SCHEDULE to the Master Agreement dated as of April 18, 2008 between BNP PARIBAS S.A. (“Party A”), and
Exhibit 4.10
Execution Copy
(Multicurrency-Cross Border)
SCHEDULE
to the
dated as of April 18, 2008
between
BNP PARIBAS S.A. (“Party A”),
and
Wilmington Trust Company, not in its individual capacity but solely in its capacity as trustee (“Trustee”) of the CNH Equipment Trust 2008-A (the “Trust”), (“Party B”)
Part 1. Termination Provisions.
For the purposes of this Agreement:-
(a) “Specified Entity” will not apply to Party A or Party B for any purpose.
(b) “Specified Transaction” will have the meaning specified in Section 14.
(c) Events of Default.
The statement below that an Event of Default will apply to a specific party means that upon the occurrence of such an Event of Default with respect to such party, the other party shall have the rights of a Non-defaulting Party under Section 6 of this Agreement; conversely, the statement below that such event will not apply to a specific party means that the other party shall not have such rights.
(i) The “Failure to Pay or Deliver” provisions of Section 5(a)(i) will apply to Party A and will apply to Party B.
(ii) The “Breach of Agreement” provisions of Section 5(a)(ii) will apply to Party A and will not apply to Party B; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 5(a)(ii), any failure by Party A to comply with or perform any obligation to be complied with or performed by Party A under the Credit Support Annex shall not constitute an Event of Default under Section 5(a)(ii) unless (A) a Xxxxx’x Second Trigger Downgrade Event has occurred and been continuing for 30 or more Local Business Days, (B) an S&P Required Ratings Downgrade Event has occurred and been continuing for 10 or more Local Business Days, (C) a Fitch Required Ratings Downgrade Event has occurred and been continuing for 30 or more days, or (D) a DBRS Required Ratings Downgrade Event has occurred and been continuing for 30 or more days.
(iii) The “Credit Support Default” provisions of Section 5(a)(iii) will apply to Party A and will not apply to Party B except that Section 5(a)(iii)(1) will apply to Party B solely in respect of Party B’s obligations under Paragraph 3(b) of the Credit Support Annex; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 5(a)(iii)(1), any failure by Party A to comply with or perform any obligation to be complied with or performed by Party A under the Credit Support Annex shall not constitute an Event of Default under Section 5(a)(iii) unless (A) a Xxxxx’x Second Trigger Downgrade Event has occurred and been continuing for 30 or more Local Business Days, (B) an S&P Required Ratings Downgrade Event has occurred and been continuing for 10 or more Local Business Days, (C) a Fitch Required Ratings Downgrade Event has occurred and been continuing for 30 or more days, or (D) a DBRS Required Ratings Downgrade Event has occurred and been continuing for 30 or more days.
(iv) The “Misrepresentation” provisions of Section 5(a)(iv) will apply to Party A and will not apply to Party B.
(v) The “Default under Specified Transaction” provisions of Section 5(a)(v) will not apply to Party A and will not apply to Party B.
(vi) The “Cross Default” provisions of Section 5(a)(vi) will apply to Party A and will not apply to Party B. For purposes of Section 5(a)(vi), solely with respect to Party A:
“Specified Indebtedness” will have the meaning specified in Section 14, except that such term shall not include obligations in respect of deposits received in the ordinary course of Party A’s banking business.
“Threshold Amount” means with respect to Party A an amount equal to three percent (3%) of the Shareholders’ Equity of Party A or, if applicable, a guarantor under an Eligible Guarantee with credit ratings at least equal to the S&P Required Ratings Threshold, the Xxxxx’x Second Trigger Threshold, the Fitch Approved Ratings Threshold and the DBRS Approved Ratings Threshold.
“Shareholders’ Equity” means with respect to an entity, at any time, such party’s shareholders’ equity (on a consolidated basis) determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in such party’s jurisdiction of incorporation or organization as at the end of such party’s most recently completed fiscal year.
(vii) The “Bankruptcy” provisions of Section 5(a)(vii) will apply to Party A and will apply to Party B; provided, however, that, for purposes of applying Section 5(a)(vii) to Party B: (A) Section 5(a)(vii)(2) shall not apply, (B) Section 5(a)(vii)(3) shall not apply to any assignment, arrangement or composition that is effected by or pursuant to the Indenture, (C) Section 5(a)(vii)(4) shall not apply to a proceeding instituted, or a petition presented, by Party A or any of its Affiliates (notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, for purposes of Section 5(a)(vii)(4), Affiliate shall have the meaning set forth in Section 14 of the ISDA Master Agreement), (D) Section 5(a)(vii)(6) shall not apply to any appointment that is effected by or pursuant to the Indenture, or any appointment to which Party B has not yet become subject; (E) Section 5(a)(vii) (7) shall not apply; (F) Section 5(a)(vii)(8) shall apply only to the extent of any event which has an effect analogous to any of the events specified in clauses (1), (3), (4), (5) or (6) of Section 5(a)(vii), in each case as modified in this Part 1(c)(vii), and (G) Section 5(a)(vii)(9) shall not apply.
(viii) The “Merger Without Assumption” provisions of Section 5(a)(viii) will apply to Party A and will not apply to Party B.
(d) Termination Events.
The statement below that a Termination Event will apply to a specific party means that upon the occurrence of such a Termination Event, if such specific party is the Affected Party with respect to a Tax Event, the Burdened Party with respect to a Tax Event Upon Merger (except as noted below) or the non-Affected Party with respect to a Credit Event Upon Merger, as the case may be, such specific party shall have the right to designate an Early Termination Date in accordance with Section 6 of this Agreement; conversely, the statement below that such an event will not apply to a specific party means that such party shall not have such right; provided, however, with respect to “Illegality” the statement that such event will apply to a specific party means that upon the occurrence of such a Termination Event with respect to such party, either party shall have the right to designate an Early Termination Date in accordance with Section 6 of this Agreement.
