EXHIBIT 10.3
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CREDIT AGREEMENT
By and Between
NCOP Lakes, Inc.
as Borrower
and
CFSC CAPITAL CORP. XXXIV
as Lender
Dated as of August 19, 2002
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CREDIT AGREEMENT
This Credit Agreement (this "Agreement") is made as of August
19, 2002, by and between NCOP Lakes, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the "Borrower")
and CFSC CAPITAL CORP. XXXIV, a Delaware corporation (the "Lender").
Recitals
WHEREAS, the Borrower may from time to time wish to purchase a
pool or pools of assets, which assets include consumer finance receivables.
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Lender consider
making loans to the Borrower from time to time to finance a portion of the
purchase price to be paid by the Borrower for such pools of accounts.
WHEREAS, the Lender has agreed to consider making such
financing available to the Borrower pursuant to the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the
mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth, the Lender and the
Borrower hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
Section 1.1 Definitions. For all purposes of this Agreement,
except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) the terms defined in the preamble hereto have the meanings
therein assigned to them;
(b) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings
assigned to them in this Article, and include the plural as well as the
singular;
(c) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings assigned to them in accordance with GAAP; and
(d) all accounting terms, unless otherwise specified, shall be
deemed to refer to Persons and their subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis in accordance with GAAP.
"Accepted Borrowing Request" shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 2.1(b).
"Account" means an obligation of an Obligor to pay money,
whether under a consumer finance receivable, open account balance, installment
sales or payment agreement, deferred payment contract or any other arrangement
whatsoever, or a check, as set forth and described in a Purchase Agreement, and
all unpaid balances due from the Obligors with respect to such obligations,
together with all documents evidencing such Obligors' agreement to make payment
of such unpaid balances, including without limitation each agreement, and each
promissory note, loan agreement, receivable, chattel paper, check, instrument,
payment agreement, contract, installment sales agreement or other obligation or
promise to pay of an Obligor, all as described and referred to in a Purchase
Agreement.
"Adequate Security" means security acceptable to the Lender in
the exercise of its reasonable discretion in light of all circumstances in
connection with the tender of such security, whether in the nature of payment,
documentation, indemnity or a combination thereof.
"Affiliated Party" means a Person which is (a) related (by
blood or marriage) to, controlling or controlled by, or under common control
with, or common ownership of, the Borrower, the Servicer or the Parent or (b)
any member or equity holder of the Borrower, the Servicer or the Parent which
holds fifty percent (50%) or more of the membership or other equity interests in
the Borrower, the Servicer or the Parent; provided, however, an Excluded
Affiliate shall not be deemed an "Affiliated Party".
"Agreement" means this Credit Agreement and all exhibits,
amendments and supplements hereto.
"Asset" shall mean, with respect to an Asset Pool, each
Account and any property or other right obtained by the Borrower in connection
with collection of any such Account or in substitution therefor, all of which
constituting a part of the Asset Pool into which such Account was initially
delivered.
"Asset Pool" shall mean all Accounts and other Assets
described in a Borrowing Request or an Accepted Borrowing Request, as the
context may require, together with (a) each and every Asset obtained in
replacement or satisfaction of or substitution for, any such Account so
purchased, (b) each and every item of property obtained by the Borrower as a
result of its collection activities with respect to any such Account, (c) each
and every item of collateral or security, including all security interests,
liens, guarantees and other interests securing payment of any Account, and all
other rights and interests of the Borrower with respect to each Account, (d)
each judgment rendered against an Obligor in respect of an Account, together
with all lien rights related thereto, (e) Asset Pool Proceeds derived from or
paid or payable with respect thereto, together with any and all earnings thereon
and (f) each and every other right, claim and interest associated therewith.
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"Asset Pool Equity Contribution" shall mean, with respect to
each Asset Pool (or the applicable portion of an Asset Pool in connection with a
Forward Flow Purchase Agreement), that portion of the Total Cost of an Asset
Pool (or the applicable portion of an Asset Pool in connection with a Forward
Flow Purchase Agreement) not funded with proceeds of a Loan, which, unless
otherwise approved by the Lender in an Approved Borrowing Request, shall be ten
percent (10%) of such Total Cost.
"Asset Pool Proceeds" shall mean, with respect to an Asset
Pool, any and all payments, revenues, income, receipts, collections, recoveries
and other proceeds or assets received with respect to such Asset Pool, including
(without limitation) (a) payments of principal, interest, fees, late charges,
insufficient funds charges, guaranty payments and any interest thereon, credit
insurance payments and other cash receipts on account of any Asset in such Asset
Pool, (b) interest on the Collateral Account or any other account created in
connection herewith, (c) legal fees, credit insurance costs, guaranty fees and
other amounts recovered on account of any Asset in such Asset Pool, to the
extent the obligation giving rise thereto has previously been paid or is
otherwise not due and payable with any such receipts and (d) settlements,
compromises, liquidations, foreclosure proceeds, dispositions, sales, transfers
or other proceeds, whether cash or otherwise, received as a result of or in any
way in connection with collection activities related to any Asset or in
connection with the sale, transfer or disposition of any Asset constituting a
part of such Asset Pool and (e) payments, fees, rebates, refunds, commissions,
kickbacks, rakeoffs, discounts, deductions, whether cash or otherwise, received
by Borrower, or any Affiliated Party, as a result of or in any way in connection
with collection activities related to any Asset or in connection with the sale,
disposition or transfer of any Asset constituting a part of such Asset Pool.
"Asset Pool Seller" shall mean, with respect to an Asset Pool,
the party described in a Borrowing Request which has agreed to sell a specified
Asset Pool to the Borrower pursuant to the terms and conditions of a Purchase
Agreement; provided, that, in connection with an assignment of a Purchase
Agreement to the Borrower from the Parent or a Purchase Affiliate, as
applicable, in connection with Section 2.1(g) hereof, the Asset Pool Seller
shall be deemed to be the Person (who shall not be an Affiliated Party)
initially selling such Asset Pool to the Parent or Purchase Affiliate, as
applicable.
"Asset Pool Shortfall Amount" shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 2.9.
"Base Rate" shall mean the rate of interest published from
time to time as the "prime rate" in The Wall Street Journal under the heading
"Money Rates", with each change in the base rate becoming effective on the
corresponding day any change in such "prime rate" is so published; provided,
however, that (i) if more that one such "prime rate" is published therein, the
base rate shall be the highest such rate and (ii) if the "prime rate" is no
longer published therein, the base rate shall be a substantially comparable
index selected by the Lender in its reasonable discretion.
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"Borrower" shall have the meaning specified in the preamble.
"Borrowing Date" shall have the meaning specified in Section
2.1(d).
"Borrowing Request" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.1(a).
"Business Day" shall mean any day other than (a) a Saturday or
Sunday and (b) a day on which banking institutions in the States of Minnesota,
Nevada and Pennsylvania are authorized or obligated by law, executive order or
governmental decree to be closed.
"Change of Control" shall mean:
(a) any event, circumstance or occurrence that results in (i)
the Parent holding and owning, directly or indirectly, less than one
hundred percent (100%) of the issued and outstanding equity interests
in the Borrower, free and clear of all liens, security interests and
other encumbrances; or (ii) NCO Group, Inc. holding and owning less
than fifty percent (50%) of the issued and outstanding equity interests
in either the Borrower or the Servicer, free and clear of all liens,
security interests and other encumbrances;
(b) the filing of a petition under the United States
Bankruptcy Code naming the Borrower or the Parent as debtor; or
(c) Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx shall no longer be President and Chief
Executive Officer of the Parent.
"Collateral Account" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.7.
"Collateral Account Agreement" shall mean the Collateral
Account Agreement by and among the Borrower, the Servicer, the Lender and the
Collateral Agent as to the deposit of Asset Pool Proceeds to one or more
Collateral Accounts.
"Collateral Agent" shall initially mean Citizens Bank, N.A.
and if thereafter replaced, shall mean any replacement or permitted successor or
assignee thereof pursuant to the Collateral Account Agreement.
"Collection Period" shall mean, with respect to an Asset Pool,
a period commencing on the initial Borrowing Date for such Asset Pool and
continuing through and including Sunday of that week and thereafter each period
commencing on Monday of each week and continuing through the following Sunday
(unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Lender and the Borrower) until all
Assets constituting a part of such Asset Pool have been collected, sold,
abandoned or otherwise disposed of to the satisfaction of the Borrower and the
Lender.
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"Contingent Payment" shall mean, with respect to each Asset
Pool, a payment in an amount equal to the amount determined by multiplying the
Contingent Payment Percentage and the amount of all remaining Asset Pool
Proceeds generated from Assets in such Asset Pool after the payments
contemplated in Section 2.8(a) through (i) have been made with respect to such
Asset Pool.
"Contingent Payment Percentage" shall mean, with respect to
each Asset Pool, forty percent (40%).
"Default" shall mean an event that, with giving of notice or
passage of the grace period (if any) or both, would constitute an Event of
Default.
"Default Rate" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.3(b).
"Distribution Date" shall mean, with respect to an Asset Pool,
Wednesday of each week (unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Lender and the
Borrower) commencing on the first such specified day following a Borrowing Date
and continuing thereafter until all Assets constituting a part of such Asset
Pool have been collected, sold, abandoned or otherwise disposed of to the
satisfaction of the Borrower and the Lender; provided, however, that if on the
last day of any Collection Period Asset Pool Proceeds then on deposit in the
Collateral Account are less than $20,000 the Wednesday following such Collection
Period shall not constitute a Distribution Date hereunder unless such Wednesday
is the last Wednesday of the month, in which event such Wednesday shall
constitute a Distribution Date hereunder regardless of the amount of Asset Pool
Proceeds then on deposit in the Collateral Account.
"Distribution Report" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.7.
"ERISA" shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
of 1974, as amended.
"Event of Default" shall have the meaning specified in Section
8.1.
"Excluded Party" means (a) Inovision-Medclr-NCOP-F, L.L.C.;
(b) Inovision-Medclr-NCOP-NF, LLC; (c) Inovision-Medclr-NCOP Ventures, LLC; (d)
Inovision-Medclr Portfolio Group, LLC.; (e) NCOP/Xxxxxx, Inc.; and (f) any other
joint venture by NCO Group, Inc. and Xxxxxx, Inc.
"Exclusivity Agreement" means that certain letter agreement of
even date herewith among the Lender, the Borrower, the Servicer, and certain
other related parties as therein described, as to the Lender's exclusive right
to finance Assets acquired by such parties and other Affiliated Parties as
described therein.
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"Facility Termination Date" shall mean (i) the date upon which
the Borrower has completed full performance of the Obligations, or (ii) after
the occurrence of an Event of Default, the date so declared by the Lender after
the Lender has fully exercised all of its rights and remedies hereunder.
"Floating Rate" shall mean, with respect to a Loan, an annual
rate of interest equal to the Base Rate plus three and one quarter percent
(3.25%).
"Forward Flow Purchase Agreement" shall have the meaning
specified in Section 2.1(c).
"Funding Termination Date" shall mean (i) the earlier of (a)
August __, 2006, or (b) the date the Lender demands payment of the Obligations
pursuant to Section 8.2, or (ii) the date upon which a Change of Control is
effective, upon written declaration of the Lender to the Borrower that it will
no longer consider Borrowing Requests, or (iii) the date upon which the Lender
delivers a written declaration to the Borrower that it will no longer consider
Borrowing Requests pursuant to Section 8.2.
"GAAP" shall mean generally accepted accounting principles.
"Indemnitees" shall have the meaning specified in Section 9.6.
"Lender" shall have the meaning specified in the preamble.
"Lender Affiliate" shall mean any Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or common control with
the Lender, or any Person that has purchased undivided participating interests
in a Note pursuant to a participation interest sale agreement. For purposes of
this definition, "control" when used with respect to any specified Person, means
ownership of a majority of the voting ownership interests of the Person
controlled.
"Loan" shall mean, with respect to an Asset Pool, the loan
made by the Lender to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1.
"Loan Collateral" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3.1.
"Loan Costs" shall mean those out-of-pocket payments, costs
and expenses paid or incurred by the Lender pursuant to Section 9.5.
