SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT dated as of March 24, 2006
Exhibit 10.24
EXECUTION COPY
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
dated as of March 24, 2006
among
JWPR CORPORATION, as Seller and Servicer,
CHARIOT FUNDING LLC
and
LIBERTY STREET FUNDING CORP.,
as Conduits,
CERTAIN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS PARTY HERETO,
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA,
as a Managing Agent,
and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
as a Managing Agent and as the Agent
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I | ||
PURCHASE ARRANGEMENTS | ||
Section 1.1 Purchase Facility. | 1 | |
Section 1.2 Increases. | 2 | |
Section 1.3 Decreases | 3 | |
Section 1.4 Payment Requirements | 3 | |
Section 1.5 Hedging Arrangements. | 3 | |
ARTICLE II | ||
PAYMENTS AND COLLECTIONS | 4 | |
Section 2.1 Payments | 4 | |
Section 2.2 Collections Prior to Amortization | 5 | |
Section 2.3 Collections Following Amortization | 6 | |
Section 2.4 Application of Collections | 6 | |
Section 2.5 Payment Rescission | 6 | |
Section 2.6 Maximum Purchaser Interests. | 7 | |
Section 2.7 Clean Up Call | 7 | |
ARTICLE III | ||
CONDUIT FUNDING | 7 | |
Section 3.1 CP Costs | 7 | |
Section 3.2 CP Costs Payments | 7 | |
Section 3.3 Calculation of CP Costs | 8 | |
ARTICLE IV | ||
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION FUNDING | 8 | |
Section 4.1 Financial Institution Funding | 8 | |
Section 4.2 Yield Payments | 8 | |
Section 4.3 Selection and Continuation of Tranche Periods. | 8 | |
Section 4.4 Financial Institution Discount Rates | 9 | |
Section 4.5 Suspension of the LIBO Rate. | 9 | |
ARTICLE V | ||
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES | 10 | |
Section 5.1 Representations and Warranties of Seller | 10 | |
ARTICLE VI | ||
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT | 14 | |
Section 6.1 Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness | 14 | |
Section 6.2 Conditions Precedent to All Purchases and Reinvestments | 14 | |
ARTICLE VII | ||
COVENANTS | 15 | |
Section 7.1 Affirmative Covenants of Seller | 15 |
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Section 7.2 Negative Covenants of Seller | 24 | |
ARTICLE VIII | ||
ADMINISTRATION AND COLLECTION | 26 | |
Section 8.1 Designation of Servicer | 26 | |
Section 8.2 Duties of Servicer | 27 | |
Section 8.3 Collection Notices | 28 | |
Section 8.4 Responsibilities of Seller | 29 | |
Section 8.5 Collateral Reports | 29 | |
Section 8.6 Servicing Fees | 29 | |
ARTICLE IX | ||
AMORTIZATION EVENTS | 30 | |
Section 9.1 Amortization Events | 30 | |
Section 9.2 Remedies | 31 | |
ARTICLE X | ||
INDEMNIFICATION | 32 | |
Section 10.1 Indemnities by The Seller | 32 | |
Section 10.2 Indemnities by the Servicer | 35 | |
Section 10.3 Increased Cost and Reduced Return | 37 | |
Section 10.4 Other Costs and Expenses. | 37 | |
Section 10.5 Liquidity Agreements | 38 | |
ARTICLE XI | ||
THE AGENTS | 38 | |
Section 11.1 Authorization and Action | 38 | |
Section 11.2 Delegation of Duties | 39 | |
Section 11.3 Exculpatory Provisions | 39 | |
Section 11.4 Reliance by Agent. | 40 | |
Section 11.5 Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Purchasers | 40 | |
Section 11.6 Reimbursement and Indemnification | 41 | |
Section 11.7 Agents in Their Individual Capacities | 41 | |
Section 11.8 Successor Agent | 41 | |
ARTICLE XII | ||
ASSIGNMENTS; PARTICIPATIONS; TERMINATING FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS | 42 | |
Section 12.1 Assignments. | 42 | |
Section 12.2 Participations | 43 | |
Section 12.3 Terminating Financial Institutions. | 43 | |
Section 12.4 Additional Purchase Groups | 44 | |
ARTICLE XIII | ||
RESERVED | 45 |
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ARTICLE XIV | ||
MISCELLANEOUS | 45 | |
Section 14.1 Waivers and Amendments. | 45 | |
Section 14.2 Notices | 46 | |
Section 14.3 Ratable Payments | 47 | |
Section 14.4 Protection of Ownership Interests of the Purchasers. | 47 | |
Section 14.5 Confidentiality. | 48 | |
Section 14.6 Bankruptcy Petition | 49 | |
Section 14.7 Limitation of Liability | 49 | |
Section 14.8 CHOICE OF LAW | 49 | |
Section 14.9 CONSENT TO JURISDICTION | 49 | |
Section 14.10 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL | 50 | |
Section 14.11 Integration; Binding Effect; Termination of Agreement; Survival of Terms. | 50 | |
Section 14.12 Counterparts; Severability; Section References | 50 | |
Section 14.13 Agent Roles. | 51 | |
Section 14.14 Characterization. | 51 | |
Section 14.15 Excess Funds | 52 | |
Section 14.16 Amendment and Restatement. | 52 |
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Exhibits and Schedules | ||
Exhibit I | Definitions | |
Exhibit II | Form of Purchase Notice | |
Exhibit III | Places of Business of the Seller Parties: Location of Records; Federal Employer Identification Number(s) | |
Exhibit IV | Names of Collection Banks; Collection Accounts | |
Exhibit V | Form of Compliance Certificate; Form of Offshore Base Rate Compliance Certificate | |
Exhibit VI | Form of Collection Account Agreement | |
Exhibit VII | Form of Assignment Agreement | |
Exhibit VIII | Credit and Collection Policy | |
Exhibit IX | Form of Contract(s) | |
Exhibit X-A | Form of Monthly Report | |
Exhibit X-B | Form of Weekly Report | |
Exhibit XI | Form of Joinder Agreement | |
Schedule A | Commitments | |
Schedule B | Closing Documents |
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JWPR CORPORATION
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This Second Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement (the Agreement) dated as of March 24, 2006 is among JWPR Corporation, a Nevada corporation as seller (Seller) and initial servicer (Servicer), the entities listed on Schedule A to this Agreement (together with any of their respective successors and assigns hereunder, the Financial Institutions), Chariot Funding LLC (Chariot) and Liberty Street Funding Corp. (Liberty), as conduit purchasers (each a Conduit and collectively the Conduits), The Bank of Nova Scotia, a Canadian chartered bank (BNS) and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. , a national banking association (JPMorgan Chase) as managing agents (each, together with its successors and assigns hereunder, a Managing Agent and collectively the Managing Agents, with BNS being the Managing Agent for Liberty and the Financial Institutions listed on Schedule A as being in the BNS Purchase Group and JPMorgan Chase being the Managing Agent for Chariot and the Financial Institutions listed on Schedule A as being in the JPMorgan Chase Purchase Group) and JPMorgan Chase, as agent for the Purchasers hereunder or any successor agent hereunder (together with its successors and assigns hereunder, the Agent). Unless defined elsewhere herein, capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in Exhibit I.
PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS
WHEREAS, the parties hereto are parties to that certain Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of January 12, 2004 (as amended heretofore, the First Amended and Restated Agreement); and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to amend and restate the First Amended and Restated Agreement in its entirety as set forth herein (it being the intent of the parties hereto that this Agreement not constitute a novation of the First Amended and Restated Agreement);
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each party agrees as follows:
ARTICLE I
PURCHASE ARRANGEMENTS
Section 1.1 Purchase Facility.
(a) | Upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereof, Seller may, at its option, sell and assign Purchaser Interests to the Agent for the benefit of the Purchasers from time to time during the period from the date hereof to but not including the Facility Termination Date; provided, that the aggregate Capital outstanding at any time hereunder shall not exceed (i) in respect of all Purchasers, an amount equal to the Purchase Limit or (ii) in respect of any Purchase Group, such Purchase Groups Group |
Purchase Limit at such time. In accordance with the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Conduit may, at its option, instruct its Managing Agent to cause the Agent to purchase on its behalf, or if any Conduit shall decline to purchase, its Managing Agent shall cause the Agent to purchase, on behalf of the Financial Institutions in its Purchase Group, its Purchase Groups Pro Rata Share of such Purchaser Interests. |
(b) | Seller may, upon at least 30 days notice to the Agent, terminate in whole or reduce in part the unused portion of the Purchase Limit. Upon any reduction in the Purchase Limit, the Group Purchase Limits shall be permanently reduced by a corresponding amount (ratably among the Purchase Groups in accordance with their Pro Rata Shares) and the Commitments of each Financial Institutions in each Purchase Group shall be reduced ratably in accordance with their respective Percentages. Each reduction in the Purchase Limit shall be in an aggregate amount equal to $5,000,000 or increments of $1,000,000 in excess thereof. The Agent shall promptly forward to each Managing Agent any notice it receives from the Seller pursuant to this Section 1.1(b). |
(c) | On the date of each Incremental Purchase made under Section 1.2 and on the date of each Reinvestment made under Section 2.2, Seller hereby sells and assigns to the Agent (for the benefit of the Purchasers ratably among the Purchase Groups, in accordance with each such Purchase Groups Pro Rata Share), and the Agent hereby purchases, for the benefit of such Purchasers, a Purchaser Interest in the Receivables, Related Security and Collections then existing and thereafter arising or existing, subject only to the payment by such Purchasers of the applicable Purchase Price therefor in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. |
Section 1.2 Increases.
Seller shall provide the Agent with at least two Business Days prior notice in a form set forth as Exhibit II hereto of each Incremental Purchase (a Purchase Notice). The Agent shall promptly forward to each Managing Agent Purchase Notice it receives from the Seller pursuant to this Section 1.2. Each Purchase Notice shall be subject to Section 6.2 hereof and, except as set forth below, shall be irrevocable and shall specify the requested Purchase Price (which shall not be less than $1,000,000 in the aggregate and shall not be greater than the Commitment Availability immediately prior to giving effect to such purchase) and the date of purchase and, in the case of an Incremental Purchase to be funded by the Financial Institutions, the requested Discount Rate and Tranche Period. Following receipt of a Purchase Notice, each Managing Agent will determine whether the Conduit in its Purchase Group agrees to make the purchase of such Purchase Groups Pro Rata Share of such Incremental Purchase. If any Conduit declines to make a proposed purchase, the Managing Agent for the related Purchase Group shall notify Seller and Seller may cancel the Purchase Notice or, in the absence of such a cancellation, the declining Conduits Purchase Groups Pro Rata Share of the requested Incremental Purchase will be made by the Financial Institutions in such Declining Conduits Purchase Group ratably based on their respective Commitments. On the date of each Incremental Purchase, upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions precedent set forth in Article VI, each Conduit or the Financial Institutions in its Purchase Group, as applicable, shall make available to the Agent, in immediately available funds, no later than 11:00 a.m. (Chicago time), an amount equal to (i) in the case of any Conduit, such
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Conduits Purchase Groups Pro Rata Share of the applicable Purchase Price for such Incremental Purchase) or (ii) in the case of a Financial Institution, such Financial Institutions Percentage of its related Purchase Groups Pro Rata Share of the aggregate Purchase Price for such Incremental Purchase. The Agent shall deposit such funds as it shall have received from the Purchasers into the Facility Account in immediately available funds, no later than 12:00 noon (Chicago time) on the date of each Purchase.
Section 1.3 Decreases. Seller shall provide the Agent with prior written notice in conformity with the Required Notice Period (a Reduction Notice) of any proposed reduction of Aggregate Capital from Collections. The Agent shall promptly forward to each Managing Agent any Reduction Notice it receives from the Seller pursuant to this Section 1.3. Such Reduction Notice shall designate (i) the date (the Proposed Reduction Date) upon which any such reduction of Aggregate Capital shall occur (which date shall give effect to the applicable Required Notice Period), and (ii) the amount of Aggregate Capital to be reduced (the Aggregate Reduction) which shall be distributed ratably to each Purchase Group based on the Pro Rata Share of the Aggregate Capital of each Purchase Group and which shall be applied by each Managing Agent ratably to the Purchaser Interests of the Purchasers in such Managing Agents Purchase Group ratably in accordance with the amount of Capital (if any) owing to such Purchasers. Only one (1) Reduction Notice shall be outstanding at any time. No Aggregate Reduction will be made following the occurrence of the Amortization Date without the consent of the Agent and the Required Financial Institutions.
Section 1.4 Payment Requirements. All amounts to be paid or deposited by Seller pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall be paid or deposited in accordance with the terms hereof no later than 11:00 a.m. (Chicago time) on the day when due in immediately available funds, and if not received before 11:00 a.m. (Chicago time) shall be deemed to be received on the next succeeding Business Day. If such amounts are payable to a Purchaser they shall be paid to the Agent, for the account of such Purchaser, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to such account notified by the Agent to the Seller. Upon prior notice to Seller, JPMorgan Chase may debit any account then maintained by JPMorgan Chase in the name of Seller for all amounts due and payable hereunder or under the Fee Letters. All computations of Yield, per annum fees calculated as part of any CP Costs, per annum fees hereunder and per annum fees under the Fee Letters shall be made on the basis of a year of 360 days for the actual number of days elapsed. If any amount hereunder shall be payable on a day which is not a Business Day, such amount shall be payable on the next succeeding Business Day and such extension of time shall in such case be included in the computation of Yield, CP Costs or fees, as the case may be.
Section 1.5 Hedging Arrangements.
(a) | With respect to any Receivables acquired by Seller which are denominated in a currency other than U.S. Dollars, Seller shall procure and maintain in full force and effect at all times Eligible Hedging Arrangements in an aggregate notional amount not less than the Aggregate Capital at such time. |
(b) | On the date of the each Incremental Purchase of a Purchaser Interest in relation to Receivables denominated in a currency other than U.S. Dollars, Seller shall procure Hedging Arrangements that include a forward exchange contract (a Forward Exchange Contract) contemplating settlement on the Weekly Settlement Date following the date of such Incremental Purchase. |
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(c) | Thereafter, on each Weekly Reporting Date, Seller shall cause the Forward Exchange Contract then in effect to be replaced with a new Forward Exchange Contract or extended, with the effect in either case that the Forward Exchange Contract in effect (or committed to become effective) shall contemplate settlement on the then next following Weekly Settlement Date. |
(d) | All reports relating to the Receivables (whether pursuant to Section 8.5 or otherwise) and all determinations of compliance with the covenants set forth herein relating to the Receivables (whether pursuant to Section 2.6, Section 9.1(f), the definition of Eligible Receivable or otherwise) shall give effect to the conversion, where applicable, of the Outstanding Balance of the Receivables into U.S. Dollars. Each such conversion shall be made on the basis of the exchange rates set forth in the Forward Exchange Contract then in effect, including any Forward Exchange Contract going into effect on the date such report is issued or such determination is made. |
(e) | Seller hereby assigns, as part of the Related Security, Purchaser Interests in all of its right, title and interest in, to and under each Hedging Arrangement, now existing or hereafter arising, to the Agent for the benefit of the Purchasers hereunder. Seller shall take all actions reasonably requested by the Agent to perfect, evidence or more fully protect the assignment contemplated herein, including, without limitation, providing notice to each Counterparty of the interests of the Agent and the Purchasers hereunder. |
ARTICLE II
PAYMENTS AND COLLECTIONS
Section 2.1 Payments. Notwithstanding any limitation on recourse contained in this Agreement, Seller shall immediately pay to the Servicer or the Agent (for the account of the relevant Purchasers on a full recourse basis), as applicable, each of the following when due: (i) the fees as set forth in the Fee Letters and Section 10.3(b) of this Agreement, (ii) all CP Costs, (iii) all amounts payable as Yield, (iv) all amounts payable as Deemed Collections (which shall be due and payable by Seller and applied to reduce outstanding Aggregate Capital hereunder in accordance with Sections 2.2 and 2.3 hereof), (v) all amounts payable under Section 2.6, (vi) all amounts payable pursuant to Article X, if any, (vii) all Servicer costs and expenses, including the Servicing Fee, in connection with servicing, administering and collecting the Receivables, (viii) all Broken Funding Costs and (ix) all Default Fees (the items described in clauses (i) through (ix) being, collectively, the Obligations). If any Person fails to pay any of the Obligations when due, such Person agrees to pay, on demand, the Default Fee in respect thereof until paid. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this Agreement or the Fee Letters shall require the payment or permit the collection of any amounts hereunder in excess of the maximum permitted by applicable law. If at any time Seller receives any Collections or is deemed to receive any Deemed Collections, Seller shall pay such Collections or Deemed Collections to the Servicer for application in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof and, at all times prior to such payment, such Collections or Deemed Collections shall be held in trust by Seller for the exclusive benefit of the Purchasers, the Managing Agents, the Agent, and each Program F/X Counterparty.
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Section 2.2 Collections Prior to Amortization. Prior to the Amortization Date, any Collections and/or Deemed Collections received by the Servicer shall be set aside and held in trust by the Servicer for the payment of any accrued and unpaid Aggregate Unpaids or for a Reinvestment as provided in this Section 2.2. If at any time any Collections are received by the Servicer prior to the Amortization Date, (i) the Servicer shall set aside the Termination Percentage (hereinafter defined) of Collections evidenced by the Purchaser Interests of each Terminating Financial Institution and (ii) Seller hereby sells and assigns to the Purchasers (other than any Terminating Financial Institutions), and the Purchasers hereby purchase additional Purchaser Interests (each such purchase being a Reinvestment), simultaneously with such receipt, with that portion of the balance of each and every Collection received by the Servicer that is part of any existing Purchaser Interest (other than any Purchaser Interests of Terminating Financial Institutions), such that after giving effect to such Reinvestment, the amount of Capital of all Purchaser Interests immediately after such receipt and corresponding Reinvestment shall be equal to the amount of Capital immediately prior to such receipt. On each Settlement Date prior to the occurrence of the Amortization Date, the Servicer shall remit to the Persons described below the amounts set aside during the preceding Settlement Period that have not been subject to a Reinvestment and apply such amounts (if not previously paid in accordance with Section 2.1) first, to the Servicer, to reduce any payments, if any, due to any Program F/X Counterparty pursuant to any Hedging Arrangement on such Settlement Date other than Hedge Breakage Costs and Hedge Indemnity Costs (after giving effect to any netting provisions of applicable Hedge Arrangement), second, to Agent, for the ratable distribution among the relevant Purchasers in each Purchase Groups in accordance with each Purchase Groups Pro Rata Share, to reduce accrued and unpaid CP Costs, Yield and other Obligations that are then due and payable, third, to the Agent, to reduce the Capital of all Purchaser Interests of Terminating Financial Institutions, applied ratably to each Terminating Financial Institution according to its respective Termination Percentage and fourth, to Servicer, to reduce any Hedge Breakage Costs and Hedge Indemnity Costs, if any, due and payable on such Settlement Date to any Program F/X Counterparty pursuant to any Hedging Arrangement. If such Capital, CP Costs, Yield and other Obligations shall be reduced to zero, any additional Collections received by the Servicer (i) if applicable, shall be remitted to the Agent no later than 11:00 a.m. (Chicago time) to the extent required to fund any Aggregate Reduction designated by the Seller on such Settlement Date and (ii) any balance remaining thereafter shall be remitted from the Servicer to Seller on such Settlement Date. Each Terminating Financial Institution shall be allocated a ratable portion of Collections from the date of any termination of its Commitment pursuant to Section 12.3 (the Termination Date) until such Terminating Financing Institutions Capital shall be paid in full. This ratable portion shall be calculated on the Termination Date of each Terminating Financial Institution as a percentage equal to (i) Capital of such Terminating Financial Institution outstanding on its Termination Date, divided by (ii) the Aggregate Capital outstanding on such Termination Date (the Termination Percentage). Each Terminating Financial Institutions Termination Percentage shall remain constant prior to the Amortization Date. On and after the Amortization Date, each Termination Percentage shall be disregarded, and each Terminating Financial Institutions Capital shall be reduced ratably with all Financial Institutions in accordance with Section 2.3.
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Section 2.3 Collections Following Amortization. On the Amortization Date and on each day thereafter, the Servicer shall set aside and hold in trust, for the holder of each Purchaser Interest and each Program F/X Counterparty, all Collections received on such day and an additional amount for the payment of any accrued and unpaid Obligations owed by Seller and not previously paid by Seller in accordance with Section 2.1.
Section 2.4 Application of Collections. If there shall be insufficient funds on deposit for the Servicer to distribute funds in payment in full of the aforementioned amounts pursuant to Section 2.2 or 2.3 (as applicable), the Servicer shall distribute funds:
first, to the payment of all periodic payments, if any, due to any Program F/X Counterparty pursuant to any Hedging Arrangement on such Settlement Date other than Hedge Breakage Costs and Hedge Indemnity Costs (after giving effect to any netting provisions of applicable Hedging Agreement);
second, if the Seller or one of its Affiliates is not then acting as Servicer, to the payment of the Servicers reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses in connection with servicing, administering and collecting the Receivables,
third, to the reimbursement of the Agents and the Managing Agents costs of collection and enforcement of this Agreement,
fourth, (to the extent applicable) to the ratable reduction of the Aggregate Capital (without regard to any Termination Percentage),
fifth, for the ratable payment of all other unpaid Obligations, provided that, if the Seller or one of its Affiliates is then acting as Servicer, to the extent such Obligations relate to the payment of Servicer costs and expenses, including the Servicing Fee, such costs and expenses will not be paid until after the payment in full of all other Obligations,
sixth, to the payment of the Hedge Breakage Costs and Hedge Indemnity Costs, if any, due and payable to any Program F/X Counterparty pursuant to any Hedging Arrangement on such Payment Date; and
seventh, after the Aggregate Unpaids have been indefeasibly reduced to zero, to Seller.
Collections applied to the payment of Aggregate Unpaids shall be distributed in accordance with the aforementioned provisions, and, giving effect to each of the priorities set forth in Section 2.4 above, shall be shared ratably (within each priority) among the Agent, the Managing Agents, the Program F/X Counterparties and the Purchasers in accordance with the amount of such Aggregate Unpaids owing to each of them in respect of each such priority.
Section 2.5 Payment Rescission. No payment of any of the Aggregate Unpaids shall be considered paid or applied hereunder to the extent that, at any time, all or any portion of such payment or application is rescinded by application of law or judicial authority, or must otherwise be returned or refunded for any reason. Seller shall remain obligated for the amount of any
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payment or application so rescinded, returned or refunded, and shall promptly pay to the Agent (for the ratable application to the Person or Persons who suffered such rescission, return or refund) the full amount thereof, plus the Default Fee from the date of any such rescission, return or refunding.
Section 2.6 Maximum Purchaser Interests. Seller shall ensure that the Purchaser Interests of the Purchasers shall at no time exceed in the aggregate a percentage (the Maximum Purchaser Percentage) equal to 97%. If the aggregate of the Purchaser Interests of the Purchasers exceeds the Maximum Purchaser Percentage at any time, Seller shall pay within one (1) Business Day to the Agent (for the ratable benefit of each Managing Agent based on each Managing Agents Purchase Groups Pro Rata Share to be applied by the Purchasers to reduce the Aggregate Capital (as allocated by each Managing Agent to each of the Purchasers in its related Purchase Group ratably based upon each such Purchasers Capital)) such amounts such that after giving effect to such payment (and the application thereof to reduce the Aggregate Capital) the aggregate of the Purchaser Interests equals or is less than the Maximum Purchaser Percentage.
Section 2.7 Clean Up Call. In addition to Sellers rights pursuant to Section 1.3, Seller shall have the right (after providing written notice to the Agent in accordance with the Required Notice Period), at any time following the reduction of the Aggregate Capital to a level that is less than ten percent (10.0%) of the original Purchase Limit, to repurchase from the Purchasers all, but not less than all, of the then outstanding Purchaser Interests. The Agent shall promptly forward to each Managing Agent any notice it receives from the Seller pursuant to this Section 2.7. The purchase price in respect thereof shall be an amount equal to the Aggregate Unpaids through the date of such repurchase, payable in immediately available funds. Such repurchase shall be without representation, warranty or recourse of any kind by, on the part of, or against any Purchaser, any Managing Agent or the Agent.
ARTICLE III
CONDUIT FUNDING
Section 3.1 CP Costs. Seller shall pay CP Costs with respect to the Capital associated with each Purchaser Interest of each Conduit for each day that any Capital in respect of such Purchaser Interest is outstanding. Each Purchaser Interest funded substantially with Pooled Commercial Paper issued by a Conduit will accrue CP Costs each day on a pro rata basis, based upon the percentage share the Capital in respect of such Purchaser Interest represents in relation to all assets held by such Conduit and funded substantially with Pooled Commercial Paper.
Section 3.2 CP Costs Payments. On each Settlement Date, Seller shall pay to the Agent (for the benefit of the Conduits) an aggregate amount equal to all accrued and unpaid CP Costs in respect of the Capital associated with all Purchaser Interests of the Conduit for the immediately preceding Accrual Period in accordance with Article II.
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Section 3.3 Calculation of CP Costs. On or about the 5th Business Day of each month, each Conduit shall calculate the aggregate amount of CP Costs in respect of the Capital associated with all Purchaser Interests of such Conduit for the Accrual Period then most recently ended and shall notify the Agent of such aggregate amount. Upon receipt of calculations for the Accrual Period then most recently ended from each Conduit, the Agent shall promptly forward to the Seller a summary of such calculations.
ARTICLE IV
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION FUNDING
Section 4.1 Financial Institution Funding. Each Purchaser Interest of the Financial Institutions shall accrue Yield for each day during its Tranche Period at either the LIBO Rate or the Prime Rate in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof. If any Financial Institution acquires by assignment from the Conduit in its Purchase Group all or any portion of a Purchaser Interest (or an undivided interest therein) pursuant to such Conduits Liquidity Agreement, (i) such assigning Conduit (or its related Managing Agent) shall promptly (but in any event without one (1) Business Day of such assignment) give notice of such assignment to the Seller and the Agent, (ii) until Seller gives notice to the applicable Managing Agent of another Discount Rate in accordance with Section 4.4, the initial Discount Rate for any such transferred Purchaser Interest shall be the Base Rate and (iii) each Purchaser Interest so assigned shall be deemed to have a new Tranche Period commencing on the date of any such assignment and having a duration of one (1) Business Day, which Tranche Period shall be the first of a series of successive Tranche Periods each having a duration of one (1) Business Day until such time as Seller shall select a new Tranche Period and new Discount Rate in accordance with Section 4.3 or 4.4; provided, that, notwithstanding the terms of Sections 4.3 of 4.4, for purposes of clauses (ii) and (iii) of this Section 4.1, only two (2) Business Days notice shall be required to be given to the applicable Managing Agent by the Seller (x) in the event that the Seller selects the LIBO Rate to be the applicable Discount Rate with respect to the transferred Purchaser Interests and (y) with respect to the selection of the Tranche Periods with respect to such transferred Purchaser Interests.
Section 4.2 Yield Payments. On the Settlement Date for each Purchaser Interest of the Financial Institutions, Seller shall pay to the Agent (for the benefit of the Financial Institutions) an aggregate amount equal to the accrued and unpaid Yield for the entire Tranche Period of each such Purchaser Interest in accordance with Article II.
Section 4.3 Selection and Continuation of Tranche Periods.
