Master Receivables Purchase & Servicing Agreement
VISTEON DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
VISTEON SISTEMAS INTERIORES ESPANA S.L.
CADIZ ELECTRONICA S.A.
VISTEON PORTUGUESA LTD.
(as Sellers and Servicers)
(as Master Servicer)
(as Master Purchaser)
(as Security Trustee)
(as MP Cash Manager)
(as Funding Agent)
(as Collateral Monitoring Agent)
(as Parent)
FACILITY
PURCHASE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
CLAUSE | PAGE | |||||
SECTION I DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION | 2 | |||||
1. | DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION | 2 | ||||
SECTION II SALE AND PURCHASE OF RECEIVABLES | 2 | |||||
2. | COMMITMENT TO SELL AND PURCHASE RECEIVABLES | 2 | ||||
3. | DETERMINATION AND PAYMENT OF THE PURCHASE PRICE AND OTHER PAYMENTS | 5 | ||||
4. | REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND UNDERTAKINGS | 9 | ||||
5. | PERFECTION | 19 | ||||
6. | TERMINATION | 20 | ||||
7. | REMEDIES FOR BREACH OF WARRANTY | 21 | ||||
SECTION III SERVICING OF THE PURCHASED RECEIVABLES | 23 | |||||
8. | APPOINTMENT OF SERVICERS AND COLLATERAL MONITORING AGENT | 23 | ||||
9. | REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND UNDERTAKINGS | 26 | ||||
10. | COLLECTION OF RECEIVABLES | 26 | ||||
11. | RECORDS AND ACCOUNTS | 27 | ||||
12. | CALCULATIONS | 28 | ||||
13. | APPLICATION OF FUNDS | 29 | ||||
14. | REPORTS | 29 | ||||
15. | PURCHASES | 31 | ||||
16. | ENFORCEMENT | 31 | ||||
17. | RECORDS AND INFORMATION AND REVIEWS | 31 | ||||
18. | UNDERTAKINGS OF THE SERVICERS | 33 | ||||
19. | SUB CONTRACTS | 37 | ||||
20. | LIABILITY OF SERVICER | 37 | ||||
21. | SERVICING FEE | 38 | ||||
22. | TERMINATION OF APPOINTMENT | 38 | ||||
SECTION IV GENERAL | 41 | |||||
23. | FURTHER PROVISIONS | 41 | ||||
24. | GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION | 43 | ||||
SCHEDULE 1 SELLERS AND SERVICERS | 53 |
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CLAUSE | PAGE | |||||
SCHEDULE 2 | 54 | |||||
Part A Representations and Warranties of the Sellers and Servicers and Parent | 54 | |||||
Part B Representations and Warranties relating to the Purchased Receivables | 57 | |||||
SCHEDULE 3 ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA IN RESPECT OF RECEIVABLES | 62 | |||||
SCHEDULE 4 | 65 | |||||
Part A Form of Spanish Seller Solvency Certificate | 65 | |||||
Part B Form of German Seller Solvency Certificate | 67 | |||||
Part C Form of English Seller Solvency Certificate | 69 | |||||
Part D Form of Portuguese Seller Solvency Certificate | 72 | |||||
SCHEDULE 5 FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE | 74 | |||||
SCHEDULE 6 | 76 | |||||
Part A Form of Master Servicer Monthly Report | 76 | |||||
Part B Form of Master Servicer Semi-Monthly Settlement Report | 76 | |||||
SCHEDULE 7 | 77 | |||||
SCHEDULE 8 FORM OF TRANSFER AGREEMENT RELATING TO RECEIVABLES GOVERNED BY GERMAN LAW | 78 | |||||
SCHEDULE 9 NOTICES OF ASSIGNMENT | 82 | |||||
Part A Form of Notice to Obligors of Receivables governed by German law | 82 | |||||
Part B Form of Notice to Obligors of Receivables governed by Spanish law | 86 | |||||
Part C Form of Notice to Obligors of Receivables governed by a law other than German law, Spanish law or Portuguese law | 88 | |||||
Part D Form of Notice to Obligors of Receivables governed by Portuguese law | 90 | |||||
SCHEDULE 10 MASTER PURCHASER RECEIVABLES POWERS OF ATTORNEY | 92 | |||||
Part A Form of Master Purchaser Receivables Power of Attorney to be given by German Seller | 92 | |||||
Part B Form of Master Purchaser Receivables Power of Attorney to be given by each Spanish Seller | 94 | |||||
Part C Form of Master Purchaser Receivables Power of Attorney to be given by English Seller | 97 | |||||
Part D Form of Master Purchaser Receivables Power of Attorney to be given by Portuguese Seller | 99 | |||||
SCHEDULE 11 PROVISIONS RELATING TO SALE AND ASSIGNMENT OF SPANISH RECEIVABLES | 101 | |||||
SCHEDULE 12 FORM OF SPANISH OFFER DEED | 108 | |||||
SCHEDULE 13 FORM OF SPANISH MASTER PURCHASER ACCEPTANCE | 113 |
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(1) | VISTEON FINANCIAL CENTRE P.L.C., a company incorporated in Ireland, registered in Ireland with the Companies Registration Office with number 423820, whose registered office is at First Floor, 7 Exchange Place, International Financial Services Centre, Dublin 1, Ireland (the Master Purchaser); | |
(2) | VISTEON UK LIMITED, a company incorporated in England and Wales with registered number 03935326 whose registered office is at Endeavour Drive, Basildon, Essex SS14 3WF England (the Master Servicer); | |
(3) | Each of the entities listed in Schedule 1 (each a Seller and Servicers); | |
(4) | VISTEON CORPORATION, a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware with its principal place of business at One Village Center Drive, Van Buren Township, Michigan 48111, U.S.A. (the Parent); | |
(5) | THE LAW DEBENTURE TRUST CORPORATION P.L.C., a company incorporated in England and Wales (registered number 00235914) whose registered office is at Fifth Floor, 100 Wood Street, London EC2V 7EX (the Security Trustee); | |
(6) | CITIBANK INTERNATIONAL PLC, a company incorporated in England and Wales with limited liability whose registered office is at Citigroup Centre, Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5LB (the Funding Agent); | |
(7) | CITIBANK, N.A., a national banking association formed under the banking laws of the United States of America, acting through its London branch at Citigroup Centre, Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5LB (the MP Cash Manager); and | |
(8) | CITICORP USA, INC., a corporation incorporated under the banking laws of Delaware acting through its principal office at 399 Park Avenue, New York, New York, U.S.A. (the Collateral Monitoring Agent), |
1.1 | (a) Capitalised terms in this Agreement shall, except where the context otherwise requires and save where otherwise defined in this Agreement, have the meanings given to them in the Master Definitions and Framework Deed executed by, among others, each of the parties to this Agreement (the Framework Deed) on or about the date hereof (as it may be amended, varied or supplemented from time to time with the consent of the parties to it) and this Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the principles of construction set out in the Framework Deed. |
(b) | In addition, the provisions set out in Clauses 3 to 6 and 12 to 28 of the Framework Deed (the Framework Provisions) shall be expressly and specifically incorporated into this Agreement, as though they were set out in full in this Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and the Framework Provisions, the provisions of this Agreement shall prevail. |
2.1 | (a) Each Seller and the Master Purchaser agrees that such Seller will sell and that the Master Purchaser will purchase on the Funding Date all Assignable Receivables originated by such Seller and existing on the Cut-Off Date, together with their Related Rights, and with respect to English Restricted Receivables existing on the Cut-Off Date that are not Excluded Receivables, that the English Seller will sell |
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the benefit of such English Restricted Receivables and hold on trust those English Restricted Receivables and their Related Rights for the benefit of the Master Purchaser and the Master Purchaser will purchase the sole beneficial interest under such trust, in each case on the terms and subject to the conditions set out in this Agreement. |
(b) | Each Seller and the Master Purchaser agrees that such Seller will sell and that the Master Purchaser will purchase with effect from the Funding Date all Assignable Receivables which come into existence after the Cut-Off Date and during the Securitisation Availability Period and which have been originated by such Seller, together with their Related Rights, and with respect to English Restricted Receivables which come into existence after the Cut-Off Date and during the Securitisation Availability Period that are not Excluded Receivables that the English Seller will hold on trust those English Restricted Receivables and their Related Rights for the benefit of the Master Purchaser and the Master Purchaser will purchase the sole beneficial interest under such trust, in each case on the terms and subject to the conditions set out in this Agreement. |
2.2 | (a) Each Seller hereby sells and assigns, and the Master Purchaser hereby purchases, on the Funding Date all Assignable Receivables originated by such Seller existing on the Cut-Off Date and which are not assigned hereunder by way of a German Law Transfer Agreement or a Spanish Transfer Deed, as the case may be, as provided in Clauses 2.2(d) and (e) and Schedule 11, together with their Related Rights, on the terms and subject to the conditions set out in this Agreement. |
(b) | Each Seller hereby sells and assigns, and the Master Purchaser hereby purchases, with effect from the Funding Date all Assignable Receivables originated by such Seller which are not in existence on the Cut-Off Date and which come into existence after the Funding Date and during the Securitisation Availability Period and which are not assigned hereunder by way of a German Law Transfer Agreement or a Spanish Transfer Deed, as the case may be, as provided in Clauses 2.2(d) and (e) and Schedule 11, together with their Related Rights, on the terms and subject to the conditions set out in this Agreement. |
(c) | The English Seller hereby declares that as of and from the Funding Date it holds and will hold on trust, absolutely and irrevocably, for variable consideration for the benefit of the Master Purchaser: |
(i) | all English Restricted Receivables existing on the Cut-Off Date which are not Excluded Receivables together with their Related Rights; and |
(ii) | all English Restricted Receivables which come into existence after the Cut-Off Date, and which are not Excluded Receivables, together with their Related Rights, |
(d) | With respect to the sale and purchase of the Receivables governed by German law, each Seller will on the Funding Date enter into a German Law Transfer |
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Agreement in the form set out in Schedule 8 in order to fulfil its obligation under this Agreement. |
(e) | The sale and assignment by each Spanish Seller to the Master Purchaser of all Receivables to be sold by that Spanish Seller that are governed by Spanish law shall be governed by the provisions of Schedule 11. |
(a) | all rights, title, benefit and interest in and to the relevant Receivable, including any Value Added Tax; | |
(b) | all Related Contract Rights with respect to such Receivable; and |
(c) | any Related Security with respect to such Receivable. |
(a) | with respect to the initial purchase of Assignable Receivables and the initial purchase of a beneficial interest in the English Restricted Receivables Trust on the Funding Date, the satisfaction as determined by the Collateral Monitoring Agent in its sole discretion of the Conditions Precedent set out in Part A and Part B of Schedule 3 to the Framework Deed; | |
(b) | with respect to the purchase of Assignable Receivables following the Funding Date and with respect to the subsequent purchase of beneficial interests in the English Restricted Receivables Trust, the satisfaction, as determined by the Collateral Monitoring Agent in its sole discretion, of the Conditions Precedent set out in Part B of Schedule 3 to the Framework Deed; | |
(c) | all representations and warranties of the Parent, Sellers and Servicers are true and correct on and as of each such date, before and after giving effect to such purchase and to the application of the proceeds of such purchase, as if they had been made on and as of such date; and | |
(d) | no Termination Event has occurred that has not been waived by the Master Purchaser, the Collateral Monitoring Agent and the Security Trustee. |
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(a) | subject to Clause 3.6, by set-off of the obligation of that Seller to pay to the Master Purchaser Collections in the same Agreed Currency (subject to the conditions contained in Clause 10.3 (Payment of Collections)) against the obligation of the Master Purchaser to pay the Purchase Price to that Seller and the Master Purchaser hereby authorises each Servicer and each Servicer hereby undertakes to the Master Purchaser and the Security Trustee to debit the relevant Deposit Accounts in the relevant Agreed Currency and to transfer the relevant amount to the relevant Seller in accordance with Clause 10.3 of this Agreement; and |
(b) | to the extent that the Collections in the same Agreed Currency are not sufficient for such purpose, by means of a payment by the Master Purchaser to the relevant Seller in the relevant Agreed Currency by crediting the relevant amount in the relevant Agreed Currency to the relevant Deposit Account of the relevant Seller on the Settlement Date immediately following the end of the Determination Period in which the Purchase Date for such Purchased Receivable falls. |
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(a) | shall be set off against any amounts of Purchase Price payable to the Seller on such Settlement Date provided that no Cash Control Event has occurred and is continuing as at such Settlement Date; and |
(b) | to the extent that, following any such set-off there remains any Negative Balance, each Seller shall pay to the Master Purchaser on such Settlement Date an amount equal to the Negative Balance applicable to that Seller less any amount set-off pursuant to paragraph (a) above, |
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(a) | Compliance with Laws, etc.: The Seller will comply in all material respects with all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders and preserve and maintain its corporate existence, rights, franchises, qualifications, and privileges provided that its failure to do so will not be treated as a breach of this provision to the extent that the failure so to comply or the failure so to preserve could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. |
(b) | Offices, Records, Name and Organisation: The Seller will keep its principal place of business and chief executive office and the office where it keeps its records concerning the Receivables at the address of the Seller set forth in Schedule 1 hereto or at another location provided it gives 30 days prior written notice thereof to the Funding Agent and the Master Purchaser. The Seller will not change its name or the nature of its incorporation or organisation, unless (i) the Seller shall have provided the Funding Agent, the Security Trustee and the Master Purchaser with at least 30 days prior written notice thereof, and (ii) no later than the effective date of such change, all actions, documents and agreements considered necessary by the Master Purchaser and the Security Trustee to protect and perfect the Master Purchasers interest in the Receivables, the Related Security, all Deposit Accounts of the Seller, and the other assets of the Seller in which a security interest is granted under the Transaction Documents have been taken and completed. The Seller also will maintain and implement administrative and operating procedures (including, without limitation, an ability to recreate records evidencing Purchased Receivables and Related Rights in the event of the destruction of the originals thereof), and keep and maintain all documents, books, records and other information reasonably necessary for the collection of all Purchased Receivables (including, without limitation, records adequate to permit |
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the daily identification of each Purchased Receivable and all Collections of and adjustments to each existing Purchased Receivable). |
(c) | Performance and Compliance with Contracts and the Sellers Credit and Collection Procedures: The Seller will, at its expense, timely and fully perform and comply with all provisions, covenants and other promises required to be observed by it under the Contracts related to the Purchased Receivables, and timely and fully comply in all respects with the Sellers Credit and Collection Procedures in regard to each Purchased Receivable and the Related Contract Rights, other than where non-compliance would not have an adverse effect on the collectability, enforceability or value of such Purchased Receivable or the Related Contract Rights. | |
(d) | Extension or Amendment of Receivables: Except as provided in Clause 4.3(c) or to protect the Master Purchasers interest in the Purchased Receivables, or its interest in the English Restricted Receivables Trust, the Seller will not (and each Servicer and the Master Purchaser agree not to) extend, amend or otherwise modify the terms of any Purchased Receivable or amend, modify or waive any term or condition of any Contract related thereto, except as otherwise provided in the Transaction Documents, and provided in all cases that the Seller shall at all times comply with the Seller Credit and Collection Procedures. | |
(e) | Change in business or Sellers Credit and Collection Procedures: The Seller will not make any change in the character of its business or in the Sellers Credit and Collection Procedures that could, in either case, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. | |
(f) | Change in Payment Instructions to Obligors: The Seller will not, without the prior consent of the Collateral Monitoring Agent, add or terminate any contract, mandate or account agreement relating to a Deposit Account with any Deposit Account Bank, or terminate any post office box or bank account that is a Deposit Account, or make any change in its instructions to Obligors regarding payments to be made to the Seller or payments to be made to any Deposit Account. | |
(g) | Deposit to Deposit Accounts: The Seller will instruct all its Eligible Obligors to remit all their payments in respect of Receivables outstanding on the Closing Date or originated after the Closing Date to the relevant Deposit Accounts of such Seller. (For the avoidance of doubt, instructions which have been given by the Seller to Obligors which pre-date the Closing Date shall satisfy this obligation in respect of such Obligors.) If the Seller shall receive any Collections directly, it shall immediately (and in any event within two Business Days) deposit the same to the relevant Deposit Accounts of such Seller. The Seller will not deposit or otherwise credit, or cause or permit to be so deposited or credited, to any Deposit Account, cash or cash proceeds other than Collections in respect of Purchased Receivables. The Seller undertakes not to open any accounts into which payments in respect of Purchased Receivables may be made by Obligors other than the relevant Deposit Accounts of such Seller. | |