"Loan Documents" shall mean this Agreement, the Security
Agreement, the Collateral Account Agreement, the Servicing Agreement, the
Exclusivity Agreement, and, as and when issued, each Note and any other
instrument, document or agreement entered into by the Borrower or the Servicer
for the benefit of the Lender to evidence or secure any Loan, in each case as
amended, supplemented or modified with the consent of the Lender from time to
time.
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"Loan Maturity Date" shall mean, with respect to a Loan, (i)
the final maturity date specified in the Note evidencing the Borrower's
obligation to repay such Loan, which shall be twenty-four (24) months after the
initial funding date of such Loan or, (ii) in the event of a Loan related to a
Forward Flow Purchase Agreement, the final maturity date specified in the Note
evidencing the Borrower's obligation to repay such Loan, which shall be the sum
of (a) twenty-four (24) months after the initial funding date of such Loan and
(b) one-half of the commitment period under such Forward Flow Purchase
Agreement, in no event, however, to exceed thirty (30) months.
"Note" shall mean, with respect to an Asset Pool, the
promissory note of the Borrower payable to the order of the Lender, as described
in Section 2.2, evidencing a Loan made by the Lender with respect to such Asset
Pool pursuant to Section 2.1, including all replacements, extensions,
restatements and substitutions therefor.
"Obligations" shall mean (i) all advances made under this
Agreement, whether or not evidenced by a Note, (ii) all indebtedness evidenced
by each Note, including interest thereon and any extensions, renewals or
replacements thereof, (iii) any Contingent Payments and (iv) each and every
other debt, liability and obligation of every type and description which the
Borrower may now or at any time hereafter owe to the Lender pursuant to this
Agreement or any other Loan Document, whether such debt, liability or obligation
now exists or is hereafter created or incurred and whether it is or may be
direct or indirect, due or to become due, absolute or contingent, primary or
secondary, liquidated or unliquidated, or sole, joint, several or joint and
several.
"Obligor" shall mean the customer, obligor, maker, borrower or
other party primarily obligated to pay an Account.
"Parent" shall mean NCO Portfolio Management, Inc., a Delaware
corporation.
"Permitted Lien" shall mean
(i) a lien for a tax, assessment or other governmental charge
not yet due and payable, or which is being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings, which, during the pendency thereof prevents
(a) the collection of, or realization on the lien, tax, assessment or
other governmental charge so contested, (b) the sale, forfeiture or
loss of any Asset or any part thereof, and (c) any interference with
the collection or use of any Asset or any portion thereof, and for
which the Borrower has made adequate reserves therefor in accordance
with GAAP, and has given the Lender such security therefor as may be
demanded by the Lender; and
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(ii) a lien for which the Borrower, within ten (10) days of
its attachment, has provided evidence reasonably satisfactory to the
Lender that the same shall have been satisfied and terminated.
"Person" shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership,
limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company,
trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof.
"Plan" shall mean an employee benefit plan or other plan
maintained for employees and covered by Title IV of ERISA.
"Projected Accrual Schedule" shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 2.1(a).
"Purchase Affiliate" shall mean any Person other than the
Parent, Borrower or Servicer, directly or indirectly controlling or controlled
by or under direct or indirect common control with the Parent.
"Purchase Agreement" shall mean the asset or account purchase
and sale agreement by and between the Borrower and an Asset Pool Seller pursuant
to which such Asset Pool Seller agrees to sell a specified Asset Pool to the
Borrower for a specified purchase price; provided, that, in connection with an
assignment to the Borrower of a Purchase Agreement from the Parent or a Purchase
Affiliate, as applicable, in connection with Section 2.1(g) hereof, the Purchase
Agreement shall be deemed to be the asset or account purchase and sale agreement
by and between the Parent or Purchase Affiliate, as applicable, and the seller
named therein, as the same shall have been assigned to the Borrower in
accordance with Section 2.1(g) and the Exclusivity Agreement.
"Purchase Expenses" shall mean, with respect to an Asset Pool
(or the applicable portion of an Asset Pool in connection with a Forward Flow
Purchase Agreement), the lesser of (a) the maximum estimated expenses to be
incurred in connection with the purchase of an Asset Pool (or the applicable
portion of an Asset Pool in connection with a Forward Flow Purchase Agreement),
as set forth in the related Borrowing Request, or (b) the sum of (i) any
brokers' fees incurred in connection with acquisition of an Asset Pool (or the
applicable portion of an Asset Pool in connection with a Forward Flow Purchase
Agreement), not to exceed one percent (1%) of the proposed purchase price for
such Asset Pool (or the applicable portion of an Asset Pool in connection with a
Forward Flow Purchase Agreement) and (ii) the out-of-pocket legal costs and
expenses incurred by the Borrower and the Lender in connection with the
negotiation, preparation and consummation of the related Purchase Agreement, the
closing of the purchase by the Borrower of such Asset Pool (or the applicable
portion of an Asset Pool in connection with a Forward Flow Purchase Agreement)
and the making of the Loan or Loans secured by such Asset Pool (or the
applicable portion of an Asset Pool in connection with a Forward Flow Purchase
Agreement) and (iii) out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Borrower
in connection with its due diligence investigation of the Asset Pool (or the
applicable portion of an Asset Pool in connection with a Forward Flow Purchase
Agreement), but only to the extent such costs and expenses have been included in
a due diligence budget submitted to and approved by the Lender in advance.
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"Response Period" shall have the meaning specified in Section
2.1(a).
"Security Agreement" shall mean the Security Agreement from
the Borrower to the Lender pursuant to which the Borrower grants to the Lender a
security interest in, among other things, all Loan Collateral to secure payment
of the Obligations.
"Servicer" shall initially mean NCO Financial Systems, Inc., a
Pennsylvania corporation, and, if thereafter replaced, shall mean any
replacement or permitted successor or assign thereof pursuant to the terms and
conditions of the Servicing Agreement.
"Servicing Agreement" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3.3.
"Servicer Default" shall mean an "Event of Default" as defined
in the Servicing Agreement.
"Servicing Fee" shall mean, with respect to an Asset Pool, the
fee calculated in accordance with the Servicing Agreement, unless otherwise
agreed by the Lender, the Servicer and the Borrower in an Accepted Borrowing
Request
"Total Cost" shall mean, with respect to an Asset Pool (or the
applicable portion of an Asset Pool in connection with a Forward Flow Purchase
Agreement), an amount equal to the sum of (a) the price actually paid by the
Borrower to purchase such Asset Pool (or the applicable portion of an Asset Pool
in connection with a Forward Flow Purchase Agreement) pursuant to the related
Purchase Agreement (or related Forward Flow Purchase Agreement) (which in no
event shall be greater than the purchase price (and closing adjustments) with
respect thereto approved by the Lender in the Accepted Borrowing Request for
such Asset Pool) and (b) all Purchase Expenses actually incurred by the Borrower
or the Lender in connection with consummation of such purchase by the Borrower,
or making of the Loan to finance such purchase.
"UCC" means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time
to time in Minnesota or in any state whose laws are held to govern the creation,
perfection or foreclosure of any security interest granted pursuant to the
Security Agreement.
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ARTICLE II
LOAN FACILITIES
Section 2.1 Loans to Purchase Asset Pools.
(a) Requests for Borrowing. From time to time during the
period from the date hereof to and including the Funding Termination
Date, the Borrower may present to the Lender written information
describing a particular Asset Pool (i) with respect to which the
Borrower intends to submit an offer to purchase and (ii) requesting
that the Lender make a Loan to the Borrower to finance ninety percent
(90%) of the Total Cost of such Asset Pool. Each such request for a
Loan hereunder shall be in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto
(each a "Borrowing Request"), and shall be accompanied by the relevant
bid package (including, if available, the proposed Purchase Agreement
(or Forward Flow Purchase Agreement, if applicable and available) to be
entered into if the Borrower is the successful bidder for such Asset
Pool (or in the case of a Purchase Agreement assigned by the Parent or
a Purchase Affiliate, as applicable, in connection with Section 2.1(g),
the Purchase Agreement so assigned), all relevant information known to
the Borrower regarding the Accounts comprising such Asset Pool, the
proposed Servicing Fee for collection of such Accounts, projections of
the Borrower's anticipated recoveries, cash flows and net returns to be
obtained upon collection of such Accounts, a projection of the combined
interest and Contingent Payments to be paid to the Lender over the
expected term of such Asset Pool as contemplated in Treasury Regulation
ss. 1.1275-4(b), which projection shall constitute the accrual for
federal income tax purposes, of the Borrower's interest deductions and
the Lender's interest income with respect to such Asset Pool (the
"Projected Accrual Schedule") and such other information as the Lender
may reasonably request. The Lender shall accept or reject a Borrowing
Request within five (5) Business Days (the "Response Period"), after
receipt thereof from the Borrower. The Lender's failure to accept a
Borrowing Request within the Response Period shall be deemed a
rejection of the Borrowing Request by the Lender. Notwithstanding
anything in the foregoing to the contrary, the Lender's decision to
accept or reject a Borrowing Request shall be in the Lender's sole and
absolute discretion and the Lender may decline any Borrowing Request
for any reason (or no reason), without notification, justification or
explanation, and without regard to whether or not the Lender has given
any prior indication of interest or oral approval with respect to the
specified Asset Pool.
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(b) Acceptance of Borrowing Request. Any acceptance of a
Borrowing Request shall be evidenced by the Lender's execution and
return to the Borrower of such Borrowing Request, and shall be subject
to all terms and conditions of this Agreement and in the Borrowing
Request so accepted (each an "Accepted Borrowing Request"). An Accepted
Borrowing Request delivered to the Borrower by the Lender shall
constitute the Lender's commitment, subject to satisfaction of all
applicable terms and conditions of this Agreement, to make a Loan to
the Borrower to fund ninety percent (90%) of the Total Cost of the
Asset Pool, as set forth in such Accepted Borrowing Request; provided,
however, that the Lender's commitment to make a Loan to the Borrower to
finance the purchase of an Asset Pool shall not constitute a revolving
commitment and the Borrower shall have no right to reborrow any amounts
repaid to the Lender pursuant to an Accepted Borrowing Request. An
Accepted Borrowing Request shall expire and shall have no further force
or effect if (i) the Borrower is not the successful bidder for the
specified Asset Pool at a purchase price which is not in excess of the
anticipated purchase price described in such Borrowing Request, (ii)
the Borrower does not consummate its purchase of such Asset Pool
pursuant to the terms and conditions of the related Purchase Agreement
and as contemplated in the related Accepted Borrowing Request within
thirty (30) calendar days following issuance of the Accepted Borrowing
Request by the Lender (unless (A) such period of time is extended in
writing by the Lender or (B) the Asset Pool Seller has unilaterally
extended the closing date for purchase of an Asset Pool and the
Borrower is unable to contest any such extension) or (iii) a Default or
Event of Default shall occur and shall be continuing under this
Agreement.