(a) | With consultation from the Agent and the related Managing Agent, Seller shall from time to time select Tranche Periods for the Purchaser Interests of the Financial Institutions in each Purchase Group, provided that, if at any time the Financial Institutions shall have a Purchaser Interest, Seller shall always request Tranche Periods such that Purchaser Interests of the Financial Institutions having Capital of at least $10,000,000 (or, if the aggregate Capital of the Financial Institutions in such Purchase Group is less than $10,000,000, the Purchaser Interests of such Financial Institutions) shall have a Tranche Period that shall end on the date specified in clause (A) of the definition of Settlement Date. |
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(b) | Seller upon notice to the Agent received at least three (3) Business Days prior to the end of a Tranche Period (the Terminating Tranche) for any Purchaser Interest, may, effective on the last day of the Terminating Tranche: (i) divide any such Purchaser Interest funded by the Financial Institutions into multiple Purchaser Interests, (ii) combine any such Purchaser Interest of a Financial Institution in the same Purchase Group with one or more other Purchaser Interests that have a Terminating Tranche ending on the same day as such Terminating Tranche or (iii) combine any such Purchaser Interest with a new Purchaser Interests to be purchased by such Financial Institution on the day such Terminating Tranche ends, provided, that in no event may a Purchaser Interest of any Conduit be combined with a Purchaser Interest of the Financial Institutions in its Purchase Group. The Agent shall promptly forward to each applicable Managing Agent any notice it receives from the Seller pursuant to this Section 4.3(b). |
Section 4.4 Financial Institution Discount Rates. Seller may select the LIBO Rate or the Prime Rate for each Purchaser Interest of the Financial Institutions. Seller shall by 11:00 a.m. (Chicago time): (i) at least three (3) Business Days prior to the expiration of any Terminating Tranche with respect to which the LIBO Rate is being requested as a new Discount Rate and (ii) at least one (1) Business Day prior to the expiration of any Terminating Tranche with respect to which the Prime Rate is being requested as a new Discount Rate, give the Agent irrevocable notice of the new Discount Rate and new Tranche Period for the Purchaser Interest associated with such Terminating Tranche. If the Seller fails to give notice to the related Agent of a new Discount Rate with respect to any Terminating Tranche, the new Discount Rate for any Terminating Tranche shall be the Prime Rate. The Agent shall promptly forward to each applicable Managing Agent any notice it receives from the Seller pursuant to this Section 4.4.
Section 4.5 Suspension of the LIBO Rate.
(a) | If any Financial Institution notifies its related Managing Agent that it has determined that funding of the Purchaser Interests at a LIBO Rate would violate any applicable law, rule, regulation, or directive of any governmental or regulatory authority, having the force of law, or that (i) deposits of a type and maturity appropriate to match fund its Purchaser Interests at such LIBO Rate are not available or (ii) such LIBO Rate does not accurately reflect the cost of acquiring or maintaining a Purchaser Interest at such LIBO Rate, then such Managing Agent shall suspend the availability of such LIBO Rate and require Seller to select the Prime Rate for any Purchaser Interest held by such Financial Institution. |
(b) | If less than all of the Financial Institutions in any Purchase Group give a notice to the related Managing Agent pursuant to Section 4.5(a), each Financial Institution which gave such a notice shall be obliged, at the request of Seller or such Financial Institutions Managing Agent, to assign all of its rights and obligations hereunder to (i) another Financial Institution in its Purchase Group or (ii) another funding entity nominated by Seller or the related Managing Agent that is acceptable to the Agent, the applicable Managing Agent and the related Conduit and willing to participate in this Agreement and the related Liquidity Agreement through the Facility Termination Date in the place of such notifying Financial Institution; provided |
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that (x) the notifying Financial Institution receives payment in full, pursuant to an Assignment Agreement, of an amount equal to such notifying Financial Institutions Percentage of the Capital and all Yield owing to such notifying Financial Institution and all accrued but unpaid fees and other costs and expenses payable in respect of its Percentage of the Purchaser Interests of the Financial Institutions in such Financial Institutions Purchase Group, and (y) the replacement Financial Institution otherwise satisfies the requirements of Section 12.1(b). |
ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 5.1 Representations and Warranties of Seller. Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Agent, the Managing Agents and the Purchasers, as of the date hereof and as of the date of each Incremental Purchase and the date of each Reinvestment that:
(a) | Corporate Existence and Power. Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its state of incorporation. Seller is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation, and has and holds all corporate power and all governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals required to carry on its business in each jurisdiction in which its business is conducted. |
(b) | Power and Authority; Due Authorization, Execution and Delivery. The execution and delivery by Seller of this Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which it is a party, and the performance of its obligations hereunder and thereunder and Sellers use of the proceeds of purchases made hereunder, are within its corporate powers and authority and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on its part. This Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which Seller is a party has been duly executed and delivered by Seller. |
(c) | No Conflict. The execution and delivery by Seller of this Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which it is a party, and the performance of its obligations hereunder and thereunder do not contravene or violate (i) its certificate or articles of incorporation or by-laws, (ii) any law, rule or regulation applicable to it, (iii) any restrictions under any agreement, contract or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound, or (iv) any order, writ, judgment, award, injunction or decree binding on or affecting it or its property, and do not result in the creation or imposition of any Adverse Claim on assets of Seller or its Subsidiaries (except as created by the Transaction Documents); and no transaction contemplated hereby requires compliance with any bulk sales act or similar law. |
(d) | Governmental Authorization. Other than the filing of the financing statements required hereunder, no authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any governmental authority or regulatory body is required for the due execution and delivery by Seller of this Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which it is a party and the performance of its obligations hereunder and thereunder. |
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(e) | Actions, Suits. There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending, or to the best of Sellers knowledge, threatened, against or affecting Seller, or any of its properties, in or before any court, arbitrator or other body, that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Seller is not in default with respect to any order of any court, arbitrator or governmental body. |
(f) | Binding Effect. This Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which Seller is a party constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of Seller enforceable against Seller in accordance with their respective 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). |
(g) | Accuracy of Information. All information heretofore furnished by Seller or any of its Affiliates to the Agent, the Managing Agents or the Purchasers for purposes of or in connection with this Agreement, any of the other Transaction Documents or any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby is, and all such information hereafter furnished by Seller or any of its Affiliates to the Agent, the Managing Agents or the Purchasers will be, true and accurate in every material respect on the date such information is stated or certified and does not and will not contain any material misstatement of fact or omit to state a material fact or any fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading. |
(h) | Use of Proceeds. No proceeds of any purchase hereunder will be used (i) for a purpose that violates, or would be inconsistent with, Regulation T, U or X promulgated by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from time to time or (ii) to acquire any security in any transaction which is subject to Section 12, 13 or 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. |
(i) | Good Title. Immediately prior to each purchase hereunder or as contemplated hereby, Seller shall be the legal and beneficial owner or, in the case of the Italian Receivables (subject to the Italian Receivables Qualification) or the UK Receivables, the beneficial owner thereof, of the Receivables and Related Security with respect thereto, free and clear of any Adverse Claim, except as created by the Transaction Documents. There have been duly filed all financing statements or other similar instruments or documents necessary under the UCC (or any comparable law) of all appropriate jurisdictions to perfect Sellers ownership interest (or, in the case of the Italian Receivables (subject to the Italian Receivables Qualification) or the UK Receivables, beneficial interest) in each Receivable, its Collections and the Related Security. |
(j) | Perfection. |
(i) | This Agreement, together with the filing by the Agent of the financing statements contemplated hereby, is effective to, and shall, upon each purchase hereunder transfer to the Agent for the benefit of the Purchasers (and the Agent for the benefit of such Purchasers shall acquire from Seller) a valid and perfected first priority undivided percentage |
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ownership or security interest in each Receivable (other than the Italian Receivables and UK Receivables), existing or hereafter arising and in the Related Security and Collections with respect thereto, free and clear of any Adverse Claim, except as created by the Transaction Documents. There have been duly filed all financing statements or other similar instruments or documents necessary under the UCC (or any comparable law) of all appropriate jurisdictions to perfect the Agents (on behalf of the Purchasers) ownership or security interest in the Receivables (other than the Italian Receivables and UK Receivables), the Related Security and the Collections. |
(ii) | This Agreement is effective to, and shall, upon each purchase hereunder transfer to the Agent for the benefit of the Purchasers (and the Agent for the benefit of such Purchasers shall acquire from Seller) (x) a valid undivided percentage beneficial ownership interest in each Italian Receivable (subject to the Italian Receivables Qualification) and each UK Receivable existing or hereafter arising, together with the Collections with respect thereto, and (y) all of Sellers beneficial right, title and interest in the Related Security, in each case, free and clear of any Adverse Claim, except as created by the Transaction Documents. |
(k) | Places of Business and Locations of Records. The principal places of business and chief executive office of Seller and the offices where it keeps all of its Records are located at the address(es) listed on Exhibit III or such other locations of which the Managing Agents has been notified in accordance with Section 7.2(a) in jurisdictions where all action required by Section 14.4(a) has been taken and completed. Sellers Federal Employer Identification Number and organizational identification number, if any, are correctly set forth on Exhibit III. |
(l) | Collections. The names and addresses of all Collection Banks, together with the account numbers of the Collection Accounts of Seller at each Collection Bank and the post office box number of each Lock-Box, are listed on Exhibit IV. Seller has not granted any Person, other than the Agent as contemplated by this Agreement, dominion and control of any Lock-Box or Collection Account, or the right to take dominion and control of any such Lock-Box or Collection Account at a future time or upon the occurrence of a future event. Seller (i) has observed timely, or has caused the Servicer to observe timely, the remittance procedures with respect to the Italian P.O. Account and the Designated Collection Accounts as set forth in Section 7.1(j), (ii) has provided such instructions to each bank maintaining the Italian P.O. Account or any Designated Collection Account as are necessary to give effect to the requirements of Section 7.1(j) and (iii) has not revoked or modified any such instructions in any manner that would cause Seller to fail to be in compliance with Section 7.1(j). |
(m) | Material Adverse Effect. Since June 30, 2005, no event has occurred that would have a Material Adverse Effect. |
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(n) | Names. Seller has not at any time used any corporate names, trade names or assumed names other than the name in which it has executed this Agreement. |
(o) | Not an Investment Company. Seller is not an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or any successor statute. |
(p) | Compliance with Law. Seller has complied in all respects with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, orders, writs, judgments, injunctions, decrees or awards to which it is subject. Each Receivable, together with the Contract related thereto, does not contravene any laws, rules or regulations applicable thereto (including, without limitation, laws, rules and regulations relating to truth in lending, fair credit billing, fair credit reporting, equal credit opportunity, fair debt collection practices and privacy), and no part of such Contract is in violation of any such law, rule or regulation. |
(q) | Compliance with Credit and Collection Policy. Seller has complied in all material respects with the Credit and Collection Policy with regard to each Receivable and the related Contract, and has not made any material change to such Credit and Collection Policy, except such material change as to which the Managing Agents have been notified in accordance with Section 7.1(a)(v). |
(r) | Payments to Originators. With respect to each Receivable transferred to Seller under any Receivables Sale Agreement, Seller has given reasonably equivalent value to the applicable Originator in consideration therefor and such transfer was not made for or on account of an antecedent debt. No transfer by any Originator of any Receivable under any Receivables Sale Agreement is voidable under any section of the Federal Bankruptcy Code. |
(s) | Enforceability of Contracts. 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). |
(t) | Eligible Receivables. Each Receivable included in the Net Receivables Balance as an Eligible Receivable on the date of its purchase or acquisition under, as applicable, any Receivables Sale Agreement was an Eligible Receivable on such purchase or acquisition date. |
(u) | Net Receivables Balance. Seller has determined that, immediately after giving effect to each purchase hereunder, the Net Receivables Balance is at least equal to 103% of the sum of (i) the Aggregate Capital, plus (ii) the Aggregate Reserves. |
(v) | Accounting. The manner in which Seller accounts for the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and each Receivables Sale Agreement is consistent with the true sale opinion rendered by Jones Day on the date hereof. |
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(w) | Other Representations. Each of the representations and warranties of each Originator under or in connection with any of the other Transaction Documents is true and correct on and as of the date when made under such Transaction Document. |
ARTICLE VI
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
Section 6.1 Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness. The effectiveness of this Agreement is subject to the conditions precedent that:
(a) | Documentation. The Agent shall have received each of the documents listed on Schedule B duly executed and delivered by each of the Persons named as parties thereto. |
(b) | Fees. The Agent and the Managing Agents shall have received all fees and expenses required to be paid on such date pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the Fee Letters. |
Section 6.2 Conditions Precedent to All Purchases and Reinvestments. Each Incremental Purchase and each Reinvestment shall be subject to the further conditions precedent that in the case of each such Incremental Purchase or Reinvestment: (a) the Servicer shall have delivered to the Agent on or prior to the date of such Incremental Purchase or Reinvestment, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, all Monthly Reports, Weekly Reports and Interim Monthly Reports as and when due under Section 8.5; (b) the Facility Termination Date shall not have occurred; (c) each Managing Agent shall have received such other approvals, opinions or documents as it may reasonably request and (d) on the date of each such Incremental Purchase or Reinvestment, the following statements shall be true (and acceptance of the proceeds of such Incremental Purchase or Reinvestment shall be deemed a representation and warranty by Seller that such statements are then true):
(i) | the representations and warranties set forth in Section 5.1 are true and correct on and as of the date of such Incremental Purchase or Reinvestment as though made on and as of such date; |
(ii) | no event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such Incremental Purchase or Reinvestment, that constitutes an Amortization Event or Potential Amortization Event; |
(iii) | the Aggregate Capital does not exceed the Purchase Limit, the aggregate Purchaser Interests do not exceed 97% and in the case of an Incremental Purchase, the related Purchase Price does not exceed the Commitment Availability immediately prior to giving effect to such purchase; |
(iv) | the final termination date under each Receivables Sale Agreement shall be a date not earlier than the Facility Termination Date then in effect; and |
(v) | if such Incremental Purchase or Reinvestment is funded by a Conduit, such Conduit shall be party to unexpired Liquidity Agreements with an aggregate commitment limit equal to at least 102% of the Group Purchase Limit with respect to such Conduit. |
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It is expressly understood that each Reinvestment shall, unless otherwise directed by the Agent or any Purchaser, occur automatically on each day that the Servicer shall receive any Collections without the requirement that any further action be taken on the part of any Person and notwithstanding the failure of Seller to satisfy any of the foregoing conditions precedent in respect of such Reinvestment. The failure of Seller to satisfy any of the foregoing conditions precedent in respect of any Reinvestment shall give rise to a right of the Agent or any Purchaser, which right may be exercised at any time on demand of the Agent or such Purchaser, to rescind the related purchase and direct Seller to pay to the Agent for the benefit of the Purchasers an amount equal to the Collections that shall have been applied to the affected Reinvestment.
ARTICLE VII
COVENANTS
Section 7.1 Affirmative Covenants of Seller. Until the date on which the Aggregate Unpaids have been indefeasibly paid in full and this Agreement terminates in accordance with its terms, Seller hereby covenants, as set forth below:
(a) | Financial Reporting. Seller will maintain, a system of accounting established and administered in accordance with GAAP, and furnish or cause to be furnished to the Agent: |
(i) | Annual Reporting. Within 90 days after the close of each of its respective fiscal years, unaudited financial statements (which shall include balance sheets, statements of income and retained earnings and a statement of cash flows) for such fiscal year certified in a manner acceptable to the Managing Agents by an Authorized Officer of Seller. |
(ii) | Quarterly Reporting. Within 50 days after the close of the first three (3) quarterly periods of each of its fiscal years, a balance sheet of Seller as at the close of each such period and a statement of income for the period from the beginning of such fiscal year to the end of such quarter, all certified by an Authorized Officer of Seller. |
(iii) | Compliance Certificates. Together with the financial statements required hereunder, a Compliance Certificate in substantially the form of Exhibit V signed by an Authorized Officer of Seller and accompanied by the Compliance Certificate and Offshore Base Rate Compliance Certificate required to be delivered by JDI at such time under the terms of the Receivables Sale Agreement to which JDI is party, each dated the date of such annual financial statement or such quarterly financial statement, as the case may be. |
(iv) | Copies of Notices. Promptly upon its receipt of any notice, request for consent, financial statements, certification, report or other communication of any type or kind under or in connection with any Transaction Document from any Person other than the Agent, any Managing Agent or any Conduit, copies of the same. |
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(v) | Change in Credit and Collection Policy. At least thirty (30) days prior to the effectiveness of any material change in or material amendment to the Credit and Collection Policy, a copy of the Credit and Collection Policy then in effect and a notice (A) indicating such change or amendment, and (B) if such proposed change or amendment would be reasonably likely to adversely affect the collectibility of the Receivables or decrease the credit quality of any newly created Receivables, requesting the Agents and the Required Financial Institutions consent thereto. |
(vi) | Other Information. Promptly, from time to time, such other information, documents, records or reports relating to the Receivables or the condition or operations, financial or otherwise, of Seller, any Originator or any Affiliate of any such Person as the Agent or any Managing Agent may from time to time reasonably request in order to protect the interests of the Agent, the Managing Agents and the Purchasers under or as contemplated by this Agreement. |
The Agent shall promptly forward to each Managing Agent any items it receives from the Seller or the Servicer pursuant to this Section 7.1(a).
(b) | Notices. Seller will notify the Agent in writing of any of the following promptly upon learning of the occurrence thereof, describing the same and, if applicable, the steps being taken with respect thereto: |
(i) | Amortization Events or Potential Amortization Events. The occurrence of each Amortization Event and each Potential Amortization Event, by a statement of an Authorized Officer of Seller. |
(ii) | Judgment and Proceedings. (1) The entry of any judgment or decree against Seller, (2) the entry of any judgment or decree against any Originator which is reasonably likely to create liability to such Person in excess of $10,000,000 in the aggregate for all such circumstances, (3) the institution of any litigation, arbitration proceeding or governmental proceeding against Seller or (4) the entry of any judgment or decree or the institution of any litigation, arbitration proceeding or governmental proceeding against Seller. |
(iii) | Material Adverse Effect. The occurrence of any event or condition that has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect. |
(iv) | Amortization Date. The occurrence of the Amortization Date under and as defined in any Receivables Sale Agreement. |
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(v) | Credit Agreement Amendments. Promptly following its receipt of the same, a copy of each amendment, waiver or other notice of any modification (a CA Amendment) to or in respect of the Credit Agreement or any material instrument, document or agreement executed in connection with the Credit Agreement. Seller shall cause JDI to furnish Seller, promptly following the execution thereof, a copy of each CA Amendment to which JDI is a party. |
The Agent shall promptly notify each Managing Agent any notice it receives from the Seller or the Servicer pursuant to this Section 7.1(b).
(c) | Compliance with Laws and Preservation of Corporate Existence. Seller will comply in all respects with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, orders, writs, judgments, injunctions, decrees or awards to which it is subject. Seller will preserve and maintain its corporate existence, rights, franchises and privileges in the jurisdiction of its incorporation, and qualify and remain qualified in good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction where its business is conducted. |
(d) | Audits. Seller will furnish to the Agent and each Managing Agent from time to time such information with respect to it and the Receivables as the Agent or any Managing Agent may reasonably request. Seller will, from time to time during regular business hours as requested by the Agent or any Managing Agent upon reasonable notice, permit the Agent and the Managing Agents, or their agents or representatives (and shall cause each Originator to permit the Agent, the Managing Agents or their agents or representatives), (i) to examine and make copies of and abstracts from all Records in the possession or under the control of such Person relating to the Receivables and the Related Security, including, without limitation, the related Contracts, and (ii) to visit the offices and properties of such Person for the purpose of examining such materials described in clause (i) above, and to discuss matters relating to such Persons financial condition or the Receivables and the Related Security or any Persons performance under any of the Transaction Documents or any Persons performance under the Contracts and, in each case, with any of the officers or employees of Seller or the Servicer having knowledge of such matters. The extent to which Seller shall be liable in respect of costs and expenses incurred by the Agent and the Managing Agents in connection with the activities contemplated in this Section 7.1(d) shall be set forth in Section 10.3(b) of this Agreement. |
(e) | Keeping and Marking of Records and Books. |
(i) | Seller, individually and in its capacity as the Servicer, will (and will cause each Originator to) maintain and implement |
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administrative and operating procedures (including, without limitation, an ability to recreate records evidencing Receivables in the event of the destruction of the originals thereof), and keep and maintain all documents, books, records and other information reasonably necessary or advisable for the collection of all Receivables (including, without limitation, records adequate to permit the timely identification of each new Receivable and all Collections of and adjustments to each existing Receivable). Seller will (and will cause each Originator to) give the Agent and each Managing Agent notice of any material change in the administrative and operating procedures referred to in the previous sentence. |
(ii) | Seller will (and will cause each Originator to) (A) on or prior to the date hereof, mark its master data processing records and other books and records relating to the Purchaser Interests with a legend, acceptable to the Agent, describing the Purchaser Interests and (B) upon the request of the Agent (x) at any time, following the occurrence of an Amortization Event, at which the Agent is considering the termination of Seller as Servicer, mark each Contract with a legend describing the Purchaser Interests and (y) after the termination of Seller as Servicer or any Originator as sub-Servicer, deliver to the Agent all Contracts (including, without limitation, all multiple originals of any such Contract) relating to the Receivables. |
(f) | Compliance with Contracts and Credit and Collection Policy. Seller, individually and in its capacity as Servicer, will (and will cause each Originator to) timely and fully (i) 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 (ii) comply in all material respects with the Credit and Collection Policy in regard to each Receivable and the related Contract. |
(g) | Performance and Enforcement of each Receivables Sale Agreement. Seller will, and will require each Originator to, perform each of their respective obligations and undertakings under and pursuant to each Receivables Sale Agreement, will purchase and acquire Receivables thereunder in strict compliance with the terms thereof and will, as vigorously as the Agent shall direct, enforce the rights and remedies accorded to Seller as against each Originator under each Receivables Sale Agreement. Seller will take all actions to perfect and enforce its rights and interests (and the rights and interests of the Agent, the Managing Agents and the Purchasers as assignees of Seller) under any Receivables Sale Agreement as the Agent may from time to time reasonably request, including, without limitation, making claims to which it may be entitled under any indemnity, reimbursement or similar provision contained in any Receivables Sale Agreement. |
(h) | Ownership. Seller will (or will cause the applicable Originator to) take all necessary action to |
(i) | Transfers to Seller. Vest irrevocably in Seller, free and clear of any Adverse Claim other than Adverse Claims in favor of the Agent and the Purchasers (and in the case of the Italian Receivables, Adverse Claims of BOEL in connection with the intermediate transfers thereof): |
(A) | In the case of all Receivables other than the Italian Receivables and the UK Receivables, all legal and equitable title to such Receivables, and the Related Security and the Collections with respect thereto; |
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(B) | In the case of all UK Receivables, all equitable title to such Receivables, and the Related Security and the Collections with respect thereto; and |
(C) | In the case of all Italian Receivables, all equitable title to such Receivables, and the Related Security and the Collections with respect thereto, and to vest irrevocably in BOEL immediately prior thereto all title to such Receivables, Related Security and Collections; |
(ii) | Transfers to the Agent and Purchasers. Establish and maintain, in favor of the Agent, for the benefit of the Purchasers, a valid and perfected first priority undivided percentage ownership interest (and/or a valid and perfected first priority security interest) in the interests of Seller described in Section 7.1(h)(i) above in all Receivables, Related Security and Collections to the full extent contemplated herein, free and clear of any Adverse Claims other than (A) Adverse Claims in favor of the Agent for the benefit of the Purchasers and (B) in the case of the Italian Receivables or the UK Receivables, legal title retained by BOEL or JD-UK, as applicable, subject to Section 7.1(h)(iii). |
(iii) | Transfers of Legal Title. To the extent not previously transferred, vest legal title to all Italian Receivables and UK Receivables, and the Related Security and the Collections with respect thereto, irrevocably in Seller and immediately thereafter irrevocably in the Agent for the benefit of the Purchaser or Purchasers, free and clear of any Adverse Claims, forthwith on the request of the Agent at any time following the making of a declaration under Section 9.2 or the occurrence of an Amortization Event of the type specified in Section 9.1(d). |
In furtherance of the foregoing, Seller will (or will cause the applicable Originator to) take such actions as the Agent may reasonably request to perfect, protect or more fully evidence the interests contemplated above, including, without limitation, the filing of all financing statements or other similar instruments or documents necessary under the UCC, English common law, the Italian Civil Code or any other applicable law of all appropriate jurisdictions and, following the making of a declaration under Section 9.2 or the occurrence of an Amortization Event of the type specified in Section 9.1(d), the giving of notice to Obligors.
