EXHIBIT 10.42
EXECUTION COPY
LOCKBOX AGREEMENT
October 24, 2003
Fleet National Bank
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention:
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Xxxxxx Funding Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
has agreed to purchase certain receivables (the "Receivables") from Xxxxxx Micro
Inc. and certain other sellers (the "Sellers"), and in their capacity as
servicers pursuant to the Transaction Documents, (the "Servicers") pursuant to
the Amended and Restated Receivables Sale Agreement, dated as of March 8, 2000
(as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
"Receivables Sale Agreement"), among the Sellers, the Servicer and the Company.
The Company has in turn assigned the Receivables to a master trust (the "Master
Trust") pursuant to an Amended and Restated Pooling Agreement, dated an of March
8, 2000 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
"Pooling Agreement"), among the Company, Xxxxxx Micro Inc., as master servicer
(the "Master Servicer") and The Chase Manhattan Bank, a New York banking
corporation, as trustee (the "Trustee" or "Secured Party"). The Receivables are
serviced pursuant to the terms of an Amended and Restated Servicing Agreement
dated as of March 8, 2000 (as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time, the "Servicing Agreement"; and, collectively with
the Pooling Agreement, the "Pooling and Servicing Agreements") among the
Company, the Master Servicer and the Trustee. Capitalized terms used herein but
not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Pooling
Agreement.
Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreements
and except as otherwise provided therein, (i) the Servicer party hereto has
agreed to instruct all Obligors under the Receivables originated by it as Seller
to make all payments in respect of such Receivables to a blocked deposit account
(each, a "Lockbox Account") designated by such Servicer to such Obligor and (ii)
the Company has agreed to grant a security interest in its right, title and
interest in each Lockbox Account and all funds and other evidences of payment
held therein to the Secured Party. Furthermore, the Company, such Servicer and
the Secured Party have agreed, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreements,
that the Servicer shall enter into an agreement with each bank maintaining a
Lockbox Account, and hereby request that Fleet National Bank, a national banking
association organized under the laws of the United States and having a principal
place of business at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx (the "Lockbox
Bank") act, and the Lockbox Bank hereby agrees to act, as a lockbox deposit bank
for the Company with respect to the Lockbox Account. This Letter Agreement
defines certain rights and obligations with respect to the appointment of the
Lockbox Bank.
Accordingly, the Company, the Servicer party hereto and the
Lockbox Bank agree as follows:
Reference is made to the Lockbox Account (Account No.
9429282435), including each of the lockboxes related thereto (collectively, the
"Specified Account"), maintained with you by the Servicer party hereto. Such
Servicer hereby transfers the Specified Account to the Company and hereafter the
Specified Account shall be in the name of the Company and maintained by the
Lockbox Bank for the benefit of the Company and the Secured Party, as set forth
herein. All funds and other evidences of payment received by the Lockbox Bank in
its capacity as Lockbox Bank shall be deposited in the Specified Account. Such
payments shall not be commingled with other funds. All funds and other evidences
of payment at any time on deposit in the Specified Account shall be held by the
Lockbox Bank for application strictly in accordance with the terms of this
Letter Agreement. The Lockbox Bank agrees to give the Secured Party, the Company
and the Servicer party hereto, prompt notice if the Specified Account shall
become subject to any writ, judgment, warrant of attachment, execution or
similar process. Except as otherwise provided in this letter agreement and
except to the extent inconsistent with any term or provision of this Letter
Agreement, the Account shall be governed by the Lockbox Bank's standard terms
and conditions applicable to such accounts, as amended from time to time, a copy
of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A, and the Lockbox Bank is hereby
authorized to follow its usual operating procedures in connection with the
Specified Account and payments to the Specified Account are to be processed in
accordance with the standard procedures currently in effect. All service,
administrative, maintenance and other related charges and fees with respect to
the Specified Account shall continue to be payable by us as under the
arrangements currently in effect. Nothing contained in this Letter Agreement
shall prevent the Lockbox Bank from complying with any legal process or other
order of a court of competent jurisdiction affecting funds in the Specified
Account.