(i) The “Illegality” provisions of Section 5(b)(i) will apply to Party A and will apply to Party B.
(ii) The “Tax Event” provisions of Section 5(b)(ii) will apply to Party A except that, for purposes of the application of Section 5(b)(ii) to Party A, Section 5(b)(ii) is hereby amended by deleting the words “(x) any action taken by a taxing authority, or brought in a court of competent jurisdiction, on or after the date on which a Transaction is entered into (regardless of whether such action is taken or brought with respect to a party to this Agreement) or (y)”, and the “Tax Event” provisions of Section 5(b)(ii) will apply to Party B.
(iii) The “Tax Event Upon Merger” provisions of Section 5(b)(iii) will apply to Party A and will apply to Party B, provided that Party A shall not be entitled to designate an Early Termination Date by reason of a Tax Event upon Merger in respect of which it is the Affected Party.
(iv) The “Credit Event Upon Merger” provisions of Section 5(b)(iv) will not apply to Party A and will not apply to Party B.
(e) The “Automatic Early Termination” provision of Section 6(a) will not apply to Party A and will not apply to Party B.
(f) Payments on Early Termination. For the purpose of Section 6(e) of this Agreement:
(i) Market Quotation will apply, provided, however, that, in the event of a Derivative Provider Trigger Event, the following provisions will apply:
(A) The definition of Market Quotation in Section 14 shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
“Market Quotation” means, with respect to one or more Terminated Transactions, a Firm Offer which is (1) made by a Reference Market-maker that is an Eligible Replacement, (2) for an amount that would be paid to Party B (expressed as a negative number) or by Party B (expressed as a positive number) in consideration of an agreement between Party B and such Reference Market-maker to enter into a Replacement Transaction, and (3) made on the basis that Unpaid Amounts in respect of the Terminated Transaction or group of Transactions are to be excluded but, without limitation, any payment or delivery that would, but for the relevant Early Termination Date, have been required (assuming satisfaction of each applicable condition precedent) after that Early Termination Date is to be included.
(B) The definition of Settlement Amount shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
“Settlement Amount” means, with respect to any Early Termination Date, an amount (as determined by Party B) equal to:
(a) if, on or prior to such Early Termination Date, a Market Quotation for the relevant Terminated Transaction or group of Terminated Transactions is accepted by Party B so as to become legally binding, the Termination Currency Equivalent of the amount (whether positive or negative) of such Market Quotation;
(b) if, on such Early Termination Date, no Market Quotation for the relevant Terminated Transaction or group of Terminated Transactions has been accepted by Party B so as to become legally binding and one or more Market Quotations from Approved Replacements have been communicated to Party B and remain capable of becoming legally binding upon acceptance by Party B, the Termination Currency Equivalent of the amount (whether positive or negative) of the lowest of such Market Quotations (for the avoidance of doubt, (i) a Market Quotation expressed as a negative number is lower than a Market Quotation expressed as a positive number and (ii) the lower of two Market Quotations expressed as negative numbers is the one with the largest absolute value); or
(c) if, on such Early Termination Date, no Market Quotation for the relevant Terminated Transaction or group of Terminated Transactions is accepted by Party B so as to become legally binding and no Market Quotation from an Approved Replacement has been communicated to Party B and remains capable of becoming legally binding upon acceptance by Party B, Party B’s Loss (whether positive or negative and without reference to any Unpaid Amounts) for the relevant Terminated Transaction or group of Terminated Transactions.”
(C) If Party B requests Party A in writing to obtain Market Quotations, Party A shall use its reasonable efforts to do so before the Early Termination Date.
(D) If the Settlement Amount is a negative number, Section 6(e)(i)(3) shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
“(3) Second Method and Market Quotation. If the Second Method and Market Quotation apply, (I) Party B shall pay to Party A an amount equal to the absolute value of the Settlement Amount in respect of the Terminated Transactions, (II) Party B shall pay to Party A the Termination Currency Equivalent of the Unpaid Amounts owing to Party A and (III) Party A shall pay to Party B the Termination Currency Equivalent of the Unpaid Amounts owing to Party B; provided, however, that (x) the amounts payable under the immediately preceding clauses (II) and (III) shall be subject to netting in accordance with Section 2(c) of this Agreement and (y) notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, any amount payable by Party A under the immediately preceding clause (III) shall not be netted against any amount payable by Party B under the immediately preceding clause (I).”
(E) At any time on or before the Early Termination Date at which two or more Market Quotations from Approved Replacements have been communicated to Party B and remain capable of becoming legally binding upon acceptance by Party B, Party B shall be entitled to accept only the lowest of such Market Quotations (for the avoidance of doubt, (i) a Market Quotation expressed as a negative number is lower than a Market Quotation expressed as a positive number and (ii) the lower of two Market Quotations expressed as negative numbers is the one with the largest absolute value).
(ii) The Second Method will apply.
(g) “Termination Currency” means USD.
(h) Additional Termination Events. Additional Termination Events will apply as provided in Part 5(c).
Part 2. Tax Matters.
(a) Tax Representations.
(i) Payer Representations. For the purpose of Section 3(e) of this Agreement:
(A) Party A makes the following representation(s):
None.
(B) Party B makes the following representation(s):
None.