(i) | Purchasers Reliance. Seller acknowledges that the Purchasers are entering into the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in reliance upon Sellers identity as a legal entity that is separate from each Originator and each Affiliate and Subsidiary thereof other than Seller (each of the foregoing an Originator Entity). Therefore, from and after the date of execution and delivery of this Agreement, Seller shall take all reasonable steps, including, without limitation, all steps that the Agent, any Managing Agent or any Purchaser may from time to time reasonably request, to maintain Sellers identity as a separate legal entity and to make it manifest to third parties that Seller is an entity with assets and liabilities distinct from those |
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of each Originator Entity and not just a division of an Originator Entity. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing and in addition to the other covenants set forth herein, Seller will: |
(A) | conduct its own business in its own name and require that all full time employees of Seller, if any, identify themselves as such and not as employees of any Originator Entity (including, without limitation, by means of providing appropriate employees with business or identification cards identifying such employees as Sellers employees); |
(B) | compensate all employees, consultants and agents (including audit and legal fees) directly, from Sellers own funds, for services provided to Seller by such employees, consultants and agents and, to the extent any employee, consultant or agent of Seller is also an employee, consultant or agent of any Originator Entity, allocate the compensation of such employee, consultant or agent between Seller and such Originator Entity on a basis that reflects the services rendered to Seller and such Originator Entity; |
(C) | clearly identify its offices (by signage or otherwise) as its offices and, if such office is located in the offices of any Originator Entity, Seller shall lease such office at a fair market rent; |
(D) | have a separate telephone number, which will be answered only in its name and separate stationery, invoices and checks in its own name; |
(E) | conduct all transactions with each Originator Entity (including, without limitation, any delegation of its obligations hereunder as Servicer) strictly on an arms length basis, allocate all overhead expenses (including, without limitation, telephone and other utility charges) for items shared between Seller and such Originator Entity on a basis reasonably related to actual use; |
(F) | at all times have a Board of Directors consisting of not fewer than three members, at least one member of which is an Independent Director; |
(G) | observe all corporate formalities as a distinct entity, and ensure that all corporate actions relating to (A) the selection, maintenance or replacement of the Independent Director, (B) the dissolution or liquidation of Seller or (C) the initiation of, participation in, acquiescence in or consent to any bankruptcy, insolvency, |
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reorganization or similar proceeding involving Seller, are duly authorized by unanimous vote of its Board of Directors (including the Independent Director); |
(H) | in addition to those books and records maintained as otherwise contemplated herein, maintain a set of Sellers books and records separate from those of each Originator Entity and otherwise readily identifiable as its own assets rather than assets of any Originator Entity; |
(I) | in addition to the preparation of its financial statements as otherwise contemplated herein, prepare for itself financial statements separately from those of each Originator Entity and insure that any consolidated financial statements of any Originator Entity that include Seller and that are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other governmental agency have notes clearly stating that Seller is a separate corporate entity and that its assets will be available first and foremost to satisfy the claims of the creditors of Seller; |
(J) | except as herein specifically otherwise provided, maintain the funds or other assets of Seller separate from, and not commingled with, those of any Originator Entity or any Affiliate thereof and only maintain bank accounts or other depository accounts to which Seller alone is the account party, into which Seller alone makes deposits and from which Seller alone (or the Agent hereunder) has the power to make withdrawals; |
(K) | pay all of Sellers operating expenses from Sellers own assets (except for certain payments by any Originator Entity or other Persons pursuant to allocation arrangements that comply with the requirements of this Section 7.1(i)); |
(L) | operate its business and activities such that: it does not engage in any business or activity of any kind, or enter into any transaction or indenture, mortgage, instrument, agreement, contract, lease or other undertaking, other than the transactions contemplated and authorized by the Transaction Documents; and does not create, incur, guarantee, assume or suffer to exist any indebtedness or other liabilities, whether direct or contingent, other than (1) as a result of the endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar transactions in the ordinary course of business, (2) the incurrence of obligations under this Agreement, (3) the incurrence of obligations, as expressly contemplated in any Receivable Sale Agreement, to make |
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payment to the applicable Originator or transferor thereunder for the purchase of Receivables from such Originator or transferor under such Receivables Sale Agreement, and (4) the incurrence of operating expenses in the ordinary course of business of the type otherwise contemplated by the Transaction Documents; |
(M) | maintain its corporate charter in conformity with this Agreement, such that it does not amend, restate, supplement or otherwise modify its Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws in any respect that would impair its ability to comply with the terms or provisions of any of the Transaction Documents, including, without limitation, Section 7.1(i) of this Agreement; |
(N) | maintain the effectiveness of, and continue to perform under each Receivables Sale Agreement and maintain the effectiveness of each Performance Undertaking, such that it does not amend, restate, supplement, cancel, terminate or otherwise modify any Receivables Sale Agreement or any Performance Undertaking, or give any consent, waiver, directive or approval thereunder or waive any default, action, omission or breach under any Receivables Sale Agreement or any Performance Undertaking or otherwise grant any indulgence thereunder, without (in each case) the prior written consent of the Agent and the Required Financial Institutions; |
(O) | maintain its corporate separateness such that it does not merge or consolidate with or into, or convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions, and except as otherwise contemplated herein) all or substantially all of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to, or acquire all or substantially all of the assets of, any Person, nor at any time create, have, acquire, maintain or hold any interest in any Subsidiary. |
(P) | maintain at all times the Minimum Net Worth and refrain from making any dividend, distribution, redemption of capital stock or payment of any subordinated indebtedness which would cause the Minimum Net Worth to cease to be so maintained; and |
(Q) | take such other actions as are necessary on its part to ensure that the facts and assumptions set forth in (i) the opinion letter issued by Jones Day, as counsel for Seller, in connection with the effectiveness of this |
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Agreement and relating to substantive consolidation issues and (ii) in the certificates accompanying such opinion letter, remain true and correct in all material respects at all times. |
(j) | Collections. |
(i) | In General. Seller, individually and in its capacity as Servicer, will cause (1) all proceeds from all Lock-Boxes to be directly deposited by a Collection Bank into a Collection Account and (2) each Lock-Box and Collection Account to be subject at all times to a Collection Account Agreement that is in full force and effect. Seller, in its capacity as Servicer, will satisfy and duly perform all conditions and requirements set forth in Section 8.2. In the event any payments relating to Receivables are remitted directly to Seller or any Affiliate of Seller, Seller will remit (or will cause all such payments to be remitted) directly to a Collection Bank and deposited into a Collection Account within two (2) Business Days following receipt thereof, and, at all times prior to such remittance, Seller will itself hold or, if applicable, will cause such payments to be held in trust for the exclusive benefit of the Agent, the Managing Agents and the Purchasers. Seller will maintain exclusive ownership, dominion and control (subject to the terms of this Agreement) of each Lock-Box and Collection Account and shall not grant the right to take dominion and control of any Lock-Box or Collection Account at a future time or upon the occurrence of a future event to any Person, except to the Agent as contemplated by this Agreement. |
(ii) | Italian P.O. Account. Notwithstanding Section 7.1(j)(i), Seller shall not be required to cause the Italian P.O. Account to become subject to a Collection Account Agreement at any time; provided that: |
(A) | Seller shall, not less frequently that once each week, cause all funds then available in the Italian P.O. Account to be remitted to a Collection Account that is not then a Designated Collection Account, with the effect that at the close of business on the date of such remittance each week no cash Collections shall remain in the Italian P.O. Account; |
(B) | If, during any month, the aggregate Collections remitted to the Italian P.O. Account shall exceed an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the aggregate Collections on Italian Receivables during such month, Seller shall thereafter cause all funds available in the Italian P.O. Account to be remitted to a Collection Account on a daily basis, with the effect that at the close of business on each Business Day no cash Collections shall remain in the Italian P.O. Account; and |
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(C) | If, during any month, the aggregate Collections remitted to the Italian P.O. Account shall exceed an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the aggregate Collections on Italian Receivables during such month, an LP Increase Event shall be deemed to have occurred. |
(k) | Taxes. Seller will file all tax returns and reports required by law to be filed by it and will promptly pay all taxes and governmental charges at any time owing, except those which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, provided that adequate reserves for such contested taxes have been established in accordance with GAAP and the relevant governmental authority shall not have commenced any enforcement proceedings seeking recourse against any assets of Seller in respect of such contested taxes. Seller will pay when due any taxes payable in connection with the Receivables, exclusive of taxes on or measured by income or gross receipts of the Conduits, the Agent, the Managing Agents or any Financial Institution. |
(l) | Insurance. Seller will maintain in effect, or cause to be maintained in effect, at Sellers own expense, such casualty and liability insurance as Seller shall deem appropriate in its good faith business judgment. The Agent, for the benefit of the Purchasers, shall be named as an additional insured with respect to all such liability insurance maintained by Seller. Seller will pay or cause to be paid, the premiums therefor and deliver to the Agent evidence satisfactory to the Agent of such insurance coverage. Copies of the insurance certificates for any such policies shall be furnished to the Agent and any Purchaser upon the Agents or such Purchasers request. The foregoing requirements shall not be construed to negate, reduce or modify, and are in addition to, Sellers obligations hereunder. |
(m) | Payment to Originators and Transferors. With respect to any Receivable purchased by Seller from any Originator, such sale or acquisition shall be effected under, and in strict compliance with the terms of, the relevant Receivables Sale Agreement including, without limitation, the terms relating to the amount and timing of payments to be made to the applicable Originator in respect of the purchase price for such Receivable. |
Section 7.2 Negative Covenants of the Seller. Until the date on which the Aggregate Unpaids have been indefeasibly paid in full and this Agreement terminates in accordance with its terms, the Seller hereby covenants, that:
(a) | Name Change, Offices and Records. Seller will not make any changes to its name (within the meaning of Section 9-507(c) of any applicable enactment of the UCC), identity or jurisdiction of organization, unless (i) at least forty-five (45) days prior to the effective date of any such change, Seller provides written notice thereof to the Agent, (ii) at least ten (10) days prior to such effective date, Seller delivers to the Agent such financing statements (Forms UCC-1 and UCC-3), which the Agent or any Purchaser may reasonably request in connection therewith without the signature of the Seller (unless (a) required under applicable law and (b) requested by the Agent or any Purchaser), (iii) at least ten (10) days prior to such effective date, Seller has taken all other steps to ensure that the Agent, for the benefit of itself and the Purchasers, continues to have a first priority |
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perfected ownership interest in the Receivables, the Related Security related thereto and any Collections thereon and (iv) in the case of any change in its jurisdiction of organization, if requested by the Agent or any Managing Agent, such Person shall have received, prior to such change, an opinion of counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Person, as to such incorporation and Sellers valid existences and good standing and the perfection and preservation of priority of the Agents ownership or security interest in, the Receivables, the Related Security and Collections.
(b) | Change in Payment Instructions to Obligors. Except as may be required by the Agent pursuant to Section 8.2(b), Seller will not add or terminate any bank as a Collection Bank, or make any change in the instructions to Obligors regarding payments to be made to any Lock-Box or Collection Account, unless the Agent shall have received, at least ten (10) days before the proposed effective date therefor, (i) written notice of such addition, termination or change and (ii) with respect to the addition of a Collection Bank or a Collection Account or Lock-Box, an executed Collection Account Agreement with respect to the new Collection Account or Lock-Box; provided, however, that the Servicer may make changes in instructions to Obligors regarding payments if such new instructions require such Obligor to make payments to another existing Collection Account. |
(c) | Modifications to Contracts and Credit and Collection Policy. Seller will not, and will not permit any Originator to, make any change to the Credit and Collection Policy that could adversely affect the collectibility of the Receivables or decrease the credit quality of any newly created Receivables. Except as provided in Section 8.2(c), the Servicer will not, and will not permit any Originator to, extend, amend or otherwise modify the terms of any Receivable or any Contract related thereto other than in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy. |
(d) | Sales, Liens. Seller will not sell, assign (by operation of law or otherwise) or otherwise dispose of, or grant any option with respect to, or create or suffer to exist any Adverse Claim upon (including, without limitation, the filing of any financing statement) or with respect to, any Receivable, Related Security or Collections, or upon or with respect to any Contract under which any Receivable arises, or any Lock-Box or Collection Account, or assign any right to receive income with respect thereto (other than, in each case, the creation of the interests therein in favor of the Agent for the benefit of the Purchasers provided for herein), and Seller will defend the right, title and interest of the Agent and the Purchasers in, to and under any of the foregoing property, against all claims of third parties claiming through or under Seller or any Originator. Seller shall not create or suffer to exist any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien, charge or other similar arrangement on any of its inventory, the sale, financing or lease of which gives rise to any Receivable. |
(e) | Net Receivables Balance. At no time prior to the Amortization Date shall Seller permit the Net Receivables Balance to be less than an amount equal to 103% of the sum of (i) the Aggregate Capital plus (ii) the Aggregate Reserves. |
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(f) | Receivables Sale Agreement Amortization Date Determination. Seller will not designate the Amortization Date (as defined in each Receivables Sale Agreement) under any Receivables Sale Agreement, or send any written notice to any Originator in respect thereof, without the prior written consent of the Agent and the Required Financial Institutions, except with respect to the occurrence of such Amortization Date arising pursuant to Section 5.1(d) of any Receivables Sale Agreement. |
(g) | Restricted Junior Payments. From and after the occurrence of any Amortization Event, Seller will not make any Restricted Junior Payment if, after giving effect thereto, Seller would fail to meet its obligations set forth in Section 7.2(e). Seller will not make any Restricted Junior Payment if such payment would cause an Amortization Event or a Potential Amortization Event to occur or exist. |
(h) | Consolidations and Mergers. Seller shall not merge, consolidate with or into, or convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired), to or in favor of any Person, except as contemplated hereunder. |
ARTICLE VIII
ADMINISTRATION AND COLLECTION
Section 8.1 Designation of Servicer.
(a) | The servicing, administration and collection of the Receivables shall be conducted by such Person (the Servicer) so designated from time to time in accordance with this Section 8.1. Seller is hereby designated as, and hereby agrees to perform the duties and obligations of, the Servicer pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. The Agent and the Required Financial Institutions may, at any time following an Amortization Event, designate as Servicer any Person to succeed Seller or any successor Servicer. |
(b) | Seller may delegate, and Seller hereby advises the Purchasers, each of the Managing Agents and the Agent that it has delegated, to each of the Originators, as sub-Servicers of the Servicer, certain of its duties and responsibilities as Servicer hereunder in respect of the Receivables originated by such Originator. Without the prior written consent of the Agent and the Required Financial Institutions, Seller shall not be permitted to further delegate any of its duties or responsibilities as Servicer to any Person other than, with respect to certain Charged-Off Receivables, outside collection agencies in accordance with its customary practices. If at any time the Agent and the Required Financial Institutions shall designate as Servicer any Person or Persons other than Seller, all duties and responsibilities theretofore delegated by Seller to any sub-Servicer (whether an Originator or any other Person) may, at the discretion of the Agent and the Required Financial Institutions, be terminated forthwith on notice given by the Agent and the Required Financial Institutions to Seller. |
(c) | Notwithstanding the foregoing subsection (b), (i) Seller shall be and remain primarily liable to the Managing Agents, the Agent and the Purchasers for the full and prompt performance of all duties and responsibilities of the Servicer hereunder and (ii) the Managing Agents, the Agent and the Purchasers shall be entitled to deal exclusively with Seller in matters relating |
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to the discharge by the Servicer of its duties and responsibilities hereunder. The Managing Agents, the Agent and the Purchasers shall not be required to give notice, demand or other communication to any Person other than Seller in order for communication to the Servicer and its sub-Servicers or other delegates with respect thereto to be accomplished. Seller, at all times that it is the Servicer, shall be responsible for providing any sub-Servicer or other delegate of the Servicer with any notice given to the Servicer under this Agreement. |
Section 8.2 Duties of Servicer. The Servicer shall take or cause to be taken all such actions as may be necessary or advisable to collect each Receivable from time to time, all in accordance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, with reasonable care and diligence, and in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy.
(a) | The Servicer will instruct all Obligors to pay all Collections directly to a Lock-Box or Collection Account. The Servicer shall (i) except as otherwise contemplated in Section 7.1(j), maintain in full force and effect at all times during the term of this Agreement a Collection Account Agreement with each Collection Bank, and (ii) in the case of any Designated Collection Account or the Italian P.O. Account, cause to be observed all procedures for the handling of Designated Collection Accounts and the Italian P.O. Account required under Section 7.1(j) hereof. In the case of any remittances received in any Lock-Box or Collection Account that shall have been identified, to the satisfaction of the Servicer, to not constitute Collections or other proceeds of the Receivables or the Related Security, the Servicer shall promptly remit such items to the Person identified to it as being the owner of such remittances. From and after the date the Agent delivers to any Collection Bank a Collection Notice pursuant to Section 8.3, the Agent may request that the Servicer, and the Servicer thereupon promptly shall instruct all Obligors with respect to the Receivables, to remit all payments thereon to a new depositary account specified by the Agent and, at all times thereafter, Seller and the Servicer shall not deposit or otherwise credit, and shall not permit any other Person to deposit or otherwise credit to such new depositary account any cash or payment item other than Collections. The Agent shall provide Seller a copy of each Collection Notice at the time of, or promptly following, delivery of the same to a Collection Bank, provided, however that any failure to provide such copy shall not affect the validity or effectiveness of the Collection Notice. |
(b) | The Servicer shall administer the Collections in accordance with the procedures described herein and in Article II. The Servicer shall set aside and hold in trust for the account of Seller and the Purchasers their respective shares of the Collections in accordance with Article II. The Servicer shall, upon the request of the Agent, segregate, in a manner acceptable to the Agent, all cash, checks and other instruments received by it from time to time constituting Collections from the general funds of the Servicer or Seller prior to the remittance thereof in accordance with Article II. If the Servicer shall be required to segregate Collections pursuant to the preceding sentence, the Servicer shall segregate and deposit with a bank designated by the Agent such allocable share of Collections of Receivables set aside for the Purchasers on the first Business Day following receipt by the Servicer of such Collections, duly endorsed or with duly executed instruments of transfer. |
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(c) | The Servicer may, in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy, extend the maturity of any Receivable or adjust the Outstanding Balance of any Receivable as the Servicer determines to be appropriate to maximize Collections thereof; provided, however, that such extension or adjustment shall not alter the status of such Receivable as a Defaulted Receivable or Charged-Off Receivable or limit the rights of the Managing Agents, the Agent or the Purchasers under this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Amortization Event, the Agent, at the direction of the Required Financial Institutions, shall have the absolute and unlimited right to direct the Servicer to commence or settle any legal action with respect to any Receivable or to foreclose upon or repossess any Related Security. |
(d) | The Servicer shall hold in trust for Seller and the Purchasers all Records that (i) evidence or relate to the Receivables, the related Contracts and Related Security or (ii) are otherwise necessary or desirable to collect the Receivables and shall, as soon as practicable upon demand of the Agent, deliver or make available to the Agent copies of all such Records at Servicers office, packaged in a form capable of being removed with dispatch from such office. During the continuance of an Amortization Event, as soon as practicable upon demand of the Agent, the Servicer shall deliver or make available to the Agent the originals of all Contracts related to the Receivables at Servicers office, packaged in a form capable of being removed with dispatch from such office. The Servicer shall, as soon as practicable following receipt thereof turn over to Seller any cash collections or other cash proceeds received with respect to any obligations owing to Seller or any Originator which obligations do no constitute Receivables. The Servicer shall, from time to time at the request of any Purchaser, furnish to the Purchasers (promptly after any such request) a calculation of the amounts set aside for the Purchasers pursuant to Article II. |
(e) | Any payment by an Obligor in respect of any indebtedness owed by it to any Originator or Seller shall, except as otherwise specified by such Obligor or otherwise required by contract or law and unless otherwise instructed by the Agent, be applied as a Collection of any Receivable of such Obligor (starting with the oldest such Receivable) to the extent of any amounts then due and payable thereunder before being applied to any other receivable or other obligation of such Obligor. |
Section 8.3 Collection Notices. The Agent is authorized at any time following (i) three Business Days notice to the Seller (a CN Advice) or (ii) the occurrence and during the continuance of an Amortization Event, to date and to deliver to the Collection Banks the Collection Notices. The Agent shall, in any CN Advice, identify the circumstance that shall have precipitated or resulted in its election to date and deliver the Collection Notices so as to provide the Seller an opportunity to submit any mitigating information (it being understood that the election to date and deliver any Collection Notice, following due consideration of any mitigating information timely provided, shall be in the sole and absolute discretion of the Agent). Seller hereby transfers to the Agent for the benefit of the Purchasers, effective when the Agent delivers such notice, the exclusive ownership and control of each Lock-Box and
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the Collection Accounts. In case any authorized signatory of Seller whose signature appears on a Collection Account Agreement shall cease to have such authority before the delivery of such notice, such Collection Notice shall nevertheless be valid as if such authority had remained in force. Seller hereby authorizes the Agent, and agrees that the Agent shall be entitled to (i) endorse Sellers name on checks and other instruments representing Collections, (ii) enforce the Receivables, the related Contracts and the Related Security and (iii) take such action as shall be necessary or desirable to cause all cash, checks and other instruments constituting Collections of Receivables to come into the possession of the Agent rather than Seller. The Agent shall provide Seller a copy of each Collection Notice at the time of, or promptly following, delivery of the same to a Collection Bank, provided, however that any failure to provide such copy shall not affect the validity or effectiveness of the Collection Notice. The Seller and the Servicer shall ensure that by not later than April 15, 2006, each and every Collection Account, wheresoever located, including, without limitation, each bank account, concentration account, depositary account or similar account in the United States or in any other jurisdiction to which Collections in respect of the Receivables originated by JD-Italy and JD-UK are then being remitted, are and shall at all times thereafter remain titled in the name of the Seller.
Section 8.4 Responsibilities of Seller. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the exercise by the Agent, the Managing Agents and the Purchasers of their rights hereunder shall not release the Servicer, any Originator or Seller from any of their duties or obligations with respect to any Receivables or under the related Contracts. The Purchasers shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any Receivables or related Contracts, nor shall any of them be obligated to perform the obligations of Seller.
Section 8.5 Collateral Reports. The Servicer shall prepare and forward to the Agent: (i) on the nineteenth (19th) day of each month, or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, a Monthly Report in respect of the fiscal month of the Originators then most recently ended, (ii) on each Weekly Reporting Date, a Weekly Report in respect of the Weekly Period then most recently ended, (iii) at such times as any Managing Agent shall reasonably request, an Interim Monthly Report, and (iv) at such times as any Managing Agent shall reasonably request, a listing by Obligor of all Receivables together with an aging of such Receivables. The Servicer shall provide, with each such report a summary of all Hedging Arrangements then in effect, in such reasonable detail as shall be satisfactory to the Managing Agents. The Agent shall promptly forward to each Managing Agent each Weekly Report, Monthly Report and Interim Monthly Report it receives from the Servicer pursuant to this Section 8.5.
Section 8.6 Servicing Fees. In consideration of Sellers agreement to act as Servicer hereunder, the Purchasers hereby agree that, so long as Seller shall continue to perform as Servicer hereunder, Seller or the sub-Servicers shall be permitted to retain out of the Collections received during any Reporting Period, and to the extent of available funds as determined in accordance with Section 2.4, a fee (the Servicing Fee) on each Scheduled Settlement Date, in arrears for the immediately preceding Reporting Period (or portion thereof), equal to 0.22% per annum of the average Outstanding Balance of the Receivables during such Reporting Period (or portion thereof), as compensation for its servicing activities hereunder.
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ARTICLE IX
AMORTIZATION EVENTS
Section 9.1 Amortization Events. The occurrence of any one or more of the following events shall constitute an Amortization Event:
(a) | Any Seller Party shall fail (i) to make any payment or deposit required hereunder or under any other Transaction Document when due, or (ii) to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement hereunder (other than as referred to in clause (i) of this subsection (a) and Section 2.6 of this Agreement) and such failure shall continue for five (5) consecutive Business Days. |
(b) | Any representation, warranty, certification or statement made by any Seller Party in this Agreement, any other Transaction Document or in any other document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a breach of any representation or warranty which relates solely to the eligibility or characteristics of any Receivable shall not constitute an Amortization Event so long as Seller remains in compliance with Section 2.6. |
(c) | Failure of Seller to pay any Indebtedness when due; or the default by Seller in the performance of any term, provision or condition contained in any agreement under which any such Indebtedness was created or is governed, the effect of which is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness to cause, such Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity; or any such Indebtedness of Seller shall be declared to be due and payable or required to be prepaid (other than by a regularly scheduled payment) prior to the date of maturity thereof. |
(d) | (i) Any of Seller or any 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 (ii) any proceeding shall be instituted by or against any of Seller or any Originator seeking to adjudicate it bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking liquidation, winding up, reorganization, 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 or other similar official for it or any substantial part of its property; provided, that in the case of an involuntary proceeding instituted against any such Person, the Amortization Date shall not occur or be declared by reason of such event unless such proceeding remains undismissed for a period of 30 days after such proceeding is instituted or the affected Person at any time takes any action to consent to or acquiescence in the continuance of such proceeding; provided further that during such period, an Amortization Event shall exist and be continuing for purposes of Section 6.2 and otherwise hereunder; or (iii) any of Seller or any Originator shall take any corporate action to authorize any of the actions set forth in clauses (i) or (ii) above in this subsection (d). |
(e) | Seller shall fail to comply with the terms of Section 2.6 hereof. |
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(f) | As at the end of any Reporting Period, any of the following shall occur, in each case as determined on the basis of the average of the applicable ratio for the last day of each of the three Reporting Periods then most recently ended: |
(i) | the Delinquency Ratio shall exceed 14.0%, or |
(ii) | the Loss-to-Liquidation Ratio shall exceed 9.0%, or |
(iii) | the Dilution Ratio shall exceed 5.0%. |
(g) | A Change of Control shall occur. |
(h) | One or more final judgments for the payment of money shall be entered against Seller. |
(i) | Any of the following shall occur: (i) any Amortization Event under and as defined in any Receivables Sale Agreement shall occur; (ii) the Amortization Date under and as defined in any Receivables Sale Agreement shall occur; or (iii) any Originator shall for any reason cease to transfer, or cease to have the legal capacity to transfer, or shall otherwise be incapable of transferring, Receivables to Seller under the Receivables Sale Agreement to which it is named as party. |
(j) | This Agreement shall terminate in whole or in part (except in accordance with its terms), or shall cease to be effective or to be the legally valid, binding and enforceable obligation of Seller, or a material number of Obligors shall directly or indirectly contest in any manner such effectiveness, validity, binding nature or enforceability, or the Agent for the benefit of the Purchasers shall cease to have a valid and perfected first priority security interest in the Receivables, the Related Security and the Collections with respect thereto and the Collection Accounts. |
(k) | JDI shall fail to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement required to be performed by it under any Performance Undertaking, or any Performance Undertaking shall cease to be effective or to be the legally valid, binding and enforceable obligation of JDI, or JDI shall directly or indirectly contest in any manner such effectiveness, validity, binding nature or enforceability. |
(l) | JDI shall at any time fail to perform or observe any of the terms or provisions set forth in Article V (Financial Covenants) of the Credit Agreement as in effect from time to time; provided, that, for solely purposes of this Section 9.1(l) no amendment, modification or waiver after the date hereof of any term or provision set forth in Article V (Financial Covenants) (or any defined term used therein) of the Credit Agreement shall be effective for purposes of this Section 9.1(l) without the consent of the Agent and the Required Financial Institutions. |
(m) | Seller shall fail to maintain in full force and effect any Hedging Arrangement required under Section 1.5. |
Section 9.2 Remedies. Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Amortization Event, the Agent may, or upon the direction of the Required Financial Institutions shall, take any of the following actions: (i) replace the Person then acting as
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Servicer or direct the Servicer to replace any Person acting as sub-Servicer, (ii) declare the Amortization Date to have occurred, whereupon the Amortization Date shall forthwith occur, without demand, protest or further notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by Seller; provided, however, that upon the occurrence of an Amortization Event described in Section 9.1(d)(ii) (except as contemplated in the proviso thereto), or of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to Seller or any Originator under the Federal Bankruptcy Code, the Amortization Date shall automatically occur, without demand, protest or any notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by Seller, (iii) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, declare that the Default Fee shall accrue with respect to any of the Aggregate Unpaids outstanding at such time, (iv) deliver the Collection Notices to the Collection Banks, and (v) notify Obligors of the Purchasers interest in the Receivables. The aforementioned rights and remedies shall be without limitation, and shall be in addition to all other rights and remedies of the Agent, the Managing Agents and the Purchasers otherwise available under any other provision of this Agreement, by operation of law, at equity or otherwise, all of which are hereby expressly preserved, including, without limitation, all rights and remedies provided under the UCC, all of which rights shall be cumulative.
