AMENDMENT NO. 15 TO TRANSFER AND ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10 (o)(xvi)
AMENDMENT NO. 15 TO TRANSFER AND ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT
AMENDMENT NO. 15 TO TRANSFER AND ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT, dated as of February 12, 2007 (this
“Amendment”), to that certain Transfer and Administration Agreement dated as of March 21,
2001, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Transfer and Administration Agreement dated as of November
30, 2001, Amendment No. 2 to Transfer and Administration Agreement dated as of December 14, 2001,
Amendment No. 3 to Transfer and Administration Agreement dated as of March 20, 2002, Amendment No.
4 to Transfer and Administration Agreement dated as of March 29, 2002, Amendment No. 5 to Transfer
and Administration Agreement dated as of May 22, 2002, Amendment No. 6 and Limited Waiver to
Transfer and Administration Agreement dated as of September 27, 2002, Amendment No. 7 to Transfer
and Administration Agreement dated as of February 19, 2003, Amendment No. 8 to Transfer and
Administration Agreement dated as of April 14, 2003, Amendment No. 9 to Transfer and Administration
Agreement dated as of August 13, 2003, Amendment No. 10 to Transfer and Administration Agreement
dated as of February 18, 2004, Amendment No. 11 to Transfer and Administration Agreement dated as
of August 13, 2004, Amendment No. 12 to Transfer and Administration Agreement dated as of February
14, 2005, Amendment No. 13 to Transfer and Administration Agreementd dated as of February 13, 2006
and Amendment No. 14 to Transfer and Administration Agreement dated as of October 31, 2006 (as so
amended and in effect, the “TAA”), by and among Arrow Electronics Funding Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the “SPV”), Arrow Electronics, Inc., a New York corporation,
individually (“Arrow”) and as the initial Master Servicer, the several commercial paper
conduits identified on Schedule A to the TAA and their respective permitted successors and assigns
(the “Conduit Investors”; each individually, a “Conduit Investor”), the agent bank
set forth opposite the name of each Conduit Investor on such Schedule A and its permitted
successors and assigns (each a “Funding Agent”) with respect to such Conduit Investor, and
Bank of America, National Association, a national banking association, as the administrative agent
for the Investors (the “Administrative Agent”), and the financial institutions from time to
time parties thereto as Alternate Investors. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined
herein have the meanings assigned to such terms in the TAA.
PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS:
WHEREAS, the SPV, Arrow, the Conduit Investors, the Funding Agents, the Alternate Investors
and the Administrative Agent have entered into the TAA;
WHEREAS, the SPV and Arrow have requested that the Conduit Investors, the Funding Agents, the
Alternate Investors and the Administrative Agent agree to make certain changes and amendments to
the TAA;
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WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Conduit Investors, the
Alternate Investors, the Funding Agents and the Administrative Agent are willing to make such
changes and amendments to the TAA; and
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto
hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Amendments to the TAA. Effective as of the date hereof and subject to the
satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3 hereof, the TAA is hereby amended
as follows:
Section 1.1. Section 1.1 is amended by amending and restating the definition of “Commitment
Termination Date,” such definition to read in its entirety as follows:
“Commitment Termination Date” means the earliest to occur of (a) February
19, 2008, (b) the date the commitment of any Program Support Provider terminates
under any Program Support Agreement, and (c) the date of termination of any Program
Support Agreement; provided, that in any event the Commitment Termination
Date shall not occur prior to May 11, 2007 (or such later date as to which the SPV,
Arrow, each Conduit Investor, Funding Agent and Alternate Investor affected thereby
and the Administrative Agent may agree in writing).
SECTION 2. Representations and Warranties of the SPV and Arrow. To induce the Conduit
Investors, Alternate Investors, the Funding Agents and the Administrative Agent to enter into this
Amendment, the SPV and Arrow each makes the following representations and warranties (which
representations and warranties shall survive the execution and delivery of this Amendment) as of
the date hereof, after giving effect to the amendments set forth herein:
Section 2.1. Authority. The SPV and Arrow each has the requisite corporate power,
authority and legal right to execute and deliver this Amendment and to perform its obligations
hereunder and under the Transaction Documents, including the TAA (as modified hereby). The
execution, delivery and performance by the SPV and Arrow of this Amendment and their performance of
the Transaction Documents, including the TAA (as modified hereby), have been duly approved by all
necessary corporate action and no other corporate proceedings are necessary to consummate such
transactions.
Section 2.2. Enforceability. This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by
the SPV and Arrow. This Amendment is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the SPV and Arrow,
enforceable against the SPV and Arrow in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the rights of creditors
generally and the application of general principles of equity (regardless of whether considered in
a proceeding at law or in equity). The making and delivery of this Amendment and the performance
of the Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, do not
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violate any provision of law or any regulation (except to the extent that the violation
thereof could not, in the aggregate, be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or a material
adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), business or properties of Arrow and the
other Originators, taken as a whole), or its charter or by-laws, or result in the breach of or
constitute a default under or require any consent under any indenture or other agreement or
instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound or affected.
