Exhibit 10.61
CONFORMED COPY
RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
dated as of November 30, 2001
As amended by AMENDMENT NO.1
dated as of August 29, 2003
among
ENERGY SERVICES FUNDING CORPORATION
UGI ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
MARKET STREET FUNDING CORPORATION
and
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
This RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (as amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time, this "Agreement") is entered into as of November 30,
2001, as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated as of August 29, 2003, among ENERGY
SERVICES FUNDING CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, as seller (the "Seller"),
UGI ENERGY SERVICES, INC., a Pennsylvania corporation ("UGI"), as initial
servicer (in such capacity, together with its successors and permitted assigns
in such capacity, the "Servicer"), MARKET STREET FUNDING CORPORATION, a Delaware
corporation (together with its successors and permitted assigns, the "Issuer"),
and PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association ("PNC"), as
administrator (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in
such capacity, the "Administrator").
PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS. Certain terms that are capitalized and used
throughout this Agreement are defined in Exhibit I. References in the Exhibits
hereto to the "Agreement" refer to this Agreement.
The Seller desires to sell, transfer and assign an undivided variable
percentage interest in a pool of receivables, and the Issuer desires to acquire
such undivided variable percentage interest, as such percentage interest shall
be adjusted from time to time based upon, in part, reinvestment payments that
are made by the Issuer.
In consideration of the mutual agreements, provisions and covenants
contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I.
AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE PURCHASES
Section 1.1 Purchase Facility. (a) On the terms and conditions hereinafter
set forth, the Issuer hereby agrees to purchase, and make reinvestments of,
undivided percentage ownership interests with regard to the Purchased Interest
from the Seller from time to time from December 4, 2001 to the Facility
Termination Date. Under no circumstances shall the Issuer make any such purchase
or reinvestment if, after giving effect to such purchase or reinvestment, the
aggregate outstanding Capital of the Purchased Interest would exceed the
Purchase Limit.
(b) The Seller may, upon at least 60 days' written notice to the
Administrator, terminate the Purchase Facility provided in this Section in whole
or, upon at least 30 days' written notice to the Administrator, from time to
time, irrevocably reduce in part the unused portion of the Purchase Limit;
provided, that each partial reduction shall be in the amount of at least
$5,000,000, or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, and that,
unless terminated in whole, the Purchase Limit shall in no event be reduced
below $20,000,000.
Section 1.2 Making Purchases. (a) Each purchase (but not reinvestment) of
undivided percentage ownership interests with regard to the Purchased Interest
hereunder shall be made upon the Seller's irrevocable written notice in the form
of Annex B (the "Purchase Notice") delivered to the Administrator in accordance
with Section 5.2 (which notice must be received by the Administrator before
11:00 a.m., New York City time) at least (x) one Business Day before the
requested purchase date in the case of a purchase of less than $50,000,000 and
(y) two Business Days before the requested purchase date in the case of a
purchase of at least
$50,000,000, which notice in each case shall specify: (A) the amount requested
to be paid to the Seller (such amount, which shall not be less than $1,000,000
and shall be in integral multiples of $100,000, being the Capital relating to
the undivided percentage ownership interest then being purchased), (B) the date
of such purchase (which shall be a Business Day), and (C) the pro forma
calculation of the Purchased Interest after giving effect to the increase in
Capital.
(b) On the date of each purchase (but not reinvestment) of undivided
percentage ownership interests with regard to the Purchased Interest hereunder,
the Issuer shall, upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in
Exhibit II, make available to the Seller in same day funds, at Mellon Bank,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, account number 016-7425, ABA# 000000000, an amount
equal to the Capital relating to the undivided percentage ownership interest
then being purchased as set forth in the applicable Purchase Notice.
(c) Effective on the date of each purchase pursuant to this Section and
each reinvestment pursuant to Section 1.4, the Seller hereby sells and assigns
to the Issuer an undivided percentage ownership interest in: (i) each Pool
Receivable then existing, (ii) all Related Security with respect to such Pool
Receivables, and (iii) all Collections with respect to, and other proceeds of,
such Pool Receivables and Related Security.
(d) To secure all of the Seller's obligations (monetary or otherwise)
under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party,
whether now or hereafter existing or arising, due or to become due, direct or
indirect, absolute or contingent, the Seller hereby grants to the Issuer a
security interest in all of the Seller's right, title and interest (including
any undivided interest of the Seller) in, to and under all of the following,
whether now or hereafter owned, existing or arising: (i) all Pool Receivables,
(ii) all Related Security with respect to such Pool Receivables, (iii) all
Collections with respect to, and other proceeds of, such Pool Receivables and
Related Security, (iv) the Lock-Box Accounts (and the related lock-boxes) and
all amounts on deposit therein, and all certificates and instruments, if any,
from time to time evidencing such Lock-Box Accounts (and such related
lock-boxes) and such amounts on deposit therein, (v) all books and records of
each Receivable, and all rights, remedies, powers and privileges of the Seller
in any accounts into which Collections are or may be received and all rights
(but none of the obligations) of the Seller under the Purchase and Sale
Agreement and (vi) all proceeds and products of, and all amounts received or
receivable under any or all of, the foregoing (collectively, the "Pool Assets").
The Issuer shall have, with respect to the Pool Assets, and in addition to all
the other rights and remedies available to the Issuer, all the rights and
remedies of a secured party under any applicable UCC. In connection with the
transfer of the undivided interest set forth in Section 1.2(c) or the grant of
the security interest in the Pool Assets set forth in this Section 1.2(d), by
signing this Agreement in the space provided, the Seller hereby authorizes the
filing of all applicable UCC financing statements in all necessary
jurisdictions.
Section 1.3 Purchased Interest Computation. The Purchased Interest shall
be initially computed on the date of the initial purchase hereunder. Thereafter,
until the Facility Termination Date, the Purchased Interest shall be
automatically recomputed (or deemed to be recomputed) on each Business Day other
than a Termination Day. From and after the occurrence of any Termination Day,
the Purchased Interest shall (until the event(s) giving rise to such Termination
Day are satisfied or are waived by the Administrator or the happening of the
events set forth in
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the next sentence) be deemed to be 100%. The Purchased Interest shall become
zero when the Capital thereof and Discount thereon shall have been paid in full,
all the amounts owed by the Seller and required to be deposited by the Servicer
hereunder to the Issuer, the Administrator and any other Indemnified Party or
Affected Person are paid in full, and the Servicer shall have received the
accrued Servicing Fee thereon.
Section 1.4 Settlement Procedures. (a) The collection of the Pool
Receivables shall be administered by the Servicer in accordance with this
Agreement. The Seller shall provide to the Servicer on a timely basis all
information needed for such administration, including notice of the occurrence
of any Termination Day and current computations of the Purchased Interest.
(b) The Servicer shall, on each day on which Collections of Pool
Receivables are received (or deemed received) by the Seller or the Servicer:
(i) set aside and hold in trust (and shall, at the request of the
Administrator, segregate in a separate account approved by the
Administrator) for the Issuer, out of the Issuer's Share of such
Collections, first, an amount equal to the Discount accrued through such
day for each Portion of Capital and not previously set aside, second, an
amount equal to the fees set forth in the Fee Letter accrued and unpaid
through such day, and third, to the extent funds are available therefor,
an amount equal to the Issuer's Share of the Servicing Fee accrued through
such day and not previously set aside,
(ii) subject to Section 1.4(f), if such day is not a Termination
Day, remit to the Seller, on behalf of the Issuer, the remainder of the
Issuer's Share of such Collections. Such remainder shall be automatically
reinvested in Pool Receivables, and in the Related Security, Collections
and other proceeds with respect thereto; provided, however, that if the
Purchased Interest would exceed 100%, then the Servicer shall not
reinvest, but shall set aside and hold in trust for the Issuer (and shall,
at the request of the Administrator, segregate in a separate account
approved by the Administrator) a portion of such Collections that,
together with the other Collections set aside pursuant to this paragraph,
shall equal the amount necessary to reduce the Purchased Interest to 100%,
(iii) if such day is a Termination Day, set aside, segregate and
hold in trust (and shall, at the request of the Administrator, segregate
in a separate account approved by the Administrator) for the Issuer the
entire remainder of the Issuer's Share of the Collections; provided, that
if amounts are set aside and held in trust on any Termination Day of the
type described in clause (a) of the definition of "Termination Day" and,
thereafter, the conditions set forth in Section 2 of Exhibit II are
satisfied or waived by the Administrator, such previously set-aside
amounts shall be reinvested in accordance with clause (ii) on the day of
such subsequent satisfaction or waiver of conditions, and
(iv) release to the Seller (subject to Section 1.4(f)) for its own
account any Collections in excess of: (x) amounts required to be
reinvested in accordance with clause (ii) or the proviso to clause (iii)
plus (y) the amounts that are required to be set aside pursuant to clause
(i), the proviso to clause (ii) and clause (iii) plus (z) the Seller's
Share of the Servicing Fee accrued and unpaid through such day.
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(c) The Servicer shall deposit into the Administration Account (or such
other account designated by the Administrator), on each Settlement Date (or
solely with respect to Collections held for the Issuer pursuant to clause (f)
such other date as set forth in clause (f)(iii) for such payment), Collections
held for the Issuer pursuant to clause (b)(i) or (f) plus the amount of
Collections then held for the Issuer pursuant to clauses (b)(ii) and (iii) of
Section 1.4; provided, that if UGI or an Affiliate thereof is the Servicer, such
day is not a Termination Day and the Administrator has not notified UGI (or such
Affiliate) that the right to retain the portion of the Collections set aside
pursuant to clause (b)(i) that represent the Issuer's Share of the Servicing Fee
is revoked, UGI (or such Affiliate) may retain the portion of the Collections
set aside pursuant to clause (b)(i) that represents the Issuer's Share of the
Servicing Fee in payment in full of the Issuer's Share of accrued Servicing Fees
so set aside. On the last day of each Settlement Period, the Administrator will
notify the Servicer by facsimile of the amount of Discount accrued with respect
to each Portion of Capital during such Settlement Period or portion thereof.
(d) Upon receipt of funds deposited into the Administration Account
pursuant to clause (c), the Administrator shall cause such funds to be
distributed as follows:
(i) if such distribution occurs on a day that is not a Termination
Day and the Purchased Interest does not exceed 100%, first to the Issuer
in payment in full of all accrued Discount and fees (other than Servicing
Fees) with respect to each Portion of Capital, and second, if the Servicer
has set aside amounts in respect of the Servicing Fee pursuant to clause
(b)(i) and has not retained such amounts pursuant to clause (c), to the
Servicer (payable in arrears on each Settlement Date) in payment in full
of the Issuer's Share of accrued Servicing Fees so set aside, and
(ii) if such distribution occurs on a Termination Day or on a day
when the Purchased Interest exceeds 100%, first to the Issuer in payment
in full of all accrued Discount with respect to each Portion of Capital,
second to the Issuer in payment in full of Capital (or, if such day is not
a Termination Day, the amount necessary to reduce the Purchased Interest
to 100%), third, to the Servicer in payment in full of all accrued
Servicing Fees, and fourth, if the Capital and accrued Discount with
respect to each Portion of Capital have been reduced to zero, and all
accrued Servicing Fees payable to the Servicer have been paid in full, to
the Issuer, the Administrator and any other Indemnified Party or Affected
Person in payment in full of any other amounts owed thereto by the Seller
hereunder.
After the Capital, Discount, fees payable pursuant to the Fee Letter and
Servicing Fees with respect to the Purchased Interest, and any other amounts
payable by the Seller and the Servicer to the Issuer, the Administrator or any
other Indemnified Party or Affected Person hereunder, have been paid in full,
all additional Collections with respect to the Purchased Interest shall be paid
to the Seller for its own account.
(e) For the purposes of this Section 1.4:
(i) if on any day the Outstanding Balance of any Pool Receivable is
reduced or adjusted as a result of any defective, rejected, returned,
repossessed or foreclosed goods or services, or any revision,
cancellation, allowance, rebate, discount or other adjustment
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made by the Seller or any Affiliate of the Seller, or any setoff or
dispute between the Seller or any Affiliate of the Seller and an Obligor,
the Seller shall be deemed to have received on such day a Collection of
such Pool Receivable in the amount of such reduction or adjustment;
(ii) if on any day any of the representations or warranties in
Section 1(g) or (n) of Exhibit III, or Section 2, 3 or 4 of Exhibit VI is
not true with respect to any Pool Receivable, the Seller shall be deemed
to have received on such day a Collection of such Pool Receivable in full;
(iii) except as provided in clause (i) or (ii), or as otherwise
required by applicable law or the relevant Contract, all Collections
received from an Obligor of any Receivable shall be applied to the
Receivables of such Obligor in the order of the age of such Receivables,
starting with the oldest such Receivable, unless such Obligor designates
its payment for application to specific Receivables; and
(iv) if and to the extent the Administrator or the Issuer shall be
required for any reason to pay over to an Obligor (or any trustee,
receiver, custodian or similar official in any Insolvency Proceeding) any
amount received by it hereunder, such amount shall be deemed not to have
been so received by the Administrator or the Issuer but rather to have
been retained by the Seller and, accordingly, the Administrator or the
Issuer, as the case may be, shall have a claim against the Seller for such
amount, payable when and to the extent that any distribution from or on
behalf of such Obligor is made in respect thereof.
(f) If at any time, the Seller shall wish to cause the reduction of the
Capital (but not to commence the liquidation, or reduction to zero, of the
entire Capital of the Purchased Interest), the Seller may do so as follows:
(i) the Seller shall give the Administrator and the Servicer written
notice in the form of Annex C (A) at least one Business Day prior to the
date of such reduction for any reduction of Capital less than or equal to
$20,000,000; (B) at least two Business Days prior to the date of such
reduction for any reduction of Capital greater than $20,000,000 and less
than or equal to $50,000,000; and (C) at least three Business Days prior
to the date of such reduction for any reduction of Capital greater than
$50,000,000, in each case such notice shall have been received by 3:00
p.m. New York City time on such date and shall include the amount of such
proposed reduction and the proposed date on which such reduction will
commence;
(ii) on the proposed date of the commencement of such reduction and
on each day thereafter, the Servicer shall cause Collections not to be
reinvested until the amount thereof not so reinvested shall equal the
desired amount of reduction; and
(iii) the Servicer shall hold such Collections in trust for the
Issuer, for payment to the Administrator on (1) solely with respect to any
reduction described in subsections (f)(i)(B) or (f)(i)(C) the next Weekly
Settlement Date, or (2) with respect to any reduction described in
subsection (f)(i)(A), such other date with at least one (1) Business Day
prior
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written notice to the Administrator of such payment, and the Capital shall
be deemed reduced in the amount to be paid to the Administrator only when
in fact finally so paid;
provided, that the amount of any such reduction shall be not less than
$1,000,000 and shall be an integral multiple of $100,000.
Section 1.5 Fees. The Seller shall pay to the Administrator certain fees
in the amounts and on the dates set forth in a fee letter, dated the date
hereof, among UGI, the Seller and the Administrator (as such letter agreement
may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Fee
Letter").
Section 1.6 Payments and Computations, Etc. (a) All amounts to be paid or
deposited by the Seller or the Servicer hereunder shall be made without
reduction for offset or counterclaim and shall be paid or deposited no later
than noon (New York City time) on the day when due in same day funds to the
Administration Account. All amounts received after noon (New York City time)
will be deemed to have been received on the next Business Day.
(b) The Seller or the Servicer, as the case may be, shall, to the extent
permitted by applicable law, pay interest on any amount not paid or deposited by
the Seller or the Servicer, as the case may be, when due hereunder, at an
interest rate equal to 2.0% per annum above the Base Rate, payable on demand.
(c) All computations of interest under clause (b) and all computations of
Discount, fees and other amounts hereunder shall be made on the basis of a year
of 360 (or 365 or 366, as applicable, with respect to Discount or other amounts
calculated by reference to the Base Rate) days for the actual number of days
elapsed. Whenever any payment or deposit to be made hereunder shall be due on a
day other than a Business Day, such payment or deposit shall be made on the next
Business Day and such extension of time shall be included in the computation of
such payment or deposit.
Section 1.7 Increased Costs. (a) If the Administrator, the Issuer, any
Purchaser, any other Program Support Provider or any of their respective
Affiliates (each an "Affected Person") reasonably determines that the existence
of or compliance with: (i) any law or regulation or any change therein or in the
interpretation or application thereof by a Governmental Authority, in each case
adopted, issued or occurring after the date hereof, or (ii) any request,
guideline or directive from any central bank or other Governmental Authority
(whether or not having the force of law) issued or occurring after the date of
this Agreement, affects or would affect the amount of capital required or
expected to be maintained by such Affected Person, and such Affected Person
reasonably determines that the amount of such capital is increased by or based
upon the existence of any commitment to make purchases of (or otherwise to
maintain the investment in) Pool Receivables related to this Agreement or any
related liquidity facility, credit enhancement facility and other commitments of
the same type related to this Agreement, then, upon demand by such Affected
Person (with a copy to the Administrator), the Seller shall promptly pay to the
Administrator, for the account of such Affected Person, from time to time as
specified by such Affected Person, additional amounts sufficient to compensate
such Affected Person in the light of such circumstances, to the extent that such
Affected Person reasonably determines such increase in capital to be allocable
to the existence of any of such commitments.
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A certificate as to such amounts submitted to the Seller and the Administrator
by such Affected Person shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent
manifest error.
(b) If, due to either: (i) the introduction of or any change in or in the
interpretation of any law or regulation by any Governmental Authority occurring
after the date hereof or (ii) compliance with any guideline or request from any
central bank or other Governmental Authority (whether or not having the force of
law), there shall be any increase in the cost to any Affected Person of agreeing
to purchase or purchasing, or maintaining the ownership of, the Purchased
Interest in respect of which Discount is computed by reference to the Euro-Rate,
then, upon demand by such Affected Person, the Seller shall promptly pay to such
Affected Person, from time to time as specified by such Affected Person,
additional amounts sufficient to compensate such Affected Person for such
increased costs. A certificate as to such amounts submitted to the Seller and
the Administrator by such Affected Person shall be conclusive and binding for
all purposes, absent manifest error.
(c) If such increased costs affect the related Affected Person's portfolio
of financing transactions, such Affected Person shall use reasonable averaging
and attribution methods to allocate such increased costs to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
(d) The Administrator will make reasonable efforts to cause the interest
of any Affected Party (other than the Issuer or its domestic Affiliates) that
makes a claim under this Section 1.7 to be transferred to a party that is not
subject to increased costs under this Section 1.7; provided that neither the
Administrator nor any of its Affiliates shall be required hereunder to itself
accept such transferred interest.
(e) Notwithstanding any language in this Section 1.7 to the contrary,
nothing in this Section 1.7 shall be construed as requiring the Seller to make
any payments attributable to or in respect of any tax of any kind whatsoever
imposed upon or required to be withheld or deducted from payments to any
Affected Person.