ARTICLE X
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 10.1 Indemnities by the Seller. Without limiting any other rights that the Agent, the Managing Agents or any Purchaser may have hereunder or under applicable law, Seller hereby agrees to indemnify (and pay upon demand to) the Agent, each Managing Agent and each Purchaser and their respective assigns, officers, directors, agents and employees (each an Indemnified Party) from and against any and all damages, losses, claims, taxes, liabilities, out-of-pocket costs, expenses and for all other amounts payable, including reasonable attorneys fees (which attorneys may be employees of the Agent, such Managing Agent or such Purchaser) and disbursements (all of the foregoing being collectively referred to as Indemnified Amounts) awarded against or incurred by any of them arising out of or as a result of this Agreement or the acquisition, either directly or indirectly, by a Purchaser of an interest in the Receivables, excluding, however, in all of the foregoing instances:
(w) | Indemnified Amounts to the extent a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction holds that such Indemnified Amounts resulted from gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Indemnified Party seeking indemnification; |
(z) | Indemnified Amounts to the extent the same includes losses in respect of Receivables that are uncollectible on account of the insolvency, bankruptcy or lack of creditworthiness of the related Obligor; |
(y) | taxes imposed by the jurisdiction in which such Indemnified Partys principal executive office is located, on or measured by the overall net income of such Indemnified Party to the extent that the computation of such taxes is consistent with the characterization for income tax purposes of the acquisition by the Purchasers of Purchaser Interests as a loan or loans by the Purchasers to Seller secured by the Receivables, the Related Security, the Collection Accounts and the Collections; or |
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(z) | any Broken Funding Costs or Indemnified Amounts claimed by any Defaulting Financial Institution arising by reason of such Defaulting Financial Institutions default hereunder; |
provided, however, that nothing contained in this sentence shall limit the liability of Seller or limit the recourse of the Purchasers to Seller for amounts otherwise specifically provided to be paid by Seller in any provision of this Agreement other than this Section 10.1. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing indemnification, Seller shall indemnify the Agent, the Managing Agents and the Purchasers for Indemnified Amounts (including, without limitation, losses in respect of uncollectible receivables, regardless of whether reimbursement therefor would constitute recourse to Seller) resulting from:
(i) | any representation or warranty made by Seller, the Servicer or any Originator (or any officers of any such Person) under or in connection with this Agreement, any other Transaction Document or any other information or report delivered by any such Person pursuant hereto or thereto, which shall have been false or incorrect when made or deemed made; |
(ii) | the failure by Seller, the Servicer or any Originator to comply with any applicable law, rule or regulation with respect to any Receivable or Contract related thereto, or the nonconformity of any Receivable or Contract included therein with any such applicable law, rule or regulation or any failure of any Originator or Seller to keep or perform any of its obligations, express or implied, with respect to any Contract or the failure of Seller or Servicer to comply with the Credit and Collection Policy in regard to any Receivable or the related Contract; |
(iii) | any failure of Seller, the Servicer or any Originator to perform its duties, covenants or other obligations in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document; |
(iv) | any products liability, personal injury or damage suit, or other similar claim arising out of or in connection with merchandise, insurance or services that are the subject of any Contract or any Receivable; |
(v) | any dispute, claim, offset or defense (other than discharge in bankruptcy of the Obligor) of the Obligor to the payment of any Receivable (including, without limitation, 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 merchandise or service related to such Receivable or the furnishing or failure to furnish such merchandise or services; |
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(vi) | the commingling of Collections of Receivables at any time with other funds; |
(vii) | any investigation, litigation or proceeding related to or arising from this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, the transactions contemplated hereby, the use of the proceeds of an Incremental Purchase or a Reinvestment, the ownership of the Purchaser Interests or any other investigation, litigation or proceeding relating to Seller, the Servicer or any Originator in which any Indemnified Party becomes involved as a result of any of the transactions contemplated hereby; |
(viii) | any inability to litigate any claim against any Obligor in respect of any Receivable as a result of such Obligor being immune from civil and commercial law and suit on the grounds of sovereignty or otherwise from any legal action, suit or proceeding; |
(ix) | any Amortization Event described in Section 9.1(d); |
(x) | any failure of Seller to acquire and maintain legal and equitable title to, and ownership of any Receivable and the Related Security and Collections with respect thereto from each Originator, free and clear of any Adverse Claim (except as created by the Transaction Documents in favor of the Agent and the Purchasers); or any failure of Seller to give reasonably equivalent value to each Originator under the relevant Receivables Sale Agreement in consideration of the transfer by such Originator of any Receivable, or any attempt by any Person to void such transfer under statutory provisions or common law or equitable action; |
(xi) | any failure to vest and maintain vested in the Agent for the benefit of the Purchasers, or to transfer to the Agent for the benefit of the Purchasers, legal and equitable title to, and ownership of, a first priority perfected undivided percentage ownership interest (to the extent of the Purchaser Interests contemplated hereunder) or security interest in the Receivables, the Related Security and the Collections, free and clear of any Adverse Claim (except as created by the Transaction Documents in favor of the Agent and the Purchasers); |
(xii) | any action or omission by Seller, Servicer or any Originator which reduces or impairs the rights of the Agent, the Managing Agents or the Purchasers with respect to any Receivable or the value of any such Receivable; |
(xiii) | any attempt by any Person to void any Incremental Purchase or Reinvestment hereunder under statutory provisions or common law or equitable action; |
(xiv) | the failure of any Receivable included in the calculation of the Net Receivables Balance as an Eligible Receivable to be an Eligible Receivable at the time so included; |
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(xv) | any stamp duty, sales, excise, registration and other taxes (including any penalties, additions, fines, surcharges or interest relating thereto); provided that with respect to stamp duty arising at any time, demand for indemnification under this Section 10.1 may be made only following the declaration or automatic occurrence of the Amortization Date in accordance with Section 9.2(ii); and |
(xvi) | any failure to vest and maintain vested in the Agent for the benefit of the Purchasers, dominion and control, and a first priority perfected security interest, in any Collection Account, including, without limitation, any Designated Collection Account. |
Any claim made by any Indemnified Party under this Section 10.1 shall be made in a written notice to Seller, which notice shall set forth in reasonable detail a description of the basis for such claim.
Section 10.2 Indemnities by the Servicer. Without limiting any other rights that the Agent, the Managing Agents or any Purchaser may have hereunder or under applicable law, the Servicer hereby agrees to indemnify (and pay upon demand to) each Indemnified Party for Indemnified Amounts awarded against or incurred by any of them arising out of the Servicers activities as Servicer hereunder excluding, however, in all of the foregoing instances:
(w) | Indemnified Amounts to the extent a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction holds that such Indemnified Amounts resulted from gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Indemnified Party seeking indemnification; |
(z) | Indemnified Amounts to the extent the same includes losses in respect of Receivables that are uncollectible on account of the insolvency, bankruptcy or lack of creditworthiness of the related Obligor; |
(y) | taxes imposed by the jurisdiction in which such Indemnified Partys principal executive office is located, on or measured by the overall net income of such Indemnified Party to the extent that the computation of such taxes is consistent with the characterization for income tax purposes of the acquisition by the Purchasers of Purchaser Interests as a loan or loans by the Purchasers to Seller secured by the Receivables, the Related Security, the Collection Accounts and the Collections; or |
(z) | any Broken Funding Costs or Indemnified Amounts claimed by any Defaulting Financial Institution arising by reason of such Defaulting Financial Institutions default hereunder; |
provided, however, that nothing contained in this sentence shall limit the liability of Servicer or limit the recourse of the Purchasers to Servicer for amounts otherwise specifically provided to be paid by Servicer in any provision of this Agreement other than this Section 10.2. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing indemnification, Servicer shall indemnify the Agent, the Managing Agents and the Purchasers for Indemnified Amounts (including, without limitation, losses in respect of uncollectible receivables, regardless of whether reimbursement therefor would constitute recourse to Servicer) resulting from:
(i) | any representation or warranty made by the Servicer (or any officers of any the Servicer) under or in connection with this Agreement, any other Transaction Document or any other information or report delivered by any the Servicer pursuant hereto or thereto, which shall have been false or incorrect when made or deemed made; |
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(ii) | the failure by the Servicer to comply with any applicable law, rule or regulation with respect to any Receivable or Contract related thereto, or the nonconformity of any Receivable or Contract included therein with any such applicable law, rule or regulation or the failure of Servicer to comply with the Credit and Collection Policy in regard to any Receivable or the related Contract; |
(iii) | any failure of the Servicer to perform its duties, covenants or other obligations in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document; |
(iv) | the commingling of Collections of Receivables at any time with other funds; |
(v) | any investigation, litigation or proceeding related to or arising from this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or any other investigation, litigation or proceeding relating to Servicer in which any Indemnified Party becomes involved as a result of any of the transactions contemplated hereby; |
(vi) | any Amortization Event described in Section 9.1(d); |
(vii) | any action or omission by Servicer which reduces or impairs the rights of the Agent, the Managing Agents or the Purchasers with respect to any Receivable or the value of any such Receivable; |
(viii) | the failure of any Receivable included in the calculation of the Net Receivables Balance as an Eligible Receivable to be an Eligible Receivable at the time so included; and |
(ix) | any stamp duty, sales, excise, registration and other taxes (including any penalties, additions, fines, surcharges or interest relating thereto); provided that with respect to stamp duty arising at any time, demand for indemnification under this Section 10.2 may be made only following the declaration or automatic occurrence of the Amortization Date in accordance with Section 9.2(ii). |
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Any claim made by any Indemnified Party under this Section 10.2 shall be made in a written notice to Servicer, which notice shall set forth in reasonable detail a description of the basis for such claim.
Section 10.3 Increased Cost and Reduced Return. If after the date hereof, any Funding Source shall be charged any fee, expense or increased cost on account of the adoption of any applicable law, rule or regulation (including any applicable law, rule or regulation regarding capital adequacy), any accounting principles or any change in any of the foregoing, or any change in the interpretation or administration thereof by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), any governmental authority, any central bank or any comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance with any request or directive having the force of law of any such authority or agency (a Regulatory Change): (i) that subjects any Funding Source to any charge or withholding on or with respect to any Funding Agreement or a Funding Sources obligations under a Funding Agreement, or on or with respect to the Receivables, or changes the basis of taxation of payments to any Funding Source of any amounts payable under any Funding Agreement (except for changes in the rate of tax on the overall net income of a Funding Source or taxes excluded by Section 10.1 and Section 10.2) or (ii) that imposes, modifies or deems applicable any reserve, assessment, insurance charge, special deposit or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of a Funding Source, or credit extended by a Funding Source pursuant to a Funding Agreement or (iii) that imposes any other condition the result of which is to increase the cost to a Funding Source of performing its obligations under a Funding Agreement, or to reduce the rate of return on a Funding Sources capital as a consequence of its obligations under a Funding Agreement, or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by a Funding Source under a Funding Agreement or to require any payment calculated by reference to the amount of interests or loans held or interest received by it, then, upon demand by the applicable Managing Agent, Seller shall pay to the applicable Managing Agent, for the benefit of the relevant Funding Source, such amounts charged to such Funding Source or such amounts reasonably calculated to otherwise compensate such Funding Source for such increased cost or such reduction. For the avoidance of doubt, if the issuance of FASB Interpretation No. 46, or any other change in accounting standards or the issuance of any other pronouncement, release or interpretation, causes or requires the consolidation of all or a portion of the assets and liabilities of a Conduit or Seller with the assets and liabilities of a Managing Agent, any Financial Institution or any other Funding Source resulting in increased costs or increased capital requirements, such event shall constitute a circumstance on which such Funding Source may base a claim for reimbursement under this Section.
Section 10.4 Other Costs and Expenses.
(a) | Seller shall pay to the Agent, the Managing Agents and the Conduits on demand all costs and out-of-pocket expenses in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby and the other documents to be delivered hereunder, including without limitation, the cost of auditors periodically auditing the books, records and procedures of Seller and any Originator, reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of legal counsel for each Conduit, each Managing Agent and the Agent (which such counsel may be employees of such Conduit, such Managing Agent or the Agent) with respect thereto and with respect to advising each Conduit, each Managing Agent and the |
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Agent as to their respective rights and remedies under this Agreement; provided that the liability of Seller in respect of the fees of legal counsel for each Conduit, each Managing Agent and the Agent arising in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery and initial closing of this Agreement shall be limited in the manner set forth in Section 10.4(b) of this Agreement. Seller shall pay to the Agent, each Managing Agent and each Purchaser on demand any and all costs and expenses of the Agent, such Managing Agent and the Purchasers, if any, including reasonable counsel fees and expenses in connection with the enforcement of this Agreement and the other documents delivered hereunder and in connection with any restructuring or workout of this Agreement or such documents, or the administration of this Agreement following an Amortization Event. Any claim hereunder in respect of legal fees or other costs and expenses shall be made in a written notice to Seller, which notice shall be accompanied by the applicable invoice or similar description in reasonable detail of the applicable legal services rendered and the costs and expenses incurred. |
(b) | Seller shall reimburse the Agent and each Managing Agent on demand in respect of all reasonable auditing fees and out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Agent, each Managing Agent, any Purchaser or any Person on its behalf in connection with entering into this Agreement. Each such demand (an Audit Reimbursement Demand) shall be made in writing and shall be accompanied by invoices or other customary documents describing the rendering of audit services or the incurrence of the applicable expenses. |
(c) | With regard to audits hereafter conducted by or on behalf of the Agent, any Purchasers or any Managing Agent in respect of Seller and the Originators in connection with this Agreement, it is understood that all audits shall be conducted by external auditors selected by the Agent and the Required Financial Institutions in their sole discretion, and the Seller shall reimburse the agent on each Audit Reimbursement Demand in respect of all reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Agent, any Managing Agent, any Purchaser or any Person on its behalf in connection with any such audit. |
Section 10.5 Liquidity Agreements. With respect to the rights of Funding Sources of the types set forth in this Article X or otherwise in this Agreement, none of the Agent, any Managing Agent or any Conduit shall enter into any Liquidity Agreement which expands or purports to expand, as between the Funding Sources parties to such Liquidity Agreement and the Seller, the rights of such Funding Sources as against the Seller beyond the scope of the express terms of this Agreement.
ARTICLE XI
THE AGENTS
Section 11.1 Authorization and Action. Each Purchaser hereby designates and appoints (i) JPMorgan Chase to act as Agent hereunder and under each other Transaction Document, and (ii) the Managing Agent in its Purchase Group to act as its Managing Agent hereunder and under each other Transaction Document, and authorizes the Agent and such Purchasers Managing Agent, as the case may be, to take such actions as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Agent or such Managing Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents together with such powers as are reasonably incidental
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thereto. Neither the Agent nor the Managing Agents shall have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein or in any other Transaction Document, or any fiduciary relationship with any Purchaser, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities on the part of the Agent or the Managing Agents shall be read into this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or otherwise exist for the Agent or the Managing Agents. In performing their functions and duties hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents, (i) the Agent shall act solely as agent for the Purchasers, (ii) each Managing Agent shall act solely as managing agent for the Conduit and Financial Institutions in its Purchase Group, and (iii) neither the Agent nor any Managing Agent shall be deemed to have assumed any obligation or relationship of trust or agency with or for any Seller Party or any of such Seller Partys successors or assigns, except as expressly provided herein. Neither the Agent nor any Managing Agent shall be required to take any action that exposes the Agent or such Managing Agent to personal liability or that is contrary to this Agreement, any other Transaction Document or applicable law. The appointment and authority of the Agent and the Managing Agents hereunder shall terminate upon the indefeasible payment in full of all Aggregate Unpaids. Each Purchaser hereby authorizes the Agent to execute each of the Uniform Commercial Code financing statements on behalf of such Purchaser (the terms of which shall be binding on such Purchaser).
Section 11.2 Delegation of Duties. The Agent and the Managing Agents may execute any of their respective duties under this Agreement and each other Transaction Document by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. Neither the Agent nor any Managing Agent shall be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact selected and maintained by it with reasonable care.
Section 11.3 Exculpatory Provisions. None of the Agent, the Managing Agents or any of their respective directors, officers, agents or employees shall be (i) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it or them under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Transaction Document (except for its, their or such Persons own gross negligence or willful misconduct), or (ii) responsible in any manner to any of the Purchasers for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by any Seller Party contained in this Agreement, any other Transaction Document or any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received under or in connection with, this Agreement, or any other Transaction Document or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement, or any other Transaction Document or any other document furnished in connection herewith or therewith, or for any failure of any Seller Party to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder, or for the satisfaction of any condition specified in Article VI, or for the perfection, priority, condition, value or sufficiency of any collateral pledged in connection herewith. Neither the Agent nor any Managing Agent shall be under any obligation to any Purchaser to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements or covenants contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of the Seller Parties. Neither the Agent nor any Managing Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge of any Amortization Event or Potential Amortization Event unless the Agent or such Managing Agent, as applicable, has received notice from Seller or a Purchaser. No Managing Agent shall have any responsibility hereunder to any Purchaser other than the Purchasers in its Purchase Group.
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Section 11.4 Reliance by Agent.
(a) | The Agent shall in all cases be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or Persons and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including, without limitation, counsel to Seller), independent accountants and other experts reasonably selected and maintained by the Agent. The Agent shall in all cases be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Managing Agents, the Required Financial Institutions or all of the Purchasers, as applicable, as it deems appropriate and it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Purchasers, provided that unless and until the Agent shall have received such advice, the Agent may take or refrain from taking any action, as the Agent shall deem advisable and in the best interests of the Purchasers. The Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, in accordance with a request of the Managing Agents, the Required Financial Institutions or all of the Purchasers, as applicable, and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Purchasers. |
(b) | Each Managing Agent shall in all cases be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or Persons and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including, without limitation, counsel to Seller), independent accountants and other experts selected by such Managing Agent. Each Managing Agent shall in all cases be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence or the Purchasers in its related Purchase Group, as it deems appropriate and it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by such Purchasers, provided that unless and until such Managing Agent shall have received such advice, such Managing Agent may take or refrain from taking any action, as such Managing Agent shall deem advisable and in the best interests of the Purchasers in its related Purchase Group. Each Managing Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, in accordance with a request of the Purchasers in its related Purchase Group, and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all such Purchasers. |
Section 11.5 Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Purchasers. Each Purchaser expressly acknowledges that none of the Agent, the Managing Agents or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates has made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by the Agent or any Managing Agent hereafter taken, including, without limitation, any review of the affairs of any Seller Party, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by the Agent or such Managing Agent. Each Purchaser represents and warrants to the Agent and the Managing Agents that it has and will, independently and without reliance upon the Agent, any Managing Agent or any other Purchaser and based on such documents and
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information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of and investigation into the business, operations, property, prospects, financial and other conditions and creditworthiness of Seller and made its own decision to enter into this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents and all other documents related hereto or thereto.
Section 11.6 Reimbursement and Indemnification. The Financial Institutions agree to reimburse and indemnify the Agent, and the Financial Institutions in each Purchase Group agree to reimburse the Managing Agent for such Purchase Group, and their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents ratably according to their (a) Percentages (in the case of any reimbursement and indemnity obligations owing to its Managing Agent) or (b) ratable shares of Purchase Limit (in the case of any reimbursement and indemnity obligations owing to the Agent), to the extent not paid or reimbursed by Seller or Servicer (i) for any amounts for which the Agent, in its capacity as Agent, or any Managing Agent, acting in its capacity as a Managing Agent, is entitled to reimbursement by the Seller Parties hereunder and (ii) for any other expenses incurred by the Agent, in its capacity as Agent, or any Managing Agent, acting in its capacity as a Managing Agent, and acting on behalf of its related Purchasers, in connection with the administration and enforcement of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.
Section 11.7 Agents in their Individual Capacities. The Agent, each Managing Agent and each of their respective Affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from and generally engage in any kind of business with Seller or any Affiliate of Seller as though it were not the Agent or a Managing Agent hereunder. With respect to the acquisition of Purchaser Interests pursuant to this Agreement, the Agent and each Managing Agent shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement in its individual capacity as any Purchaser and may exercise the same as though it were not the Agent or a Managing Agent, and the terms Financial Institution, Purchaser, Financial Institutions and Purchasers shall include the Agent and each Managing Agent in its individual capacity.
Section 11.8 Successor Agent. The Agent may, upon thirty (30) days notice to Seller and the Purchasers, and the Agent will, upon the direction of all of the Purchasers (other than the Agent, in its individual capacity) resign as Agent. Each Managing Agent may, upon thirty (30) days notice to Seller and the, the Agent and the Purchasers in its Purchase Group, and each Managing Agent will, upon the direction of all of the Purchasers in its Purchase Group (other than the Managing Agent, in its individual capacity), resign as a Managing Agent. If the Agent shall resign, then the Required Financial Institutions during such thirty-day period shall appoint from among the Purchasers a successor Agent. If a Managing Agent shall resign, then the Required Financial Institutions in its Purchase Group shall appoint a successor managing agent during such thirty-day period. If for any reason no successor Agent or Managing Agent is appointed by the Required Financial Institutions during such thirty-day period, then effective upon the termination of such thirty day period, the Purchasers shall perform all of the duties of the Agent or a Managing Agent of its related Purchase Group hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents and Seller and the Servicer (as applicable) shall make all payments in
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respect of the Aggregate Unpaids directly to the applicable Purchasers and for all purposes shall deal directly with the Purchasers. After the effectiveness of any retiring Managing Agents or any Agents resignation hereunder as Managing Agent or Agent, the retiring Managing Agent or Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents and the provisions of this Article XI and Article X shall continue in effect for its benefit with respect to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Managing Agent or Agent under this Agreement and under the other Transaction Documents.
ARTICLE XII
ASSIGNMENTS; PARTICIPATIONS; TERMINATING FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Section 12.1 Assignments.
(a) | Seller and each Financial Institution hereby agree and consent to the complete or partial assignment by each Conduit of all or any portion of its rights under, interest in, title to and obligations under this Agreement (i) to the Financial Institutions pursuant to a Liquidity Agreement, (ii) to any other multi-seller commercial paper conduit in respect of which a Managing Agent acts as administrative agent or in a similar capacity if the Commercial Paper of such multi-seller conduit has the same or a higher rating by Standard & Poors Ratings Group, a division of the McGraw Hill Companies, Inc., and Moodys Investor Service, Inc. as the Commercial Paper of the assigning Conduit, or (iii) with the prior written consent of Seller, to any other Person, including, without limitation, any other multi-seller commercial paper conduit. Upon any such assignment, any such Conduit shall be released from its obligations so assigned. Further, Seller and each Financial Institution hereby agree that any assignee of any Conduit of this Agreement or all or any of the Purchaser Interests of any Conduit shall have all of the rights and benefits under this Agreement as if the term Conduit explicitly referred to such party, and no such assignment shall in any way impair the rights and benefits of the Conduit hereunder. Neither Seller nor the Servicer shall have the right to assign its rights or obligations under this Agreement. |
(b) | Any Financial Institution may at any time and from time to time assign to one or more Financial Persons (each a Purchasing Financial Institution) all or any part of its rights and obligations under this Agreement pursuant to an assignment agreement, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit VII hereto (an Assignment Agreement) executed by such Purchasing Financial Institution and such selling Financial Institution. The consent of the Managing Agent for such Financial Institutions Purchase Group shall be required prior to the effectiveness of any such assignment. The consent of Seller shall not be required in respect of any such assignment, provided that Seller shall have been given thirty-five (35) days prior written notice of such assignment in the case of any assignment other than an assignment by a Financial Institution to one of its Affiliates. Each assignee of a Financial Institution must have a short-term debt rating of A-1 or better by Standard & Poors Ratings Group, a division of the McGraw Hill Companies, Inc., and P-1 by Moodys Investor Service, Inc. Upon delivery of the executed Assignment Agreement to the Agent and the related Managing Agent, such selling Financial Institution shall be released from its obligations hereunder to the extent of such assignment. Thereafter the Purchasing Financial Institution shall for all purposes be a Financial Institution party to this Agreement and shall have all the rights and obligations of a Financial Institution under this Agreement to the same extent as if it were an original party hereto and no further consent or action by Seller, the Purchasers, the related Managing Agent or the Agent shall be required. |
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(c) | Any Conduit may, at any time and from time to time, and at no additional cost to Seller or JDI, enter into a Liquidity Agreement with any Person and to admit, by such joinder agreement as such Conduit, the applicable Managing Agent and the Agent may agree to be appropriate, such Person as a Financial Institution hereunder. |
Section 12.2 Participations. Any Financial Institution may, in the ordinary course of its business at any time sell to one or more Financial Persons (each a Participant) participating interests in the Purchaser Interests of such Financial Institutions, or any other interest of such Financial Institution hereunder. Notwithstanding any such sale by a Financial Institution of a participating interest to a Participant, such Financial Institutions rights and obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, such Financial Institution shall remain solely responsible for the performance of its obligations hereunder, and Seller, the Conduits, the Managing Agents and the Agent shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Financial Institution in connection with such Financial Institutions rights and obligations under this Agreement. Each Financial Institution agrees that any agreement between such Financial Institution and any such Participant in respect of such participating interest shall not restrict such Financial Institutions right to agree to any amendment, supplement, waiver or modification to this Agreement, except for any amendment, supplement, waiver or modification described in Section 14.1(b)(i). The consent of Seller shall not be required in respect of any such sale of a participating interest, provided that (i) Seller shall have been given ten (10) Business Days prior written notice of such sale in the case of any Participant that is not an Affiliate of a Financial Institution and (ii) if, as of the date of such sale, upon giving effect to such sale, such sale would not give rise to any increased costs to Seller hereunder or to any obligation on the part of Seller to make any withholding in respect of any taxes in respect of payments to be made hereunder by Seller.
Section 12.3 Terminating Financial Institutions.
(a) | Each Financial Institution hereby agrees to deliver written notice to the applicable Managing Agent and the Agent not more than 30 Business Days and not less than 5 Business Days prior to the Liquidity Termination Date indicating whether such Financial Institution intends to renew its Commitment hereunder. If any Financial Institution fails to deliver such notice on or prior to the date that is 5 Business Days prior to the Liquidity Termination Date, such Financial Institution will be deemed to have declined to renew its Commitment (each Financial Institution which has declined or has been deemed to have declined to renew its Commitment hereunder, a Non-Renewing Financial Institution). The applicable Managing Agent shall promptly notify the related Conduit of each Non-Renewing Financial Institution and such Conduit, in its sole discretion, may to the extent of Commitment Availability, declare that such Non-Renewing Financial Institutions Commitment shall, to such extent, automatically terminate on a date specified by such Conduit on or before the Liquidity Termination Date. In addition, such Conduit may, with the consent of the Seller, at any time to the extent of Commitment Availability, declare that the Commitment of any Financial Institution that ceases to have a short-term debt rating of A-1 or better by Standard & Poors Ratings Group, a division of the Mc-Graw Hill Companies, Inc., and P-1 by Moodys Investor Service, Inc. (an Affected |
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Financial Institution) shall automatically terminate on a date specified by such Conduit (each Affected Financial Institution or each Non-Renewing Financial Institution is hereinafter referred to as a Terminating Financial Institution). The parties hereto expressly acknowledge that any declaration of the termination of any Commitment pursuant to this Section 12.3 and the order of priority of any such termination or assignment among Terminating Financial Institutions shall be made by the Conduits in their sole and absolute discretion. |
(b) | Upon reduction to zero of the Capital of all of the Purchaser Interests of a Terminating Financial Institution (after application of Collections thereto pursuant to Sections 2.2 and 2.3) all rights and obligations of such Terminating Financial Institution hereunder shall be terminated and such Terminating Financial Institution shall no longer be a Financial Institution hereunder; provided, however, that the provisions of Article X shall continue in effect for its benefit with respect to Purchaser Interests held by such Terminating Financial Institution prior to its termination as a Financial Institution. |
Section 12.4 Additional Purchase Groups. Upon the Sellers request, an additional Purchase Group may be added to this Agreement at any time by execution and delivery of a Joinder Agreement by the members of such proposed additional Purchase Group, the Seller, the Servicer, the Agent and each of the Managing Agents, and execution and delivery of a reaffirmation of each Performance Undertaking, which execution and delivery shall not unreasonably be refused by such parties. Upon the effective date of such Joinder Agreement, (i) each Person identified therein as a Conduit shall become a party hereto as the Conduit for such Purchase Group, entitled to the rights and subject to the obligations of a Conduit hereunder, (ii) each Person identified therein as a Financial Institution shall become a party hereto as a Financial Institution and a member of such Purchase Group, entitled to the rights and subject to the obligations of a Financial Institution hereunder, (iii) each Person identified therein as a Managing Agent shall become a party hereto as the Managing Agent for such Purchase Group, entitled to the rights and subject to the obligations of a Managing Agent hereunder, and (iv) the Purchase Limit shall be increased by an amount equal to the aggregate Commitments of the Financial Institutions party to such Joinder Agreement.
Section 12.5 Withholding Tax Exemption.
(a) | At least five (5) Business Days prior to the first date on which any amount is payable hereunder for the account of any Purchaser, each Purchaser that is not a United States person for United States federal income tax purposes agrees that it will deliver to each of Seller and the related Managing Agent a copy of a completed United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN, W-8ECI or W-8IMY with all necessary attachments or applicable successor forms, certifying in each case that such Purchaser is entitled to receive payments under this Agreement without deduction or withholding of any United States federal income taxes. Each such Purchaser further undertakes to deliver to each of Seller and the related Managing Agent a copy of such form (or a successor form) on or before the date that such form expires or becomes obsolete or after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent forms so delivered by it, and such amendments thereto or extensions or renewals thereof as may be reasonably requested by Seller or the related Managing Agent, in each case certifying that such |
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Purchaser is entitled to receive payments under this Agreement without deduction or withholding of any United States federal income taxes, unless any change in any treaty, law or regulation has occurred prior to the date on which any such delivery would otherwise be required which renders all such forms inapplicable or which prevents such Purchaser from duly completing and delivering any such form with respect to it and such Purchaser advises Seller and the related Managing Agent that it is not capable of receiving payments without any deduction or withholding of United States federal income tax. |
(b) | Each Purchaser that is not a United States person for U.S. federal income tax purposes agrees to indemnify and hold Seller, the Managing Agents, the Purchasers and the Agent harmless in respect of any loss, cost or expense incurred by Seller, any Managing Agent or the Agent as a result of, and agrees that, notwithstanding any other provision hereof, payments hereunder to such Purchaser may be subject to deduction or withholding without indemnification by Seller for, any United States federal income taxes, penalties, interest and other costs and losses incurred or payable by Seller, any Managing Agent or the Agent as a result of, (i) such Purchasers failure to submit any form that is required pursuant to this Section 12.5 or (ii) Sellers, any Managing Agents, any Purchasers or the Agents reliance on any form that such Purchaser has provided pursuant to this Section 12.5 that is determined to be inaccurate in any material respect. |
ARTICLE XIII
RESERVED
ARTICLE XIV
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 14.1 Waivers and Amendments.