(h) | Marking of Records: At its expense, the Seller will maintain at all times in its data processing records and systems a list of all Purchased Receivables. |
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(i) | Further Assurances: The Seller agrees from time to time, at its expense, promptly to execute and deliver all further instruments and documents, and to take all further actions, that may be necessary, or that the Security Trustee or the Funding Agent may reasonably request, to perfect, protect or more fully evidence the interests in the Purchased Receivables and, in respect of the English Restricted Receivables, the Master Purchasers interest in the English Restricted Receivables Trust, or to enable the Master Purchaser or the Security Trustee or the Funding Agent to exercise and enforce their respective rights and remedies under this Agreement. |
(j) | Reporting Requirements: The Seller will provide to the Funding Agent, the MP Cash Manager, the Collateral Monitoring Agent and the Master Purchaser (in multiple copies, if requested by the Funding Agent or the Master Purchaser) the following: |
(i) | as soon as available and in any event within 45 days after the end of each of the first three quarters of each fiscal year of the Parent after the end of each of the first three quarters of each fiscal year (the documents with respect to the second quarter of 2006 being the first documents due from the Seller): |
(A) | balance sheets of the Parent as of the end of such quarter and statements of income and retained earnings of the Parent for the period commencing at the end of the previous fiscal year and ending with the end of such quarter, certified by the chief financial officer of the Parent; | ||
(B) | a consolidated balance sheet of the Parent and its subsidiaries as of the end of such quarter and consolidated statements of income and retained earnings of the Parent and its subsidiaries for the period commencing at the end of the previous fiscal year and ending with the end of such quarter, certified by the chief financial officer of the Parent; |
(ii) | as soon as available and in any event within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Parent, a copy of the annual report for such year for the Parent and its subsidiaries, containing financial statements for such year audited by independent public accountants of recognised national standing; | ||
(iii) | as soon as available, and in any event within any time period after the end of each fiscal year of the Seller within which such financial statements are required to be prepared under the laws of any applicable jurisdiction, a balance sheet of the Seller as of the end of such fiscal year and the related statement of income and retained earnings of the Seller for such fiscal year, certified by the chief financial officer of the Seller; | ||
(iv) | as soon as available, and in any event within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Parent, a copy of the consolidated annual report for such year for the Parent, and its subsidiaries containing consolidated financial statements for such year audited by independent public accountants of recognised national standing; |
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(v) | as soon as possible and in any event within three Business Days after the relevant Seller obtains actual knowledge of the occurrence of any Termination Event or Potential Termination Event, a statement of the chief financial officer of the Seller setting forth details of such Termination Event or Potential Termination Event and the action that the Seller has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto; | ||
(vi) | at least 30 days prior to any change in the name of the Seller, a notice setting forth the new name and the effective date thereof; | ||
(vii) | so long as any Notes shall be outstanding, as soon as possible and in any event no later than the day of occurrence thereof, notice that the Seller has stopped selling all newly arising Receivables (or, in respect of English Restricted Receivables, beneficial interests in the English Restricted Receivables Trust in respect thereof) to the Master Purchaser pursuant to the Master Receivables Purchase Agreement; | ||
(viii) | at the time of the delivery of the financial statements provided for in Clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of this paragraph (j), a certificate of the chief financial officer or the treasurer of the Seller to the effect that, to the best of such officers knowledge, no Termination Event, Potential Termination Event or other Cash Control Event has occurred and is continuing or, if any Termination Event, Potential Termination Event or other Cash Control Event has occurred and is continuing, specifying the nature and extent thereof. | ||
(ix) | Compliance with Transaction Documents: |
(A) | (I) Until such time as all the liabilities of the Seller and the Master Purchaser under the Transaction Documents have been discharged, the Seller shall deliver to the Master Purchaser, the Funding Agent, the Collateral Monitoring Agent and the Security Trustee: |
(II) (i) prior to the occurrence of a Termination Event, Potential Termination Event or Cash Control Event, not later than 30 days after every anniversary of the date of this Agreement and (ii) after the occurrence of a Termination Event, Potential Termination Event or Cash Control Event that is continuing, not later than 30 days after each third Settlement Date, a certificate substantially in the form set out in Schedule 5 (Compliance Certificate) from two directors of the Seller stating that, to the best of such directors knowledge, the Seller during such period has observed and performed all of its undertakings, and satisfied every condition, contained in this Agreement to be observed, performed or satisfied by it on or prior to the date of such certificate, and that such directors have no knowledge of any Termination Event, Potential Termination Event or Cash Control Event except as specified in such certificate , and to the extent that such |
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certificate specified that any such event has occurred, the certificate shall also set out the action that the Seller has taken or proposes to take with respect thereto; |
(III) promptly and from time to time such information, documents, records or reports concerning such Receivables and/or the Obligors (to the extent such Obligors have given their consent to that effect, where required) and such additional financial information in connection therewith as the Master Purchaser, the Collateral Monitoring Agent, the Funding Agent or the Security Trustee may reasonably request. |
(B) | The Seller shall promptly notify the Master Purchaser, the Collateral Monitoring Agent, the Funding Agent and the Security Trustee upon being notified of or becoming aware of the occurrence of any Termination Event, Potential Termination Event or Cash Control Event. |
(k) | Nature of Business: The Seller will not engage in any business other than the sale of automotive interior products and the transactions contemplated in the Transaction Documents. | |
(l) | Mergers, etc.: The Seller will not (i) merge with (other than a merger with another Seller or other member of the Visteon Group where the resulting legal entity is and remains a Seller for the purposes of the Transaction Documents and remains bound by the Transaction Documents as a Seller) or into or 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), or (ii) acquire all or substantially all of the assets or capital stock or other ownership interest of, or enter into any joint venture or partnership agreement with, any person where such transaction would fundamentally change the nature of its business or the composition of its Receivables, in either case other than as contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, except (A) as permitted by the Master Purchaser, the Security Trustee and the Funding Agent or (B), in relation to a disposal of assets, where such disposal would be permitted pursuant to Section 6.04 (j), (l) or (m) of the US ABL Credit Agreement in the form of the US ABL Credit Agreement as at the Closing Date, it being agreed (i) that any amendment made after the Closing Date to such section shall not have the effect of amending the provisions of this Clause 4.3(l) unless such amendment is made in accordance with Clause 13 of the Framework Deed and (ii) that any termination of or waiver under the US ABL Credit Agreement shall not affect this provision. | |
(m) | Distribution, etc.: The Seller will not declare or make any dividend payment or other distribution of assets, properties, cash, rights, obligations or securities on account of any shares of any class of capital stock of the Seller, or return any capital to its shareholders as such, or purchase, retire, defease, redeem or otherwise acquire for value or make any payment in respect of any shares of any class of capital stock of the Seller or any warrants, rights or options to acquire any |
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such shares, now or hereafter outstanding; provided, however, that the Seller may do any of the above so long as (i) no Termination Event shall then exist or would occur as a result thereof, (ii) such dividends are in compliance with all applicable law including the corporate law of the state of Sellers incorporation, and (iii) such dividends have been approved by all necessary and appropriate corporate action of the Seller. |
(n) | Debt: The Seller will not incur any Indebtedness other than any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to the Transaction Documents and the Seller Permitted Indebtedness, nor will the Seller create any Encumbrance on its assets other than a Seller Permitted Encumbrance or any other Encumbrance which would be permitted to be created by that Seller pursuant to Section 6.02 of the US Credit Agreement in the form of the US ABL Credit Agreement as at the Closing Date, it being agreed (i) that any amendment made after the Closing Date to such section shall not have the effect of amending the provisions of this Clause 4.3(n) unless such amendment is made in accordance with Clause 13 of the Framework Deed and (ii) that any termination of or waiver under the US ABL Credit Agreement shall not affect this provision. |
(o) | Place of business: The Seller undertakes that: |
(i) | it will: |
(A) | maintain its registered office in the jurisdiction of its incorporation; and |
(B) | maintain its centre of main interests (as that expression is used in Council Regulation (EC) No. 1346/2000 of 29 May 2000 on insolvency proceedings (the Insolvency Regulation)) in the jurisdiction of its incorporation (except for the Portuguese Seller which shall maintain its centre of main interests in Portugal); and |
(ii) | it will not maintain an establishment (as that expression is used in the Insolvency Regulation) in any jurisdiction other than the jurisdiction of its incorporation (except in the case of the Portuguese Seller, Portugal); and |
(iii) | it will not, and shall procure that no current or future member of the Visteon Group will, maintain a centre of main interests or establishment (as those terms are defined above) in Ireland. |
(a) | Compliance with Laws, etc.: The Parent will comply in all material respects with all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders and preserve and maintain its corporate existence, rights, franchises, qualifications, and privileges except to the extent that the failure so to comply or the failure so to preserve could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. |
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(b) | The Parent shall promptly notify the Master Purchaser, the Funding Agent and the Security Trustee immediately upon being notified of or becoming aware of the occurrence of any Termination Event, Potential Termination Event, or Cash Control Event. |
(c) | The Parent shall use all reasonable endeavours to procure that all information and reports furnished by it or on its behalf under the Transaction Documents are accurate in all material respects; |
(d) | Reporting Requirements: The Parent will provide to the Funding Agent, the MP Cash Manager and the Collateral Monitoring Agent and the Master Purchaser (in multiple copies, if requested by the Funding Agent or the Master Purchaser) the following: |
(i) | (within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Parent, its audited consolidated (and, with respect to the Sellers only, if Minimum Consolidated Excess Liquidity is less than USD125,000,000 for periods beginning after 30 September 2006, unaudited consolidating) balance sheet and related audited consolidated statements of operations, and cash flows as of the end of and for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous year, reported on (without a going concern or like qualification or exception, or qualification arising out of the scope of the audit by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP or other independent certified public accountants of nationally recognized standing, and such financial statements shall be complete and correct in all material respects and shall be prepared in accordance with the generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (GAAP) applied (except as approved by such accountants and disclosed in reasonable detail therein) consistently throughout the periods reflected therein and with prior periods); |
(ii) | within 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of the Parent, its consolidated (and, with respect to the Sellers only if Minimum Consolidated Excess Liquidity is less than USD125,000,000 for periods beginning after 30 September 2006, unaudited, consolidating) balance sheet and related statements of operations, stockholders equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period or periods of (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the previous fiscal year, all certified by one of the Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer, Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer (each a Financial Officer) of the Parent as being fairly stated in all material respects (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnote disclosure), and such financial statements shall be complete and correct in all material respects and shall be prepared in reasonable detail and in accordance with GAAP applied (except as approved by such accountants or officer, as the case may be, and disclosed in reasonable detail therein) consistently throughout the periods reflected therein and with prior periods; |
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(iii) | concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under clause (i) or (ii) above, a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Parent in substantially the form of Schedule 5 (Compliance Certificate) (A) certifying, in the case of the financial statements delivered under clause (ii), as presenting fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (except as approved by such accountants or officer, as the case may be, and disclosed in reasonable detail therein) consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes and (B) stating whether, to the extent any such change has an impact on such financial statements, any change in GAAP or in the application thereof has occurred since the date of last audited financial statements of the Parent provided to the Master Purchaser, and, if any such change has occurred, specifying the effect of such change on the financial statements accompanying such certificate. | ||
(iv) | concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under clause (i) above, a certificate of the accounting firm that reported on such financial statements stating whether they obtained knowledge during the course of their examination of such financial statements of any breach by the Parent of Clause 4.4(e) (which certificate may be limited to the extent required by accounting rules or guidelines) provided that, for any period, the Parent shall not be required to deliver such certificate if the Parent certifies to the Collateral Monitoring Agent that they are unable to do so following the use of commercially reasonable efforts; | ||
(v) | no later than 45 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Parent, detailed consolidated projections for the following fiscal year prepared on a quarterly basis (including a projected consolidated balance sheet of the Parent and its Subsidiaries, consolidated statements of projected cash flow and projected income and a description of the underlying assumptions applicable thereto), and, as soon as available, significant revisions, if any, of such projections with respect to such fiscal year (collectively, the Projections), setting forth in each case in comparative form the budget figures for the previous year, which Projections shall in each case be accompanied by a certificate of a Financial Officer stating that such Projections are based on estimates, information and assumptions believed by the management of the Parent to be reasonable at the time made and that such Financial Officer has no reason to believe that such Projections, taken as a whole, are incorrect or misleading in any material respect, it being acknowledged and agreed by the Master Purchaser and the Security Trustee that (i) such Projections as they relate to future events are not to be considered as fact and that actual results for the period or periods covered by such Projections may differ from the results set forth therein by a material amount, (ii) the Projections are subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, which may be beyond the control of the Parent and its Subsidiaries and (iii) no assurances are given by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries that the results forecasted in the Projections will be realized and such differences may be material; |
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provided, that the Master Purchaser, the Security Trustee or the Collateral Monitoring Agent may, in its reasonable discretion, require reporting more frequent than as set forth in this Clause 4.4 in the event that, and at all times after, Minimum Consolidated Excess Liquidity is less than USD50,000,000 (a Reporting Trigger Event). |
Unless otherwise provided herein, if any financial statements, certificate or other materials or information required to be delivered to the Master Purchaser, the Collateral Monitoring Agent and the Security Trustee pursuant to this clause 4.4 or otherwise under this Agreement shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, such financial statements, certificate, materials or information shall be delivered on the next succeeding Business Day. | |||