Section 1.8 Requirements of Law. If any Affected Person reasonably
determines that the existence of or compliance with: (a) any law or regulation
or any change therein or in the interpretation or application thereof, in each
case adopted, issued or occurring after the date hereof, or (b) any request,
guideline or directive from any central bank or other Governmental Authority
(whether or not having the force of law) issued or occurring after the date of
this Agreement:
(i) does or shall subject such Affected Person to any tax of any
kind whatsoever with respect to this Agreement, any increase in the
Purchased Interest or in the amount of Capital relating thereto, or does
or shall change the basis of taxation of payments to such Affected Person
on account of Collections, Discount or any other amounts payable hereunder
(excluding taxes imposed on the overall or branch pre-tax net income of
such Affected Person, and franchise taxes imposed on such Affected Person
by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such Affected Person is
organized or otherwise is considered doing business (unless the Affected
Person would not be considered doing business in such jurisdiction, but
for having entered into, or engaged in the transactions in connection
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with, this Agreement or any other Transaction Document) or a political
subdivision thereof,
(ii) does or shall impose, modify or hold applicable any reserve,
special deposit, compulsory loan or similar requirement against assets
held by, or deposits or other liabilities in or for the account of,
purchases, advances or loans by, or other credit extended by, or any other
acquisition of funds by, any office of such Affected Person that are not
otherwise included in the determination of the Euro-Rate or the Base Rate
hereunder, or
(iii) does or shall impose on such Affected Person any other
condition,
and the result of any of the foregoing is: (A) to increase the cost to such
Affected Person of acting as Administrator, or of agreeing to purchase or
purchasing or maintaining the ownership of undivided percentage ownership
interests with regard to the Purchased Interest (or interests therein) or any
Portion of Capital, or (B) to reduce any amount receivable hereunder (whether
directly or indirectly), then, in any such case, without duplication to any
amounts paid or payable pursuant to Section 1.7 or Section 3.1 upon demand by
such Affected Person, the Seller shall promptly pay to such Affected Person
additional amounts necessary to compensate such Affected Person for such
additional cost or reduced amount receivable. All such amounts shall be payable
as incurred. A certificate from such Affected Person to the Seller and the
Administrator certifying, in reasonably specific detail, the basis for,
calculation of, and amount of such additional costs or reduced amount receivable
shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error;
provided, however, that no Affected Person shall be required to disclose any
confidential or tax planning information in any such certificate.
Section 1.9 Inability to Determine Euro-Rate. (a) If the Administrator
determines before the first day of any Settlement Period (which determination
shall be final and conclusive) that, by reason of circumstances affecting the
interbank eurodollar market generally, deposits in dollars (in the relevant
amounts for such Settlement Period) are not being offered to banks in the
interbank eurodollar market for such Settlement Period, or adequate means do not
exist for ascertaining the Euro-Rate for such Settlement Period, then the
Administrator shall give notice thereof to the Seller. Thereafter, until the
Administrator notifies the Seller that the circumstances giving rise to such
suspension no longer exist, (i) no Portion of Capital shall be funded at the
Alternate Rate determined by reference to the Euro-Rate and (ii) the Discount
for any outstanding Portions of Capital then funded at the Alternate Rate
determined by reference to the Euro-Rate shall, on the last day of the then
current Settlement Period, be converted to the Alternate Rate determined by
reference to the Base Rate.
(b) If, on or before the first day of any Settlement Period, the
Administrator shall have been notified by any Purchaser that such Purchaser has
determined (which determination shall be final and conclusive) that any
enactment, promulgation or adoption of or any change in any applicable law, rule
or regulation, or any change in the interpretation or administration thereof by
a Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the
interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by such Purchaser with
any guideline, request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of
any such authority, central bank or comparable agency shall make it unlawful or
impossible for such Purchaser to fund or maintain any Portion
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of Capital at the Alternate Rate and based upon the Euro-Rate, the Administrator
shall notify the Seller thereof. Upon receipt of such notice, until the
Administrator notifies the Seller that the circumstances giving rise to such
determination no longer apply, (i) no Portion of Capital shall be funded at the
Alternate Rate determined by reference to the Euro-Rate and (ii) the Discount
for any outstanding Portions of Capital then funded at the Alternate Rate
determined by reference to the Euro-Rate shall be converted to the Alternate
Rate determined by reference to the Base Rate either (A) on the last day of the
then current Settlement Period if such Purchaser may lawfully continue to
maintain such Portion of Capital at the Alternate Rate determined by reference
to the Euro-Rate to such day, or (B) immediately, if such Purchaser may not
lawfully continue to maintain such Portion of Capital at the Alternate Rate
determined by reference to the Euro-Rate to such day.
ARTICLE II.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; COVENANTS;
TERMINATION EVENTS
Section 2.1 Representations and Warranties; Covenants. Each of the Seller,
UGI and the Servicer hereby makes the representations and warranties, and hereby
agrees to perform and observe the covenants, applicable to it set forth in
Exhibits III, IV and VI, respectively.
Section 2.2 Termination Events. If any of the Termination Events set forth
in Exhibit V shall occur, the Administrator may, by notice to the Seller,
declare the Facility Termination Date to have occurred (in which case the
Facility Termination Date shall be deemed to have occurred); provided, that
automatically upon the occurrence of any event (without any requirement for the
passage of time or the giving of notice) described in paragraph (f) of Exhibit
V, the Facility Termination Date shall occur. Upon any such declaration,
occurrence or deemed occurrence of the Facility Termination Date, the Issuer and
the Administrator shall have, in addition to the rights and remedies that they
may have under this Agreement, all other rights and remedies provided after
default under the New York UCC and under other applicable law, which rights and
remedies shall be cumulative.
ARTICLE III.
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 3.1 Indemnities by the Seller. Without limiting any other rights
that the Administrator, the Issuer, any Program Support Provider or any of their
respective Affiliates, employees, officers, directors, agents, counsel,
successors, transferees or assigns (each, an "Indemnified Party") may have
hereunder or under applicable law, the Seller hereby agrees to indemnify each
Indemnified Party from and against any and all claims, damages, expenses, costs,
losses and liabilities (including Attorney Costs) (all of the foregoing being
collectively referred to as "Indemnified Amounts") incurred by any Indemnified
Party arising out of or resulting from this Agreement (whether directly or
indirectly), the use of proceeds of purchases or reinvestments, the ownership of
the Purchased Interest, or any interest therein, or in respect of any
Receivable, Related Security or Contract, excluding, however: (a) Indemnified
Amounts to the extent resulting from gross negligence or willful misconduct on
the part of such Indemnified Party or its employees, officers, directors, agents
or counsel, (b) recourse with respect to any Receivable to the extent that such
Receivable is uncollectible on account of insolvency,
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bankruptcy or lack of creditworthiness of the related Obligor (except as
otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement), or (c) any overall net
income taxes or franchise taxes imposed on such Indemnified Party by the
jurisdiction under the laws of which such Indemnified Party is organized or
otherwise is considered doing business (unless the Indemnified Party would not
be considered doing business in such jurisdiction, but for having entered into,
or engaged in the transactions in connection with, this Agreement or any other
Transaction Document) or any political subdivision thereof. Without limiting or
being limited by the foregoing, and subject to the exclusions set forth in the
preceding sentence, the Seller shall pay on demand (which demand shall be
accompanied by documentation of the Indemnified Amounts, in reasonable detail)
to each Indemnified Party any and all amounts necessary to indemnify such
Indemnified Party from and against any and all Indemnified Amounts relating to
or resulting from any of the following:
(i) the failure of any Receivable included in the calculation of the
Net Receivables Pool Balance as an Eligible Receivable to be an Eligible
Receivable, the failure of any information contained in an Information
Package to be true and correct, or the failure of any other information
provided to the Issuer or the Administrator with respect to Receivables or
this Agreement to be true and correct,
(ii) the failure of any representation, warranty or statement made
or deemed made by the Seller (or any of its officers) under or in
connection with this Agreement to have been true and correct as of the
date made or deemed made (pursuant to paragraph 2(b) of Exhibit II hereof)
in all respects when made,
(iii) the failure by the Seller to comply with any applicable law,
rule or regulation with respect to any Pool Receivable or the related
Contract, or the failure of any Pool Receivable or the related Contract to
conform to any such applicable law, rule or regulation,
(iv) the failure to vest in the Issuer a valid and enforceable: (A)
perfected undivided percentage ownership interest, to the extent of the
Purchased Interest, in the Receivables in, or purporting to be in, the
Receivables Pool and the other Pool Assets, or (B) first priority
perfected security interest in the Pool Assets, in each case, free and
clear of any Adverse Claim,
(v) the failure to have filed, or any delay in filing, financing
statements or other similar instruments or documents under the UCC of any
applicable jurisdiction or other applicable laws with respect to any
Receivables in, or purporting to be in, the Receivables Pool and the other
Pool Assets, whether at the time of any purchase or reinvestment or at any
subsequent time,
(vi) any dispute, claim, offset or defense (other than discharge in
bankruptcy of the Obligor) of the Obligor to the payment of any Receivable
in, or purporting to be in, the Receivables Pool (including a defense
based on such Receivable or the related Contract not being a legal, valid
and binding obligation of such Obligor enforceable against it in
accordance with its terms), or any other claim resulting from the sale of
the goods or services related to such Receivable or the furnishing or
failure to furnish such goods or services or relating to collection
activities with respect to such Receivable (if
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such collection activities were performed by the Seller or any of its
Affiliates acting as Servicer or by any agent or independent contractor
retained by the Seller or any of its Affiliates),
(vii) any failure of the Seller (or any of its Affiliates acting as
the Servicer) to perform its duties or obligations in accordance with the
provisions hereof or under the Contracts,
(viii) any products liability or other claim, investigation,
litigation or proceeding arising out of or in connection with merchandise,
insurance or services that are the subject of any Contract,
(ix) the commingling of Collections at any time with other funds,
(x) the use of proceeds of purchases or reinvestments by the Seller,
or
(xi) any reduction in Capital as a result of the distribution of
Collections pursuant to Section 1.4(d), if all or a portion of such
distributions shall thereafter be rescinded or otherwise must be returned
for any reason.
Section 3.2 Indemnities by the Servicer. Without limiting any other rights
that the Administrator, the Issuer or any other Indemnified Party may have
hereunder or under applicable law, the Servicer hereby agrees to indemnify each
Indemnified Party from and against any and all Indemnified Amounts incurred by
any Indemnified Party arising out of or resulting from (whether directly or
indirectly): (a) the failure of any information contained in an Information
Package to be true and correct, or the failure of any other information provided
to the Issuer or the Administrator by, or on behalf of, the Servicer to be true
and correct, (b) the failure of any representation, warranty or statement made
or deemed made by the Servicer (or any of its officers) under or in connection
with this Agreement to have been true and correct as of the date made or deemed
made (with respect to any Information Package) in all respects when made, (c)
the failure by the Servicer to comply with any applicable law, rule or
regulation with respect to any Pool Receivable or the related Contract, (d) any
dispute, claim, offset or defense (other than as a result of a discharge in
bankruptcy) of the Obligor to the payment of any Receivable in, or purporting to
be in, the Receivables Pool resulting from or related to the collection
activities with respect to such Receivable, or (e) any failure of the Servicer
to perform its duties or obligations in accordance with the provisions hereof or
any other Transaction Document to which it is a party, (f) the failure to have
filed, or any delay in filing, financing statements or other similar instruments
or documents under the UCC of any applicable jurisdiction or other applicable
laws with respect to any Receivables, in or purporting to be in the Receivables
Pool and any other Pool Assets, whether at the time of any purchase or
reinvestment or at any subsequent time, or (g) any commingling by the Servicer
of Collections at any time with other funds.
Section 3.3 Notice of Claims. Promptly after the receipt by an Indemnified
Party of a notice of the commencement of any action, suit, proceeding,
investigation or claim against such Indemnified Party as to which it proposes to
demand indemnification from the Seller or Servicer (each, as applicable, an
"Indemnifying Party") pursuant to Section 3.1 or 3.2, as applicable, such
Indemnified Party shall notify the applicable Indemnifying Party in writing of
the
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commencement thereof; provided that the failure so to notify such Indemnifying
Party shall not relieve such Indemnifying Party from any liability which such
Indemnifying Party may have to such Indemnified Party pursuant to Section 3.1 or
3.2 unless to the extent that such failure results in the forfeiture by any such
Indemnifying Party of substantive rights or defenses.
ARTICLE IV.
ADMINISTRATION AND COLLECTIONS
Section 4.1 Appointment of the Servicer. (a) The servicing, administering
and collection of the Pool Receivables shall be conducted by the Person so
designated from time to time as the Servicer in accordance with this Section.
Until and unless the Administrator gives notice to UGI upon the occurrence of a
Termination Event (in accordance with this Section) of the designation of a new
Servicer, UGI is hereby designated as, and hereby agrees to perform the duties
and obligations of, the Servicer pursuant to the terms hereof. Upon the
occurrence of a Termination Event, the Administrator may designate as Servicer
any Person (including itself) to succeed UGI or any successor Servicer, on the
condition in each case that any such Person so designated shall agree to perform
the duties and obligations of the Servicer pursuant to the terms hereof.
(b) Upon the designation of a successor Servicer as set forth in clause
(a), UGI agrees that it will terminate its activities as Servicer hereunder in a
manner that the Administrator determines will facilitate the transition of the
performance of such activities to the new Servicer, and UGI shall cooperate with
and assist such new Servicer. Such cooperation shall include reasonable access
to and transfer of related records and use by the new Servicer of all licenses
(or the obtaining of new licenses), hardware or software necessary or desirable
to collect the Pool Receivables and the Related Security.
(c) UGI acknowledges that, in making their decision to execute and deliver
this Agreement, the Administrator and the Issuer have relied on UGI's agreement
to act as Servicer hereunder. Accordingly, UGI agrees that it will not
voluntarily resign as Servicer.
(d) The Servicer may delegate its duties and obligations hereunder to any
subservicer (each a "Sub-Servicer"); provided, that, in each such delegation:
(i) such Sub-Servicer shall agree in writing to perform the duties and
obligations of the Servicer pursuant to the terms hereof, (ii) the Servicer
shall remain primarily liable for the performance of the duties and obligations
so delegated, (iii) the Seller, the Administrator and the Issuer shall have the
right to look solely to the Servicer for performance, and (iv) the terms of any
agreement with any Sub-Servicer shall provide that the Administrator may
terminate such agreement upon the termination of the Servicer hereunder by
giving notice of its desire to terminate such agreement to the Servicer (and the
Servicer shall provide appropriate notice to each such Sub-Servicer); provided,
however, that if any such delegation is to any Person other than the Originator,
the Administrator shall have consented in writing in advance to such delegation;
provided, further, that the requirements set forth in clauses (i) and (iv) of
the first proviso shall not apply to any Sub-Servicer that is a utility
providing billing and collection services to the Servicer where amounts owed on
the Receivables are included in the invoice that such utility sends to its
customers.
Section 4.2 Duties of the Servicer. (a) The Servicer shall take or cause
to be taken all such action as may be reasonably necessary or advisable to
administer and collect each Pool
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Receivable from time to time, all in accordance with this Agreement and all
applicable laws, rules and regulations, with reasonable care and diligence, and
in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policies. The Servicer shall set
aside, for the accounts of the Seller and the Issuer, the amount of the
Collections to which each is entitled in accordance with Article I. The Servicer
may, in accordance with the applicable Credit and Collection Policy, take such
action as the Servicer may reasonably determine to be appropriate to maximize
Collections thereof or reflect adjustments required under applicable laws, rules
or regulations or the applicable Contract; provided, however, that: for the
purposes of this Agreement, (i) such action shall not change the number of days
such Pool Receivable has remained unpaid from the date of the original due date
related to such Pool Receivable, (ii) such action shall not alter the status of
such Pool Receivable as a Delinquent Receivable or a Defaulted Receivable or
limit the rights of the Issuer or the Administrator under this Agreement and
(iii) if a Termination Event has occurred and is continuing and UGI or an
Affiliate thereof is serving as the Servicer, UGI or such Affiliate may take
such action only upon the prior approval of the Administrator. The Seller shall
deliver to the Servicer and the Servicer shall hold for the benefit of the
Seller and the Administrator (individually and for the benefit of the Issuer),
in accordance with their respective interests, all records and documents
(including computer tapes or disks) with respect to each Pool Receivable.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Administrator may
direct the Servicer (whether the Servicer is UGI or any other Person) to
commence or settle any legal action to enforce collection of any Pool Receivable
or to foreclose upon or repossess any Related Security; provided, however, that
no such direction may be given unless either: (A) a Termination Event has
occurred or (B) the Administrator believes in good faith that the failure to
commence, settle or effect such legal action, foreclosure or repossession could
adversely affect Receivables constituting a material portion of the Pool
Receivables.
(b) The Servicer shall, as soon as practicable following actual receipt of
collected funds, turn over to the Seller (or to the Originator in the case of
payment due to a Reseller) the collections of any indebtedness that is not a
Pool Receivable, less, if UGI or an Affiliate thereof is not the Servicer, all
reasonable and appropriate out-of-pocket costs and expenses of such Servicer of
servicing, collecting and administering such collections. The Servicer, if other
than UGI or an Affiliate thereof, shall, as soon as practicable upon demand,
deliver to the Seller all records in its possession that evidence or relate to
any indebtedness that is not a Pool Receivable, and copies of records in its
possession that evidence or relate to any indebtedness that is a Pool
Receivable.
(c) The Servicer's obligations hereunder shall terminate on the later of:
(i) the Facility Termination Date and (ii) the date on which all amounts
required to be paid to the Issuer, the Administrator and any other Indemnified
Party or Affected Person hereunder shall have been paid in full.
After such termination, if UGI or an Affiliate thereof was not the
Servicer on the date of such termination, the Servicer shall promptly deliver to
the Seller all books, records and related materials that the Seller previously
provided to the Servicer, or that have been obtained by the Servicer, in
connection with this Agreement.
Section 4.3 Lock-Box Arrangements. Within 30 days of the initial purchase
hereunder, the Seller shall enter into Lock-Box Agreements with all of the
Lock-Box Banks and deliver
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original counterparts thereof to the Administrator. Upon the occurrence of and
continuance of a Termination Event, the Administrator may at any time thereafter
give notice to each Lock-Box Bank that the Administrator is exercising its
rights under the Lock-Box Agreements to do any or all of the following: (a) to
have the exclusive ownership and control of the Lock-Box Accounts (and the
related lock-boxes) transferred to the Administrator and to exercise exclusive
dominion and control over the funds deposited therein, (b) to have the proceeds
that are sent to the respective Lock-Box Accounts (and the respective related
lock-boxes) redirected pursuant to the Administrator's instructions rather than
deposited in the applicable Lock-Box Account (or sent to the applicable related
lock-box), and (c) to take any or all other actions permitted under the
applicable Lock-Box Agreement. The Seller hereby agrees that if the
Administrator at any time takes any action set forth in the preceding sentence,
the Administrator shall have exclusive control of the proceeds (including
Collections) of all Pool Receivables and the Seller hereby further agrees to
take any other action that the Administrator may reasonably request to transfer
such control. Any proceeds of Pool Receivables received by the Seller or the
Servicer thereafter shall be sent immediately to the Administrator. The parties
hereto hereby acknowledge that if at any time the Administrator takes control of
any Lock-Box Account (and any such related lock-box), the Administrator shall
not have any rights to the funds therein in excess of the unpaid amounts due to
the Administrator, the Issuer or any other Person hereunder, and the
Administrator shall distribute or cause to be distributed such funds in
accordance with Section 4.2(b) and Article I (in each case as if such funds were
held by the Servicer thereunder).
Section 4.4 Enforcement Rights. (a) At any time following the occurrence
and continuance of a Termination Event:
(i) the Administrator may direct the Obligors that payment of all
amounts payable under any Pool Receivable is to be made directly to the
Administrator or its designee,
(ii) the Administrator may instruct the Seller or the Servicer to
give notice of the Issuer's interest in Pool Receivables to each Obligor,
which notice shall direct that payments be made directly to the
Administrator or its designee, and the Seller or the Servicer, as the case
may be, shall give such notice at the expense of the Seller or the
Servicer, as the case may be; provided, that if the Seller or the
Servicer, as the case may be, fails to so notify each Obligor within a
reasonable time after said instruction (in no event not later than 10 days
thereafter), the Administrator (at the Seller's or the Servicer's, as the
case may be, expense) may so notify the Obligors, and
(iii) the Administrator may request the Servicer to, and upon such
request the Servicer shall: (A) assemble all of the records in the
Servicer's possession or under its control necessary or desirable to
collect the Pool Receivables and the Related Security, and transfer or
license (or obtain new licenses) to a successor Servicer the use of all
software in the Servicer's possession or under its control necessary or
desirable to collect the Pool Receivables and the Related Security, and
make the same available to the Administrator or its designee at a place
selected by the Administrator to the extent permissible under such
agreements, and (B) segregate all cash, checks and other instruments
received by it from time to time constituting Collections in a manner
reasonably acceptable to the Administrator and, promptly upon receipt,
remit all such
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cash, checks and instruments, duly endorsed or with duly executed
instruments of transfer, to the Administrator or its designee.
