Dated May 24, 2012
Exhibit 10.1
Dated May 24, 2012
(1) BUNGE SECURITIZATION B.V., as Seller
(2) BUNGE FINANCE B.V., as Master Servicer
(3) The Conduit Purchasers party hereto
(4) The Committed Purchasers party hereto
(5) The Purchaser Agents party hereto
(6) COÖPERATIEVE CENTRALE RAIFFEISEN-BOERENLEENBANK B.A., as Administrative Agent and Purchaser Agent
(7) BUNGE LIMITED, as Performance Undertaking Provider
FIRST AMENDMENT TO
RECEIVABLES TRANSFER AGREEMENT
CONTENTS
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1. | Definitions and interpretation |
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2. | Amendments to the Receivables Transfer Agreement |
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3. | Representations |
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4. | Continuance |
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5. | Further Assurance |
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6. | Conditions Precedent |
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7. | Notices, etc. |
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8. | Execution in counterparts |
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9. | Governing law; submission to jurisdiction |
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10. | Consent |
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THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE RECEIVABLES TRANSFER AGREEMENT (this Amendment) is dated May 24, 2012 and made between:
(1) BUNGE SECURITIZATION B.V., a private limited liability company organized under the laws of the Netherlands, as Seller (the Seller);
(2) BUNGE FINANCE B.V., a private limited liability company organized under the laws of the Netherlands, as Master Servicer (the Master Servicer);
(3) the Conduit Purchasers party hereto (the Conduit Purchasers);
(4) the Committed Purchasers party hereto (the Committed Purchasers);
(5) the Purchaser Agents party hereto (the Purchaser Agents);
(6) COÖPERATIEVE CENTRALE RAIFFEISEN-BOERENLEENBANK B.A., as Administrative Agent (the Administrative Agent); and
(7) BUNGE LIMITED, a company formed under the laws of Bermuda, as Performance Undertaking Provider (the Performance Undertaking Provider),
the Borrower, the Master Servicer, the Conduit Purchasers, the Committed Purchasers, the Purchaser Agents, the Administrative Agent and the Performance Undertaking Provider are hereinafter collectively referred to as the Parties and each of them a Party.
BACKGROUND:
(A) The Parties to this Amendment have entered into a Receivables Transfer Agreement dated June 1, 2011 (the Receivables Transfer Agreement) and the Parties now wish to amend the Receivables Transfer Agreement in accordance with this Amendment.
(B) This Amendment is a Transaction Document as defined in the Receivables Transfer Agreement.
IT IS AGREED that:
1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
1.1 Receivables Transfer Agreement
Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms which are used herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in Section 1.1 (Certain defined terms) of the Receivables Transfer Agreement. The principles of interpretation set forth in Section 1.2 (Other terms) and 1.3 (Computation of time periods) of the Receivables Transfer Agreement shall apply to this Amendment as if fully set forth herein.
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2. AMENDMENTS TO THE RECEIVABLES TRANSFER AGREEMENT
The Parties hereby agree that, with effect from the date of this Amendment, the Receivables Transfer Agreement shall be amended as follows:
(a) The definition of Applicable Margin contained in Section 1.1 (Certain defined terms) of the Receivables Transfer Agreement shall be deleted and replaced in its entirety with the following definition:
Applicable Margin means (a) 0.90% per annum with respect to a Tranche funded with Commercial Paper and (b) in all other cases, 1.30% per annum.