(ii) Payee Representations. For the purpose of Section 3(f) of this Agreement:
(A) Party A makes the following representation(s):
None.
(B) Party B makes the following representation(s):
None.
(b) Tax Provisions.
(i) Indemnifiable Tax. Notwithstanding the definition of “Indemnifiable Tax” in Section 14 of this Agreement, all Taxes in relation to payments by Party A shall be Indemnifiable Taxes unless (i) such Taxes are assessed directly against Party B and not by deduction or withholding by Party A or (ii) arise as a result of a Change in Tax Law (in which case such Tax shall be an Indemnifiable Tax only if such Tax satisfies the definition of Indemnifiable Tax provided in Section 14). In relation to payments by Party B, no Tax shall be an Indemnifiable Tax, unless the Tax is due to a Change in Tax Law and otherwise satisfies the definition of Indemnifiable Tax provided in Section 14.
Part 3. Agreement to Deliver Documents.
(a) For the purpose of Section 4(a)(i), tax forms, documents, or certificates to be delivered are:
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Any form or document required or reasonably requested to allow the other party to make payments under the Agreement without any deduction or withholding for or on account of any Tax, or with such deduction or withholding at a reduced rate. |
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(i) upon execution of this Agreement, (ii) on or before the first payment date under this Agreement, including any Credit Support Document, (iii) promptly upon the reasonable demand by the other party, (iv) prior to the expiration or obsolescence of any previously delivered form, and (v) promptly upon the information on any such previously delivered form becoming inaccurate or incorrect. |
(b) For the purpose of Section 4(a)(ii), other documents to be delivered are:
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Any documents required by the receiving party to evidence the authority of the delivering party or its Credit Support Provider, if any, for it to execute and deliver the Agreement, each Confirmation, and any Credit Support Documents to which it is a party, and to evidence the authority of the delivering party or its Credit Support Provider to perform its obligations under the Agreement, each Confirmation and any Credit Support Document, as the case may be |
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Upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement |
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Yes |
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Credit Support Document specified in Part 4 of the Schedule, such Credit Support Document being duly executed |
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Upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement |
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Yes |
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A certificate of an authorized officer of the party, as to the incumbency and authority of the respective officers of the party signing the Agreement, each Confirmation, and any relevant Credit Support Document, as the case may be |
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Upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement |
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Yes |
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Annual Report of Party A containing consolidated financial statements certified by independent certified public accountants and prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the country in which Party A is organized |
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Promptly upon request after becoming publicly available |
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Yes |
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Opinions of counsel to Party A substantially in the form of Exhibit A to this Agreement reasonably satisfactory to Party B |
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Upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement |
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No |
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Party B |
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An opinion of counsel to Party B reasonably satisfactory to Party A |
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Upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement |
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No |
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An executed copy of each Base Agreement |
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Within 30 days after the date of this Agreement. |
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Part 4. Miscellaneous.
(a) Address for Notices: For the purposes of Section 12(a) of this Agreement:
Address for notices or communications to Party A:
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BNP Paribas, 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx Xxx Xxxx 00000 XXX |
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Attention: |
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Legal and Transaction Management Group – ISDA |
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x(000) 000-0000 |
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x(000) 000-0000 |
With a copy to:
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BNP Paribas,3 rue Taitbout, ACI : CLA03A1,75009 Paris, France |
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Attention: |
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Legal and Transaction Management Group – ISDA |
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+(33) (0) 0 0000 0000 |
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+(33) (0) 0 0000 0000/ 5577 3261 |
Address for notices or communications to Party B:
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CNH Equipment Trust 0000-X |
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x/x Xxx Xxxx xx Xxx Xxxx Trust Company, N.A. |
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0 Xxxxx XxXxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000 |
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Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000 |
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(000) 000-0000 |
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(000) 000-0000 |
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Structured Finance-ABS |
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Address: CNH Capital America LLC |
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0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx |
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Xxxx Xxxxx, XX 00000 |
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Assistant Treasurer |
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(000) 000-0000 |
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(For all purposes)
(b) Process Agent. For the purpose of Section 13(c):
Party A appoints as its Process Agent: Not applicable.
Party B appoints as its Process Agent: Not applicable.
(c) Offices. The provisions of Section 10(a) will apply to this Agreement.
(d) Multibranch Party. For the purpose of Section 10(c) of this Agreement:
Party A is a Multibranch Party and may act through its London and New York Offices.
Party B is not a Multibranch Party.
(e) Calculation Agent. The Calculation Agent is Party A; provided, however, that if an Event of Default shall have occurred with respect to Party A, Party B shall have the right to appoint as Calculation Agent a financial institution which would qualify as a Reference Market-maker, reasonably acceptable to Party A, the cost for which shall be borne by Party A.
(f) Credit Support Document.
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The Credit Support Annex, and any guarantee in support of Party A’s obligations under this Agreement. |
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The Credit Support Annex, solely in respect of Party B’s obligations under Paragraph 3(b) of the Credit Support Annex. |
(g) Credit Support Provider.
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The guarantor under any guarantee in support of Party A’s obligations under this Agreement. |
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(h) Governing Law. The parties to this Agreement hereby agree that the law of the State of New York shall govern their rights and duties in whole (including any claim or controversy arising out of or relating to this Agreement), without regard to the conflict of law provisions thereof other than New York General Obligations Law Sections 5-1401 and 5-1402.
(i) Netting of Payments. Subparagraph (ii) of Section 2(c) will apply to each Transaction hereunder.
(j) Affiliate. “Affiliate” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 14; provided, however, that Party B shall be deemed to have no Affiliates for purposes of this Agreement, including for purposes of Section 6(b)(ii).