Information required to be delivered pursuant to this clause 4.4 shall be deemed to have been delivered to the Master Purchaser, the Collateral Monitoring Agent and the Security Trustee on the date on which the Parent provides written notice to the Master Purchaser, the Collateral Monitoring Agent and the Security Trustee that such information has been posted on the Parents website on the Internet at http://www.visteon.com or is available via the EDGAR system of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on the Internet (to the extent such information has been posted or is available as described in such notice). | |||
(e) | Parent Financial Covenant: The Parent will comply at all times with the financial covenants set out in section 6.19(b) of the US ABL Credit Agreement in its unamended form as of the date hereof it being agreed that any termination of or waiver under the US ABL Credit Agreement shall not affect this provision. |
(a) | Status: it is duly incorporated with limited liability and validly existing under the laws of Ireland; | |
(b) | Powers and Authorisations: the documents which contain or establish its constitution include provisions which give power, and all necessary corporate authority has been obtained and action taken, for it to own its assets, carry on its business and operations as they are now being conducted and to sign and deliver, |
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and perform the transactions contemplated in, the Transaction Documents to which it is a party; |
(c) | Legal Validity: its obligations under the Transaction Documents constitute, or when executed by it will constitute, its legal, valid and binding obligations enforceable against it in accordance with their respective terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, examination, reorganisation, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally; | |
(d) | Ordinary course of business: the purchase of the Purchased Receivables by the Master Purchaser from each Seller pursuant to this Agreement occurs in the ordinary course of the business of the Master Purchaser; | |
(e) | Non-Violation: the execution, signing and delivery of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the performance of any of the transactions contemplated in any of them do not and will not contravene or breach or constitute a default under or conflict or be inconsistent with or cause to be exceeded any limitation on it or the powers of its directors imposed by or contained in: |
(i) | any law, statute, decree, rule, regulation or licence to which it or any of its assets or revenues is subject or of any order, judgment, injunction, decree, resolution, determination or award of any court or any judicial, administrative, or governmental authority or organisation which applies to it or any of its assets or revenues; or | ||
(ii) | any agreement, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, bond, or any other document, instrument or obligation to which it is a party or by which any of its assets or revenues is bound or affected; or | ||
(iii) | any document which contains or establishes its constitution; |
(f) | Consents: no authorisation, approval, consent, licence, exemption, registration, recording, filing or notarisation and no payment of any duty or tax and no other action whatsoever which has not been duly and unconditionally obtained, made or taken is required to ensure the creation, validity, legality, enforceability or priority of its liabilities and obligations or of the rights of each Seller against it under the Transaction Documents save for (i) the delivery of all necessary particulars of the security created pursuant to the Master Purchaser Security Documents in the prescribed form to the Registrar of Companies in Ireland within 21 days of the creation of such security in accordance with section 99 of the Companies Act, 1963 (as amended) of Ireland, (ii) the delivery of the particulars of such security (constituting a fixed charge over book debts) to the Revenue Commissioners in Ireland in accordance with section 1001 of the Taxes Consolidation Act, 1997 (as amended) of Ireland and (iii) the stamping by the Revenue Commissioners in Ireland of the original of the Master Purchaser Deed of Charge with 630 and each counterpart thereof with 12.50 and any of the Master Purchaser Security Documents that are collateral thereto with 12.50 in respect of Irish stamp duty; and |
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(g) | Solvency: it is solvent and able and expects to be able to pay its debts as they fall due. |
(a) | give written notice in its own name (and/or require that Seller to give notice), either in the form of notice at Part A of Schedule 9 (in respect of Purchased Receivables governed by German law), Part B of Schedule 9 (in respect of Purchased Receivables governed by Spanish law), Part C of Schedule 9 (in respect of Purchased Receivables governed by a law other than German law, Spanish law or Portuguese law) or Part D of Schedule 9 (in respect of Purchased Receivables governed by Portuguese law) or in such other form as the Master Purchaser, the Collateral Monitoring Agent, the Funding Agent or the Security Trustee may require, to all or any of the Obligors of (in the case of Assignable Receivables) the sale and assignment of all or any of the Purchased Receivables originated by that Seller or (in the case of English Restricted Receivables) the trust declared of the benefit of the English Restricted Receivables; and/or | |
(b) | direct in writing (and/or require the Seller to direct in writing) all or any of the Obligors to pay amounts outstanding in respect of Purchased Receivables originated by that Seller directly to the Master Purchaser, the Master Purchaser Transaction Account in the same Agreed Currency, or any other account which is specified by the Master Purchaser (with the consent of the Security Trustee); and/or | |
(c) | exercise the Master Purchasers rights under the Master Purchaser Receivables Powers of Attorney (as defined below); and/or | |
(d) | give written instructions (and/or require the Seller to give written instructions) to make transfers from any Deposit Account in the name of that Seller to the Master Purchaser Transaction Account in the same Agreed Currency; and/or | |
(e) | in respect of any Assignable Receivable sold and assigned pursuant to Clause 2.2(a) or 2.2(b) hereof, execute a written assignment in favour of the Master Purchaser of the legal interest of the relevant Seller therein and in all Related Contract Rights and Related Security; and/or | |
(f) | take such other action as it reasonably considers to be necessary in order to recover any amount outstanding in respect of Purchased Receivables or to improve, protect, preserve and/or enforce their rights against the Obligors in respect of Purchased Receivables originated by that Seller. |
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(a) | all or any of the English Restricted Receivables arising under such related Contracts in respect of which consent to assignment has been given by the relevant Customer; | |
(b) | all Related Contract Rights with respect to such English Restricted Receivables; and | |
(c) | any Related Security with respect to such English Restricted Receivable. |
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(a) | there arises any set-off, counterclaim, dispute, defence or deduction in respect of a Purchased Receivable by the relevant Obligor; or | |
(b) | any Dilution occurs in relation to a transaction under which a Purchased Receivable arises or any other transaction between the relevant Seller and the relevant Obligor; |
(a) | all or part of which remains unpaid after the statutory period for purposes of claiming bad debt relief has elapsed; or | |
(b) | which or the Outstanding Balance of which is, or would be, reduced, adjusted or cancelled by the Seller that originated such Purchased Receivable; |
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(a) | collect all sums due in relation to the Purchased Receivables originated by each Servicer including Delinquent Receivables and Defaulted Receivables and provide administration services in relation to the collection of the Purchased Receivables; | |
(b) | report to the Master Purchaser and the Collateral Monitoring Agent on the performance of the Purchased Receivables originated by each Servicer; | |
(c) | pursue delinquent Obligors; | |
(d) | maintain books and records in respect of Purchased Receivables originated by each Servicer; | |
(e) | perform periodic reporting activities in respect of Purchased Receivables originated by each Servicer; | |
(f) | with respect to each Purchased Receivable, to determine whether at the time of the assignment of that Receivable to the Master Purchaser or, as the case of Visteon UK Limited, if such Purchased Receivable is an English Restricted Receivable, at the time such Receivable is held on trust pursuant to the English Restricted Receivables Trust for the benefit of the Master Purchaser it satisfies the Eligibility Criteria, and to identify the Purchased Receivable as an Eligible Receivable or a non-Eligible Receivable and, in the case of Visteon UK Limited, to identify the Purchased Receivable as an Assignable Receivable or an English Restricted Receivable in its books and records and computer systems; and | |
(g) | perform those other functions as more particularly described to be performed by the Master Servicer in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, |
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(a) | collect all sums due in relation to the Purchased Receivables originated by that Sub-Servicer including Delinquent Receivables and Defaulted Receivables and provide administration services in relation to the collection of the Purchased Receivables; | |
(b) | report to the Master Purchaser and the Collateral Monitoring Agent on the performance of the Purchased Receivables originated by that Sub-Servicer; | |
(c) | pursue delinquent Obligors; | |
(d) | maintain books and records in respect of Purchased Receivables originated by that Sub-Servicer; | |
(e) | perform periodic reporting activities in respect of Purchased Receivables originated by that Sub-Servicer ; | |
(f) | with respect to each Purchased Receivable, to determine whether at the time of the assignment of that Receivable to the Master Purchaser or, in the case of Visteon UK Limited, if such Purchased Receivable is an English Restricted Receivable, at the time such Receivable is held on trust pursuant to the English Restricted Receivables Trust for the benefit of the Master Purchaser it satisfies the Eligibility Criteria, and to identify the Purchased Receivable as an Eligible Receivable or a non-Eligible Receivable and, in the case of Visteon UK Limited, to identify the Purchased Receivable as an Assignable Receivable or an English Restricted Receivable in its books and records and computer systems; | |
(g) | take all other action as necessary or desirable for the Master Servicer to perform its own duties and obligations under the Transaction Documents and for the servicing of all other Receivables; and | |
(h) | perform those other functions as more particularly described in this Agreement, |
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(a) | collect all sums due in relation to the German Receivables including Delinquent Receivables and Defaulted Receivables and provide administration services in relation to the collection of the German Receivables; | |
(b) | report to the Master Purchaser and the Collateral Monitoring Agent on the performance of the German Receivables; | |
(c) | pursue delinquent Obligors in respect of German Receivables; | |
(d) | maintain books and records in respect of German Receivables; | |
(e) | perform periodic reporting activities in respect of German Receivables; | |
(f) | with respect to each German Receivable, to determine whether at the time of the assignment of that Receivable to the Master Purchaser it satisfies the Eligibility Criteria, and to identify the German Receivable as an Eligible Receivable or a non-Eligible Receivable in its books and records and computer systems; and | |
(g) | perform those other functions as more particularly described to be performed by it in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, |
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(a) | first to the Discount element; | |
(b) | secondly to the Purchase Price element. |
(a) | with respect to each Seller, and with respect to each Agreed Currency, the aggregate of the Purchase Price paid during such Determination Period and payable on the immediately succeeding Payment Date by the Master Purchaser to that Seller in respect of all Purchased Receivables originated by that Seller during such Determination Period; | |
(b) | with respect to each Seller, and with respect to each Agreed Currency, the Collections received by the Master Purchaser in respect of all Purchased Receivables originated by that Seller; | |
(c) | with respect to each Seller, and with respect to each Agreed Currency, the aggregate amount of the Purchased Receivables originated by that Seller which are Ineligible Receivables; | |
(d) | with respect to each Seller, and with respect to each Agreed Currency, the aggregate amount of the Purchased Receivables originated by that Seller which are Eligible Receivables; | |
(e) | with respect to the English Seller, and with respect to each Agreed Currency, the aggregate amount of the Assignable Receivables which are Purchased Receivables and the aggregate amount of English Restricted Receivables which are Purchased Receivables held on trust pursuant to the English Restricted Receivables Trust for the benefit of the Master Purchaser; | |
(f) | NRPB Before Excess Concentrations and Exchange Rate Protection; | |
(g) | Net Receivables Pool Balance; |
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(h) | Maximum EUR Available Amount, Maximum GBP Available Amount, and Maximum USD Available Amount; | |
(i) | EUR Subordinated VLN Required Amount, GBP Subordinated VLN Required Amount, and USD Subordinated VLN Required Amount; | |
(j) | all other calculations necessary for the proper preparation and delivery of the Servicer Reports or as otherwise required of any Servicer under the Transaction Documents. |
(a) | in respect of each Agreed Currency and each Seller, the amounts collected in respect of the Purchased Receivables during the Determination Period ending on the immediately preceding Determination Date and details of all outstanding Purchased Receivables; | |
(b) | in respect of each Agreed Currency and each Seller, the aggregate Dilutions during the Determination Period ending on the immediately preceding Determination Date; |
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(c) | in respect of each Agreed Currency and each Seller, the aggregate of the Outstanding Balance of the Purchased Receivables purchased since the last Determination Date; |
(d) | in respect of each Agreed Currency and each Seller, the aggregate of the Outstanding Balance of all Purchased Receivables as at the immediately preceding Determination Date; |
(e) | in respect of each Agreed Currency and each Seller, the aggregate of the Outstanding Balance of all Purchased Receivables as at the immediately preceding Determination Date which are identified by the Master Servicer as Eligible Receivables; |
(f) | in respect of each Agreed Currency and each Seller, the aggregate of the Outstanding Balance of all Purchased Receivables as at the immediately preceding Determination Date which are identified by the Master Servicer as non-Eligible Receivables; |
(g) | in respect of each Agreed Currency and each Seller, Purchased Receivables then outstanding classified according to the following categories: current Receivables; Receivables that are 1-30 days past due; Receivables that are 31 60 days past due; Receivables that are 61 90 days past due; Receivables that are 91 120 days past due; and Receivables that are 121 or more days past due. |
(a) | in respect of each Agreed Currency and each Seller, the aggregate of the Outstanding Balance of the Purchased Receivables; |
(b) | in respect of each Agreed Currency and each Seller the amount equal to the aggregate of the Outstanding Balance of Purchased Receivables as on the previous Determination Date, plus the aggregate of the Outstanding Balance of Purchased Receivables purchased since that Determination Date, less the aggregate of the Collections received into a Deposit Account since that Determination Date. |
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(a) | it will devote to the performance of its obligations and the exercise of its discretions under this Agreement and its exercise of the rights of the Master Purchaser in respect of contracts and arrangements giving rise to payment obligations in respect of the Purchased Receivables at least the same amount of time and attention and that there is exercised the same level of skill, care and diligence as it would if it were administering receivables in respect of which it held the entire benefit (both legally and beneficially) and, in any event, will devote all due skill, care and diligence to the performance of its obligations and the exercise of its discretions hereunder and will devote all operational resources necessary to fulfil its obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party; | |
(b) | it will comply with any proper and lawful directions, orders and instructions which the Master Purchaser, the Security Trustee or the Collateral Monitoring Agent may from time to time give to it in connection with the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, but only to the extent that compliance with those directions does not conflict with any provision of the Transaction Documents, provided that this paragraph 18(b) shall not apply to Visteon Deutschland GmbH; | |
(c) | it will obtain, make, take and keep in force all authorisations, approvals, consents, licences, exemptions, registrations, recordings, filings, notices, notifications and notarisations and comply with any other legal requirements which may be required in connection with the performance of its functions, duties and obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents (other than where failure to do so would not have a Material Adverse Effect) and to ensure the validity, legality, or enforceability of its (or the Master Purchasers) liabilities and the rights of the Master Purchaser, the Security Trustee and the Funding Agent and it shall perform its obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party in such a way as to not prejudice the continuation of any such approvals, consents, licences, exemptions, registrations, recordings, filings, or notarisations; | |