(c) Additional Provisions Relating to Accounts and other
Assets Purchased under Forward Flow Purchase Agreements. The Borrower
and the Lender contemplate that certain of the Purchase Agreements will
provide for the purchase by the Borrower from an Asset Pool Seller of
Accounts and other Assets on a periodic basis for a specified period of
time (for example, the monthly purchase of Accounts and other Assets
during a specified period of time) (each such Purchase Agreement is
herein called a "Forward Flow Purchase Agreement"). All Accounts and
other Assets purchased by the Borrower during a period of twelve (12)
months (or such shorter period as the Lender shall agree to in writing)
under a Forward Flow Purchase Agreement shall constitute a single Asset
Pool for all purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
The Loan made by the Lender with respect to an Asset Pool purchased by
the Borrower under a Forward Flow Purchase Agreement shall be made in
multiple advances, with each such advance of the Loan occurring on the
date that the Borrower makes one of the periodic purchases of the
Accounts and other Assets under such Forward Flow Purchase Agreement;
provided, that, advances shall be made no more often than once per
month for any Asset Pool. In addition to the items required by Section
2.1(a), a Borrowing Request related to a Forward Flow Purchase
Agreement shall contain the Borrower's good faith estimate of the total
amount of all Accounts and other Assets to be purchased under the
Forward Flow Purchase Agreement for a period not to exceed twelve (12)
months (or such shorter period as the Lender shall agree to in writing)
(regardless of the duration of the purchasing period under the Forward
Flow Purchase Agreement) and the Borrower's good faith estimate of the
Total Cost of all Accounts and other Assets to be purchased under the
Forward Flow Purchase Agreement for a period not to exceed twelve (12)
months (or such shorter period as the Lender shall agree to in writing)
(regardless of the duration of the purchasing period under the Forward
Flow Purchase Agreement). The Lender shall accept or reject a Borrowing
Request related to a period of twelve (12) months (or such shorter
period as the Lender shall agree to in writing) under a Forward Flow
Purchase Agreement in accordance with the provisions of Sections 2.1(a)
and (b); provided, however, an Accepted Borrowing Request related to a
Forward Flow Purchase Agreement shall only constitute the Lender's
commitment to make a Loan to fund ninety percent (90%) of the Total
Cost of the Asset Pool being purchased under such Forward Flow Purchase
Agreement for such period of twelve (12) months (or such shorter period
as the Lender shall agree to in writing) as estimated by the Borrower
in the Accepted Borrowing Request related to such Forward Flow Purchase
Agreement. In the event that the Borrower determines that the actual
Total Cost of the Asset Pool being purchased under a Forward Flow
Purchase Agreement during such period of twelve (12) months (or such
shorter period as the Lender shall agree to in writing) will exceed the
estimated Total Cost of the Asset Pool as specified in the Accepted
Borrowing Request or if the Borrower wishes the Lender to continue
financing its purchase of Accounts and other Assets after the
expiration of the currently approved period of twelve (12) months (or
such shorter period as the Lender shall agree to in writing), the
Borrower shall submit to the Lender a supplemental Borrowing Request,
and the Lender may accept or reject such supplemental Borrowing Request
in accordance with the provisions of Sections 2.1(a) and (b). Upon the
Lender's rejection of such supplemental Borrowing Request, the Lender
shall have no obligation to provide any funding to the Borrower in
excess of that agreed to in any Accepted Borrowing Request in
connection with the applicable Forward Flow Purchase Agreement and the
Borrower shall be permitted to seek financing from a third party in
connection with the amount of accounts and assets to be purchased under
such Forward Flow Purchase Agreement which exceed that set forth in any
Accepted Borrowing Request in connection therewith and such excess
shall not be considered an Asset or Asset Pool subject to this
Agreement.
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(d) General Funding Procedures. The Borrower shall provide the
Lender with not less than three (3) Business Days prior written notice
of the scheduled closing date for purchase of an Asset Pool described
in an Accepted Borrowing Request and shall request funding of the
related Loan on such date (each a "Borrowing Date"). On the Business
Day immediately preceding a Borrowing Date, the Borrower shall transfer
to the Lender the Borrower's Asset Pool Equity Contribution for the
related Asset Pool, net of all Purchase Expenses paid or incurred by
the Borrower. Upon receipt by the Lender of such funds from the
Borrower and upon satisfaction of all applicable conditions set forth
in Article IV and elsewhere in this Agreement, the Lender shall make
the Loan to the Borrower as specified in the related Accepted Borrowing
Request by transferring the amount of the Loan, together with that
portion of the Borrower's Asset Pool Equity Contribution received by
the Lender, to the Asset Pool Seller (or in whole or in part to the
Parent or a Purchase Affiliate, as applicable, in connection with an
assignment under Section 2.1(g), but only as specified in an Accepted
Borrowing Request) in purchase of the related Asset Pool on (or
immediately prior to) the closing date for purchase of such Asset Pool.
(e) Special Funding Procedures in connection with Forward Flow
Purchase Agreements. In connection with a periodic purchase of a
portion of an Asset Pool under a Forward Flow Purchase Agreement, the
Borrower shall provide the Lender with not less than three (3) Business
Days prior written notice of the Borrowing Date for the purchase of
such portion of an Asset Pool under such Forward Flow Purchase
Agreement, the Total Cost of such portion of the Asset Pool to be
purchased on the Borrowing Date and the amount of the advance of the
Loan which the Borrower requests the Lender to fund on the Borrowing
Date in connection with such portion of the Asset Pool to be purchased
on the Borrowing Date. On the Business Day immediately preceding a
Borrowing Date for the purchase of a portion of an Asset Pool under a
Forward Flow Purchase Agreement, the Borrower shall transfer to the
Lender the Borrower's Asset Pool Equity Contribution for such portion
of the Asset Pool to be purchased on such Borrowing Date net of all
Purchase Expenses paid or incurred by the Borrower with respect to such
portion of the Asset Pool to be purchased on such Borrowing Date. Upon
receipt by the Lender of such funds from the Borrower and upon
satisfaction of all applicable conditions set forth in Article IV and
elsewhere in this Agreement, the Lender shall make the applicable
advance of the Loan to the Borrower by transferring the amount of such
advance of the Loan, together with that portion of the Borrower's Asset
Pool Equity contribution received by the Lender, to the Asset Pool
Seller (or in whole or in part to the Parent or a Purchase Affiliate,
as applicable, in connection with an assignment under Section 2.1(g),
but only as specified in an Accepted Borrowing Request) in purchase of
that portion of the related Asset Pool on (or immediately prior to) the
closing date for the purchase of such portion of such Asset Pool.
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(f) Combination of Asset Pools upon Mutual Written Consent of
Borrower and Lender. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
in this Agreement, upon the mutual written consent of the Borrower and
the Lender, two (2) or more Asset Pools may be combined into a single
Asset Pool subject to such terms and conditions as the Borrower and the
Lender shall specify in writing.
(g) Asset Pools Purchased by Borrower From Parent or Purchase
Affiliate. The Borrower may from time to time purchase an Asset Pool
from the Parent or a Purchase Affiliate if: (i) the Parent or Purchase
Affiliate, as applicable, has complied with the applicable provisions
therefor contained in the Exclusivity Agreement, (ii) the Borrower has
submitted a Borrowing Request to the Lender in connection therewith in
accordance with this Section 2.1, which Borrowing Request shall detail
the assignment of a Purchase Agreement and/or other security documents
to the Borrower in connection with the Parent's or Purchase
Affiliate's, as applicable, purchase of the accounts or other assets
constituting such Asset Pool from another Person (who shall not be an
Affiliated Party) and such other information as the Lender shall
require, and (iii) such Borrowing Request has been accepted by the
Lender in accordance with this Section 2.1.
Section 2.2 Obligation to Repay Loans; Issuance of Notes. Each
Loan made by the Lender with respect to an Asset Pool under Section 2.1 shall be
evidenced by a separate promissory note of the Borrower payable to the order of
the Lender in the amount determined in accordance with the related Accepted
Borrowing Request, dated as of the Borrowing Date and otherwise in substantially
the form of Exhibit B-1 (each a "Note"). With respect to a Loan made by the
Lender to the Borrower in connection with an Asset Pool purchased under a
Forward Flow Purchase Agreement, the initial advance of such Loan shall be
evidenced by a Note, dated as of the Borrowing Date for such initial advance, in
the amount of such initial advance and otherwise in substantially the form of
Exhibit B-1. The second and each subsequent advance of a Loan made in connection
with an Asset Pool purchased under a Forward Flow Purchase Agreement shall be
evidenced by a replacement Note, dated as of the Borrowing Date for such second
or subsequent advance, as applicable, in the aggregate amount of all advances
made of the Loan (without reflecting any repayments of such Loan) and otherwise
in substantially the form of Exhibit B-2. Each such replacement Note issued in
connection with a Loan made in connection with an Asset Pool purchased under a
Forward Flow Purchase Agreement shall be issued in replacement of and
substitution for, but not in payment of, the previous Note related to such Loan.
Upon the Lender's receipt of a written request to return to the Borrower a
replaced note following the Borrower's execution and delivery to the Lender of a
replacement Note acceptable to the Lender, the Lender shall return the replaced
Note to the Borrower marked "Replaced by Substitution Note". The aggregate
unpaid principal amount of each Note shall bear interest, be payable and be
secured as provided therein and herein.
Section 2.3 Interest on Loans. The Borrower hereby agrees to
pay interest on the unpaid principal balance of each Loan with respect to an
Asset Pool for the period commencing on the Borrowing Date for such Loan and
continuing thereafter until the Loan is paid in full, in accordance with the
following:
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(a) Prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default, the
outstanding principal balance of each Loan shall bear interest at an
annual rate at all times equal to the Floating Rate applicable to such
Loan
(b) From and after the occurrence of an Event of Default and
continuing thereafter until such Event of Default shall be remedied to
the written satisfaction of the Lender, the outstanding principal
balance of each Loan shall bear interest at an annual rate at all times
equal to the sum of (i) the Floating Rate applicable to such Loan and
(ii) two percent (2%) (the "Default Rate").
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Agreement or any other Loan Document, all agreements with respect to
interest in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents between the
Borrower and the Lender are hereby limited so that in no contingency or
event whatsoever shall the total liability for payments in the nature
of interest exceed the applicable limits imposed by any applicable
usury laws. If any payments in the nature of interest made under this
Agreement or any other Loan Document are held to be in excess of the
limits imposed by any applicable usury laws, it is agreed that any such
amount held to be in excess shall be considered payment of principal in
respect of the applicable Loan, and the aggregate indebtedness under
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be reduced by such
amount so that the total liability for payments in the nature of
interest shall not exceed the applicable limits imposed by any
applicable usury laws, in compliance with the desires of the Borrower
and the Lender.
Section 2.4 Computation of Interest. Interest accruing on each
Loan and on each Asset Pool Equity Contribution, as applicable, shall be
computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in a year of three
hundred and sixty (360) days and shall accrue on the outstanding principal
balance of each Loan and on each Asset Pool Equity Contribution, as applicable,
on a daily basis. Interest accrued on each Loan and on each Asset Pool Equity
Contribution shall be capitalized on each Distribution Date if funds are not
available for payment thereof on such Distribution Date.
Section 2.5 Payment of Principal and Interest on Loans. All
interest on a Loan which has accrued, but is unpaid as of the day preceding a
Distribution Date for a related Asset Pool, shall be due and payable on such
Distribution Date, but only to the extent available in accordance with Section
2.8. If not paid in full on a Distribution Date, all accrued and unpaid interest
shall be capitalized as of such date in accordance with Section 2.4. Principal
of each Loan shall be finally due and payable on the Loan Maturity Date for such
Loan, as specified in the Note evidencing payment of such Loan. In addition,
each Loan shall be subject to mandatory prepayment on each Distribution Date for
the related Asset Pool in an amount equal to the Asset Pool Proceeds available
for such prepayment on such date, as provided in Section 2.8. The Borrower may
prepay any Loan, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, without
premium or penalty; provided, however, that (i) no such prepayment shall
terminate or satisfy the Borrower's obligation to pay Contingent Payments with
respect to the related Asset Pool for any such Loan, and (ii) any such
prepayment can only be made from Asset Pool Proceeds received with respect to
the Asset Pool for such Loan and not with any other proceeds or funds from any
other source, unless otherwise approved in writing by the Lender.
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Section 2.6 Contingent Payments. The Borrower agrees to pay to
the Lender a Contingent Payment with respect to each Asset Pool, payable on each
Distribution Date for such Asset Pool in an amount equal to that portion of the
Asset Pool Proceeds available for payment thereof as provided in Section 2.8(j).
Payment in full of any Loan made in respect of an Asset Pool shall in no way
affect the obligation of the Borrower to pay to the Lender the Contingent
Payments with respect to such Asset Pool as provided herein. The Borrower and
the Lender agree that all Contingent Payments with respect to an Asset Pool will
be treated as interest for United States federal income tax purposes and that
the Borrower's interest deductions and the Lender's interest income with respect
thereto shall accrue in accordance with the Projected Accrual Schedule for such
Asset Pool delivered by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1(a) and accepted by
the Lender pursuant to Section 2.1, as required and determined in accordance
with the non-contingent bond method described in Treasury Regulation
1.1275-4(b).