The Secured Party shall have sole and exclusive dominion over
and control of the Specified Account and all Collections and other property from
time to time deposited therein, shall have the sole right of withdrawal from the
Specified Account and except as otherwise provided below and in the Pooling
Agreement, shall have the sole right as information agent to advise the Lockbox
Bank as to the payment instructions pertaining to transfers from the Specified
Account. Each of the Company and the Servicer acknowledge and agree that it
shall not have any dominion over or control of the Specified Account or any
Collections or other property from time to time deposited therein including any
right to withdraw or utilize any funds or other evidences of payment on deposit
in the Specified Account, other than the right to authorize transfers to the
Collection Account as set forth herein and pursuant to the terms of the Pooling
and Servicing Agreements. The Lockbox Bank shall automatically, by 3:00 p.m.,
eastern standard time, at least as often as once each day that is a business day
for the Lockbox Bank and for the Trustee, transfer, by means of the Automated
Clearing House System, all available funds on deposit in the Specified Account,
including all funds transferred from Obligors on or before the end of the
preceding day, along with, subject to the next succeeding sentence, all
remittance advisements and payment invoices on deposit therein, to the
Collection Account provided such funds constitute good and clear monies. The
Lockbox Bank acknowledges that, until it receives written instructions from the
Secured Party to the contrary, the Lockbox Bank shall return to the Company,
upon the Company's reasonable request therefor, any remittance advisements and
payment invoices deposited into the Specified Account.
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Deposited checks with respect to the Specified Account
returned to the Lockbox Bank for any reason will be charged against the
Specified Account. Nothing contained in the previous sentence shall be construed
to prejudice other rights of the Lockbox Bank, which rights include the right of
recourse against the Company for any overdrafts or other service,
administrative, maintenance and other related expenses and/or fees with respect
to the Specified Account. In addition, if sufficient collected and available
funds do not exist in the Specified Account to cover the Account charges,
service, administrative, maintenance and other related expenses and/or fees with
respect to the Specified Account, you may charge any other of the Company's
accounts at the Lockbox Bank. The provisions of this paragraph shall survive the
Termination of this Agreement.
The Secured Party is authorized to receive mail delivered to
the Lockbox Bank with respect to the Specified Account and the Company has filed
a form of standing delivery order with the United States Postal Service
authorizing the Secured Party to receive mail delivered to the Lockbox Bank with
respect to the Specified Account.
The Company shall utilize one of Lockbox Bank's online
transaction reporting systems, or a comparable online monitoring system of
another bank, to monitor, on a daily basis, transactions posting against the
Account and immediately notify the Lockbox Bank of any errors, discrepancies
and/or irregularities, such notice to take place no later than the time frames
specified in the following table (unless a longer period is required by
applicable law) after the transaction containing or reflecting an error,
discrepancy and/or irregularity becomes available for viewing online:
Type of Transaction Notification Period
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Disputed ACH Transactions Within 24 hours of transaction posting
to account
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Paid Check Transactions - Deposit Only Account
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Analysis/Service Fees Disputes Within 30 days of receipt of Analysis
Statement
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All other errors, discrepancies and/or Within 30 days of transaction posting to
irregularities account
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Except to the extent otherwise required by applicable law, failure by
the Company to notify the Lockbox Bank of errors, discrepancies and/or
irregularities within the time frame indicated shall relieve the Lockbox Bank of
any and all liability associated with or arising from such errors, discrepancies
and/or irregularities.
The Lockbox Bank may also furnish the Secured Party (upon its
request) with statements, in the form and manner typical for the Lockbox Bank,
of amounts of deposits in, and amounts transferred to the Collection Account
from, the Specified Account pursuant to any reasonable request of the Secured
Party but in any event not less frequently than monthly and such other
information relating to the Specified Account at such time as shall be
reasonably requested by the Secured Party.
