EXHIBIT 10.8
AMENDED AND RESTATED
RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Dated as of June 2, 2005
Among
CATALOG RECEIVABLES LLC
as Seller
and
SPIRIT OF AMERICA, INC.
as Servicer
and
SHEFFIELD RECEIVABLES CORPORATION
as Purchaser
and
BARCLAYS BANK PLC
as Administrator
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ARTICLE I PURCHASES AND REINVESTMENTS..................................... 2
SECTION 1.01 Commitments to Purchase; Limits on Purchaser's
Obligations............................................. 2
SECTION 1.02 Purchase Procedures; Assignment of Purchaser's
Interests............................................... 2
SECTION 1.03 Reinvestments of Certain Collections; Payment of
Remaining Collections................................... 2
SECTION 1.04 Asset Interest.......................................... 3
SECTION 1.05 Reduction of Facility Limit; Termination................ 4
ARTICLE II COMPUTATIONAL RULES............................................. 4
SECTION 2.01 Computation of Senior Investor Balance.................. 4
SECTION 2.02 Computation of Earned Discount.......................... 4
SECTION 2.03 Estimates of Earned Discount Rate, Fees, etc............ 4
ARTICLE III SETTLEMENTS..................................................... 5
SECTION 3.01 Settlement Procedures................................... 5
SECTION 3.02 Deemed Collections; Reduction of Senior Investor
Balance, Etc............................................ 8
SECTION 3.03 Payments and Computations, Etc.......................... 9
SECTION 3.04 Treatment of Collections and Deemed Collections......... 9
SECTION 3.05 Collection Account...................................... 9
SECTION 3.06 Reserve Account......................................... 10
SECTION 3.07 Cash Collateral Account................................. 10
SECTION 3.08 Accounts Generally...................................... 10
ARTICLE IV FEES AND YIELD PROTECTION....................................... 11
SECTION 4.01 Fees.................................................... 11
SECTION 4.02 Yield Protection........................................ 11
SECTION 4.03 Funding Losses.......................................... 13
ARTICLE V CONDITIONS OF PURCHASES......................................... 14
SECTION 5.01 Conditions Precedent to Initial Purchase................ 14
SECTION 5.02 Conditions Precedent to All Purchases and
Reinvestments........................................... 15
ARTICLE VI REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.................................. 16
SECTION 6.01 Representations and Warranties of Seller................ 16
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SECTION 6.02 Representations and Warranties of Servicer.............. 17
ARTICLE VII GENERAL COVENANTS OF SELLER AND SERVICER........................ 19
SECTION 7.01 Covenants of Seller and Servicer........................ 19
SECTION 7.02 Reporting Requirements of Seller and Servicer........... 21
SECTION 7.03 Transaction Documents................................... 21
ARTICLE VIII ADMINISTRATION AND COLLECTION................................... 21
SECTION 8.01 Designation of Servicer................................. 21
SECTION 8.02 Duties of Servicer...................................... 22
SECTION 8.03 Rights of the Administrator............................. 23
SECTION 8.04 Limitation of Liability................................. 24
SECTION 8.05 Further Action Evidencing Purchases and
Reinvestments........................................... 24
SECTION 8.06 Application of Collections.............................. 24
SECTION 8.07 Lockbox Accounts........................................ 24
SECTION 8.08 Access to Records....................................... 25
ARTICLE IX SECURITY INTEREST............................................... 25
SECTION 9.01 Grant of Security Interest.............................. 25
SECTION 9.02 Further Assurances...................................... 25
SECTION 9.03 Remedies................................................ 25
ARTICLE X LIQUIDATION EVENTS.............................................. 26
SECTION 10.01 Liquidation Events...................................... 26
SECTION 10.02 Remedies................................................ 27
ARTICLE XI THE ADMINISTRATOR............................................... 27
SECTION 11.01 Authorization and Action................................ 27
SECTION 11.02 Administrator's Reliance, Etc........................... 28
SECTION 11.03 Barclays and Affiliates................................. 28
SECTION 11.04 Reliance by Administrator............................... 28
SECTION 11.05 Non-Reliance............................................ 29
ARTICLE XII ASSIGNMENT OF PURCHASER'S INTEREST.............................. 29
SECTION 12.01 Restrictions on Assignments............................. 29
SECTION 12.02 Rights of Assignee...................................... 30
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SECTION 12.03 Evidence of Assignment.................................. 30
ARTICLE XIII INDEMNIFICATION................................................. 30
SECTION 13.01 Indemnities by Seller................................... 30
ARTICLE XIV MISCELLANEOUS................................................... 31
SECTION 14.01 Amendments, Etc......................................... 31
SECTION 14.02 Notices, Etc............................................ 31
SECTION 14.03 No Waiver; Remedies..................................... 32
SECTION 14.04 Binding Effect; Survival................................ 32
SECTION 14.05 Costs, Expenses and Taxes............................... 32
SECTION 14.06 No Proceedings/Purchaser................................ 32
SECTION 14.07 No Proceedings/Seller and Transferor.................... 33
SECTION 14.08 Confidentiality......................................... 33
SECTION 14.09 Captions and Cross References........................... 34
SECTION 14.10 Integration; Survival................................... 34
SECTION 14.11 Governing Law........................................... 34
SECTION 14.12 Waiver Of Jury Trial.................................... 35
SECTION 14.13 Consent To Jurisdiction; Waiver Of Immunities........... 35
SECTION 14.14 Execution in Counterparts............................... 35
SECTION 14.15 No Recourse Against Other Parties....................... 35
SECTION 14.16 Amendment and Restatement............................... 36
APPENDICES
Appendix A Definitions
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SCHEDULES
Schedule A Addresses
Schedule B Payment Account
Schedule C Lockbox Accounts
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A Procedures of Independent Accountants
Exhibit B Form of Cap Agreement
Exhibit C Form of First Tier Agreement
Exhibit D Form of Second Tier Agreement
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AMENDED AND RESTATED
RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Dated as of June 2, 2005
THIS IS AN AMENDED AND RESTATED RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this
"Agreement"), among CATALOG RECEIVABLES LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company ("Seller"), SPIRIT OF AMERICA, INC., ("Spirit") a Delaware corporation,
as servicer (in such capacity, "Servicer"), SHEFFIELD RECEIVABLES CORPORATION, a
Delaware corporation ("Purchaser"), BARCLAYS BANK PLC, a public limited company
organized under the laws of England and Wales ("Barclays"), as administrator for
Purchaser (in such capacity, the "Administrator"). Unless otherwise indicated,
capitalized terms used in this Agreement are defined in Appendix A.
Background
1. Seller is engaged in the business of purchasing receivables arising in
revolving credit card accounts originated by Crosstown Traders, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, and its subsidiaries.
2. Seller has, and expects to have, Pool Receivables in which Seller
intends to sell an undivided interest. Seller has requested Purchaser, and
Purchaser has agreed, subject to the terms and conditions contained in this
Agreement, to purchase such undivided interest, referred to herein as the Asset
Interest, from Seller from time to time during the term of this Agreement (the
"Transaction").
3. Seller and Purchaser desire that, subject to the terms and conditions of
this Agreement, certain of the daily Collections in respect of the Asset
Interest be reinvested in Pool Receivables, which reinvestment shall constitute
part of the Asset Interest.
4. Spirit has been requested, and is willing, to act as the Servicer of the
Pool Receivables in accordance with the terms hereof.
5. Barclays has been requested, and is willing, to act as the
Administrator.
6. To effect the Transaction, Seller, Servicer, Purchaser and Administrator
initially entered into the Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 18,
2005 (the "Prior RPA").
7. This Agreement amends and restates the Prior RPA in its entirety to
recognize the addition of each of the Sub-Originators as a Transferring Party.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
agreements herein contained, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound
hereby, agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
PURCHASES AND REINVESTMENTS
SECTION 1.01 Commitments to Purchase; Limits on Purchaser's Obligations.
Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, from time to
time prior to the Termination Date, Seller may request that Purchaser purchase
from Seller ownership interests in the Pool Assets (each being a "Purchase") and
Purchaser shall make such Purchase; provided that no Purchase shall be made by
Purchaser to the extent that, after giving effect thereto, the then Senior
Investor Balance would exceed the lesser of (a) the Facility Limit and (b) the
Benchmark Amount; and provided further that each Purchase made pursuant to this
Section 1.01 shall have a Purchase Price of at least $500,000 and shall be in
integral multiples of $250,000.
SECTION 1.02 Purchase Procedures; Assignment of Purchaser's Interests.