(a) | No failure or delay on the part of the Agent, any Managing Agent or any Purchaser in exercising any power, right or remedy under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or remedy preclude any other further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other power, right or remedy. The rights and remedies herein provided shall be cumulative and nonexclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law. Any waiver of this Agreement shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given. |
(b) | No provision of this Agreement may be amended, supplemented, modified or waived except in writing in accordance with the provisions of this Section 14.1(b). The Conduits, Seller and the Agent, at the direction of the Required Financial Institutions, may enter into written modifications or waivers of any provisions of this Agreement, provided, however, that no such modification or waiver shall: |
(i) | without the consent of each affected Purchaser, (A) extend the Facility Termination Date or the date of any payment or deposit of Collections by Seller or the Servicer, (B) reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of Yield or any CP |
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Costs (or any component of Yield or CP Costs), (C) reduce any fee payable to any Managing Agent for the benefit of the Purchasers, (D) except pursuant to Article XII hereof, change the amount of the Capital of any Purchaser, any Financial Institutions Percentage, any Purchase Groups Pro Rata Share or any Financial Institutions Commitment, (E) amend, modify or waive any provision of the definition of Required Financial Institutions or this Section 14.1(b), (F) consent to or permit the assignment or transfer by Seller of any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement, (G) change the definition of Eligible Receivable, Loss Reserve, Loss Reserve Floor or Loss Percentage, Dilution Reserve, Dilution Ratio, Loss-to-Liquidation Ratio or (H) amend or modify any defined term (or any defined term used directly or indirectly in such defined term) used in clauses (A) through (G) above in a manner that would circumvent the intention of the restrictions set forth in such clauses; |
(ii) | without the written consent of any then Agent or Managing Agents, amend, modify or waive any provision of this Agreement if the effect thereof is to affect the rights or duties of such Agent or Managing Agent; or |
(iii) | without the consent of each affected Program F/X Counterparty, (A) amend any of Section 2.2, Section 2.3, Section 2.4 or Section 14.14(b) in a way which materially and adversely effects the interests of such Program F/X Counterparty or (B) amend or modify any defined term (or any defined term used directly or indirectly in such defined term) used in clause (A) above in a manner that would circumvent the intention of the restrictions set forth in such clauses. |
Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the consent of the Financial Institutions, but with the consent of Seller and the related Managing Agent, the Agent may amend this Agreement solely to add additional Persons as Financial Institutions hereunder. Any modification or waiver made in accordance with this Section 14.1 shall apply to each of the Purchasers equally and shall be binding upon Seller, the Purchasers, the Managing Agents and the Agent.
Section 14.2 Notices. Except as provided in this Section 14.2, all communications and notices provided for hereunder shall be in writing (including bank wire, telecopy or electronic facsimile transmission or similar writing) and shall be given to the other parties hereto at their respective addresses or telecopy numbers set forth on the signature pages hereof or at such other address or telecopy number as such Person may hereafter specify for the purpose of notice to each of the other parties hereto. Each such notice or other communication shall be effective if given by telecopy, upon the receipt thereof, if given by mail, three (3) Business Days after the time such communication is deposited in the mail with first class postage prepaid or if given by any other means, when received at the address specified in this Section 14.2. Seller hereby authorizes the Agent and each Managing Agent to effect purchases and each Managing Agent to make Tranche Period and Discount Rate selections based on telephonic notices made by any Person whom such Managing Agent in good faith believes to be acting on behalf of Seller. Seller agrees to deliver promptly to the Agent and each
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Managing Agent a written confirmation of each telephonic notice signed by an authorized officer of Seller; provided, however, the absence of such confirmation shall not affect the validity of such notice. If the written confirmation differs from the action taken by the Agent or any Managing Agent, the records of the Agent or such Managing Agent shall govern absent manifest error.
Section 14.3 Ratable Payments. If any Purchaser, whether by setoff or otherwise, has payment made to it with respect to any portion of the Aggregate Unpaids owing to such Purchaser (other than payments received pursuant to Section 10.3 or 10.4) in a greater proportion than that received by any other Purchaser entitled to receive a ratable share of such Aggregate Unpaids, such Purchaser agrees, promptly upon demand, to purchase for cash without recourse or warranty a portion of such Aggregate Unpaids held by the other Purchasers so that after such purchase each Purchaser will hold its ratable proportion of such Aggregate Unpaids; provided that if all or any portion of such excess amount is thereafter recovered from such Purchaser, such purchase shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, but without interest.
Section 14.4 Protection of Ownership Interests of the Purchasers.
(a) | Seller agrees that from time to time, at its expense, it will promptly execute and deliver all instruments and documents, and take all actions, that may be necessary, or that any Managing Agent may reasonably request, to perfect, protect or more fully evidence the Purchaser Interests with respect to Receivables, the Collections and the Related Security, or to enable the Agent, the Managing Agents or the Purchasers to exercise and enforce their rights and remedies hereunder. At any time upon the occurrence of an Amortization Event and during the continuation thereof, the Agent may, or the Agent may direct Seller or the Servicer or may direct Servicer to direct any sub-Servicer to, notify the Obligors of Receivables, at the Sellers expense, of the ownership or security interests of the Purchasers under this Agreement and may also direct that payments of all amounts due or that become due under any or all Receivables be made directly to the Agent or its designee. Seller or the Servicer (as applicable) shall, at any Purchasers request, withhold the identity of such Purchaser in any such notification. |
(b) | If Seller or Servicer fails to perform any of its obligations hereunder, the Agent, any Managing Agent or any Purchaser may (but shall not be required to) perform, or cause performance of, such obligations, and the Agents, such Managing Agents or such Purchasers costs and expenses incurred in connection therewith shall be payable by Seller as provided in Section 10.4. Seller irrevocably authorizes the Agent at any time and from time to time in the sole discretion of the Agent, and appoints the Agent as its attorney-in-fact, to act on behalf of Seller (i) following a failure on the part of Seller to execute the financing statements referred to below on its own behalf, to execute on behalf of Seller as debtor and to file financing statements necessary or desirable in the Agents sole discretion to perfect and to maintain the perfection and priority of the interest of the Purchasers in the Receivables and (ii) to file a carbon, photographic or other reproduction of this Agreement or any financing statement with respect to the Receivables as a financing statement in such offices as the Agent in its sole discretion deems necessary or desirable to perfect and to maintain the perfection and priority of the interests of the Purchasers in the Receivables. This appointment is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable. |
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(c) | Seller agrees to issue and deliver to the Agent and the Managing Agents such written evidence of assignment of any one or more of the Receivables as the Agent or such Managing Agent may from time to time reasonably request upon determination by the Agent such Managing Agent that (i) such written evidence is necessary or desirable for purposes of adducing the transfer of the Purchaser Interests in such Receivable or Receivables under or pursuant to this Agreement in evidence in any proceeding involving such Receivable or Receivables before any court and (ii) either (A) the production of such a written evidence of assignment is reasonably likely to reduce any stamp duty otherwise payable or (B) the stamp duty does not apply with respect to such written evidence of assignment. |
Section 14.5 Confidentiality.
(a) | Seller, Servicer and each Purchaser shall maintain and shall cause each of its employees and officers to maintain the confidentiality of this Agreement and the other confidential or proprietary information with respect to the Agent, each Managing Agent and the Conduits and their respective businesses obtained by it or them in connection with the structuring, negotiating and execution of the transactions contemplated herein, except that Seller, Servicer and such Purchaser and its officers and employees may disclose such information to Sellers, Servicers and such Purchasers external accountants and attorneys and as required by any applicable law or order of any judicial or administrative proceeding. |
(b) | Each Purchaser, each Managing Agent and the Agent shall maintain and shall cause each of its employees and officers to maintain the confidentiality of nonpublic proprietary information with respect to Seller, the Servicer and any Originator and their respective businesses obtained by it or them in connection with the structuring, negotiating and execution of the transactions contemplated herein. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, each of Seller and Servicer hereby consent to the disclosure of any nonpublic information with respect to it and any of the Originators (under authority granted by the Originators) (i) to the Agent, the Managing Agents, the Financial Institutions or the Conduits by each other and (ii) by the Agent or the Managing Agents to any rating agency, or provider of a surety, guaranty or credit or liquidity enhancement to any Conduit or any entity organized for the purpose of purchasing, or making loans secured by, financial assets for which JPMorgan Chase acts as the administrative agent and to any officers, directors, employees, outside accountants and attorneys of any of the foregoing. In addition, the Purchasers, the Managing Agents and the Agent may disclose any such nonpublic information pursuant to any law, rule, regulation, direction, request or order of any judicial, administrative or regulatory authority or proceedings (whether or not having the force or effect of law). The Agent, the Managing Agents or the Purchasers may disclose any nonpublic information with respect to any of Seller or its Affiliates to any prospective assignee or participant of any of them or to any Commercial Paper dealer, with the prior written consent of JDI, provided that the Agent, the Managing Agents and the Purchasers may disclose any nonpublic information to any such Person , without the consent of |
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Seller, any Originator or any other Person, if such information is presented on a portfolio basis, does not explicitly refer to Seller, its Affiliates or the Obligors, and does not disclose specific financial information in respect of any Originator. |
Section 14.6 Bankruptcy Petition. Seller, the Servicer, each Managing Agent and the Agent and each Financial Institution hereby covenants and agrees that, prior to the date that is one year and one day after the payment in full of all outstanding senior indebtedness of any Conduit it will not institute against, or join any other Person in instituting against, such Conduit or any such entity any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings or other similar proceeding under the laws of the United States or any state of the United States.
Section 14.7 Limitation of Liability. Except with respect to any claim arising out of the willful misconduct or gross negligence of any Conduit, any Managing Agent, the Agent or any Financial Institution, no claim may be made by any of Seller, Servicer or any other Person against any Conduit, any Managing Agent, the Agent or any Financial Institution or their respective Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, attorneys or agents for any special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages in respect of any claim for breach of contract or any other theory of liability arising out of or related to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or any act, omission or event occurring in connection therewith; and each of Seller and Servicer hereby waives, releases, and agrees not to sue upon any claim for any such damages, whether or not accrued and whether or not known or suspected to exist in its favor.
Section 14.8 CHOICE OF LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS (AND NOT THE LAW OF CONFLICTS) OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.
Section 14.9 CONSENT TO JURISDICTION. SELLER AND SERVICER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMIT TO THE NON EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR ILLINOIS STATE COURT SITTING IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY DOCUMENT EXECUTED BY SUCH PERSONS PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT AND SELLER AND SERVICER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AGREE THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN ANY SUCH COURT AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION THEY MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE AS TO THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT OR THAT SUCH COURT IS AN INCONVENIENT FORUM. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL LIMIT THE RIGHT OF THE AGENT, ANY MANAGING AGENT OR ANY PURCHASER TO BRING PROCEEDINGS AGAINST SELLER OR SERVICER IN THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING BY SELLER OR SERVICER AGAINST THE AGENT, ANY MANAGING AGENT OR ANY PURCHASER OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE AGENT, ANY MANAGING AGENT OR ANY PURCHASER INVOLVING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ANY MATTER IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF, RELATED TO, OR CONNECTED WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY DOCUMENT EXECUTED BY SELLER OR SERVICER PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE BROUGHT ONLY IN A COURT IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.
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Section 14.10 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING INVOLVING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ANY MATTER (WHETHER SOUNDING IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF, RELATED TO, OR CONNECTED WITH THIS AGREEMENT, ANY DOCUMENT EXECUTED BY ANY SELLER PARTY PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER.
Section 14.11 Integration; Binding Effect; Termination of Agreement; Survival of Terms.
(a) | This Agreement and each other Transaction Document contain the final and complete integration of all prior expressions by the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and shall constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof superseding all prior oral or written understandings. |
(b) | This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns (including any trustee in bankruptcy). This Agreement shall create and constitute the continuing obligations of the parties hereto in accordance with its terms and shall remain in full force and effect until the date following the Facility Termination Date on which all of the Aggregate Unpaids shall have been reduced to zero, on which date this Agreement shall terminate; provided, however, that (i) the rights and remedies with respect to (A) any breach of any representation and warranty made by Seller pursuant to Article V, (B) the indemnification and payment provisions of Article X (other than as provided in clause (ii) below), shall be continuing and shall survive any termination of this Agreement until the date which occurs 367 days after the date this Agreement shall have terminated and (iii) the rights and remedies with respect to (A) Sections 14.5, 14.6 and 14.15 and (B) the indemnification provisions of Section 10.1 and 10.2 relating to any event or circumstance of the type described in clause (iv), (vii), (ix) or (xiii) thereof shall be continuing and shall survive any termination of this Agreement. |
Section 14.12 Counterparts; Severability; Section References. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which when taken together shall constitute one and the same Agreement. Any provisions of this Agreement which are prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. Unless otherwise expressly indicated, all references herein to Article, Section, Schedule or Exhibit shall mean articles and sections of, and schedules and exhibits to, this Agreement.
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Section 14.13 Agent Roles.
(a) | JPMorgan Chase Roles. Each of the Financial Institutions acknowledges that JPMorgan Chase acts, or may in the future act, (i) as Agent for the Purchasers, (ii) as Managing Agent for Chariot or any Financial Institution in JPMorgan Chases Purchase Group, (iii) as issuing and paying agent for Chariots Commercial Paper, (iv) to provide credit or liquidity enhancement for the timely payment for Chariots Commercial Paper and (v) to provide other services from time to time for any of the Purchasers, any Financial Institution, Seller, the Originators and Affiliates (collectively, the JPMorgan Chase Roles). Without limiting the generality of this Section 14.13, each Financial Institution hereby acknowledges and consents to any and all JPMorgan Chase Roles and agrees that in connection with any JPMorgan Chase Role, JPMorgan Chase may take, or refrain from taking, any action that it, in its discretion, deems appropriate, including, without limitation, in its role as administrative agent for Chariot, and the giving of notice to the Agent of a mandatory purchase pursuant to a Liquidity Agreement. |
(b) | Managing Agent Institution Roles. Each of the Financial Institutions acknowledges that each Person that serves as a Managing Agent hereunder (a Managing Agent Institution) acts, or may in the future act, (i) as Managing Agent for one or more Conduits, (ii) as issuing and paying agent for each such Conduits Commercial Paper, (iii) to provide credit or liquidity enhancement for the timely payment for each such Conduits Commercial Paper and (iv) to provide other services from time to time for some or all of the Conduits (collectively, the Managing Agent Institution Roles). Without limiting the generality of this Section 14.13(b), each Financial Institution hereby acknowledges and consents to any and all Managing Agent Institution Roles and agrees that in connection with any Managing Agent Institution Role, the applicable Managing Agent Institution may take, or refrain from taking, any action that it, in its discretion, deems appropriate, including, without limitation, in its role as administrative agent for the related Conduit. |
Section 14.14 Characterization.
(a) | It is the intention of the parties hereto that each purchase hereunder shall constitute and be treated as an absolute and irrevocable sale, which purchase shall provide the applicable Purchaser with the full benefits of ownership of the applicable Purchaser Interest. Except as specifically provided in this Agreement, each sale of a Purchaser Interest hereunder is made without recourse to Seller; provided, however, that (i) Seller shall be liable to each Purchaser, each Managing Agent and the Agent for all representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities made by Seller pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and (ii) such sale does not constitute and is not intended to result in an assumption by any Purchaser, any Managing Agent or the Agent or any assignee thereof of any obligation of Seller or any Originator or any other person arising in connection with the Receivables, the Related Security, or the related Contracts, or any other obligations of Seller or any Originator. |
(b) | In addition to any ownership interest which the Agent and the Purchasers may from time to time acquire pursuant hereto, Seller hereby grants to the Agent for the ratable benefit of the Purchasers and the Program F/X Counterparties a valid and |
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perfected security interest in all of Sellers right, title and interest in, to and under all Receivables now existing or hereafter arising, the Collections, each Lock-Box, each Collection Account, all Related Security, all other rights and payments relating to such Receivables, and all proceeds of any thereof prior to all other liens on and security interests therein to secure the prompt and complete payment of the Aggregate Unpaids. The Agent, the Purchasers and the Program F/X Counterparties shall have, in addition to the rights and remedies that they may have under this Agreement, all other rights and remedies provided to a secured creditor under the UCC and other applicable law, which rights and remedies shall be cumulative. |
Section 14.15 Excess Funds. Notwithstanding any provisions contained in this Agreement to the contrary, no Conduit shall be obligated to pay any amount pursuant to this Agreement unless (i) such Conduit has received funds which may be used to make such payment and which funds are not required to repay Commercial Paper when due and (ii) after giving effect to such payment, either (x) there is sufficient liquidity availability (determined in accordance with the program documents governing such Conduits securitization program) under all of such Conduits liquidity facilities to pay the face amount of all outstanding Commercial Paper when due or (y) all Commercial Paper of such Conduit is paid in full. Any amount which any Conduit does not pay pursuant to the operation of the preceding sentence shall not constitute a claim (as defined in Section 101(5) of the Federal Bankruptcy Code) against or corporate obligation of such Conduit for any such insufficiency unless and until such Conduit satisfies the provisions of clauses (i) and (ii) above.
Section 14.16 Amendment and Restatement.
(a) | This Agreement amends and restates in its entirety the First Amended and Restated Agreement. Upon the effectiveness of this Agreement, the terms and provisions of the First Amended and Restated Agreement shall, subject to this Section 14.15, be superseded hereby. |
(b) | Notwithstanding the amendment and restatement of the First Amended and Restated Agreement by this Agreement: |
(i) | each Purchaser Interest existing on the date hereof under the First Amended and Restated Agreement shall continue in effect as a Purchaser Interest hereunder, without any transfer, conveyance, diminution or other modification thereto or effect thereon occurring or being deemed to occur by reason of the amendment and restatement of the First Amended and Restated Agreement hereby; and |
(ii) | Seller shall continue to be liable to the Purchasers and the Agent with respect to (A) all Obligations accrued to the date hereof under the Earlier Purchase Agreement and (B) all agreements on the part of the Seller under the First Amended and Restated Agreement to indemnify any of the Purchasers or the Agent in connection with events or conditions arising or existing prior to the effective date of this Agreement, including, but not limited to, those events and conditions set forth in Article X thereof. |
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(c) | This Agreement is given in substitution for the First Amended and Restated Agreement and not as payment of any of the obligations of Seller thereunder, and is in no way intended to constitute a novation of the First Amended and Restated Agreement. Nothing contained herein is intended to amend, modify or otherwise affect any obligation of Seller, Servicer, any Originator or JDI (in respect of its obligations under any Performance Undertaking) existing prior to the date hereof. |
(d) | Upon the effectiveness of this Agreement, each reference to the First Amended and Restated Agreement in any other document, instrument or agreement executed and/or delivered in connection therewith shall mean and be a reference to this Agreement unless the context otherwise requires. |
(e) | Upon the effectiveness of this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall govern all aspects of the facility contemplated herein, including, without limitation, the eligibility of Receivables purchased under the First Amended and Restated Agreement and any settlements to be made with respect thereto. |
[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered by their duly authorized officers as of the date hereof.
JWPR CORPORATION, as Seller and Servicer | ||
By: | /s/ Lori P. Marin | |
Name: | Lori P. Marin | |
Title: | Vice President and Assistant Secretary | |
Address: | JWPR Corporation | |
c/o M&I Portfolio Services Inc. | ||
3993 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 100 | ||
Las Vegas, NV 89109 | ||
FAX: | (702) 735-1785 |
Signature Page to
Second Amended and Restated
Receivables Purchase Agreement
CHARIOT FUNDING LLC | ||
By: | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., | |
its attorney-in-fact | ||
By: | /s/ Catherine V. Frank | |
Name: | Catherine V. Frank | |
Title: | Vice President | |
Address: | c/o JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Agent | |
10 South Dearborn Street | ||
Chase Tower | ||
Chicago, Illinois 60603 | ||
FAX: (312) 732-1844 |
Signature Page to
Second Amended and Restated
Receivables Purchase Agreement
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as a Financial Institution, a Managing Agent and as Agent | ||
By: | /s/ Catherine V. Frank | |
Name: | Catherine V. Frank | |
Title: | Vice President | |
Address: | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. | |
10 South Dearborn Street | ||
Chase Tower | ||
Chicago, Illinois 60603 | ||
Fax: | (312) 732-4487 |
Signature Page to
Second Amended and Restated
Receivables Purchase Agreement
LIBERTY STREET FUNDING CORP., as a Conduit | ||
By: | /s/ Bernard J. Angelo | |
Name: | Bernard J. Angelo | |
Title: | Vice President | |
Address: | c/o Global Securitization Services, LLC | |
114 West 47th Street, Suite 1715 | ||
New York, New York 10036 | ||
Fax: (212) 302-8767 |
Signature Page to
Second Amended and Restated
Receivables Purchase Agreement
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, as a Financial Institution and Managing Agent | ||
By: | /s/ Norman Last | |
Name: | Norman Last | |
Title: | Managing Director | |
Address: | One Liberty Plaza, 26th Floor | |
New York, New York 10006 | ||
Fax: (212) 225-5290 |
Signature Page to
Second Amended and Restated
Receivables Purchase Agreement
EXHIBIT I
DEFINITIONS
As used in this Agreement, 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):
Accrual Account means any of the following accrual accounts maintained by any Originator, and any similar rebate accrual account maintained on the general ledger or other books and records of any Originator:
US Food and Industrial Rebate Accrual Account
H&H Buyback and Support Accrual Account
H&H Distributor Rebate Accrual Account
Cracker Barrel Cost Ceiling Accrual Account
H&H Corporate Rebates Accrual Account
H&H Cost Ceilings Accrual Account
Butchers Volume Rebate Accrual Account
Waxie Butcher Brand Business Development Fund Account
School Bid Rebates Accrual Account,
each of the rebate accrual accounts and the ship-through credit accrual accounts (by whatever name) maintained by JD-UK, and
the rebate accrual account (by whatever name) maintained by JD-Italy,
but excluding the Professional Rebate Accrual Reserve Account.
Accrual Period means each calendar month, provided that the initial Accrual Period hereunder means the period from (and including) the date of the initial purchase hereunder to (and including) the last day of the calendar month thereafter.
Adverse Claim means a lien, security interest, charge or encumbrance, or other right or claim in, of or on any Persons assets or properties in favor of any other Person.
Affected Financial Institution has the meaning specified in Section 12.1(a).
Affiliate means, as to any Person, any other Person which, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. A Person shall be deemed to control another Person if the controlling Person possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of the other Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, membership interests, by contract, or otherwise. In the case of Seller and any Originator, the term Affiliate, shall include any Person that is a Subsidiary of Holdco, but shall not include any Person that directly or indirectly is in control of Holdco unless such Person is generally identified by JDI or Holdco as being a unit that is part of the Commercial Markets Group (as distinguished from the Consumer Group) of the Persons owned in whole or in part by members of the Johnson Family Group.
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Agent has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
Aggregate Capital means, on any date of determination, the aggregate amount of Capital of all Purchaser Interests outstanding on such date.
Aggregate Reduction has the meaning specified in Section 1.3.
Aggregate Reserves means, on any date of determination, the sum of the Loss Reserve, the Yield Reserve, the Dilution Reserve and the Servicer Reserve.
Aggregate Unpaids means, at any time, an amount equal to the sum of all accrued and unpaid fees under the Fee Letter, all accrued and unpaid CP Costs, all accrued and unpaid Yield, Aggregate Capital, all accrued and unpaid amounts owing by Seller to Program F/X Counterparties under the Hedging Arrangements and all other unpaid Obligations (whether due or accrued) at such time.
Agreement means this Second Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement, as it may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time.
Amortization Date means the earliest to occur of (i) the Business Day specified by the Agent following a day on which any of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 6.2 are not satisfied, (ii) the Business Day immediately prior to the occurrence of an Amortization Event set forth in Section 9.1(d)(ii) (subject to the proviso therein with regard to involuntary proceedings), (iii) the Business Day specified in a written notice from the Agent pursuant to Section 9.2 hereof following the occurrence of any other Amortization Event and (iv) the date which is 30 Business Days after the Agents receipt of written notice from Seller that it wishes to terminate the facility evidenced by this Agreement.
Amortization Event has the meaning specified in Article IX.
Applicable Margin means as of any date of determination, a per annum rate equal to the rate set forth below under the then applicable Leverage Ratio (determined for the four most recently ended fiscal quarters for which financial statements in respect of JDI have been delivered pursuant to the JDI Receivables Sale Agreement) set forth below:
Level I | Level II | |||
Leverage Ratio | Less than 2.5 to 1 | Greater than or equal to 2.5 to 1 | ||
Applicable Margin | 2.50% | 3.25% |
Subsequent changes in the Applicable Margin resulting from a change in the Leverage Ratio shall become effective 3 Business Days after delivery of new financial statements pursuant to the JDI Receivables Sale Agreement for each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year and for each fiscal year. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement (including the then effective Leverage Ratio),
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(a) if JDI shall fail to deliver such financial statements within the time periods specified in the JDI Receivables Sale Agreement, the Applicable Margin from and including the 49th day after the end of such fiscal quarter or the 94th day after the end of such fiscal year, as the case may be, to but not including the date JDI delivers such financial statements, shall equal the highest possible Applicable Margin provided for by this definition; and
(b) prior to the date that is the earliest to occur of (i) the date the Credit Agreement shall terminate in accordance with its terms, (ii) the date JPMorgan Chase shall cease to be a party to the Credit Agreement or (iii) the date JPMorgan Chase shall fail to concur in any written amendment or waiver that shall have become effective under the Credit Agreement (as distinguished from exercise of discretion on the part of the calculation agent under the Credit Agreement which under the terms of the Credit Agreement does not require the consent of any Bank thereunder) relating to the terms and provisions thereunder that correspond to any of the provisions of Section 9.1(l) herein
Assignment Agreement has the meaning set forth in Section 12.1(b).
Associate means (i) any relative or spouse of a shareholder of Holdco or any relative of such spouse; (ii) any trust or estate in which a shareholder of Holdco or any of the persons specified in clause (i) collectively own a substantial beneficial interest or of which any of such persons serve as trustee, executor or in any similar fiduciary capacity; and (iii) any corporation or other organization (other than Holdco or a Subsidiary of Holdco) in which a shareholder of Holdco or any of the persons specified in clause (i) or (ii) are the beneficial owners collectively of 51% or more of the capital stock or 51% or more of the equity interest.
Authorized Officer means, with respect to any Person, its president, any vice president, corporate controller, treasurer or chief financial officer.
BOEL means J.P. Morgan Europe Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales, as successor in interest to Bank One Europe Limited.
Broken Funding Costs means for any Purchaser Interest which: (i) has its Capital reduced without compliance by Seller with the notice requirements hereunder or (ii) does not become subject to an Aggregate Reduction following the delivery of any Reduction Notice or (iii) is assigned to a Financial Institution pursuant to a Liquidity Agreement or terminated prior to the date on which it was originally scheduled to end; an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (A) the CP Costs or Yield (as applicable) that would have accrued during the remainder of the Tranche Periods or the tranche periods for Commercial Paper determined by the applicable Managing Agent to relate to such Purchaser Interest (as applicable) subsequent to the date of such reduction, assignment or termination (or in respect of clause (ii) above, the date such Aggregate Reduction was designated to occur pursuant to the Reduction Notice) of the Capital of such Purchaser Interest if such reduction, assignment or termination had not occurred or such Reduction Notice had not been delivered, over (B) the sum of (x) to the extent all or a portion of such Capital is allocated to another Purchaser Interest, the amount of CP Costs or Yield actually accrued during the remainder of such period on such Capital for the new Purchaser Interest, and (y) to the extent such Capital is not allocated to another Purchaser Interest, the income, if any, actually received during
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the remainder of such period by the holder of such Purchaser Interest from investing the portion of such Capital not so allocated. In the event that the amount referred to in clause (B) exceeds the amount referred to in clause (A), the relevant Purchaser or Purchasers agree to pay to Seller the amount of such excess. All Broken Funding Costs shall be due and payable hereunder upon demand. Broken Funding Costs shall include any losses, costs or expenses incurred at any time by the applicable Managing Agent (in its capacity as managing agent hereunder, as distinguished from its capacity (if any) as counterparty under such Hedging Arrangement) or any Purchaser in connection with the early termination, reduction or replacement of any Hedging Arrangement.
