AMENDMENT NO. 14 TO TRANSFER AND ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT
Exhibit
10(o)(xv)
AMENDMENT NO. 14 TO TRANSFER AND ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT
AMENDMENT NO. 14 TO TRANSFER AND ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT, dated as of October 31, 2006 (this
“Amendment”), to that certain Transfer and Administration Agreement dated as of March 21,
2001, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Transfer and Administration Agreement dated as of November
30, 2001, Amendment No. 2 to Transfer and Administration Agreement dated as of December 14, 2001,
Amendment No. 3 to Transfer and Administration Agreement dated as of March 20, 2002, Amendment No.
4 to Transfer and Administration Agreement dated as of March 29, 2002, Amendment No. 5 to Transfer
and Administration Agreement dated as of May 22, 2002, Amendment No. 6 and Limited Waiver to
Transfer and Administration Agreement dated as of September 27, 2002, Amendment No. 7 to Transfer
and Administration Agreement dated as of February 19, 2003, Amendment No. 8 to Transfer and
Administration Agreement dated as of April 14, 2003, Amendment No. 9 to Transfer and Administration
Agreement dated as of August 13, 2003, Amendment No. 10 to Transfer and Administration Agreement
dated as of February 18, 2004, Amendment No. 11 to Transfer and Administration Agreement dated as
of August 13, 2004, Amendment No. 12 to Transfer and Administration Agreement dated as of February
14, 2005 and Amendment No. 13 to Transfer and Administration Agreement dated as of February 13,
2006 (as so amended and in effect, the “TAA”), by and among Arrow Electronics Funding
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “SPV”), Arrow Electronics, Inc., a New York
corporation, individually (“Arrow”) and as the initial Master Servicer, the several
commercial paper conduits identified on Schedule A to the TAA and their respective permitted
successors and assigns (the “Conduit Investors”; each individually, a “Conduit
Investor”), the agent bank set forth opposite the name of each Conduit Investor on such
Schedule A and its permitted successors and assigns (each a “Funding Agent”) with respect
to such Conduit Investor, and Bank of America, National Association, a national banking
association, as the administrative agent for the Investors (the “Administrative Agent”),
and the financial institutions from time to time parties thereto as Alternate Investors.
Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to such terms in
the TAA.
PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS:
WHEREAS, the SPV, Arrow, the Conduit Investors, the Funding Agents, the Alternate Investors
and the Administrative Agent have entered into the TAA;
WHEREAS, the SPV and Arrow have requested that the Conduit Investors, the Funding Agents, the
Alternate Investors and the Administrative Agent agree to make certain changes and amendments to
the TAA; and
WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Conduit Investors, the
Alternate Investors, the Funding Agents and the Administrative Agent are willing to make such
changes and amendments to the TAA.
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NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto
hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Amendments to the TAA. Effective as of the date hereof and subject to the
satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 4 hereof, the TAA is hereby amended
as follows:
Section 1.1. Section 1.1 is amended by amending and restating the definition of “Receivable,”
such definition to read in its entirety as follows:
“Receivable” means any indebtedness and other obligations owed by any
Obligor to HP, in the case of HP Purchased Receivables, or an Originator (without
giving effect to any transfer under the First Tier Agreement or any Originator Sale
Agreement or the HP Receivables Purchase Agreement) under a Contract or any right of
the SPV to payment from or on behalf of an Obligor, whether constituting an account,
chattel paper, instrument or general intangible, (i) arising in connection with the
sale or lease of goods or the rendering of services in the ordinary course of
business by such Originator or HP, and includes the obligation to pay any finance
charges, fees and other charges with respect thereto,(ii) denominated in Dollars and
payable only in the United States or Canada, (iii) the Obligors of which are United
States or Canadian residents and are not an Official Body, (iv) which are not
Gates/Synnex Receivables, (v) which are not Receivables owed by SPX Corp., by Actron
Manufacturing Company (a subsidiary of SPX Corp.) or any success thereto; and (vi)
which are not Jabil/Xxxxxx XX Receivables.
Section 1.2. Section 1.1 is amended to add the following defined term:
“Jabil/Xxxxxx XX Receivable” means all indebtedness and other
obligations, whether constituting accounts, chattel paper, instruments or general
intangibles, which are due and payable by Jabil Circuit Inc. and are generated and
maintained in the Originator’s entering branch “WJ” and with respect to which
payments are not made to or deposited in the Collection Account.