Section 2.7 Collection and Deposit of Asset Pool Proceeds.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.9, each Loan shall be paid out of
Asset Pool Proceeds collected with respect to the related Asset Pool. All Asset
Pool Proceeds received by the Servicer or the Borrower will be deposited not
later than the next Business Day following receipt thereof, to a collection
account maintained by the Servicer, and not later than two (2) Business Days
thereafter (or earlier if checks in such collection account clear earlier),
shall be transferred to a separate Collateral Account for the Asset Pools opened
and maintained by the Collateral Agent, in the name of the Lender, pursuant to
the Collateral Account Agreement (the "Collateral Account"). Except for the days
on which Asset Pool Proceeds are on deposit in the Servicer's collection
account, neither the Servicer nor the Borrower shall commingle any Asset Pool
Proceeds collected with respect to the Asset Pools with any moneys or other
funds which are not Asset Pool Proceeds. The Collateral Account shall be an
interest bearing account and all interest earned on amounts on deposit therein
shall constitute, and be treated as, Asset Pool Proceeds collected with respect
to the Asset Pools. All Asset Pool Proceeds shall be held in the Collateral
Account until the next occurring Distribution Date. Not later than 3:00 p.m.,
Minneapolis, Minnesota time, on the Business Day preceding each Distribution
Date, the Servicer shall deliver to the Lender a report for the preceding
Collection Period setting forth, by Asset Pool, the Asset Pool Proceeds,
Servicing Fees, outstanding balances of Loans and other relevant information to
determine the use and application of the Asset Pool Proceeds deposited to the
Collateral Account during the Collection Period ending on the Sunday immediately
preceding such Distribution Date (each, a "Distribution Report") and the Lender
will make distributions in accordance with Section 2.8 on each Distribution
Date. In no event shall any Asset Pool Proceeds be withdrawn from the Collateral
Account without the prior written consent of the Lender as to each such
withdrawal or transfer.
Section 2.8 Distribution of Asset Pool Proceeds. Upon delivery
to the Collateral Agent of the Lender's written authorization for distributions
to be made from the Collateral Account as contemplated in Section 2.7, Asset
Pool Proceeds on deposit in the Collateral Account with respect to an Asset Pool
shall be distributed on the next succeeding Distribution Date for such Asset
Pool, in accordance with the following:
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(a) first, (i) in connection with the Asset Pool acquired on
the date hereof only, to the Lender and the Borrower, in equal amounts
until the party to be reimbursed the lowest amount has been paid in
full and thereafter one hundred percent (100%) to the party not fully
reimbursed, for reimbursement of all unpaid Purchase Expenses as
specified in Annex II to the related Accepted Borrowing Request, and
(ii) in connection with all subsequent Asset Pool acquisitions, to the
Lender, an amount equal to all unpaid Loan Costs paid or incurred by
the Lender with respect to the making or collection of a Loan secured
by such Asset Pool;
(b) second, to the Collateral Agent, an amount equal to all
fees and expenses due and owing to the Collateral Agent with respect to
such Asset Pool;
(c) third, to the Servicer, an amount equal to the Servicing
Fee, if any, payable to the Servicer with respect to such Asset Pool
Proceeds;
(d) fourth, to the Lender, an amount equal to all accrued and
unpaid interest on the related Loan for such Asset Pool;
(e) fifth, to the Servicer, an amount equal to all accrued and
unpaid Deferred Servicing Fees, as defined in the Servicing Agreement,
but only to the extent no Asset Pool Shortfall then exists with respect
to such Asset Pool;
(f) sixth, to the Lender, an amount equal to the outstanding
principal of the related Loan for such Asset Pool, until such Loan
shall have been paid in full;
(g) seventh, to the Lender, an amount equal to any Asset Pool
Shortfall Amount then outstanding, for application to payment of such
Asset Pool Shortfall Amount;
(h) eighth, to the Borrower, an amount equal to all accrued
and unpaid interest on the Borrower's Asset Pool Equity Contribution
with respect to such Asset Pool, which interest shall be at the
Floating Rate and shall be calculated in accordance with Section 2.4
hereof;
(i) ninth, to the Borrower, an amount equal to the Asset Pool
Equity Contribution made by the Borrower with respect to such Asset
Pool, until such Asset Pool Equity Contribution shall have been repaid
in full;
(j) tenth, to the Lender, its Contingent Payment for such
Asset Pool; and
(k) eleventh, to the Borrower, the remainder of the Asset Pool
Proceeds for such Asset Pool.
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Section 2.9 Asset Pool Shortfalls. If, (i) as of any date on
or after six months following the Borrowing Date with respect to an Asset Pool,
the Asset Pool Proceeds received through such date with respect to an Asset Pool
are less than eighty percent (80%) of the projected Asset Pool Proceeds to be
received through such date (as set forth in the bid package submitted by the
Borrower as a part of the Borrowing Request for such Asset Pool) or (ii) as of
any date, an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and the Lender
determines that, in its reasonable judgment, the remaining Asset Pool Proceeds
projected to be received and applied to the related Loan will be insufficient to
repay the related Loan and all accrued interest thereon on the applicable Loan
Maturity Date, then the amount of such estimated deficiency (herein, the "Asset
Pool Shortfall Amount") shall be paid from:
(a) Asset Pool Proceeds collected with respect to other Asset
Pools as provided in Section 2.8(g); and
(b) The Borrower's own funds (and, in either case, not from
borrowed money) and any amount so paid shall be treated hereunder as an
Asset Pool Equity Contribution on behalf of the Borrower for the Asset
Pool for which such payment was made (with interest accruing in
accordance with Section 2.4 only from the date of such payment).
ARTICLE III
COLLATERAL FOR LOANS;
CUSTODY, SERVICING AND COLLECTIONS
Section 3.1 Pledge of Asset Pool Collateral. To secure the due
and prompt payment of each Loan, together with all interest thereon and
Contingent Payments payable in connection therewith, and all other Obligations
hereunder, the Borrower shall grant to the Lender a first and prior security
interest in, lien on and pledge of all assets of the Borrower (subject only to
Permitted Liens), including all right, title, claim and interest of the Borrower
in and to all Assets of or related to each and every Asset Pool, of any kind,
nature or description, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, wherever
located, howsoever arising or created and whether now existing or hereafter
arising, including without limitation each and every Account and any and all
liens, claims and property securing payment of the indebtedness evidenced by
such Account (if any), and all property realized, collected or obtained in
connection with or as a result of collections made on account of any Account,
and any and all Asset Pool Proceeds paid or received with respect to any Asset
Pool, whether deposited to or held in the Collateral Account or otherwise, and
all rights of the Borrower under each and every Purchase Agreement (or Forward
Flow Purchase Agreement) related to an Asset Pool, together with such additional
property of the Borrower as is set forth and described in the Security
Agreement, as the same may be amended and supplemented from time to time by the
Borrower as additional Asset Pools are purchased by the Borrower (herein the
"Loan Collateral").
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Section 3.2 Perfection of Security Interests in Personal
Property Collateral. The Borrower agrees to deliver to the Lender (or its
designated custodial agent), at any time upon the Lender's request, each
original Account file of or relating to any Account and each promissory note,
chattel paper, installment sales agreement or other instrument with respect to
which perfection may be obtained by possession, and shall authorize or execute
such financing statements, together with any and all other instruments,
assignments or documents and take such other actions as may be required, to
perfect and to continue the perfection of the Lender's security interest in all
Loan Collateral.
Section 3.3 Servicing of Asset Pools. The Borrower, the
Servicer and the Lender shall enter into a Servicing Agreement, in form and
content acceptable to the Lender, to provide for the servicing and collection of
all Assets (the "Servicing Agreement"). Immediately upon the occurrence of a
Servicer Default as defined in the Servicing Agreement, the Lender may terminate
the Servicer then acting in such capacity under the Servicing Agreement and may
appoint a replacement servicer, and enter into a replacement servicing
agreement, reasonably acceptable to the Borrower and the Lender.
Section 3.4 Authority to Settle or Sell Loan Collateral. The
Borrower shall be authorized to finally compromise, settle, sell, liquidate,
collect or write-down the balance of, any Asset in its discretion; provided,
however, that in no event will any such compromise, settlement, sale,
liquidation, collection or write-down reduce the remaining unpaid principal
balance thereof, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon, to an
aggregate amount less than three hundred percent (300%) of the allocated
purchase price paid by the Borrower to acquire such Asset, without first
obtaining the prior consent of the Lender. The Borrower shall not, without first
obtaining the Lender's prior written consent, agree to any sale, assignment or
other bulk transfer of Accounts (whether in one or more Asset Pools). In the
event the Lender consents to a bulk transfer of Accounts, the Servicer will be
paid a sales fee not to exceed the lesser of (a) the actual out-of-pocket
expenses incurred by the Servicer (and approved by the Lender) in connection
with such bulk sale and (b) five percent (5%) of the net proceeds realized upon
such bulk sale, in lieu of the applicable Servicing Fee, unless the Lender and
the Borrower shall otherwise agree in writing.
Section 3.5 Exchange of Assets with Asset Pool Sellers. In the
event that the Borrower shall exchange or return Assets with any Asset Pool
Seller, the Borrower shall promptly notify the Lender of such exchange or return
and shall provide such information with respect to such exchange or return as
Lender shall reasonably require. The Servicer shall not be entitled to any
Servicing Fee with respect to any such exchange or return.
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ARTICLE IV
CONDITIONS OF LENDING
Section 4.1 Conditions Precedent to the Initial Loan. The
obligation of the Lender to make the initial Loan to the Borrower is subject to
satisfaction by the Borrower of the conditions precedent set forth in Sections
4.2 and 4.3 with respect to such Loan and the further condition precedent that
the Lender shall have received each of the following, dated such date and in
form and substance satisfactory to the Lender:
(a) This Credit Agreement properly executed on behalf of the
Borrower.
(b) The Security Agreement, properly executed on behalf of the
Borrower.
(c) The Collateral Account Agreement, properly executed on
behalf of the Collateral Agent, the Borrower, the Servicer and the
Lender.
(d) The Servicing Agreement, properly executed on behalf of
the Servicer, the Borrower and the Lender.
(e) The Exclusivity Agreement, properly executed on behalf of
all parties thereto.
(f) Current searches of appropriate filing offices showing
that (i) no state or federal tax liens have been filed and remain in
effect against the Borrower or the Servicer and (ii) no financing
statements or other notifications or filings have been filed and remain
in effect against the Borrower, other than those for which the Lender
has received an appropriate release, termination or satisfaction or
those permitted in accordance with Section 7.1.
(g) Certified copies of resolutions of the manager(s) and
members, or board of directors, as appropriate, of the Borrower,
evidencing approval of all Loan Documents to which the Borrower is a
party and the other matters contemplated thereby.
(h) Certified copies of resolutions of the of the board of
directors of the Servicer, evidencing approval of all Loan Documents to
which the Servicer is a party and the other matters contemplated
thereby.
(i) Copies of the Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws and
Certificates of Formation of the Borrower, the Parent and the Servicer,
as appropriate, certified by an appropriate officer of each as being a
true and correct copy thereof.
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(j) Certificates of good standing of the Borrower and the
Servicer, respectively, dated not more than sixty (60) days prior to
the date hereof.
(k) Acknowledgment copies of effective financing statements
filed on or prior to the date of the initial Loan, naming the Lender as
secured party and the Borrower, as debtor, or such other similar
instruments or documents as may be necessary or, in the opinion of the
Lender, desirable under the UCC or any comparable law of all
appropriate jurisdictions.
(l) A signed copy of a certificate of the secretary or
assistant secretary of the Borrower, which shall certify the names of
the officers of the Borrower authorized to sign the Loan Documents and
the other documents or certificates to be delivered pursuant to this
Agreement by the Borrower, including Borrowing Requests, together with
the true signatures of such officers. The Lender may rely conclusively
on such certificate until it shall receive a further certificate of the
secretary or assistant secretary of the Borrower canceling or amending
the prior certificate and submitting the signatures of the officers
named in such further certificate.
(m) A signed copy of a certificate of the secretary or
assistant secretary of the Servicer which shall certify the names of
the officers of the Servicer authorized to sign the Servicing Agreement
and the other documents or certificates to be delivered pursuant
thereto by the Servicer or any of its officers, together with true
signatures of such officers. The Lender may rely conclusively on such
certificate until it shall receive a further certificate of the
secretary or assistant secretary of the Servicer canceling or amending
the prior certificate and submitting the signatures of the officers
named in such further certificate.
(n) A signed copy of an opinion of counsel for the Borrower
and the Servicer, addressed to the Lender.
(o) Evidence of all insurance required to be maintained by the
Servicer under the provisions of the Servicing Agreement.
(p) Such other items as shall be reasonably requested by the
Lender.