(a) Notice of Purchase. Each Purchase from Seller by Purchaser shall be
made on notice from Seller to the Administrator received by the Administrator
not later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the second Business Day before
the date of such proposed Purchase. Each such notice of a proposed Purchase
shall specify the desired amount and date of such Purchase. The "Purchase Price"
for each Purchase shall be the lesser of (i) the amount requested by Seller
pursuant to this Section 1.02(a) and (ii) the amount permitted pursuant to
Section 1.01.
(b) Funding of Purchase. On the date of each Purchase, Purchaser shall,
upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Article V, make
available to the Administrator at the Administrator's Office (or to such account
as designated by the Administrator) the amount of its Purchase in same day
funds, and after receipt by the Administrator of such funds, the Administrator
will (a) apply such funds to make a deposit to the Cash Collateral Account to
the extent necessary to cause the amount on deposit therein to equal or exceed
the Required Cash Collateral Amount, and (b) make the remaining portion of such
funds immediately available to Seller at such office or to such account as
Seller shall designate in writing to the Administrator on or prior to the date
hereof (or such other office or account as Seller shall designate from time to
time).
(c) Assignment of Asset Interest. Seller hereby sells, assigns and
transfers to Purchaser, effective on and as of the date of each Purchase by the
Purchaser hereunder, the corresponding undivided ownership interest in the Pool
Assets.
SECTION 1.03 Reinvestments of Certain Collections; Payment of Remaining
Collections. (a) On the close of business on each Business Day during the period
from the date hereof to the Final Payout Date, Servicer shall, out of all
Collections received on such day:
(i) determine the portion of such Collections attributable on such day
to the Asset Interest by multiplying (x) the amount of such Collections
times (y) the Asset Interest at such time;
(ii) out of the portion of such Collections allocated to the Asset
Interest pursuant to clause (i), set aside and deposit into the Collection
Account within two Business Days an amount at least equal to the sum of the
estimated amount of Earned
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Discount accrued in respect of the Senior Investor Balance (based on rate
information provided by the Administrator pursuant to Section 2.03), all
other amounts due to Purchaser or the Administrator hereunder and the
Servicer's Fee (in each case, accrued through such day) and an amount equal
to any Cash Collateral Shortfall and any Reserve Account Shortfall not so
previously set aside;
(iii) apply the Collections allocated to the Asset Interest pursuant
to clause (i) and not required to be set aside pursuant to clause (ii) to
the purchase from Seller of ownership interests in Pool Assets (each such
purchase being a "Reinvestment"); provided that (A) if the then Senior
Investor Balance would exceed the Benchmark Amount, then the Servicer shall
not reinvest, but shall set aside and deposit into the Collection Account
within two Business Days, a portion of such Collections which, together
with other Collections previously set aside and then so held in the
Collection Account, shall equal the amount necessary to reduce the Senior
Investor Balance to the Benchmark Amount; (B) if the conditions precedent
to Reinvestment in Section 5.02 are not satisfied then Servicer shall not
reinvest, but shall set aside and hold for the benefit of Purchaser, any of
such remaining Collections, which Collections shall be deposited into the
Collection Account within two Business Days; and (C) if the Seller shall
have requested a reduction in the Senior Investor Balance, then, during the
times specified in Section 3.02(b)(ii), Servicer shall not reinvest, but
shall set aside and hold for the benefit of Purchaser, a portion of such
Collections until the amount thereof not so reinvested shall equal the
amount of such reduction; and
(iv) pay to Seller (A) the portion of such Collections not allocated
to the Asset Interest pursuant to clause (i) and (B) the Collections
applied to Reinvestment pursuant to clause (iii).
(b) Unreinvested Collections. Servicer shall set aside in the Collection
Account and hold in trust for the benefit of Purchaser all Collections which
pursuant to clause (iii) of Section 1.03(a), may not be reinvested in Pool
Assets. If, prior to the date when such Collections are required to be paid to
the Administrator for the benefit of Purchaser pursuant to Section 3.01, the
amount of Collections so set aside exceeds the amount, if any, necessary to
reduce the Senior Investor Balance to the Discounted Principal Receivables
Balance, and the conditions precedent to Reinvestment set forth in Section 5.02
are satisfied, then the Servicer shall apply such Collections (or, if less, a
portion of such Collections equal to the amount of such excess) to the making of
a Reinvestment.
SECTION 1.04 Asset Interest. (a) Components of Asset Interest. On any date
the Asset Interest will represent Purchaser's combined undivided percentage
ownership interest in (i) all then outstanding Pool Receivables, (ii) related
Contracts, (iii) all Related Security with respect to such Pool Receivables,
(iv) all Collections with respect thereto, (v) all rights of Seller (directly or
as assignee of Transferor) under the First Tier Agreement and the Second Tier
Agreement, (vi) all books and records evidencing or related to the foregoing,
and (vii) all proceeds of the foregoing (collectively, the "Pool Assets");
provided, that, the Pool Assets shall not include any interests in any returned,
repossessed or foreclosed goods and/or merchandise the sale of which gave rise
to a Receivable.
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(b) Computation of Asset Interest. On any date, the Asset Interest shall be
equal to a fraction (expressed as a percentage), the numerator of which is the
Senior Investor Balance and the denominator of which is the Benchmark Amount,
each as of such day; provided, however, that during the Liquidation Period, the
Asset Interest shall be the Asset Interest computed as of the day immediately
preceding the commencement of the Liquidation Period; provided, further, that
the Asset Interest shall not exceed 100%.
(c) Frequency of Computation. The Asset Interest shall be computed as of
the close of business on each Business Day (after giving effect to Section 1.03)
and shall be reported as of the end of the Due Period in the Information Package
delivered on each Report Date.
SECTION 1.05 Reduction of Facility Limit; Termination. Upon three Business
Days' prior written notice to the Administrator, the Seller may reduce the
Facility Limit, or terminate this Agreement, provided that, after giving effect
thereto, the Facility Limit is not less than the Senior Investor Balance. Any
such reduction or termination shall be permanent.
ARTICLE II
COMPUTATIONAL RULES
SECTION 2.01 Computation of Senior Investor Balance. In making any
determination of the Senior Investor Balance, the following rules shall apply:
(a) Senior Investor Balance shall not be considered reduced by any
allocation, setting aside or distribution of any portion of Collections unless
such Collections shall have been actually delivered to the Administrator
pursuant hereto; and
(b) Senior Investor Balance shall not be considered reduced by any
distribution of any portion of Collections if at any time such distribution is
rescinded or otherwise returned for any reason.
SECTION 2.02 Computation of Earned Discount. In making any determination of
Earned Discount, the following rules shall apply:
(a) the Administrator shall determine the Earned Discount accruing with
respect to the Senior Investor Balance, in accordance with the definition of
Earned Discount;
(b) no provision of this Agreement shall require the payment or permit the
collection of Earned Discount in excess of the maximum permitted by applicable
law; and
(c) Earned Discount shall not be considered paid by any distribution if at
any time such distribution is rescinded or otherwise returned for any reason.
SECTION 2.03 Estimates of Earned Discount Rate, Fees, etc. For purposes of
determining the amounts required to be set aside by Servicer pursuant to Section
1.03, the Administrator shall notify Servicer from time to time of the Earned
Discount Rate applicable to the Senior Investor Balance and the rates at which
fees and other amounts are accruing hereunder. It is understood and agreed that
(i) the Earned Discount Rate may change from time
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to time, (ii) certain rate information provided by the Administrator to Servicer
shall be based upon the Administrator's good faith estimate, (iii) the amount of
Earned Discount actually accrued with respect to any Settlement Period may
exceed, or be less than, the amount set aside with respect thereto by Servicer,
and (iv) the amount of fees or other payables accrued hereunder with respect to
any Settlement Period may exceed, or be less than, the amount set aside with
respect thereto by Servicer. Failure to set aside any amount so accrued shall
not relieve Servicer of its obligation to remit Collections to the Administrator
with respect to such accrued amount, as and to the extent provided in Section
3.01.
ARTICLE III
SETTLEMENTS
SECTION 3.01 Settlement Procedures.
The parties hereto will take the following actions with respect to each
Settlement Period:
(a) Information Package. On or before the Report Date preceding each
Settlement Date, Servicer shall deliver to the Administrator an electronic mail
containing such information as shall be agreed in writing by Servicer and the
Administrator prior to the Initial Funding Date (each, an "Information
Package").
(b) Earned Discount; Other Amounts Due. (i) On the tenth day before each
Settlement Date, the Administrator shall notify Servicer of (x) the amount of
Earned Discount that will have accrued in respect of the Senior Investor Balance
during such Settlement Period (the amount of such Earned Discount shall be
calculated using an estimate of the CP Rate, if necessary, for the remaining
days in such Settlement Period; provided that each such estimated amount shall
be adjusted as provided in the following paragraph (ii)), and (y) all fees and
other amounts accrued and payable by Seller under this Agreement (other than the
Senior Investor Balance).
