuant to clause (i) for
all such Eligible Loans, and (iii) dividing such sum by the aggregate Collateral
Values of all such Eligible Loans, provided that if the
rate on any such Eligible Loan is variable, the lowest rate applicable to such
Eligible Loan shall be used in making such calculation.
Weighted Average
Life: At any date of determination, the number obtained by (i)
summing the products obtained by multiplying the number of months from and
including the month in which such date of determination falls to but excluding
the month when each periodic scheduled principal payment is to be received under
each Eligible Loan by the amount of each such payment, and (ii) dividing the sum
total by the total amount of all principal payments to be received under all
Eligible Loans. Principal payments under any Eligible Loan used for
the purposes of this calculation shall be reduced proportionately to the amount
of any reduction in the Collateral Value of such Eligible Loan as a result of
the inclusion of any portion thereof in the computation of Excess Concentration
Amount or such Loan being an Excluded Loan.
Weighted Average Xxxxx’x
Rating Factor: On any Measurement Date, the number obtained by
dividing (i) the summation of the series of products obtained for the Collateral
Value of each Eligible Loan, other than any Excluded Loan or any Loan, or
portion thereof, which is then included in the computation of the Excess
Concentration Amount, by multiplying the Collateral Value of each such Loan on
such Measurement Date by its respective Xxxxx’x Rating Factor on such
Measurement Date by (ii) the aggregate Collateral Values of all Eligible Loans
on such Measurement Date and rounding the result up to the nearest whole
number.
Weighted Average Moody’s
Recovery Rate; At any Measurement Date, a ratio (expressed as
a percentage and rounded up to the nearest tenth of a percent) obtained by
summing the products obtained by multiplying the
Collateral Value of each Eligible Loan, other than any Excluded Loan or any
Loan, or the portion thereof, which is then included in the computation of the
Excess Concentration Amount, by its applicable Xxxxx’x Recovery Rate, dividing such sum by
the aggregate Collateral Values of all such Loans, multiplying the
result by 100 and rounding up to the first decimal place. For purposes of
determining the Weighted Average Moody’s Recovery Rate, the Collateral Value of
a Defaulted Loan shall be deemed to be zero.
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Weighted Average
Spread: As of any Measurement Date shall equal a fraction
(expressed as a percentage and rounded up to the next 0.001%) equal to the sum
of the weighted average spread on the Collateral Value of all Eligible Loans,
other than any Excluded Loan or any Loan, or portion thereof, which is then
included in the computation of the Excess Concentration Amount, that are not
Fixed Rate Loans, determined by (i) multiplying the Collateral Value of each
such Loan by the cash-pay per annum spread over the applicable LIBOR (with
respect to Loans that do not bear interest based upon LIBOR, the spread shall be
deemed to be the all-in rate minus the LIBO Rate in effect on such Measurement
Date) and (ii) summing the amounts determined pursuant to clause (i) for
all such Eligible Loans, and (iii) dividing such sum by the aggregate Collateral
Values of all such Eligible Loans, provided that if the
spread on any Eligible Loan is variable, the lowest spread applicable to such
Eligible Loan shall be used in making such calculation.