Part 5. Other Provisions.
(a) Definitions. Unless otherwise specified in a Confirmation, this Agreement and each Transaction under this Agreement are subject to the 2000 ISDA Definitions as published and copyrighted in 2000 by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (the “Definitions”), and will be governed in all relevant respects by the provisions set forth in the Definitions, without regard to any amendment to the Definitions subsequent to the date hereof. The provisions of the Definitions are hereby incorporated by reference in and shall be deemed a part of this Agreement, except that (i) references in the Definitions to a “Swap Transaction” shall be deemed references to a “Transaction” for purposes of this Agreement, and (ii) references to a “Transaction” in this Agreement shall be deemed references to a “Swap Transaction” for purposes of the Definitions. Each term capitalized but not defined in this Agreement shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the Base Agreements.
Each reference herein to a “Section” (unless specifically referencing the Base Agreements) or to a “Section” “of this Agreement” will be construed as a reference to a Section of the ISDA Master Agreement; each herein reference to a “Part” will be construed as a reference to the Schedule to the ISDA Master Agreement; each reference herein to a “Paragraph” will be construed as a reference to a Paragraph of the Credit Support Annex.
(b) Amendments to ISDA Master Agreement.
(i) Single Agreement. Section 1(c) is hereby amended by the adding the words “including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Credit Support Annex” after the words “Master Agreement”.
(ii) Change of Account. Section 2(b) is hereby amended by the addition of the following after the word “delivery” in the first line thereof: “to another account in the same legal and tax jurisdiction as the original account”.
(iii) Representations. Section 3 is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following subsection (g):
“(g) Relationship Between Parties.
(1) Non-Reliance. It is acting for its own account, and it has made its own independent decisions to enter into that Transaction and as to whether that Transaction is appropriate or proper for it based upon its own judgment and upon advice from such advisors as it has deemed necessary. It is not relying on any communication (written or oral) of the other party as investment advice or as a recommendation to enter into that Transaction, it being understood that information and explanations related to the terms and conditions of a Transaction will not be considered investment advice or a recommendation to enter into that Transaction. No communication (written or oral) received from the other party will be deemed to be an assurance or guarantee as to the expected results of that Transaction.
(2) Assessment and Understanding. It is capable of assessing the merits of and understanding (on its own behalf or through independent professional advice), and understands and accepts, the terms, conditions and risks of that Transaction. It is also capable of assuming, and assumes, the risks of that Transaction.
(3) Purpose. It is entering into the Transaction for the purposes of managing its borrowings or investments, hedging its underlying assets or liabilities or in connection with a line of business.
(4) Status of Parties. The other party is not acting as an agent of, fiduciary for or advisor to it in respect of the Transaction.
(5) Eligible Contract Participant. It is an “eligible contract participant” as defined in Section 1a(12) of the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended.”
(iv) Transfer to Avoid Termination Event. Section 6(b)(ii) is hereby amended by (i) deleting the words “or if a Tax Event Upon Merger occurs and the Burdened Party is the Affected Party,” and (ii) by deleting the words “to transfer” and inserting the words “to effect a Permitted Transfer” in lieu thereof.
(v) Jurisdiction. Section 13(b) is hereby amended by: (i) deleting in the second line of subparagraph (i) thereof the word “non-”, (ii) deleting “; and” from the end of subparagraph (i) and inserting “.” in lieu thereof, and (iii) deleting the final paragraph thereof.
(vi) Local Business Day. The definition of Local Business Day in Section 14 is hereby amended by the addition of the words “or any Credit Support Document” after “Section 2(a)(i)” and the addition of the words “or Credit Support Document” after “Confirmation”.
(vii) Modified Representation. For purposes of Section 3(d) of this Agreement, the following shall be added immediately prior to the period at the end thereof:
“; provided, however, that in the case of financial statements delivered by either party, the only representation being made by either party is that such financial statements give a fair view of the state of affairs of the relevant entity to which they relate as at the date of such financial statements.”
(c) Additional Termination Events. The following Additional Termination Events will apply:
(i) First Rating Trigger Collateral. If Party A has failed to comply with or perform any obligation to be complied with or performed by Party A in accordance with the Credit Support Annex and such failure has not given rise to an Event of Default under Section 5(a)(i) or Section 5(a)(iii), then an Additional Termination Event shall have occurred with respect to Party A and Party A shall be the sole Affected Party with respect to such Additional Termination Event.
(ii) Second Rating Trigger Replacement. The occurrence of any event described in this Part 5(c)(ii) shall constitute an Additional Termination Event with respect to Party A and Party A shall be the sole Affected Party with respect to such Additional Termination Event.
(A) A Xxxxx’x Second Trigger Downgrade Event has occurred and been continuing for 30 or more Local Business Days and at least one Eligible Replacement has made a Firm Offer that would, assuming the occurrence of an Early Termination Date, qualify as a Market Quotation (on the basis that paragraphs (i) and (ii) of Part 1(f) (Payments on Early Termination) apply) and which remains capable of becoming legally binding upon acceptance.
(B) An S&P Required Ratings Downgrade Event has occurred and been continuing for 60 or more calendar days.
(C) A Fitch Required Ratings Downgrade Event has occurred and been continuing for 30 or more calendar days.
(D) A DBRS Required Ratings Downgrade Event has occurred and been continuing for 30 or more calendar days.