(b) The Seller hereby authorizes the Administrator, and irrevocably
appoints the Administrator as its attorney-in-fact with full power of
substitution and with full authority in the place and stead of the Seller, which
appointment is coupled with an interest, upon the occurrence and continuation of
a Termination Event to take any and all steps in the name of the Seller and on
behalf of the Seller necessary or desirable, in the determination of the
Administrator, to collect any and all amounts or portions thereof due under any
and all Pool Assets, including endorsing the name of the Seller on checks and
other instruments representing Collections and enforcing such Pool Assets.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this subsection, none of
the powers conferred upon such attorney-in-fact pursuant to the preceding
sentence shall subject such attorney-in-fact to any liability if any action
taken by it shall prove to be inadequate or invalid, nor shall they confer any
obligations upon such attorney-in-fact in any manner whatsoever; provided,
however, that the Administrator shall not be relieved of any liability it might
otherwise have to any party hereunder for its own gross negligence or willful
misconduct.
Section 4.5 Responsibilities of the Seller. (a) Anything herein to the
contrary notwithstanding, the Seller shall: (i) perform all of its obligations,
if any, under the Contracts related to the Pool Receivables to the same extent
as if interests in such Pool Receivables had not been transferred hereunder, and
the exercise by the Administrator or the Issuer of their respective rights
hereunder shall not relieve the Seller from such obligations, and (ii) pay when
due any taxes, including any sales taxes payable in connection with the Pool
Receivables and their creation and satisfaction. The Administrator and the
Issuer shall not have any obligation or liability with respect to any Pool
Asset, nor shall either of them be obligated to perform any of the obligations
of the Seller, UGI or the Originator thereunder.
(b) UGI hereby irrevocably agrees that if at any time it shall cease to be
the Servicer hereunder, it shall act (if the then-current Servicer so requests)
as the data-processing agent of the Servicer and, in such capacity, UGI shall
conduct the data-processing functions of the administration of the Receivables
and the Collections thereon in substantially the same way that UGI conducted
such data-processing functions while it acted as the Servicer.
Section 4.6 Servicing Fee. (a) Subject to clause (b), the Servicer shall
be paid a fee equal to 0.50% per annum (the "Servicing Fee Rate") of the daily
average aggregate Outstanding Balance of the Pool Receivables. The Issuer's
Share of such fee shall be paid through the distributions contemplated by
Section 1.4(d), and the Seller's Share of such fee shall be paid by the Seller
on each Settlement Date.
(b) If the Servicer ceases to be UGI or an Affiliate thereof, the
servicing fee shall be the greater of: (i) the amount calculated pursuant to
clause (a), and (ii) an alternative amount specified by the successor Servicer
not to exceed 110% of the aggregate reasonable costs and expenses incurred by
such successor Servicer in connection with the performance of its obligations as
Servicer.
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ARTICLE V.
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 5.1 Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of
this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, or consent to any departure by
the Seller or the Servicer therefrom, shall be effective unless in a writing
signed by the Administrator, and, in the case of any amendment, by the other
parties thereto; and then such amendment, waiver or consent shall be effective
only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given. No
failure on the part of the Issuer or the Administrator to exercise, and no delay
in exercising any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall
any single or partial exercise of any right hereunder preclude any other or
further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right.
Section 5.2 Notices, Etc. (a) All notices and other communications
provided for hereunder shall, unless otherwise stated herein, be in writing
(including facsimile communication) and shall be personally delivered or sent by
certified mail, postage prepaid, via nationally recognized courier or by
facsimile, to the intended party at the mailing address or facsimile number of
such party set forth under its name on the signature pages hereof or at such
other address or facsimile number as shall be designated by such party in a
written notice to the other parties hereto. All such notices and communications
shall be effective (i) if personally delivered, when received, (ii) if sent by
certified mail three (3) Business Days after having been deposited in the mail,
postage prepaid, (iii) if via nationally recognized courier for delivery the
next Business Day, and (iv) if transmitted by facsimile, when sent, receipt
confirmed by telephone or electronic means (and shall be followed by a hard copy
sent by first class mail).
Section 5.3 Assignability. (a) This Agreement and the Issuer's rights
and obligations herein (including ownership of the Purchased Interest or an
interest therein) shall be assignable, in whole or in part, by the Issuer and
its successors and assigns with the prior written consent of the Seller;
provided, however, that such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld; and
provided further, that no such consent shall be required if the assignment is
made to PNC, any Affiliate of PNC (other than a director or officer of PNC), any
Purchaser or other Program Support Provider, or any Person that is (i) in the
business of issuing Notes and (ii) administered by PNC or any Affiliate of PNC.
Each assignor may, in connection with the assignment, disclose to the applicable
assignee (that shall have agreed to be bound by Section 5.6) any information
relating to the Servicer, the Seller or the Pool Receivables furnished to such
assignor by or on behalf of the Servicer, the Seller, the Issuer or the
Administrator. The Administrator shall give prior written notice of any
assignment of the Issuer's rights and obligations (including ownership of the
Purchased Interest to any Person other than a Program Support Provider).
(b) The Issuer may at any time grant to one or more banks or other
institutions (each a "Purchaser") party to the Liquidity Agreement, or to any
other Program Support Provider, participating interests in the Purchased
Interest; provided, however, that in the case of any such grant to PNC or any
Affiliate of PNC, the Seller shall have approved such Purchaser at the time such
Purchaser became a party to the Liquidity Agreement (such approval to not be
unreasonably withheld). In the event of any such grant by the Issuer of a
participating interest to a Purchaser or other Program Support Provider, the
Issuer shall remain responsible for the performance of its
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obligations hereunder. The Seller agrees that each Purchaser or other Program
Support Provider shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 1.7 and 1.8.
(c) This Agreement and the rights and obligations of the Administrator
hereunder shall be assignable, in whole or in part, by the Administrator and its
successors and assigns; provided, that unless: (i) such assignment is to an
Affiliate of PNC, (ii) it becomes unlawful for PNC to serve as the Administrator
or (iii) a Termination Event exists, the Seller has consented to such
assignment, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(d) Except as provided in Section 4.1(d), none of the Seller, UGI or the
Servicer may assign its rights or delegate its obligations hereunder or any
interest herein without the prior written consent of the Administrator.
(e) Without limiting any other rights that may be available under
applicable law, the rights of the Issuer may be enforced through it or by its
agents.
(f) Each of (A) the Issuer, (B) its successors and assigns, (C) any
Program Support Provider, (D) any assignee under Section 5.3(a) and (E) any
recipient of a participating interest under Section 5.3(b) that, in each case,
is not a United States Person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of
the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended) for United States
federal tax purposes shall deliver to the Seller, with a copy to the Servicer, a
United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8ECI (or successor form)
properly completed and certifying in each case that the party delivering such
form is entitled to a complete exemption from withholding or deduction for or on
account of any United States federal income taxes with respect to amounts
derived, directly or indirectly, in connection with this Agreement. The Issuer,
if required to deliver such form, shall deliver such form on the Closing Date. A
party described in any of the foregoing clauses (B) through (E) shall deliver
such form concurrently with such party becoming described in any of such
clauses. Each party obligated to deliver a form under the first sentence of this
Section 5.3(f) shall, to the extent permitted by law, further deliver to the
Seller, with a copy to the Servicer, a United States Internal Revenue Service
Form W-8BEN or W-8ECI (or successor form) on or before the date that any such
form expires or becomes obsolete or after the occurrence of any event requiring
a change in the most recent form previously delivered by such party to the
Seller, properly completed and certifying in each case that the party delivering
such form is entitled to a complete exemption from withholding or deduction for
or on account of any United States federal income taxes with respect to amounts
derived, directly or indirectly, in connection with this Agreement. The Seller
shall not be required to pay to or on behalf of any party described in the
foregoing clauses (A) through (E) any additional amount under Section 1.8 or
Section 3.1 attributable to any tax, duty, levy or other charge of any kind
whatsoever imposed upon or required to be withheld or deducted from payments to
any such party if such party shall have failed to satisfy the requirements of
this Section 5.3(f); provided that nothing in this Section 5.3(f) shall relieve
the Seller of any obligation to pay additional amounts under Section 1.8 or
Section 3.1 if, as a result of a change in treaty, law or regulation or the
interpretation or application thereof, adopted, issued or occurring after the
satisfaction by such party of such requirements, such party is no longer
properly entitled to deliver Form W-8BEN or Form W-8ECI (or successor forms)
certifying that such party is entitled to a complete exemption from withholding
or deduction for or on account
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of any United States federal income taxes with respect to amounts derived,
directly or indirectly, in connection with this Agreement.
Section 5.4 Costs, Expenses and Taxes. (a) In addition to the rights of
indemnification granted under Section 3.1, the Seller agrees to pay on demand
(which demand shall be accompanied by documentation thereof in reasonable
detail) all reasonable costs and expenses in connection with the preparation,
execution, delivery and administration (including periodic internal audits by
the Administrator of Pool Receivables, provided that the Seller shall not pay
for more than one audit per year unless a Termination Event has occurred and is
continuing) of this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents and the other
documents and agreements to be delivered hereunder (and all reasonable costs and
expenses in connection with any amendment, waiver or modification of any
thereof), including: (i) Attorney Costs for the Administrator, the Issuer and
their respective Affiliates and agents with respect thereto and with respect to
advising the Administrator, the Issuer and their respective Affiliates and
agents as to their rights and remedies under this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents, and (ii) all reasonable costs and expenses (including
Attorney Costs), if any, of the Administrator, the Issuer and their respective
Affiliates and agents in connection with the enforcement of this Agreement and
the other Transaction Documents.
(b) In addition, the Seller shall pay on demand any and all stamp and
other similar taxes and fees payable in connection with the execution, delivery,
filing and recording of this Agreement or the other documents or agreements to
be delivered hereunder, and agrees to save each Indemnified Party harmless from
and against any liabilities with respect to or resulting from any delay in
paying or omission to pay such taxes and fees.
Section 5.5 No Proceedings; Limitation on Payments. Each of the Seller,
UGI, the Servicer, the Administrator, each assignee of the Purchased Interest or
any interest therein, and each Person that enters into a commitment to purchase
the Purchased Interest or interests therein, hereby covenants and agrees that it
will not institute against, or join any other Person in instituting against, the
Issuer any bankruptcy, reorganization, similar arrangement, insolvency or
liquidation proceeding, or other proceeding under any federal or state
bankruptcy or similar law, for one year and one day after the latest maturing
Note issued by the Issuer is paid in full. The provision of this Section 5.5
shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
Section 5.6 Confidentiality. Unless otherwise required by applicable law,
each of the Seller and the Servicer agrees to maintain the confidentiality of
the terms of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents (and all drafts
thereof) in communications with third parties and otherwise; provided, that this
Agreement may be disclosed to: (a) third parties to the extent such disclosure
is made pursuant to a written agreement of confidentiality in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrator, and (b) the Seller's legal counsel
and auditors if they agree to hold it confidential. Unless otherwise required by
applicable law, each of the Administrator and the Issuer agrees to maintain the
confidentiality of non-public information regarding UGI and its Subsidiaries and
Affiliates; provided, that such information may be disclosed to: (i) third
parties to the extent such disclosure is made pursuant to a written agreement of
confidentiality in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to UGI, (ii) legal
counsel and auditors of the Issuer or the Administrator if they agree to hold it
confidential, (iii) the rating agencies rating the Notes, (iv) any Program
Support Provider or potential Program
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Support Provider (if they agree to hold it confidential), (v) any placement
agent placing the Notes and (vi) any regulatory authorities having jurisdiction
over PNC, the Issuer, any Program Support Provider or any Purchaser.
Section 5.7 GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION. (a) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE
DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACT MADE UNDER AND GOVERNED BY THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK (INCLUDING FOR SUCH PURPOSE SECTION 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE
GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK) EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT THE
VALIDITY OR PERFECTION OF A SECURITY INTEREST OR REMEDIES HEREUNDER, IN RESPECT
OF ANY PARTICULAR COLLATERAL ARE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF A JURISDICTION OTHER
THAN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(b) ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE
BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR OF THE UNITED STATES FEDERAL
COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK; AND, BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF
THIS AGREEMENT, EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO CONSENTS, FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT
OF ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THOSE COURTS. EACH OF THE
PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY
OBJECTION, INCLUDING ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE
GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE
BRINGING OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH JURISDICTION IN RESPECT OF THIS
AGREEMENT OR ANY DOCUMENT RELATED HERETO. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVES
PERSONAL SERVICE OF ANY SUMMONS, COMPLAINT OR OTHER PROCESS, WHICH SERVICE MAY
BE MADE BY ANY OTHER MEANS PERMITTED BY NEW YORK LAW.
Section 5.8 Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in
any number of counterparts, each of which, when so executed, shall be deemed to
be an original, and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute one and
the same agreement.
Section 5.9 Survival of Termination. The provisions of Sections 1.7, 1.8,
3.1, 3.2, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 5.10 and 5.13 shall survive any termination of
this Agreement.
Section 5.10 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVES THEIR
RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON
OR ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED
HEREBY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR OTHER LITIGATION OF ANY TYPE BROUGHT BY ANY
OF THE PARTIES AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY OR PARTIES, WHETHER WITH RESPECT TO
CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS OR OTHERWISE. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES
THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE TRIED BY A COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A
JURY. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO FURTHER AGREES
THAT ITS RESPECTIVE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IS WAIVED BY OPERATION OF THIS
SECTION AS TO ANY ACTION, COUNTERCLAIM OR OTHER PROCEEDING THAT SEEKS, IN WHOLE
OR IN
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PART, TO CHALLENGE THE VALIDITY OR ENFORCEABILITY OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY
PROVISION HEREOF. THIS WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS,
RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO THIS AGREEMENT.
Section 5.11 Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents embody the entire agreement and understanding between the parties
hereto, and supersede all prior or contemporaneous agreements and understandings
of such Persons, verbal or written, relating to the subject matter hereof and
thereof, except for any prior arrangements made with respect to the payment by
the Issuer of (or any indemnification for) any fees, costs or expenses payable
to or incurred (or to be incurred) by or on behalf of the Seller, the Servicer
and the Administrator.
Section 5.12 Headings. The captions and headings of this Agreement and any
Exhibit, Schedule or Annex hereto are for convenience of reference only and
shall not affect the interpretation hereof or thereof.
Section 5.13 Issuer's, Administrator's, Seller's and Servicer's
Liabilities. The obligations of the Issuer, the Administrator, the Seller and
the Servicer under the Transaction Documents are solely the corporate
obligations of the Issuer, the Administrator, the Seller and the Servicer,
respectively. No recourse shall be had for any obligation or claim arising out
of or based upon any Transaction Document against any stockholder, employee,
officer, director or incorporator of the Issuer, the Administrator, the Seller
or the Servicer; provided, however, that this Section shall not relieve any such
Person of any liability it might otherwise have for its own gross negligence or
willful misconduct.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed
by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first
above written.
ENERGY SERVICES FUNDING CORPORATION
By: ____________________________________________
Name: _______________________________________
Title: ______________________________________
Address: Energy Services Funding Corporation
000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxx xx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Telephone: 610-337-1000 ext. 3141
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
UGI ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
By: ____________________________________________
Name: _______________________________________
Title: ______________________________________
Address: UGI Energy Services, Inc.
0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Telephone: 610-373-7999 ext. 106
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
MARKET STREET FUNDING CORPORATION
By: ____________________________________________
Name: _______________________________________
Title: ______________________________________
Address: Market Street Funding Corporation
c/o AMACAR Group, LLC
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
S-1 Receivables Purchase Agreement
(UGI)
With a copy to:
PNC Bank, National Association
One PNC Plaza
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Administrator
By: ____________________________________________
Name: _______________________________________
Title: ______________________________________
Address: PNC Bank, National Association
One PNC Plaza
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
S-2 Receivables Purchase Agreement
(UGI)
EXHIBIT I
DEFINITIONS
As used in the Agreement (including its Exhibits, Schedules and Annexes),
the following terms shall have the following meanings (such meanings to be
equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined).
Unless otherwise indicated, all Section, Annex, Exhibit and Schedule references
in this Exhibit are to Sections of and Annexes, Exhibits and Schedules to the
Agreement.
"Administration Account" means the account (account number 1002422076, ABA
number 000000000) of the Issuer maintained at the office of PNC at One PNC
Plaza, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000, or such other
account as may be so designated in writing by the Administrator to the Servicer.
"Administrator" has the meaning set forth in the preamble to the
Agreement.
"Adverse Claim" means a lien, security interest or other charge or
encumbrance, or any other type of preferential arrangement; it being understood
that any thereof in favor of, or assigned to, the Issuer or the Administrator
(for the benefit of the Issuer) shall not constitute an Adverse Claim.
"Affected Person" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.7 of the
Agreement.
"Affiliate" means, as to any Person: (a) any Person that, directly or
indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by or is under common control with
such Person, or (b) who is a director or officer: (i) of such Person or (ii) of
any Person described in clause (a), except that, with respect to the Issuer,
Affiliate shall mean the holder(s) of its capital stock. For purposes of this
definition, control of a Person shall mean the power, direct or indirect: (x) to
vote 51% or more of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election
of directors or managers of such Person, or (y) to direct or cause the direction
of the management and policies of such Person, in either case whether by
ownership of securities, contract, proxy or otherwise.
"Agreement" has the meaning set forth in the preamble to the Agreement.
"Alternate Rate" for any Settlement Period for any Portion of Capital of
the Purchased Interest means an interest rate per annum equal to: (a) 1.25% per
annum above the Euro-Rate for such Settlement Period; provided, however, that if
(x) it shall become unlawful for any Purchaser or Program Support Provider to
obtain funds in the London interbank eurodollar market in order to make, fund or
maintain any Purchased Interest, or if such funds shall not be reasonably
available to any Purchaser or Program Support Provider, or (y) there shall not
be at least two Business Days prior to the commencement of an applicable
Settlement Period to determine a Euro-Rate in accordance with its terms, then
the "Alternate Rate" shall be equal to the Base Rate in effect for each day
during the remainder of such Settlement Period or (b) if requested by the Seller
the Base Rate for such Settlement Period; provided, however, that the "Alternate
Rate" for any day while a Termination Event exists shall be an interest rate
equal to 2.00% per annum above the Base Rate in effect on such day.
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"Attorney Costs" means and includes all reasonable fees and disbursements
of any law firm or other external counsel, the reasonable allocated cost of
internal legal services and all reasonable disbursements of internal counsel.
"Bankruptcy Code" means the United States Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978
(11 U.S.C.Section 101, et seq.), as amended from time to time.
"Base Rate" means, for any day, a fluctuating interest rate per annum as
shall be in effect from time to time, which rate shall be at all times equal to
the higher of:
(a) the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly
announced from time to time by PNC in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as its
"prime rate." Such "prime rate" is set by PNC based upon various factors,
including PNC's costs and desired return, general economic conditions and
other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans,
which may be priced at, above or below such announced rate, and
(b) 0.50% per annum above the latest Federal Funds Rate.
"BBA" means the British Bankers' Association.