(b) The definition of Country Concentration Factor contained in Section 1.1 (Certain defined terms) of the Receivables Transfer Agreement shall be deleted and replaced in its entirety with the following definition:
Country Concentration Factor means, with respect to any Approved Obligor Jurisdiction as of any date of determination, the percentage, if applicable, specified (or the percentage resulting from the calculation specified) under the heading Country Concentration Factor in the grid immediately below; provided, that with respect to (i) Spain, its Country Concentration Factor shall be the lower of (A) 12% and (B) the then-applicable Loss Reserve Floor percentage (provided that if the applicable currency rating of Spain, determined as specified below (including the final sentence of this definition in the case where the S&P and Moodys ratings fall within different ratings levels), is not at least investment grade (i.e., BBB-/Baa3), then the Country Concentration Factor for Spain shall be 5%, and provided further that if the Days Sales Outstanding set forth in the most recently delivered Portfolio Report (calculated solely with respect to the Eligible Receivables with Obligors in Spain) exceeds 33 days, then the Country Concentration Factor for Spain shall be determined in accordance with the grid below); (ii) Italy, its Country Concentration Factor shall be 8% (provided that if the applicable currency rating of Italy, determined as specified below (including the final sentence of this definition in the case where the S&P and Moodys ratings fall within different ratings levels), is not at least investment grade (i.e., BBB-/Baa3), then the Country Concentration Factor for Italy shall be 5%); and (iii) Portugal, its Country Concentration Factor shall be 4%.
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AA/Aa2 or better |
| No Country Concentration Factor |
AA- to A+/Aa3 to A1 |
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A to BBB+/A2 to Baa1 |
| Loss Reserve Floor/2 |
BBB to BBB-/Baa2 to Baa3 |
| Loss Reserve Floor/3 |
Lower than BBB-/Baa3 or no Sovereign Currency Rating |
| Loss Reserve Floor/5 |
The applicable ratings used shall be the foreign currency government bond rating for Moodys and the sovereign foreign currency long-term rating for S&P.
In the event the foreign currency ratings of any Approved Obligor Jurisdiction from S&P and Moodys fall within different ratings levels, the Country Concentration Factor for such Approved Obligor Jurisdiction shall be determined as follows: (1) in the case of a one notch difference, the lower rating will be used, (2) in the case of a two notch difference, the average or middle rating category will be used (e.g., BBB+ where the ratings were A- and BBB), (3) in the case of further odd number of notch differences, the lower of the two middle ratings will be used, and (4) in the case of further even number of differences, the average or middle rating category will be used.
(c) The definition of Scheduled Commitment Facility Termination Date in Section 1.1 (Certain defined terms) of the Receivables Transfer Agreement shall be deleted and replaced in its entirety as follows:
Scheduled Commitment Facility Termination Date means, with respect to any Committed Purchaser, May 29, 2013 as the same may be extended from time to time pursuant to Section 2.20 (Extension of Scheduled Commitment Facility Termination Date); provided that the Scheduled Commitment Facility Termination Date may not be extended beyond June 1, 2016 without the consent of each Purchaser Agent.
(d) Section 2.6(j)(iii) of the Receivables Transfer Agreement shall be amended in its entirety to read as follows:
(iii) third, (A) prior to the Final Payout Date, only if no Facility Event or Portfolio Event then exists, or (B) after the Final Payout Date has occurred, to make payments pursuant to the Subordinated Loan Agreement (such amount to be allocated among the Subordinated Lenders ratably in accordance with the proportion of such amounts owing to each such Person); provided that unless such date is a Settlement Date, the aggregate amount of payments made pursuant to
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this clause (iii) since the prior Settlement Date shall not exceed the amount of Subordinated Loans borrowed by the Seller since the prior Settlement Date (excluded).
(e) The second sentence of Section 2.19(a) of the Receivables Transfer Agreement shall be amended in its entirety to read as follows:
On any date of purchase of Receivables by the Seller, if the Seller does not have sufficient available funds to pay the full Purchase Price thereof and the Deferred RPA Purchase Price amounts with respect to the related Originator would exceed an amount equal to 10% of the Unpaid Balance of Portfolio Receivables that qualify as Eligible Receivables set forth in the most recently delivered Portfolio Report with respect to such Originator, the Seller shall request a Subordinated Loan in the amount of any shortfall if the Seller does not otherwise have sufficient funds available for such purpose; provided, that so long as the Applicable S&P Rating is not below BBB- (or withdrawn or suspended) and the Applicable Moodys Rating is not below Baa3 (or withdrawn or suspended), then the determination as to whether the Deferred RPA Purchase Price amounts with respect to each Originator would exceed such 10% threshold may be made on a weekly basis (rather than daily in any other circumstance) on the fourth Business Day (or, if such calendar week has less than 4 Business Days, on the last Business Day) of such calendar week and any such determination shall remain in effect until the immediately succeeding date of determination.