(ii) If the Administrator shall have notified Servicer of the
estimated amount of Earned Discount as provided in clause (i) above with
respect to a Settlement Period and, on or prior to the applicable
Settlement Date, the Administrator shall have determined that such estimate
is inaccurate, the Administrator shall notify Servicer as soon as
reasonably practicable and the Earned Discount for the subsequent
Settlement Period shall be adjusted as follows. If the actual Earned
Discount exceeds the estimated amount thereof, such excess shall be added
to the Earned Discount for the subsequent Settlement Period (and in any
event paid to the Administrator by Seller on or prior to the Final Payout
Date). If the actual Earned Discount is less than the estimated amount
thereof, the difference shall be subtracted from the Earned Discount for
the subsequent Settlement Period (and in any event credited to amounts owed
by Seller to the Administrator by Seller on the Final Payout Date).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any reconciliation in respect of the final
Settlement Period as a consequence of any estimate described above shall be
effected on the final Settlement Date.
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(c) Settlement Date Procedure - Reinvestment Period. On the twentieth
(20th) day of each calendar month (commencing in August, 2005), or if such day
is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day (each, a "Settlement
Date") prior to the Termination Date, the Servicer shall transfer from the
Collection Account all Available Funds, and shall apply such amount in the
following order:
(1) to the Administrator on behalf of the Purchaser, an amount equal
to the (i) Earned Discount accrued during such Settlement Period, plus any
previously accrued Earned Discount not paid on a prior Settlement Date, and
(ii) Program Fees accrued during such Settlement Period, plus any
previously accrued Program Fees and not paid on a prior Settlement Date;
(2) to the Administrator on behalf of the Purchaser, an amount equal
to the Unused Program Fees accrued during such Settlement Period, plus any
previously accrued Unused Program Fees not paid on a prior Settlement Date;
(3) to the Administrator, an amount equal to the amount, if any,
necessary to reduce the Senior Investor Balance to the Benchmark Amount
(calculated after giving effect to any distribution to be made from the
Cash Collateral Account on such day) and to reduce the Senior Investor
Balance in accordance with Section 3.02(b), which amount shall be
distributed by the Administrator to the Purchaser for application to the
Senior Investor Balance;
(4) to the Servicer, an amount equal to the Servicer's Fee for such
preceding Due Period, plus any previously accrued and unpaid Servicer's Fee
for the payment of the accrued and unpaid Servicer's Fees;
(5) to the Reserve Account, to the extent necessary to cause funds on
deposit therein to equal the Required Reserve Account Amount;
(6) to the Cash Collateral Account, to the extent necessary to cause
funds on deposit therein to equal (or, if Seller shall so direct, to
exceed) the Required Cash Collateral Amount; and
(7) to the Administrator, all other amounts then due under this
Agreement to the Administrator, the Purchaser, the Affected Parties or the
Indemnified Parties;
(8) to, or at the direction of, Seller any remaining amounts.
(d) Settlement Date Procedure - Liquidation Period. On each Settlement Date
during the Liquidation Period, the Servicer shall transfer from the Collection
Account all Available Funds, and shall apply such amount in the following order:
(1) to the Administrator on behalf of the Purchaser, an amount equal
to the (i) Earned Discount accrued during such Settlement Period, plus any
previously accrued Earned Discount not paid on a prior Settlement Date, and
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(ii) Program Fees accrued during such Settlement Period, plus any
previously accrued Program Fees and not paid on a prior Settlement Date;
(2) to the Administrator on behalf of the Purchaser, an amount equal
to the Unused Program Fees accrued during such Settlement Period, plus any
previously accrued Unused Program Fees not paid on a prior Settlement Date;
(3) to the Administrator, an amount equal to any remaining Purchaser's
Share of Collections until the Senior Investor Balance is reduced to zero,
which amount shall be distributed by the Administrator to the Purchaser for
application to the Senior Investor Balance;
(4) to the Servicer, an amount equal to the Servicer's Fee for such
preceding Due Period, plus any previously accrued and unpaid Servicer's Fee
for the payment of the accrued and unpaid Servicer's Fees;
(5) to the Administrator, all other amounts then due under this
Agreement to the Administrator, the Purchaser, the Affected Parties or the
Indemnified Parties; and
(6) to, or at the direction of, Seller any remaining amounts.
(e) Non-Distribution of Servicer's Fee. Unless the Administrator gives
written notice to the contrary to Servicer (which notice may be given at any
time), from and after the date on which the amounts (if any) set aside pursuant
to Section 1.03 for any Settlement Period in respect of payments required to be
made prior to the payment of the Servicer's Fee on the related Settlement Date
are sufficient to make such payments, the amounts (if any) set aside pursuant to
Section 1.03 in respect of the Servicer's Fee may be paid to Servicer, in which
case no distribution shall be made in respect of Servicer's Fee pursuant to
clause (c) or (d) above.
(f) Cap Agreements.
(i) Prior to the Initial Funding Date, Seller shall obtain a Cap
Agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit B. The Cap Agreement shall
entitle the Seller to receive monthly the Cap Payment, if any, as set forth
in the Cap Agreement. Payments received by Seller under the Cap Agreement
shall be deposited in the Collection Account within two Business Days of
such receipt (or, if earlier, on the related Settlement Date), except that
any payments received under a Cap Agreement as a result of the early
termination thereof may instead be applied by Seller to the acquisition of
a Replacement Interest Rate Cap.
(ii) The Administrator hereby appoints the Servicer to act as
calculation agent under the Cap Agreements and the Servicer accepts such
appointment.
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SECTION 3.02 Deemed Collections; Reduction of Senior Investor Balance, Etc.
(a) Deemed Collections. If on any day
(i) any Pool Receivable is
(A) reduced as a result of any defective, rejected or returned
merchandise or services, any cash discount, or any incorrect billing
or other adjustment by Seller or any Affiliate of Seller,
(B) reduced or canceled as a result of a setoff in respect of any
claim by the Obligor thereof against Seller or any Affiliate of Seller
or any other Person (whether such claim arises out of the same or a
related or an unrelated transaction), or
(C) reduced on account of the obligation of Seller to pay to the
related Obligor any rebate or refund; or
(ii) any of the representations or warranties of Seller set forth in
Section 6.01(j) were not true when made with respect to any Pool
Receivable, or any of the representations or warranties of Seller set forth
in Section 6.01(j) are no longer true with respect to any Pool Receivable,
then, on such day, Seller shall be deemed to have received a Collection of such
Pool Receivable
(I) in the case of clause (i) above, in the amount of such
reduction or cancellation; and
(II) in the case of clause (ii) above, in the outstanding amount
of such Pool Receivable.
If Seller shall have deposited into the Collection Account the full outstanding
amount of any Pool Receivable pursuant to this Section 3.2(a), Purchaser and the
Administrator shall reconvey any interest they have in such Pool Receivable, and
the Contracts and Related Security with respect thereto, to Seller, without
representation or warranty, but free and clear of all liens created by Purchaser
and the Administrator. Any such reconveyed Receivable (and the Contracts and
Related Security with respect thereto) shall be released from the ownership and
security interests created under this Agreement and shall no longer be
considered Pool Assets. It is understood and agreed that Seller may reconvey any
such released Receivables, Contracts and Related Securities to Transferor, and
Transferor may reconvey such assets to Parent Originator, in accordance with the
terms of the Second Tier Agreement and the First Tier Agreement. At the expense
of Seller, the Administrator and Purchaser shall execute such instruments and
documents as Seller shall reasonably request to evidence such release, and,
subject to giving at least five Business Days prior written notice to the
Administrator, Seller is authorized to file amendments to the financing
statements filed against the Transferring Parties in connection with the
Transaction Documents to evidence such release.
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(b) Seller's Optional Reduction of Senior Investor Balance. Seller may at
any time elect to reduce the Senior Investor Balance as follows:
(i) Seller shall give the Administrator at least three Business Days'
prior written notice of such reduction (including the amount of such
proposed reduction and the proposed date on which such reduction will
commence),
(ii) on the proposed date of commencement of such reduction and on
each day thereafter, Servicer shall refrain from reinvesting Collections
pursuant to Section 1.03 until the amount thereof not so reinvested shall
equal the amount of such reduction, and
(iii) Servicer shall hold such Collections in trust for Purchaser,
pending payment to the Administrator, as provided in Section 3.01;
provided that,
(A) the amount of any such reduction shall be not less than
$100,000 and the Senior Investor Balance after giving effect to such
reduction shall be not less than $100,000 (unless such reduction
reduces Senior Investor Balance to zero), and
(B) Seller shall use reasonable efforts to attempt to choose a
reduction amount, and the date of commencement thereof, so that such
reduction shall commence and conclude in the same Settlement Period to
the extent possible.