"Benefit Plan" means any employee benefit pension plan as defined in
Section 3(2) of ERISA in respect of which the Seller, the Originator, UGI or any
ERISA Affiliate is an "employer" as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
"Business Day" means any day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which:
(a) banks are not authorized or required to close in New York City, New York or
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and (b) if this definition of "Business Day" is
utilized in connection with the Euro-Rate, dealings are carried out in the
London interbank market.
"Capital" means the amount paid to the Seller in respect of the Purchased
Interest by the Issuer pursuant to the Agreement, or such amount divided or
combined in order to determine the Discount applicable to any Portion of
Capital, in each case reduced from time to time by Collections distributed and
applied on account of such Capital pursuant to Section 1.4(d) of the Agreement;
provided, that if such Capital shall have been reduced by any distribution, and
thereafter all or a portion of such distribution is rescinded or must otherwise
be returned for any reason, such Capital shall be increased by the amount of
such rescinded or returned distribution as though it had not been made.
"Change in Control" means that (a) with respect to the Seller, UGI ceases
to own, directly or indirectly, 100% of the capital stock of the Seller free and
clear of all Adverse Claims, (b) with respect to UGI, UGI Enterprises, Inc.
shall cease to own 51% or more of the shares of outstanding voting stock of UGI
on a fully diluted basis, and (c) with respect to UGI, the Performance Guarantor
shall cease to beneficially own, directly or indirectly, 51% of the shares of
outstanding voting stock of UGI on a fully diluted basis.
"Closing Date" means November 30, 2001.
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"Collections" means, with respect to any Pool Receivable: (a) all funds
that are received by the Originator, UGI, the Seller or the Servicer in payment
of any amounts owed in respect of such Receivable (including purchase price,
finance charges, interest and all other charges), or applied to amounts owed in
respect of such Receivable (including insurance payments and net proceeds of the
sale or other disposition of repossessed goods or other collateral or property
of the related Obligor or any other Person directly or indirectly liable for the
payment of such Pool Receivable and available to be applied thereon), (b) all
amounts deemed to have been received pursuant to Section 1.4(e) of the Agreement
and (c) all other proceeds of such Pool Receivable.
"Concentration Percentage" means for any: (a) Group A Obligor, 16.00%, (b)
Group B Obligor, 16.00%, (c) Group C Obligor, 8.00% and (d) Group D Obligor,
4.00%.
"Concentration Reserve" means, at any time: (a) the aggregate Capital at
such time multiplied by (b)(i) the Concentration Reserve Percentage, divided by
(ii) 100%, minus the Concentration Reserve Percentage.
"Concentration Reserve Percentage" means, at any time, the largest of: (a)
the sum of four largest Group D Obligor Percentages, (b) the sum of the two
largest Group C Obligor Percentages and (c) the largest Group B Obligor
Percentage or Group A Obligor Percentage.
"Consolidated Net Worth" means, with respect to any Person and as of any
date of determination, total stockholders' equity of such Person and its
Subsidiaries as of such date, determined in accordance with GAAP.
"Contract" means, with respect to any Receivable, any and all contracts,
instruments, agreements, leases, invoices, notes or other writings pursuant to
which such Receivable arises or that evidence such Receivable or under which an
Obligor becomes or is obligated to make payment in respect of such Receivable.
"Contributed Receivables" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2 of the
Purchase and Sale Agreement.
"CP Rate" for any Settlement Period for any Portion of Capital means a
rate calculated by the Administrator equal to: (a) the rate (or if more than one
rate, the weighted average of the rates) at which Notes of the Issuer on each
day during such period have been outstanding; provided, that if such rate(s) is
a discount rate(s), then the CP Rate shall be the rate (or if more than one
rate, the weighted average of the rates) resulting from converting such discount
rate(s) to an interest-bearing equivalent rate plus (b) the commissions and
charges charged by such placement agent or commercial paper dealer with respect
to such Notes, expressed as a percentage of the face amount of such Notes and
converted to an interest-bearing equivalent rate per annum. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the "CP Rate" for any day while a Termination Event exists shall be
an interest rate equal to 2.00% above the Base Rate in effect on such day.
"Credit and Collection Policy" means, as the context may require, those
receivables credit and collection policies and practices of the Originator in
effect on the date of the Agreement and described in Schedule I to the
Agreement, as modified in compliance with the Agreement.
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"Cut-off Date" has the meaning set forth in the Purchase and Sale
Agreement.
"Debt" means: (a) indebtedness for borrowed money, (b) obligations
evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments, (c)
obligations to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services, (d)
obligations as lessee under leases that shall have been or should be, in
accordance with GAAP, recorded as capital leases, and (e) obligations under
direct or indirect guaranties in respect of, and obligations (contingent or
otherwise) to purchase or otherwise acquire, or otherwise to assure a creditor
against loss in respect of, indebtedness or obligations of others of the kinds
referred to in clauses (a) through (d).
"Default Ratio" means the ratio (expressed as a percentage and rounded to
the nearest 1/100 of 1%, with 5/1000th of 1% rounded upward) computed as of the
last day of each calendar month by dividing: (a) the aggregate Outstanding
Balance of all Pool Receivables that became Defaulted Receivables during such
month, by (b) the aggregate credit sales made by the Originator during the month
that is three calendar months before such month.
"Defaulted Receivable" means a Receivable:
(a) as to which any payment, or part thereof, remains unpaid for more than
90 days from the original invoice date for such payment, or
(b) without duplication (i) as to which an Insolvency Proceeding shall
have occurred with respect to the Obligor thereof or any other Person obligated
thereon with respect thereto, or (ii) that has been written off the Seller's
books as uncollectible.
The Outstanding Balance of any Defaulted Receivable shall be determined without
regard to any credit memos or credit balances.
"Delinquency Ratio" means the ratio (expressed as a percentage and rounded
to the nearest 1/100 of 1%, with 5/1000th of 1% rounded upward) computed as of
the last day of each calendar month by dividing: (a) the aggregate Outstanding
Balance of all Pool Receivables that were Delinquent Receivables on such day by,
(b) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Pool Receivables (excluding
Delinquent Receivables that have a stated maturity which is more than 60 days
after the original invoice date of such Receivable) on such day.
"Delinquent Receivable" means any portion of a Receivable as to which any
payment, or part thereof, remains unpaid for more than 90 days from the original
invoice date for such payment. The Outstanding Balance of any Delinquent
Receivable shall be determined without regard to any credit memos or credit
balances and shall exclude Delinquent Receivables that have a stated maturity
which is more than 60 days after the original invoice date of such Receivable.
"Dilution Horizon" means, for any calendar month, the ratio (expressed as
a percentage and rounded to the nearest 1/100th of 1%, with 5/1000th of 1%
rounded upward) computed as of the last day of such calendar month of: (a) the
aggregate credit sales made by the Originator during the most recent calendar
month and 50% of the next most recent calendar month's credit sales to (b) the
Net Receivables Pool Balance at the last day of the most recent calendar month.
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"Dilution Ratio" means the ratio (expressed as a percentage and rounded to
the nearest 1/100th of 1%, with 5/1000th of 1% rounded upward) computed as of
the last day of each calendar month by dividing: (a) the aggregate amount of
payments required to be made by the Seller pursuant to Section 1.4(e)(i) of the
Agreement during such calendar month, by (b) the aggregate credit sales made by
the Originator during the month that is one calendar month before such month.
"Dilution Reserve" means, on any date, an amount equal to: (a) the Capital
at the close of business of the Servicer on such date multiplied by (b) (i) the
Dilution Reserve Percentage on such date, divided by (ii) 100% minus the
Dilution Reserve Percentage on such date.
"Dilution Reserve Percentage" means on any date, the greater of (a) 5% or
(b) the product of (i) the Dilution Horizon multiplied by (ii) the sum of (x)
2.0 times the average of the Dilution Ratios for the twelve most recent calendar
months and (y) the Spike Factor.
"Discount" means:
(a) for the Portion of Capital for any Settlement Period to the
extent the Issuer will be funding such Portion of Capital during such
Settlement Period through the issuance of Notes:
CPR x C x ED/360
(b) for the Portion of Capital for any Settlement Period to the
extent the Issuer will not be funding such Portion of Capital during such
Settlement Period through the issuance of Notes:
AR x C x ED/Year + TF
where:
AR = the Alternate Rate for the Portion of Capital for such
Settlement Period,
C = the Portion of Capital during such Settlement Period,
CPR = the CP Rate for the Portion of Capital for such
Settlement Period,
ED = the actual number of days during such Settlement Period,
TF = the Termination Fee, if any, for the Portion of Capital
for such Settlement Period, and
Year = if such Portion of Capital is funded based upon: (i) the
Euro-Rate, 360 days, and (ii) the Base Rate, 365 or 366
days, as applicable;
provided, that no provision of the Agreement shall require the payment or permit
the collection of Discount in excess of the maximum permitted by applicable law;
and provided further, that
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Discount for the Portion of Capital shall not be considered paid by any
distribution to the extent that at any time all or a portion of such
distribution is rescinded or must otherwise be returned for any reason.
"Eligible Receivable" means, at any time, a Pool Receivable:
(a) the Obligor of which is (i) a United States resident, (ii) not a
government or a governmental subdivision, affiliate or agency, provided,
however, if the Obligor of such Receivable is a government or a
governmental subdivision, affiliate or agency, such Receivable shall
satisfy the requirements of this clause (a)(ii) if the sum of the
Outstanding Balance of such Receivable and the aggregate Outstanding
Balance of all other Eligible Receivables of Obligors who are governments
or governmental subdivisions, affiliates or agencies does not exceed
$200,000, (iii) not subject to any action of the type described in
paragraph (f) of Exhibit V to the Agreement, (iv) not an Affiliate of UGI,
and (iv) not a Reseller, provided, however, if the Obligor of such
Receivable is a Reseller, such Receivable shall satisfy the requirements
of this clause (a)(iv) if the sum of the Outstanding Balance of such
Receivable and the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all other Eligible
Receivables of Obligors who are Resellers does not exceed $2,000,000,
(b) that is denominated and payable only in U.S. dollars in the
United States,
(c) that does not have a stated maturity which is more than 45 days
after the original invoice date of such Receivable; provided, however,
that up to 10% of the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Receivables may
have a stated maturity which is more than 45 days but not more than 60
days after the original invoice date of such Receivable,
(d) that arises under a duly authorized Contract for the sale and
delivery of goods and services in the ordinary course of the Originator's
business,
(e) that arises under a duly authorized Contract that is in full
force and effect and that is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the
related Obligor, enforceable against such Obligor in accordance with its
terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, fraudulent transfer or
conveyance, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws
limiting the enforceability of creditors' rights generally, as from time
to time in effect,
(f) that conforms in all material respects with all applicable laws,
rulings and regulations in effect,
(g) that is not the subject of any asserted dispute, offset, hold
back defense, Adverse Claim or other claim,
(h) that satisfies in all material respects all applicable
requirements of the applicable Credit and Collection Policy,
(i) that has not been modified, waived or restructured since its
creation, except as permitted pursuant to Section 4.2 of the Agreement,
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(j) in which the Seller owns good and marketable title, free and
clear of any Adverse Claims, and that arise under Contracts, the terms of
which do not expressly prohibit the Seller from assigning its right to
receive payment under the Contract or require any consent of the related
Obligor for such assignment,
(k) for which the Issuer shall have a valid and enforceable
undivided percentage ownership or security interest, to the extent of the
Purchased Interest, and a valid and enforceable first priority perfected
security interest therein and in the Related Security and Collections with
respect thereto, in each case free and clear of any Adverse Claim,
(l) that constitutes an account as defined in the UCC, and that is
not evidenced by instruments or chattel paper,
(m) that is neither a Defaulted Receivable nor a Delinquent
Receivable,
(n) for which neither the Originator thereof, the Seller nor the
Servicer has established any offset arrangements with the related Obligor,
(o) of an Obligor as to which Defaulted Receivables of such Obligor
do not exceed 25% of the Outstanding Balance of all such Obligor's
Receivables; provided, however, that amounts owing from Cooperative
Industries Inc. that are more than 90 days from the original invoice date
as of the Closing Date and that are being paid in accordance with a
negotiated payment schedule shall not be considered Defaulted Receivables
for purposes of this clause (o), and
(p) that represents amounts earned and payable by the Obligor that
are not subject to the performance of additional services by the
Originator thereof.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended from time to time, and any successor statute of similar import, together
with the regulations thereunder, in each case as in effect from time to time.
References to sections of ERISA also refer to any successor sections.
"ERISA Affiliate" means: (a) any corporation that is a member of the same
controlled group of corporations (within the meaning of Section 414(b) of the
Internal Revenue Code) as the Seller, the Originator or UGI, (b) a trade or
business (whether or not incorporated) under common control (within the meaning
of Section 414(c) of the Internal Revenue Code) with the Seller, the Originator
or UGI, or (c) a member of the same affiliated service group (within the meaning
of Section 414(m) of the Internal Revenue Code) as the Seller, the Originator,
any corporation described in clause (a) or any trade or business described in
clause (b).
"Euro-Rate" means with respect to any Settlement Period the interest rate
per annum determined by the Administrator by dividing (the resulting quotient
rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100th of 1% per annum) (i) the
rate of interest determined by the Administrator in accordance with its usual
procedures (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) to be
the average of the London interbank market offered rates for U.S. dollars quoted
by the BBA as set forth on Dow Xxxxx Markets Service (formerly known as
Telerate) (or appropriate successor or, if the BBA or its successor ceases to
provide display page
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3750 (or such other display page on the Dow Xxxxx Markets Service system as may
replace display page 3750) at or about 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the Business
Day which is two (2) Business Days prior to the first day of such Settlement
Period for an amount comparable to the Portion of Capital to be funded at the
Alternate Rate and based upon the Euro-Rate during such Settlement Period by
(ii) a number equal to 1.00 minus the Euro-Rate Reserve Percentage. The
Euro-Rate may also be expressed by the following formula:
Euro-Rate = Average of London interbank offered rates quoted by BBA as
shown on Dow Xxxxx Markets Service display page 3750 or
appropriate successor
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1.00 - Euro-Rate Reserve Percentage
where "Euro-Rate Reserve Percentage" means, the maximum effective percentage in
effect on such day as prescribed by the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System (or any successor) for determining the reserve requirements
(including without limitation, supplemental, marginal, and emergency reserve
requirements) with respect to eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as
"Eurocurrency Liabilities"). The Euro-Rate shall be adjusted with respect to any
Portion of Capital funded at the Alternate Rate and based upon the Euro-Rate
that is outstanding on the effective date of any change in the Euro-Rate Reserve
Percentage as of such effective date. The Administrator shall give prompt notice
to the Seller of the Euro-Rate as determined or adjusted in accordance herewith
(which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error).
"Excess Concentration" means the sum of the amounts by which the
Outstanding Balance of Eligible Receivables of each Obligor then in the
Receivables Pool exceeds an amount equal to: (a) the applicable Concentration
Percentage for such Obligor multiplied by (b) the Outstanding Balance of all
Eligible Receivables then in the Receivables Pool.
"Facility Termination Date" means the earliest to occur of: (a) August 26,
2006, (b) the date determined pursuant to Section 2.2 of the Agreement, (c) the
date the Purchase Limit reduces to zero pursuant to Section 1.1(b) of the
Agreement, (d) the date, after written notice from the Purchasers, that the
commitments of the Purchasers terminate under the Liquidity Agreement, but the
failure to give or delay in giving such notice shall not prevent or delay such
termination, and (e) the Issuer shall fail to cause the amendment or
modification of any Transaction Document or related opinion as required by
Moody's or Standard and Poor's, and such failure shall continue for 30 days
after such amendment is initially requested.
"Federal Funds Rate" means, for any day, the per annum rate set forth in
the weekly statistical release designated as H.15(519), or any successor
publication, published by the Federal Reserve Board (including any such
successor, "H.15(519)") for such day opposite the caption "Federal Funds
(Effective)." If on any relevant day such rate is not yet published in
H.15(519), the rate for such day will be the rate set forth in the daily
statistical release designated as the Composite 3:30 p.m. Quotations for U.S.
Government Securities, or any successor publication, published by the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York (including any such successor, the "Composite 3:30 p.m.
Quotations") for such day under the caption "Federal Funds Effective Rate." If
on any relevant day the appropriate rate is not yet published in either
H.15(519) or the Composite 3:30 p.m. Quotations, the rate for such day will be
the arithmetic mean as determined
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by the Administrator of the rates for the last transaction in overnight Federal
funds arranged before 9:00 a.m. (New York time) on that day by each of three
leading brokers of Federal funds transactions in New York City selected by the
Administrator.
"Federal Reserve Board" means the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System, or any entity succeeding to any of its principal functions.
"Fee Letter" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.5 of the Agreement.
"GAAP" means the generally accepted accounting principles and practices in
the United States, consistently applied.
"Governmental Authority" means any nation or government, any state or
other political subdivision thereof, any central bank (or similar monetary or
regulatory authority) thereof, any body or entity exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining
to government, including any court, and any Person owned or controlled, through
stock or capital ownership or otherwise, by any of the foregoing.
"Group A Obligor" means any Obligor with a short-term rating of at least:
(a) "A-1" by Standard & Poor's, or if such Obligor does not have a short-term
rating from Standard & Poor's, a rating of "A+" or better by Standard & Poor's
on its long-term senior unsecured and uncredit-enhanced debt securities, and (b)
"P-1" by Moody's, or if such Obligor does not have a short-term rating from
Xxxxx'x, "X0" or better by Moody's on its long-term senior unsecured and
uncredit-enhanced debt securities.
"Group A Obligor Percentage" means, at any time, for each Group A Obligor,
the percentage equivalent of: (a) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of the
Eligible Receivables of such Group A Obligor less any Excess Concentrations of
such Obligor, divided by (b) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible
Receivables at such time.
"Group B Obligor" means an Obligor, not a Group A Obligor, with a
short-term rating of at least: (a) "A-2" by Standard & Poor's, or if such
Obligor does not have a short-term rating from Standard & Poor's, a rating of
"BBB+" to "A" by Standard & Poor's on its long-term senior unsecured and
uncredit-enhanced debt securities, and (b) "P-2" by Moody's, or if such Obligor
does not have a short-term rating from Moody's, "Baa1" to "A2" by Moody's on its
long-term senior unsecured and uncredit-enhanced debt securities.
"Group B Obligor Percentage" means, at any time, for each Group B Obligor,
the percentage equivalent of: (a) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of the
Eligible Receivables of such Group B Obligor less any Excess Concentrations of
such Obligor, divided by (b) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible
Receivables at such time.
"Group C Obligor" means an Obligor, not a Group A Obligor or a Group B
Obligor, with a short-term rating of at least: (a) "A-3" by Standard & Poor's,
or if such Obligor does not have a short-term rating from Standard & Poor's, a
rating of "BBB-" to "BBB" by Standard & Poor's on its long-term senior unsecured
and uncredit-enhanced debt securities, and (b) "P-3" by Moody's, or if such
Obligor does not have a short-term rating from Moody's, "Baa3" to "Baa2" by
Moody's on its long-term senior unsecured and uncredit-enhanced debt securities.
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"Group C Obligor Percentage" means, at any time, for each Group C Obligor,
the percentage equivalent of: (a) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of the
Eligible Receivables of such Group C Obligor less any Excess Concentrations of
such Obligor, divided by (b) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible
Receivables at such time.
"Group D Obligor" means any Obligor that is not a Group A Obligor, Group B
Obligor or Group C Obligor.
"Group D Obligor Percentage" means, at any time, for each Group D Obligor:
(a) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of the Eligible Receivables of such Group
D Obligor less any Excess Concentrations of such Obligor, divided by (b) the
aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Receivables at such time.
"Indemnified Amounts" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1 of the
Agreement.
"Indemnified Party" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1 of the
Agreement.
"Indemnifying Party" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.3 of the
Agreement.