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For purposes of this Letter Agreement any officer of the
Secured Party shall be authorized to act, and to give instructions and notice,
on behalf of the Secured Party hereunder. The Lockbox Bank may rely and shall be
protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any communication (including
but not limited to electronically confirmed facsimiles of communications)
reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, delivered or
presented by the proper party or parties or any officer of the Secured Party.
The fees for the services of the Lockbox Bank shall be
mutually agreed upon between the Company and the Lockbox Bank and paid by the
Company. Neither the Secured Party nor any investor in the Master Trust shall
have any responsibility or liability for the payment of any such fee.
The Lockbox Bank may perform any of its duties hereunder by or
through its officers, employees or agents and shall be entitled to rely upon the
advice of counsel as to its duties. The Lockbox Bank shall not be liable to the
Secured Party, the Servicer party hereto or the Company for any action taken or
omitted to be taken by it in good faith, nor shall the Lockbox Bank be
responsible to the Secured Party, such Servicer or the Company for the
consequences of any oversight or error of judgment or be answerable to the
Secured Party for the same, unless such action, omission, oversight or error of
judgment shall happen through the Lockbox Bank's gross negligence or willful
misconduct.
The Company hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the
Lockbox Bank, and it's directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates
(collectively, the "FLEET PARTIES") from and against, any and all claims,
demands, liabilities, actions, causes of action, losses, setoff, recoupment and
expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys' fees and court costs), both
legal and equitable, associated with, or connected to the Specified Account and
the services performed by the Lockbox Bank under this Agreement (collectively,
the "COVERED ITEMS"); provided that the Fleet Parties have not been proven to
have engaged in willful misconduct or gross negligence. This paragraph shall
survive the termination of this Agreement.
Furthermore, the duties and obligations of Lockbox Bank
hereunder shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Letter
Agreement. The Lockbox Bank shall not be liable except for the performance of
its duties and obligations specifically set forth in this Agreement, and no
implied covenants or obligations on the part of the Lockbox Bank shall be read
into this Letter Agreement. In the event of a conflict between the terms and
provisions of this Letter Agreement, and the terms and provisions of any lockbox
or other agreement relating to the Specified Account, lockbox, or cash
management services, the terms of this Letter Agreement shall control but only
to the extent necessary to resolve such conflict.
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The Lockbox Bank hereby represents and warrants that (a) it is
a banking corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of Massachusetts and has full corporate power and authority under
such law to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement
and (b) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Lockbox
Bank have been duly and effectively authorized by all necessary corporate action
and this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Lockbox Bank and
constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Lockbox Bank enforceable in
accordance with its terms. Each of the Company and the Secured Party and the
servicers, represents and warrants to the Lockbox Bank and the other parties
that (i) this Letter Agreement constitutes a legal and valid, binding obligation
of such party, enforceable in accordance with its terms; (ii) the performance of
its obligations under this Letter Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereunder do not constitute or result in a breach of
its certificate or articles of incorporation, by-laws or partnership agreement,
as applicable, or the provisions of any material contract to which it is a party
or by which it is bound or (iii) result in the violation of any law, regulation,
judgment, decree or governmental order applicable to it; and (iv) all approvals
and authorizations required to permit the execution, delivery, performance and
consummation of this Letter Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereunder have been obtained.
The Company and the Secured Party agree that, in performing
the services under this Letter Agreement, the Lockbox Bank will be acting as an
independent contractor and not as an employer, employee, partner or agent of the
Company or Secured Party. Furthermore, nothing contained in this Letter
Agreement shall create any agency, fiduciary, joint venture or partnership
relationship between the Lockbox Bank, the Company and/or the Secured Party
and/or any servicer.