Business Day means any day on which banks are not authorized or required to close in New York, New York or Chicago, Illinois and The Depository Trust Company of New York is open for business; provided that (i) if the applicable Business Day relates to (A) any computation or payment to be made with respect to the LIBO Rate, (B) any Incremental Purchase in respect of UK Receivables or (C) any reduction in Capital with Collections from UK Receivables, the same shall also be a day on which banks are not authorized or required to close in London, England; and (ii) if the applicable Business Day relates to (A) any Incremental Purchase in respect of Italian Receivables or (B) any reduction in Capital with Collections from Italian Receivables, the same shall also be a day on which banks are not authorized or required to close in Milan, Italy.
BNS has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
Butcher means, The Butcher Company, a Delaware corporation, and its successors.
Capital of any Purchaser Interest means, at any time, (A) the Purchase Price of such Purchaser Interest, minus (B) the sum of the aggregate amount of Collections and other payments received by the applicable Managing Agent which in each case are applied to reduce such Capital in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement; provided that such Capital shall be restored (in accordance with Section 2.5) in the amount of any Collections or other payments so received and applied if at any time the distribution of such Collections or payments are rescinded, returned or refunded for any reason.
Change of Control means any of the following: (i) the Johnson Family Group, together with Employee Shareholders, shall fail to own, directly or indirectly, with full power to vote or to direct the voting of more than 50% of the voting stock of Holdco (the Parent), (ii) the Parent shall at any time cease to own, directly or indirectly, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of JDI (except for one (1) share); or (iii) a majority of the board of directors of Holdco (the Board) shall cease for any reason to consist of (A) individuals who were serving as directors of Holdco as of the date of this Agreement, and (B) individuals who subsequently become members of the Board if such individuals nomination for election or election to the Board is recommended or approved by a majority of the Board or the Johnson Family Group; or (iv) a default or the happening of any event shall occur under any charter, indenture, agreement or other instrument in connection with which any preferred stock of Holdco may be issued, and as a result of such default or event the holders of such preferred stock shall designate or elect members of the Board; or (v) JDI shall at any time cease to own, directly or indirectly, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each of the Originators and Seller; provided that
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the event described in clause (v) hereof shall not constitute a Change of Control hereunder if such event relates to the ownership of an Originator and, at or prior to the time of such event, JDI or the applicable Originator shall have repurchased all of the then outstanding Receivables that shall have been originated by such Originator.
Charged Off Receivable means a Receivable: (i) as to which the Obligor thereof has taken any action, or suffered any event to occur, of the type described in Section 9.1(d) (as if references to the parties therein refer to such Obligor); (ii) as to which the Obligor thereof, if a natural person, is deceased, (iii) which, consistent with the Credit and Collection Policy, would be written off Sellers books as uncollectible, (iv) which has been identified by Seller as uncollectible.
Chariot has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
Collection Account means each bank account, concentration account, depositary account, lock-box account or similar account in which any Collections are collected or deposited and which is listed on Exhibit IV.
Collection Account Agreement means (i) in the case of all Receivables other than the Italian Receivables and the UK Receivables, an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit VI among any Originator, Seller, the Agent and a Collection Bank, (ii) in the case of all Italian Receivables, the Italian Bank Account Pledge Agreement, together with the applicable notices contemplated thereunder to further evidence or protect the interests granted thereunder and (iii) in the case of all UK Receivables, the Deed of Trust and Charge, together with the notice required to be given to the applicable Collection Bank thereunder.
Collection Bank means, at any time, any of the banks (or, in the case of the Italian P.O. Account, the applicable branch of the Italian postal authority) holding one or more Collection Accounts.
Collection Notice means a notice, in substantially the form of Annex A to Exhibit VI, from the Agent to a Collection Bank.
Collections means, with respect to any Receivable, all cash collections and other cash proceeds in respect of such Receivable, including, without limitation, all yield, Finance Charges or other related amounts accruing in respect thereof, all cash proceeds of Related Security with respect to such Receivable and all amounts payable to the Seller under or pursuant to the Hedging Arrangements (including, without limitation, any Deemed Collections with respect to such Receivable).
Commercial Paper means promissory notes of any Conduit issued by any Conduit in the commercial paper market.
Commitment means, for each Financial Institution, the commitment of such Financial Institution to purchase Purchaser Interests from the Seller, in an amount not to exceed, in the aggregate, the amount set forth opposite such Financial Institutions name on Schedule A to this Agreement or for any Financial Institution party hereto pursuant to a Joinder Agreement or Assignment Agreement, the Commitment set forth therein, as such amount may be modified in accordance with the terms hereof.
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Commitment Availability means at any time the positive difference (if any) between (a) the Purchase Limit at such time minus (b) the Aggregate Capital at such time.
Concentration Limit means, at any time, for any Obligor, an amount equal to (i) a percentage equal to 1/3 of the Loss Reserve Floor at such time, multiplied by (ii) the aggregate Net Eligible Outstanding Balance at such time, or such other amount (a Special Concentration Limit) for such Obligor designated by the Managing Agents; provided, that in the case of an Obligor and any Affiliate of such Obligor, the Concentration Limit shall be calculated as if such Obligor and such Affiliate are one Obligor; and provided, further, that any Managing Agent may, upon not less than three Business Days notice to Seller, cancel any Special Concentration Limit. Subject to the foregoing, the following Obligors shall each have a Special Concentration Limit equal at any time to: (A) for each of XpedX and The Sherwin-Williams Company, (x) a percentage equal to 1/2 of the Loss Reserve Floor at such time multiplied by (y) the Net Eligible Outstanding Balance at such time; and (B) for Wal-Mart, 5% of the Net Eligible Outstanding Balance at such time:
Obligor | Rated Entity | |
Xpedx Corp. | International Paper Corp. | |
The Sherwin-Williams Company | The Sherwin-Williams Company | |
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. | Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. |
provided in any such case that if the long-term senior unsecured debt rating of the Rated Entity in respect of any such Obligor shall at any time is less than BBB or is not rated, as publicly announced by Standard & Poors Ratings Group, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., the Special Concentration Limit in respect of such Obligor shall thereupon cease to be in effect. In addition, subject to the foregoing, Bunzl plc (together with its Affiliates, including Bunzl Retail Supplies, Ltd., Bunzl Outsourcing UK Ltd. and Greenham Trading Ltd.) shall have a Special Concentration Limit equal at any time to four percent (4%) the Net Eligible Outstanding Balance at such time.
Conduit has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
Contingent Obligation of a Person means any agreement, undertaking or arrangement by which such Person assumes, guarantees, endorses, continently agrees to purchase or provide funds for the payment of, or otherwise becomes or is continently liable upon, the obligation or liability of any other Person, or agrees to maintain the net worth or working capital or other financial condition of any other Person, or otherwise assures any creditor of such other Person against loss, including, without limitation, any comfort letter, operating agreement, take or pay contract or application for a letter of credit.
Contract means, with respect to any Receivable, any and all instruments, agreements, invoices or other writings pursuant to which such Receivable arises or which evidences such Receivable.
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Counterparty means any Person party to a Hedging Arrangement with Seller.
CP Costs means, for each day, the sum of (i) discount or yield accrued on Pooled Commercial Paper of a Conduit on such day, plus (ii) any and all accrued commissions in respect of placement agents and Commercial Paper dealers, and issuing and paying agent fees incurred, in respect of such Pooled Commercial Paper for such day, plus (iii) other costs associated with funding small or odd-lot amounts with respect to all receivable purchase facilities which are funded by such Pooled Commercial Paper for such day, minus (iv) any accrual of income net of expenses received on such day from investment of collections received under all receivable purchase facilities funded substantially with such Pooled Commercial Paper, minus (v) any payment received on such day net of expenses in respect of Broken Funding Costs related to the prepayment of any Purchaser Interest of such Conduit pursuant to the terms of any receivable purchase facilities funded substantially with such Pooled Commercial Paper. In addition to the foregoing costs, if Seller shall request any Incremental Purchase during any period of time determined by a Managing Agent in its sole discretion to result in incrementally higher CP Costs applicable to such Incremental Purchase, the Capital associated with any such Incremental Purchase shall, during such period, be deemed to be funded by the related Conduit in such Managing Agents Purchase Group in a special pool (which may include capital associated with other receivable purchase facilities) for purposes of determining such additional CP Costs applicable only to such special pool and charged each day during such period against such Capital.
Credit Agreement means that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of December 16, 2005, among JDI, JohnsonDiversey Holdings, Inc., certain lenders and issuers party thereto, certain agents parties thereto and Citicorp USA, Inc., as administrative agent, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Credit and Collection Policy means Sellers credit and collection policies and practices relating to Contracts and Receivables existing on the date hereof and summarized in Exhibit VIII hereto, as modified from time to time in accordance with this Agreement.
Deed of Trust and Charge means that certain Deed of Trust and Charge dated of even date herewith between JD-UK, as originator, Seller, as buyer, and the Agent, as the same may from time to time be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified.
Deemed Collections means the aggregate of all amounts Seller shall have been deemed to have received as a Collection of a Receivable. Seller shall be deemed to have received a Collection of a Receivable if at any time (i) the Outstanding Balance of any such Receivable is either (x) reduced as a result of any defective or rejected goods or services, any discount or any adjustment or otherwise by Seller (other than cash Collections on account of the Receivables) or (y) reduced or canceled as a result of a setoff in respect of any claim by any Person (whether such claim arises out of the same or a related transaction or an unrelated transaction), in which case the deemed Collection shall be in the amount of the applicable reduction, discount, adjustment or cancellation in the affected Receivable or (ii) any of the representations or warranties in Article V are no longer true with respect to any Receivable in which case the deemed Collection shall be an amount equal to the Outstanding Balance of such Receivable.
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Default Fee means with respect to any amount due and payable by Seller in respect of any Aggregate Unpaids, an amount equal to the interest on any such unpaid Aggregate Unpaids at a rate per annum equal to 2% above the Prime Rate.
Default Ratio means a ratio, calculated in reference to any Reporting Period,
(a) the numerator of which is the sum of (i) the aggregate outstanding principal balance as of the last day of such Reporting Period of (A) all invoices relating to Receivables (other than Italian Receivables) in respect of which any amount remains unpaid for more than 90 days (but less than 121 days) from the original due date therefor and (B) all invoices relating to Italian Receivables in respect of which any amount remains unpaid for more than 120 days (but less than 181 days) from the original due date therefor multiplied by 40%, and (ii) without duplication, the aggregate Outstanding Balance of Receivables which became Charged-Off Receivables during such Reporting Period, and
(b) the denominator of which is an amount equal to the aggregate sales of (A) the Originators (other than JD-Italy) in the fourth immediately preceding Reporting Period and (B) JD-Italy in the sixth immediately preceding Reporting Period.
Defaulted Receivable means a Receivable as to which any payment, or part thereof, remains unpaid for more than 61 days from the original due date for such payment.
Delinquency Ratio means, at any time, a percentage equal to (i) the aggregate Outstanding Balance at such time of all Defaulted Receivables divided by (ii) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Receivables at such time.
Designated Collection Account means a Collection Account maintained at any of the following institutions: (i) Comerica Bank, (ii) The Northern Trust Company, (iii) Wachovia Bank, National Association, (iv) First Tennessee Bank or (v) Bank of America, N.A.
Designated Obligor means an Obligor indicated by any Managing Agent to Seller in writing.
Dilution Factor means, for any Reporting Period, an amount (expressed as a percentage) equal to:
[ | (2.0 x ED) + | [ | DS(DS-ED) | ]] | ||||
ED |
where:
ED | = | as of such Reporting Period the twelve Reporting Period rolling average of the Dilution Ratio. | ||
DS | = | for the twelve prior Reporting Periods, including such Reporting |
Period, the highest Dilution Ratio. |
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Dilution Horizon Ratio means, at any time,
(i) the sum of (A) the aggregate gross sales of the Originators for the then most recently ended Reporting Period, plus (B) an amount equal to one-half of the aggregate gross sales of the Originators for the Reporting Period ended immediately prior to the period described in clause (A), divided by
(ii) the Net Eligible Outstanding Balance at such time.
Dilution Ratio means, for any Reporting Period, a percentage equal to (i) the aggregate amount of Dilutions which occurred during such Reporting Period divided by (ii) the aggregate gross sales of the Originators during the immediately preceding Reporting Period.
Dilution Reserve means, on any date, an amount equal to the product of (a) the Net Receivables Balance as of the close of business on such date, and (b) the greater of (1) the Dilution Factor multiplied by the Dilution Horizon Ratio and (2) 5.0%.
Dilutions means, at any time, the aggregate amount of reductions or cancellations described in clause (i) of the definition of Deemed Collections, excluding any such Deemed Collections to the extent the same shall have given rise to an adjustment in the balance of any Accrual Account or the Professional Rebate Accrual Reserve Account.
Discount Rate means, the LIBO Rate or the Prime Rate, as applicable, with respect to each Purchaser Interest of the Financial Institutions.
Eligible Counterparty means any Counterparty which has a credit rating in respect of its short-term indebtedness of not less than A-1 from Standard & Poors Ratings Group and not less than P-1 from Moodys Investor Services, Inc., and is otherwise acceptable to the Agent.
Eligible Hedging Arrangement means any Hedging Arrangement between Seller and an Eligible Counterparty that (i) contains, to the extent requested by the Agent, terms and provisions to accommodate the criteria specified by Standard & Poors Ratings Group or any other rating agency in respect of Hedging Arrangements in structured finance transactions, (ii) is fully assignable to the Agent for the benefit of the Purchasers hereunder, (iii) is not subject to any Adverse Claim in favor of any Person other than the Agent for the benefit of the Purchasers hereunder and (iv) contains such other terms and provisions as may be determined by the Agent in its reasonable judgment to be appropriate in light of the bankruptcy-remote structuring objectives with respect to Seller. In reviewing any Hedging Arrangement for purposes of determining eligibility under clause (iv) above, (a) the Agent shall not unreasonably withhold or delay its approval of such Hedging Arrangement and (b) the pricing terms of such Hedging Arrangement shall not be a basis for determining ineligibility.
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Eligible Receivable means, at any time, a Receivable:
(i) | the Obligor of which (a) if a natural person, is a resident of the United States or, if a corporation or other business organization, is organized under the laws of the United States or any political subdivision thereof and has its chief executive office in the United States; (b) is not an Affiliate of any of the parties hereto; (c) is not a Designated Obligor; and (d) is not a government or a governmental subdivision or agency, |
(ii) | the Obligor of which is not the Obligor of any Charged-Off Receivable, |
(iii) | the Obligor of which is not the Obligor of Defaulted Receivables having a aggregate Outstanding Balance in excess of 30% of the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Receivables of such Obligor, |
(iv) | which is not a Charged-Off Receivable or a Defaulted Receivable, |
(v) | which by its terms is due and payable within 60 days of the original billing date therefor and has not had its payment terms extended; provided that in the case of any Receivable (other than an Italian Receivable) that but for this clause (v) would constitute an Eligible Receivable, such Receivable may nonetheless constitute an Eligible Receivable if and so long as (A) by its terms such Receivable is due and payable within 90 days of the original billing date therefor and has not had its payment terms extended, and (B) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of such Receivable and all other Receivables that shall constitute Eligible Receivables by reason of this proviso does not at any time exceed 6% of that portion of the Net Eligible Outstanding Balance attributable to Receivables other than Italian Receivables, |
(vi) | which is an account within the meaning of Section 9 102 of the UCC of all applicable jurisdictions, |
(vii) | which is denominated and payable only in United States dollars in the United States, |
(viii) | which arises under a Contract in substantially the form of one of the form contracts set forth on Exhibit IX hereto or otherwise approved by the Managing Agents in writing, which, together with such Receivable, is in full force and effect and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the related Obligor enforceable against such Obligor in accordance with its terms subject to no offset, counterclaim or other defense, |
(ix) | which arises under a Contract which (A) does not require the Obligor under such Contract to consent to the transfer, sale or assignment of the rights and duties of any Originator or any of its assignees under such Contract and (B) does not contain a confidentiality provision that purports to restrict the ability of any Purchaser to exercise its rights under this Agreement, including, without limitation, its right to review the Contract, |
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(x) | which arises under a Contract that contains an obligation to pay a specified sum of money, contingent only upon the sale of goods or the provision of services by the applicable Originator, |
(xi) | which, together with the Contract related thereto, does not contravene any law, rule or regulation applicable thereto (including, without limitation, any law, rule and regulation relating to truth in lending, fair credit billing, fair credit reporting, equal credit opportunity, fair debt collection practices and privacy or consumer protection or data protection) and with respect to which no part of the Contract related thereto is in violation of any such law, rule or regulation, |
(xii) | which satisfies all applicable requirements of the Credit and Collection Policy, |
(xiii) | which was generated in the ordinary course of an Originators business, |
(xiv) | which arises solely from the sale of goods or the provision of services to the related Obligor by an Originator, and not by any other Person (in whole or in part), |
(xv) | as to which no Managing Agent has notified Seller that it has determined that such Receivable is not acceptable as an Eligible Receivable, including, without limitation, because such Receivable arises under a Contract that is not acceptable to such Managing Agent, it being understood that (A) any such determination by a Managing Agent shall be made in the reasonable judgment of such Managing Agent based upon the creditworthiness of the related Obligor or Obligors, guidelines or restrictions imposed by any governmental authority or rating agency, or similar factors, and (B) in the event a Managing Agent shall have reached any such determination based upon information that is considered by such Managing Agent in its sole discretion to be confidential or proprietary, such Managing Agent shall have no obligation to disclose to the Seller or to any other Person the basis for such determination, |
(xvi) | which is not subject to any right of rescission, set off, counterclaim, any other defense (including defenses arising out of violations of usury laws) of the applicable Obligor against the applicable Originator or any other Adverse Claim (except as created by the Transaction Documents), and the Obligor thereon holds no right as against any Originator to cause such Originator to repurchase the goods or merchandise the sale of which shall have given rise to such Receivable; provided that a Receivable in respect of which a sale discount shall apply pursuant to the applicable Contract or in respect of which defective goods have been returned in accordance with the terms of the |
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applicable Contract may constitute an Eligible Receivable, (A) in the case of any such event having occurred prior to the purchase of such Receivable hereunder, to the extent of the net Outstanding Balance of such Receivable after giving effect to such sale discount or return of goods and (B) in the case of any such event occurring on or after the date of the purchase of such Receivable hereunder, (x) after receipt by the Servicer of the Deemed Collection arising from such event and (y) then to the extent of the net Outstanding Balance of such Receivable after giving effect to such sale discount or return of goods, |
(xvii) | as to which each applicable Originator has satisfied and fully performed all obligations on its part with respect to such Receivable required to be fulfilled by it, and no further action is required to be performed by any Person with respect thereto other than payment thereon by the applicable Obligor, and |
(xviii) | all right, title and interest to and in which has been validly transferred by the applicable Originator directly to Seller under and in accordance with the relevant Receivables Sale Agreement, and Seller has good and marketable title thereto free and clear of any Adverse Claim (except as created by the Transaction Documents). |
A UK Receivable may constitute an Eligible Receivable for purposes of this Agreement:
(r) | notwithstanding clause (i)(a) above, if the Obligor thereon is either (A) in the case of a natural person, a resident of England or Wales or (B) in the case of a corporation or other business organization, organized under the laws of England and Wales; |
(s) | notwithstanding clause (i)(d) above, if the Obligor thereon is a government or a governmental subdivision or agency, and such Receivable arose in connection with the sale of goods by JD-UK to such Obligor; |
(t) | notwithstanding clause (vi) above, if such Receivable constitutes a right to payment of a monetary obligation arising in connection with the sale of goods by JD-UK; |
(u) | notwithstanding clause (vii) above, if such Receivable is denominated and payable only in the lawful currency of the United Kingdom to a Collection Account; |
(v) | notwithstanding the requirement in clause (viii) above that the related Contract be in writing, to the extent in the custom and practice of JD-UKs business the applicable Contract is not typically in writing; |
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(w) | notwithstanding clause (xviii), to the extent such clause requires that legal title transfer, if beneficial title is transferred by JD-UK to Seller and Seller holds beneficial ownership of such UK Receivable, free and clear of any Adverse Claim; |
(x) | if a Purchaser Interest as contemplated herein is capable of being transferred by the Seller to the Agent for the benefit of the Purchasers in such Receivable, free and clear of any Adverse Claim; |
(y) | if such Receivable and the Contract related thereto is governed by English law; and |
(z) | if Eligible Hedging Arrangements shall then be in effect in the notional amount and otherwise on the terms then required under Section 1.5 of the Agreement; provided that in the case of any Receivable outstanding at the time a Counterparty ceases to be an Eligible Counterparty, such Receivable may continue to constitute an Eligible Receivable notwithstanding this clause (z) unless thirty days or more shall have elapsed since such Counterparty ceased to be an Eligible Counterparty and no new Hedging Arrangement meeting the requirements of this clause (z) shall have been provided in substitution for the Hedging Arrangements with such Counterparty; |
An | Italian Receivable may constitute an Eligible Receivable for purposes of this Agreement: |
(aa) | notwithstanding clause (i)(a) above, if the Obligor thereon is either (A) in the case of a natural person, a resident of Italy or (B) in the case of a corporation or other business organization, organized under the laws of Italy; |
(bb) | notwithstanding clause (v) above, if such Italian Receivable by its terms is |
(A) | due and payable within 90 days of the original billing date therefor and has not had its payment terms extended; or |
(B) | due and payable within 91 to 120 days of the original billing date therefor and has not had its payment terms extended; provided that the aggregate Outstanding Balance of such Receivable and all other Receivables that shall constitute Eligible Receivables by reason of this clause (B) does not at any time exceed an amount equal to 12% of the Outstanding Balance of all Italian Receivables at such time; or |
(C) | due and payable more than 120 days after the original billing date therefor and has not had its payment terms extended; provided that the aggregate Outstanding Balance of such Receivable and all other Receivables that shall constitute Eligible Receivables by reason of this clause (C) does not at any time exceed an amount equal to 1% of the Outstanding Balance of all Italian Receivables at such time; |
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(cc) | notwithstanding clause (vi) above, if such Receivable constitutes a right to payment of a monetary obligation arising in connection with the sale of goods by JD-Italy; |
(dd) | notwithstanding clause (vii) above, if such Receivable is denominated and payable only in Euros to a Collection Account or to the Italian P.O. Box; |
(ee) | notwithstanding the requirement in clause (viii) above that the related Contract be in writing, to the extent in the custom and practice of JD-Italys business the applicable Contract is not typically in writing; |
(ff) | notwithstanding clause (xviii), to the extent such clause requires that legal title transfer, if beneficial title is transferred to Seller in, and Seller holds beneficial ownership of, such Italian Receivable, free and clear of any Adverse Claim (other than the legal title retained by BOEL at any time prior to the date legal title is required to be transferred under Section 7.1(h)(iii)); |
(gg) | if a Purchaser Interest as contemplated herein is capable of being transferred by the Seller to the Agent for the benefit of the Purchasers in such Receivable, free and clear of any Adverse Claim (other than the legal title retained by BOEL at any time prior to the date legal title is required to be transferred under Section 7.1(h)(iii)); |
(hh) | if such Receivable and the Contract related thereto is governed by Italian law; and |
(ii) | if Eligible Hedging Arrangements shall then be in effect in the notional amount and otherwise on the terms then required under Section 1.5 of the Agreement; provided that in the case of any Receivable outstanding at the time a Counterparty ceases to be an Eligible Counterparty, such Receivable may continue to constitute an Eligible Receivable notwithstanding this clause (ii) unless thirty days or more shall have elapsed since such Counterparty ceased to be an Eligible Counterparty and no new Hedging Arrangement meeting the requirements of this clause (ii) shall have been provided in substitution for the Hedging Arrangements with such Counterparty. |
Employee Shareholders means any officer, director or employee of Holdco or any Affiliate of Holdco, JDI, their respective Subsidiaries or Associates holding voting stock of Holdco subject to a mandatory obligation to tender to Holdco while so held.
ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.
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Euro means the lawful currency of Italy and each other member state of the European Community that shall have adopted such currency in accordance with legislation of the European Community relating to the Economic and Monetary Union.
Facility Account means Sellers Account No.1000231372 at Johnson Bank, Racine, Wisconsin.
Facility Termination Date means, at any time, the earlier of (i) the Liquidity Termination Date and (ii) the Amortization Date.
Federal Bankruptcy Code means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled Bankruptcy, as amended and any successor statute thereto.
Federal Funds Effective Rate means, for any period, a fluctuating interest rate per annum for each day during such period equal to (a) the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers, as published for such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, for the preceding Business Day) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in the Composite Closing Quotations for U.S. Government Securities; or (b) if such rate is not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the average of the quotations at approximately 10:30 a.m. (Chicago time) for such day on such transactions received by the Agent from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
Fee Letters means (i) that certain Restructuring Fee Letter dated November 30, 2005 among Seller, JDI, Chariot and JPMorgan Chase, (ii) that certain letter agreement among Seller, JDI, Liberty, the Agent and BNS dated the date hereof, and (iii) any other fee letter executed in connection with a Joinder Agreement, as each may be amended or modified and in effect from time to time.
Finance Charges means, with respect to a Contract, any finance, interest, late payment charges or similar charges owing by an Obligor pursuant to such Contract.
Financial Institutions means each of the Persons listed on Schedule A hereto.
Financial Person means a bank, commercial finance company, mutual fund, insurance company or other similar Person the primary business of which is not, to the knowledge of the Agent, in competition with any of the material operating businesses of the Originators.
Funding Agreement means this Agreement and any agreement or instrument executed by any Funding Source with or for the benefit of a Conduit, including a Liquidity Agreement.
Funding Source means (i) any Financial Institution or (ii) any insurance company, bank or other funding entity providing liquidity, credit enhancement or back-up purchase support or facilities to a Conduit, including a Liquidity Agreement.
Group Purchase Limit means, for each Purchase Group, the sum of the Commitments of the Financial Institutions in such Purchase Group.
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GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles in effect in the United States of America as of the date of this Agreement.
Hedge Breakage Cost any lump-sum amount payable by Seller to any Program F/X Counterparty in connection with the designation of an Early Termination Date of any Hedging Arrangement.
Hedge Indemnity Cost any amounts payable by Seller to any Program F/X Counterparty in respect of any indemnities under any Hedging Arrangement.
Hedging Arrangement means any interest rate or currency exchange arrangement, of any type or kind, to which Seller may be a party in connection with any of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement or in any of the Sale Agreements for purposes of facilitating, whether directly, indirectly or ultimately, the purchase with funding provided in U.S. Dollars of Receivables originated and collected in a currency other than U.S. Dollars.
Holdco shall mean JohnsonDiversey Holdings, Inc., a Wisconsin corporation, and the owner of 100% (except for 1 share) of the issued and outstanding capital stock of JDI as of the date hereof.
Incremental Purchase means a purchase of one or more Purchaser Interests which increases the total outstanding Aggregate Capital hereunder.