(iii) Amendment of Basic Documents. If, without the prior written consent of Party A when such consent is required under the Basic Documents (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), an amendment is made to the Basic Documents which amendment could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the interests of Party A (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any amendment to the Basic Documents that is entered into solely for the purpose of appointing a successor servicer, master servicer, securities administrator, trustee or other service provider) under this Agreement, an Additional Termination Event shall have occurred with respect to Party B and Party B shall be the sole Affected Party with respect to such Additional Termination Event; provided, however, that notwithstanding Section 6(b)(iv) of this Agreement, both Party A and Party B shall have the right to designate an Early Termination Date in respect of this Additional Termination Event.
(iv) Termination of Trust. If, the Trust is terminated pursuant to the Base Agreements and all rated certificates or notes, as applicable, have been paid in accordance with the terms of the Base Agreements, an Additional Termination Event shall have occurred with respect to Party B and Party B shall be the sole Affected Party with respect to such Additional Termination Event; provided, however, that notwithstanding Section 6(b)(iv) of this Agreement, both Party A and Party B shall have the right to designate an Early Termination Date in respect of this Additional Termination Event.
(v) Securitization Unwind. If a Securitization Unwind (as hereinafter defined) occurs, an Additional Termination Event shall have occurred with respect to Party B and Party B shall be the sole Affected Party with respect to such Additional Termination Event; provided, however, that notwithstanding Section 6(b)(iv) of this Agreement, both Party A and Party B shall have the right to designate an Early Termination Date in respect of this Additional Termination Event. The Early Termination Date in respect of such Additional Termination Event shall be not earlier than the latest possible date that the amount of a termination payment may be submitted to a party exercising a clean-up call in order to be included in the clean-up call price. As used herein, “Securitization Unwind” means notice of the requisite amount of a party’s intention to exercise its option to purchase the underlying Trust Estate (other than the Trust Accounts) pursuant the Base Agreements is given by the Trustee to certificateholders or noteholders, as applicable, pursuant to the Base Agreements.
(vi) Acceleration of Notes. If there is an acceleration of the Notes following the occurrence of an “Event of Default” under the Indenture (provided such acceleration has not been rescinded) and the sale or liquidation of the Collateral commences under Article V of the Indenture, an Additional Termination Event shall have occurred with respect to Party B and Party B shall be the sole Affected Party with respect to such Additional Termination Event.
(vii) Regulation AB. If Party A fails to satisfy its obligations under that certain Indemnification and Disclosure Agreement dated as of April 18, 2008 between Party A and CNH Capital Receivables LLC, an Additional Termination Event shall have occurred with respect to Party A and Party A shall be the sole Affected Party with respect to such Additional Termination Event.
(d) Required Ratings Downgrade Event. In the event that no Relevant Entity has credit ratings at least equal to the Required Ratings Threshold of each relevant Rating Agency (such event, a “Required Ratings Downgrade Event”), then Party A shall, as soon as reasonably practicable and so long as a Required Ratings Downgrade Event is in effect, at its own expense, use commercially reasonable efforts to procure either (A) a Permitted Transfer or (B) an Eligible Guarantee.
(e) Transfers.
(i) Section 7 is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:
“Subject to Section 6(b)(ii), neither Party A nor Party B is permitted to assign, novate or transfer (whether by way of security or otherwise) as a whole or in part any of its rights, obligations or interests under the Agreement or any Transaction without (a) the prior written consent of the other party and (b) satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition, except that:
(a) a party may make such a transfer of this Agreement pursuant to a consolidation or amalgamation with, or merger with or into, or transfer of all or substantially all its assets to, another entity (but without prejudice to any other right or remedy under this Agreement);
(b) a party may make such a transfer of all or any part of its interest in any amount payable to it from a Defaulting Party under Section 6(e); and
(c) Party A may transfer or assign this Agreement to any Person, including, without limitation, another of Party A’s offices, branches or affiliates (any such Person, office, branch or affiliate, a “Transferee”) on at least five Business Days’ prior written notice to Party B and the Trustee; provided that, with respect to this clause (c), (A) as of the date of such transfer the Transferee will not be required to withhold or deduct on account of a Tax from any payments under this Agreement unless the Transferee will be required to make payments of additional amounts pursuant to Section 2(d)(i)(4) of this Agreement in respect of such Tax (B) a
Termination Event or Event of Default does not occur under this Agreement as a result of such transfer; (C) such notice is accompanied by a written instrument pursuant to which the Transferee acquires and assumes the rights and obligations of Party A so transferred; (D) Party A will be responsible for any costs or expenses incurred in connection with such transfer and (E) Party A obtains in respect of such transfer a written acknowledgement of satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition (except for Moody’s). Party B will execute such documentation as is reasonably deemed necessary by Party A for the effectuation of any such transfer.”
(ii) If an Eligible Replacement has made a Firm Offer (which remains an offer that will become legally binding upon acceptance by Party B) to be the transferee pursuant to a Permitted Transfer, Party B shall, at Party A’s written request and at Party A’s expense, take any reasonable steps required to be taken by Party B to effect such transfer.
(f) Non-Recourse. Party A acknowledges and agree that, notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, the obligations of Party B hereunder are limited recourse obligations of Party B, payable solely from the Trust and the proceeds thereof, in accordance with the priority of payments and other terms of the Base Agreements and that Party A will not have any recourse to any of the directors, officers, employees, shareholders or affiliates of the Party B with respect to any claims, losses, damages, liabilities, indemnities or other obligations in connection with any transactions contemplated hereby. In the event that the Trust and the proceeds thereof, should be insufficient to satisfy all claims outstanding and following the realization of the account held by the Trust and the proceeds thereof, any claims against or obligations of Party B under the ISDA Master Agreement or any other confirmation thereunder still outstanding shall be extinguished and thereafter not revive. The Trustee shall not have liability for any failure or delay in making a payment hereunder to Party A due to any failure or delay in receiving amounts in the account held by the Trust from the Trust created pursuant to the Trust Agreement. This provision will survive the termination of this Agreement.