The Lockbox Bank may resign at any time as Lockbox Bank
hereunder by delivery to the Secured Party and the Company of written notice of
resignation not less than 30 days prior to the effective date of such
resignation. The Company may close the Specified Account at any time by delivery
of a written notice to the Lockbox Bank and the Secured Party at the addresses
appearing below. If the Company shall refuse any demand by the Secured Party to
close the Specified Account in the event (i) an Early Amortization Event shall
occur and be continuing or (ii) there has been a failure by the Lockbox Bank to
perform any of its material obligations hereunder and such failure could
adversely affects the Lockbox Bank or Secured Party's interest in any Receivable
or the Secured Party's rights, or ability to exercise any remedies, under this
Letter Agreement or the Pooling and Servicing Agreements, then the Secured Party
may close the Specified Account at any time by delivery of notice to the Lockbox
Bank and the Company at the addresses appearing below. This Letter Agreement
shall terminate upon receipt of such written notice of closing, or delivery of
such notice of resignation, except that the Lockbox Bank shall immediately
transfer to the Collection Account, or any other account designated by the
Secured Party all available funds or, subject to the Company's reasonable
request to retain such items, any remittance advisements or payment invoices, if
any, then on deposit in, or otherwise to the credit of, the Specified Account
and deliver any available funds or such remittance advisements or payment
invoices relating to the Receivables received by the Lockbox Bank after such
notice directly to the Collection Account or any other account designated by the
Secured Party.
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All notices and communications hereunder shall be in writing
(except where telephonic instructions or notices are authorized herein) and
shall be deemed to have been received and shall be effective on the day on which
delivered (including delivery by telex):
The Lockbox Bank shall not assign or transfer any of its
rights or obligations hereunder (other than to the Secured Party) without the
prior written consent of the Secured Party. Notwithstanding anything herein to
the contrary, upon the succession of the Master
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Servicer to the Servicer party hereto in accordance with and under the Servicing
Agreement, the Master Servicer shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may
exercise every right and power of, the Servicer party hereto under this Letter
Agreement with the same effect as if the Master Servicer had been named as the
Servicer party hereto. This Letter Agreement may be amended only by a written
instrument executed by the Company, the Master Servicer, the Servicer party
hereto, the Secured Party and the Lockbox Bank, acting by their representative
officers thereunto duly authorized. Except with respect to the amount of its
fees payable hereunder, the Lockbox Bank hereby unconditionally and irrevocably
waives (so long as the Pooling and Servicing Agreements are in effect) any
rights of setoff or banker's lien against, or to otherwise deduct from, any
funds or other evidences of payment hold in any Specified Account for any
indebtedness or other claim owed by the Company or the Master Servicer or any
Servicer to the Lockbox Bank.
The parties hereto agree that this Letter Agreement shall
constitute an "authenticated record" for purposes of, and the Company hereby
grants and confers upon the Secured Party "control" of the Specified Account as
contemplated in, Section 9-104 (and similar related provisions) of Article 9 of
the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in New York (the
"UCC"). The Bank hereby represents and warrants that it is a "bank" and that the
Specified Account is a "deposit account", as such terms are defined in Section
9-102 (and similar related provisions) of the UCC.
THIS LETTER AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT THE
VALIDITY OR PERFECTION OF THE SECURITY INTEREST OR REMEDIES HEREUNDER IN RESPECT
OF ANY RECEIVABLE MAY BE GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF A JURISDICTION OTHER THAN NEW
YORK.
This Letter Agreement (i) shall inure to the benefit of, and
be binding upon, the Company, the Master Servicer, the Servicer party hereto,
the Secured Party, the Lockbox Bank and their respective successors and assigns
and (ii) may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be
deemed an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this
Letter Agreement by facsimile transmission shall be effective as delivery of a
manually executed counterpart of this Letter Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Letter
Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized officers as of the date first
above written.
Very truly yours,
XXXXXX FUNDING INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: Treasurer
XXXXXX MICRO INC., as Master Servicer
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: Corporate Vice President & Treasurer
Agreed to and accepted:
FLEET NATIONAL BANK, as Lockbox Bank
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
Title: Managing Director
Acknowledged:
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, not in its individual
capacity but solely as Secured Party
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Title: Trust Officer