(d) | in servicing the Purchased Receivables and performing its obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, it will comply with all requirements of any relevant or applicable law, statutory instrument, regulation, directive, administrative requirement, licence, authorisation or order made by any government, supra national body, state, municipality, district, canton, authority, court, tribunal or arbitral body (other than where failure to do so would not have a Material Adverse Effect); |
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(e) | it will make all payments required to be made by it pursuant to this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party on their due date for payment under this Agreement or such other Transaction Documents, as the case may be, in the applicable Agreed Currency, for value on such day without set off or counterclaim and (unless required by law to deduct or withhold) without deduction or withholding for any taxes or otherwise; | |
(f) | it will give to the Master Purchaser, the Security Trustee and the Funding Agent, within three Business Days after written demand by the Master Purchaser or the Funding Agent, a compliance certificate substantially in the form set out in Schedule 5 and signed by two directors of that Servicer to the effect that as at a date not more than seven days before delivering such certificate, to its knowledge, there did not exist any Potential Termination Event, any Termination Event, any Potential Servicer Default or any Servicer Default (or, if such exists or existed, specifying the same) and that during the period from the date of this Agreement to the date of such certificate that Servicer has complied with all its obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party or (if this is not the case) specifying the respects in which it had not complied; | |
(g) | it will fully co-operate with the Master Purchaser and provide it with such information and assistance as it shall reasonably require in order to keep all registers and make all returns required by law or by relevant regulatory authorities and it shall fully co-operate with the directors of the Master Purchaser and provide them with such information in relation to the Purchased Receivables and the operation of the transactions contemplated in the Transaction Documents as they shall reasonably require in order to discharge their functions and legal obligations as directors of the Master Purchaser; | |
(h) | subject to and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, it will take all reasonable steps to recover all sums due to the Master Purchaser in respect of the Purchased Receivables; | |
(i) | it will comply in all material respects with the Seller Credit and Collection Procedures, and, other than in relation to those policies and procedures: |
(i) | which are required by law or by any governmental body or regulatory authority; or | ||
(ii) | which would be adopted by a reasonably prudent operator of a business of the sale of interior automotive products; or | ||
(iii) | to which the Collateral Monitoring Agent has given its prior written consent, |
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(j) | it will promptly (and in any event within two Business Days of the date it obtains actual knowledge thereof or ought reasonably to have obtained knowledge thereof) notify the Master Purchaser, the Collateral Monitoring Agent, the Funding Agent and the Security Trustee of the occurrence of a Termination Event, Potential Termination Event, Cash Control Event, Servicer Default or Potential Servicer Default; | |
(k) | it will promptly (and in any event within two Business Days of the date it obtains actual knowledge thereof or ought reasonably to have obtained knowledge thereof) notify the Master Purchaser, the Collateral Monitoring Agent, the Funding Agent and the Security Trustee if legal proceedings are initiated against it, any Seller or the Master Purchaser which might adversely affect the Sellers, or the Master Purchasers or the Security Trustees title to or interest in the Purchased Receivables or any of the other rights acquired under this Agreement; | |
(l) | it will promptly execute all such further documents, deeds, agreements, instruments, consents, notices or authorisations and do all such further acts and things (or procure the same) as may be necessary at any time or times in the reasonable opinion of the Master Purchaser, the Security Trustee or the Collateral Monitoring Agent to perfect or protect the interests of the Master Purchaser, the Security Trustee or the Collateral Monitoring Agent and to give effect to this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party; | |
(m) | it will not extend, amend or otherwise modify any Purchased Receivable, or amend, modify or waive any provision of the related Contract, except in accordance with the Seller Credit and Collection Procedures, except for any amendment, modification or waiver that would not have a material adverse effect on the collectability, enforceability or validity of such Purchased Receivables or the Related Contract Rights and as otherwise provided in the Transaction Documents; | |
(n) | it will (i) instruct Obligors to make payments only to Deposit Accounts of the Seller which originated in the relevant Purchased Receivables and in the same Agreed Currency and (ii) deposit, or cause to be deposited, all Collections of Purchased Receivables into the Deposit Accounts of the Seller which originated in the relevant Purchased Receivables and in the same Agreed Currency promptly following receipt. No Collections other than those related to Purchased Receivables, or Receivables purchased by the FCC, will be deposited into Deposit Accounts; |
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(o) | it will as security for the discharge and performance of all its obligations under this Agreement at any time owed or due to the other parties hereto (i) on or prior to the Funding Date or as soon as possible following the Funding Date, execute a declaration of trust or a pledge, or other form of Encumbrance or commingling risk protection (including but not limited to the transfer of the Deposit Account into the name of the Master Purchaser), over each Deposit Account held in its name and (ii) procure that each of the Deposit Account Banks execute an acknowledgment of the pledge or Encumbrance or other form of commingling risk protection, or an agreement regarding the acknowledgement of the trust, created over the relevant Deposit Accounts held with the relevant Deposit Account Bank, or novation of the account agreement with the relevant Deposit Account Bank, and in the law of such pledge, trust or Encumbrance each such pledge, trust or Encumbrance (as the case may be) is perfected and acknowledged in writing by the relevant Deposit Account Bank in each case by no later than the date falling 60 days after the Closing Date, in such form as the Collateral Monitoring Agent may require; in the event that and so long as the Servicer fails to create such pledge, trust or Encumbrances in respect of any Deposit Account, or to deliver to the Master Purchaser the relevant acknowledgment, agreement or novation agreement with respect to any Deposit Account, or the Master Purchaser, the Collateral Monitoring Agent and the Security Trustee have not received opinions of counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to them in respect of the pledge, trust or Encumbrance over the Deposit Account, the Receivables originated by the Seller in whose name such Deposit Account is held shall not be Eligible Receivables from the first Determination Date occurring on or following the date falling 60 days after the Closing Date until the Determination Date immediately following the date on which the relevant trust or Encumbrance is created and is acknowledged by the relevant Deposit Account Bank to the satisfaction of the Master Purchaser, the Collateral Monitoring Agent and the Security Trustee, and such satisfactory opinion is obtained (at which point a Purchased Receivable originated by that Seller may be an Eligible Receivable subject to satisfaction of the Eligibility Criteria on its Purchase Date); | |
(p) | it will as security for the discharge and performance of its obligations to the FCC under the FCC Documents, (i) on or prior to the French Programme Commencement Date or as soon as possible following the French Programme Commencement Date, execute a compte daffectation specialisé agreement, pledge, trust, or other form of Encumbrance or commingling risk protection, over each Deposit Account held in its name and which are dedicated to Collections arising on Receivables purchased by the FCC and (ii) procure that each of the Deposit Account Banks execute an acknowledgment of the pledge or Encumbrance, or an agreement regarding the acknowledgement of the trust, created over the relevant French Receivables Deposit Accounts held with the relevant Deposit Account Bank, or novation of the account agreement with the relevant Deposit Account Bank, and in the law of such pledge, trust or Encumbrance each such pledge, trust or Encumbrance (as the case may be) is perfected and acknowledged in writing by the relevant Deposit Account Bank in each case by no later than the date falling 60 days after the French Programme Commencement Date, in such form as the Collateral Monitoring Agent may require; in the event that and so long as the Servicer fails to create such compte daffectation specialisé agreement, pledge, trust or Encumbrances or to deliver to the FCC the relevant acknowledgements with respect to any Deposit Account, and |
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the FCC, the Master Purchaser and the Security Trustee shall not have received opinions of counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to them in respect of the trusts or Encumbrances over the Deposit Account, the Receivables originated by the Seller in whose name such Deposit Account is held shall not be Eligible Receivables from the first Determination Date on or following the date falling 60 days after the French Programme Commencement Date until the Determination Date immediately following the date on which the relevant trust or Encumbrance is created and is acknowledged by the relevant Deposit Account Bank to the satisfaction of the Master Purchaser, the Collateral Monitoring Agent and the Security Trustee, and such satisfactory opinion is obtained (at which point a Receivable originated by that Seller may be an Eligible Receivable subject to satisfaction of the Eligibility Criteria on the relevant Purchase Date); |
(q) | with respect to each Receivable, it will promptly upon that Receivable coming into existence, determine whether it is an Eligible Receivable or a non-Eligible Receivable. |
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(a) | if the Parent or an affiliate of the Parent is acting as Master Servicer under this Agreement, 0.25 per cent per annum based on the aggregate of the EUR Equivalent of the Outstanding Balances of all Purchased Receivables other than German Receivables as at the Monthly Determination Date on which the relevant Monthly Determination Period ends; and | |
(b) | if a party not affiliated to the Parent is acting as Master Servicer under this Agreement, such other percentage fee per annum based on the daily Outstanding Balance of all Purchased Receivables other than German Receivables as may be agreed upon by the Collateral Monitoring Agent, the Master Purchaser and such party, provided that such fee shall not in any circumstances exceed 110% of such Master Servicers costs and expenses in administering and collecting the Purchased Receivables other than German Receivables. |
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The Parent | ||||
EXECUTED and DELIVERED as a DEED by VISTEON CORPORATION a company incorporated in the State of Delaware acting by Brain P. Casey being a person who, in accordance with the laws of that territory, is acting under the authority of the company | ) ) ) ) ) ) ) | BRIAN P. CASEY |
Address: | 1850 N. Mildred St., Dearborn, MI 48128 |
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The Sellers and Servicers | ||||
EXECUTED and DELIVERED as a DEED by Victoria Cutter as duly authorised attorney for and on behalf of by VISTEON UK LIMITED in the presence of: | ) ) ) ) ) ) | VICTORIA CUTTER |
Address: | 65 Fleet Street, London EC4Y 1HS |
EXECUTED and DELIVERED as a DEED by VISTEON DEUTSCHLAND GMBH a company incorporated in Germany by Victoria Cutter being a person who in accordance with the laws of that territory, is acting under the authority of the company | ) ) ) ) ) ) ) | VICTORIA CUTTER |
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EXECUTED and DELIVERED as a DEED by VISTEON SISTEMAS INTERIORES ESPANA S.L. a company incorporated in Spain by Victoria Cutter being a person who in accordance with the laws of that territory, is acting under the authority of the company | ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) | VICTORIA CUTTER |
EXECUTED and DELIVERED as a DEED by CADIZ ELECTRONICA S.A. a company incorporated in Spain by Victoria Cutter being a person who in accordance with the laws of that territory, is acting under the authority of the company | ) ) ) ) ) ) ) | VICTORIA CUTTER |
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EXECUTED and DELIVERED as a DEED by VISTEON PORTUGUESA LTD. a company incorporated in Bermuda by Victoria Cutter being a person who in accordance with the laws of that territory, is acting under the authority of the company | ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) | VICTORIA CUTTER |
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The Master Purchaser and the Issuer | ||||
SIGNED, SEALED and DELIVERED as a DEED by VISTEON FINANCIAL CENTRE P.L.C. a company incorporated in Ireland, acting by Mark Filer being a person who, in accordance with the laws of that territory, is acting under the authority of the company | ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) | MARK FILER |
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The Funding Agent | ||||
EXECUTED and DELIVERED as a DEED by Marie Victoria Tacardon as duly authorised attorney for and on behalf of CITIBANK INTERNATIONAL PLC in the presence of | ) ) ) ) ) ) | MARIE VICTORIA TACARDON |
The Collateral Monitoring Agent | ||||
EXECUTED and DELIVERED as a DEED by CITICORP USA, INC., a company incorporated under the laws of Delaware, acting by Marie Victoria Tacardon being a person who, in accordance with the laws of that territory, is acting under the authority of the company | ) ) ) ) ) ) ) | MARIE VICTORIA TACARDON |
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The Security Trustee | ||||
EXECUTED and DELIVERED as a DEED under the COMMON SEAL of THE LAW DEBENTURE TRUST CORPORATION P.L.C. in the presence of: | ) ) ) ) | SEAL |
The MP Cash Manager | ||||
EXECUTED and DELIVERED as a DEED by CITIBANK, N.A. a national banking association organised under the banking laws of the United States of America, acting by Robin Ward being a person who, in accordance with the laws of that territory, is acting under the authority of the company | ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) | ROBIN WARD |
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Address | ||||
Jurisdiction of | (Principal Place of Business/Chief | |||
Seller | Incorporation | Executive Office) | ||
Visteon UK Limited | England | Endeavour Drive, Basildon, Essex SS14 | ||
3WF, England | ||||
Visteon Deutschland GmbH | Germany | Visteon Strasse 410, 50170 Kerpen, | ||
Germany | ||||
Visteon Sistemas | Spain | VICA/dentro de Nissan Motor 16, | ||
Interiores Espana S.L., | Zona Franca, Sector B, C/3, n | |||
08040 Barcelona, | ||||
Spain | ||||
Cadiz Electronica S.A. | Spain | Carretera Comarcal El Puerto Sanlucar 602, | ||
Km8 | ||||
Apartado de Correos 200, | ||||
11500 El Puerto de Santa Maria, | ||||
Spain | ||||
Visteon Portuguesa Limited | Bermuda | Estrada Nacional No. 252Km 12, | ||
Parque Industrial das Carrascas, | ||||
2951503 Palmela, | ||||
Portugal |
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Representations and Warranties of the Sellers and Servicers and Parent
(a) | Status: it is duly incorporated with limited liability and validly existing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and is duly qualified to do business (unless the failure to so qualify would not have a Material Adverse Effect) in every jurisdiction where the nature of its business requires it to be so qualified; |
(b) | Capacity and authorisation: the execution, delivery and performance by it of this Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which it is a party and any other documents to be delivered by it hereunder (i) are within its corporate powers, (ii) have been duly authorised by all necessary corporate action, (iii) do not contravene (a) its articles of association, (b) any law, rule or regulation applicable to it, (c) any contractual restriction binding on or affecting it or its property (unless such contravention would not have a Material Adverse Affect) or (d) any order, writ, judgement, award, injunction or decree binding on or affecting it or its property, and (iv) do not result in or require the creation of any lien, security interest or other charge or encumbrance upon or with respect to any of its properties other than with respect to any Account Control Agreement or other Seller Permitted Encumbrance; and it has duly executed and delivered this Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which it is a party; |
(c) | Consents: no authorisation 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, delivery and performance by it of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party or any other document to be delivered by it hereunder, except for filings of the Security Trustees security interests and related actions; |
(d) | Legal Validity: this Agreement and any other Transaction Document to which it is a party constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligations enforceable against it in accordance with its terms subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally; |
(e) | Reports: all Monthly Servicer Reports, other reports, information (written and, to the extent provided by a Designated Person, oral), exhibits, financial statement, document, books, records or report furnished or to be furnished at any time by it or on its behalf to the Master Purchaser, Security Trustee, Funding Agent or Collateral Monitoring Agent, before or after the Funding Date, in connection with this Agreement or any other Transaction Document (including its negotiation) is or will be accurate in all material respects as of its date or (except as otherwise disclosed to the Master Purchaser, the Security Trustee, the Funding Agent or Collateral Monitoring Agent as the case may be, at such time) as of the date so furnished (or, if applicable, as of a date certain specified in such report), and no such document contains or will |