"Independent Director" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 3(c) of
Exhibit IV to the Agreement.
"Information Package" means a report, in substantially the form of either
Annex A-1 (in the case of an Information Package delivered in connection with a
Settlement Date) or Annex A-2 (in the case of an Information Package delivered
at any other time) to the Agreement, furnished to the Administrator pursuant to
the Agreement.
"Insolvency Proceeding" means: (a) any case, action or proceeding before
any court or other Governmental Authority relating to bankruptcy,
reorganization, insolvency, liquidation, receivership, dissolution, winding-up
or relief of debtors, or (b) any general assignment for the benefit of creditors
of a Person, or composition, marshaling of assets for creditors of a Person, or
other, similar arrangement in respect of its creditors generally or any
substantial portion of its creditors, in each of cases (a) and (b) undertaken
under U.S. Federal, state or foreign law, including the Bankruptcy Code.
"Internal Revenue Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended from time to time, and any successor statute of similar import, together
with the regulations thereunder, in each case as in effect from time to time.
References to sections of the Internal Revenue Code also refer to any successor
sections.
"Issuer" has the meaning set forth in the preamble to the Agreement.
"Issuer's Share" of any amount means such amount multiplied by the
Purchased Interest at the time of determination.
"Liquidity Agent" means PNC in its capacity as the Liquidity Agent
pursuant to the Liquidity Agreement.
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"Liquidity Agreement" means the Liquidity Asset Purchase Agreement, dated
as of even date herewith, between the Purchasers from time to time party
thereto, the Issuer and PNC, as Administrator and Liquidity Agent, as the same
may be further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
"Lock-Box Account" means an account in the name of the Seller and
maintained by the Seller at a bank or other financial institution for the
purpose of receiving Collections.
"Lock-Box Agreement" means an agreement, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Administrator, among the Seller, the Originator, the
Servicer, the Administrator, the Issuer and a Lock-Box Bank.
"Lock-Box Bank" means any of the banks or other financial institutions
holding one or more Lock-Box Accounts.
"Loss Reserve" means, on any date, an amount equal to: (a) the Capital at
the close of business of the Servicer on such date multiplied by (b)(i) the Loss
Reserve Percentage on such date divided by (ii) 100% minus the Loss Reserve
Percentage on such date.
"Loss Reserve Percentage" means, on any date, the greater of: (a) 10% or
(b) the product of 2.0 times (i) the highest average of the Default Ratios for
any three consecutive calendar months during the twelve most recent calendar
months plus (ii) (A) the aggregate credit sales made by the Originator during
the four most recent calendar months, divided by (B) the Net Receivables Pool
Balance as of such date.
"Material Adverse Effect" means, relative to any Person with respect to
any event or circumstance, a material adverse effect on:
(a) the assets, operations, business or financial condition of such
Person,
(b) the ability of any of such Person to perform its obligations
under the Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it is a
party,
(c) the validity or enforceability of any other Transaction
Document, or the validity, enforceability or collectibility of a material
portion of the Pool Receivables, or
(d) the status, perfection, enforceability or priority of the
Issuer's or the Seller's interest in the Pool Assets.
"Moody's" means Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc.
"Net Receivables Pool Balance" means, at any time: (a) the Outstanding
Balance of Eligible Receivables then in the Receivables Pool minus (b) the
Excess Concentration.
"Notes" means short-term promissory notes issued, or to be issued, by the
Issuer to fund its investments in accounts receivable or other financial assets.
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"Obligor" means, with respect to any Receivable, the Person obligated to
make payments pursuant to the Contract relating to such Receivable.
"Originator" has the meaning set forth in the Purchase and Sale Agreement.
"Originator Assignment Certificate" means the assignment, in substantially
the form of Exhibit C to the Purchase and Sale Agreement, evidencing Seller's
ownership of the Receivables generated by the Originator, as the same may be
amended, supplemented, amended and restated, or otherwise modified from time to
time in accordance with the Purchase and Sale Agreement.
"Outstanding Balance" of any Receivable at any time means the then
outstanding principal balance thereof.
"Payment Date" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2 of the Purchase
and Sale Agreement.
"Performance Guarantor" means UGI Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation,
as performance guarantor under the Performance Guaranty.
"Performance Guaranty" means that certain Performance Guaranty, dated as
of August 29, 2003 by the Performance Guarantor in favor of the Issuer and the
Administrator, as the same may be amended, restated or otherwise modified from
time to time.
"Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation (including a
business trust), joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint
venture, limited liability company or other entity, or a government or any
political subdivision or agency thereof.
"PNC" has the meaning set forth in the preamble to the Agreement.
"Pool Assets" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.2(d) of the
Agreement.
"Pool Receivable" means a Receivable in the Receivables Pool.
"Portion of Capital" means any separate portion of Capital being funded or
maintained by the Issuer (or its successors or permitted assigns) by reference
to a particular interest rate basis. In addition, at any time when the Capital
of the Purchased Interest is not divided into two or more such portions,
"Portion of Capital" means 100% of the Capital.
"Program Support Agreement" means and includes the Liquidity Agreement and
any other agreement entered into by any Program Support Provider providing for:
(a) the issuance of one or more letters of credit for the account of the Issuer
in connection with the Issuer's Receivables securitization program, (b) the
issuance of one or more surety bonds in connection with the Issuer's Receivables
securitization program for which the Issuer is obligated to reimburse the
applicable Program Support Provider for any drawings thereunder, (c) the sale by
the Issuer to any Program Support Provider of the Purchased Interest (or
portions thereof) and/or (d) the making of loans and/or other extensions of
credit to the Issuer in connection with the Issuer's Receivables-securitization
program contemplated in the Agreement, together with any
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letter of credit, surety bond or other instrument issued thereunder (but
excluding any discretionary advance facility provided by the Administrator).
"Program Support Provider" means and includes any Purchaser and any other
Person (other than any customer of the Issuer) now or hereafter extending credit
or having a commitment to extend credit to or for the account of, or to make
purchases from, the Issuer pursuant to any Program Support Agreement.
"Purchase and Sale Agreement" means the Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated
as of even date herewith, between the Seller and UGI, as such agreement may be
amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time.
"Purchase and Sale Indemnified Amounts" has the meaning set forth in
Section 9.1 of the Purchase and Sale Agreement.
"Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party" has the meaning set forth in Section
9.1 of the Purchase and Sale Agreement.
"Purchase and Sale Termination Date" has the meaning set forth in Section
1.4 of the Purchase and Sale Agreement.
"Purchase and Sale Termination Event" has the meaning set forth in Section
8.1 of the Purchase and Sale Agreement.
"Purchase Facility" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1 of the
Purchase and Sale Agreement.
"Purchase Limit" means $100,000,000, as such amount may be reduced
pursuant to Section 1.1(b) of the Agreement. References to the unused portion of
the Purchase Limit shall mean, at any time, the Purchase Limit minus the then
outstanding Capital.
"Purchase Notice" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.2(a) of the
Agreement.
"Purchase Price" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1 of the Purchase
and Sale Agreement.
"Purchase Report" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1 of the Purchase
and Sale Agreement.
"Purchased Interest" means, at any time, the undivided percentage
ownership interest in: (a) each and every Pool Receivable now existing or
hereafter arising, (b) all Related Security with respect to such Pool
Receivables and (c) all Collections with respect to, and other proceeds of, such
Pool Receivables and Related Security. Such undivided percentage interest shall
be computed as:
Capital + Total Reserves
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Net Receivables Pool Balance
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The Purchased Interest shall be determined from time to time pursuant to Section
1.3 of the Agreement.
"Purchaser" has the meaning set forth in Section 5.3(b) of the Agreement.
"Receivable" means any indebtedness and other obligations (whether or not
earned by performance) owed to the Seller (as assignee of the Originator) or the
Originator by, or any right of the Seller or the Originator to payment from or
on behalf of, an Obligor, whether constituting an account, chattel paper,
instrument or general intangible, arising in connection with property or goods
that have been or are to be sold or otherwise disposed of, or services rendered
or to be rendered by the Originator, and includes the obligation to pay any
finance charges, fees and other charges with respect thereto. Indebtedness and
other obligations arising from any one transaction, including indebtedness and
other obligations represented by an individual invoice or agreement, shall
constitute a Receivable separate from a Receivable consisting of the
indebtedness and other obligations arising from any other transaction.
"Receivables Pool" means, at any time, all of the then outstanding
Receivables purchased or otherwise acquired by the Seller pursuant to the
Purchase and Sale Agreement prior to the Facility Termination Date.
"Reference Bank" means PNC.
"Related Rights" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1 of the Purchase
and Sale Agreement.
"Related Security" means, with respect to any Receivable:
(a) all of the Seller's and the Originator thereof's interest in any
goods (including returned goods), and documentation of title evidencing
the shipment or storage of any goods (including returned goods), relating
to any sale giving rise to such Receivable,
(b) all instruments and chattel paper that may evidence such
Receivable,
(c) all other security interests or liens and property subject
thereto from time to time purporting to secure payment of such Receivable,
whether pursuant to the Contract related to such Receivable or otherwise,
together with all UCC financing statements or similar filings relating
thereto, and
(d) all of the Seller's and the Originator thereof's rights,
interests and claims under the Contracts and all guaranties, indemnities,
insurance, letters of credit and other agreements (including the related
Contract) or arrangements of whatever character from time to time
supporting or securing payment of such Receivable or otherwise relating to
such Receivable, whether pursuant to the Contract related to such
Receivable or otherwise.
"Reseller" means an Obligor that purchases product from the Originator and
for which the Originator acts as billing and collection agent with respect to
such Obligor's resale of the product.
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"Restricted Payment" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 1(n) of
Exhibit IV to the Agreement.
"Seller" has the meaning set forth in the preamble to the Agreement.
"Seller's Share" of any amount means the greater of: (a) $0 and (b) such
amount minus the Issuer's Share.
"Servicer" has the meaning set forth in the preamble to the Agreement.
"Servicing Fee" shall mean the fee referred to in Section 4.6 of the
Agreement.
"Servicing Fee Rate" shall mean the rate referred to in Section 4.6 of the
Agreement.
"Settlement Date" means with respect to any Portion of Capital for any
Settlement Period, (i) prior to the Facility Termination Date, the third
Wednesday of each calendar month (or the next succeeding Business Day if such
day is not a Business Day) beginning with December 19, 2001 and (ii) on and
after the Facility Termination Date, each day selected from time to time by the
Administrator (it being understood that the Administrator may select such
Settlement Date to occur as frequently as daily), or, in the absence of such
selection, the date specified in clause (i) above.
"Settlement Period" means: (a) before the Facility Termination Date: (i)
initially the period commencing on the date of the initial purchase pursuant to
Section 1.2 of the Agreement (or in the case of any fees payable hereunder,
commencing on the Closing Date) and ending on (but not including) the next
Settlement Date, and (ii) thereafter, each period commencing on such Settlement
Date and ending on (but not including) the next Settlement Date, and (b) on and
after the Facility Termination Date: such period (including a period of one day)
as shall be selected from time to time by the Administrator or, in the absence
of any such selection, each period of 30 days from the last day of the preceding
Settlement Period.
"Solvent" means, with respect to any Person at any time, a condition under
which:
(i) the fair value and present fair saleable value of such Person's
total assets is, on the date of determination, greater than such Person's
total liabilities (including contingent and unliquidated liabilities) at
such time;
(ii) the fair value and present fair saleable value of such Person's
assets is greater than the amount that will be required to pay such
Person's probable liability on its existing debts as they become absolute
and matured ("debts," for this purpose, includes all legal liabilities,
whether matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, absolute, fixed,
or contingent);
(iii) such Person is and shall continue to be able to pay all of its
liabilities as such liabilities mature; and
(iv) such Person does not have unreasonably small capital with which
to engage in its current and in its anticipated business.
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For purposes of this definition:
(A) the amount of a Person's contingent or unliquidated liabilities
at any time shall be that amount which, in light of all the facts and
circumstances then existing, represents the amount which can reasonably be
expected to become an actual or matured liability;
(B) the "fair value" of an asset shall be the amount which may be
realized within a reasonable time either through collection or sale of
such asset at its regular market value;
(C) the "regular market value" of an asset shall be the amount which
a capable and diligent business person could obtain for such asset from an
interested buyer who is willing to Purchase such asset under ordinary
selling conditions; and
(D) the "present fair saleable value" of an asset means the amount
which can be obtained if such asset is sold with reasonable promptness in
an arm's-length transaction in an existing and not theoretical market.
"Spike Factor" means, for any calendar month, (a) the positive difference,
if any, between: (i) the highest Dilution Ratio for any calendar month during
the twelve most recent calendar months and (ii) the arithmetic average of the
Dilution Ratios for such twelve months times (b) (i) the highest Dilution Ratio
for any calendar month during the twelve most recent calendar months divided by
(ii) the arithmetic average of the Dilution Ratios for such twelve months.
"Standard & Poor's" means Standard & Poor's, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx
Companies, Inc.
"Subsidiary" means, as to any Person, a corporation, partnership, limited
liability company or other entity of which shares of stock of each class or
other interests having ordinary voting power (other than stock or other
interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to
elect a majority of the Board of Directors or other managers of such entity are
at the time owned, or management of which is otherwise controlled: (a) by such
Person, (b) by one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or (c) by such Person and
one or more Subsidiaries of such Person.
"Tangible Net Worth" means, with respect to any Person, the tangible net
worth of such Person as adjusted to eliminate the impact of any charges related
to SFAS 133 and as determined in accordance with GAAP.
"Termination Day" means: (a) each day on which the conditions set forth in
Section 2 of Exhibit II to the Agreement are not satisfied or (b) each day that
occurs on or after the Facility Termination Date.
"Termination Event" has the meaning specified in Exhibit V to the
Agreement.
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"Termination Fee" means, for any Settlement Period during which a
Termination Day occurs, the amount, if any, by which: (a) the additional
Discount (calculated without taking into account any Termination Fee or any
shortened duration of such Settlement Period pursuant to the definition thereof)
that would have accrued during such Settlement Period on the reductions of
Capital relating to such Settlement Period had such reductions not been made,
exceeds (b) the income, if any, received by the Issuer from investing the
proceeds of such reductions of Capital, as determined by the Administrator,
which determination shall be binding and conclusive for all purposes, absent
manifest error.
"Total Reserves" means, at any time the sum of: (a) the Yield Reserve,
plus (b) the greater of (i) the sum of (A) the Loss Reserve plus (B) the
Dilution Reserve or (ii) the Concentration Reserve.
"Transaction Documents" means the Agreement, the Lock-Box Agreements, the
Fee Letter, Performance Guaranty, the Purchase and Sale Agreement and all other
certificates, instruments, UCC financing statements, reports, notices,
agreements and documents executed or delivered under or in connection with any
of the foregoing, in each case as the same may be amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the Agreement.
"Turnover Rate" means, for any calendar month, an amount computed as of
the last day of such calendar month equal to: (a) the Outstanding Balance of all
Pool Receivables as of the last day of such calendar month divided by (b)(i) the
aggregate credit sales made by the Originator during the three calendar months
ended on or before the last day of such calendar month divided by (ii) 3.
"UCC" means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in
the applicable jurisdiction.
"UGI" has the meaning set forth in the preamble to the Agreement.
"Unmatured Purchase and Sale Termination Event" means any event which,
with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would become a Purchase and
Sale Termination Event.
"Unmatured Termination Event" means an event that, with the giving of
notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a Termination Event.
"Weekly Settlement Date" means each Wednesday of each week (or the next
succeeding Business Day if such day is not a Business Day), beginning December
5, 2001.
"Yield Reserve" means, on any date, an amount equal to: (a) the Capital at
the close of business of the Servicer on such date multiplied by (b)(i) the
Yield Reserve Percentage on such date divided by (ii) 100% minus the Yield
Reserve Percentage on such date.
"Yield Reserve Percentage" means at any time:
(PY + SFR) x 1.5 x TR
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where:
PY = the Base Rate as of the last day of the most recent
Settlement Period,
TR = the Turnover Rate, and
SFR = the Servicing Fee Rate
Other Terms. All accounting terms not specifically defined herein shall be
construed in accordance with GAAP. All terms used in Article 9 of the UCC in the
State of New York, and not specifically defined herein, are used herein as
defined in such Article 9. Unless the context otherwise requires, "or" means
"and/or," and "including" (and with correlative meaning "include" and
"includes") means including without limiting the generality of any description
preceding such term.
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EXHIBIT II
CONDITIONS OF PURCHASES
1. Conditions Precedent to Initial Purchase. The Initial Purchase under
this Agreement is subject to the following conditions precedent that the
Administrator shall have received on or before the date of such purchase, each
in form and substance (including the date thereof) satisfactory to the
Administrator:
(a) A counterpart of the Agreement and the other Transaction Documents
executed by the parties thereto.
(b) Certified copies of: (i) the resolutions of the Board of Directors of
each of the Seller, the Originator and UGI authorizing the execution, delivery
and performance by the Seller, the Originator and UGI, as the case may be, of
the Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party; (ii)
all documents evidencing other necessary corporate action and governmental
approvals, if any, with respect to the Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents and (iii) the certificate of incorporation and by-laws of the Seller
and UGI.
(c) A certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Seller,
the Originator and UGI certifying the names and true signatures of its officers
who are authorized to sign the Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.
Until the Administrator receives a subsequent incumbency certificate from the
Seller, the Originator or UGI, as the case may be, the Administrator shall be
entitled to rely on the last such certificate delivered to it by the Seller, the
Originator or UGI, as the case may be.
(d) Proper financing statements or other instrument similar in effect,
suitable for filing, under the UCC of all jurisdictions that the Administrator
may deem necessary or desirable in order to perfect the interests of the Seller,
UGI and the Issuer contemplated by the Agreement and the Purchase and Sale
Agreement.
(e) Proper financing statements or other instrument similar in effect,
suitable for filing, if any, necessary to release all security interests and
other rights of any Person in the Receivables, Contracts or Related Security
previously granted by the Originator, UGI or the Seller.
(f) Completed UCC search reports, dated on or shortly before the date of
the initial purchase hereunder, listing the financing statements filed in all
applicable jurisdictions referred to in subsection (e) above that name the
Originator or the Seller as debtor, together with copies of such other financing
statements, and similar search reports with respect to judgment liens, federal
tax liens and liens of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation in such
jurisdictions, as the Administrator may request, showing no Adverse Claims on
any Pool Assets.
(g) Copies of executed Lock-Box Agreements with each Lock-Box Bank (to be
delivered within 30 days of the Closing Date).
(h) Favorable opinions, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Administrator, of Xxxxxx, Xxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Seller, the
Originator and the Servicer.
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(i) Satisfactory results of a review and audit (performed by
representatives of the Administrator) of the Servicer's collection, operating
and reporting systems, the Credit and Collection Policy of the Originator,
historical receivables data and accounts, including satisfactory results of a
review of the Servicer's operating location(s) and satisfactory review and
approval of the Eligible Receivables in existence on the date of the initial
purchase under the Agreement.
(j) A pro forma Information Package representing the performance of the
Receivables Pool for the calendar month before closing.
(k) Evidence of payment by the Seller of all accrued and unpaid fees
(including those contemplated by the Fee Letter), costs and expenses to the
extent then due and payable on the date thereof, including any such costs, fees
and expenses arising under or referenced in Section 5.4 of the Agreement and the
Fee Letter.
(l) The Fee Letter duly executed by the Seller and the Servicer.
(m) Good standing certificates with respect to each of the Seller, the
Originator and the Servicer issued by the Secretary of State (or similar
official) of the state of each such Person's organization or formation and
principal place of business.
(n) The Liquidity Agreement and all other Transaction Documents duly
executed by the parties thereto.
(o) A computer file containing all information with respect to the
Receivables as the Administrator or the Issuer may reasonably request.