Section 1.3. Section 6.1 is amended by adding the following clause (r) at the end of such
section:
(r) Jabil/Xxxxxx XX Receivables. Neither the SPV or the Master
Servicer shall change, modify or amend, or consent to any change, modification or
amendment by the Originator, of the manner in which Jabil/Xxxxxx XX Receivables are
identified in their respective accounts receivable reporting systems.
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SECTION 2. Waiver. The Administrative Agent, the Funding Agents, each Conduit
Investor and each Alternate Investor by execution of this Amendment agree to waive the Termination
Event under Section 8.1(f) of the TAA and a Master Servicer Default under Section
7.5(a)(ii) of the TAA occurring as a result of a failure to deliver a Master Servicer Report
under Section 2.8(i) of the TAA for the week ending September 1, 2006.
SECTION 3. Representations and Warranties of the SPV and Arrow. To induce the Conduit
Investors, Alternate Investors, the Funding Agents and the Administrative Agent to enter into this
Amendment, the SPV and Arrow each makes the following representations and warranties (which
representations and warranties shall survive the execution and delivery of this Amendment) as of
the date hereof, after giving effect to the amendments set forth herein:
Section 3.1. Authority. The SPV and Arrow each has the requisite corporate power,
authority and legal right to execute and deliver this Amendment and to perform its obligations
hereunder and under the Transaction Documents, including the TAA (as modified hereby). The
execution, delivery and performance by the SPV and Arrow of this Amendment and their performance of
the Transaction Documents, including the TAA (as modified hereby), have been duly approved by all
necessary corporate action and no other corporate proceedings are necessary to consummate such
transactions.
Section 3.2. Enforceability. This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by
the SPV and Arrow. This Amendment is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the SPV and Arrow,
enforceable against the SPV and Arrow in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the rights of creditors
generally and the application of general principles of equity (regardless of whether considered in
a proceeding at law or in equity). The making and delivery of this Amendment and the performance
of the Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, do not violate any provision of law or any
regulation (except to the extent that the violation thereof could not, in the aggregate, be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or a material adverse effect on the condition (financial
or otherwise), business or properties of Arrow and the other Originators, taken as a whole), or its
charter or by-laws, or result in the breach of or constitute a default under or require any consent
under any indenture or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any
of its properties may be bound or affected.
Section 3.3. Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties
contained in the Transaction Documents are true and correct on and as of the date hereof as though
made on and as of the date hereof after giving effect to this Amendment.
Section 3.4. No Termination Event. After giving effect to this Amendment, no event
has occurred and is continuing that constitutes a Termination Event or a Potential Termination
Event.
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SECTION 4. Conditions Precedent. This Amendment shall become effective, as of the
date hereof, on the date on which the following conditions precedent shall have been fulfilled:
Section 4.1. This Amendment. The Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts
of this Amendment, duly executed by each of the parties hereto.
Section 4.2. Additional Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received all
additional approvals, certificates, documents, instruments and items of information as the
Administrative Agent may reasonably request and all of the foregoing shall be in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and each Funding Agent.
SECTION 5. References to and Effect on the Transaction Documents.
Section 5.1. Except as specifically amended and modified hereby, each Transaction Document is
and shall continue to be in full force and effect and is hereby in all respects ratified and
confirmed.
Section 5.2. The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not operate as
a waiver of any right, power or remedy of any Investor, Funding Agent or the Administrative Agent
under any Transaction Document, nor constitute a waiver, amendment or modification of any provision
of any Transaction Document, except as expressly provided in Sections 1 and 2 hereof.
Section 5.3. This Amendment 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.
Section 5.4. Each reference in the TAA to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof” or words of
like import, and each reference in any other Transaction Document to “the Transfer and
Administration Agreement”, “thereunder”, “thereof” or words of like import, referring to the
Agreement, shall mean and be a reference to the Agreement as amended hereby.
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SECTION 6. Execution in Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of
counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so
executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall
constitute but one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page
to this Amendment by telefacsimile shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed
counterpart of this Amendment.