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contain any untrue statements of a material fact or omits or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and it is not aware of any fact, information or circumstance the omission of which from such information or reports would reasonably and materially affect an assessment of the rights being acquired in relation to any Receivables, the enforceability or collectability of the Receivables or the transactions and arrangements contemplated by the Transaction Documents; |
(f) | No Default: no event has occurred which constitutes, or which with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or the making of a relevant determination, or some combination of such criteria, would constitute, a contravention of, or default under, any such law, statute, decree rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree, resolution, determination or award or any agreement, document or instrument by which it or any of its assets is bound or affected, being a contravention or default which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; |
(g) | Tax Liabilities: (i) all material and necessary returns have been delivered by it or on its behalf to the relevant taxation authorities and it is not in default in the payment of any Taxes, and, (ii) to its knowledge, no material claim is being asserted with respect to Taxes which is not disclosed in its most recent financial statements, except any such Taxes, assessments or governmental charges that are being contested in good faith; |
(h) | Accounts: its most recently delivered audited consolidated financial statements (including the income statement and balance sheet) have been prepared on a basis consistently applied in accordance with the relevant accounting standards except as disclosed otherwise and present fairly (in the case of unaudited financial statements) its financial condition at that date; |
(i) | No Material Adverse Change: since its most recent audited financial statements, there has been no material adverse change and no event or occurrence has occurred which could reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse change, in (i) the business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations, performance, properties, contingent liabilities, material agreements or prospects of the Parent and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, since June 30, 2006, (ii) the ability of the Parent and its subsidiaries to perform their respective obligations under the Transaction Documents or (iii) the ability of the Master Purchaser, the Funding Agent, the Collateral Monitoring Agent, the Security Trustee or the Lenders to enforce the Transaction Documents (subject to any limitations on enforcement described in the legal opinions to be delivered at Closing in form and substance satisfactory to the Funding Agent and the Collateral Monitoring Agent); |
(j) | No Security: there is no Encumbrance over or in relation to any of its Deposit Accounts (or the proceeds of or any interest in such accounts) other than an Account Control Agreement and it is not a party to nor are any of the Deposit Accounts bound by any order, agreement or instrument under which it is or in |
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certain events may be required to create, assume or permit to arise any Encumbrance other than an Account Control Agreement over or in relation to the Deposit Accounts; |
(k) | Solvency: it is solvent and able and expects to be able to pay its debts as they fall due and has not suspended or threatened to suspend making payments (whether of principal or interest) with respect to all or any class of its debts and will not become insolvent or unable to pay its debts in consequence of the entry into and performance of this Agreement, any sale of Receivables or any other obligation or transaction contemplated in the Transaction Documents; |
(l) | No Termination Event: no Termination Event has occurred that has not been waived in writing by the Master Purchaser, the Funding Agent, the Collateral Monitoring Agent and the Security Trustee; |
(m) | Potential Termination Event: no Potential Termination Event has occurred and is continuing; |
(n) | No Servicer Default: no Servicer Default has occurred that has not been waived in writing by the Master Purchaser, the Funding Agent, the Collateral Monitoring Agent and the Security Trustee; |
(o) | Potential Servicer Default: no Potential Servicer Default has occurred and is continuing in relation to it; |
(p) | Cash Control Event: no Cash Control Event has occurred and is continuing; |
(q) | Suspect period: |
(i) | the transactions undertaken by it as described in the Transaction Documents (including the assignment and purchase of Receivables or in the case of Receivables which are English Restricted Receivables, the sale and purchase of an interest in the English Restricted Receivables Trust in respect thereof) are transactions at an arms length consideration and will not be transactions at an undervalue within the meaning of the insolvency laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and, in case of the Portuguese Seller, also the laws of the Portuguese Republic; | ||
(ii) | in entering into the transactions as described in the Transaction Documents, it is acting without the intent to defraud its creditors within the meaning of the insolvency laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and, in case of the Portuguese Seller, also the laws of the Portuguese Republic; | ||
(iii) | in entering into the transactions as described in the Transaction Documents, its purpose was not to put assets beyond the reach of a person who is making, or may at some future time make, a claim against it or of otherwise prejudicing the interests of such a person in relation to the claim which he is making or may make; and |
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(iv) | it is entering into the transactions as described in the Transaction Documents (including all obligations to be assumed by it in connection therewith) in good faith and for the purpose of carrying on its business. |
(r) | Information: All information, written and (to the extent it has been provided by a Designated Person) oral, including any periodic periods (such as the Servicers Monthly Report) supplied before of after the Funding Date by the Parent or any Seller or any Servicer (and in particular as for the latter, its financial statements) is accurate in all material respects, and none of the written information and reports furnished by it or the Parent in connection with the negotiation and entry into of the transactions envisaged by the Transaction Documents is inaccurate in any material respect, or contains any material misstatement of fact or, to its knowledge, omits to state a material fact or any fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not materially misleading; |
(s) | No Litigation: no actual, pending or (to the best of its knowledge) threatened investigation, proceedings or litigation to which it is a party or which any third party has brought against it in any court, arbitral tribunal or public or administrative body or otherwise in relation to the validity of the Agreement in any of the Transaction Documents or the transactions thereunder and which, if adversely determined will have a material adverse effect on its ability to perform its obligations under the terms of the relevant Transaction Documents exists at the present time; |
(t) | Licences: it has all necessary licences for carrying on its business (save where failure to have a license would not have a Material Adverse Effect), for the enforcement and collection of the Receivables and the performance of its obligations under the Transaction Documents; |
(u) | Financial statements: the most recently prepared and audited financial statements of the Seller do not contain any qualifications in the related audit report; |
(v) | Deposit Accounts: the information contained in Table 1 of Part A of Schedule 8 to the Framework Deed is complete and accurate; |
(w) | Corporate Information: the information contained in Schedule 1 as to the chief executive office, and jurisdiction of organization, together with any other necessary information requested by the Funding Agent to identify all locations where lien filings must be made, is complete and accurate. |
Representations and Warranties relating to the Purchased Receivables
(a) | Ownership of Purchased Receivables: Each Purchased Receivable is free and clear of any Encumbrance and the Seller of that Receivable is, immediately prior to the Purchase Date, the sole and absolute legal and beneficial owner of the Purchased Receivable and the Related Security and (i) if the Purchased Receivable is an Assignable Receivable, is entitled to sell and |
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assign and is selling and assigning it to the Master Purchaser free from any Encumbrance or adverse claim, and (ii) if the Purchased Receivables is an English Restricted Receivable, the English Seller is entitled to declare and create a trust of the benefit of such English Restricted Receivable for the benefit of the Master Purchaser free from any Encumbrance or adverse claim; |
(b) | Transfer and Good Title: in relation to each Purchased Receivable, (i) the information and statements of any kind supplied or to be supplied by the Seller to the Master Purchaser as evidence of or relating to the Purchased Receivable are true, accurate, correct, complete and not misleading; (ii) on completion of the sale of, or declaration or creation of trust over (as the case may be) the Purchased Receivable in accordance with the Master Receivables Purchase Agreement, the Master Purchaser will obtain good and marketable beneficial title thereto, or a good and marketable beneficial interest in the trust of the benefit thereof (as the case may be) and will have beneficial title in and to such Purchased Receivable or a beneficial interest in the trust of the benefit of such Purchased Receivable; and (iii) there are no legal, regulatory or contractual restrictions or binding personal obligations which prevent the sale and assignment of, or in relation to an English Restricted Receivable, the declaration of trust over, the Purchased Receivable to or in favour of the Master Purchaser; |
(c) | Status of Contracts: all services or products to be supplied under the Contract under which the Purchased Receivable arises on or prior to the Purchase Date have been delivered, dispatched or supplied to the relevant Obligor and all the requirements of the Contract required to be complied with by the relevant Seller have been or will be complied with in full and all other terms and conditions upon which the payment of the Purchased Receivable may be dependent have been fulfilled. There is no fact, circumstance, act, omission or state of affairs which could constitute a breach of any warranty, term or condition of the Contract or which would permit the Obligor or any other person to reject the services or products delivered (or to be delivered) under the Contract or which would provide any Obligor with any reason, justification, excuse or defence of any kind for not making timely payment in full of the whole amount due in respect of the Purchased Receivable; |
(d) | Valid and Binding: the Contract under which the Purchased Receivable arises and the Purchased Receivable (including all Contract Rights and Related Security and associated rights) (i) are duly authorised by the Seller and, to the best knowledge of the Seller, each other party thereto; (ii) are legally valid and binding obligations of each Obligor and, to the best knowledge of the Seller each other relevant party thereto which are and will be enforceable against such parties in accordance with their terms and, such Contract complies with all statutory and other requirements for their validity. None of the Parent, any Seller or any Servicer is aware of any fact, circumstance, act, omission or state of affairs which could constitute a breach of any warranty, term or condition of the Contract or which would permit the Obligor or any other person to reject the services or products delivered (or to be delivered) under the Contract or which would provide any Obligor (or any |
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other person who is liable to make a payment in respect of the Purchased Receivable) with any reason, justification, excuse or defence of any kind for not making timely payment in full of the whole amount due in respect of the Purchased Receivable; |
(e) | No Variation or Amendment: there has been no variation, amendment, modification, waiver or extension of time of any kind in respect of the original terms of the Contract under which the Purchased Receivable arises which in any material way adversely affects the terms of the Purchased Receivable, or its enforceability or collectability; |
(f) | No Violation: the Seller which originated the Receivable has not and, so far as it is aware no other party to the Contract has contravened any such law, rule, regulation or of any agreement, judgment, injunction, order, decree or other instrument binding upon any of them, in each case which in any way adversely affects the enforceability or collectability of the Purchased Receivable; |
(g) | Seller Credit and Collection Procedures: (i) each Seller has complied with the Seller Credit and Collection Procedures in entering into the Contract under which the Purchased Receivable arises and in relation to the administration of each such Purchased Receivable to the date on which it is purchased hereunder (which criteria have been consistently applied in the management of the business of the relevant Seller); and (ii) each Seller has taken steps to require that each relevant Obligor makes payment of each Purchased Receivable to one of the Deposit Accounts; |
(h) | Data Protection: the disclosure of information relating to the Obligor of each Purchased Receivable as contemplated by, and for the purposes envisaged by, this Agreement and the Servicing Agreement after the Funding Date is not contrary to data protection laws in any Eligible Country; |
(i) | No Termination or Defence: the Contract under which the Purchased Receivable arises has not been terminated or frustrated and no event has occurred which would make the Contract subject to force majeure or any right of rescission; and there is no right or entitlement of any kind for the non-payment of the amounts under each Purchased Receivable when due; |
(j) | Set-off: there is not and the Seller is not aware of any circumstances which would give rise to any credit note, discount, allowance or reverse invoice which has been made or granted to any Obligor in relation to the same or any other transaction which remains outstanding, unless such credit note, discount, allowance or reverse invoice is reflected in the Purchased Receivable when sold and in its Purchase Price; |
(k) | Fraud or Dispute: the Contract under which the Purchased Receivable arises (i) has not been entered into fraudulently by the Obligor in respect thereof (ii) has not been passed to the claims or legal department or referred to external lawyers other than in respect of the issue by the Seller of letters demanding payment which are issued in the ordinary course of business or, (iii) is not |
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subject to any dispute or any other claim of any third party (other than the Master Purchaser); |
(l) | Misrepresentation, Duress: the Contract under which the Purchased Receivable arises was not entered into as a consequence of any conduct constituting fraud, misrepresentation, duress or undue influence by the Seller, its directors, officers, employees or agents or by any other person acting on behalf of the Seller; |
(m) | Sellers Records: each Seller has maintained records relating to each relevant Purchased Receivable which are accurate and complete in all material respects and which are adequate so as to enable such Purchased Receivable to be enforced against the relevant Obligor and such records are held by or to the order of that Seller; |
(n) | Eligible Receivables: all Receivables are characterised in the systems of the Sellers and the Servicers and in written information provided to the Master Purchaser, the Security Trustee, the Collateral Monitoring Agent and the Funding Agent as Eligible Receivables satisfy the Eligibility Criteria and are properly included in the calculation of the Net Receivables Pool Balance in the written information provided to the Funding Agent; |
(o) | No Taxes: |
(i) | the Purchased Receivables are not subject to any withholding taxes and are assignable free and clear of any VAT, sales taxes, withholding taxes, export/import taxes, acquisition taxes, transfer taxes or any other Taxes, charges, levies, duties or imposts; and | ||
(ii) | the Master Purchaser can in no other way be liable for any Tax in any Eligible Country by virtue of the transactions envisaged by the Transaction Documents provided that the Master Purchaser has not performed and will not perform any activities in any Eligible County other than those contemplated by the Transaction Documents. |
(p) | No cash Pooling: None of the Deposit Accounts are subject to or included in any cash pooling agreement or arrangement among members of the Visteon Group. |
(q) | No current account: The Receivables are not subject to any current account agreement between any Seller and any Obligor; and |
(r) | Sale of Products: At the time of the sale of the products to which the Purchased Receivables relate to the relevant Obligors, the relevant Seller was the absolute owner of such goods which were not subject to any Encumbrances or claims of any kind (including without limitation any retention of title or unpaid vendors lien) by the vendor thereof and such products were acquired by that Seller from such vendor on bona fide arms length terms pursuant to a contract of true sale. |
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(s) | Segregation: Each Receivable is capable of being identified and designated in the records of the Seller that originated that Receivable, and will upon purchase by the Master Purchaser or, in the case of an English Restricted Receivable, upon the same being held in trust for the benefit of the Master Purchaser, be identified in the relevant Sellers and Servicers records, as being owned by the Master Purchaser and each Purchased Receivable is identified. |
(t) | Credit and Collection Procedures: Any credit given in respect of the Receivable constitutes normal payment extension only and was granted in conformity with the applicable Sellers Credit and Collection Procedures. |