(p) Such other approvals, opinions or documents as the Administrator or
the Issuer may reasonably request.
2. Conditions Precedent to All Purchases and Reinvestments. Each purchase
(except as to clause (a), including the initial purchase) and each reinvestment
shall be subject to the further conditions precedent that:
(a) in the case of each purchase, the Servicer shall have delivered to the
Administrator on or before such purchase, in form and substance satisfactory to
the Administrator, a completed pro forma Information Package to reflect the
level of Capital and related reserves and the calculation of the Purchased
Interest after such subsequent purchase and a completed Purchase Notice in the
form of Annex B; and
(b) on the date of such purchase or reinvestment the following statements
shall be true (and acceptance of the proceeds of such purchase or reinvestment
shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Seller that such statements
are then true):
(i) the representations and warranties contained in Exhibit III or
VI to the Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on and
as of the date of such purchase or reinvestment as though made on and as
of such date (except to the extent that such representations and
warranties relate expressly to an earlier date, and in which case
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such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all
material respects as of such earlier date);
(ii) no event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from
such purchase or reinvestment, that constitutes a Termination Event or an
Unmatured Termination Event;
(iii) after giving effect to such purchase proposed hereby, the
Purchased Interest will not exceed 100% and the Capital does not exceed
the Purchase Limit; and
(iv) the Facility Termination Date shall not have occurred.
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EXHIBIT III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
1. Representations and Warranties of the Seller. The Seller represents and
warrants as follows:
(a) The Seller is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and is duly qualified to
do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation in every
jurisdiction where the nature of its business requires it to be so qualified,
except where the failure to be so qualified would not have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(b) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of the Agreement
and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, including its use of
the proceeds of purchases and reinvestments: (i) are within its corporate
powers; (ii) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action; (iii)
do not contravene or result in a default under or conflict with: (A) its charter
or by-laws, (B) any law, rule or regulation applicable to it, (C) any indenture,
loan agreement, mortgage, deed of trust or other material agreement or
instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound, or (D) any order,
writ, judgment, award, injunction or decree binding on or affecting it or any of
its property; and (iv) do not result in or require the creation of any Adverse
Claim upon or with respect to any of its properties. The Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents to which it is a party have been duly executed and
delivered by the Seller.
(c) No authorization, approval or other action by, and no notice to or
filing with, any Governmental Authority or other Person is required for its due
execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of its obligations under the
Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party, other than
the Uniform Commercial Code filings referred to in Exhibit II to the Agreement,
all of which shall be suitable for filing on or before the date of the first
purchase hereunder.
(d) Each of the Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which the
Seller is a party constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation enforceable
against the Seller in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws from
time to time in effect affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally
and by general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability
is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
(e) There is no pending or, to Seller's knowledge, threatened action or
proceeding affecting Seller or any of its properties before any Governmental
Authority or arbitrator.
(f) No proceeds of any purchase or reinvestment will be used to acquire
any equity security of a class that is registered pursuant to Section 12 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
(g) The Seller is the legal and beneficial owner of the Pool Receivables
and Related Security, free and clear of any Adverse Claim. Upon each purchase or
reinvestment, the Issuer
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shall acquire a valid and enforceable perfected undivided percentage ownership
or security interest, to the extent of the Purchased Interest, in each Pool
Receivable then existing or thereafter arising and in the Related Security,
Collections and other proceeds with respect thereto, free and clear of any
Adverse Claim. The Agreement creates a security interest in favor of the Issuer
in the Pool Assets, and the Issuer has a first priority perfected security
interest in the Pool Assets, free and clear of any Adverse Claims. No effective
financing statement or other instrument similar in effect covering any Pool
Asset is on file in any recording office, except those filed in favor of the
Seller pursuant to the Purchase and Sale Agreement and the Issuer relating to
the Agreement.
(h) Each Information Package (if prepared by the Seller or one of its
Affiliates, or to the extent that information contained therein is supplied by
the Seller or an Affiliate), written information, exhibit, financial statement,
document, book, record or report furnished or to be furnished at any time by or
on behalf of the Seller to the Administrator in connection with the Agreement or
any other Transaction Document to which it is a party is or will be complete and
accurate in all material respects as of its date or (except as otherwise
disclosed to the Administrator at such time) as of the date so furnished,
(i) The Seller's principal place of business and chief executive office
(as such terms are used in the UCC) are located at the address referred to in
Sections 1(b) of Exhibit IV to the Agreement and the offices where it keeps its
records concerning the Receivables are located at the addresses set forth in
Schedule IV to the Agreement.
(j) The names and addresses of all the Lock-Box Banks, together with the
account numbers of the Lock-Box Accounts (and the related lock-boxes) at such
Lock-Box Banks, are specified in Schedule II to the Agreement (or at such other
Lock-Box Banks and/or with such other Lock-Box Accounts (and such other related
lock-boxes) as have been notified to the Administrator in accordance with the
Agreement) and all Lock-Box Accounts (and all related lock-boxes) are subject to
Lock-Box Agreements. The Seller has not granted to any Person, other than the
Administrator as contemplated by the Lock-Box Agreements dominion and control of
any Lock-Box Account (and any related lock-boxes, or the right to take control
of any such account at a future time or upon the occurrence of a future event.
(k) The Seller is not in violation of any order of any court, arbitrator
or Governmental Authority.
(l) No proceeds of any purchase or reinvestment will be used for any
purpose that violates any applicable law, rule or regulation, including
Regulations T, U or X of the Federal Reserve Board.
(m) Each Pool Receivable included as an Eligible Receivable in the
calculation of the Net Receivables Pool Balance is an Eligible Receivable.
(n) No event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from a
purchase in respect of, or reinvestment in respect of, the Purchased Interest or
from the application of the proceeds therefrom, that constitutes a Termination
Event or an Unmatured Termination Event.
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(o) The Seller has accounted for each sale of undivided percentage
ownership interests in Receivables in its books and financial statements as
sales, consistent with GAAP.
(p) The Seller has complied in all material respects with the Credit and
Collection Policies of the Originator with regard to each Receivable originated
by the Originator.
(q) The Seller has complied in all material respects with all of the
terms, covenants and agreements contained in the Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents that are applicable to it.
(r) The Seller's complete corporate name is set forth in the preamble to
the Agreement, and it does not use and has not during the last six years used
any other corporate name, trade name, doing-business name or fictitious name,
except as set forth on Schedule III to the Agreement and except for names first
used after the date of the Agreement and set forth in a notice delivered to the
Administrator pursuant to Section 1(l)(v) of Exhibit IV to the Agreement.
(s) The Seller is not an "investment company," or a company "controlled"
by an "investment company" within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended. In addition, the Seller is not a "holding company," a
"subsidiary company" of a "holding company" or an "affiliate" of a "holding
company" or of a "subsidiary company" of a "holding company" within the meaning
of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended.
(t) With respect to each Receivable transferred to the Seller under the
Purchase and Sale Agreement, Seller has given reasonably equivalent value to the
Originator thereof in consideration therefor and such transfer was not made for
or on account of an antecedent debt. No transfer by the Originator of any
Receivable under the Purchase and Sale Agreement is or may be voidable under any
section of the Bankruptcy Code.
(u) Each Contract with respect to each Receivable is effective to create,
and has created, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the related Obligor to
pay the Outstanding Balance of the Receivable created thereunder and any accrued
interest thereon, enforceable against the Obligor in accordance with its terms,
except as such enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar laws relating to or limiting creditors' rights
generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement
is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(v) Since its most recent fiscal year end, there has been no change in the
business, operations, financial condition, properties or assets of the Seller
which would have a Material Adverse Effect on its ability to perform its
obligations under the Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it is
a party or materially and adversely affect the transactions contemplated under
the Agreement or such other Transaction Documents.
2. Representations and Warranties of UGI (including in its capacity as the
Servicer). UGI, individually and in its capacity as the Servicer, represents and
warrants as follows:
(a) UGI is a corporation duly formed and validly subsisting under the laws
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and is duly qualified to do business and is
in good standing as a
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foreign corporation in every jurisdiction where the nature of its business
requires it to be so qualified, except (i) for the District of Columbia and the
State of New York, in which jurisdictions the Servicer shall be qualified within
90 days after the Closing Date and (ii) where the failure to be so qualified
would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) The execution, delivery and performance by UGI of its obligations
under the Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party,
including UGI in its capacity as the Servicer: (i) are within its corporate
powers; (ii) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action; (iii)
do not contravene or result in a default under or conflict with: (A) its charter
or bylaws, (B) any law, rule or regulation applicable to it, (C) any indenture,
loan agreement, mortgage, deed of trust or other material agreement or
instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound, or (D) any order,
writ, judgment, award, injunction or decree binding on or affecting it or any of
its property; and (iv) do not result in or require the creation of any Adverse
Claim upon or with respect to any of its properties. The Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents to which UGI is a party have been duly executed and
delivered by UGI.
(c) No authorization, approval or other action by, and no notice to or
filing with any Governmental Authority or other Person, is required for the due
execution, delivery and performance by UGI of its obligations under the
Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party.
(d) Each of the Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which UGI
is a party constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of UGI
enforceable against UGI in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability
may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws
from time to time in effect affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights
generally and by general principles of equity, regardless of whether such
enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
(e) The balance sheets of UGI and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at
September 30, 2001, and the related statements of income and retained earnings
for the fiscal year then ended, copies of which have been furnished to the
Administrator, fairly present the financial condition of UGI and its
consolidated Subsidiaries as at such date and the results of the operations of
UGI and its Subsidiaries for the period ended on such date, all in accordance
with GAAP consistently applied, and since September 30, 2001 there has been no
event or circumstances which have had a Material Adverse Effect.
(f) Except as disclosed in the most recent audited financial statements of
UGI furnished to the Administrator or as otherwise disclosed in writing to the
Administrator, there is no pending or, to its best knowledge, threatened action
or proceeding affecting it or any of its Subsidiaries before any Governmental
Authority or arbitrator that could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(g) No proceeds of any purchase or reinvestment will be used to acquire
any equity security of a class that is registered pursuant to Section 12 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
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(h) Each Information Package (if prepared by UGI or one of its Affiliates,
or to the extent that information contained therein is supplied by UGI or an
Affiliate), written information, exhibit, financial statement, document, book,
record or report furnished or to be furnished at any time by or on behalf of UGI
to the Administrator in connection with the Agreement is or will be complete and
accurate in all material respects as of its date or (except as otherwise
disclosed to the Administrator at such time) as of the date so furnished.
(i) The principal place of business and chief executive office (as such
terms are used in the UCC) of UGI and the office where it keeps its records
concerning the Receivables are located at the address referred to in Section
2(b) of Exhibit IV to the Agreement.
(j) UGI is not in violation of any order of any court, arbitrator or
Governmental Authority to which UGI or any of its assets are bound, which is
reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(k) UGI has complied in all material respects with the Credit and
Collection Policy of the Originator with regard to each Receivable originated by
the Originator.
(l) UGI has complied in all material respects with all of the terms,
covenants and agreements contained in the Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents that are applicable to it.
(m) UGI is not an "investment company" or a company "controlled" by an
"investment company" within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended. In addition, UGI is not a "holding company," a "subsidiary company"
of a "holding company," or an "affiliate" of a "holding company" or of a
"subsidiary company" of a "holding company" within the meaning of the Public
Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended.
(n) Since its most recent fiscal year end, there has been no change in the
business, operations, financial condition, properties or assets of UGI which is
reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect on its ability to perform
its obligations under the Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which
it is a party or materially and adversely affect the transactions contemplated
under the Agreement or such other Transaction Documents.
(o) No license or approval is required for the Administrator or any
successor Servicer to use any program (other than MAS90 Software) used by the
Servicer in the servicing of the Receivables, other than such licenses and
approvals that have been obtained and are in full force and effect.
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EXHIBIT IV
COVENANTS
1. Covenants of the Seller. Until the latest of the Facility Termination
Date, the date on which no Capital of or Discount in respect of the Purchased
Interest shall be outstanding or the date all other amounts owed by the Seller
under the Agreement to the Issuer, the Administrator and any other Indemnified
Party or Affected Person shall be paid in full:
(a) Compliance with Laws, Etc. The Seller shall comply in all material
respects with all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders, and preserve
and maintain its corporate existence, rights, franchises, qualifications and
privileges, except to the extent that the failure so to comply with such laws,
rules, regulations or orders or the failure so to preserve and maintain such
rights, franchises, qualifications and privileges would not have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(b) Offices, Records and Books of Account, Etc. The Seller: (i) shall keep
its principal place of business and chief executive office (as such terms or
similar terms are used in the UCC) and the office where it keeps its records
concerning the Receivables at the address of the Seller set forth under its name
on the signature page to the Agreement or, pursuant to clause (l)(v) below, at
any other locations in jurisdictions where all actions reasonably requested by
the Administrator to protect and perfect the interest of the Issuer in the
Receivables and related items (including the Pool Assets) have been taken and
completed and (ii) shall provide the Administrator with at least 30 days'
written notice before making any change in the Seller's name or making any other
change in the Seller's identity or corporate structure (including a Change in
Control) that could render any UCC financing statement filed in connection with
this Agreement "seriously misleading" as such term (or similar term) is used in
the UCC; each notice to the Administrator pursuant to this sentence shall set
forth the applicable change and the effective date thereof. The Seller also will
maintain and implement (or cause the Servicer to maintain and implement)
administrative and operating procedures (including an ability to recreate
records evidencing Receivables and related Contracts in the event of the
destruction of the originals thereof), and keep and maintain (or cause the
Servicer to keep and maintain) all documents, books, records, computer tapes and
disks and other information reasonably necessary or advisable for the collection
of all Receivables (including records adequate to permit the daily
identification of each Receivable and all Collections of and adjustments to each
existing Receivable).
(c) Performance and Compliance with Contracts and Credit and Collection
Policy. The Seller shall (and shall cause the Servicer to), at its expense,
timely and fully perform and comply with all material provisions, covenants and
other promises required to be observed by it under the Contracts related to the
Receivables, and timely and fully comply in all material respects with the
applicable Credit and Collection Policies with regard to each Receivable and the
related Contract.
(d) Ownership Interest, Etc. The Seller shall (and shall cause the
Servicer to), at its expense, take all action necessary or desirable to
establish and maintain a valid and enforceable undivided percentage ownership or
security interest, to the extent of the Purchased Interest, in the Pool
Receivables, the Related Security and Collections with respect thereto, and a
first
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priority perfected security interest in the Pool Assets, in each case free and
clear of any Adverse Claim, in favor of the Issuer, including taking such action
to perfect, protect or more fully evidence the interest of the Issuer as the
Issuer, through the Administrator, may reasonably request.
(e) Sales, Liens, Etc. The Seller shall not sell, assign (by operation of
law or otherwise) or otherwise dispose of, or create or suffer to exist any
Adverse Claim upon or with respect to, any or all of its right, title or
interest in, to or under any Pool Assets (including the Seller's undivided
interest in any Receivable, Related Security or Collections, or upon or with
respect to any account to which any Collections of any Receivables are sent), or
assign any right to receive income in respect of any items contemplated by this
paragraph.
(f) Extension or Amendment of Receivables. Except as provided in the
Agreement, the Seller shall not, and shall not permit the Servicer to, extend
the maturity or adjust the Outstanding Balance or otherwise modify the terms of
any Pool Receivable in any material respect, or amend, modify or waive, in any
material respect, any term or condition of any related Contract (which term or
condition relates to payments under, or the enforcement of, such Contract).
(g) Change in Business or Credit and Collection Policy. The Seller shall
not make (or permit the Originator to make) any material change in the character
of its business or in any Credit and Collection Policy (other than a change to
the insurance provisions of any such policy) that would have a Material Adverse
Effect with respect to the Receivables. The Seller shall not make (or permit the
Originator to make) any other material adverse change in any Credit and
Collection Policy without receiving the prior written consent of the
Administrator.
(h) Audits. The Seller shall (and shall cause the Originator to), from
time to time during regular business hours as reasonably requested in advance
(unless a Termination Event or an Unmatured Termination Event exists or there
shall be a material adverse variance in the performance of the Receivables) by
the Administrator, permit the Administrator, or its agents or representatives:
(i) to examine and make copies of and abstracts from all books, records and
documents (including computer tapes and disks) in the possession or under the
control of the Seller (or the Originator) relating to Receivables and the
Related Security, including the related Contracts, (ii) to visit the offices and
properties of the Seller and the Originator for the purpose of examining such
materials described in clause (i) above, and to discuss matters relating to
Receivables and the Related Security or the Seller's, UGI's or the Originator's
performance under the Transaction Documents or under the Contracts with any of
the officers, employees, agents or contractors of the Seller or the Originator
having knowledge of such matters and (iii) without limiting the clauses (i) and
(ii) above, no more than once annually (unless a Termination Event has occurred
and is continuing or there shall be a material variance in the performance of
the Receivables) to engage certified public accountants or other auditors
acceptable to the Seller and the Administrator to conduct, at the Seller's
expense, a review of the Seller's books and records with respect to such
Receivables.
(i) Change in Lock-Box Banks, Lock-Box Accounts and Payment Instructions
to Obligors. The Seller shall not, and shall not permit the Servicer or the
Originator to, add or terminate any bank as a Lock-Box Bank or any account as a
Lock-Box Account (or any related
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lock-box) from those listed in Schedule II to the Agreement, or make any change
in its instructions to Obligors regarding payments to be made to the Seller, the
Originator, the Servicer or any Lock-Box Account (or the related lock-box),
unless the Administrator shall have consented thereto in writing and the
Administrator shall have received copies of all agreements and documents
(including Lock-Box Agreements) that it may request in connection therewith.
(j) Deposits to Lock-Box Accounts. The Seller shall (or shall cause the
Servicer to): (i) within 30 days of the initial purchase hereunder, instruct all
Obligors to make payments of all Receivables to one or more Lock-Box Accounts or
to lock-boxes to which only Lock-Box Banks have access (and shall instruct the
Lock-Box Banks to cause all items and amounts relating to such Receivables
received in such lock-boxes to be removed and deposited into a Lock-Box Account
on a daily basis), and (ii) deposit, or cause to be deposited, any Collections
received by it, the Servicer or the Originator into Lock-Box Accounts not later
than two Business Days after receipt thereof. Each Lock-Box Account shall at all
times be subject to a Lock-Box Agreement. The Seller will not (and will not
permit the Servicer to) deposit or otherwise credit, or cause or permit to be so
deposited or credited, to any Lock-Box Account cash or cash proceeds other than
(i) Collections and (ii) on payments received from end-users payable to a
Reseller in respect of product sold by such Reseller to such end-user, provided
that such payments do not remain on deposit in such Lock-Box Account for more
than two Business Days after deposit therein.
(k) Marking of Records. At its expense, the Seller shall: (i) xxxx (or
cause the Servicer to xxxx) its master data processing records relating to Pool
Receivables and related Contracts with a legend evidencing that the undivided
percentage ownership interests with regard to the Purchased Interest related to
such Receivables and related Contracts have been sold in accordance with the
Agreement, and (ii) cause the Originator so to xxxx its master data processing
records pursuant to the Purchase and Sale Agreement.