(f) The third and fourth sentence of Section 5.1(q) shall be amended in their entirety to read as follows:
The Seller (or the Seller Agent or Master Servicer on its behalf) shall track all funds paid to each Originator as Advanced Purchase Prices and shall at no time permit the transfer of Advanced Purchase Price payments (which have not been applied to the Purchase Price of Receivables that qualify as Eligible Receivables) to exceed 10% of the Unpaid Balance of Portfolio Receivables that qualify as Eligible Receivables set forth in the most recently delivered Portfolio Report with respect to the applicable Originator; provided, that so long as the Applicable S&P Rating is not below BBB- (or withdrawn or suspended) and the Applicable Moodys Rating is not below Baa3 (or withdrawn or suspended), then the determination as to whether the Advanced Purchase Price amounts with respect to each Originator would exceed such 10% threshold may be made on a weekly basis on the fourth Business Day (or, if such calendar week has less than 4 Business Days, on the last Business Day) of such calendar week and any such determination shall remain in effect until the immediately succeeding date of determination. In addition, the Seller (or the Seller Agent or Master Servicer on its behalf) shall track all Deferred RPA Purchase Price amounts payable to Originators and shall at no time permit the Deferred RPA Purchase Price amounts to exceed 10% of the Unpaid Balance of Portfolio Receivables that qualify as Eligible Receivables set forth in the most recently delivered Portfolio Report with respect to the applicable Originator; provided, that so long as the Applicable S&P Rating is not below BBB- (or withdrawn or suspended) and the Applicable
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Moodys Rating is not below Baa3 (or withdrawn or suspended), then the determination as to whether the Deferred RPA Purchase Price amounts with respect to each Originator would exceed such 10% threshold may be made on a weekly basis (rather than daily in any other circumstance) on the fourth Business Day (or, if such calendar week has less than 4 Business Days, on the last Business Day) of such calendar week and any such determination shall remain in effect until the immediately succeeding date of determination.
3. REPRESENTATIONS
Each of the Seller, the Master Servicer and the Performance Undertaking Provider represents and warrants to the other Parties hereto that, after giving effect to this Amendment, each of its representations and warranties set forth in the Receivables Transfer Agreement, as such representations and warranties apply to such Person, is true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof as though made on and as of such date except for representations and warranties stated to refer to a specific earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties are true and correct as of such earlier date.
4. CONTINUANCE
The Parties hereby confirm that the provisions of the Receivables Transfer Agreement shall continue in full force and effect, subject only to the amendments effected thereto by this Amendment.
5. FURTHER ASSURANCE
The Parties shall upon request of the Administrative Agent, and at the cost of the Seller, do all such acts and things necessary or desirable to give effect to the amendments effected or to be effected by this Amendment. Each of the Parties thereto hereby ratifies and confirms each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party.
6. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
This Amendment shall become effective as of the date first above written upon receipt by (i) the Administrative Agent of counterparts of this Amendment duly executed by each of the Parties and (ii) each Purchaser Agent, for the benefit of its related Purchaser Group, an amendment fee (the Amendment Fee) equal to the product of (a) 0.05% and (b) the aggregate Commitments of the Committed Purchasers in such Purchaser Group, which Amendment Fee shall be fully earned on the date hereof and, once paid, shall be non-refundable under any circumstances.