Indebtedness of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all indebtedness for borrowed money; (b) all obligations issued, undertaken or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade payables entered into in the ordinary course of business on customary terms); (c) all non-contingent reimbursement or payment obligations with respect to surety instruments or guarantees; (d) all obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, including obligations so evidenced incurred in connection with the acquisition of property, assets or businesses; (e) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, in either case, with respect to property acquired by the Person (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or bank under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property); (f) all capitalized lease obligations; (g) all Indebtedness referred to in clauses (a) through (f) above secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any liens upon or in property (including accounts and contracts rights) owned by such Person, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such Indebtedness; (h) all Contingent Obligations in respect of indebtedness or obligations of others of the kinds referred to in clauses (a) through (g) above. For all purposes of this Agreement, the Indebtedness of any Person shall include the applicable pro rata portion of all recourse Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer. In addition, for the purposes of this Agreement, the consolidated Indebtedness of Holdco, JDI, and their respective Subsidiaries shall be considered without duplication. For example, a guaranty made by JDI of the Indebtedness of one of its Subsidiaries shall not add any Indebtedness to the calculation of consolidated Indebtedness, as the Subsidiarys Indebtedness already would have been included in such calculation.
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Independent Director shall mean a member of the Board of Directors of Seller who is not at such time, and has not been at any time during the preceding five (5) years, (A) a director, officer, employee or affiliate of Seller, any Originator, or any of their respective Subsidiaries or Affiliates, or (B) the beneficial owner (at the time of such individuals appointment as an Independent Director or at any time thereafter while serving as an Independent Director) of any of the outstanding common shares of Seller, any Originator, or any of their respective Subsidiaries or Affiliates, having general voting rights.
Interim Monthly Report means, at any time, a report prepared by Seller or Servicer setting forth such information in respect of the Receivables as the Agent may reasonably request, as of any date the Agent shall request, including the Outstanding Balance of all Receivables as of such date, the agings of such Receivables and such other information that is of a type generally set forth in a Monthly Report and that Seller and Servicer are then reasonably capable of reporting for such date.
Italian Mandate Letter means that certain Mandate Letter (mandato con rappresentanza) to be dated November 5, 2004 among JD-Italy, BOEL and Seller.
Italian P.O. Account means, collectively, all collection accounts maintained by the Italian postal authority to which any Obligors on the Italian Receivables have been directed to remit payments on Italian Receivables, including, without limitation, each of the Post Office Accounts identified on Schedule 3 to the Receivables Sale Agreement among JD-Italy, BOEL and Seller.
Italian Receivable means any Receivable originated by JD-Italy and purportedly transferred (i) by JD-Italy to BOEL under the Receivables Sale Agreement between JD-Italy and BOEL, and (ii) by BOEL to Seller under the Receivables Sale Agreement between BOEL and Seller.
Italian Receivables Qualification means, when used in reference to any statement of fact relating to the Italian Receivables, that Seller has taken all actions on its part or otherwise within its power to cause such statement of fact to be true and accurate but, in light of the acquisition by Seller of the Italian Receivables from BOEL, (i) the truth or accuracy of such statement of fact depends in part on the taking of actions by BOEL to effect a valid transfer of such Italian Receivables to Seller and (ii) Seller does not control BOEL.
JDI or JohnsonDiversey, Inc. means JohnsonDiversey, Inc., a Delaware corporation, successor to S.C. Johnson Commercial Markets, Inc.
JD-Italy means JohnsonDiversey SpA, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Italy.
JD-UK means JohnsonDiversey UK Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales.
Johnson Family Group means the descendants of Herbert Fisk Johnson, father of Herbert Fisk Johnson, Jr. and Henrietta Johnson Louis, and their spouses or any trust for their exclusive benefit or under which such descendants or spouses exercise voting control or any corporation or partnership in which voting control as to such entity is held by any one or more of such descendants or
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spouses or by a trust for the exclusive benefit of such descendants or spouses or by a trust which is controlled by such descendants or spouses or the executor or administrator of the estate of or other legal representative of any such descendant or spouse.
Joinder Agreement means a joinder agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit XI hereto, pursuant to which a new Purchase Group becomes party to this Agreement.
JPMorgan Chase has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
Leverage Ratio means, with respect to any Person for any period, the ratio of (a) Financial Covenant Debt of such Person and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP as of the last day of such period minus the aggregate amount of Cash and Cash Equivalents held by such Person and its Subsidiaries to the extent that such Cash and Cash Equivalents are held in a Deposit Account or a Securities Account over which the Administrative Agent has a perfected first priority Lien to (b) EBITDA for such Person for such period. For purposes of this definition, any term not defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Credit Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit XI.
LIBO Rate means, in respect of any Tranche Period, the rate per annum equal to the sum of (i) the Offshore Base Rate for such Tranche Period plus (ii) the Applicable Margin in effect at such time.
Liberty has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
Liquidity Agreement means any agreement as may be in effect from time to time among a Conduit and the Financial Institutions within its Purchase Group or any Funding Source providing for the commitment of such Financial Institutions to purchase from such Conduit at any time all or any portion of such Conduits Purchaser Interests.
Liquidity Termination Date means December 15, 2008.
Lock-Box means each locked postal box with respect to which a bank who has executed a Collection Account Agreement has been granted exclusive access for the purpose of retrieving and processing payments made on the Receivables and which is listed on Exhibit IV.
Loss Horizon Ratio means, as of the last day of any Reporting Period, a ratio
(i) the numerator of which is an amount equal to the sum of (A) the aggregate gross sales of the Originators for the period of three Reporting Periods ending such date and (B) an amount equal to three-quarters of the aggregate gross sales of the Originators for the Reporting Period ended immediately prior to the period described in clause (A), and
(b) the denominator of which is the Net Eligible Outstanding Balance as of such last day.
Loss Percentage means, at any time, the sum of
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(a) the greater of (i) two (2) times the Loss Ratio times the Loss Horizon Ratio and (ii) the Loss Reserve Floor and
(b) at all times from and after the occurrence of an LP Increase Event, a percentage equal to (i) 0.35 times (ii) the difference, if positive, of (A) the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of the aggregate Collections remitted to the Italian P.O. Account during the then most recently ended fiscal month of Seller to the aggregate Collections on Italian Receivables during such fiscal month, minus (B) 10%.
Loss Ratio means, as of any date, the highest average Default Ratio in respect of a period of three consecutive Reporting Periods, determined in reference to, and as of the last day of each of, the twelve Reporting Periods then most recently ended.
Loss Reserve means, on any date, an amount equal to the Loss Percentage multiplied by the Net Receivables Balance as of the close of business of the Servicer on such date.
Loss Reserve Floor means 8%.
Loss-to-Liquidation Ratio means, as at the last day of any Reporting Period, a percentage equal to (i) the sum of the amount of Charged-Off Receivables which became Charged-Off Receivables during the period, plus the aggregate amount of Receivables which are unpaid not less than 61 days and not more than 90 days from the original due date for such payment divided by (ii) the aggregate amount of Collections such period.
LP Increase Event has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1(j)(ii).
Managing Agent has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
Managing Agent Institution has the meaning specified in Section 14.13(b).
Managing Agent Institution Roles has the meaning specified in Section 14.13(b).
Material Adverse Effect means a material adverse effect on (i) the financial condition or operations of Seller or any Originator, (ii) the ability of Seller or any Originator to perform its obligations under any Transaction Document, (iii) the legality, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, (iv) any Purchasers interest in the Receivables generally or in any significant portion of the Receivables, the Related Security or the Collections with respect thereto, or (v) the collectibility of the Receivables generally or of any material portion of the Receivables.
Minimum Net Worth means at any time shareholders equity in an amount not less than 3% of the aggregate Capital at such time.
Monthly Report means a report, in substantially the respective form set forth in Exhibit X-A hereto (as such form may be amended from time to time by the mutual agreement of the Agent, the Managing Agents and the Servicer) (appropriately completed), furnished by the Servicer to the Agent and the Managing Agents pursuant to Section 8.5 and relating to a fiscal month of the Seller and the Originators.
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Net Eligible Outstanding Balance means, at any time, an amount equal to (i) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Receivables at such time minus (ii) the aggregate balance then reflected on the books and records of the Originators in respect of the Accrual Accounts (or measured in any other manner satisfactory to the Agent and the Required Financial Institutions).
Net Receivables Balance means, at any time, the aggregate Net Eligible Outstanding Balance at such time reduced by (i) the aggregate amount by which the Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Receivables of each Obligor and its Affiliates exceeds the Concentration Limit for such Obligor and (ii) an amount equal to the aggregate balance then reflected on the books and records of the Originators in respect of the Professional Rebate Accrual Reserve Account.
Non-Renewing Financial Institution has the meaning set forth in Section 12.3(a).
Non-U.S. Originator means JD-Italy, JD-UK and any other Originator organized or having its principal place of business in a jurisdiction other than the United States.
Obligations shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.
Obligor means a Person obligated to make payments pursuant to a Contract.
Offshore Base Rate means, for any Tranche Period, a per annum rate equal to (i) the Eurocurrency Rate as defined in the Credit Agreement, as determined in reference to a Loan denominated in Dollars thereunder and in reference to an Interest Period having a duration equal to such Tranche Period; provided that if the Credit Agreement shall have terminated or the applicable Managing Agent shall be unable to determine the Offshore Base Rate in the foregoing manner for any other reason at any time, Offshore Base Rate shall mean the average of the rates per annum at which deposits in U.S. Dollars (for delivery on the first day of the applicable Tranche Period) in same day funds in the approximate amount of the amount to be funded at the Offshore Base Rate and with a term equivalent to such Tranche Period would be offered by JPMorgan Chase to major banks in the offshore eurocurrency market at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the first day of such Tranche Period, plus (ii) 0.05%.
Originator means each of JohnsonDiversey, Inc., Butcher, JD-Italy or JD-UK, in its capacity as seller under the respective Receivables Sale Agreement.
Outstanding Balance of any Receivable at any time means the then outstanding principal balance thereof.
Participant has the meaning set forth in Section 12.2.
Percentage means, with respect to any Financial Institution in any Purchase Group, a percentage equal to the Commitment of such Financial Institution divided by the Group Purchase Limit of its Purchase Group.
Performance Undertaking means, any of the following: (i) that certain Performance Undertaking, dated as of March 2, 2001, made by JDI in favor of Seller, (ii) that certain Performance Undertaking, dated as of October 24, 2003, made by JDI in favor of
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Seller, and (ii) that certain Performance Undertaking, dated as of January 12, 2004, made by JDI in favor of Seller, in each case, as the same may be amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
Performance Guarantor means JDI, in its capacity as Performance Guarantor under each Performance Undertaking.
Person means an individual, partnership, corporation (including a business trust), limited liability company, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture or other entity, or a government or any political subdivision or agency thereof.
Pooled Commercial Paper means Commercial Paper notes of any Conduit subject to any particular pooling arrangement by such Conduit, but excluding Commercial Paper issued by such Conduit for a tenor and in an amount specifically requested by any Person in connection with any agreement effected by such Conduit. During the period that Commercial Paper notes of any Conduit shall be rated A-1 by Standard & Poors Ratings Group and P-1 by Moodys Investor Services, Inc., the CP Costs hereunder shall be calculated in reference to such Commercial Paper notes.
Potential Amortization Event means an event which, with the passage of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute an Amortization Event.
Prime Rate means, at any time, the rate per annum then most recently published in the Wall Street Journal as the Prime Rate or, if such information is no longer available or delayed for any reason, Prime Rate shall mean a rate per annum equal to the corporate base rate, prime rate or base rate of interest, as applicable, announced by JPMorgan Chase from time to time, changing when and as such rate changes.
Prism Division means the line of business formerly operated by Prism Sanitization Management, LLC (Prism) and, following the merger of Prism with and into JDI, now operated by JDI as a separate division.
Professional Rebate Accrual Reserve Account means the rebate accrual account maintained by JohnsonDiversey, Inc. relating to rebates that may be payable to customers of the Professional Division of JohnsonDiversey, Inc.
Program F/X Counterparty means any Counterparty with respect to a foreign currency Hedging Arrangement that has agreed to be bound by the terms of Article XI of this Agreement in a document in form and substance acceptable to the Agent.
Proposed Reduction Date has the meaning set forth in Section 1.3.
Pro Rata Share means, for each Purchase Group, a percentage equal to (i) the aggregate Commitments of the Financial Institutions in such Purchase Group divided by (ii) the Purchase Limit, adjusted as necessary to give effect to the application of the terms of Article XII.
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Purchase Group means a Managing Agent, the related Conduit and the related Financial Institutions.
Purchase Limit means the sum of the Commitments of the Financial Institutions as such amount may be reduced pursuant to Section 1.1(b) and as such amount may be increased by the mutual agreement of all parties hereto.
Purchase Notice has the meaning set forth in Section 1.2.
Purchase Price means, with respect to any Incremental Purchase of a Purchaser Interest, the amount paid to Seller for such Purchaser Interest which shall not exceed the least of the amount requested by Seller in the applicable Purchase Notice, the unused portion of the Purchase Limit on the applicable purchase date and the excess, if any, of the Net Receivables Balance (less the Aggregate Reserves) on the applicable purchase date over the aggregate outstanding amount of Aggregate Capital determined as of the date of the most recent Monthly Report, taking into account such proposed Incremental Purchase. The Purchase Price shall not in any event exceed an amount that would cause Seller to fail to be in compliance with Section 2.6 after giving effect to the applicable purchase.
Purchaser means any Conduit or Financial Institution, as applicable, and Purchasers means all Conduits and Financial Institutions.
Purchaser Interest means, at any time, an undivided percentage ownership interest (computed as set forth below) associated with a designated amount of Capital, selected pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof in (i) each Receivable arising prior to the time of the most recent computation or recomputation of such undivided interest, (ii) all Related Security with respect to each such Receivable, and (iii) all Collections with respect to, and other proceeds of, each such Receivable. Each such undivided percentage interest shall equal:
C | ||||
NRB AR | ||||
where: | ||||
C | = | the Capital of such Purchaser Interest. | ||
AR | = | the Aggregate Reserves. | ||
NRB | = | the Net Receivables Balance. |
Such undivided percentage ownership interest shall be initially computed on its date of purchase. Thereafter, until the Amortization Date, each Purchaser Interest shall be automatically recomputed (or deemed to be recomputed) on each day prior to the Amortization Date. The variable percentage represented by any Purchaser Interest as computed (or deemed recomputed) as of the close of the business day immediately preceding the Amortization Date shall remain constant at all times thereafter.
Purchasing Financial Institution has the meaning set forth in Section 12.1(b).
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Receivable means all indebtedness and other obligations owed to Seller or to any Originator (at the time it arises, and before giving effect to any transfer or conveyance under any Receivables Sale Agreement or hereunder) or in which Seller or any Originator has a security interest or other interest, including, without limitation, any indebtedness, obligation or interest constituting an account, contract right, payment intangible, promissory note, chattel paper, instrument, document, investment property, financial asset or general intangible, arising in connection with the sale of goods or the rendering of services by such Originator, and further includes, without limitation, the obligation to pay any Finance Charges with respect thereto. Indebtedness and other rights and obligations arising from any one transaction, including, without limitation, indebtedness and other rights and obligations represented by an individual invoice, shall constitute a Receivable separate from a Receivable consisting of the indebtedness and other rights and obligations arising from any other transaction; provided further, that any indebtedness, rights or obligations referred to in the immediately preceding sentence shall be a Receivable regardless of whether the account debtor or Seller treats such indebtedness, rights or obligations as a separate payment obligation. The term Receivable shall not include any indebtedness or other obligations owed to JDI arising in connection with the sale of goods or rendering of services by the Prism Division.
Receivables Sale Agreement means, any of the following, as each agreement may be amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time:
(i) | that certain Receivables Sale Agreement dated as of March 2, 2001 between JohnsonDiversey, Inc., as seller, and Seller, as buyer; |
(ii) | that certain Receivables Sale Agreement dated as of August 29, 2003 between Butcher, as seller, and JohnsonDiversey Inc., as buyer, |
(iii) | that certain Receivables Offer Deed dated October 24, 2003 between JD-UK, as seller, and Seller, as buyer; |
(iv) | that certain Receivables Framework Agreement dated January 12, 2004 among JD-Italy, as originator, BOEL, as buyer, and Seller; and |
(v) | that certain Receivables Offer Deed dated January 12, 2004 between BOEL, as seller, and Seller, as buyer. |
Records means, with respect to any Receivable, all Contracts and other documents, books, records and other information (including, without limitation, computer programs, tapes, disks, punch cards, data processing software and related property and rights) relating to such Receivable, any Related Security therefor and the related Obligor.
Reduction Notice has the meaning set forth in Section 1.3.
Regulatory Change has the meaning set forth in Section 10.3(a).
Reinvestment has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.
Related Security means, with respect to any Receivable:
(i) | all of Sellers interest in the inventory and goods (including returned or repossessed inventory or goods), if any, the sale, financing or lease of which by the applicable Originator gave rise to such Receivable, and all insurance contracts with respect thereto, |
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(ii) | all other security interests or liens and property subject thereto from time to time, if any, purporting to secure payment of such Receivable, whether pursuant to the Contract related to such Receivable or otherwise, together with all financing statements and security agreements describing any collateral securing such Receivable, |
(iii) | all guaranties, letters of credit, letter-of-credit rights, supporting obligations, insurance and other agreements or arrangements of whatever character from time to time supporting or securing payment of such Receivable whether pursuant to the Contract related to such Receivable or otherwise, |
(iv) | all service contracts and other contracts and agreements associated with such Receivable, |
(v) | all Records related to such Receivable, |
(vi) | all of Sellers right, title and interest in, to and under each Receivables Sale Agreement and each instrument, document and agreement existing in connection with any of the foregoing, including without limitation, the Deed of Trust and Charge, the Italian Bank Account Pledge Agreement and any similar arrangement made by an Originator in favor, directly or indirectly, of Seller in connection with the Receivables, |
(vii) | all of Sellers right, title and interest in, to and under each Performance Undertaking, |
(viii) | all of Sellers right, title and interest in, to and under any Hedging Arrangement, and |
(ix) | all proceeds of any of the foregoing. |
Reporting Date means any date on which a Monthly Report is required to be delivered in accordance with Section 8.5(i).
Reporting Period means a fiscal month of the Originators. The Servicer shall from time to time deliver to the Agent a current schedule of fiscal months of the Originators then in effect.
Required Financial Institutions means, at any time, Financial Institutions with Commitments in excess of 50% of the Purchase Limit or, in the case of a Purchase Group, of the Group Purchase Limit; provided, that, so long as there are no more than two (2) Financial Institutions, Required Financial Institutions shall mean each of the Financial Institutions.
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Required Notice Period means two Business Days.
Restricted Junior Payment means (i) any dividend or other distribution, direct or indirect, on account of any shares of any class of capital stock of Seller now or hereafter outstanding, except a dividend payable solely in shares of that class of stock or in any junior class of stock of Seller, (ii) any redemption, retirement, sinking fund or similar payment, purchase or other acquisition for value, direct or indirect, of any shares of any class of capital stock of Seller now or hereafter outstanding, (iii) any payment or prepayment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest, fees or other charges on or with respect to, and any redemption, purchase, retirement, defeasance, sinking fund or similar payment and any claim for rescission with respect to the Subordinated Loans (as defined in each Receivables Sale Agreement), (iv) any payment made to redeem, purchase, repurchase or retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any outstanding warrants, options or other rights to acquire shares of any class of capital stock of Seller now or hereafter outstanding, and (v) any payment of management fees by Seller (except for reasonable management fees to any Originator or its Affiliates in reimbursement of actual management services performed).
Seller has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
Seller Parties means, collectively, Seller, individually, Seller in its capacity as Servicer and any sub-Servicer.
Servicer means at any time the Person (which may be the Agent) then authorized pursuant to Article VIII to service, administer and collect Receivables.
Servicer Reserve means, on any date, an amount equal to 0.50% multiplied by the Net Receivables Balance as of the close of business of the Servicer on such date.
Servicing Fee has the meaning set forth in Section 8.6.
Settlement Date means (A) the day each month that occurs two Business Days after the Reporting Date in such month (the Scheduled Settlement Date), and (B) the last day of the relevant Tranche Period in respect of each Purchaser Interest of the Financial Institutions.
Settlement Period means (A) in respect of each Purchaser Interest of the Conduits, the immediately preceding Accrual Period, and (B) in respect of each Purchaser Interest of the Financial Institutions, the entire Tranche Period of such Purchaser Interest.
Subsidiary of a Person means any corporation, association, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture or other business entity of which more than 50% of the voting stock, membership interests or other equity interests (in the case of Persons other than corporations) is owned or controlled directly or indirectly by the Person, or one or more of the Subsidiaries of the Person, or a combination thereof. Unless otherwise expressly provided, all references herein to a Subsidiary shall mean a Subsidiary of Seller.
Termination Date has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.
Termination Percentage has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.
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Terminating Financial Institution has the meaning set forth in Section 12.3(a).
Terminating Tranche has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(b).
Tranche Period means, with respect to any Purchaser Interest held by a Financial Institution, including any Purchaser Interest or an undivided interest in a Purchaser Interest assigned to a Financial Institution pursuant to a Liquidity Agreement:
(a) if Yield for such Purchaser Interest is calculated on the basis of the LIBO Rate, a period of one, two, three or six months, commencing on a Business Day selected by Seller in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Such Tranche Period shall end on the day in the applicable succeeding calendar month which corresponds numerically to the beginning day of such Tranche Period; provided, however, that if there is no such numerically corresponding day in such succeeding month, such Tranche Period shall end on the last Business Day of such succeeding month; or
(b) if Yield for such Purchaser Interest is calculated on the basis of the Prime Rate, a period commencing on a Business Day selected by Seller and agreed to by the applicable Managing Agent, provided no such period shall exceed one month.
If any Tranche Period would end on a day which is not a Business Day, such Tranche Period shall end on the next succeeding Business Day, provided, however, that in the case of Tranche Periods corresponding to the LIBO Rate, if such next succeeding Business Day falls in a new month, such Tranche Period shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day. In the case of any Tranche Period for any Purchaser Interest which commences before the Amortization Date and would otherwise end on a date occurring after the Amortization Date, such Tranche Period shall end on the Amortization Date. The duration of each Tranche Period which commences after the Amortization Date shall be of such duration as selected by the applicable Managing Agent.
Transaction Documents means, collectively, this Agreement, each Purchase Notice, each Receivables Sale Agreement, the Deed of Trust and Charge, the Italian Mandate Letter, the Italian Bank Account Pledge Agreement, each Collection Account Agreement, each Performance Undertaking, the Fee Letters, each Subordinated Note (issued under and as defined in each Receivables Sale Agreement) and all other instruments, documents and agreements executed and delivered in connection herewith.
UCC means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the specified jurisdiction.
UK Receivable means any Receivable originated by JD-UK and purportedly transferred by JD-UK to Seller under the Receivables Sale Agreement between JD-UK and Seller.
Weekly Period means a period of seven days, commencing with a Saturday and ending the following Friday.
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Weekly Report means a report in substantially the applicable form attached as Exhibit X-B hereto (as such form may be amended from time to time by the mutual agreement of the Agent, the Required Financial Institutions and the Servicer )(appropriately completed), furnished by the Servicer to the Agent and the Managing Agents pursuant to Section 8.5 and relating to the Weekly Period then most recently ended.
Weekly Reporting Date means, with respect to any Weekly Period, the Monday one week following the last day of such Weekly Period or, if such Monday is not a Business Day, the next day thereafter that is a Business Day.
Weekly Settlement Date means, with respect to any Weekly Period, the Wednesday following the Weekly Reporting Date for such Weekly Period.
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of a Person means (i) any corporation 100% of the outstanding securities having ordinary voting power of which shall at the time be owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or by one or more of its Subsidiaries or by such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries, or (ii) any partnership, association, limited liability company, joint venture or similar business organization 100% of the ownership interests having ordinary voting power of which shall at the time be so owned or controlled.
Yield means for each respective Tranche Period relating to Purchaser Interests of the Financial Institutions, including, without limitation, any Purchaser Interests or undivided interests in Purchaser Interests assigned to a Financial Institution pursuant to a Liquidity Agreement, an amount equal to the product of the applicable Discount Rate for each Purchaser Interest multiplied by the Capital of such Purchaser Interest for each day elapsed during such Tranche Period, annualized on a 360 day basis.
Yield Reserve means, on any date, an amount equal to 1.00% multiplied by the Net Receivables Balance as of the close of business of the Servicer on such date.
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 Illinois, and not specifically defined herein, are used herein as defined in such Article 9.
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EXHIBIT II
FORM OF PURCHASE NOTICE
[Date]
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Agent | ||
Chase Tower | ||
10 South Dearborn Street | ||
Chicago, Illinois | ||
Attention: Chariot Funding Manager | ||
Phone: (312) | ||
Fax: (312) | ||
Attention: | [ABF Treasury] | |
Re: PURCHASE NOTICE |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is hereby made to the Second Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 24, 2006, by and among JWPR Corporation, a Nevada corporation as seller and servicer (the Seller), the Purchasers and Managing Agents party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Agent (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, the Receivables Purchase Agreement). Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Receivables Purchase Agreement.
The Managing Agents are hereby notified of the following Incremental Purchase:
Purchase Price: | The amount of the Purchase Price to be funded by each Purchase Group is as follows:
(a) JPMorgan Chase Purchase Group: $ (a) BNS Purchase Group: $ | |
Date of Purchase: | ||
Requested Discount Rate: | [LIBO Rate] [Prime Rate] [Pooled Commercial Paper rate] |
Please credit the Purchase Price in immediately available funds to our Facility Account [and then wire-transfer the Purchase Price in immediately available funds on the above-specified date of purchase to:
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[Account Name]
[Account No.]
[Bank Name & Address]
[ABA #]
Reference:
Telephone advice to: [Name] @ tel. No. ( )
Please advise [Name] at telephone no ( ) if none of the Conduits will be making this purchase.
In connection with the Incremental Purchase to be made on the above listed Date of Purchase (the Purchase Date), Seller hereby certifies that the following statements are true on the date hereof, and will be true on the Purchase Date (before and after giving effect to the proposed Incremental Purchase):
(i) the representations and warranties of Seller set forth in Section 5.1 of the Receivables Purchase Agreement are true and correct on and as of the Purchase Date as though made on and as of such date;
(ii) no event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from the proposed Incremental Purchase, that will constitute an Amortization Event, and no event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such Incremental Purchase or Reinvestment, that would constitute a Potential Amortization Event;
(iii) the Facility Termination Date has not occurred, the Aggregate Capital does not exceed the Purchase Limit and the aggregate Purchaser Interests do not exceed 97%, the related Purchase Price does not exceed the Availability immediately prior to giving effect to such purchase; and
(iv) the amount of Aggregate Capital is $ after giving effect to the Incremental Purchase to be made on the Purchase Date.
Very truly yours, | ||
JWPR CORPORATION | ||
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EXHIBIT III
JWPR CORPORATION
Places of Business; Locations of Records;
Federal Employer Identification Number(s); Other Names
Places of Business:
c/o M & I Portfolio Services, Inc.
3992 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 100
Las Vegas, NV 89109
Locations of Records:
c/o M & I Portfolio Services, Inc.