Section 4.2 Conditions Precedent to Each Loan. The obligation
of the Lender to make each Loan (or each advance of a Loan in the case of a
Forward Flow Purchase Agreement) shall be subject to the further conditions
precedent that the Lender shall have issued an Accepted Borrowing Request with
respect thereto and shall have received, on or before the date of such Loan (or
such advance of such Loan in the case of a Forward Flow Purchase Agreement),
each of the following with respect to such Loan, dated such date and in form and
substance satisfactory to the Lender:
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(a) A copy of the Purchase Agreement (or Forward Flow Purchase
Agreement, if applicable) for the related Asset Pool, properly executed
on behalf of the Borrower and the Asset Pool Seller, pursuant to which
the Asset Pool Seller shall have agreed to transfer all Assets
constituting a part of such Asset Pool to the Borrower, effective as of
the Borrowing Date, free and clear of all liens, claims and
encumbrances except Permitted Liens and those disclosed in the related
Purchase Agreement, together with copies of the UCC-1 Financing
Statement naming the Asset Pool Seller, as seller/debtor, in favor of
the Borrower, as purchaser/secured party, with an adequate description
of the Assets contained in the Asset Pool being acquired (or of the
Assets contained in the portion of the Asset Pool being acquired in the
case of a Forward Flow Contract) and such other items as may be
required by the Lender; provided, however, in the case of a purchase of
a portion of an Asset Pool under a Forward Flow Purchase Agreement,
such copy of the UCC-1 Financing Statement may be provided not later
than five (5) Business Days after the date of the advance of the Loan
to purchase such portion of the Asset Pool.
(b) A Note in the principal amount of the related Loan,
properly completed and executed on behalf of the Borrower.
(c) Evidence of receipt by the Lender of the Borrower's Asset
Pool Equity Contribution with respect to the related Asset Pool, net of
any Purchase Expenses paid or incurred by the Borrower in connection
with consummation of its purchase of such Asset Pool.
(d) A duplicate copy of the computer disk (or other medium
reasonably acceptable to the Lender) showing all relevant information
as to the Accounts being purchased by the Borrower, as provided by the
Asset Pool Seller pursuant to the Purchase Agreement; provided,
however, in the case of a purchase of a portion of an Asset Pool under
a Forward Flow Purchase Agreement, such duplicate copy of the computer
disk (or other medium reasonably acceptable to the Lender) may be
provided not later than five (5) Business Days after the date of the
advance of the Loan to purchase such portion of such Asset Pool.
(e) A certificate of a responsible officer of the Servicer in
favor of the Lender and the Borrower stating that, to the Servicer's
best knowledge, no Servicer Default has occurred and is continuing.
(f) Such other information as the Lender may request to verify
the Total Cost of the Asset Pool, the nature or amount of the Accounts
to constitute a part thereof or any other matter related thereto.
Section 4.3 Representations and Warranties Upon Making a Loan.
The obligation of the Lender to make each Loan (or each advance of a Loan in the
case of a Forward Flow Purchase Agreement) to finance the purchase of an Asset
Pool (or the applicable portion of an Asset Pool in the case of a Forward Flow
Purchase Agreement) shall be subject to the further condition precedent that on
the date for funding of such Loan (or such advance of a Loan in the case of a
Forward Flow Purchase Agreement) the following statements shall be true and
accurate in all material respects and the Borrower, by requesting such Loan (or
such advance of a Loan in the case of a Forward Flow Purchase Agreement) shall
be deemed to have represented and certified that:
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(a) The representations, warranties and covenants of the
Borrower set forth in Article V are true and correct on and as of such
date as though made on such date and shall be deemed to have been made
on such date, except to the extent that any such representations,
warranties and covenants relate solely to an earlier date.
(b) No event has occurred and is continuing, or would result
from the making of such Loan, which constitutes a Default or an Event
of Default, and, to the Borrower's actual knowledge, no Servicer
Default has occurred and is continuing.
(c) In the case of a Loan made in connection with a purchase
under Section 2.1(g), that all conditions therefor contained in such
Section 2.1(g) and in the Exclusivity Agreement have been fully
satisfied.
(d) Upon payment of the purchase price specified in the
related Purchase Agreement to the Asset Pool Seller (or in whole or in
part to the Parent or a Purchase Affiliate, as applicable, in
connection with an assignment under Section 2.1(g), but only as
specified in an Accepted Borrowing Request) and consummation of the
purchase contemplated in such Purchase Agreement (or, as applicable the
assignment by the Parent or Purchase Affiliate, as applicable, to the
Borrower), the Borrower will have good title to all Accounts being
transferred thereunder free and clear of all liens, claims and other
interests other than the liens granted to the Lender as contemplated
herein and Permitted Liens.
ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
The Borrower represents and warrants to the Lender as of the
date hereof and as of each Borrowing Date as follows:
Section 5.1 Existence and Power; Name; Chief Executive Office.
The Borrower is duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under
the laws of the Nevada, and is or has undertaken all reasonable steps to become
duly licensed or qualified to transact business in all jurisdictions where the
character of the property owned or leased or the nature of the business
transacted by it makes such licensing or qualification necessary and where
failure to obtain such licensing or qualification would have a material adverse
effect on the Borrower. The Borrower has all requisite power and authority, to
conduct its business, to own its properties and to execute and deliver, and to
perform the Obligations. Within the last twelve (12) months, the Borrower has
done business only under its name as specified herein. The chief executive
office and principal place of business of the Borrower are located at the
address set forth in Section 9.4, and all of the Borrower's records relating to
its businesses are kept at that location.
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Section 5.2 Authorization for Borrowings; No Conflict as to
Law or Agreements. The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of
the Loan Documents, and Loans from time to time obtained hereunder, have been
duly authorized by all necessary legal action and do not and will not (a)
require any consent or approval which has not been obtained prior to the date
hereof, (b) require any authorization, consent or approval by, or registration,
declaration or filing with, or notice to, any governmental department,
commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, or
any third party, except such authorization, consent, approval, registration,
declaration, filing or notice as has been obtained, accomplished or given prior
to the date hereof, (c) violate any provision of any material law, rule or
regulation or of any order, writ, injunction or decree presently in effect
having applicability to the Borrower or of the articles of incorporation or
bylaws of the Borrower, (d) result in a breach of or constitute a default under
any indenture or loan or credit agreement or any other material agreement, lease
or instrument to which the Borrower is a party or by which it or its properties
may be bound or affected, or (e) result in, or require, the creation or
imposition of any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, lien, security interest or
other charge or encumbrance of any nature upon or with respect to any of the
properties now owned or hereafter acquired by the Borrower, other than those
granted to the Lender as contemplated herein.
Section 5.3 Legal Agreements. The Loan Documents constitute,
and the Notes, when and as executed and delivered, will constitute, the legal,
valid and binding obligations and agreements of the Borrower, enforceable
against the Borrower in accordance with their respective terms, except as
enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and by
general principles of equity (whether considered in a proceeding or action in
equity or at law).
Section 5.4 Subsidiaries. The Borrower has no subsidiaries.
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Section 5.5 Litigation. There are no actions, suits or
proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against or
affecting the Borrower or the properties of the Borrower before any court or
governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality,
domestic or foreign, which, if determined adversely to the Borrower, could have
a material adverse effect on the financial condition, properties or operations
of the Borrower, except as set forth and described in Schedule 5.5.
Section 5.6 Taxes. The Borrower has paid or caused to be paid
to the proper authorities when due all federal, state and local taxes required
to be withheld by it (other than those being properly contested in accordance
with the procedures set forth in part (i) of the definition of Permitted Liens).
The Borrower has filed all federal, state and local tax returns which to the
knowledge of the officers of the Borrower, are required to be filed, and the
Borrower has paid or caused to be paid to the respective taxing authorities all
taxes as shown on said returns or on any assessment received by it to the extent
such taxes have become due (other than those being properly contested in
accordance with the procedures set forth in part (i) of the definition of
Permitted Liens).
Section 5.7 Title and Liens. The Borrower has good and
marketable title to all Loan Collateral (or will have good and marketable title
to all Loan Collateral on the date of purchase of such Loan Collateral), free
and clear of all mortgages, security interests, liens and encumbrances, except
for Permitted Liens. In addition, no financing statement naming the Borrower as
debtor is on file in any office except to perfect only security interests
permitted by Section 7.1.
Section 5.8 Plans. The Borrower does not maintain and has not
in the past maintained any Plan.
Section 5.9 Default. The Borrower is in compliance with all
provisions of all agreements, instruments, decrees and orders to which it is a
party or by which it or its property is bound or affected, the breach or default
of which could have a material adverse effect on the financial condition,
properties or operations of the Borrower.
Section 5.10 Submissions to Lender. All financial and other
information provided to the Lender (including, but not limited to the completed
background questionnaires) by or on behalf of the Borrower in connection with
the Borrower's request for any Loan and the credit facilities contemplated
hereby is true and correct in all material respects and, as to projections,
valuations or financial statements, present a good faith opinion as to such
projections, valuations and proforma condition and results. The information
provided to the Lender contains no omissions which would cause such information
to be materially misleading.
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ARTICLE VI
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS OF THE BORROWER
So long as any Note, Contingent Payment or other Obligation
shall remain unpaid or outstanding, the Borrower will comply with the following
requirements, unless the Lender shall otherwise consent in writing:
Section 6.1 Reporting Requirements. The Borrower will deliver,
or cause to be delivered, to the Lender each of the following, which shall be in
form and detail reasonably acceptable to the Lender:
(a) As soon as available, and in any event within one hundred
fifty (150) days after the end of each fiscal year of each of the
Borrower and the Parent, a copy of the annual audit report of the
Parent with the unqualified opinion of their respective certified
public accountants, which annual reports shall include the consolidated
and consolidating balance sheet of each entity (including the results
of operations the Borrower), as at the end of such fiscal year and the
related statements of earnings, shareholders' or members' equity and
cash flows for the fiscal year then ended, all in reasonable detail and
all prepared in accordance with GAAP, applied on a consistent basis,
together with a certificate of the chief financial officer of each of
the Borrower and the Parent, respectively, stating that such financial
statements are true and accurate in all material respects; provided,
however, that as to the Parent, all such reports shall be made
available in the form filed by the Parent with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
(b) As soon as available and in any event within forty-five
(45) days after the end of each fiscal quarter of each of the Borrower
and the Parent, a copy of the consolidated and consolidating balance
sheets of each such entity as at the end of such quarter and related
statements of earnings to-date, in reasonable detail and stating in
comparative form the figures for the corresponding date and period in
the previous fiscal year, all prepared in accordance with GAAP (subject
to year-end adjustments and without footnotes), applied on a consistent
basis, together with a certificate of the chief financial officer of
each of the Borrower and the Parent, respectively, stating that such
financial statements, subject to year-end audit adjustments, are true
and accurate in all material respects; provided, however, that as to
the Parent, all such reports shall be made available in the form filed
by the Parent with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
(c) As promptly as practicable (but in any event not later
than five (5) Business Days) after an officer of the Borrower obtains
knowledge of the occurrence of any default by the Borrower in the
performance of any of its Obligations or by the Servicer in the
performance of any of its obligations under the Servicing Agreement,
notice of such occurrence, together with a detailed statement by a
responsible officer of the Borrower of the steps being taken by the
Borrower to cure the effect of such event.
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(d) As promptly as practicable, a copy of each compliance
report the Borrower or Parent delivers to the Federal Trade Commission
and, upon receipt, copies of any notices, decrees, orders or
correspondence from the Federal Trade Commission relating to FDCPA
violations.
(e) Such other information respecting each Asset Pool or the
financial condition of each of the Borrower and the Parent as the
Lender may from time to time reasonably request.
Section 6.2 Books and Records; Inspection and Examination;
Verification of Collection Activity. The Borrower will keep, and will cause the
Parent to keep, accurate books of record and account for itself pertaining to
the Asset Pools and the business and financial condition of the Borrower or the
Parent, as applicable, and such other matters as the Lender may from time to
time request in which true and complete entries will be made in accordance with
GAAP consistently applied (subject to year-end adjustments and without
footnotes) and, upon request of and reasonable notice by the Lender, will permit
any officer, employee, attorney or accountant for the Lender to audit, review,
make extracts from or copy any and all corporate and financial books and records
of the Borrower, or the Parent at all reasonable times during ordinary business
hours, to discuss the affairs of the Borrower and the Parent including the
purchase, servicing, collection or liquidation of assets, with any of its
members, employees or agents and to conduct a review of the Borrower's and
Parent's respective books and records with respect to the purchase, servicing,
collection and disposition of Loan Collateral.