7. NOTICES, ETC.
All communications and notices provided for hereunder shall be provided in the manner described in Schedule 2 (Address and Notice Information) to the Receivables Transfer Agreement.
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8. EXECUTION IN COUNTERPARTS
This Amendment 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. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Amendment by facsimile or by electronic file in a format that is accessible by the recipient shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment.
9. GOVERNING LAW; SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION
(a) THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(b) Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in the Borough of Manhattan and of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Amendment. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent that it may legally do so, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding. Each party hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.
10. CONSENT
Each Party hereto hereby consents to (i) the amendment of each Originator Sale Agreement and Intermediate Transfer Agreement to reflect the amendments specified in Sections 2(e) and (f) above and (ii) the First Amendment to the Performance and Indemnity Agreement dated the date hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Amendment as of the day and year first above written.
| BUNGE SECURITIZATION B.V., as Seller | ||
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| By: | /s/ R. Jacobs | |
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| Name: | R. Jacobs |
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| Title: | Proxy holder |
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| By: | /s/ J.W.P. Jansen | |
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| Name: | J.W.P. Jansen |
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| Title: | Proxy holder |
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| BUNGE FINANCE B.V., as Master Servicer | ||
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| By: | /s/ J. J. Kloet | |
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| Name: | J. J. Kloet |
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| Title: | Director |
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| By: | /s/ B.J. van Genderen | |
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| Name: | B.J. van Genderen |
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| Title: | Director |
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| BUNGE LIMITED, as Performance Undertaking Provider | ||
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| By: | /s/ Carla Heiss | |
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| Name: | Carla Heiss |
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| Title: | Assistant General Counsel and Secretary |
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| By: | /s/ Premchand Kanneganti | |
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| Name: | Premchand Kanneganti |
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| Title: | Treasurer |
[Signature to First Amendment to the Receivables Transfer Agreement]
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| COÖPERATIEVE CENTRALE RAIFFEISEN-BOERENLEENBANK B.A., as Administrative Agent, Committed Purchaser and Purchaser Agent | ||
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| By: | /s/ E. van Esveld | |
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| Name: | E. van Esveld |
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| Title: | Director |
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| NIEUW AMSTERDAM RECEIVABLES CORP., as Conduit Purchaser | ||
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| By: | /s/ Damian Perez | |
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| Name: | Damian Perez |
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| Title: | Vice President |
[Signature to First Amendment to the Receivables Transfer Agreement]
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| CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE & INVESTMENT BANK, as Purchaser Agent and Committed Purchaser | ||
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| By: | /s/ Franck Thévenon Rousseau | |
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| Name: | Franck Thévenon Rousseau |
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| Title: | Executive Director/Authorized signatory |
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| By: | /s/ Jérôme Mazière | |
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| Name: | Jérôme Mazière |
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| Title: | Managing Director/Authorized signatory |
[Signature to First Amendment to the Receivables Transfer Agreement]
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| HSBC BANK PLC, as Purchaser Agent | ||
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| By: | /s/ Mawgan Harris | |
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| Name: | Mawgan Harris |
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| Title: | Director, Asset Backed Finance |
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| REGENCY ASSETS LIMITED, as Committed Purchaser and Conduit Purchaser | ||
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| By: | /s/ Eimir McGrath | |
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| Name: | Eimir McGrath |
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| Title: | Alternate Director |
[Signature to First Amendment to the Receivables Transfer Agreement]
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| BNP PARIBAS, LONDON BRANCH, as Purchaser Agent | ||
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| By: | /s/ Marc Fayemi | |
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| Name: | Marc Fayemi |
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| Title: | Securitisation Officer |
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| MATCHPOINT FINANCE PLC, as Committed Purchaser and Conduit Purchaser | ||
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| By: | /s/ Brian McDonagh | |
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| Name: | Brian McDonagh |
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| Title: | Director |
[Signature to First Amendment to the Receivables Transfer Agreement]
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