(g) Rating Agency Notifications. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Early Termination Date shall be effectively designated hereunder by Party B and no transfer of any rights or obligations under this Agreement shall be made by either party unless each Rating Agency has been given prior written notice of such designation or transfer.
(h) No Set-off. Except as expressly provided for in Section 2(c), Section 6 or Part 1(f)(i)(D) hereof, and notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any other existing or future agreement, each party irrevocably waives any and all rights it may have to set off, net, recoup or otherwise withhold or suspend or condition payment or performance of any obligation between it and the other party hereunder against any obligation between it and the other party under any other agreements. Section 6(e) shall be amended by deleting the following sentence: “The amount, if any, payable in respect of an Early Termination Date and determined pursuant to this Section will be subject to any Set-off.”.
(i) Amendment. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Agreement, no amendment of either this Agreement or any Transaction under this Agreement shall be permitted by either party unless each of the Rating Agencies has been provided prior written notice of the same and such amendment satisfies the Rating Agency Condition with respect to S&P, Fitch and DBRS.
(j) Notice of Certain Events or Circumstances. Each Party agrees, upon learning of the occurrence or existence of any event or condition that constitutes (or that with the giving of notice or passage of time or both would constitute) an Event of Default or Termination Event with respect to such party, promptly to give the other Party and to each Rating Agency notice of such event or condition; provided that failure to provide notice of such event or condition pursuant to this Part 5(j) shall not constitute an Event of Default or a Termination Event.
(k) Proceedings. No Relevant Entity shall institute against, or cause any other person to institute against, or join any other person in instituting against Party B in any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings or other proceedings under any federal or state bankruptcy or similar law for a period of one year (or, if longer, the applicable preference period) and one day following payment in full of the Notes; provided, however, that nothing will preclude, or be deemed to stop, Party A (i) from taking any action prior to the expiration of the aforementioned one year and one day period, or if longer the applicable preference period then in effect, in (A) any case or proceeding voluntarily filed or commenced by Party B or (B) any involuntary
insolvency proceeding filed or commenced by a Person other than Party A, or (ii) from commencing against Party B or any of the Collateral any legal action which is not a bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, moratorium, liquidation or similar proceeding. This provision will survive the termination of this Agreement.
(l) Trustee Liability Limitations. It is expressly understood and agreed by the parties hereto that (a) this Agreement is executed by Wilmington Trust Company (“X”) not in its individual capacity, but solely as Trustee under the Base Agreements in the exercise of the powers and authority conferred and invested in it thereunder; (b) X has been directed pursuant to the Base Agreements to enter into this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder; (c) each of the representations, undertakings and agreements herein made on behalf of the Trust is made and intended not as personal representations of the Trustee but is made and intended for the purpose of binding only the Trust; and (d) under no circumstances shall X in its individual capacity be personally liable for any payments hereunder or for the breach or failure of any obligation, representation, warranty or covenant made or undertaken under this Agreement, other than due to its negligence or willful misconduct in performing the obligations of the Trustee under the Base Agreements or this Agreement.
(m) Severability. If any term, provision, covenant, or condition of this Agreement, or the application thereof to any party or circumstance, shall be held to be invalid or unenforceable (in whole or in part) in any respect, the remaining terms, provisions, covenants, and conditions hereof shall continue in full force and effect as if this Agreement had been executed with the invalid or unenforceable portion eliminated, so long as this Agreement as so modified continues to express, without material change, the original intentions of the parties as to the subject matter of this Agreement and the deletion of such portion of this Agreement will not substantially impair the respective benefits or expectations of the parties.
The parties shall endeavor to engage in good faith negotiations to replace any invalid or unenforceable term, provision, covenant or condition with a valid or enforceable term, provision, covenant or condition, the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid or unenforceable term, provision, covenant or condition.
(n) Consent to Recording. Each party hereto consents to the monitoring or recording, at any time and from time to time, by the other party of any and all communications between trading, marketing, and operations personnel of the parties and their Affiliates, waives any further notice of such monitoring or recording, and agrees to notify such personnel of such monitoring or recording.
(o) Waiver of Jury Trial. Each party waives any right it may have to a trial by jury in respect of any in respect of any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any Credit Support Document.
(p) Regarding Party A. Party B acknowledges and agrees that Party A, in its capacity as swap provider, has had and will have no involvement in and, accordingly Party A accepts no responsibility for: (i) the establishment, structure, or choice of assets of Party B; (ii) the selection of any person performing services for or acting on behalf of Party B; (iii) the selection of Party A as the Counterparty; (iv) the terms of the Notes; (v) the preparation of or passing on the disclosure and other information (other than disclosure and information furnished by Party A) contained in any offering circular for the Notes, the Base Agreements, or any other agreements or documents used by Party B or any other party in connection with the marketing and sale of the Notes; (vi) the ongoing operations and administration of Party B, including the furnishing of any information to Party B which is not specifically required under this Agreement; or (vii) any other aspect of Party B’s existence.
(q) Rating Agency Requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, to the extent any Rating Agency does not assign a rating to the notes issued pursuant to the Indenture, references to the requirements of such Rating Agency herein shall be ignored for purposes of this Agreement.
(r) Additional Definitions.
As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
“Approved Ratings Threshold” means each of the S&P Approved Ratings Threshold, the Moody’s First Trigger Ratings Threshold, the Fitch Approved Ratings Threshold and the DBRS Approved Ratings Threshold.