SECTION 3.03 Payments and Computations, Etc.
(a) Payments. All amounts to be paid or deposited by Seller or Servicer to
the Administrator or any other Person hereunder (other than amounts payable
under Section 4.02) shall be paid or deposited in accordance with the terms
hereof no later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the day when due in
lawful money of the United States of America in same day funds to the
Administrator at the bank account listed on Schedule B, for credit to such
account as the Administrator shall specify.
(b) Method of Computation. All computations of interest, Earned Discount,
any fees payable under Sections 4.01(a) and (b) and any other fees payable by
Seller to Purchaser or the Administrator in connection with Purchases or the
Asset Interest hereunder shall be made on the basis of a year of 360 days for
the actual number of days (including the first day but excluding the last day)
elapsed.
SECTION 3.04 Treatment of Collections and Deemed Collections. Seller shall
deliver to Servicer all Collections deemed received by Seller pursuant to
Section 3.02(a) during any Due Period by no later than the second Business Day
preceding the related Settlement Date, and Servicer shall deposit any deemed
Collections to the Collection Account within two Business Days of receipt
thereof. So long as Seller shall hold any Collections or deemed Collections
required to be paid to Servicer or the Administrator, it shall hold such
Collections in trust and shall clearly ▇▇▇▇ its records to reflect such trust;
provided that Seller shall not be required to hold such Collections in a
separate deposit account containing only such Collections.
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SECTION 3.05 Collection Account. Seller shall establish an Eligible Account
in the name of the Seller, which is designated as the "Collection Account". The
Collection Account shall be maintained at the Transaction Account Bank subject
to the terms of the Account Control Agreement and Section 3.08.
SECTION 3.06 Reserve Account.
(a) Seller shall establish an Eligible Account in the name of the Seller
until the Senior Investor Balance is reduced to zero, which is designated as the
"Reserve Account". The Reserve Account shall be maintained at the Transaction
Account Bank subject to the terms of the Account Control Agreement and Section
3.08.
(b) If on any Settlement Date a Shortfall shall exist, the Administrator
shall withdraw from the Reserve Account an amount equal to the lesser of such
Shortfall or the amount on deposit in the Reserve Account, and apply such funds
in the same manner as Collections pursuant to Section 3.01(c) or 3.01(d), as
applicable.
(c) If on any Settlement Date or on the Final Payout Date, as applicable,
after giving effect to all other withdrawals from and payments to the Reserve
Account, the funds on deposit in the Reserve Account (exclusive of earnings on
the investment of such funds) shall exceed the Required Reserve Account Amount,
the Servicer (with prior written notice to the Administrator) shall withdraw
such excess and pay such excess to, or at the direction of, Seller.
SECTION 3.07 Cash Collateral Account.
(a) Seller shall establish an Eligible Account in the name of the Seller
until the Senior Investor Balance is reduced to zero, which is designated as the
"Cash Collateral Account". The Cash Collateral Account shall be maintained at
the Transaction Account Bank subject to the terms of the Account Control
Agreement and Section 3.08.
(b) If on any Settlement Date a Shortfall shall remain after giving effect
to any application of funds from the Reserve Account pursuant to Section 3.06,
the Administrator shall withdraw from the Cash Collateral Account an amount
equal to the lesser of such Shortfall or the amount on deposit in the Cash
Collateral Account, and apply such funds in the same manner as Collections
pursuant to Section 3.01(c) or 3.01(d), as applicable.
(c) If on any Settlement Date or on the Final Payout Date, as applicable,
after giving effect to all other withdrawals from and payable to the Collection
Account, the funds on deposit in the Cash Collateral Account (exclusive of
earnings on the investment of such funds) shall exceed the Required Cash
Collateral Amounts and Seller shall request Servicer to do so, the Servicer
(with prior written notice to the Administrator) shall withdraw such excess and
pay such excess to, or at the direction of, Seller.
SECTION 3.08 Accounts Generally.
(a) Funds on deposit in each Transaction Account shall be invested by the
Transaction Account Bank in Permitted Investments at the direction of Seller.
Such investments made at any time will mature so that funds will be available
for withdrawal no later than the
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following Settlement Date. All earnings on such investment during any such
Settlement Period shall be deemed to be Available Funds on the related
Settlement Date.
(b) If any Transaction Account shall cease to be an Eligible Account, the
Administrator, until the Senior Investor Balance has been reduced to zero,
shall, as necessary, cause each such account to be moved to an institution at
which it shall be an Eligible Account.
(c) The Administrator shall have exclusive control of the Transaction
Accounts. To the extent that a Transaction Account constitutes a "securities
account" as defined in Section 8-501(a) of the UCC, the Transaction Account Bank
shall act as securities intermediary and will treat the Administrator as
entitled to exercise the rights that comprise such property, including all
security entitlements, securities, financial assets, investment property and
instruments (each as defined in the UCC) attributable to such Transaction
Account. In the event that a Transaction Account is not considered to be a
"securities account" under applicable law, such Transaction Account shall be
deemed to be a "deposit account" (as defined in the UCC) to the extent a
security interest can be granted and perfected under the UCC in such Transaction
Account as a deposit account, and the Transaction Account Bank shall maintain
such account not as a securities intermediary but as a "bank" (as defined in the
UCC). The Administrator shall be deemed to be the customer of the Transaction
Account Bank for purposes of such Transaction Account and as such shall be
entitled to all rights that customers of banks have under applicable law with
respect to deposit accounts, including the right to withdraw funds from, or
close, such Transaction Account (which rights shall be exercised in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement). Unless a Replacement Event shall take place
and be continuing, the Administrator shall instruct the Transaction Account Bank
to allow Servicer access to funds in the Transaction Accounts in order to effect
the application of funds described in (and subject to the terms of) this
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.
ARTICLE IV
FEES AND YIELD PROTECTION
SECTION 4.01 Fees.
(a) Structuring Fee. Seller shall pay to the Administrator a structuring
fee ("Structuring Fee") payable on such dates and in such amounts as are set
forth in the letter dated the date hereof from the Administrator to Seller (the
"Structuring Fee Letter").
(b) Other Fees. Seller shall pay to the Administrator, for the account of
the Purchaser, certain ongoing fees payable on such dates and in such amounts as
are set forth in the letter dated the date hereof from the Administrator to
Seller (the "Program Fee Letter").
SECTION 4.02 Yield Protection.
(a) If (i) Regulation D or (ii) any Regulatory Change occurring after the
date hereof:
(A) shall impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve
(including, without limitation, any reserve imposed by the Federal
Reserve Board, but excluding any reserve included in the determination
of Earned Discount), special
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deposit or similar requirement against assets of any Affected Party,
deposits or obligations with or for the account of any Affected Party
or with or for the account of any affiliate (or entity deemed by the
Federal Reserve Board to be an affiliate) of any Affected Party, or
credit extended by any Affected Party;
(B) shall change the amount of capital maintained or required or
requested or directed to be maintained by any Affected Party;
(C) shall impose any other condition affecting any Asset Interest
owned or funded in whole or in part by any Affected Party, or its
obligations or rights, if any, to make Purchases or Reinvestments or
to provide funding therefor; or
(D) shall change the rate for, or the manner in which the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation (or a successor thereto) assesses,
deposit insurance premiums or similar charges;
and the result of any of the foregoing is or would be:
(x) to increase the cost to (or in the case of Regulation D referred
to above, to impose a cost on) an Affected Party funding or making or
maintaining any Purchases or Reinvestments, any purchases, reinvestments,
or loans or other extensions of credit under the Liquidity Agreement, or
any commitment of such Affected Party with respect to any of the foregoing,
(y) to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by an
Affected Party under this Agreement, or under the Liquidity Agreement with
respect thereto, or
(z) in the reasonable determination of such Affected Party, to reduce
the rate of return on the capital of an Affected Party as a consequence of
its obligations hereunder or arising in connection herewith to a level
below that which such Affected Party could otherwise have achieved but for
Regulation D or such Regulatory Change,
then within thirty days after demand by such Affected Party (which demand shall
be accompanied by a statement setting forth the basis of such demand), Seller
shall pay directly to such Affected Party such additional amount or amounts as
will compensate such Affected Party for such additional or increased cost or
such reduction. This Section 4.02(a) shall not apply to taxes.
(b) Each Affected Party will promptly notify Seller and the Administrator
of any event of which it has knowledge which will entitle such Affected Party to
compensation pursuant to this Section 4.02; provided, however, no failure to
give or delay in giving such notification shall adversely affect the rights of
any Affected Party to such compensation.