3992 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 100
Las Vegas, NV 89109
Federal Employer Identification Number:
Corporate, Partnership Trade and Assumed Names:
None
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EXHIBIT IV
NAMES OF COLLECTION BANKS; COLLECTION ACCOUNTS
EXHIBIT IV
NAMES OF COLLECTION BANKS; COLLECTION ACCOUNTS
Name of Originator | Bank Name & Address | Account Number | Name & Address of Associated Lock-Box | |||
JohnsonDiversey, Inc. | Johnson Bank 245 Main Street Racine, WI 53403 | 50036-823 | 245 Main Street Racine, WI ###-###-#### | |||
JohnsonDiversey, Inc. (JDINA) | LaSalle Bank NA 135 S. LaSalle Street Chicago, IL 60603 | 5800400664 | 1589 Paysphere Circle Chicago, IL 60674 | |||
JohnsonDiversey, Inc. (US Chemical) | LaSalle Bank NA 135 S. LaSalle Street Chicago, IL 60603 | 5800400706 | 2205 Paysphere Circle Chicago, IL 60674 | |||
The Butcher Company Inc. | LaSalle Bank NA 135 S. LaSalle Street Chicago, IL 60603 | 5800400789 | 2350 Paysphere Circle Chicago, IL 60674 | |||
Johnson Diversey, Inc. (Professional Consumer Branded Products) | LaSalle Bank NA 135 S. LaSalle Street Chicago, IL 60603 | 5800400672 | 1696 Paysphere Circle Chicago, IL 60674 | |||
JohnsonDiversey, Inc. (Americlean) | LaSalle Bank NA 135 S. LaSalle Street Chicago, IL 60603 | 5800400698 | 1760 Paysphere Circle Chicago, IL 60674 |
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Name of Originator | Italian Collection Account | Italian Collection Bank | ||
JohnsonDiversey SpA | C/C: 17355173 SWIFT CODE: BCITIT332101 IBAN: IT09 S030 6909 4410 0001 7355 173 | BANCA INTESA - RETE CARIPLO Filiale: MILANO 1 - STATUTO C.so GARIBALDI, 86 20121 MILANO CIN: S ABI: 03069 CAB: 09441 | ||
JohnsonDiversey SpA | C/C: 060081130101 SWIFT CODE: BCITITMM300 IBAN: IT61 D030 6909 5510 6008 1130 101 | BANCA INTESA - RETE COMIT Filiale: MILANO - CRESCENZAGO Via Padova, 256 20132 MILANO CIN: D ABI: 03069 CAB: 09551 | ||
JohnsonDiversey SpA | C/C: 800/66 SWIFT CODE: BCITITMM135 IBAN: IT93 Q030 6901 7660 0000 0080 066 | BANCA INTESA - RETE CARIPLO Filiale: MILANO 73 - SAN MAMETE Via San Mamete, 4 20128 MILANO CIN: Q ABI: 03069 CAB: 01766 | ||
JohnsonDiversey SpA | C/C: 43185249 SWIFT CODE: CRPPIT 2 P 227 IBAN: IT76 P062 3001 6530 0004 3185 249 | CASSA DI RISPARMIO DI PARMA E PIACENZA Filiale: MILANO AGENZIA 5 Viale Monza 2, ang. Piazzale Loreto 20127 MILANO CIN: P ABI: 06230 CAB: 01653 | ||
JohnsonDiversey SpA | C/C: 6480 SWIFT CODE: BEPOIT22716 IBAN: IT55 S054 2833 1300 0000 006 480 | BANCA POP.BERGAMO/CREDITO VARESINO Filiale: GARBAGNATE MI (S.M. ROSSA) Via Garibaldi, 156 20024 GARBAGNATE MILANESE CIN: S ABI: 05428 CAB: 33130 |
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Post Office Account | Post Office Branch | |||
JohnsonDiversey SpA | C/C: 40785677 Note: CONTO ATTIVO gestito con BANCOPOSTA ONLINE | ENTE POSTE ITALIANE Filiale POSTE CENTRO Viale Europa, 175 00144 ROMA CIN: ABI: 07601 CAB: 03200 | ||
JohnsonDiversey SpA | C/C: 12144788 Note: CONTO ATTIVO | ENTE POSTE ITALIANE Succursale 88 Via S.Mamete, 16 20128 MILANO CIN: W ABI: 07601 CAB: 01648 | ||
JohnsonDiversey SpA | C/C: 30151203 Note: CONTO da ESTINGUERE | ENTE POSTE ITALIANE Succursale 67 Via Pindaro, 29 20128 MILANO CIN: Y ABI: 07601 CAB: 01672 | ||
JohnsonDiversey UK Limited | JohnsonDiversey UK Limited Collections Account | National Westminster Bank PLC |
Name of Originator | Italian Collection Account | Italian Collection Bank | ||
JohnsonDiversey SpA | C/C: 17355173 SWIFT CODE: BCITIT332101 IBAN: IT09 S030 6909 4410 0001 7355 173 | BANCA INTESA - RETE CARIPLO Filiale: MILANO 1 - STATUTO C.so GARIBALDI, 86 20121 MILANO CIN: S ABI: 03069 CAB: 09441 |
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JohnsonDiversey SpA | C/C: 060081130101 SWIFT CODE: BCITITMM300 IBAN: IT61 D030 6909 5510 6008 1130 101 | BANCA INTESA - RETE COMIT Filiale: MILANO - CRESCENZAGO Via Padova, 256 20132 MILANO CIN: D ABI: 03069 CAB: 09551 | ||
JohnsonDiversey SpA | C/C: 800/66 SWIFT CODE: BCITITMM135 IBAN: IT93 Q030 6901 7660 0000 0080 066 | BANCA INTESA - RETE CARIPLO Filiale: MILANO 73 - SAN MAMETE Via San Mamete, 4 20128 MILANO CIN: Q ABI: 03069 CAB: 01766 | ||
JohnsonDiversey SpA | C/C: 43185249 SWIFT CODE: CRPPIT 2 P 227 IBAN: IT76 P062 3001 6530 0004 3185 249 | CASSA DI RISPARMIO DI PARMA E PIACENZA Filiale: MILANO AGENZIA 5 Viale Monza 2, ang. Piazzale Loreto 20127 MILANO CIN: P ABI: 06230 CAB: 01653 | ||
JohnsonDiversey SpA | C/C: 6480 SWIFT CODE: BEPOIT22716 IBAN: IT55 S054 2833 1300 0000 006 480 | BANCA POP.BERGAMO/CREDITO VARESINO Filiale: GARBAGNATE MI (S.M. ROSSA) Via Garibaldi, 156 20024 GARBAGNATE MILANESE CIN: S ABI: 05428 CAB: 33130 |
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Post Office Account | Post Office Branch | |||
JohnsonDiversey SpA | C/C: 40785677 Note: CONTO ATTIVO gestito con BANCOPOSTA ONLINE | ENTE POSTE ITALIANE Filiale POSTE CENTRO Viale Europa, 175 00144 ROMA CIN: ABI: 07601 CAB: 03200 | ||
JohnsonDiversey SpA | C/C: 12144788 Note: CONTO ATTIVO | ENTE POSTE ITALIANE Succursale 88 Via S.Mamete, 16 20128 MILANO CIN: W ABI: 07601 CAB: 01648 | ||
JohnsonDiversey SpA | C/C: 30151203 Note: CONTO da ESTINGUERE | ENTE POSTE ITALIANE Succursale 67 Via Pindaro, 29 20128 MILANO CIN: Y ABI: 07601 CAB: 01672 | ||
JohnsonDiversey UK Limited | JohnsonDiversey UK Limited Collections Account | National Westminster Bank PLC |
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EXHIBIT V
FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
To: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Agent and as a Managing Agent, The Bank of Nova Scotia as a Managing Agent, and each of the Purchasers party to the Agreement defined below.
This Compliance Certificate is furnished pursuant to that certain Second Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of March 24, 2006 among JWPR Corporation, as seller and servicer (the Seller), the Purchasers and Managing Agents party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as agent (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, the Agreement). Terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned in the Agreement.
THE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY CERTIFIES THAT:
1. I am the duly elected of Seller.
2. I have reviewed the terms of the Agreement and I have made, or have caused to be made under my supervision, a detailed review of the transactions and conditions of Seller and its Subsidiaries during the accounting period covered by the attached financial statements.
3. The examinations described in paragraph 2 did not disclose, and I have no knowledge of, the existence of any condition or event which constitutes an Amortization Event or Potential Amortization Event, as each such term is defined under the Agreement, during or at the end of the accounting period covered by the attached financial statements or as of the date of this Certificate, except as set forth in paragraph 5 below.
4. As of the last day of the accounting period covered by the attached financial statements:
a. | the shareholders equity of Seller was [$ ], |
b. | the Aggregate Capital under the Agreement was [$ ], |
c. | 3% of the amount set forth in line 4b is an amount equal to [$ ], and |
d. | the amount set forth in line 4a is greater than or equal to the amount set forth in line 4c. |
5. Schedule I attached hereto is the Compliance Certificate provided by JDI to the Seller in respect of the accounting period covered by the attached financial statements in accordance with the terms of the Receivables Sale Agreement to which JDI is party.
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6. Described below are the exceptions, if any, to paragraph 3 by listing, in detail, the nature of the condition or event, the period during which it has existed and the action which Seller has taken, is taking, or proposes to take with respect to each such condition or event:
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The foregoing certifications, together with the computations set forth in Schedule I hereto and the financial statements delivered with this Certificate in support hereof, are made and delivered this day of , .
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SCHEDULE I TO COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
[Attach Compliance Certificates from JDI Receivables Sale Agreement for corresponding accounting period.]
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EXHIBIT VI
FORM OF COLLECTION ACCOUNT AGREEMENT
[On letterhead of Originator]
,
[Lock-Box Bank/Concentration Bank/Depositary Bank]
Re: [Name of Originator]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is hereby made to P.O. Box # in [city, state, zip code] (the Lock-Box) of which you have exclusive control for the purpose of receiving mail and processing payments therefrom pursuant to that certain [name of lock-box agreement) between you and the undersigned (the Company) dated as of March 24, 2006 (the Agreement). You hereby confirm your agreement to perform the services described therein. Among the services you have agreed to perform therein, is to endorse all checks and other evidences of payment, and credit such payments to the Companys checking account no. maintained with you in the name of the Company (the Lock-Box Account).
The Company hereby informs you that pursuant to that certain Receivables Sale Agreement, dated as of , between the Company and [Seller] (the Seller), the Company has transferred all of its right, title and interest in and to, and exclusive ownership and control of, the Lock-Box and the Lock-Box Account to Seller. The Company and Seller hereby request that the name of the Lock-Box Account be changed to [Originator], as sub-Servicer.
The Company and Seller hereby irrevocably instruct you, and you hereby agree, that upon receiving notice from JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (JPMorgan Chase) in the form attached hereto as Annex A: (i) the name of the Lock-Box Account will be changed to JPMorgan Chase for itself and as agent (or any designee of JPMorgan Chase) and JPMorgan Chase will have exclusive ownership of and access to the Lock-Box and the Lock-Box Account, and neither the Company, Seller, nor any of their respective affiliates will have any control of the Lock-Box or the Lock-Box Account or any access thereto, (ii) you will either continue to send the funds from the Lock-Box to the Lock-Box Account, or will redirect the funds as JPMorgan Chase may otherwise request, (iii) you will transfer monies on deposit in the Lock-Box Account, at any time, as directed by JPMorgan Chase, (iv) all services to be performed by you under the Agreement will be performed on behalf of JPMorgan Chase, and (v) all correspondence or other mail which you have agreed to send to the Company or Seller will be sent to JPMorgan Chase at the following address:
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Chase Tower Chicago, Illinois 60603
Attention: Credit Manager, Asset Backed
Securities Division
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Moreover, upon such notice, JPMorgan Chase for itself and as agent will have all rights and remedies given to the Company (and Seller, as the Companys assignee) under the Agreement. Seller agrees, however, to continue to pay all fees and other assessments due thereunder at any time.
You hereby acknowledge that monies deposited in the Lock-Box Account or any other account established with you by JPMorgan Chase for the purpose of receiving funds from the Lock-Box are subject to the liens of JPMorgan Chase for itself and as agent, and will not be subject to deduction, set-off, bankers lien or any other right you or any other party may have against the Company or Seller.
You hereby agree that you are a bank within the meaning of Section 9-102 of the Uniform Commercial Code as is in effect in the State of New York (the UCC) and that the Lock-Box Account constitutes a deposit account within the meaning of Section 9-102 of the UCC. This letter agreement shall constitute an authenticated record for purposes of, and the Company hereby grants to and confers upon the Agent control of the Lock-Box Account as contemplated in Sections 9-104 and 9-314 of the UCC.
THIS LETTER AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. This letter agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and all of such counterparts taken together will be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.
This letter agreement contains the entire agreement between the parties, and may not be altered, modified, terminated or amended in any respect, nor may any right, power or privilege of any party hereunder be waived or released or discharged, except upon execution by all parties hereto of a written instrument so providing. In the event that any provision in this letter agreement is in conflict with, or inconsistent with, any provision of the Agreement, this letter agreement will exclusively govern and control. Each party agrees to take all actions reasonably requested by any other party to carry out the purposes of this letter agreement or to preserve and protect the rights of each party hereunder.
Please indicate your agreement to the terms of this letter agreement by signing in the space provided below. This letter agreement will become effective immediately upon execution of a counterpart of this letter agreement by all parties hereto.
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Very truly yours, | ||
[ORIGINATOR] | ||
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JWPR CORPORATION | ||
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Title: |
Acknowledged and agreed to
this day of
[COLLECTION BANK] | ||
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JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Agent | ||
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ANNEX A
FORM OF NOTICE
[On letterhead of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.]
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[Collection Bank/Depositary Bank/Concentration Bank]
Re: [Originator/JWPR Corporation]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We hereby notify you that we are exercising our rights pursuant to that certain letter agreement among [Originator], [JWPR Corporation], you and us, to have the name of, and to have exclusive ownership and control of, account number (the Lock-Box Account) maintained with you, transferred to us. [Lock-Box Account will henceforth be a zero-balance account, and funds deposited in the Lock-Box Account should be sent at the end of each day to .] You have further agreed to perform all other services you are performing under that certain agreement dated between you and [Originator] on our behalf.
We appreciate your cooperation in this matter.
Very truly yours, | ||
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (for itself and as agent) | ||
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EXHIBIT VII
FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT
THIS ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT (this Assignment Agreement) is entered into as of the day of , , by and between (Assignor) and (Assignee).
PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS
A. This Assignment Agreement is being executed and delivered in accordance with Section 12.1(b) of that certain Second Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of March 24, 2006 by and among JWPR Corporation, as Seller and initial Servicer, the Conduits, the Financial Institutions and Managing Agents party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Agent (as amended, supplemented, modified or restated from time to time, the Purchase Agreement). Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein are used with the meanings set forth or incorporated by reference in the Purchase Agreement.
B. Assignor is a Financial Institution party to the Purchase Agreement, and Assignee wishes to become a Financial Institution thereunder; and
C. Assignor is selling and assigning to Assignee an undivided % (the Transferred Percentage) interest in all of Assignors rights and obligations under the Purchase Agreement and the Transaction Documents, including, without limitation, Assignors Commitment and (if applicable) the Capital of Assignors Purchaser Interests as set forth herein.
AGREEMENT
The parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1. The sale, transfer and assignment effected by this Assignment Agreement shall become effective (the Effective Date) two (2) Business Days (or such other date selected by the Managing Agent for the Assignor in its sole discretion) following the date on which a notice substantially in the form of Schedule II to this Assignment Agreement (Effective Notice) is delivered by such Managing Agent to the related Conduit, the Agent, Assignor and Assignee. From and after the Effective Date, Assignee shall be a Financial Institution party to the Purchase Agreement for all purposes thereof as if Assignee were an original party thereto and Assignee agrees to be bound by all of the terms and provisions contained therein.
2. If Assignor has no outstanding Capital under the Purchase Agreement, on the Effective Date, Assignor shall be deemed to have hereby transferred and assigned to Assignee, without recourse, representation or warranty (except as provided in paragraph 6 below), and the Assignee shall be deemed to have hereby irrevocably taken, received and assumed from Assignor, the Transferred Percentage of Assignors Commitment and all rights and obligations associated therewith under the terms of the Purchase Agreement, including, without limitation, the Transferred Percentage of Assignors future funding obligations under Section 4.1 of the Purchase Agreement.
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3. If Assignor has any outstanding Capital under the Purchase Agreement, at or before 12:00 noon, local time of Assignor, on the Effective Date Assignee shall pay to Assignor, in immediately available funds, an amount equal to the sum of (i) the Transferred Percentage of the outstanding Capital of Assignors Purchaser Interests (such amount, being hereinafter referred to as the Assignees Capital); (ii) all accrued but unpaid (whether or not then due) Yield attributable to Assignees Capital; and (iii) accruing but unpaid fees and other costs and expenses payable in respect of Assignees Capital for the period commencing upon each date such unpaid amounts commence accruing, to and including the Effective Date (the Assignees Acquisition Cost); whereupon, Assignor shall be deemed to have sold, transferred and assigned to Assignee, without recourse, representation or warranty (except as provided in paragraph 6 below), and Assignee shall be deemed to have hereby irrevocably taken, received and assumed from Assignor, the Transferred Percentage of Assignors Commitment and the Capital of Assignors Purchaser Interests (if applicable) and all related rights and obligations under the Purchase Agreement and the Transaction Documents, including, without limitation, the Transferred Percentage of Assignors future funding obligations under Section 4.1 of the Purchase Agreement.
4. Concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof, Assignor will provide to Assignee copies of all documents requested by Assignee which were delivered to Assignor pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
5. Each of the parties to this Assignment Agreement agrees that at any time and from time to time upon the written request of any other party, it will execute and deliver such further documents and do such further acts and things as such other party may reasonably request in order to effect the purposes of this Assignment Agreement.
6. By executing and delivering this Assignment Agreement, Assignor and Assignee confirm to and agree with each other, the Agent, the Managing Agents and the Financial Institutions as follows: (a) other than the representation and warranty that it has not created any Adverse Claim upon any interest being transferred hereunder, Assignor makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or representations made by any other Person in or in connection with the Purchase Agreement or the Transaction Documents or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of Assignee, the Purchase Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto or the perfection, priority, condition, value or sufficiency of any collateral; (b) Assignor makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition of Seller, any Obligor, any Seller Affiliate or the performance or observance by Seller, any Obligor, any Seller Affiliate of any of their respective obligations under the Transaction Documents or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto or in connection therewith; (c) Assignee confirms that it has received a copy of the Purchase Agreement and copies of such other Transaction Documents, and other documents and information as it has requested and deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment Agreement; (d) Assignee will, independently and without reliance upon the Agent, any Managing Agent, any Conduit, Seller or any other Financial Institution or Purchaser and based on such
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documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Purchase Agreement and the Transaction Documents; (e) Assignee appoints and authorizes the Agent and the Managing Agent of the Assignors Purchase Group to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Transaction Documents as are delegated to the Agent and such Managing Agent by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto; and (f) Assignee agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which, by the terms of the Purchase Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, are required to be performed by it as a Financial Institution or, when applicable, as a Purchaser.
7. Each party hereto represents and warrants to and agrees with the Agent and the Managing Agent of the Assignors Purchase Group that it is aware of and will comply with the provisions of the Purchase Agreement, including, without limitation, Sections 4.1, 13.1 and 14.6 thereof.
8. Schedule I hereto sets forth the revised Commitment of Assignor and the Commitment of Assignee, as well as administrative information with respect to Assignee.
9. THIS ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.
10. Assignee hereby covenants and agrees that, prior to the date which is one year and one day after the payment in full of all senior indebtedness for borrowed money of any Conduit, it will not institute against, or join any other Person in instituting against, any Conduit any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings or other similar proceeding under the laws of the United States or any state of the United States.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Assignment Agreement to be executed by their respective duly authorized officers of the date hereof.
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SCHEDULE I TO ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT
LIST OF LENDING OFFICES, ADDRESSES
FOR NOTICES AND COMMITMENT AMOUNTS
Date: ,
Transferred Percentage: %
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Assignor | Commitment (prior to giving effect to the Assignment Agreement) | Commitment (after giving effect to the Assignment Agreement) | Outstanding Capital (if any) | Ratable Share of Outstanding Capital | ||||
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Assignee | Commitment (after giving effect to the Assignment Agreement) | Outstanding Capital (if any) | Ratable Share of Outstanding Capital |
Address for Notices
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Phone:
Fax:
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SCHEDULE II TO ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT
EFFECTIVE NOTICE
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Each of the undersigned, as Agent and the Managing Agent for the Assignors Purchase Group, respectively, under the Second Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of March 24, 2006 by and among JWPR Corporation, a Nevada corporation, as Seller and initial Servicer, the Conduits, the Managing Agents and the Financial Institutions party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Agent, hereby acknowledges receipt of executed counterparts of a completed Assignment Agreement dated as of , between , as Assignor, and , as Assignee. Terms defined in such Assignment Agreement are used herein as therein defined.
1. Pursuant to such Assignment Agreement, you are advised that the Effective Date will be , .
2. The Managing Agent, on behalf of the affected Conduit(s) hereby consents to the Assignment Agreement as required by Section 12.1(b) of the Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement.
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[3. Pursuant to such Assignment Agreement, the Assignee is required to pay $ to Assignor at or before 12:00 noon (local time of Assignor) on the Effective Date in immediately available funds.]
Very truly yours, | ||
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Agent | ||
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[MANAGING AGENT], as Managing Agent | ||
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EXHIBIT VIII
CREDIT AND COLLECTION POLICY
See Applicable Exhibit or Schedule to each Receivables Sale Agreement
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EXHIBIT IX
FORM OF CONTRACT(S)
See Attached
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EXHIBIT X-A
FORM OF MONTHLY REPORT
In addition to such other information as may be included on this exhibit, each Monthly Report should set forth the following with respect to the related fiscal month (the applicable Calculation Period) (i) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of Receivables created and conveyed by each Originator to Seller in purchases pursuant to the relevant Receivables Sale Agreement during such Calculation Period, as well as the Net Receivables Balance included therein, (ii) the aggregate purchase price payable to each Originator in respect of such purchases, specifying the Discount Factor (as defined in the relevant Receivables Sale Agreement) in effect for such Calculation Period and the aggregate Purchase Price Credits (as defined in each Receivables Sale Agreement) deducted in calculating such aggregate purchase price, (iii) the aggregate amount of funds received by the Servicer during such Calculation Period which are to be applied as Reinvestments, (iv) the increase or decrease in the amount outstanding under the Subordinated Note (as defined in each Receivables Sale Agreement) as of the end of such Calculation Period after giving effect to the application of funds toward the aggregate purchase price and the restrictions on Subordinated Loans (as defined in each Receivables Sale Agreement) set forth in Section 1.2(a)(ii) of each Receivables Sale Agreement, and (v) the amount of any capital contribution made by any Originator to Seller as of the end of such Calculation Period pursuant to Section 1.2(b) of each Receivables Sale Agreement.]
The above is a true and accurate accounting pursuant to the terms of the Second Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement dated March 24, 2006 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, the Agreement; terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein to have the meanings set forth in the Agreement), by and among JWPR Corporation, the Managing Agents, the Purchasers from time to time party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Agent, and I have no knowledge of the existence of any conditions or events which constitute an Amortization Event or Potential Amortization Event during or at the end of the accounting period covered by this monthly report or as of the date of this certificate, except as set forth below.
For purposes of English law, JWPR Corporation hereby assigns to the Agent, for the benefit of the Purchasers, a Purchaser Interest in all UK Receivables, together with all Related Security and Collections with respect thereto, existing on the date hereof to the extent not previously assigned.
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EXHIBIT X-B
FORM OF WEEKLY REPORT
[In addition to such other information as may be included on this exhibit, each Weekly Report should set forth the following with respect to the related calendar week (the applicable Calculation Period) (i) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of Receivables created and conveyed by each Originator to Seller in purchases pursuant to the relevant Receivables Sale Agreement during such Calculation Period, as well as the Net Receivables Balance included therein, (ii) the aggregate purchase price payable to each Originator in respect of such purchases, specifying the Discount Factor (as defined in the relevant Receivables Sale Agreement) in effect for such Calculation Period and the aggregate Purchase Price Credits (as defined in each Receivables Sale Agreement) deducted in calculating such aggregate purchase price, (iii) the aggregate amount of funds received by the Servicer during such Calculation Period which are to be applied as Reinvestments, (iv) the increase or decrease in the amount outstanding under the Subordinated Note (as defined in each Receivables Sale Agreement) as of the end of such Calculation Period after giving effect to the application of funds toward the aggregate purchase price and the restrictions on Subordinated Loans (as defined in each Receivables Sale Agreement) set forth in Section 1.2(a)(ii) of each Receivables Sale Agreement, and (v) the amount of any capital contribution made by any Originator to Seller as of the end of such Calculation Period pursuant to Section 1.2(b) of each Receivables Sale Agreement.]
The above is a true and accurate accounting pursuant to the terms of the Second Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement dated March 24, 2006 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, the Agreement; terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein to have the meanings set forth in the Agreement), by and among JWPR Corporation, the Managing Agents, the Purchasers from time to time party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Agent, and I have no knowledge of the existence of any conditions or events which constitute an Amortization Event or Potential Amortization Event during or at the end of the accounting period covered by this monthly report or as of the date of this certificate, except as set forth below.
For purposes of English law, JWPR Corporation hereby assigns to the Agent, for the benefit of the Purchasers, a Purchaser Interest in all UK Receivables, together with all Related Security and Collections with respect thereto, existing on the date hereof to the extent not previously assigned.
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Exh. X-2
EXHIBIT XI
FORM OF JOINDER AGREEMENT
Reference is made to the Second Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of March 24, 2006 (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Agreement), among JWPR Corporation, as seller (Seller) and as initial Servicer (together with its successors and assigns, the Servicer), the funding entities parties thereto from time to time (together with their respective successors and assigns, the Financial Institutions), the commercial paper conduits parties thereto from time to time (collectively, the Conduits, and together with the Financial Institutions, the Purchasers), the financial institutions parties thereto from time to time as Managing Agents (each, a Managing Agent and collectively, the Managing Agents) and JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA, as agent for the Purchasers (together with its successors and assigns, the Agent). To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Agreement.
(the New Managing Agent), (the New Conduit), (the New Financial Institution[s]; and together with the New Managing Agent and New Conduit, the New Purchase Group), the Seller, the Servicer and the Agent agree as follows:
1. Pursuant to Section 12.4 of the Agreement, the Seller has requested that the New Purchase Group agree to become a Purchase Group under the Agreement.
2. The effective date (the Effective Date) of this Joinder Agreement shall be the later of (i) the date on which a fully executed copy of this Joinder Agreement is delivered to the Agent and (ii) the date of this Joinder Agreement.
3. By executing and delivering this Joinder Agreement, each of the New Managing Agent, the New Conduit and the New Financial Institution[s] confirms to and agrees with each other party to the Agreement that (i) it has received a copy of the Agreement and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Joinder Agreement; (ii) it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agent, the other Managing Agents, the other Purchasers or any of their respective Affiliates, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Agreement or any Transaction Document; (iii) it appoints and authorizes the Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Agreement, the Transaction Documents and any other instrument or document pursuant thereto as are delegated to the Agent by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto and to enforce its respective rights and interests in and under the Agreement, the Transaction Documents, the Receivables, the Related Security and the Collections; (iv) it will perform all of the obligations which by the terms of the Agreement and the Transaction Documents are required to be performed by it as a Managing Agent, a Conduit and a Financial Institution, respectively; (v) its address for notices shall be the office set forth beneath its name on the signature pages of this Joinder Agreement; and (vi) it is duly authorized to enter into this Joinder Agreement.
Exh. XII-1
4. On the Effective Date of this Joinder Agreement, each of the New Managing Agent, the New Conduit and the New Financial Institution[s] shall join in and be a party to the Agreement and, to the extent provided in this Joinder Agreement, shall have the rights and obligations of a Managing Agent, a Conduit and a Financial Institution, respectively, under the Agreement.
5. The Commitment[s] with respect to the New Financial Institution[s] [is] [are]:
[New Financial Institution] $[ ]
6. This Joinder Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties on any number of separate counterparts, and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.
7. This Joinder Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Illinois.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Joinder Agreement to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above written.
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Exh. XII-3
SCHEDULE A
COMMITMENTS OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Financial Institution | Purchase Group | Commitment | ||
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. | JPMorgan Chase Purchase Group | $85,000,000 | ||
The Bank of Nova Scotia | BNS Purchase Group | $65,000,000 |
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SCHEDULE B
DOCUMENTS TO BE DELIVERED TO THE AGENT
ON OR PRIOR TO THE INITIAL PURCHASE
[List of Closing Documents to be Attached]
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