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(a) | Ordinary Course of Business: the Receivable has been originated by the relevant Seller in the ordinary course of its business in accordance with that Sellers Credit and Collection Procedures from the sale of goods to an Eligible Obligor and is evidenced by an Invoice. |
(b) | Trade Receivable: the Receivable is a non-interest bearing trade receivable (subject only to late-payment charges), not represented by a bill of exchange or promissory note or similar document, due delivery of which is required to achieve a true sale of such Receivable, and is unsecured other than by way of retention of title. |
(c) | Original Creditor: the Seller of the Receivable is the original creditor of the Receivable and did not purchase it or acquire it otherwise from a third party. |
(d) | Existence: the Receivable arises out of a valid and binding Contract in accordance with its respective terms against the corresponding Obligor. The Receivable does not originate under contracts subject to public procurement laws. |
(e) | Non-Violation: the Contract under which any obligation to make payment in respect of a Receivable arises complies with the laws and regulations applicable in the jurisdiction of the governing law of such Contract. |
(f) | Assignability: the applicable Seller is the sole owner of the Receivable free and clear of any Encumbrance and (i) the Receivable can be freely and validly transferred by way of assignment to the Master Purchaser without any requirement to give notice to or obtain consent from the Obligor (or, where there is such a requirement, it is either satisfied by the Seller, or it is not effective under applicable law to prevent the valid transfer of the Receivable to the Master Purchaser) and (ii) the Receivable can be freely and validly transferred by way of assignment to the Master Purchaser or the benefit of such Receivable can be freely and validly held on trust for the Master Purchaser without breaching the Contract under which the Receivable arises where such breach would prejudice the claim against the Obligor for the amount of such Receivable other than by way of a claim for set-off arising from such breach. |
(g) | Governing Law: the Receivable and the Contract under which any obligation to make payment in respect of that Receivable arises is expressed to be |
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governed by the laws of England, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Belgium, or the Netherlands. |
(h) | Legal Validity; Full Performance: the Receivable constitutes legal, valid and binding obligations of the corresponding Obligor, including, without limitation, that of paying the amount due in respect of the Receivable, and such obligations are enforceable in accordance with their respective terms subject only to any laws and regulations of mandatory application to creditors generally in the event that such corresponding Obligor becomes insolvent. The Receivable represents a bona fide obligation of the Obligor to pay the stated amount with no activity required to be performed by the applicable Seller other than to collect such Receivable, and the Obligor has no right to return the related goods for any reason other than the goods do not conform to the underlying Contract. |
(i) | No Default: to the best knowledge of the applicable Seller it is not in default under the terms of the Contract from which the Receivable arises. |
(j) | Maximum Term: the Receivable is, or will when invoiced be, payable within a maximum period of 180 days from the invoice date of such Receivable; provided that the aggregate outstanding balance of Receivables that are required to be paid in full between 125 and 180 days from the invoice date may not at any time exceed 10% of the Receivables Pool. |
(k) | Currency: the Receivable is denominated and payable in EUR or GBP or USD. |
(l) | Defaulted Receivables: the Receivable is not a Defaulted Receivable. |
(m) | Payment Plan: the Receivable is not subject to any agreement between the applicable Seller and the corresponding Obligor which would enable the Obligor to pay it in instalments; and the Receivable is not subject to payment in kind and/or by the delivery of goods to the applicable Seller or the performance of services in favour of the applicable Seller. |
(n) | Contract: The Contract relating to the Receivable does not contain any confidentiality provisions which may prejudice the sale or enforcement or collectability of the Receivable and/or the Related Security or the creation or enforceability of a first priority security interest thereover. |
(o) | Concentration limit: the aggregate Outstanding Balance of the Purchased Receivables owed by the same Obligor and which remain outstanding, may not exceed such percentage of the Net Pool Receivables Balance for such Obligor designated in Schedule 5 to the Framework Deed (a Concentration Limit); provided that, affiliated Obligors shall be treated as if they were one Obligor. |
(p) | Receivables of the Portuguese Seller: |
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(i) | In respect of a Purchased Receivable sold to the Master Purchaser, the EUR Equivalent of the Outstanding Balance of the Receivable when aggregated with the EUR Equivalent of the Outstanding Balance of all other Purchased Receivables sold by the Portuguese Seller to the Master Purchaser and which are categorised as Eligible Receivables does not exceed the maximum amount of the obligations secured by any Portuguese Account Control Agreement as set out therein; and | ||
(ii) | in respect of a Purchased Receivable sold to FCC Visteon, the EUR Equivalent of the Outstanding Balance of the Receivable when aggregated with the EUR Equivalent of the Outstanding Balance of all other Purchased Receivables sold by the Portuguese Seller to FCC Visteon and which are categorised as Eligible Receivables does not exceed the maximum amount of the obligations secured by any Portuguese FCC Account Control Agreement as set out therein, |
(q) | Receivable of the Spanish Sellers: in respect only of Receivables sold by the Spanish Sellers and which are governed by Spanish law, the Receivable is the subject of a Spanish Transfer Deed entered into in accordance with the provisions of Schedule 11. |
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Form of Spanish Seller Solvency Certificate
(a) | as at the date hereof, the Spanish Seller is not within any of the circumstances described in article 2 of the Insolvency Law (Ley 22/2003 of July 9, Concursal), and is not insolvent or unable to pay its debts as they fall due and nothing leads us to believe that it would become unable to do so (en situación de concurso o insolvente ) by the mere fact of entering into the Transaction Documents to which the Spanish Seller is a party or performing any of its obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party; |
(b) | as at the date hereof, no enforceable judgment in favour of a creditor of the Spanish Seller remains unsatisfied in whole or in part, which, if satisfied in whole, would result in the Spanish Seller becoming unable to pay its debts as they fall due (en situación de concurso o insolvente) taking into account all sources of funding which will be available on the relevant due date; |
(c) | as at the date hereof, no corporate action has been taken or is pending, and no other steps have been taken by the Spanish Seller and no legal proceedings have been commenced or are pending or, to our knowledge, are threatened for (save when the Spanish Seller is in good faith contesting such steps or proceedings) (i) its bankruptcy, suspension of payments, concurso, liquidation, dissolution, administration or reorganisation (other than a solvent reorganisation), or (ii) it to enter into any composition or arrangement with its creditors due to financial difficulties or (iii) the appointment of a receiver, administrador concursal, administrative receiver trustee, administration or similar officer in respect of it or any of all or substantially all of its property, undertaking or assets. No event equivalent to any of the foregoing has occurred in or under the laws of any relevant jurisdiction; |
(d) | we are not aware, as at the date hereof, of any facts or circumstances which would lead us to believe that (i) the situations mentioned in paragraphs (a), (b) or (b) above would occur, (ii) the Spanish Sellers operation would not continue for a period of at least three (3) months from the date of this Certificate or (iii) an alert proceeding would be initiated; |
(e) | the Spanish Seller is entering into the transactions as described in the Transaction Documents (including all obligations to be assumed by the Spanish Seller in connection therewith) in good faith and for the purpose of carrying on the Spanish Sellers business and, in our opinion, such transactions will benefit the Spanish Seller; |
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(f) | none of the Transaction Documents to which the Spanish Seller is a party is, or will be, a transaction at an undervalue since the value of the consideration to be received by the Spanish Seller will not be significantly less than the value of the consideration provided by the Spanish Seller under any such document and the Purchase Price which will be received by the Spanish Seller from the Master Purchaser for the sale of Receivables is fair and reasonable; |
(g) | the execution of the Transaction Documents to which the Spanish Seller is a party or the performance of the transactions referred to therein by the Spanish Seller, and in particular the sale of Receivables, will not cause an economic damage (perjuicio patrimonial) to the Spanish Seller; and |
(h) | the Spanish Seller, by entering and performing the Transaction Documents to which the Spanish Seller is a party, has no desire to give a preference to any person nor is it the purpose of the Spanish Seller to put assets beyond the reach of any person who is making or may at some time make, a claim against the Spanish Seller or of otherwise prejudicing the interests of such a person in relation to the claim which such person is making or may make. |
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Form of German Seller Solvency Certificate
(as Master Purchaser)
[address]
(a) | the Company is neither over-indebted (überschuldet) nor unable to pay its debts (zahlungsunfähig), as they become due, nor is such an aforementioned situation imminent (keine drohende Zahlungsunfähigkeit) and to the best of my knowledge will not become so as a consequence of entering into the Transaction Documents to which it is a party or performing of any of its obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party; |
(b) | no corporate action has been taken or is pending and no legal proceedings have been commenced or are pending with a view to the liquidation (Auflösung) of the Company and no court order for the opening of insolvency proceedings in relation to the Company has been made and no opening of insolvency proceedings in relation to the Company has been registered, and to the best of our knowledge no petition for the liquidation of the Company or bankruptcy or insolvency petition or a petition for the making of an administration order has been presented; |
(c) | the sale of the Companys Receivables pursuant to the Transaction Documents will be a transaction in which the consideration received by the Company for the sale of the Companys Receivables pursuant to the Transaction Documents will not be significantly less than the value of the consideration provided by the Company in connection with such sale; |
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(d) | the sale by the Company of the Receivables under or pursuant to the Agreement would be made by the Company, in good faith and for the purpose of carrying on its business, and in my opinion there would be reasonable ground for believing that such transfer would benefit the Company; and |
(e) | in selling the Receivables under or pursuant to the Agreement, the Company has no intent of prejudicing the interest of any of its creditors. |
Managing Director (Geschäftsführer) | Managing Director (Geschäftsführer) |
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Form of English Seller Solvency Certificate
(as Master Purchaser)
[address]
Ireland
(a) | duly considered the provisions of Sections 123 and 238 to 245 and Section 423 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (the Act); |
(b) | examined the Companys books, records and accounts (including management accounts); |
(c) | considered the provisions of the Transaction Documents to which the Company is a party; and |
(d) | made all due enquiries and considered all matters which we considered relevant to the Companys business and financial position, |
(i) | the Company is not unable to pay its debts within the meaning of Section 123 of the Act (but, for this purpose, without reference to the words it is proved to the satisfaction of the court that in section 123(1)(e) and s123(2)) and to the best of our knowledge and belief would not become unable to do so in consequence of entering into the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents; |
(ii) | no corporate action has been taken or is pending, no other procedures or steps have been taken in relation to, and no legal proceedings have been commenced or are threatened or are pending with a view to: |
(A) | the suspension of payments, a moratorium of any indebtedness, winding up, liquidation, dissolution, administration (whether |
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out of court or by a court) or reorganisation (by way of voluntary arrangement, scheme of arrangement or otherwise) of the Company; |
(B) | the entry into any composition, assignment or arrangement with any creditor of the Company; |
(C) | the appointment of a liquidator, trustee in bankruptcy, judicial custodian, compulsory manager, receiver, administrative receiver, administrator, nominee or similar officer (in each case, whether out of court or by a court) in respect of the Company or any of its property, undertaking or assets; |
(D) | a meeting of the Company, its directors or its members being convened for the purpose of considering any resolution for, or to petition for, or to apply for, or to file documents with a court for, its winding-up, administration (whether out of court or any registrar or otherwise) or dissolution or any such resolution is passed; |
(E) | any person presenting a petition or an application for the Companys winding-up, administration (whether out of court or by a court) or dissolution; |
(F) | the Companys directors or other officers requesting the appointment of or giving notice of their intention to appoint or take any step with a view to appointing a liquidator, trustee in bankruptcy, judicial custodian, compulsory manager, receiver, administrative receiver, administrator (whether out of court or by a court) or similar officer; or |
(G) | any analogous or equivalent procedure or step being taken in any jurisdiction. |
(iii) | none of the transactions or arrangements contemplated by the Transaction Documents to which it is a party will, in our opinion, be a transaction at an undervalue within the meaning of Section 238 of the Act since the value in money or moneys worth of the consideration to be provided by the Company pursuant to its entry into the Transaction Documents to which it is a party will not be significantly less than the value in money or moneys worth of the consideration to be received by the Company; |
(iv) | the transactions as envisaged by the Transaction Documents and the execution of the Transaction Documents to which the Company is expressed to be a party (including all obligations to be assumed by the Company in connection therewith), are being carried out by the Company in good faith and for the purposes of carrying on its business, and in the opinion of the Companys board of directors, there are reasonable grounds for believing that the sale of such receivables |
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and the execution of such Transaction Documents will benefit the Company; |
(v) | in entering into the transactions as envisaged by the Transaction Documents, the Company is not influenced by a desire to give a preference to any person as contemplated by Section 239 of the Act nor is it the Companys intention or the purpose of the Companys actions to put any of its property, undertaking or assets beyond the reach of any person who is making, or may at some time make, a claim against him or of otherwise prejudicing the interests of such a person in relation to the claim which he is making or may make; |
(vi) | the value of the assets of the Company are now, and will remain immediately after the completion of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, greater than its liabilities, taking into account its prospective and contingent liabilities for the purposes of Section 123 of the Act and there is no reason for believing that this state of affairs will not continue; and |
(vii) | no execution, distress or diligence is being levied against the whole or any part of the Companys property, undertaking or assets nor are any analogous proceedings being commenced against the Company under the laws of any jurisdiction. |
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Form of Portuguese Seller Solvency Certificate
(as Master Purchaser)
[address]
(a) | the Company is neither over-indebted (passivo manifestamente superior ao activo) nor unable to pay its debts, as they fall due (insolvente), nor is such an aforementioned situation imminent (meramente iminente), for the purposes of the Code of Insolvency and Recovery of Companies (Código da Insolvência e Recuperação de Empresas) and to the best of my knowledge will not become so as a consequence of entering into the Transaction Documents or performing any of its obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party; |
(b) | no corporate action has been taken or is pending and no legal proceedings have been commenced or are pending with a view to the dissolution and/or liquidation (dissolução e ou liquidação) or to close the Portuguese branch (sucursal) of the Company and no court order for the opening of insolvency proceedings in relation to the Company has been made and no opening of insolvency proceedings in relation to the Company has been registered, and no petition for the liquidation of the Company or insolvency petition or a petition for the making of an administration order has been presented; |
(c) | the sale and assignment of the Assignable Receivables pursuant to the Transaction Documents will be a transaction in which the consideration |
