OMNIBUS AMENDMENT [AMENDMENT NO. 8 TO RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT, AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO RECEIVABLES SALE AGREEMENT AND AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO AMENDED AND RESTATED FEE LETTER]
Exhibit
10.1
OMNIBUS
AMENDMENT
[AMENDMENT
NO. 8 TO RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT,
AMENDMENT
NO. 2 TO RECEIVABLES SALE AGREEMENT AND
AMENDMENT
NO. 2 TO AMENDED AND RESTATED FEE LETTER]
THIS OMNIBUS
AMENDMENT is entered into as of April 1, 2008, by and among Xxxxxxxx
Funding Corporation, a Delaware corporation, (the “Seller”),
Xxxxxxxx Corporation, an Iowa corporation (“Meredith”),
as Originator and as initial Servicer (the Servicer, together with Seller, the
“Seller
Parties” and each, a “Seller
Party”), JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., successor by merger to Bank One, NA,
in its individual capacity as the sole “Financial
Institution”, Falcon Asset Securitization Company LLC, formerly known as
Falcon Asset Securitization Corporation (the “Conduit”
and, together with the sole Financial Institution, the “Purchasers”),
and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., successor by merger to Bank One, NA, as agent
(together with its successors and assigns hereunder, the “Agent”),
with respect to (a) that certain Receivables Purchase Agreement among the
parties hereto dated as of April 9, 2002, as heretofore amended (the “Existing
RPA”), and (b) that certain Receivables Sale Agreement between the Seller
and Meredith dated as of April 9, 2002, as heretofore amended (the “Existing
RSA” and, together with the Existing RPA, the “Existing
Agreements”), and (c) that certain Amended and Restated Fee
Letter dated April 4, 2006 by and among Seller, the Conduit and the Agent (the
“Existing
Fee Letter”).
W
I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS,
Meredith and the Seller are parties to the Existing RSA;
WHEREAS,
the Seller Parties, the Purchasers and the Agent are parties to the Existing
RPA;
WHEREAS,
the Seller, the Conduit and the Agent are parties to the Existing Fee Letter;
and
WHEREAS,
the parties desire to amend the Existing Agreements and Existing Fee
Letter as hereinafter set forth;
NOW, THEREFORE,
in consideration of the premises herein contained, and for other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties
hereto hereby agree as follows:
1. Defined
Terms. Capitalized terms
used herein and not otherwise defined shall have their meanings as attributed to
such terms in the Existing Agreements.
2. Amendments.
2.1. Amendment
to the Existing RSA. The table
in Exhibit III to the Existing RSA is hereby deleted in its entirety and
replaced with “See Exhibit IV to the Purchase Agreement.”
2.2. Amendments to the Existing
RPA.
2.2.1. The
definition of “Commitment
Availability” in Exhibit I to the Existing RPA is hereby amended and
restated in its entirety to read as follows:
“Commitment
Availability” means at any time (a) an amount equal to the aggregate
amount of the Commitments, minus (b)
$2,500,000, minus (c)
the Aggregate Capital at such time.
2.2.2. The
definition of “Concentration
Limit” in Exhibit I to the Existing RPA is hereby amended and restated in
its entirety to read as follows:
“Concentration
Limit” means, at any time, for any Obligor, 5.837% of the Outstanding
Balance of all Eligible Receivables, or such other amount (a “Special
Concentration Limit”) for such Obligor designated by the Agent and set
forth on Schedule C, as such schedule may be modified from time to time by the
Agent to add Special Concentration Limits or to cancel any Special Concentration
Limit in accordance with the proviso of this definition; provided, that in the
case of an Obligor and any Affiliate of such Obligor, the Concentration Limit
shall be calculated as if such Obligor and such Affiliate are one Obligor; and
provided, further, that Conduit or the Required Financial Institutions may, upon
not less than three Business Days’ notice to Seller, cancel any Special
Concentration Limit.
2.2.3. The
definition of “Liquidity
Termination Date” in Exhibit I to the Existing RPA is hereby amended and
restated in its entirety to read as follows:
“Liquidity
Termination Date” means March 31, 2009.