SECTION 7. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECTION 8. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY WAIVES ANY RIGHT
TO HAVE A JURY PARTICIPATE IN RESOLVING ANY DISPUTE, WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR
OTHERWISE, AMONG ANY OF THEM ARISING OUT OF, CONNECTED WITH, RELATING TO OR INCIDENTAL TO THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THEM IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AMENDMENT OR ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed by their
respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above written.
Arrow Electronics Funding Corporation, as SPV |
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By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxx Xxxxx | |||
Title: | President | |||
Arrow Electronics, Inc., individually and as Master Servicer |
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By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxx Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President & Treasurer | |||
Kitty Hawk Funding Corporation, as a Conduit Investor |
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By: | /s/ Xxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President | |||
Bank of America, National Association, as a Funding Agent, as Administrative Agent, and as an Alternate Investor |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President | |||
Signature Page to
Amendment No. 14 to
Arrow Electronics
Transfer and Administration Agreement
Amendment No. 14 to
Arrow Electronics
Transfer and Administration Agreement
Park Avenue Receivables Company LLC, | ||||
as a Conduit Investor | ||||
By: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (formerly known as JPMorgan Chase Bank), its attorney-in-fact | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Name: Xxxx Xxxxxx | ||||
Title: Vice President | ||||
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., | ||||
(formerly known as JPMorgan Chase Bank) as a Funding Agent and as an Alternate Investor | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Name: Xxxx Xxxxxx | ||||
Title: Vice President |
Signature Page to
Amendment No. 14 to
Arrow Electronics
Transfer and Administration Agreement
Amendment No. 14 to
Arrow Electronics
Transfer and Administration Agreement
Alpine Securitization Corp., | ||||||
as a Conduit Investor | ||||||
By: Credit Suisse, New York Branch, its attorney-in-fact |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx | |||||
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxx | ||||||
Title: Director | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxx | |||||
Name: Xxxx Xxxx | ||||||
Title: Director |
Credit Suisse, New York Branch | ||||
as a Funding Agent and as an Alternate Investor | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |||
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | ||||
Title: Director | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx | ||||
Title: Director |
Signature Page to
Amendment No. 14 to
Arrow Electronics
Transfer and Administration Agreement
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Arrow Electronics
Transfer and Administration Agreement
Liberty Street Funding Corp., as a Conduit Investor |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President | |||
The Bank of Nova Scotia, as a Funding Agent and as an Alternate Investor |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Last | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx Last | |||
Title: | Managing Director | |||
Signature Page to
Amendment No. 14 to
Arrow Electronics
Transfer and Administration Agreement
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Arrow Electronics
Transfer and Administration Agreement
Gotham Funding Corporation, as a Conduit Investor |
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By: | /s/ R. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | |||
Name: | R. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Treasurer | |||
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., New York Branch, (formerly known as The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd., New York Branch) as a Funding Agent |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President | |||
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., New York Branch , (formerly known as The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd., New York Branch) as an Alternate Investor |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxxxxx X. XxXxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxxxxxx X. XxXxxxx | |||
Title: | Authorized Signatory | |||
Signature Page to
Amendment No. 14 to
Arrow Electronics
Transfer and Administration Agreement
Amendment No. 14 to
Arrow Electronics
Transfer and Administration Agreement
Old Line Funding, LLC, | ||||||
as a Conduit Investor | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||||
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | ||||||
Title: Authorized Signatory |
Royal Bank of Canada | ||||
as a Funding Agent and as an Alternate Investor | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |||
Name: Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | ||||
Title: Authorized Signatory |
Signature Page to
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Arrow Electronics
Transfer and Administration Agreement
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Arrow Electronics
Transfer and Administration Agreement
Variable Funding Capital Company Llc | ||||
as a Conduit Investor | ||||
By: Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, as attorney-in-fact | ||||
By: /s | / Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xx. | |||
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xx. | ||||
Title: Vice President | ||||
Wachovia Bank, National Association, | ||||
as a Funding Agent and as an Alternate Investor | ||||
By: /s | / Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |||
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | ||||
Title: Vice President |
Signature Page to
Amendment No. 14 to
Arrow Electronics
Transfer and Administration Agreement
Amendment No. 14 to
Arrow Electronics
Transfer and Administration Agreement