Section 2.3. Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties
contained in the Transaction Documents are true and correct on and as of the date hereof as though
made on and as of the date hereof after giving effect to this Amendment.
Section 2.4. No Termination Event. After giving effect to this Amendment, no event
has occurred and is continuing that constitutes a Termination Event or a Potential Termination
Event.
SECTION 3. Conditions Precedent. This Amendment shall become effective, as of the
date hereof, on the date on which the following conditions precedent shall have been fulfilled:
Section 3.1. This Amendment. The Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts
of this Amendment, duly executed by each of the parties hereto.
Section 3.2. Additional Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received all
additional approvals, certificates, documents, instruments and items of information as the
Administrative Agent may reasonably request and all of the foregoing shall be in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and each Funding Agent.
SECTION 4. References to and Effect on the Transaction Documents.
Section 4.1. Except as specifically amended and modified hereby, each Transaction Document is
and shall continue to be in full force and effect and is hereby in all respects ratified and
confirmed.
Section 4.2. The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not operate as
a waiver of any right, power or remedy of any Investor, Funding Agent or the Administrative Agent
under any Transaction Document, nor constitute a waiver, amendment or modification of any provision
of any Transaction Document, except as expressly provided in Section 1 hereof.
Section 4.3. This Amendment contains the final and complete integration of all prior
expressions by the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and shall constitute
the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof superseding
all prior oral or written understandings.
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Section 4.4. Each reference in the TAA to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof” or words of
like import, and each reference in any other Transaction Document to “the Transfer and
Administration Agreement”, “thereunder”, “thereof” or words of like import, referring to the
Agreement, shall mean and be a reference to the Agreement as amended hereby.
SECTION 5. Execution in Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of
counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so
executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall
constitute but one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page
to this Amendment by telefacsimile shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed
counterpart of this Amendment.
SECTION 6. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECTION 7. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY WAIVES ANY RIGHT
TO HAVE A JURY PARTICIPATE IN RESOLVING ANY DISPUTE, WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR
OTHERWISE, AMONG ANY OF THEM ARISING OUT OF, CONNECTED WITH, RELATING TO OR INCIDENTAL TO THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THEM IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AMENDMENT OR ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed by their
respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above written.
Arrow Electronics Funding Corporation, as SPV |
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By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxx Xxxxx | |||
Title: | President | |||
Arrow Electronics, Inc., individually and as Master Servicer |
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By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxx Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President & Treasurer | |||
Kitty Hawk Funding Corporation, as a Conduit Investor |
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By: | /s/ Xxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President | |||
Bank of America, National Association, as a Funding Agent, as Administrative Agent, and as an Alternate Investor |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President | |||
Signature Page to
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Transfer and Administration Agreement
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Park Avenue Receivables Company LLC, | ||||
as a Conduit Investor | ||||
By: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (formerly known as JPMorgan Chase Bank), its attorney-in-fact | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Name: Xxxx Xxxxxx | ||||
Title: Vice President | ||||
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., | ||||
(formerly known as JPMorgan Chase Bank) as a Funding Agent and as an Alternate Investor | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Name: Xxxx Xxxxxx | ||||
Title: Vice President |
Signature Page to
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Alpine Securitization Corp., | ||||||
as a Conduit Investor | ||||||
By: Credit Suisse, New York Branch, its attorney-in-fact |
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By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx | |||||
Name: Xxxx Xxxxxx | ||||||
Title: Director | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx | |||||
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxx | ||||||
Title: Director |
Credit Suisse, New York Branch | ||||
as a Funding Agent and as an Alternate Investor | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxx | |||
Name: Xxxx Xxxx | ||||
Title: Director | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | ||||
Title: Director |
Signature Page to
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Liberty Street Funding Corp., as a Conduit Investor |
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By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President | |||
The Bank of Nova Scotia, as a Funding Agent and as an Alternate Investor |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx Xxxx | |||
Title: | Director | |||
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Gotham Funding Corporation, as a Conduit Investor |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Secretary | |||
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., New York Branch, (formerly known as The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd., New York Branch) as a Funding Agent |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President | |||
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., New York Branch , (formerly known as The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd., New York Branch) as an Alternate Investor |
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By: | /s/ Chi-Xxxxx Xxxx | |||
Name: | Chi-Xxxxx Xxxx | |||
Title: | Authorized Signatory | |||
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Old Line Funding, LLC, | ||||||
as a Conduit Investor | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||||
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | ||||||
Title: Authorized Signatory |
Royal Bank of Canada | ||||
as a Funding Agent and as an Alternate Investor | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | ||||
Title: Authorized Signatory | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |||
Name: Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | ||||
Title: Authorized Signatory |
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Variable Funding Capital Company Llc | ||||
as a Conduit Investor | ||||
By: Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, as attorney-in-fact | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xx. | |||
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xx. | ||||
Title: Vice President | ||||
Wachovia Bank, National Association, | ||||
as a Funding Agent and as an Alternate Investor | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |||
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | ||||
Title: Vice President |
Signature Page to
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Arrow Electronics
Transfer and Administration Agreement
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Transfer and Administration Agreement