(l) Reporting Requirements. The Seller will provide to the Administrator
(in multiple copies, if requested by the Administrator) the following:
(i) as soon as available and in any event within 105 days after the
end of each fiscal year of the Seller, a copy of the annual report for
such year for the Seller containing unaudited financial statements for
such year certified as to accuracy by the chief financial officer or
treasurer of the Seller;
(ii) as soon as possible and in any event within five Business Days
after becoming aware of the occurrence of each Termination Event or
Unmatured Termination Event, a statement of the chief financial officer of
the Seller setting forth details of such Termination Event or Unmatured
Termination Event and the action that the Seller has taken and proposes to
take with respect thereto;
(iii) promptly after the filing or receiving thereof, copies of all
reports and notices that the Seller or any Affiliate files under ERISA
with the Internal Revenue Service, the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation or the U.S. Department of Labor with respect to any Benefit
Plan that is subject to Title IV of ERISA or that the Seller or any
Affiliate receives with respect to any Benefit Plan that is subject to
Title IV of ERISA from any of the foregoing or from any multiemployer plan
(within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3)
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of ERISA) to which the Seller or any of its Affiliates is or was, within
the preceding five years, a contributing employer, in each case in respect
of the assessment of withdrawal liability or an event or condition that
could, in the aggregate, reasonably result in the imposition of material
liability on the Seller and/or any such Affiliate;
(iv) at least thirty days before any change in the Seller's name or
any other change requiring the amendment of UCC financing statements, a
notice setting forth such changes and the effective date thereof;
(v) promptly after the Seller obtains knowledge thereof, notice of
any: (A) material litigation, investigation or proceeding that may exist
at any time between the Seller and any Person or (B) material litigation
or proceeding relating to any Transaction Document;
(vi) promptly after becoming aware of the occurrence thereof, notice
of a material adverse change in the business, operations, property or
financial or other condition of the Seller, the Servicer or the
Originator; and
(vii) such other information respecting the Receivables or the
condition or operations, financial or otherwise, of the Seller or any of
its Affiliates as the Administrator may from time to time reasonably
request.
(m) Certain Agreements. Without the prior written consent of the
Administrator, the Seller will not (and will not permit the Originator to)
amend, modify, waive, revoke or terminate any Transaction Document to which it
is a party or any provision of Seller's certificate of incorporation or by-laws;
(n) Restricted Payments. (i) Except pursuant to clause (ii) below, the
Seller will not: (A) purchase or redeem any shares of its capital stock, (B)
declare or pay any dividend or set aside any funds for any such purpose, (C)
prepay, purchase or redeem any Debt, (D) lend or advance any funds or (E) repay
any loans or advances to, for or from any of its Affiliates (the amounts
described in clauses (A) through (E) being referred to as "Restricted
Payments").
(ii) Subject to the limitations set forth in clause (iii) below, the
Seller may make Restricted Payments only by declaring and paying dividends
or making returns of capital.
(iii) The Seller may make Restricted Payments only out of the funds
it receives pursuant to Sections 1.4(b)(ii) and (iv) of the Agreement.
Furthermore, the Seller shall not pay, make or declare: (A) any dividend
if, after giving effect thereto, the Seller's Tangible Net Worth would be
less than $4,000,000, or (B) any Restricted Payment (including any
dividend) if, after giving effect thereto, any Termination Event or
Unmatured Termination Event shall have occurred and be continuing.
(o) Other Business. The Seller will not: (i) engage in any business other
than the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents; (ii) create,
incur or permit to exist any Debt of any kind (or cause or permit to be issued
for its account any letters of credit or bankers' acceptances) other than
pursuant to this Agreement; or (iii) form any Subsidiary or make any investments
in any other Person; provided, however, that the Seller shall be permitted to
incur
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minimal obligations to the extent necessary for the day-to-day operations of the
Seller (such as expenses for stationery, audits, maintenance of legal status,
etc.).
(p) Use of Seller's Share of Collections. The Seller shall apply the
Seller's Share of Collections to make payments in the following order of
priority: (i) the payment of its expenses (including all obligations payable to
the Issuer and the Administrator under the Agreement and under the Fee Letter);
and (ii) other legal and valid corporate purposes.
(q) Tangible Net Worth. The Seller will not permit its Tangible Net Worth,
at any time, to be less than $6,000,000.
2. Covenants of the Servicer and UGI. Until the latest of the Facility
Termination Date, the date on which no Capital of or Discount in respect of the
Purchased Interest shall be outstanding or the date all other amounts owed by
the Seller under the Agreement to the Issuer, the Administrator and any other
Indemnified Party or Affected Person shall be paid in full:
(a) Compliance with Laws, Etc. The Servicer and, to the extent that it
ceases to be the Servicer, UGI shall comply (and shall cause the Originator to
comply) in all material respects with all applicable laws, rules, regulations
and orders, and preserve and maintain its corporate existence, rights,
franchises, qualifications and privileges, except to the extent that the failure
so to comply with such laws, rules, regulations or orders or the failure so to
preserve and maintain such existence, rights, franchises, qualifications and
privileges would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Offices, Records and Books of Account, Etc. The Servicer and, to the
extent that it ceases to be the Servicer, UGI, shall keep (and shall cause the
Originator to keep) its principal place of business and chief executive office
(as such terms or similar terms are used in the applicable UCC) and the office
where it keeps its records concerning the Receivables at the address of the
Servicer set forth under its name on the signature page to the Agreement or,
upon at least 30 days' prior written notice of a proposed change to the
Administrator, at any other locations in jurisdictions where all actions
reasonably requested by the Administrator to protect and perfect the interest of
the Issuer in the Receivables and related items (including the Pool Assets) have
been taken and completed. The Servicer and, to the extent that it ceases to be
the Servicer, UGI, also will (and will cause the Originator to) maintain and
implement administrative and operating procedures (including an ability to
recreate records evidencing Receivables and related Contracts in the event of
the destruction of the originals thereof), and keep and maintain all documents,
books, records, computer tapes and disks and other information reasonably
necessary or advisable for the collection of all Receivables (including records
adequate to permit the daily identification of each Receivable and all
Collections of and adjustments to each existing Receivable).
(c) Performance and Compliance with Contracts and Credit and Collection
Policy. The Servicer and, to the extent that it ceases to be the Servicer, UGI,
shall (and shall cause the Originator to), at its expense, timely and fully
perform and comply with all material provisions, covenants and other promises
required to be observed by it under the Contracts related to the Receivables,
and timely and fully comply in all material respects with the Credit and
Collection Policy with regard to each Receivable and the related Contract.
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(d) Extension or Amendment of Receivables. Except as provided in the
Agreement, the Servicer and, to the extent that it ceases to be the Servicer,
UGI, shall not extend (and shall not permit the Originator to extend), the
maturity or adjust the Outstanding Balance or otherwise modify the terms of any
Pool Receivable in any material respect, or amend, modify or waive, in any
material respect, any term or condition of any related Contract (which term or
condition relates to payments under, or the enforcement of, such Contract).
(e) Change in Business or Credit and Collection Policy. The Servicer and,
to the extent that it ceases to be the Servicer, UGI, shall not make (and shall
not permit the Originator to make) any material change in the character of its
business or in any Credit and Collection Policy (other than a change to the
insurance provisions of any such policy) without the consent of the
Administrator that would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
The Servicer and, to the extent that it ceases to be the Servicer, UGI, shall
not make (and shall not permit the Originator to make) any other material
adverse change in any Credit and Collection Policy without receiving the prior
written consent of the Administrator.
(f) Audits. The Servicer and, to the extent that it ceases to be the
Servicer, UGI, shall (and shall cause the Originator to), from time to time
during regular business hours as reasonably requested in advance (unless a
Termination Event or an Unmatured Termination Event exists or there shall be a
material adverse variance in the performance of the Receivables) by the
Administrator, permit the Administrator, or its agents or representatives: (i)
to examine and make copies of and abstracts from all books, records and
documents (including computer tapes and disks) in its possession or under its
control relating to Receivables and the Related Security, including the related
Contracts; (ii) to visit its offices and properties for the purpose of examining
such materials described in clause (i) above, and to discuss matters relating to
Receivables and the Related Security or its performance hereunder or under the
Contracts with any of its officers, employees, agents or contractors having
knowledge of such matters and (iii), without limiting the clauses (i) and (ii)
above, no more than once annually (unless a Termination Event has occurred and
is continuing or there shall be a material variance in the performance of the
Receivables) to engage certified public accountants or other auditors acceptable
to the Servicer and the Administrator to conduct, at the Servicer's expense, a
review of the Servicer's books and records with respect to such Receivables.
(g) Change in Lock-Box Banks, Lock-Box Accounts and Payment Instructions
to Obligors. The Servicer and, to the extent that it ceases to be the Servicer,
UGI, shall not (and shall not permit the Originator to) add or terminate any
bank as a Lock-Box Bank or any account as a Lock-Box Account (or any related
lock-box) from those listed in Schedule II to the Agreement, or make any change
in its instructions to Obligors regarding payments to be made to the Servicer or
any Lock-Box Account (or the related lock-box), unless the Administrator shall
have consented thereto in writing and the Administrator shall have received
copies of all agreements and documents (including Lock-Box Agreements) that it
may request in connection therewith.
(h) Deposits to Lock-Box Accounts. The Servicer shall: (i) within 30 days
of the initial purchase hereunder, instruct all Obligors to make payments of all
Receivables to one or more Lock-Box Accounts or to the lock-boxes to which only
Lock-Box Banks have access (and shall instruct the Lock-Box Banks to cause all
items and amounts relating to such Receivables
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received in such lock-boxes to be removed and deposited into a Lock-Box Account
on a daily basis), and (ii) deposit, or cause to be deposited, any Collections
received by it into Lock-Box Accounts not later than one Business Day after
receipt thereof. Each Lock-Box Account shall at all times be subject to a
Lock-Box Agreement. The Servicer will not (and will not permit the Originator
to) deposit or otherwise credit, or cause or permit to be so deposited or
credited, to any Lock-Box Account cash or cash proceeds other than (i)
Collections and (ii) on payments received from end-users payable to a Reseller
in respect of product sold by such Reseller to such end-user, provided that such
payments do not remain on deposit in such Lock-Box Account for more than two
Business Days after deposit therein.
(i) Marking of Records. At its expense, the Servicer shall xxxx its master
data processing records relating to Pool Receivables and related Contracts with
a legend evidencing that the undivided percentage ownership interests with
regard to the Purchased Interest related to such Receivables and related
Contracts have been sold in accordance with the Agreement.
(j) Reporting Requirements. UGI shall provide to the Administrator (in
multiple copies, if requested by the Administrator) the following:
(i) as soon as available and in any event within 50 days after the
end of the first three quarters of each fiscal year of UGI, balance sheets
of UGI and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of such quarter and
statements of income, retained earnings and cash flow of UGI and its
consolidated Subsidiaries for the period commencing at the end of the
previous fiscal year and ending with the end of such quarter, certified by
the chief financial officer of such Person;
(ii) as soon as available and in any event within 105 days after the
end of each fiscal year of such Person, a copy of the annual report for
such year for such Person and its consolidated Subsidiaries, containing
financial statements for such year audited by independent certified public
accountants of nationally recognized standing;
(iii) as to the Servicer only, as soon as available and in any event
not later than two Business Days prior to (A) the Settlement Date, an
Information Package as of the most recently completed calendar month, (B)
any purchase made pursuant to Section 1.2, an Information Package as of
the most recent purchase, or within six Business Days of a request by the
Administrator, an Information Package for such periods as is specified by
the Administrator (including on a semi-monthly, weekly or daily basis);
(iv) as soon as possible and in any event within five Business Days
after becoming aware of the occurrence of each Termination Event or
Unmatured Termination Event, a statement of the chief financial officer of
UGI setting forth details of such Termination Event or Unmatured
Termination Event and the action that such Person has taken and proposes
to take with respect thereto;
(v) promptly after the sending or filing thereof, copies of (or
notice thereof if available on XXXXX) all reports that UGI sends to any of
its security holders, and copies of all reports and registration
statements that UGI or any Subsidiary files with the Securities and
Exchange Commission; provided, that any filings with the Securities and
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Exchange Commission that have been granted "confidential" treatment shall
be provided promptly after such filings have become publicly available;
(vi) promptly after the filing or receiving thereof, copies of all
reports and notices that UGI or any of its Affiliate files under ERISA
with the Internal Revenue Service, the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation or the U.S. Department of Labor with respect to any Benefit
Plan that is subject to Title IV of ERISA or that UGI or any of its
Affiliates receives with respect to any Benefit Plan that is subject to
Title IV of ERISA from any of the foregoing or from any multiemployer plan
(within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA) to which UGI or any of
its Affiliate is or was, within the preceding five years, a contributing
employer, in each case in respect of the assessment of withdrawal
liability or an event or condition that could, in the aggregate,
reasonably result in the imposition of material liability on UGI and/or
any such Affiliate;
(vii) at least thirty days before any change in UGI's or the
Originator's name or any other change requiring the amendment of UCC
financing statements, a notice setting forth such changes and the
effective date thereof;
(viii) promptly after UGI obtains knowledge thereof, notice of any:
(A) litigation, investigation or proceeding that may exist at any time
between UGI or any of its Subsidiaries and any Governmental Authority
that, if not cured or if adversely determined, as the case may be, would
have a Material Adverse Effect; (B) litigation or proceeding adversely
affecting UGI or any of its Subsidiaries in which the amount involved is
$1,000,000 or more and not covered by insurance or in which injunctive or
similar relief is sought; or (C) litigation or proceeding relating to any
Transaction Document;
(ix) promptly after becoming aware thereof, notice of a material
adverse change in the business, operations, property or financial or other
condition of UGI or any of its Subsidiaries; and
(x) such other information respecting the Receivables or the
condition or operations, financial or otherwise, of UGI or any of its
Affiliates as the Administrator may from time to time reasonably request.
(k) Tangible Net Worth. The Servicer will not permit its Tangible Net
Worth, at any time, to be less than $9,000,000.
3. Separate Existence. Each of the Seller and UGI hereby acknowledges that
the Purchasers, the Issuer and the Administrator are entering into the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents
in reliance upon the Seller's identity as a legal entity separate from UGI, the
Performance Guarantor and their Affiliates. Therefore, from and after the date
hereof, each of the Seller and UGI shall take all steps specifically required by
the Agreement or reasonably required by the Administrator to continue the
Seller's identity as a separate legal entity and to make it apparent to third
Persons that the Seller is an entity with assets and liabilities distinct from
those of UGI, the Performance Guarantor and any other Person, and is not a
division of UGI, the Performance Guarantor, their Affiliates or any other
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Person. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing and in addition to and
consistent with the other covenants set forth herein, each of the Seller and UGI
shall take such actions as shall be required in order that:
(a) The Seller will be a limited purpose corporation whose primary
activities are restricted in its certificate of incorporation to: (i)
purchasing or otherwise acquiring from the Originator (or its Affiliates),
owning, holding, granting security interests or selling interests in Pool
Assets (or other receivables originated by the Originator or its
Affiliates, and certain related assets), (ii) entering into agreements for
the selling and servicing of the Receivables Pool (or other receivables
pools originated by the Originator or its Affiliates), and (iii)
conducting such other activities as it deems necessary or appropriate to
carry out its primary activities;
(b) The Seller shall not engage in any business or activity, or
incur any indebtedness or liability, other than as expressly permitted by
the Transaction Documents;
(c) Not less than one member of the Seller's Board of Directors (the
"Independent Director") shall be an individual who is not a direct,
indirect or beneficial stockholder, officer, director, employee,
affiliate, associate or supplier of UGI, the Performance Guarantor or any
of their Affiliates. The certificate of incorporation of the Seller shall
provide that: (i) the Seller's Board of Directors shall not approve, or
take any other action to cause the filing of, a voluntary bankruptcy
petition with respect to the Seller unless the Independent Director shall
approve the taking of such action in writing before the taking of such
action, and (ii) such provision cannot be amended without the prior
written consent of the Independent Director;
(d) The Independent Director shall not at any time serve as a
trustee in bankruptcy for the Seller, UGI, the Performance Guarantor or
any Affiliate thereof;
(e) Any employee, consultant or agent of the Seller will be
compensated from the Seller's funds for services provided to the Seller.
The Seller will not engage any agents other than its attorneys, auditors
and other professionals, and a servicer and any other agent contemplated
by the Transaction Documents for the Receivables Pool, which servicer will
be fully compensated for its services by payment of the Servicing Fee;
(f) The Seller will contract with the Servicer to perform for the
Seller all operations required on a daily basis to service the Receivables
Pool. The Seller will pay the Servicer the Servicing Fee pursuant hereto.
The Seller will not incur any material indirect or overhead expenses for
items shared with UGI or the Performance Guarantor (or any other Affiliate
thereof) that are not reflected in the Servicing Fee. To the extent, if
any, that the Seller (or any Affiliate thereof) shares items of expenses
not reflected in the Servicing Fee or the manager's fee, such as legal,
auditing and other professional services, such expenses will be allocated
to the extent practical on the basis of actual use or the value of
services rendered, and otherwise on a basis reasonably related to the
actual use or the value of services rendered; it being understood that UGI
shall pay all expenses
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relating to the preparation, negotiation, execution and delivery of the
Transaction Documents, including legal, agency and other fees;
(g) The Seller's operating expenses will not be paid by UGI , the
Performance Guarantor or any other Affiliate thereof;
(h) All of the Seller's business correspondence and other
communications shall be conducted in the Seller's own name and on its own
separate stationery;
(i) The Seller's books and records will be maintained separately
from those of UGI, the Performance Guarantor and any other Affiliate
thereof;
(j) All financial statements of UGI or any Affiliate thereof that
are consolidated to include Seller will contain detailed notes clearly
stating that: (i) a special purpose corporation exists as a Subsidiary of
UGI, (ii) the Originator has sold receivables and other related assets to
such special purpose Subsidiary that, in turn, has sold undivided
interests therein to certain financial institutions and other entities and
(iii) that the special purpose Subsidiary's assets are not available to
satisfy the obligations of UGI, the Performance Guarantor or any
Affiliate;
(k) The Seller's assets will be maintained in a manner that
facilitates their identification and segregation from those of UGI, the
Performance Guarantor or any Affiliate thereof;
(l) The Seller will strictly observe corporate formalities in its
dealings with UGI, the Performance Guarantor or any Affiliate thereof, and
funds or other assets of the Seller will not be commingled with those of
UGI, the Performance Guarantor or any Affiliate thereof except as
permitted by the Agreement in connection with servicing the Pool
Receivables. The Seller shall not maintain joint bank accounts or other
depository accounts to which UGI, the Performance Guarantor or any
Affiliate thereof (other than UGI in its capacity of Servicer) has
independent access. The Seller is not named, and has not entered into any
agreement to be named, directly or indirectly, as a direct or contingent
beneficiary or loss payee on any insurance policy (other than directors
and officers liability and credit insurance policies) with respect to any
loss relating to the property of UGI, the Performance Guarantor or any
Subsidiary or other Affiliate of UGI. The Seller will pay to the
appropriate Affiliate the marginal increase or, in the absence of such
increase, the market amount of its portion of the premium payable with
respect to any insurance policy that covers the Seller and such Affiliate;
(m) The Seller will maintain arm's-length relationships with UGI and
the Performance Guarantor (and any Affiliate thereof). Any Person that
renders or otherwise furnishes services to the Seller will be compensated
by the Seller at market rates for such services it renders or otherwise
furnishes to the Seller. Neither the Seller nor UGI will be or will hold
itself out to be responsible for the debts of the other (or of the
Performance Guarantor) or the decisions or actions respecting the daily
business and affairs of the other (or of the Performance Guarantor). The
Seller and UGI will immediately correct any known misrepresentation with
respect to the foregoing, and they will not operate or
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purport to operate as an integrated single economic unit with respect to
each other (or with respect to the Performance Guarantor) or in their
dealing with any other entity; and
(n) Neither UGI nor the Performance Guarantor shall pay the salaries
of Seller's employees, if any.