2.2.4. The
definition of “Loss Percentage”
in Exhibit I to the Existing RPA is hereby amended and restated in its
entirety to read as follows:
“Loss
Percentage” means, as of the last day of any calendar month, the greater
of (i) 17.50% and (ii)(A) two (2), times (B) the Loss Ratio as of such date,
times (C) the Loss Horizon Ratio as of such date.
2.2.5. The
definition of “Purchase Limit”
in Exhibit I to the Existing RPA is hereby amended and restated in its
entirety to read as follows:
“Purchase
Limit” means $125,000,000.
2.2.6. Exhibit
IV to the Existing RPA is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as
set forth in Annex A hereto.
2.2.7. Schedule
A of the Existing RPA is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as
follows:
SCHEDULE
A
COMMITMENTS
OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Financial
Institution
|
Commitment
|
JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A.
|
$127,500,000
|
2.2.8. Schedule
C of the Existing RPA is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as
follows:
SCHEDULE
C
SPECIAL
CONCENTRATION LIMITS
Obligor
|
Special Concentration
Limit
|
Omnicom
Group
|
10%
of the Outstanding Balance of all
Eligible
Receivables
|
WPP
Group PLC
|
10%
of the Outstanding Balance of all
Eligible
Receivables
|
Home
Depot, Inc.
|
7.5%
of the Outstanding Balance of all
Eligible
Receivables
|
2.3. Amendment
to the Existing Fee Letter. The definition of
“Applicable
Percentage” set forth in the Existing Fee Letter is hereby amended and
restated in its entirety to read as follows:
As used
herein, “Applicable
Percentage” means, on any date of determination, 0.10% for the Unused Fee
and 0.35% for the Used Fee.
3. Representations
and Warranties. In order to
induce the Agent and the Purchasers to enter into this Amendment, each of
Meredith and the Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Agent and the
Purchasers that after giving effect to the amendments contained in Section 2
above, (a) no Termination Event, Amortization Event, Potential Termination Event
or Potential Amortization Event exists and is continuing as of the Effective
Date (as defined in Section 4 below), (b) each of Meredith’s representations and
warranties contained in Section 2.1 of the
Existing RSA is true and correct as of the Effective Date, and (c) each of such
Person’s representations and warranties contained in Section 5.1 of the
Existing RPA is true and correct as of the Effective Date.
4. Effective
Date. This Amendment
shall become effective as of the date first above written (the “Effective
Date”) when the Agent has received (a) counterparts of this Amendment,
duly executed by the Seller Parties, the Agent and the Purchasers, and (b) a
renewal fee of $112,500 in immediately available funds.
5. Ratification. The Existing
Agreements and the Existing Fee Letter, as modified hereby, are hereby ratified,
approved and confirmed in all respects.
6. Reference
to Agreements. From and after
the Effective Date hereof, each reference in the Existing
RSA, Existing RPA or Existing Fee Letter to “this Agreement”,
“hereof”, or “hereunder” or words of like import, and all references to the
Existing RSA, Existing RPA or Existing Fee Letter in any and all
agreements, instruments, documents, notes, certificates and other writings of
every kind and nature shall be deemed to mean the Existing
RSA, Existing RPA or Existing Fee Letter, as the case may be, as
modified by this Amendment.
7. Costs and
Expenses. The Seller agrees
to pay all costs, fees, and out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable
attorneys’ fees and disbursements) incurred by the Agent in connection with the
preparation, execution and enforcement of this Amendment.
8. CHOICE OF
LAW. THIS AMENDMENT
SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS (AND NOT THE LAW OF
CONFLICTS) OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.
9. 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 shall be deemed to be an
original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same
agreement.
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IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, the Seller Parties, the Purchasers and the Agent have executed
this Amendment as of the date first above written.
XXXXXXXX
FUNDING CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxxx X.
Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxx
Title: Vice
President, Finance
XXXXXXXX
CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X.
Xxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: Corporate
Controller
FALCON
ASSET SECURITIZATION COMPANY LLC
By: JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A., its attorney in fact
By: /s/ Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Title: Executive
Director
JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A., successor by merger to BANK ONE, NA, as a
Financial Institution and as Agent
By: /s/ Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Title: Executive
Director