(c) In determining any amount provided for or referred to in this Section
4.02, an Affected Party may use any reasonable averaging and attribution methods
that it (in its sole discretion) shall deem applicable. Any Affected Party when
making a claim under this Section 4.02 shall submit to Seller a statement as to
such increased cost or reduced return (including
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calculation thereof in reasonable detail), which statement shall, in the absence
of demonstrable error, be conclusive and binding upon Seller.
(d) Purchaser agrees that it shall use its reasonable best efforts to take
any action that will avoid the need to pay, or reduce the amount of, any
increased amounts referred to in paragraph (a); provided that Purchaser shall
not be obligated to take any actions that would, in the reasonable opinion of
Purchaser, be disadvantageous to Purchaser.
(e) Subject to Section 4.02(g), any and all payments made under this
Agreement shall be made free and clear of, and without deduction for, any and
all present or future Taxes. If any amount of Taxes shall be required by law to
be deducted from or in respect of any sum payable hereunder to any Foreign
assignee or participant of Purchaser, (i) the sum payable shall be increased as
may be necessary so that after making all required deductions (including
deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 4.02(e)),
such Foreign assignee or participant of Purchaser, as the case may be, receives
an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been
made, (ii) Seller shall make such deductions and (iii) Seller shall pay the full
amount deducted to the relevant taxation authority or other authority in
accordance with applicable law.
(f) Each Foreign assignee or participant of Purchaser, on or prior to the
date pursuant to which it becomes an assignee or participant of Purchaser, and
from time to time thereafter if requested in writing by Seller (unless such
Foreign assignee or participant of Purchaser can no longer lawfully do so due to
a change in law subsequent to the date it became an assignee or participant of
Purchaser hereunder), shall provide Seller with Internal Revenue Service Form
W-8BEN or W-8ECI, as appropriate, or any successor form prescribed by the
Internal Revenue Service, certifying that such Foreign assignee or participant
of Purchaser is entitled to benefits under an income tax treaty to which the
United States is a party which reduces the rate of withholding tax on payments
of interest to zero or certifying that the income receivable pursuant to this
Agreement is effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business in
the United States.
(g) For any period with respect to which a Foreign assignee or participant
of Purchaser has failed to provide the Seller with the appropriate form
described in Section 4.02(f) (other than if such failure is due to a change in
law occurring subsequent to the date on which a form originally was required to
be provided), such Foreign assignee or participant of Purchaser shall not be
entitled to payments of additional amounts under Section 4.02(e).
SECTION 4.03 Funding Losses. In the event that the Purchaser or any
Liquidity Bank shall incur any loss or expense (including any loss or expense
incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds
acquired by the Purchaser or such Liquidity Bank to make any Purchase or
Liquidity Funding or maintain any Purchase or Liquidity Funding) as a result of
(i) any settlement with respect to any portion of the Senior Investor Balance
being made on any day other than a Settlement Date, or (ii) any Purchase not
being made in accordance with a request therefore under Section 1.02 (other than
by reason of (a) a default by the Purchaser or such Liquidity Bank, (b)
Purchaser's failure to make available to the Administrator the required funds as
set forth in Section 1.02(b) or (c) the Administrator's failure to make
available the required funds to Seller as set forth in Section 1.02(b)), then,
upon
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written notice from the Administrator to Seller and Servicer, Seller shall pay
to Servicer, and Servicer shall pay to the Administrator for the account of the
Purchaser or such Liquidity Bank, the amount of such loss or expense. Such
written notice (which shall include calculations in reasonable detail) shall, in
the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding upon the Seller and
Servicer.
ARTICLE V
CONDITIONS OF PURCHASES
SECTION 5.01 Conditions Precedent to Initial Purchase. The initial Purchase
hereunder is subject to the satisfaction of the conditions specified under this
Section 5.01 on or before the Initial Funding Date (any or all of which may be
waived by the Administrator in its sole discretion).
(a) The Administrator shall have received the following, each (unless
otherwise indicated) dated such date and in form and substance satisfactory to
the Administrator:
(i) Certified copies of resolutions of the Board of Directors,
Managers or members, as applicable, of each of the Seller, the Transferor,
the Originators and the Servicer authorizing the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which
it is a party;
(ii) Certified copy of the organizational documents and governing
instruments, as applicable, of each of the Seller, the Transferor, the
Originators and the Servicer;
(iii) Good standing certificates for each of the Seller, the
Transferor, the Originators and the Servicer issued as of a recent date
acceptable to the Administrator by the Secretary of State of the
jurisdiction where the Seller, the Transferor, each Originator and the
Servicer, respectively, is organized;
(iv) A certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of each
of the Seller, the Transferor, the Originators and the Servicer certifying
the names of its officer or officers authorized to sign this Agreement and
other Transaction Documents to which it is a party;
(v) Such proper financing statements (Form UCC-1), to be filed against
each of the Seller, the Transferor and the Originators as may be necessary
or, in the opinion of the Administrator, desirable under the UCC or any
comparable law of all appropriate jurisdictions to perfect Purchaser's
interests in the Pool Assets;
(vi) A search report provided in writing to the Administrator, listing
all effective financing statements that name any of the Originators, the
Transferor or the Seller as debtor and that are filed in the jurisdictions
in which filings were made pursuant to subsection (e) above and in such
other jurisdictions that Administrator shall reasonably request, together
with copies of such financing statements (none of which shall cover any
Pool Assets);
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(vii) Favorable opinions of counsel to the Seller, the Transferor, the
Originators and the Servicer, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to the Administrator;
(viii) A written agreement between Servicer and the Administrator as
to the form and required content of the Information Package, and a pro
forma Information Package, prepared in respect of the proposed initial
Purchase, as of a date no more than 3 Business Days prior to the Initial
Funding Date; and
(ix) Fully executed copies of the Fee Letter, the First Tier
Agreement, the Second Tier Agreement, the Account Control Agreement, the
FSC Guaranty and the Cap Agreement, each of which agreements shall be in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrator;
(b) each of the Transaction Accounts shall have been established; and
(c) the Stock Purchase Agreement shall have been executed and delivered by
the parties thereto in a form substantially similar to the form disclosed to the
Administrator prior to the date hereof (or with such changes as could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect), a copy of such Stock
Purchase Agreement shall have been delivered to the Administrator, and each
Originator shall have become a direct or an indirect subsidiary of Charming
Shoppes Inc. as contemplated thereby.
SECTION 5.02 Conditions Precedent to All Purchases and Reinvestments. Each
Purchase (including the initial Purchase) and each Reinvestment hereunder shall
be subject to the further conditions precedent that on the date of such Purchase
or Reinvestment the following statements shall be true (and Seller by accepting
the amount of such Purchase or by receiving the proceeds of such Reinvestment
shall be deemed to have certified that):
(a) the representations and warranties contained in Sections 6.01 and 6.02
are correct in all material respects on and as of such day as though made on and
as of such day and shall be deemed to have been made on such day (except to the
extent they explicitly refer to an earlier date),
(b) no event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such
Purchase or Reinvestment, that constitutes a Liquidation Event or Unmatured
Liquidation Event,
(c) after giving effect to each proposed Purchase or Reinvestment, the
Senior Investor Balance will not exceed the lesser of the Facility Limit and the
Benchmark Amount, and
(d) the Termination Date shall not have occurred,
provided, however, the absence of the occurrence and continuance of an Unmatured
Liquidation Event shall not be a condition precedent to any Reinvestment or any
Purchase which does not cause the Senior Investor Balance, after giving effect
to such Reinvestment or Purchase, to exceed the Senior Investor Balance as of
the opening of business of the day of such Reinvestment or Purchase.
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ARTICLE VI
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
SECTION 6.01 Representations and Warranties of Seller. As of the Closing
Date, the Initial Funding Date and each other date specified in Section 5.02,
Seller represents and warrants as follows:
(a) Organization and Good Standing. Seller has been duly organized and is
validly existing as a limited liability company in good standing under the laws
of Delaware, with power and authority to own its properties and to conduct its
business as such properties are presently owned and such business is presently
conducted, and had at all relevant times, and now has, all necessary power,
authority, and legal right to acquire and own the Pool Receivables.
(b) Due Qualification. Seller is duly qualified to do business and is in
good standing (or is exempt from such requirement), and has obtained all
necessary licenses and approvals, in all jurisdictions in which the failure to
so qualify or obtain such licenses or approvals would have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(c) Power and Authority; Due Authorization. Seller (i) has all necessary
power, authority and legal right to (A) execute and deliver the Transaction
Documents to which it is a party, (B) carry out the terms of the Transaction
Documents to which it is a party, and (C) sell and assign the Asset Interest on
the terms and conditions herein provided and (ii) has duly authorized by all
necessary limited liability company action the execution, delivery and
performance of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the sale and
assignment of the Asset Interest on the terms and conditions herein provided.