Section 6.3 Licenses; Evidence of Qualification to Conduct
Business. The Borrower will be duly licensed or qualified to own the Assets and
otherwise to transact business in all jurisdictions where the character of the
property owned or leased or the nature of the business transacted by the
Borrower make such licensing or qualification necessary.
Section 6.4 Compliance with Laws. The Borrower will (a) comply
with the requirements of applicable laws and regulations, the non-compliance
with which would materially and adversely affect its business or its financial
condition, (b) comply with all applicable debt collection laws, regulations,
ordinances and requirements and will obtain any and all licenses, permits and
similar approvals required for the collection or servicing of any Account
constituting a part of an Asset Pool and (c) use and keep its assets, and will
require that others use and keep its assets, only for lawful purposes, without
violation of any federal, state or local law, statute or ordinance.
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Section 6.5 Payment of Taxes and Other Claims. The Borrower
will pay or discharge, when due, (a) all taxes, assessments and governmental
charges levied or imposed upon it or upon its income or profits, upon any
properties belonging to it prior to the date on which forfeiture of any such
property may occur, (b) all federal, state and local taxes required to be
withheld by it, and (c) all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies
which, if unpaid, might by law become a lien or charge upon any properties of
the Borrower; provided, that the Borrower shall not be required to pay any such
tax, assessment, charge or claim whose amount, applicability or validity is
being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings.
Section 6.6 Preservation of Legal Existence. The Borrower will
preserve and maintain its legal existence and all of its rights, privileges and
franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business and
shall conduct its business in an orderly, efficient and regular manner.
Section 6.7 Special Purpose Entity. The Borrower will (a) own
no assets, and not engage in any business, other than the assets and
transactions specifically contemplated by the Loan Documents, (b) not incur any
indebtedness or obligation, secured or unsecured, direct or indirect, absolute
or contingent, other than as contemplated hereby, (c) not make any loans or
advances to any third party (other than Assets), and shall not acquire
obligations or securities of any Affiliated Party or Excluded Party, (d) pay its
debts and liabilities (including, as applicable, shared personnel and overhead
expenses) only from its own assets, (e) do all things necessary under applicable
law and its organizational documents to observe organizational formalities and
to preserve its existence, and will not amend, modify or otherwise change its
articles of incorporation or bylaws, or suffer the same to be amended, modified
or otherwise changed, without the prior written consent of the Lender, (f)
maintain all of its books, records, financial statements and bank accounts
separate from those of any Affiliated Parties or Excluded Parties, (g) be, and
at all times will hold itself out to the public as, a legal entity separate and
distinct from any other entity (including any Affiliated Party and any Excluded
Party), correct any known misunderstanding regarding its status as a separate
entity, conduct business in its own name, not identify itself, any Affiliated
Party or any Excluded Party as a division or part of the other and maintain and
utilize separate stationary, invoices and checks, (h) maintain adequate capital
for the normal obligations reasonably foreseeable in a business of its size and
character and in light of its contemplated business operations, (i) not engage
in or suffer any dissolution, winding-up, liquidation, consolidation or merger
in whole or in part, (j) not commingle its funds or other assets with those of
any Affiliated Party, any Excluded Party or any other Person (provided that the
Servicer may commingle Asset Pool Proceeds to the extent permitted in the
Servicing Agreement), (k) maintain its assets in such a manner that it will not
be costly or difficult to segregate, ascertain or identify its individual assets
from those of any Affiliated Party, any Excluded Party or any other Person, (l)
not and will not hold itself out to be responsible for the debts or obligations
of any other Person and (m) be formed and organized solely for the purpose of
acquiring, collecting and holding, directly or indirectly, the Assets and not
hold or own any assets other than the Assets, Asset Proceeds and assets related
thereto.
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Section 6.8 Arms-Length Transactions. The Borrower will use
its best efforts to have all collection activities and all sales, transfers and
dispositions relating to the Assets conducted on an arms-length basis, so as to
cause all collections and all consideration received upon the sale, transfer or
disposition of an Asset to (a) become and constitute Asset Pool Proceeds, and
(b) be distributed as Asset Pool Proceeds in accordance with Article II of this
Agreement.
Section 6.9 Purchase Agreements. The Borrower will comply with
each of its obligations under each of its Purchase Agreements.
Section 6.10 Provision of Copies of Computer Disks in
Connection with Forward Flow Purchase Agreements. The Borrower will provide to
the Lender a duplicate copy of the computer disk (or other medium reasonably
acceptable to the Lender) showing all relevant information as to the Accounts
being purchased by the Borrower in connection with the acquisition of the Assets
contained in a portion of an Asset Pool under a Forward Flow Purchase Agreement
not later than five (5) Business Days after the advance of the applicable Loan
is made to purchase the Assets contained in such portion of such Asset Pool.
Section 6.11 Right of Lender to Place a Sampling of Assets
with Independent Servicer. At any time and from time to time, upon request of
the Lender, the Borrower will permit the Lender to select certain Assets for
placement for servicing with an independent third-party servicer, in accordance
with the terms and conditions set forth and described in Section 3.3(g) of the
Servicing Agreement.
ARTICLE VII
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
So long as any Note, Contingent Payment or other Obligation
shall remain unpaid or outstanding, the Borrower will comply with the following
requirements, unless the Lender shall otherwise consent in writing:
Section 7.1 Liens. Except as permitted in Section 6.11, the
Borrower will not create, incur or suffer to exist any pledge, lien, security
interest, assignment or transfer upon or of any Loan Collateral, now owned or
hereafter acquired, or assign or otherwise convey any right to receive
collections or other income with respect thereto, except for the liens and
security interests created in favor of the Lender under the Security Agreement
and Permitted Liens.
Section 7.2 Sale or Transfer of Assets; Suspension of Business
Operations. Except as otherwise permitted in accordance with Section 3.4, the
Borrower will not sell, lease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or a
substantial part of its assets (whether in one transaction or in a series of
transactions) to any other Person, and will not liquidate, dissolve or suspend
its business operations.
Section 7.3 Consolidation and Merger; Asset Acquisitions. The
Borrower will not consolidate with or merge into any Person, or permit any other
Person to merge into it, or acquire (in a transaction analogous in purpose or
effect to a consolidation or merger) all or substantially all the assets of any
other Person.
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Section 7.4 Accounting. The Borrower will not adopt, or permit
the Parent to adopt, any change in its fiscal year or any material change in
accounting principles other than as required by generally accepted accounting
principles.
Section 7.5 Modification or Termination of Agreements. The
Borrower will not terminate, amend or modify any of the Loan Documents without
the prior written consent of the Lender.
Section 7.6 No Commissions or Rebates on Dispositions or
Collections. The Borrower will not accept or receive or agree to accept or
receive any rebate, refund, commission, fee, kickback or rakeoff, whether cash
or otherwise and whether paid by or originating with the Obligor or any other
party (including but not limited to brokers and agents), as a result of or in
any way in connection with collection activities related to any asset or in
connection with the sale, disposition, transfer or servicing of any Asset
constituting a part of an Asset Pool.
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ARTICLE VIII
EVENTS OF DEFAULT; RIGHTS AND REMEDIES
Section 8.1 Events of Default. "Event of Default", wherever
used herein, means any one of the following events:
(a) default in the payment of any interest on or principal of
any Note when it becomes due and payable, unless capitalized as
provided in Sections 2.4, 2.5 and 2.8; or
(b) default in the payment of any Contingent Payment or any
other fees, costs or expenses required to be paid by the Borrower under
this Agreement as provided in Section 2.8 or any other Loan Document;
or
(c) a material default in the performance, or material breach
(provided, that, any failure to provide a report required under Section
6.1 for a period of five (5) days after the same is due shall be
considered "material"), of any covenant or agreement of the Borrower in
this Agreement (other than a covenant or agreement a default in whose
performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section 8.1
specifically dealt with), and the continuance of such default or breach
for a period of ten (10) calendar days after there has been given to
the Borrower a written notice specifying such default or breach and
requiring it to be remedied; or
(d) the Borrower or the Parent shall be or become insolvent,
or admit in writing its inability to pay its debts as they mature, or
make an assignment for the benefit of creditors; or the Borrower or the
Parent shall apply for or consent to the appointment of any receiver,
trustee, or similar officer for it or for all or any substantial part
of its property; or such receiver, trustee or similar officer shall be
appointed without the application or consent of the Borrower, or the
Parent; or the Borrower, or the Parent shall institute (by petition,
application, answer, consent or otherwise) any insolvency,
reorganization, arrangement, readjustment of debt, dissolution,
liquidation or similar proceeding relating to it under the laws of any
jurisdiction; or any such proceeding shall be instituted (by petition,
application or otherwise) against the Borrower or the Parent;
(e) a petition naming the Borrower or the Parent as debtor is
filed under the United States Bankruptcy Code; or
(f) any representation or warranty made by the Borrower in
this Agreement or by the Borrower (or any of its officers) in any
Borrowing Request, or in any other certificate, instrument, or
statement contemplated by or made or delivered pursuant to or in
connection with this Agreement, shall prove to have been incorrect in
any material respect when made; or
(g) the rendering against the Borrower of a final judgment,
decree, order, writ, warrant of attachment or execution or similar
process for the payment of money in excess of $250,000 and the Borrower
fails within ten (10) days thereafter to provide evidence reasonably
acceptable to the Lender that the same has been satisfied in full; or
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(h) a default under the Security Agreement or the Servicing
Agreement, and the expiration of the applicable period of grace, if
any, specified in such agreement; or
(i) any Affiliated Party shall purchase any Consumer
Obligation (as defined in the Exclusivity Agreement) in violation of
the terms of the Exclusivity Agreement; or
(j) the Borrower or the Parent shall liquidate, dissolve,
terminate or suspend its business operations or otherwise fail to
operate its business in the ordinary course, or shall sell all or
substantially all of its assets (excepting those permitted by Section
3.4), without the prior written consent of the Lender; or
(k) the Borrower shall fail to pay, withhold, collect or remit
any tax or tax deficiency when assessed or due (other than any tax
deficiency which is being contested in the manner set forth therefor in
part (i) of the definition of Permitted Liens) or notice of any state
or federal tax liens shall be filed or issued; or
(l) a default under any note, agreement or other evidence of
indebtedness or similar obligation of the Borrower or Parent (other
than a default whose breach is elsewhere in this Section 8.1
specifically dealt with) or under any instrument under which such
evidence of indebtedness or similar obligation has been issued or by
which it is governed and the expiration of the applicable period of
grace, if any, specified in such evidence of indebtedness or other
instrument; or
(m) a Change of Control shall occur; or
(n) the actual Asset Pool Proceeds received as of any
Distribution Date for all Asset Pools (on a cumulative and combined
basis, provided, that, any individual Asset Pool shall not be included
in such calculation until six (6) months after the Borrowing Date with
respect to such Asset Pool) is less than eighty percent (80%) of the
Asset Pool Proceeds projected to be collected by the Borrower for such
Asset Pools (on a cumulative and combined basis, provided, that, any
individual Asset Pool shall not be included in such calculation until
six (6) months after the Borrowing Date with respect to such Asset
Pool) as of such date in the bid packages submitted by the Borrower as
a part of the Accepted Borrowing Requests for such Asset Pools; or
(o) failure to comply with Section 6.3 hereof; or
(p) failure by the Borrower or the Servicer (or any
subservicer) to comply with any decree, order or other Federal Trade
Commission requirements which, in the Lender's sole discretion, has a
material adverse effect on the value or enforceability of the Assets or
on the Servicer's ability to service the Assets.
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(q) a court order shall be entered which enjoins, restrains or
in any way prevents the Borrower from conducting all or any material
part of its business affairs in the ordinary course of business; or the
withdrawal or suspension of any license required for the conduct of any
material part of the business of the Borrower; or any asset of the
Borrower shall become subject to an order or writ granting a motion or
action to replevy, sequester, garnish, attach or levy against such
asset and the Borrower shall fail, within ten (10) days thereafter, to
provide evidence reasonably acceptable to the Lender that the same
shall have been satisfied or dismissed.