“Approved Replacement” means, with respect to a Market Quotation, an entity making such Market Quotation, which entity would satisfy conditions (a), (b), (c) and (d) of the definition of Permitted Transfer (as determined by Party B in its sole discretion, acting in a commercially reasonable manner) if such entity were a Transferee, as defined in the definition of Permitted Transfer.
“Base Agreements” means the Trust Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2008, between CNH Capital Receivables LLC and the Trustee, the Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2008, among Party B, CNH Capital Receivables LLC, as Seller, and New Holland Credit Company, LLC, as Servicer, and the Indenture.
“Basic Documents” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Indenture.
“DBRS” means Dominion Bond Rating Service, or any successor thereto.
“DBRS Approved Ratings Threshold” means, with respect to Party A, the guarantor under an Eligible Guarantee, or an Eligible Replacement, a long-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating from DBRS of “AA(low)” and a short-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating from DBRS of “R-1(middle)”.
“DBRS Required Ratings Downgrade Event” means that no Relevant Entity has credit ratings from DBRS at least equal to the DBRS Required Ratings Threshold.
“DBRS Required Ratings Threshold” means, with respect to Party A, the guarantor under an Eligible Guarantee, or an Eligible Replacement, a long-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating from DBRS of “BBB”.
“Derivative Provider Trigger Event” means (i) an Event of Default with respect to which Party A is a Defaulting Party, (ii) a Termination Event (other than an Illegality or Tax Event) with respect to which Party A is the sole Affected Party or (iii) an Additional Termination Event with respect to which Party A is the sole Affected Party.
“Eligible Guarantee” means an unconditional and irrevocable guarantee of all present and future obligations of Party A under this Agreement (or, solely for purposes of the definition of Eligible Replacement, all present and future obligations of such Eligible Replacement under this Agreement or its replacement, as applicable) which is provided by a guarantor as principal debtor rather than surety and which is directly enforceable by Party B, the form and substance of which guarantee are subject to the Rating Agency Condition with respect to S&P, Fitch and DBRS, and either (A) a law firm has given a legal opinion confirming that none of the guarantor’s payments to Party B under such guarantee will be subject to deduction or Tax collected by withholding, or (B) such guarantee provides that, in the event that any of such guarantor’s payments to Party B are subject to deduction or Tax collected by withholding, such guarantor is required to pay such additional amount as is necessary to ensure that the net amount actually received by Party B (free and clear of any Tax collected by withholding) will equal the full amount Party B would have received had no such deduction or withholding been required, or (C) in the event that any payment under such guarantee is made net of deduction or withholding for Tax, Party A is required, under Section 2(a)(i), to make such additional payment as is necessary to ensure that the net amount actually received by Party B from the guarantor will equal the full amount Party B would have received had no such deduction or withholding been required.
“Eligible Replacement” means an entity (A) (I) (x) which has credit ratings from S&P at least equal to the S&P Required Ratings Threshold or (y) all present and future obligations of which entity owing to Party B under this Agreement (or its replacement, as applicable) are guaranteed pursuant to an Eligible Guarantee provided by a guarantor with credit ratings from S&P at least equal to the S&P Required Ratings Threshold, in either case if S&P is a Rating Agency, (II) (x) which has credit ratings from Moody’s at least equal to the Moody’s Second Trigger Ratings Threshold or (y) all present and future obligations of which entity owing to Party B under this Agreement (or its replacement, as applicable) are guaranteed pursuant to an Eligible Guarantee provided by a guarantor with credit ratings from Moody’s at least equal to the Moody’s Second Trigger Ratings Threshold, in either case if Xxxxx’x is a Rating Agency, (III) (x) which has credit ratings from Fitch at least equal to the applicable Fitch
Approved Ratings Threshold or (y) all present and future obligations of which entity owing to Party B under this Agreement (or its replacement, as applicable) are guaranteed pursuant to an Eligible Guarantee provided by a guarantor with credit ratings from Fitch at least equal to the Fitch Approved Ratings Threshold, in either case if Fitch is a Rating Agency, and (IV) (x) which has credit ratings from DBRS at least equal to the applicable DBRS Approved Ratings Threshold or (y) all present and future obligations of which entity owing to Party B under this Agreement (or its replacement, as applicable) are guaranteed pursuant to an Eligible Guarantee provided by a guarantor with credit ratings from DBRS at least equal to the DBRS Approved Ratings Threshold, in either case if DBRS is a Rating Agency, and (B) that has executed or agrees to execute a Regulation AB indemnification agreement, if applicable.
“Financial Institution” means a bank, broker/dealer, insurance company, structured investment company or derivative product company.
“Firm Offer” means a quotation from an Eligible Replacement (i) in an amount equal to the actual amount payable by or to Party B in consideration of an agreement between Party B and such Eligible Replacement to replace Party A as the counterparty to this Agreement by way of novation or, if such novation is not possible, an agreement between Party B and such Eligible Replacement to enter into a Replacement Transaction (assuming that all Transactions hereunder become Terminated Transactions), and (ii) that constitutes an offer by such Eligible Replacement to replace Party A as the counterparty to this Agreement or enter a Replacement Transaction that will become legally binding upon such Eligible Replacement upon acceptance by Party B.
“Fitch” means Fitch Ratings Ltd., or any successor thereto.
“Fitch Approved Ratings Threshold” means, with respect to Party A, the guarantor under an Eligible Guarantee, or an Eligible Replacement, a long-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating from Fitch of “A” and a short-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating from Fitch of “F1”.