(d) Enforceability. This Agreement constitutes, and each other Transaction
Document to be executed by Seller when duly executed and delivered will
constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of Seller enforceable in
accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, or other similar laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors' rights generally and by general principles of equity,
regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in
equity or at law.
(e) No Conflict. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and each
other Transaction Document, the performance of the transactions contemplated
hereunder and thereunder and the fulfillment of the terms hereof and thereof
will not conflict with, result in any breach of any of the material terms and
provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) a
default under, any indenture, contract, agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, or
other instrument to which the Seller is a party or by which it or any of its
properties are bound.
(f) No Violation. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents and the fulfillment of the terms thereof will not violate
in any material respect any Requirements of Law applicable to the Seller.
(g) No Proceedings. There are no proceedings pending or, to the best
knowledge of the Seller, threatened against the Seller before any Governmental
Authority (i) asserting the
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invalidity of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, (ii) seeking to
prevent the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or any other Transaction Document, (iii) seeking any determination or
ruling that, in the reasonable judgment of the Seller, could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (iv) seeking any determination or
ruling that would materially and adversely affect the validity or enforceability
of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document.
(h) All Consents Required. All appraisals, authorizations, consents, orders
or other actions of any Person or of any Governmental Authority required in
connection with the execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement and
each other Transaction Document, the performance of the transactions
contemplated hereunder and thereunder and the fulfillment of the terms hereof,
have been obtained.
(i) Investment Company Act. The Seller is not an "investment company"
within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(j) Quality of Title. Immediately prior to the transfer of an interest
therein to Purchaser, each Pool Receivable, together with each other Pool Asset,
is owned by Seller free and clear of any Lien (other than any Lien arising
solely as the result of any action taken by Purchaser (or any assignee thereof)
or by the Administrator); when Purchaser makes a Purchase or Reinvestment, it
shall have acquired and shall at all times thereafter continuously maintain a
valid and perfected first priority security interest in the Asset Interest, free
and clear of any Lien (other than any Lien arising solely as the result of any
action taken by Purchaser (or any assignee thereof) or by the Administrator);
and no financing statement or other instrument similar in effect naming Seller
as debtor or Seller covering any Pool Receivable or any other Pool Asset is on
file in any recording office except (i) financing statements evidencing Liens
released on the Initial Funding Date, which financing statements will be
terminated within ten days after the Initial Funding Date, and (ii) such as may
be filed in favor of Purchaser or the Administrator in accordance with this
Agreement or in connection with any Lien arising solely as the result of any
action taken by Purchaser (or any assignee thereof) or by the Administrator.
SECTION 6.02 Representations and Warranties of Servicer. As of the Closing
Date, the Initial Funding Date and each other date specified in Section 5.02,
Servicer represents and warrants as follows:
(a) Organization and Good Standing. Servicer has been duly organized and is
validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of Delaware,
with power and authority to own its properties and to conduct its business as
such properties are presently owned and such business is presently conducted,
and had at all relevant times, and now has, all necessary power, authority, and
legal right to service the Pool Receivables.
(b) Due Qualification. Servicer is duly qualified to do business and is in
good standing (or exempt from such requirements), and has obtained all necessary
licenses and approvals, in all jurisdictions in which the failure to so qualify
or obtain such licenses or approvals would have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(c) Power and Authority; Due Authorization. Servicer (i) has all necessary
power, authority and legal right to (A) execute and deliver the Transaction
Documents to which it is a party, and (B) carry out the terms of the Transaction
Documents to which it is a party and (ii) has duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction
Documents to which it is a party.
(d) Enforceability. This Agreement constitutes, and each other Transaction
Document to be executed by the Servicer when duly executed and delivered will
constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Servicer enforceable in
accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, or other similar laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors' rights generally and by general principles of equity,
regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in
equity or at law.
(e) No Conflict. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and each
other Transaction Document, the performance of the transactions contemplated
hereunder and thereunder and the fulfillment of the terms hereof and thereof
will not conflict with, result in any breach of any of the material terms and
provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) a
default under, any indenture, contract, agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, or
other instrument to which the Servicer is a party or by which it or any of its
properties are bound.
(f) No Violation. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents and the fulfillment of the terms thereof will not violate
in any material respect any Requirements of Law applicable to the Servicer.
(g) No Proceedings. There are no proceedings pending or, to the best
knowledge of the Servicer, threatened against the Servicer before any
Governmental Authority (i) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement or any
other Transaction Document, (ii) seeking to prevent the consummation of any of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction
Document, (iii) seeking any determination or ruling that, in the reasonable
judgment of the Servicer, would materially and adversely affect the performance
by the Servicer of its obligations under this Agreement or any other Transaction
Document, (iv) seeking any determination or ruling that would materially and
adversely affect the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other
Transaction Document.
(h) All Consents Required. All appraisals, authorizations, consents, orders
or other actions of any Person or of any Governmental Authority required in
connection with the execution and delivery by the Servicer of this Agreement and
each other Transaction Document, the performance of the transactions
contemplated hereunder and thereunder and the fulfillment of the terms hereof,
have been obtained.
(i) Credit and Collection Policy. The copy of the Credit and Collection
Policy delivered by or on behalf of Servicer to the Administrator prior to the
Closing Date is a true and complete copy thereof, as in effect on the Closing
Date.
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ARTICLE VII
GENERAL COVENANTS OF SELLER AND SERVICER
SECTION 7.01 Covenants of Seller and Servicer. From the date hereof until
the Final Payout Date, the Seller and Servicer, each as to itself, hereby
covenants and agrees as follows:
(a) UCC Matters. The Seller shall not change its name, identity, limited
liability company structure or state of registration in any manner that would
(i) make any financing statement or continuation statement filed in accordance
with this Agreement "seriously misleading" within the meaning of Section 9-506,
9-507 or 9-508 of the UCC or any other applicable provisions of the UCC or (ii)
change the location of the Seller for purposes of Section 9-307 of the UCC,
unless it shall have given to the Administrator at least thirty (30) days' prior
written notice thereof and shall have taken all action prior to making such
change (or shall have made arrangements to take such action substantially
simultaneously with such change, if it is not possible to take such action in
advance) necessary or advisable in the reasonable opinion of the Administrator
to amend all previously filed financing statements or continuation statements,
or to file appropriate new financing statements.
(b) Compliance with Requirements of Law. The Servicer shall duly satisfy
all obligations on its part to be fulfilled under or in connection with each
Pool Receivable and the related Account and Contract, will maintain in effect
all qualifications required under Requirements of Law in order to service
properly each Pool Receivable and the related Account and Contract, and will
comply in all material respects with all other Requirements of Law in connection
with servicing each Pool Receivable and the related Account and Contract, the
failure to comply with which would have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) No Rescission or Cancellation. The Servicer shall not permit any
rescission or cancellation of any Pool Receivable except as ordered by a court
of competent jurisdiction or other Governmental Authority or in compliance with
the Credit and Collection Policy.
(d) Protection of the Purchaser's Rights. The Servicer shall take no action
which, nor omit to take any action the omission of which, would impair the
rights of the Purchaser in, or to receive, the Collections, nor shall it
reschedule, revise or defer payments due on any Pool Receivable except in
accordance with the respective cardholder agreements and Credit and Collection
Policy.
(e) Receivables Not to be Evidenced by Promissory Notes. Except in
connection with its enforcement or collection of a Pool Receivable, the Servicer
will take no action to cause any Pool Receivable to be evidenced by any
"instrument" (as defined in the UCC).
(f) Preservation of Corporate Existence.
(i) The Seller covenants and agrees to maintain at all times its
existence as a limited liability company and all of its rights, privileges
and franchises necessary in the normal conduct of its business, except for
any right, privilege or franchise (a) that the Seller determines, in its
reasonable, good faith business judgment, is no longer necessary
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or desirable in the conduct of its business, and (b) the loss of which will
not adversely affect the rights of the Administrator or the Purchaser or
have a Material Adverse Effect.
(ii) The Servicer covenants and agrees maintain at all times its
corporate existence and all of its rights, privileges and franchises
necessary in the normal conduct of its business, except for any right,
privilege or franchise (a) that the Servicer determines, in its reasonable,
good faith business judgment, is no longer necessary or desirable in the
conduct of its business, and (b) the loss of which will not adversely
affect the rights of the Administrator or the Purchaser or have a Material
Adverse Effect
(g) Access to Information. The Seller and the Servicer covenant and agree
to permit the Administrator or any of its agents or representatives, during
regular business hours and upon at least two Business Days' prior notice (A) to
examine all books, records and documents (including, without limitation,
computer tapes and disks) in the possession or under the control of Seller or of
Servicer relating to Pool Receivables, including, without limitation, the
related Accounts and Contracts and other agreements, and (B) to visit the
offices and properties of Seller or of Servicer for the purpose of examining
such materials described in clause (A) above; provided, however, that, unless a
Liquidation Event is continuing, no more than one such review shall be conducted
during each fiscal year of Servicer.