Section 8.2 Rights and Remedies Upon the Occurrence of an
Event of Default. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default or at any time
thereafter until such Event of Default is cured or waived to the written
satisfaction of the Lender, the Lender may exercise any or all of the following
rights and remedies with respect to outstanding Loans:
(a) by notice to the Borrower, (i) declare that the Lender
will no longer consider Borrowing Requests and (ii) declare the entire
unpaid principal amount of all Notes, or any of them, all interest
accrued and unpaid thereon, and all other Obligations under this
Agreement to be forthwith due and payable whereupon such Note or Notes,
as the case may be, all such accrued interest, all such Obligations
(including, but not limited to and all Contingent Payments to the
extent funds are available therefor in accordance with Section 2.6)
shall become and be forthwith due and payable, without presentment,
demand, protest or further notice of any kind, all of which are hereby
expressly waived by the Borrower;
(b) terminate the existing Servicing Agreement and enter into
a new servicing agreement with a replacement servicer to service and
collect all Loan Collateral, with such replacement servicer acting in
its own name, but on behalf of the Borrower or the Lender and taking
direction solely and exclusively from the Lender;
(c) direct the Servicer then in place to take all steps
necessary to collect or otherwise liquidate the Loan Collateral in
accordance with such procedures and for such sale prices as the Lender
shall specify and apply all Asset Pool Proceeds resulting therefrom in
accordance with Section 2.8, provided that each Asset Pool shall be
deemed to have an Asset Pool Shortfall Amount in an amount equal to the
unpaid principal balance of, and all accrued interest on, the related
Loan therefor; and
(d) exercise and enforce any and all rights and remedies
available to the Lender under any Loan Document (or otherwise by law or
agreement), including, without limitation, against any or all Loan
Collateral securing payment of outstanding Loans;
provided, however that (i) no Servicing Fee shall be payable with respect to any
Asset Pool Proceeds received as a result of any actions specified above if the
Lender effects collection thereof without the assistance of the Servicer and
(ii) no Asset Pool Proceeds shall be paid to the Borrower pursuant to Section
2.8(h), (i) or (k) with respect to any Asset Pool until all outstanding Loans,
together with all interest thereon, shall have been paid in full, whereupon all
remaining Asset Pool Proceeds for each Asset Pool shall be distributed in
accordance with Section 2.8. Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the occurrence
of an Event of Default described in Section 8.1(e), the entire unpaid principal
amount of all Notes, all interest accrued and unpaid thereon, and all other
Obligations under this Agreement (including, but not limited to, Contingent
Payments) shall be immediately due and payable without presentment, demand,
protest or notice of any kind.
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ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 9.1 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure or
delay on the part of the Lender in exercising any right, power or remedy under
the Loan Documents shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or
partial exercise of any such right, power or remedy preclude any other or
further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy
under the Loan Documents. The remedies provided in the Loan Documents are
cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.
Section 9.2 Amendments, Requested Waivers, Etc. No amendment,
modification, termination or waiver of any provision of any Loan Document or
consent to any departure by the Borrower therefrom shall be effective unless the
same shall be in writing and signed by the Lender. Any waiver or consent given
hereunder shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific
purpose for which given. No notice to or demand on the Borrower in any case
shall entitle the Borrower to any other or further notice or demand in similar
or other circumstances.
Section 9.3 Severability Clause. Any part, provision
representation or warranty of this Agreement which is prohibited or which is
held to be void or unenforceable shall be ineffective to the extent of such
prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions
hereof. Any part, provision, representation or warranty of this Agreement which
is prohibited or unenforceable or is held to be void or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of
such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining
provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any
jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any
other jurisdiction. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the parties
hereto waive any provision of law which prohibits or renders void or
unenforceable any provision hereof. If the invalidity of any part, provision,
representation or warranty of this Agreement shall deprive any party of the
economic benefit intended to be conferred by this Agreement, the parties shall
negotiate in good faith to develop a structure the economic effect of which is
as nearly as possible the same as the economic effect of this Agreement without
regard to such invalidity.
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Section 9.4 Notices. Any notices, consents, directions,
demands or other communications given under this Agreement (unless otherwise
specified herein) shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly
given when delivered in person or by overnight delivery at, or telecopied to the
respective addresses or telecopy numbers, as the case may be, set forth below
(or to such other address or telecopy numbers as either party shall give notice
to the other party pursuant to this Section 9.4):
If to the Borrower:
NCOP Lakes, Inc.
000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
If to the Lender:
CFSC Capital Corp. XXXIV
00000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxx Xxxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
Section 9.5 Reimbursement of the Lender's Costs and Expenses.
The Borrower and the Lender agree that (a) all out-of-pocket costs and expenses
incurred by the Lender and the Borrower in connection with the preparation,
execution and delivery of the Loan Documents (including without limitation
reasonable legal fees and expenses of counsel), UCC searches, recording fees,
and other similar expenses paid or incurred by the Lender in connection with
obtaining, perfecting or maintaining its security interest or lien on or
priority in any Loan Collateral shall constitute Purchase Expenses with respect
to an Asset Pool and the Lender and the Borrower shall be reimbursed from Loan
proceeds made available for purchase of such Asset Pool, provided, however, that
in the event (i) any such costs and expenses are incurred by the Lender with
respect to an Asset Pool that the Lender has committed to finance pursuant to an
Accepted Borrowing Request, but which is not financed with proceeds of a Loan,
or which is not purchased by the Borrower, the Borrower will reimburse the
Lender for all such costs and expenses, and (ii) the Borrower does not submit
any Borrowing Requests to the Lender during the first six (6) months following
the execution of this Agreement or all of the Borrowing Requests submitted by
the Borrower during the first six (6) months following the execution of this
Agreement are rejected by the Lender, then the Lender and the Borrower will
reimburse each other for fifty percent (50%) of such other party's legal fees
incurred in the preparation, execution and delivery of this Agreement; (b) all
out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Lender in connection with the
administration, amendment, documentation, recording, filing, insuring, or
enforcing any Loan Document or any Loan Collateral, or perfecting or maintaining
the priority of any lien on or security interest in any Loan Collateral,
incurred after funding of the related Loan shall constitute Loan Costs with
respect to the related Asset Pool for which they were incurred (or pro rata
among all Asset Pools if not attributable to one such Asset Pool) and shall be
payable as such in accordance with Section 2.8; and (c) the Borrower shall
reimburse the Lender, from Asset Pool Proceeds for any and all reasonable
out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Lender in connection with the
enforcement by the Lender of any of the rights or remedies available to the
Lender hereunder or under any of the Loan Documents or under applicable law,
whether or not suit is filed with respect thereto.
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Section 9.6 Indemnity. In addition to the payment of expenses
pursuant to Section 9.5, the Borrower agrees to indemnify, defend and hold
harmless the Lender and each of its respective participants, parent
corporations, subsidiary corporations, affiliated corporations, successor
corporations, and all present and future officers, directors, employees and
agents (the "Indemnitees"), from and against (a) any and all transfer taxes,
documentary taxes, assessments or charges made by any governmental authority by
reason of the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents or the making of any Loans (except for income or franchise taxes based
on the Lender's income) and (b) any and all liabilities, losses, damages,
penalties, judgments, suits, claims, costs and expenses of any kind or nature
whatsoever (including, without limitations, the reasonable fees and
disbursements of counsel) in connection with any investigative, administrative
or judicial proceedings, whether or not such Indemnitee shall be designated a
party thereto, which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such
Indemnitee, in any manner relating to or arising out of or in connection with,
the making of any Loans or entering into this Agreement or any other Loan
Documents or the use or intended use of the proceeds of the Loans or the
collection of Assets, excepting, however, from the foregoing any such
liabilities, losses, damages, penalties, judgments, suits, claims, costs and
expenses resulting from collection actions undertaken by the Lender, or by a
replacement servicer appointed by the Lender, or the unlawful conduct, willful
misconduct or gross negligence of an Indemnitee. If any investigative, judicial
or administrative proceeding arising from any of the foregoing is brought
against any Indemnitee, upon request of such Indemnitee, the Borrower, or
counsel designated by the Borrower and satisfactory to the Indemnitee, will
resist and defend such action, suit or proceeding to the extent and in the
manner directed by the Indemnitee, at the Borrower's sole cost and expense. Each
Indemnitee will use its best efforts to cooperate in the defense of any such
action, suit or proceeding. If the foregoing undertaking to indemnify, defend
and hold harmless may be held to be unenforceable because it violates any law or
public policy, the Borrower shall nevertheless make the maximum contribution to
the payment and satisfaction of each of the indemnified liabilities contemplated
hereby which is permissible under applicable law. The obligations of the
Borrower under this Section 9.6 shall survive termination of this Agreement.
Section 9.7 Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement and
other Loan Documents may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original and all
of which counterparts, taken together, shall constitute but one and the same
instrument.
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Section 9.8 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial.
(a) Governing Law. Except as otherwise provided in the
Security Agreement, the Loan Documents shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Minnesota.
(b) Jurisdiction. The Borrower hereby irrevocably submits to
the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any federal court sitting in
Minneapolis or St. Xxxx, Minnesota, in any action or proceeding arising
out of or relating to this Agreement or any of the other Loan
Documents, and the Borrower hereby irrevocably agrees that all claims
in respect of such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in
such federal court. The Borrower hereby irrevocably waives, to the
fullest extent it may effectively do so, the defense of an inconvenient
forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding. The Borrower
irrevocably consents to the service of copies of the summons and
complaint and any other process which may be served in any such action
or proceeding by the mailing of copies of such process, by certified
mail, return receipt requested, to the Borrower at its addresses
specified in Section 9.4 above. The Borrower agrees that a final
judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may
be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any
other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Section 9.8(b) shall
affect the right of either party to serve legal process in any other
manner permitted by law or affect the right of either party to bring
any action or proceeding against the other party or its property in the
courts of other jurisdictions.
(c) WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. THE BORROWER AND THE LENDER HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY WAIVE ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING
OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR ANY
INSTRUMENT OR DOCUMENT DELIVERED THEREUNDER.
Section 9.9 Integration. This Agreement comprises 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 such subject matter, superseding all
prior oral or written understandings.
Section 9.10 Agreement Effectiveness. This Agreement shall
become effective upon delivery of fully executed counterparts hereof to each of
the parties hereto.
Section 9.11 Headings Descriptive. The headings of the
sections and subsections of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and
shall not in any way affect the meaning or construction of any provision of this
Agreement.
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Section 9.12 Assignment. This Agreement shall be binding upon
the Borrower and the Lender and their respective successors and assigns, except
that the Borrower may not transfer or assign any or all of its rights or
obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Lender. The
Lender may sell, transfer, assign and convey any Note or any portion thereof and
any or all of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or with respect to
any Loan or Note, including without limitation the right to sell undivided
participating interests in any Loan or Note (provided that such sales of
participating interests shall not provide for a transfer or change of
decision-making control with respect to the administration and enforcement of
this Agreement except in the event of a default by the Lender under the related
participation interest sale agreement), to any Lender Affiliate without any
prior notice to or consent of the Borrower. So long as no default has occurred
pursuant to the Exclusivity Agreement, the Lender shall not make any such
assignment to any Person who is not a Lender Affiliate without the prior written
consent of the Borrower.
Section 9.13 Advice from Independent Counsel. Each party
hereto understands that this Agreement is a legally binding agreement that may
affect such party's rights. Each party hereto represents to the other that it
has received legal advice from counsel of its choice regarding the meaning and
legal significance of this Agreement and that it is satisfied with its legal
counsel and the advice received from it.
Section 9.14 Judicial Interpretation. Should any provision of
this Agreement require judicial interpretation, it is agreed that a court
interpreting or construing the same shall not apply a presumption that the terms
hereof shall be more strictly construed against any person by reason of the rule
of construction that a document is to be construed more strictly against the
person who itself or through its agent prepared the same, it being agreed that
all parties hereto have participated in the preparation of this Agreement.
Section 9.15 Use of Lender's Name. The Borrower hereby agrees
that neither the Borrower nor the Servicer shall refer to or use the name "CFSC
Capital Corp. XXXIV," "Xxxxxxx Financial Services Corporation," "CFSC",
"Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx" or "Xxxxxxx", or any such name in any manner in any
collection or enforcement activities with respect to any Asset or in any
advertising, printed material, electronic medium or other medium, without first
obtaining the Lender's prior written consent. The Lender shall have no
obligation to give any such written consent and may withhold the same in its
sole and absolute discretion.