“Fitch Required Ratings Downgrade Event” means that no Relevant Entity has credit ratings from Fitch at least equal to the Fitch Required Ratings Threshold.
“Fitch Required Ratings Threshold” means, with respect to Party A, the guarantor under an Eligible Guarantee, or an Eligible Replacement, a long-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating from Fitch of “BBB-”.
“Indenture” means the Indenture dated as of April 1, 2008, between Party B and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as Indenture Trustee.
“Moody’s” means Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc., or any successor thereto.
“Moody’s First Trigger Ratings Threshold” means, with respect to Party A, the guarantor under an Eligible Guarantee, or an Eligible Replacement, (i) if such entity has a short-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating from Moody’s, a long-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating or counterparty rating from Moody’s of “A2” and a short-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating from Moody’s of “Prime-1”, or (ii) if such entity does not have a short-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating or counterparty rating from Moody’s, a long-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating or counterparty rating from Moody’s of “A1”.
“Moody’s Second Trigger Downgrade Event” means that no Relevant Entity has credit ratings from Moody’s at least equal to the Moody’s Second Trigger Ratings Threshold.
“Moody’s Second Trigger Ratings Threshold” means, with respect to Party A, the guarantor under an Eligible Guarantee, or an Eligible Replacement, (i) if such entity has a short-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating from Moody’s, a long-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating or counterparty rating from Moody’s of “A3” and a short-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating from Moody’s of “Prime-2”, or (ii) if such entity does not have a short-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating from Moody’s, a long-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating or counterparty rating from Moody’s of “A3”.
“Permitted Transfer” means a transfer by novation by Party A to a transferee (the “Transferee”) of all, but not less than all, of Party A’s rights, liabilities, duties and obligations under this Agreement, with respect to which transfer each of the following conditions is satisfied: (a) the Transferee is an Eligible Replacement that is a recognized dealer in interest rate swaps; (b) as of the date of such transfer the Transferee would not be required to withhold or deduct on account of Tax from any payments under this Agreement or would be required to gross up for such Tax under Section 2(d)(i)(4); (c) an Event of Default or Termination Event would not occur as a result of such transfer; (d) pursuant to a written instrument (the “Transfer Agreement”), the Transferee acquires and assumes all rights and obligations of Party A under the Agreement and the relevant Transaction; (e) such Transfer Agreement is effective to transfer to the Transferee all, but not less than all, of Party A’s rights and obligations under the Agreement and all relevant Transactions; (f) Party A will be responsible for any costs or expenses incurred in connection with such transfer (including any replacement cost of entering into a replacement transaction); (g) Moody’s has been given prior written notice of such transfer and the Rating Agency Condition (other than with respect to Xxxxx’x) is satisfied; and (h) such transfer otherwise complies with the terms of the Base Agreements.
“Rating Agencies” means, with respect to any date of determination, each of S&P, Xxxxx’x, Fitch and DBRS, to the extent that each such rating agency is then providing a rating for any of the related notes or certificates, as applicable.
“Rating Agency Condition” means, with respect to any particular proposed act or omission to act hereunder and each Rating Agency specified in connection with such proposed act or omission, that the party proposing such act or failure to act must consult with each of the specified Rating Agencies and receive from each such Rating Agency prior written confirmation that the proposed action or inaction would not cause a downgrade or withdrawal of the then-current rating of any Notes.
“Relevant Entity” means Party A and, to the extent applicable, a guarantor under an Eligible Guarantee.
“Replacement Transaction” means, with respect to any Terminated Transaction or group of Terminated Transactions, a transaction or group of transactions that (i) would have the effect of preserving for Party B the economic equivalent of any payment or delivery (whether the underlying obligation was absolute or contingent and assuming the satisfaction of each applicable condition precedent) by the parties under Section 2(a)(i) in respect of such Terminated Transaction or group of Terminated Transactions that would, but for the occurrence of the relevant Early Termination Date, have been required after that date, and (ii) has terms which are substantially the same as this Agreement, including, without limitation, rating triggers, Regulation AB compliance, and credit support documentation, as determined by Party B in its sole discretion, acting in a commercially reasonable manner, save for the exclusion of provisions relating to Transactions that are not Terminated Transactions.
“Required Ratings Downgrade Event” means that no Relevant Entity has credit ratings at least equal to the Required Ratings Threshold.
“Required Ratings Threshold” means each of the S&P Required Ratings Threshold, the Moody’s Second Trigger Ratings Threshold, the Fitch Required Ratings Threshold and the DBRS Required Ratings Threshold.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc., or any successor thereto.
“S&P Approved Ratings Threshold” means, with respect to Party A, the guarantor under an Eligible Guarantee, or an Eligible Replacement, a short-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating of “A-1” from S&P, or, if such entity does not have a short-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating from S&P, a long-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating or counterparty rating of “A+” from S&P.
“S&P Required Ratings Downgrade Event” means that no Relevant Entity has credit ratings from S&P at least equal to the S&P Required Ratings Threshold.
“S&P Required Ratings Threshold” means, with respect to Party A, the guarantor under an Eligible Guarantee, or an Eligible Replacement, (I) if such entity is a Financial Institution, a short-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating of “A-2” from S&P, or, if such entity does not have a short-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating from S&P, a long-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating or counterparty rating of “BBB+” from S&P, or (II) if such entity is not a Financial Institution, a short-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating of “A-1” from S&P, or, if such entity does not have a short-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating from S&P, a long-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating or counterparty rating of “A+” from S&P.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Schedule by their duly authorized officers with effect from the date so specified on the first page hereof.
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Annex A
Paragraph 13 of the Credit Support Annex