Unless otherwise agreed by the parties hereto, any information obtained by
the Administrator pursuant to this Section 7.01(g) shall be held in confidence
by the Administrator unless and to the extent such information (i) has become
available to the public, (ii) is required or requested by any Governmental
Authority or in any court proceeding or (iii) is required by any Requirement of
Law. In the case of any disclosure permitted by clause (ii) or (iii), the
Administrator shall use commercially reasonable efforts to (x) provide the
Seller with advance notice of any such disclosure and (y) cooperate with the
Seller in limiting the extent or effect of any such disclosure.
(h) Credit and Collection Policies. The Servicer shall comply in all
material respects with its Credit and Collection Policy in regard to each Pool
Receivable and the related Contract.
(i) Collections. The Seller shall transfer to the Servicer all Collections
received by the Seller in respect of the Pool Receivables as soon as practicable
after receipt thereof by the Seller; provided that deemed Collections shall be
transferred to the Servicer in accordance with Section 3.02. The Servicer shall
cause all collections received by the Servicer to be deposited into the
Collection Account within 2 Business Days after receipt thereof.
(j) Status of Seller. The Seller shall maintain its existence as a
bankruptcy remote entity and hereby agrees to comply with the limitations on its
activities set forth in Section 9(j) of its LLC Agreement.
(k) Sales, Liens, Etc. Except as otherwise provided herein, Seller shall
not sell, assign (by operation of law or otherwise) or otherwise dispose of, or
create or suffer to exist any Lien upon or with respect to, any Pool Receivable
or related Account or Contract or Related Security, or any interest therein.
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(l) Replacement Servicer. The Servicer shall provide within 60 days after
the Closing Date a written plan (the "Replacement Servicer Plan"), which is
acceptable to the Administrator, for transferring its servicing duties with
respect to the Pool Receivables, the related Accounts and Contracts to a
replacement servicer in the instance of a Replacement Event.
SECTION 7.02 Reporting Requirements of Seller and Servicer. From the date
hereof until the Final Payout Date, Seller and Servicer shall, unless the
Administrator shall otherwise consent in writing, furnish to the Administrator:
(a) Liquidation and Replacement Events. As soon as possible and in any
event within five Business Days after the occurrence of any Liquidation Event,
any Unmatured Liquidation Event or any Replacement Event, a notice of such
event;
(b) Litigation. As soon as possible and in any event within three Business
Days of Seller's or Servicer's knowledge thereof, notice of (i) any litigation,
investigation or proceeding which could have a Material Adverse Effect and (ii)
any material adverse development in previously disclosed litigation;
(c) Change in Credit and Collection Policy. In the case of Servicer, prior
to its effective date, notice of any material change in the Credit and
Collection Policy, which, in the Servicer's reasonable opinion, could have a
Material Adverse Effect; it being understood and agreed that the Administrator
shall promptly deliver a copy of any such notice to ▇▇▇▇▇'▇; and
(d) Other. Promptly, from time to time, such other information, documents,
records or reports respecting the Receivables or the condition or operations,
financial or otherwise, of the Originators, the Seller and the Transferor as the
Administrator may from time to time reasonably request in order to protect the
interests of the Administrator or Purchaser under this Agreement.
SECTION 7.03 Transaction Documents. Neither Seller nor Servicer shall
amend, modify, waive or provide consent under the provisions of any agreement
expressly referenced in the definition of "Transaction Document" unless the
Administrator shall have given its prior written consent, which shall not be
unreasonably withheld. Seller and Servicer shall take such actions as the
Administrator shall reasonably request to enforce the rights and remedies of
Seller under the Transaction Documents, including any rights it may have as
assignee of Transferor.
ARTICLE VIII
ADMINISTRATION AND COLLECTION
SECTION 8.01 Designation of Servicer.
(a) Appointment of Servicer. The servicing, administering and collection of
the Pool Receivables shall be conducted by the Person designated as Servicer
hereunder ("Servicer") from time to time in accordance with this Section 8.01.
Until the Administrator gives to Seller and to Servicer a Successor Notice (as
defined in Section 8.01(b)), Spirit of America, Inc. is hereby designated as,
and hereby agrees to perform the duties and obligations of, Servicer pursuant to
the terms hereof.
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(b) Successor Notice. Upon Servicer's receipt of a notice from the
Administrator of the Administrator's designation of a new Servicer (a "Successor
Notice"), Servicer agrees that it will terminate its activities as Servicer
hereunder in a manner that the Administrator reasonably believes will facilitate
the transition of the performance of such activities to the new Servicer, and
the Administrator (or its designee) shall assume each and all of Seller's
obligations to service and administer such Receivables, on the terms and subject
to the conditions herein set forth, and Servicer shall use its best efforts to
assist the Administrator (or its designee) in assuming such obligations. The
Administrator agrees not to give Servicer a Successor Notice until after the
occurrence of a Replacement Event, in which case such Successor Notice may be
given at any time in the Administrator's discretion. If Servicer disputes the
occurrence of a Replacement Event, Servicer may take appropriate action to
resolve such dispute; provided that Servicer must terminate its activities
hereunder as Servicer and allow the newly designated Servicer to perform such
activities in accordance with the Replacement Servicer Plan on the date provided
by the Administrator as described above, notwithstanding the commencement or
continuation of any proceeding to resolve the aforementioned dispute; provided,
further that in the event that such dispute is resolved in favor of Servicer and
no other Replacement Event has occurred and is continuing, at Seller's written
request, Servicer shall be reinstated as Servicer.
(c) Subcontracts. Servicer may, with the prior consent of the
Administrator, subcontract with any other person for servicing, administering or
collecting the Pool Receivables, provided that (i) Servicer shall remain liable
for the performance of the duties and obligations of Servicer pursuant to the
terms hereof and (ii) such subcontract provides for termination upon the
occurrence of a Liquidation Event. The Administrator hereby acknowledges and
consents to the appointment of Parent Originator and/or Total System Services,
Inc. as an approved subcontractor.
SECTION 8.02 Duties of Servicer.
(a) Appointment; Duties in General. Each of Seller, Purchaser and the
Administrator hereby appoints as its agent Servicer, as from time to time
designated pursuant to Section 8.01, to enforce its rights and interests in and
under the Pool Receivables, the Related Security and the related Contracts.
Servicer shall take or cause to be taken all such actions as may be necessary or
advisable to collect each Pool Receivable from time to time, all in accordance
with applicable laws, rules and regulations, with reasonable care and diligence,
and in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy.
(b) Documents and Records. Seller shall deliver to Servicer, and Servicer
shall hold in trust for Seller and Purchaser in accordance with their respective
interests, all documents, instruments and records (including, without
limitation, computer tapes or disks) that evidence or relate to Pool
Receivables.
(c) Certain Duties to Seller. Servicer shall, as soon as practicable
following receipt, turn over to Seller (i) that portion of Collections of Pool
Receivables representing Seller's undivided interest therein, and (ii) the
Collections of any Receivable which is not a Pool Receivable. Servicer, if other
than Seller, shall, as soon as practicable upon demand, deliver to Seller all
documents, instruments and records in its possession that evidence or relate to
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Receivables of Seller other than Pool Receivables, and copies of documents,
instruments and records in its possession that evidence or relate to Pool
Receivables.
(d) Termination. Servicer's authorization under this Agreement shall
terminate upon the Final Payout Date.
(e) Power of Attorney. Seller hereby grants to Servicer an irrevocable
power of attorney, with full power of substitution, coupled with an interest, to
take in the name of Seller all steps which are necessary or advisable to
endorse, negotiate or otherwise realize on any writing or other right of any
kind held or transmitted by Seller or transmitted or received by Purchaser
(whether or not from Seller) in connection with any Receivable.
(f) Procedures of Independent Accountants. No later than May 31 of each
calendar year, commencing May 31, 2006, Servicer shall cause a firm of
nationally recognized independent certified public accountants to perform the
procedures described in Exhibit A hereto, and to provide a report with respect
to such procedures to the Administrator. It is understood and agreed that such
accountants may also perform other services for Servicer or its Affiliates. Such
report may assume the accuracy of information provided by Servicer's third party
agents (other than Originators), and the accountants may qualify the report in a
manner that is typical for reports of this type.
SECTION 8.03 Rights of the Administrator.