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EXHIBIT V
TERMINATION EVENTS
Each of the following shall be a "Termination Event":
(a) (i) the Seller, UGI, the Originator or the Servicer (if UGI or any of
its Affiliates) shall fail to perform or observe in any material respect any
term, covenant or agreement under the Agreement or any other Transaction
Document and, except as otherwise provided herein, such failure shall continue
for thirty days after knowledge or notice thereof, (ii) the Seller or the
Servicer shall fail to make when due any payment or deposit to be made by it
under the Agreement and such failure shall continue unremedied for two (2)
Business Days or (iii) UGI shall resign as Servicer, and no successor Servicer
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrator shall have been appointed;
(b) UGI (or any Affiliate thereof) shall fail to transfer to any successor
Servicer when required any rights pursuant to the Agreement that UGI (or such
Affiliate) then has as Servicer;
(c) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by the Seller, UGI
or the Originator (or any of their respective officers) under or in connection
with the Agreement or any other Transaction Document, or any written information
or report delivered by the Seller, UGI or the Originator or the Servicer
pursuant to the Agreement or any other Transaction Document, shall prove to have
been incorrect or untrue in any respect when made or deemed made (pursuant to
paragraph 2(b) of Exhibit II hereof or with respect to any Information Package)
or delivered; provided, however, if the violation of this paragraph (c) by the
Seller or the Servicer may be cured without any potential or actual detriment to
the Purchaser, the Administrator, or any Program Support Provider, the Seller or
the Servicer as applicable shall have 30 days from the earlier of (i) such
Person's knowledge of such failure and (ii) notice to such Person of such
failure to cure any such violation, before a Termination Event shall occur so
long as such Person is diligently attempting to effect such cure;
(d) the Seller or the Servicer shall fail to deliver the Information
Package pursuant to the Agreement, and such failure shall remain unremedied for
two Business Days;
(e) the Agreement or any purchase or reinvestment pursuant to the
Agreement shall for any reason: (i) cease to create, or the Purchased Interest
shall for any reason cease to be, a valid and enforceable perfected undivided
percentage ownership or security interest to the extent of the Purchased
Interest in each Pool Receivable, the Related Security and Collections with
respect thereto, free and clear of any Adverse Claim, or (ii) cease to create
with respect to the Pool Assets, or the interest of the Issuer with respect to
such Pool Assets shall cease to be, a valid and enforceable first priority
perfected security interest, free and clear of any Adverse Claim;
(f) the Seller, UGI, the Performance Guarantor or the Originator shall
generally not pay its debts as such debts become due, or shall admit in writing
its inability to pay its debts generally, or shall make a general assignment for
the benefit of creditors; or any proceeding shall be instituted by or against
the Seller, UGI, the Performance Guarantor or the Originator seeking to
adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking liquidation, winding up,
reorganization,
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arrangement, adjustment, protection, relief or composition of it or its debts
under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or relief of
debtors, or seeking the entry of an order for relief or the appointment of a
receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official for it or for any
substantial part of its property and, in the case of any such proceeding
instituted against it (but not instituted by it), either such proceeding shall
remain undismissed or unstayed for a period of 60 days, or any of the actions
sought in such proceeding (including the entry of an order for relief against,
or the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official
for, it or for any substantial part of its property) shall occur; or the Seller,
UGI, the Performance Guarantor or the Originator shall take any corporate action
to authorize any of the actions set forth above in this paragraph;
(g) (i) the (A) Default Ratio shall exceed 4.0% or (B) Delinquency Ratio
shall exceed 13.0% or (ii) the average for three consecutive calendar months of
(A) the Default Ratio shall exceed 2.50%, (B) the Delinquency Ratio shall exceed
12.0% or (C) the Dilution Ratio shall exceed 2.75%;
(h) a Change in Control shall occur with respect to the Seller, the
Originator or UGI,
(i) at any time (i) the sum of (A) the Capital plus (B) the Total
Reserves, exceeds (ii) the sum of (A) the Net Receivables Pool Balance at such
time plus (B) the Issuer's Share of the amount of Collections then on deposit in
the Lock-Box Accounts (other than amounts set aside therein representing
Discount and fees), and such circumstance shall not have been cured within five
(5) Business Days of becoming aware thereof;
(j) (i) UGI or any of its Subsidiaries shall fail to pay any principal of
or premium or interest on any of its Debt that is outstanding in a principal
amount of at least $5,000,000 in the aggregate when the same becomes due and
payable (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration,
demand or otherwise), and such failure shall continue after the applicable grace
period, if any, specified in the agreement, mortgage, indenture or instrument
relating to such Debt (and shall have not been waived); or (ii) any other event
shall occur or condition shall exist under any agreement, mortgage, indenture or
instrument relating to any such Debt and shall continue after the applicable
grace period, if any, specified in such agreement, mortgage, indenture or
instrument (and shall have not been waived), if, in either case: (a) the effect
of such non-payment, event or condition is to give the applicable debt holders
the right (whether acted upon or not) to accelerate the maturity of such Debt,
or (b) any such Debt shall be declared to be due and payable, or required to be
prepaid (other than by a regularly scheduled required prepayment), redeemed,
purchased or defeased, or an offer to repay, redeem, purchase or defease such
Debt shall be required to be made, in each case before the stated maturity
thereof;
(k) either: (i) a contribution failure shall occur with respect to any
Benefit Plan sufficient to give rise to a lien under Section 302(f) of ERISA,
(ii) the Internal Revenue Service shall file a notice of lien asserting a claim
or claims pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code with regard to any of the assets
of Seller, the Originator or any ERISA Affiliate and such lien shall have been
filed and not released within 10 days, or (iii) the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation shall, or shall indicate its intention in writing to the Seller, the
Originator or any ERISA Affiliate to, either file a notice of lien asserting a
claim pursuant to ERISA with regard to any assets of the
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Seller, the Originator or any ERISA Affiliate or terminate any Benefit Plan
subject to Title IV of ERISA that has unfunded benefit liabilities, or any steps
shall have been taken to terminate any Benefit Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA
that has unfunded benefit liabilities so as to result in any material liability
to the Seller or the Originator and such lien shall have been filed and not
released within 10 days;
(l) (i) one or more final and unappealable judgments for the payment of
money shall be entered against the Seller or (ii) one or more final and
unappealable judgments for the payment of money in an amount in excess of
$20,000,000, individually or in the aggregate, shall be entered against the
Servicer or the Originator on claims not covered by insurance or as to which the
insurance carrier has denied its responsibility, and such judgment shall
continue unsatisfied and in effect for sixty (60) consecutive days without a
stay of execution;
(m) UGI Corporation shall at any time (i) fail to perform, maintain or
observe any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement set forth in the
Performance Guaranty or (ii) repudiate any of its obligations under the
Performance Guaranty; or
(n) the "Purchase and Sale Termination Date" under and as defined in the
Purchase and Sale Agreement shall occur under the Purchase and Sale Agreement or
the Originator shall for any reason cease to transfer, or cease to have the
legal capacity to transfer, or otherwise be incapable of transferring
Receivables to the Seller under the Purchase and Sale Agreement.
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EXHIBIT VI
SUPPLEMENTAL PERFECTION REPRESENTATIONS,
WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS
In addition to the representations, warranties and covenants contained in
Exhibit III hereof, the Seller hereby makes the following additional
representations, warranties and covenants:
1. Receivables; Lock-box Accounts.
(a) The Pool Receivables constitute "accounts", "general
intangibles" or "tangible chattel paper", each within the meaning of the
applicable UCC.
(b) Lock-Box Accounts. Each Lock-Box Account constitutes a "deposit
account" within the meaning of the applicable UCC.
2. Creation of Security Interest. The Seller owns and has good and
marketable title to the Pool Receivables and Lock-Box Accounts (and the related
lock-boxes), free and clear of any Adverse Claim. The Agreement creates a valid
and continuing security interest (as defined in the applicable UCC) in the Pool
Receivables and the Lock-Box Accounts (and the related lock-boxes) in favor of
the Issuer, which security interest is prior to all other Adverse Claims and is
enforceable as such as against any creditors of and purchasers from the Seller.
3. Perfection.
(a) General. The Seller has or has caused, or will or will cause
within ten days after the date hereof, the filing of all appropriate financing
statements in the proper filing office in the appropriate jurisdictions under
applicable law in order to perfect the sale of the Pool Receivables from the
Originator to the Seller pursuant to the Purchase and Sale Agreement and the
security interest granted by the Seller to the Issuer in the Receivables and
Lock-Box Accounts (and the related lock-boxes) hereunder.
(b) Tangible Chattel Paper. With respect to any Pool Receivable that
constitutes "tangible chattel paper", the Servicer is in possession of the
original copies of the tangible chattel paper that constitute or evidence such
Pool Receivables, and the Seller has filed or has caused the Originator to file,
or will file or will cause the Originator to file within ten days after the date
hereof, the financing statements described in paragraph (a) above, each of which
will contain a statement that: "A purchase of or a grant of a security interest
in any property described in this financing statement will violate the rights of
the Issuer." The Pool Receivables to the extent they are evidenced by "tangible
chattel paper" do not have any marks or notations indicating that they have been
pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed to any Person other than the Seller or
the Issuer.
(c) Lock-Box Accounts. With respect to all Lock-Box Accounts (and
all related lock-boxes), the Seller has delivered to the Administrator, on
behalf of the Issuer, a fully executed Lock-Box Agreement pursuant to which the
applicable Lock-Box Bank has agreed, following the occurrence and continuation
of a Termination Event, to comply with all instructions given by the
Administrator with respect to all funds on deposit in such Lock-Box
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Account (and all funds sent to the respective lock-box), without further consent
by the Seller or the Servicer.
4. Priority.
(a) Other than the transfer of the Receivables by the Originator to
the Seller pursuant to the Purchase and Sale Agreement and the grant of security
interest by the Seller to the Issuer in the Pool Receivables and Lock-Box
Accounts (and the related lock-boxes) hereunder, neither the Seller nor the
Originator has pledged, assigned, sold, conveyed, or otherwise granted a
security interest in any of the Pool Receivables or Lock-Box Accounts (and the
related lock-boxes) to any other Person.
(b) Neither the Seller nor the Originator has authorized, or is
aware of, any filing of any financing statement against the Seller or the
Originator that includes a description of collateral covering the Pool
Receivables or any other Pool Assets, other than any financing statement filed
pursuant to the Purchase and Sale Agreement and the Agreement or financing
statements that have been validly terminated prior to the date hereof.
(c) The Seller is not aware of any judgment, ERISA or tax lien
filings against either the Seller or the Originator.
(d) None of the Lock-Box Accounts (and the related lock-boxes) are
in the name of any Person other than the Seller or the Issuer. None of the
Seller, the Servicer or the Originator has consented to any Lock-Box Bank's
complying with instructions of any person other than the Administrator.
5. Survival of Supplemental Representations. Notwithstanding any other
provision of the Agreement or any other Transaction Document, the
representations contained in this Exhibit VI shall be continuing, and remain in
full force and effect until such time as all the Capital has finally been paid
in full and all other obligations of the Seller under the Agreement or any other
Transaction Documents have been fully performed.
6. No Waiver. The parties to the Agreement: (i) shall not, without
obtaining a confirmation of the then-current rating of the Notes, waive any of
the representations set forth in this Exhibit VI; (ii) shall provide the ratings
agencies rating the Notes with prompt written notice of any breach of any
representations set forth in this Exhibit VI, and (iii) shall not, without
obtaining a confirmation of the then-current rating of the Notes (as determined
after any adjustment or withdrawal of the ratings following notice of such
breach) waive a breach of any of the representations set forth in this Exhibit
VI.
7. Seller to Maintain Perfection and Priority. In order to evidence the
interests of the Issuer under this Agreement, the Seller shall, from time to
time take such action, or execute and deliver such instruments (other than
filing financing statements) as may be necessary or advisable (including,
without limitation, such actions as are requested by the Administrator on behalf
of the Issuer) to maintain and perfect, as a first-priority interest, the
Issuer's security interest in the Pool Assets. The Seller shall, from time to
time and within the time limits established by law, prepare and present to the
Administrator for the Administrator's authorization and approval all financing
statements, amendments, continuations or initial
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financing statements in lieu of a continuation statement, or other filings
necessary to continue, maintain and perfect the Purchaser's security interest in
the Pool Assets as a first-priority interest. The Administrator's approval of
such filings shall authorize the Seller to file such financing statements under
the UCC without the signature of the Seller, the Originator or the Issuer where
allowed by applicable law. Notwithstanding anything else in the Transaction
Documents to the contrary, neither the Seller, the Servicer, nor the Originator,
shall have any authority to file a termination, partial termination, release,
partial release or any amendment that deletes the name of a debtor or excludes
collateral of any such financing statements, without the prior written consent
of the Administrator, on behalf of the Issuer.
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SCHEDULE I
CREDIT AND COLLECTION POLICY
Schedule I-1
SCHEDULE II
LOCK-BOX BANKS AND LOCK-BOX ACCOUNTS
Lock-Box Bank Seller Lock Box No. Account No.
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PNC Bank, National Energy Services Funding 827032 8606074246
Association Corporation
Schedule II-1
SCHEDULE III
TRADE NAMES
Corporate Name Trade Names / Fictitious Names
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Energy Services Funding Corporation None
Schedule III-1
SCHEDULE IV
LOCATION OF RECORDS OF SELLER
000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx
Xxxx xx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000
0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Schedule XX-0
XXXXX X-0
TO RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
FORM OF INFORMATION PACKAGE (SETTLEMENT DATE)
Annex X-0
XXXXX X-0
TO RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
FORM OF INFORMATION PACKAGE (INTER-SETTLEMENT DATE)
Annex A-2
ANNEX B
TO RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
FORM OF PURCHASE NOTICE
Annex B-1
FORM OF PURCHASE NOTICE
________, [2001]
PNC Bank, National Association
One PNC Plaza, 3rd Floor
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is hereby made to the Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as
of November 30, 2001 (as heretofore amended or supplemented, the "Receivables
Purchase Agreement"), among Energy Services Funding Corporation ("Seller"), UGI
Energy Services, Inc., as Servicer, Market Street Funding Corporation ("Issuer")
and PNC Bank National Association (the "Administrator"). Capitalized terms used
in this Purchase Notice and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings
assigned thereto in the Receivables Purchase Agreement.
This letter constitutes a Purchase Notice pursuant to Section 1.2(a) of
the Receivables Purchase Agreement. Seller desires to sell pursuant to the
Receivables Purchase Agreement an undivided variable percentage interest in a
pool of receivables on [ , 200 ], for a Purchase Price of $____________.
Subsequent to this purchase, the aggregate outstanding Capital will be
$___________. The pro forma calculation of the Purchased Interest after giving
effect to the increase in Capital is [_______________].
Seller hereby represents and warrants as of the date hereof, and as of the
date of purchase, as follows:
(i) the representations and warranties contained in Exhibit III of the
Receivables Purchase Agreement are correct in all respects on and as of such
dates as though made on and as of such dates and shall be deemed to have been
made (pursuant to paragraph 2(b) of Exhibit II of the Receivables Purchase
Agreement) on such dates (except to the extent that such representations and
warranties relate expressly to an earlier date, and in which case such
representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects as of
such earlier date);
(ii) no Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event has occurred and
is continuing, or would result from such purchase;
(iii) after giving effect to the purchase proposed hereby, the Purchased
Interest will not exceed 100% and the Capital will not exceed the Purchase
Limit;
(iv) no Default Event shall have occurred and is continuing; and
(v) the Facility Termination Date shall not have occurred.
Annex B-2
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Purchase Notice to be
executed by its duly authorized officer as of the date first above written.
ENERGY SERVICES FUNDING CORPORATION
By:_____________________________________________
Name Printed:___________________________________
Title:__________________________________________
Annex B-3
ANNEX C
TO RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
FORM OF PAYDOWN NOTICE
Annex C-1
FORM OF PAYDOWN NOTICE
______________, _____
PNC Bank, National Association
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is hereby made to the Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as
of November 30, 2001 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the
"Receivables Purchase Agreement"), among Energy Services Funding Corporation, as
Seller, UGI Energy Services, Inc., as Servicer, Market Street Funding
Corporation, as Issuer, and PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrator.
Capitalized terms used in this paydown notice and not otherwise defined herein
shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Receivables Purchase Agreement.
This letter constitutes a paydown notice pursuant to Section 1.4(f)(i) of
the Receivables Purchase Agreement. The Seller desires to reduce the Capital on
____________, _____1 by the application of $___________ in cash to pay Capital
and Discount to accrue (until such cash can be used to pay commercial paper
notes) with respect to such Capital, together with all costs related to such
reduction of Capital.
________
1 Notice must be given (i) at least one Business Day prior to the requested
paydown date, in the case of reductions of greater than $1,000,000 and less
than or equal to $3,000,000; (ii) at least two Business Days prior the
requested paydown date, in the case of reductions of greater than
$3,000,000 and less than or equal to $10,000,000; and (ii) at least five
Business Days prior to the requested paydown date, in the case of
reductions of greater than $10,000,000.
Annex C-2
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this paydown notice to be
executed by its duly authorized officer as of the date first above written.
ENERGY SERVICES FUNDING CORPORATION
By:_____________________________________________
Name:___________________________________________
Title:__________________________________________
Receivables Purchase Agreement
(UGI)
Annex C-3
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I.
AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE PURCHASES
Section 1.1 Purchase Facility........................................................ 1
Section 1.2 Making Purchases......................................................... 1
Section 1.3 Purchased Interest Computation........................................... 2
Section 1.4 Settlement Procedures.................................................... 3
Section 1.5 Fees..................................................................... 6
Section 1.6 Payments and Computations, Etc........................................... 6
Section 1.7 Increased Costs.......................................................... 6
Section 1.8 Requirements of Law...................................................... 7
Section 1.9 Inability to Determine Euro-Rate......................................... 8
ARTICLE II.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; COVENANTS;
TERMINATION EVENTS
Section 2.1 Representations and Warranties; Covenants................................ 9
Section 2.2 Termination Events....................................................... 9
ARTICLE III.
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 3.1 Indemnities by the Seller................................................ 9
Section 3.2 Indemnities by the Servicer.............................................. 11
Section 3.3 Notice of Claims......................................................... 11
ARTICLE IV.
ADMINISTRATION AND COLLECTIONS
Section 4.1 Appointment of the Servicer.............................................. 12
Section 4.2 Duties of the Servicer................................................... 12
Section 4.3 Lock-Box Arrangements.................................................... 13
Section 4.4 Enforcement Rights....................................................... 14
Section 4.5 Responsibilities of the Seller........................................... 15
Section 4.6 Servicing Fee............................................................ 15
ARTICLE V.
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 5.1 Amendments, Etc.......................................................... 16
Section 5.2 Notices, Etc............................................................. 16
Section 5.3 Assignability............................................................ 16
Section 5.4 Costs, Expenses and Taxes................................................ 18
Section 5.5 No Proceedings; Limitation on Payments................................... 18
Section 5.6 Confidentiality.......................................................... 18
Section 5.7 GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION........................................... 19
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Section 5.8 Execution in Counterparts................................................ 19
Section 5.9 Survival of Termination.................................................. 19
Section 5.10 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL..................................................... 19
Section 5.11 Entire Agreement......................................................... 20
Section 5.12 Headings................................................................. 20
Section 5.13 Issuer's, Administrator's, Seller's and Servicer's Liabilities........... 20
EXHIBIT I Definitions
EXHIBIT II Conditions of Purchases
EXHIBIT III Representations and Warranties
EXHIBIT IV Covenants
EXHIBIT V Termination Events
EXHIBIT VI Supplemental Perfection Representations, Warranties and Covenants
SCHEDULE I Credit and Collection Policy
SCHEDULE II Lock-Box Banks and Lock-Box Accounts
SCHEDULE III Trade Names
SCHEDULE IV Location of Records of Seller
ANNEX A-1 Form of Information Package (Settlement Date)
ANNEX A-2 Form of Information Package (Inter-Settlement Date)
ANNEX B Form of Purchase Notice
ANNEX C Form of Paydown Notice
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