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Section 9.16 Confidentiality of Information. Each of the
Lender and the Borrower hereby acknowledges that it will use the Confidential
Information (defined below) solely for the purposes of evaluating, administering
and enforcing the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and making any
necessary business judgments with respect thereto and, in particular,
determining whether or not to make or obtain, as applicable, a Loan with respect
to an Asset Pool. In addition, neither the Lender nor the Borrower will disclose
any Confidential Information without the prior consent of the other, other than
to the directors, employees, auditors, counsel or affiliates of the Lender and
the Borrower, as applicable, each of whom shall be informed of the confidential
nature of the Confidential Information; provided, however, that the Lender and
the Borrower may disclose any such Confidential Information (i) to any party
contemplated in this Agreement or any other Loan Document for the purposes
contemplated hereunder or thereunder (including to any permitted assignee of a
Loan), (ii) as may be required by any municipal, state, federal or other
regulatory body having or claiming to have jurisdiction over such party, (iii)
in order to comply with any law, order, regulation, regulatory request or ruling
applicable to such party or (iv) in the event any such party is legally
compelled (by interrogatories, requests for information or copies, subpoena,
civil investigative demand or similar process) to disclose any such Confidential
Information. For purposes of this Section 9.16, "Confidential Information" shall
include: (a) all information regarding one or more Asset Pools in connection
with a Borrowing Request (including, but not limited to the Borrower's, any
Excluded Party's or any Affiliated Party's pricing, bidding, collections,
returns and profitability) (the "Borrower Confidential Information"), and (b)
all information pertaining to the relationship between the Borrower and the
Lender evidenced by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (the "Lender
Confidential Information"). This Section 9.16 shall be inoperative as to (A) the
Borrower, with respect to the Borrower Confidential Information, (B) the Lender,
with respect to the Lender Confidential Information, and (C) those portions of
the Confidential Information which are or become generally available to the
public, the Lender or the Borrower on a non-confidential basis from a source
other than the other party or an affiliate of the other party or were known to
the Lender or the Borrower on a non-confidential basis prior to its disclosure
by the other party.
Section 9.17 Full Recourse Obligations; Non-Recourse as to
Certain Parties. All Obligations are full recourse obligations of the Borrower
and as to all Assets. No Affiliated Party or Excluded Party (other than the
Borrower and, as applicable, the Servicer) shall have liability to the Lender
under this Agreement or otherwise for performance of the Obligations or in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby; provided, however, that
nothing in the foregoing shall relieve any Affiliated Party or any Excluded
Party from liability to the Lender under the Exclusivity Agreement or for any
misapplication or misappropriation of any Asset Pool Proceeds or
misappropriation of any Loan Collateral, or for any act of fraud or any knowing
and intentional misrepresentation by or on behalf of the Borrower, the Servicer
or any such Affiliated Party or Excluded Party.
Section 9.18 Effective Date and Termination. This Agreement
shall become effective upon execution and shall remain in force until the
Facility Termination Date.
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Signature Page to Credit Agreement
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Agreement to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized,
as of the date first above written.
NCOP Lakes, Inc.
By
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CFSC CAPITAL CORP. XXXIV
By
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EXHIBIT A
BORROWING REQUEST AND ACCEPTANCE
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CFSC Capital Corp. XXXIV
00000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Attn: ____________________
Re: Request for Loan under our Credit Agreement with you dated as of
August 19, 2002 (the "Credit Agreement")
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Unless otherwise expressly indicated, all capitalized terms
used herein but not otherwise herein defined shall have the respective meanings
ascribed to them in the Credit Agreement. On _________________, we intend to
submit an offer to purchase a pool or pools of assets (the "Asset Pool"), which
Asset Pool includes consumer finance receivables and/or other delinquent or
deficiency consumer obligations (the "Assets") from
_______________________________________ (the "Asset Pool Seller") for a purchase
price not to exceed $ _______ (the "Purchase Price"), such purchase to be
effected pursuant to the terms and conditions of a purchase agreement which, if
available, is in substantially the form attached hereto as Annex I (the
"Purchase Agreement"). We anticipate that the Total Cost of the Asset Pool
(which includes anticipated Purchase Expenses) will be $__________, as set forth
and described in Annex II attached hereto. The terms and conditions of any
deferred amounts payable to the Asset Pool Seller are as set forth and described
in Annex II attached hereto.
Pursuant to Section 2.1 of the Credit Agreement, we hereby
request that you make a Loan in the amount of $ ______________, which amount is
ninety percent (90%) of the Total Cost of the Asset Pool. Our Asset Pool Equity
Contribution with respect to the Asset Pool will be $______________, which is
ten percent (10%) of the Total Cost of the Asset Pool.
To induce you to make the Loans requested above, we hereby
represent and warrant to you the following:
(a) No Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, or
will result from the making of this Borrowing Request or the
transactions contemplated hereby;
(b) The conditions precedent set forth in Section 4.2 of the
Credit Agreement are fully satisfied as of the date of the Borrowing
Request; and
(c) The representations, warranties and covenants of the
undersigned set forth in Article V and Section 4.3 of the Credit
Agreement are true and correct as of the date of the Borrowing Request.
Pursuant to Section 2.1 of the Credit Agreement, included with
this Borrowing Request is the following pertinent information and documentation
relating to the Asset Pool:
(a) Attached hereto as Annex III is the related bid package as
provided by the Asset Pool Seller; and
(b) Attached hereto as Annex IV is all relevant additional
information regarding the Assets, including without limitation, the
aggregate number of Accounts included in the Asset Pool, projections of
Contingent Payments and projections of Asset Pool Proceeds, Purchase
Expenses incurred to date, an estimate of future Purchase Expenses, a
budget for the anticipated costs of collection to be incurred in
collecting the Assets and all related cash flow models in sufficient
detail to accurately describe the anticipated internal rate of return
for the Assets, a projected payment schedule over the expected term of
the Asset Pool as contemplated in Treasury Regulation ss. 1.12175-4(b)
and other information material to our economic assumptions with respect
to the Assets.
We will use our best efforts to promptly supply such additional pertinent
information and documentation as you may request.
In accordance with Section 2.1 of the Credit Agreement, your
failure to accept this Borrowing Request within the Response Period shall be
deemed a rejection of this Borrowing Request by you.
Very truly yours,
NCOP Lakes, Inc.
By
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Accepted, Agreed and Acknowledged this __ day of __________, 20__:
CFSC CAPITAL CORP. XXXIV
By
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ANNEX I
[Purchase Agreement]
ANNEX II
[Computation of Estimated Total Cost]
_________For the purposes of the acquisition of Accounts from Great
Lakes Collection Bureau, Inc. on August 19, 2002 only:
Total Cost shall be the Purchase Price specified in the
Portfolio Purchase Agreement (the "Portfolio Purchase Agreement")
between the Borrower and Great Lakes Collection Bureau, Inc. dated as
of August 19, 2002 in the amount of $22,900,000 and shall not include
Purchase Expenses.
Purchase Expenses shall be calculated and payable pursuant to
Section 2.8(a) of the Credit Agreement as follows:
a) Each of the Borrower and the Lender shall be entitled
to reimbursement of legal fees and expenses incurred
in connection with the acquisition of the Accounts
and preparation of the Loan Documents and Portfolio
Purchase Agreement in an amount not to exceed the
lesser of (i) the fees and costs billed to the
Borrower by Blank Rome Xxxxxxx & XxXxxxxx, LLP; and
(ii) the fees and costs billed to the Lender by
Faegre & Xxxxxx, LLP; plus
b) The Borrower shall be entitled to reimbursement of
fees and expenses billed to the Borrower by Ernst &
Young in connection with its acquisition of the
Accounts and the acquisition of other assets of Great
Lakes Collection Bureau, Inc. by the Borrower's
affiliate, NCOP Lakes, LLC, in an amount not to
exceed the lesser of (i) One Hundred Thousand Dollars
($100,000.00) and (ii) two-thirds (2/3) of such fees
and expenses.
ANNEX III
[Bid Package]
ANNEX IV
[Asset Pool Information]
EXHIBIT B-1
Pool Reference
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PROMISSORY NOTE
$___________ Minnetonka, Minnesota
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For value received, the undersigned, NCOP Lakes, Inc., a
Nevada corporation (the "Borrower"), hereby promises to pay to the order of CFSC
CAPITAL CORP. XXXIV, a Delaware corporation (the "Lender"), at its main office
in Minnetonka, Minnesota, or at any other place designated at any time by the
holder hereof, in lawful money of the United States of America and in
immediately available funds, the principal sum of
_____________________________________________________________________ dollars
and __/100 ($__________), together with interest on the principal amount
hereunder remaining unpaid from the date hereof until this Note is fully paid,
at the interest rate in effect from time to time under the Credit Agreement
(defined below) computed in accordance with the Credit Agreement, and all
Contingent Payments computed in accordance with the provisions of the Credit
Agreement.
The principal hereof and interest accruing thereon shall be
due and payable as provided in the Credit Agreement, but in any event will be
due and payable in full on ___________, _______ (the "Loan Maturity Date"). This
Note may be prepaid only in accordance with the Credit Agreement.
The "Credit Agreement," as referred to herein, shall mean that
certain Credit Agreement dated as of August 19, 2002, by and among the
undersigned and the Lender. This Note is issued in connection with the
acquisition by the Borrower of a portfolio of assets from ________________ on
(or about) the date hereof and such portfolio is described and referred to in
the Lender's records as ________________. This Note is subject to and is payable
in accordance with the Credit Agreement and is one of the Notes referred to
therein.
This Note is secured, among other things, pursuant to the
Security Agreement (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and the other Loan
Documents (as defined in the Credit Agreement), and may now or hereafter be
secured by one or more other security agreements, pledges, assignments,
agreements or other instruments.
The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all costs of collection,
including attorneys' fees and legal expenses, in the event this Note is not paid
when due, whether or not legal proceedings are commenced. Presentment or other
demand for payment, notice of dishonor and protest are expressly waived.
NCOP Lakes, Inc.
By
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EXHIBIT B-2
Pool Reference
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PROMISSORY NOTE
$___________ Minnetonka, Minnesota
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For value received, the undersigned, NCOP Lakes, Inc., a
Nevada corporation (the "Borrower"), hereby promises to pay to the order of CFSC
CAPITAL CORP. XXXIV, a Delaware corporation (the "Lender"), at its main office
in Minnetonka, Minnesota, or at any other place designated at any time by the
holder hereof, in lawful money of the United States of America and in
immediately available funds, the principal sum of
_____________________________________ _______________________________ dollars
and __/100 ($__________), together with interest on the principal amount
hereunder remaining unpaid from the date hereof until this Note is fully paid,
at the interest rate in effect from time to time under the Credit Agreement
(defined below) computed in accordance with the Credit Agreement, and all
Contingent Payments computed in accordance with the provisions of the Credit
Agreement.
The principal hereof and interest accruing thereon shall be
due and payable as provided in the Credit Agreement, but in any event will be
due and payable in full on ___________, _______ (the "Loan Maturity Date"). This
Note may be prepaid only in accordance with the Credit Agreement.
The "Credit Agreement," as referred to herein, shall mean that
certain Credit Agreement dated as of August 19, 2002, by and among the
undersigned and the Lender. This Note is issued in connection with the
acquisition by the Borrower of a portfolio of assets from ________________ on
(or about) the date hereof and such portfolio is described and referred to in
the Lender's records as ________________. This Note is subject to and is payable
in accordance with the Credit Agreement and is one of the Notes referred to
therein.
This Note is issued in replacement of, and substitution for,
but not in payment of, the undersigned's Promissory Note dated
_________________, ____, payable to the order of the Lender in the original
principal amount of $_____________.
This Note is secured, among other things, pursuant to the
Security Agreement (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and the other Loan
Documents (as defined in the Credit Agreement), and may now or hereafter be
secured by one or more other security agreements, pledges, assignments,
agreements or other instruments.
The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all costs of collection,
including attorneys' fees and legal expenses, in the event this Note is not paid
when due, whether or not legal proceedings are commenced. Presentment or other
demand for payment, notice of dishonor and protest are expressly waived.
NCOP Lakes, Inc.
By
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SCHEDULE 5.5
Material Litigation of the Borrower
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