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received by the Company for the sale of the Assignable Receivables pursuant to the Transaction Documents will not result in the Company incurring any obligations which manifestly exceed those of its counterparty; |
(d) | the sale and assignment by the Company of the Assignable Receivables under or pursuant to the Master Receivables Purchase and Servicing Agreement would be made by the Company, in good faith and for the purpose of carrying on its business; and |
(e) | in assigning and selling the Assignable Receivables under or pursuant to the Master Receivables Purchase and Servicing Agreement, the Company has no intent of prejudicing the interest of any of its creditors. |
[CEO] and registered Legal Representative |
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To: | Visteon Financial Centre p.l.c. First Floor, 7 Exchange Place International Financial Services Centre Dublin 1, Ireland | |
Copy to: | The Law Debenture Trust Corporation p.l.c. Fifth Floor, 100 Wood Street London EC2V 7EX Attention: The Manager, Commercial Trusts (ref: 66933) | |
Citigroup USA, Inc. 399 Park Avenue New York, NY USA |
(a) | as at ___ ___1 no Termination Event, Potential Termination Event, Servicer Default or Potential Servicer Default existed [other than ___ ___2] and no Termination Event, Potential Termination Event, Servicer Default or Potential Servicer Default existed at any time during the period since [the Funding Date] [the date of the last certificate delivered under Clause 4; and |
(b) | during the period since [the Funding Date] [the date of the last certificate delivered under Clause 4 the Seller has observed and performed all of its undertakings and satisfied every condition contained in the Agreement to be observed performed or satisfied by it on or prior to the date of this certificate other than ___ ___.3 |
(c) | in the case of the financial statements delivered under clause 4.4(d)(ii), as presenting fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of |
1 | Specify a date not more than ten Business Days before the date of delivery of the certificate. | |
2 | If any Termination Event, Potential Termination Event, Servicer Default or Potential Servicer Default did exist, give details; otherwise delete. | |
3 | If the Seller has failed to comply in all respect with any obligation, give details; otherwise deleted. |
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[PARENT / SELLER / SERVICER] | ||
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RECEIVABLES GOVERNED BY GERMAN LAW
(1) | [], a company incorporated in [], being a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Parent whose registered office is at [], registered at [] with number [] (the Seller); and |
(2) | VISTEON FINANCIAL CENTRE P.L.C., incorporated in Ireland whose registered office is at [], and its permitted successors and assigns (the Master Purchaser). |
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(i) | where the Seller and the Obligor are located in Germany; or | ||
(ii) | in which there is an express choice of German law to govern such Contracts; or | ||
(iii) | which are otherwise governed by German law; |
(i) | where the Seller and the Obligor are located in Germany; or | ||
(ii) | in which there is an express choice of German law to govern such Contracts; or | ||
(iii) | which are otherwise governed by German law; |
(i) | the claim (if any) of payment of default interest under the relevant Contract; | ||
(ii) | all other related ancillary rights and claims, including independent unilateral rights (selbständige Gestaltungsrechte) as well as dependant unilateral rights (unselbständige Gestaltungsrechte); | ||
(iii) | all claims against insurance companies or other third parties assigned to the Seller in accordance with the relevant Contract by such Obligor in order to secure the performance of its obligations under the relevant Contract; | ||
(iv) | all indemnity claims against the relevant Obligor for non-performance by such Obligor of its obligation under the relevant Contract; and | ||
(v) | all restitution claims (Bereicherungsansprüche) against the relevant Obligor; |
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(a) | a German legal term or concept has been used in the Agreement governed by German law, such German law legal term or concept (and not the English legal term or concept to which it relates) shall be authoritative for the construction; and | |
(b) | an English legal term or concept has been used in this Agreement governed by German law, the related German legal term or concept shall be authoritative for the purpose of construction, unless specifically so provided. |
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SIGNED by | ) | |||||
) | ||||||
as Seller | ) ) ) | |||||
SIGNED by | ) | |||||
) | ||||||
as Master Purchaser | ) ) ) |
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Rechnungsdatum,
Netto-Rechnungsbetrag, und
Fälligkeitsdatum
Bank: | _____ | |||||
Bankleitzahl: | _____ | |||||
Konto-Nr.: | _____ | |||||
IBAN / BIC: | _____ |
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Name: [to be completed] | ||
Title: [to be completed] |
Kopie der Vollmachtsurkunde
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the Date of Issuance
the Net Invoice Amount, and
the Due Date
Bank: | _____ | |||||
Bank Code: | _____ | |||||
Account Number: | _____ | |||||
IBAN / BIC: | _____ |
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Copy of the Power of Attorney
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To: | [The Obligor] [Address of Obligor] |
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[Encabezado del Master Purchaser]
A: | [Deudor Cedido] |
[Dirección del Deudor Cedido] |
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German law, Spanish law or Portuguese law
[Address]
(a) | [Seller name] [has assigned to Visteon Financial centre p.l.c., in accordance with and subject to the terms of the Master Receivables Purchase and Servicing Agreement entered into on 14 August 2006 between, inter alios, Visteon Financial Centre p.l.c., Visteon Corporation and [Seller name], the Receivables owed by your company as referred to in the attached document4 ] [or] [declared a trust over the Receivables owed by your company as referred to in the attached document, for the benefit of Visteon Financial centre p.l.c., in accordance with and subject to the terms of the Master Receivables Purchase and Servicing Agreement dated 14 August 2006 between, inter alia, Visteon Financial Centre p.l.c., Visteon Corporation and [Seller name]. |
Name of the Bank: | [to be completed] | |
Account Number: | [to be completed] | |
Branch Code: | [to be completed] |
4 | The attached document shall contain, in respect of each Receivable, the following information: | |
- | Invoice Number | |
- | Date of Issuance | |
- | Net Invoice Amount | |
- | Due Date |
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Yours faithfully, | ||||
Visteon Financial centre p.l.c. | ||||
(as Master Purchaser) |
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Name of the Bank: | [to be completed] | |
Account Number: | [to be completed] | |
Branch Code: | [to be completed] |
5 | The attached document shall contain, in respect of each Receivable, the following information: | |
- | Contract | |
- | Invoice Number | |
- | Date of Issuance | |
- | Net Invoice Amount | |
- | Due Date |
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Yours faithfully, | ||||
On behalf of [INSERT NAME OF SELLER] |
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(i) | Die Benachrichtigung aller vom Forderungsverkauf betroffenen Schuldner in der Form des als Schedule 9 zum Master Receivables Transfer and Servicing Agreement beigefügten Formulars; | |
(ii) | Die Vornahme aller sonstigen Handlungen, die nach Auffassung des Bevollmächtigten erforderlich sind, um die unter (i) genannten Handlungen durchzuführen. |
[date] | ||||
VISTEON DEUTSCHLAND GMBH | ||||
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(i) | Execution and delivery of Obligor notifications in the form of Schedule 9 to the Master Receivables Purchase and Servicing Agreement to the relevant Obligors in respect of the Purchased Receivables; |
(ii) | Undertaking of any action reasonably necessary in the opinion of the Attorney in order to achieve any of the actions referred to in (i) above. |
VISTEON DEUTSCHLAND GMBH | ||||
Represented by: |
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COMPARECE | APPEAR | |
Don [_], mayor de edad, de nacionalidad [_], [estado civil], domiciliado en [_] y con pasaporte o documento nacional de identidad número [_] (el Mandante). Me constan las circunstancias personales de su reseñada documentación personal que me presenta y de sus manifestaciones, doy fe. | Mr [full names] of full age, of [nationality] nationality, [marital status] of [address], holder of national identity card number [___] (the Grantor). I know the personal details of the appearer from his personal documentation shown to me and from his statements, as to which I certify, | |
INTERVIENE | INTERVENES | |
Actúa en su capacidad de [poder que ostenta] de la sociedad [Spanish Seller]. (la Sociedad), debidamente constituida y existente de acuerdo con la legislación española. Con relación a esta Sociedad, se hace constar lo siguiente: | The appearer is acting in his capacity as [director, Company secretary] of the company [Spanish Seller] (the Company), duly incorporated, organised and existing in accordance with Spanish law, and | |
1º. Que fue válidamente constituida, en virtud de escritura otorgada ante el Notario [___] de [___] el día [___]. | 1. Was duly incorporated for indefinite time by virtue of a deed executed before the Notary Public Mr [___] on [___] on [___]; | |
2º. Que figura inscrita en el Registro Mercantil [___], al tomo [___], folio [___], hoja [___]. | 2. It is registered at the Mercantile Registry of Madrid under tomo [___], folio [___], hoja [___]; | |
3º Que su código de Identificación Fiscal es el número [___]. | 3. With tax code number [___]; and | |
4º. Que tiene su domicilio social en [___]. | 4. With corporate address [___]. | |
EN VIRTUD DE LO EXPUESTO, el compareciente, que ejerce en la actualidad el cargo que aquí concurre, según se manifiesta, tiene la capacidad legal necesaria para otorgar este poder especial irrevocable en nombre de la sociedad y al efecto | NOW THEREFORE, the appearer, who currently holds the post by virtue of which he is intervening in this act, has, in my opinion, the necessary legal capacity to grant this special power of attorney in the name and on behalf of the Company, and, to such effect, he | |
CONCEDE | STATES THAT | |
Poder especial, tan amplio y suficiente como en derecho sea necesario, con facultades de sustitución y sustituciones posteriores, a favor de Visteon Financial Centre plc., sociedad válidamente constituida conforme a las leyes de Irlanda, con domicilio en 85, Merrion Square, Dublín 2, e inscrita en el Registro de Irlanda el número [___] (el Master Purchaser), a través de sus representante y/o apoderados debidamente autorizados al efecto, pueda llevar a cabo y cumplir con todas y cada una de las obligaciones | 1. He grants special, irrevocable power of attorney, but as wide and sufficient as may be required or necessary in favour of Visteon Financial Centre plc., a private company under the laws of Ireland, having its registered office at 885, Merrion Square, Dublín 2, registered with the Companys Registration Office under number [___] (the Master Purchaser) so that, in the name and on behalf of the Company and through its representatives and/or attorneys duly authorised to that effect, it may carry out and |
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asumidas por la Sociedad en el contrato denominado Contrato Marco de Compra y Administración de Derechos de Crédito y que será suscrito en las próximas semanas, entre otros, por la Sociedad y el Master Purchaser, y que será elevado a público ante el notario de [___], [Mr. ___], así como de los documentos de cesión periódica allí referidos (el MRPRA), del mismo, incluso si ello supone incurrir en autocontratación o implica un conflicto de intereses. A tal efecto y con carácter meramente enunciativo y no limitativo, los apoderados estarán especialmente facultados para ejercitar las siguientes facultades: | perform all and each one of the obligations undertaken by the Company in the Master Receivables Purchase and Servicing Agreement to be signed in the upcoming weeks by, among others, the Company and the Master Purchaser, which will be raised into public statutes before the Spanish Notary of [___], Mr. [___] and the ongoing transfer documents referred to therein (the MRPRA), listed below, which are by way of an example (but not limited to): | |
llevar a cabo cualesquiera gestiones que sean necesarias para formalizar, perfeccionar y proteger la cesión de cualesquiera derechos de crédito y sus garantías vinculadas que hayan sido cedidos por la Sociedad a Visteon Financial Centre plc. o a cualquier sucesor, cesionario o acreedor pignoraticio de la misma en la titularidad de dichos derechos de crédito. | To carry out any necessary action in order to formalize, perfect title or protect the assignment of the credit rights and their corresponding security assigned by the Company to the Master Purchaser or, as de case may be, to any assignee or successor, assignee, or pledgee of those credit rights. | |
Notificar a cualquier deudor cedido la cesión de su derecho de crédito por la Sociedad a Visteon Financial Centre plc. mediante carta, fax u otros medios de comunicación escrita que Visteon Financial Centre plc. pueda indicar, incluyendo, sin limitación, notificaciones por conducto notarial realizada por y a expensas de la Sociedad (por la Sociedad de requerirlo asi Visteon Financial Centre plc), en papel notarial o aquel otro papel que designe a Visteon Financial Centre plc.., de conformidad con las previsiones establecidas en el MRPSA. | to give notices to any underlying debtor of the assignment of its credit rights from the Company to the Master Purchaser by means of a letter, fax or by any other written means of communication as the Master Purchaser may deem appropriate, including, but not limited to, notices served by a Notary, performed by at the Companys account (and by the Master Purchaser if required by it) notarial paper or any other kind of paper as determined by the Master Purchaser, pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of the MRPSA. | |
Percibir y cobrar cantidades de establecimientos bancarios de cualquier clase derivados de los derechos de crédito cedidos por la Sociedad a Visteon Financial Centre plc. | To receive and collect any amounts from any kind of bank arising from the credit rights assigned by the Company to the Master Purchaser. | |
Una vez cobradas las cantidades total o parcialmente a que se refiere el párrafo anterior, dar a los pagadores eficaz carta de pago por las cantidades recibidas, expidiendo los recibos y otorgando los documentos públicos y privados y realizando las retrocesiones que fueren necesarias o aconsejables. | Upon receipt of the abovementioned amounts or any part thereof, give such payers a valid payment letter for the amount paid, issuing the corresponding receipts and granting the corresponding public and private documents and making the necessary or convenient receipts and releases. | |
Llevar a cabo cualesquiera gestiones y formalidades que sean necesarias para cobrar los derechos de crédito cedidos. | To carry out whatever necessary actions or formalities to get the assigned credit rights paid. | |
Llevar a cabo cualesquiera gestiones y formalidades que sean necesarias para cobrar los Derechos de Crédito Cedidos, incluyendo el descuento, endoso o la cesión de letras de cambio, cheques, pagarés, efectos de comercio, o | To carry out all the steps and formalities required to receive payment of the Transferred Receivables, including the discount, endorsement or transfer bills, bank drafts or bills of exchange and more generally, any negotiable instrument |
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cualquier instrumento de giro, y en general, de cualquier instrumento de pago, ya sea a la orden o al portador, emitido, girado o librado en relación con un derecho de crédito cedido por la Sociedad a al Master Purchaser (incluyendo, sin carácter excluyente, pagares, letras de cambio y cheques, inclusive aquellos no a la orden), a favor de Visteon Financial Centre plc., e incluyendo (sin ser este un listado excluyente) la facultad de elevar a publico la cesión de cualquiera de los referidos instrumentos ante notario, su notificación al correspondiente deudor cedido, así como la entrega física de los instrumentos y/o títulos a Visteon Financial Centre plc. | (efecto de comercio) payable whether to order or not which may be issued in respect of the Transferred Receivables (including, but not limited to, pagarés, letras de cambio and cheques, including those no a la orden) (the Bills) in favour of the Master Purchaser and, including (but not limited to) the incorporation of such transfers into a public deed granted before a public notary, the notification of such transfer to the relevant debtors and the delivery of the physical title representing each bill to the Master Purchaser. | |
Sustituir y/o delegar el ejercicio de todas o algunas de las facultades conferidas en virtud del presente poder (incluida asimismo la facultad de delegación y sustitución) en cualquier persona física o jurídica que tenga por conveniente, y en su caso, revocar dichos poderes o delegaciones. | To substitute and/or delegate all or some of the faculties conferred herein (including the faculty of delegation and substitution) to any legal or physical person as they may deem convenient, and, if applicable, to revoke such powers or delegations. | |
Celebrar o firmar cualesquiera otros acuerdos, contratos o instrumentos relacionados con las operaciones arriba mencionadas y con las partes que el apoderado considere oportuno. | To sign any other agreements, contracts or instruments in relation to the transactions aforementioned and with any third party that the attorney may deem convenient. | |
Formalizar o/y elevar a instrumento público cualesquiera de los documentos mencionados en los apartados anteriores. | To formalize and/or raise any of the abovementioned documents to the status of a public document. | |
Otorgar poderes generales para pleitos a favor de abogados y de procuradores en relación con los créditos cedidos a Visteon Financial Centre plc. por la Sociedad. | To grant powers in favor of lawyers and solicitors to appear before Spanish Courts in relation to the credit rights assigned by the Company to Visteon Financial Centre plc. | |
Llevar a cabo, del mismo modo, cuantos actos conexos o complementarios sean necesarios para el completo cumplimiento de los poderes conferidos. | To carry out whatever related, complementary, ancillary actions, which may be necessary, appropriate or desired for the complete fulfillment of the mandate, conferred herein. |
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by English Seller
(A) | Capitalised terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Master Receivables Purchase and Servicing Agreement dated 14 August 2006 between, inter alios, Visteon UK Limited and Visteon Financial Centre p.l.c. (the Master Receivables Purchase and Servicing Agreement). |
(B) | Should an offer for the sale and transfer of the Receivables be accepted, the Principal shall transfer to the Attorney the benefit of certain Receivables and the ancillary rights relating thereto (the Ancillary Rights) derived from and including the benefit of the Contract in respect of such Receivables. |
(C) | The Principal has agreed to appoint the Attorney its attorney in the manner hereinafter appearing irrevocably and by way of security for the performance of the undertaking of the Principal given in favour of the Attorney. |
(a) | to demand, sue for and receive all moneys due or payable under or in respect of the Purchased Receivables or in respect of the Ancillary Rights; |
(b) | upon payment of such moneys as are referred to in clause 1 above or of any part thereof to give good receipts and discharges for the same and to execute such receipts, releases, re-assignments, retrocessions, documents, instruments and deeds as may be required or advisable; |
(c) | to do every other act or thing and to execute all such deeds, documents and certificates which the Attorney may deem to be necessary, proper or expedient for all or any of the foregoing purposes; |
(d) | to perfect, protect or more fully evidence the title of the Master Seller in and to any or all of the Purchased Receivables, protect or more fully evidence, the Ancillary Rights and the related Contracts and to exercise any rights, powers, remedies and discretions relating to any of the foregoing as envisaged in the above-mentioned Master Receivables Purchase and Servicing Agreement |
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(including, but not limited to, notifying the related Debtors after the occurrence of a Termination Event pursuant to clause 5); and |
(e) | from time to time on such terms as it thinks fit to appoint and remove a substitute (who shall also have the power of substitution) (the Substitute Attorneys) and delegate to an agent the exercise of any power conferred by this Power of Attorney and the Attorney may act concurrently with such substitute or agent; |
EXECUTED as a DEED under the | ) | |||||
THE COMMON SEAL of | ) | |||||
VISTEON UK LIMITED | ) | |||||
in its capacity as Seller | ) | |||||
in the presence of: | ) |
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by Portuguese Seller
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THE COMMON SEAL of | ) | |||||
VISTEON PORTUGUESA LTD. | ) | |||||
was hereunto affixed hereto in the | ) | |||||
in the presence of: | ) |
E.J. Thompson, Assistant Secretary |
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PROVISIONS RELATING TO SALE AND ASSIGNMENT OF SPANISH
RECEIVABLES
(a) | Each Spanish Seller agrees, in its sole discretion, to sell and assign, and the Master Purchaser agrees to accept such assignment and to purchase on the Funding Date, being the first Spanish Transfer Date, all rights, title, benefit and interest in and to: |
(i) | any Spanish Receivables in existence at 31 July 2006 (the Cut-Off Date) owed to that Spanish Seller arising pursuant to a Contract in existence at the Cut-Off Date, including Value Added Tax; together with | ||
(ii) | all rights arising under or otherwise relating to the relevant Contract and any Related Security with respect to such Spanish Receivables as at the Cut-Off Date. |
(b) | Subject to paragraph (d)(iv) below, each Spanish Seller further agrees to sell and assign on a monthly basis beginning on the Funding Date (being the first Spanish Transfer Date), on each subsequent Spanish Transfer Date, and the Master Purchaser agrees to accept such assignment and to purchase with effect from the Funding Date and each of the subsequent Spanish Transfer Dates: |
(i) | all future Spanish Receivables arising in the period starting on the immediately preceding Determination Date (excluding the Spanish Receivables arising on such Determination Date) or in the case of the first such period starting on the Cut-Off Date and ending on the immediately following Determination Date (but including the Spanish Receivables arising on such Determination Date), owed to that Spanish Seller by any Obligors arising pursuant to a Contract in existence on the immediately preceding Determination Date and the Spanish Transfer Date on which such Spanish Receivables are transferred, including Value Added Tax; together with | ||
(ii) | all rights arising under or otherwise relating to the relevant Contract and any Related Security with respect to such Spanish Receivables. |
(c) | Subject to paragraph (d)(iv), each Spanish Seller hereby further agrees that it shall also sell and assign and the Master Purchaser agrees to accept such assignment and to purchase legal title to any Spanish Receivable (including Value Added Tax together with all rights arising under or otherwise relating to such Contract and any Related Security) arising during the period starting on the immediately preceding Determination Date (excluding the Spanish Receivables arising on such Determination Date) or in the case of the first such period starting on the Cut-Off Date and ending on the immediately following Determination Date (but including the Spanish Receivables arising |
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on such Determination Date), which are owed to that Spanish Seller by Obligors arising pursuant to a Contract entered into by the Spanish Seller during such period, and each Spanish Seller undertakes that it shall as soon as reasonable practicable identify and inform the Master Purchaser of any such additional Contracts in writing and shall enter into any documents and perform any actions as may be requested by the Master Purchaser that are necessary from time to time to effect such sale and assignment and perfect the transfer of title to the related Spanish Receivable, provided always that a failure by a Spanish Seller to so notify the Master Purchaser shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the sale and transfer of any Receivable arising under such additional Contract. |
(d) | For the avoidance of doubt, the Spanish Sellers and the Master Purchaser acknowledge and agree that: |
(i) | each purchase of Spanish Receivables hereunder from a Spanish Seller when such Spanish Receivable is not yet existing is subject to such Spanish Receivable coming into existence and being invoiced; | ||
(ii) | the Spanish Seller is, immediately prior to the relevant Purchase Date, the sole legal and beneficial owner of each Spanish Receivable to be sold by it hereunder and is entitled in relation to such Spanish Receivable to sell and assign it free from any Encumbrance to the Master Purchaser. | ||
(iii) | the Spanish Sellers shall not sell, and the Master Purchaser shall not purchase, any Spanish Receivable which is exclusively represented, or exclusively documented by a bill of exchange or promissory note or similar document; and | ||
(iv) | all rights, title, benefit and interest in and to the Spanish Purchased Receivables together with the Related Security shall be transferred and assigned automatically from a Spanish Seller to the Master Purchaser when an invoice is generated by that Spanish Seller in respect of such Spanish Receivable. |
(e) | For the avoidance of doubt, following the occurrence of the Termination Event the Master Purchaser will not purchase any further Spanish Receivables. |
(a) | The sale and assignment of Spanish Receivables to the Master Purchaser by a Spanish Seller shall, without prejudice to the specific conditions of transfer referred in Clause 2 of the Master Receivables Purchase and Servicing Agreement, be effected on a monthly basis by the formalisation on the relevant Spanish Transfer Date of such sale and assignment in (i) a Spanish offer deed entered into by that Spanish Seller before a Spanish Notary on or before 10:30 a.m. CET in the form of Schedule 12 (the Spanish Offer Deed), and (ii) the acceptance of such Spanish Offer Deed by the Master Purchaser in the form of |
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Schedule 13 on or before 13:30 p.m. CET (the Master Purchaser Acceptance). |
(b) | The Spanish Offer Deed shall set out an accurate description of all Spanish Receivables being sold and assigned under such transfer document in accordance with the identification criteria of the Spanish Receivables detailed in paragraph 3 below (the Spanish Identification Criteria), allowing for indisputable identification thereof. In particular, the relevant Spanish Offer Deed shall specify and identify, in a computer file attached to (and forming part of) the Spanish Offer Deed, the Spanish Receivables to which it relates in sufficient detail to enable the transfer of those Spanish Receivables to the Master Purchaser under the relevant Spanish Offer Deed, in compliance with Spanish laws and regulations (hereinafter the File). At the time of execution of the Spanish Offer Deed, the File may be substituted by a printed list identifying the Spanish Receivables and containing the information as set out in the Annex to the Spanish Offer Deed. |
(c) | On or before 11:00 a.m CET each Spanish Seller shall send in electronic form the Spanish Offer Deed by means of an official advance electronic form (firma digital avanzada) to the Master Purchaser and the Collateral Monitoring Agent to all of the following addresses (or to such other address as the Master Purchaser or the Collateral Monitoring Agent may direct with three (3) days prior notice): |
(i) | To the Master Purchaser: |
First Floor
7 Exchange Place
IFSC
Dublin 1
Ireland
Attention: Alan Geraghty
Director
Tel: + 353 1 ###-###-####
Fax: + 353 1 ###-###-####
E-mail: ***@***
(copied to: ***@*** and
***@***)
(ii) | To the Collateral Monitoring Agent: |
New Castle
DE 19720, USA
Tel : + ###-###-####
Fax: + ###-###-####
E-mail: ***@***
Attention :Janet Marvel
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Canada Square
Canary Wharf
London E15 5LB
England
Tel: + ###-###-####
Fax: + ###-###-####
E-mail: ***@***
Attention :Peaching Tacardon
Alternatively, a Spanish Seller may request the Spanish Notary before whom the relevant Spanish Offer Deed is executed by that Spanish Seller and intervened and raised into a public document to send the Spanish Offer Deed in electronic form by means of an official advance electronic form (firma digital avanzada) to the Master Purchaser and the Collateral Monitoring Agent to each of the above mentioned addresses. | ||
(d) | Upon receipt by the Master Purchaser of the Spanish Offer Deed, the Master Purchaser shall, on or before 13:30 p.m. CET of such Spanish Transfer Date, send the Master Purchaser Acceptance to such Spanish Offer Deed by fax to the relevant Spanish Seller, the Collateral Monitoring Agent, the Security Trustee and the Spanish Notary before whom the relevant Spanish Offer Deed has been intervened. | |
(e) | Upon receipt of an Master Purchaser Acceptance, the relevant Spanish Seller shall, on the same Spanish Transfer Date, request and cause the Spanish Notary before whom the relevant Spanish Offer Deed has been intervened to attach by means of a notarial form (diligencia) such Master Purchaser Acceptance to the Spanish Offer Deed, being the relevant Spanish Offer Deed attaching its correspondent Master Purchaser Acceptance, hereinafter referred to in the Transaction Documents as the Spanish Transfer Deed. | |
(f) | Notwithstanding the transfer mechanics detailed in paragraphs (a), (c), (d) and (e) above, and only in relation to the execution and formalisation of the first Transfer Deed (being the first Spanish Offer Deed and its correspondent Master Purchaser Acceptance) to be entered into by the Spanish Seller and the Master Purchaser, the Security Trustee and the Collateral Monitoring Agent expressly authorise the Spanish Seller and the Master Purchaser to enter into such first Spanish Transfer Deed (first Spanish Offer Deed and its correspondent Master Purchaser Acceptance) before a Spanish public notary in Barcelona on or prior to the Funding Date, at the time agreed among them. | |
(g) | For the purpose of complying with the provisions of the Spanish Identification Criteria, a Spanish Seller shall maintain one or more list(s) of the Spanish Purchased Receivables sold by it using any kind of recording instrument or means of storing data, including records identifying the relevant Obligor, the reference number of the relevant Invoices, their invoice date and its maturity, |
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currency and face value of the Spanish Purchased Receivables. Moreover each Spanish Seller undertakes to make available to the Master Purchaser additional information relating to the Spanish Receivables such as details (mailing address, telephone and fax details as stated in the relevant Contract) in respect of the relevant Obligors and the relevant Contract. |
(h) | All the costs arising out of the entry into of the Spanish Offer Deed, including the costs arising out of maintaining the records as well as any costs and Taxes relating, as applicable, to the notarisation of any such Spanish Transfer Deed and the assignment of Related Security or any other formalities relating thereto, shall be borne exclusively by the relevant Spanish Seller. |
(i) | Taxes arising in Spain from the notarization of any Spanish Transfer Deed and the assignment of Related Security shall be borne by the relevant Spanish Seller and to this effect the Master Purchaser shall furnish the Spanish Seller, as at 1 January of each relevant year (or in the case of the first year following the Closing Date, prior to the first Spanish Transfer Date) in which any Spanish Transfer Deed or assignment of Related Security are executed, with a tax residence certificate issued by the Irish tax authorities for the purposes of such transfer benefiting from the provisions foreseen in the Convention between Ireland and the Kingdom of Spain for the Avoidance of Double Taxation. |
(j) | The Master Purchaser, hereby authorises, and commits to delegate such authority by means of an specific power of attorney to each Spanish Seller, with the exclusive purpose of authorise the Spanish Seller to settle any taxes arising in Spain from the notarization of any Spanish Transfer Deed and the assignment of Related Security by means of the filing of the corresponding tax returns that need to be filed with the Spanish tax authorities by the Spanish Originator. For the avoidance of doubt, no Spanish Seller is nor shall be deemed as a tax representative (other than for the exclusive purpose of filing the referred tax returns) and/or agent of the Master Purchaser in Spain. |
(k) | This Schedule 11, together with the Master Receivables Purchase and Servicing Agreement to which it is part shall automatically extend to all Spanish Transfer Deeds and records delivered by a Spanish Seller to the Master Purchaser, on each Spanish Transfer Date, provided that any such Spanish Transfer Deeds and records specifically refer to the Master Receivables Purchase and Servicing Agreement. |
(l) | the Invoice code; |
(m) | the relevant invoiced amount; |
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(n) | the relevant Invoice date; | |
(o) | the relevant Due Date; | |
(p) | the relevant Agreed Currency; and | |
(q) | the relevant Obligor. |
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| the Spanish Receivables in existence at the Cut-Off Date and at the date of execution of this Spanish Offer Deed arising pursuant to a Contract in existence at the Cut-Off Date, including Value Added Tax; together with all rights arising under or otherwise relating to the relevant Contract and any Related Security with respect to such Spanish Receivables as at such Cut-Off Date, which are identified and individualised in Annex 1 to this Spanish Offer Deed; | |
[relating to a Spanish Offer Deed other than the first Spanish Offer Deed] |
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| any and all current Spanish Receivables, including Value Added Tax and all rights arising under or otherwise relating to the relevant Contract and any Related Security with respect to such Spanish Receivables, arising in the period starting on the immediately preceding Determination Date (excluding the Spanish Receivables arising on such Determination Date, or in the case of the first such period starting on the Cut-Off Date) and ending on the immediately following Determination Date (but including the Spanish Receivables arising on such Determination Date), and arising pursuant to a Contract in existence on the immediately preceding Determination Date (or in the case of the first such period starting on the Cut-Off Date) and the date of this Spanish Offer Deed. The Spanish Receivables transferred pursuant to this paragraph are all the Receivables arising from a Contract entered into which an Obligor who is listed and identified in Annex 1 to this Spanish Offer Deed. | |
| any and all Spanish Receivables, including Value Added Tax and all rights arising under or otherwise relating to the relevant Contract and any Related Security with respect to such Spanish Receivables, arising pursuant to a Contract which (i) is not in existence at the immediately preceding Determination Date (or in the case of the first such period starting on the Cut-Off Date) and at the date of the execution of the immediately preceding Spanish Offer Deed and (ii) arising during the period starting on the immediately preceding Determination Date (excluding the Spanish Receivables arising on such Determination Date, or in the case of the first such period starting on the Cut-Off Date) and ending on the immediately following Determination Date (but including the Spanish Receivables arising on such Determination Date) (the New Contract). | |
[Relating to all Spanish Offer Deeds] | ||
| Moreover, in accordance with the provision of paragraph 4 (e) of Schedule 11 to the MRPSA, pursuant to this Spanish Offer Deed, the Spanish Seller confirms and ratifies the sale, purchase and assignment of the Spanish Receivables and any Related Security with respect to such Spanish Receivables invoiced during the immediately preceding Monthly Determination Period that were referred to in the preceding Spanish Transfer Deed, and those that relate to a New Contract, both of which are referred to and listed in Annex 1 to this Spanish Offer Deed. |
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