At any time following the designation of a Servicer other than Spirit of
America, Inc. pursuant to Section 8.01:
(i) The Administrator may direct the Obligors of Pool Receivables, or
any of them, to pay all amounts payable under any Pool Receivable directly
to the Administrator or its designee.
(ii) Seller shall, at the Administrator's request and at Seller's
expense, give notice of the ownership of the Pool Receivables by Purchaser
to each said Obligor and direct that payments be made directly to the
Administrator or its designee.
(iii) Seller shall, at the Administrator's request, (A) assemble all
of the documents, instruments and other records (including, without
limitation, computer programs, tapes and disks) which evidence the Pool
Receivables, and the related Accounts and Contracts and Related Security,
or which are otherwise reasonably necessary or desirable to service such
Pool Receivables, and make the same available to the Administrator at a
place selected by the Administrator and (B) segregate all cash, checks and
other instruments received by it from time to time constituting Collections
of Pool Receivables in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Administrator
and promptly upon receipt, remit all such cash, checks and instruments,
duly endorsed or with duly executed instruments of transfer, to the
Administrator.
(iv) Each of Seller and Purchaser hereby authorizes the Administrator,
and grants to the Administrator an irrevocable power of attorney, to take
any and all steps in Seller's name and on behalf of Seller and Purchaser
which are reasonably necessary or
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desirable, in the determination of the Administrator, to collect all
amounts due under any and all Pool Receivables, including, without
limitation, endorsing Seller's name on checks and other instruments
representing Collections and enforcing such Pool Receivables and the
related Contracts; provided that the Administrator shall not exercise its
rights under such Power of Attorney unless a Successor Notice shall have
been delivered pursuant to Section 8.01(b).
SECTION 8.04 Limitation of Liability. The Administrator and the Purchaser
shall not have any obligation or liability with respect to any Pool Receivables,
Contracts or Accounts related thereto or any other related agreements, nor shall
any of them be obligated to perform any of the obligations of Seller thereunder.
SECTION 8.05 Further Action Evidencing Purchases and Reinvestments.
(a) Further Assurances. Seller agrees that from time to time, at its
expense, it will promptly execute and deliver all further instruments and
documents, and take all further action that the Administrator or its designee
may reasonably request in order to perfect, protect or more fully evidence the
Purchases hereunder and the resulting Asset Interest, or to enable Purchaser or
the Administrator or its designee to exercise or enforce any of their respective
rights hereunder or under any Transaction Document. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, Seller will upon the request of the Administrator
or its designee execute and file such financing or continuation statements, or
amendments thereto or assignments thereof, and such other instruments or
notices, as may be necessary or appropriate.
(b) Additional Financing Statements; Performance by Administrator. Seller
hereby authorizes the Administrator or its designee to file one or more
financing or continuation statements, and amendments thereto and assignments
thereof, relative to all or any of the Pool Assets now existing or hereafter
arising in the name of Seller. If Seller fails to perform any of its agreements
or obligations under this Agreement, the Administrator or its designee may (but
shall not be required to) itself perform, or cause performance of, such
agreement or obligation, and the reasonable expenses of the Administrator or its
designee incurred in connection therewith shall be payable by Seller as provided
in Section 14.05.
SECTION 8.06 Application of Collections. Any payment by an Obligor in
respect of any indebtedness owed by it to Seller shall, except as otherwise
specified by such Obligor, as required by the underlying Contract or law or
unless the Administrator instructs otherwise, be applied, first, as a Collection
of any Pool Receivable or Receivables then outstanding of such Obligor in the
order of the age of such Pool Receivables or Receivables, starting with the
oldest of such Pool Receivable or Receivables and, second, to any other
indebtedness of such Obligor.
SECTION 8.07 Lockbox Accounts.
(a) The Servicer hereby confirms that Schedule C hereto describes all of
the Lockbox Accounts into which Collections will be paid as of the Initial
Funding Date. Within 60 days of the Initial Funding Date, Servicer and Seller
shall cause each bank at which a Lockbox Account is maintained to enter into a
Lockbox Agreement with Seller, Servicer and the Administrator.
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Neither Seller nor Servicer shall establish, or permit to be established, any
other Lockbox Account unless the related account bank shall have entered into a
Lockbox Agreement with Seller, Servicer and the Administrator.
(b) Servicer shall direct all Obligors to make payments in respect of the
Receivables to a Lockbox Account described in the notice given to the
Administrator pursuant to clause (a) above or to another Lockbox Account as to
which a Lockbox Agreement is in effect.
(c) The Administrator shall be entitled to exercise its rights under the
Lockbox Agreement during the continuance of a Liquidation Event or a Replacement
Event, and agrees that it shall not exercise such rights at any other time.
SECTION 8.08 Access to Records. The Administrative Agent and the Purchaser
agree, for the benefit of the Bank Agent, that the Bank Agent may have
reasonable access to any books and records of the Transferring Parties, and use
any equipment (including data processing equipment) of the Transferring Parties,
that may be in the possession or control of the Administrative Agent and the
Purchaser during reasonable business hours and at its own expense, but without
any obligation to pay rent or compensation to the Transferring Parties, the
Administrative Agent or the Purchaser, to the extent necessary to service and
collect upon the collateral on which the Bank Agent has a lien.
ARTICLE IX
SECURITY INTEREST
SECTION 9.01 Grant of Security Interest. To secure all obligations of
Seller and Servicer arising in connection with this Agreement and each other
Transaction Document to which either of them is a party, whether now or
hereafter existing, due or to become due, direct or indirect, or absolute or
contingent, including, without limitation, all Indemnified Amounts, payments on
account of Collections and fees, in each case pro rata according to the
respective amounts thereof, Seller hereby assigns and grants to the
Administrator, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in
all of Seller's right, title and interest (including specifically any undivided
interest retained by Seller hereunder) now or hereafter existing in, to and
under (i) all the Pool Assets, (ii) the Transaction Accounts and all funds and
other financial assets credited thereto, (iii) the Cap Agreement, and (iv)
proceeds of the foregoing.
SECTION 9.02 Further Assurances. The provisions of Section 8.05 shall apply
to the security interest granted under Section 9.01 as well as to the Purchases,
Reinvestments and all the Asset Interests hereunder.
SECTION 9.03 Remedies. Upon the occurrence of a Liquidation Event,
Purchaser shall have, with respect to the collateral granted pursuant to Section
9.01, and in addition to all other rights and remedies available to Purchaser or
the Administrator under this Agreement or other applicable law, all the rights
and remedies of a secured party upon default under the UCC.
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ARTICLE X
LIQUIDATION EVENTS
SECTION 10.01 Liquidation Events. The following events shall be
"Liquidation Events" hereunder:
(a) Seller, Transferor, any Originator or Servicer shall fail to perform or
observe in any material respect any term, covenant or agreement that is an
obligation of Seller, Transferor, any Originator or Servicer under the
Transaction Documents (other than as referred to in clause (b) next following)
and such failure shall remain unremedied for fifteen days after (1) written
notice thereof shall have been given by the Administrator to Seller, Transferor,
any Originator or Servicer, as applicable, or (2) Seller, Transferor, any
Originator or Servicer, as applicable, has actual knowledge thereof, and such
failure shall have a Material Adverse Effect; or
(b) Seller, Transferor, any Originator or Servicer shall fail to make any
payment or deposit to be made by it hereunder when due and such failure shall
remain unremedied for more than one Business Day; or
(c) Any representation or warranty made or deemed to be made by the Seller,
Transferor, any Originator or the Servicer under a Transaction Document or
Information Package or other information or report delivered pursuant hereto
shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made and shall
continue to be incorrect for a period of fifteen days after (i) written notice
thereof shall have been given by the Administrator to the Seller or the Servicer
(if Seller or its Affiliate is Servicer) or (ii) Seller or the Servicer (if
Seller or its Affiliate is Servicer) has actual knowledge thereof, and such
incorrect statement shall have a Material Adverse Effect; provided, that with
respect to the breach of the representations or warranties set forth in Section
6.01(j), compliance by Seller with the provisions of Section 3.02 in respect
thereof shall be deemed to cure such breach; or
(d) An Event of Bankruptcy shall have occurred and remain continuing with
respect to the Seller, the Transferor, the Servicer or any Originator; or
(e) Any Originator, Seller or Transferor shall become an "investment
company" or a company controlled by an "investment company" within the meaning
of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; or
(f) On any Settlement Date, the Average Excess Spread Percentage is less
than 1.0%; or
(g) On any Settlement Date, the Average Monthly Principal Payment Rate
Percentage is less than 6.0%; or
(h) On any Settlement Date, the Average Dilution Percentage is greater than
8.0%; or
(i) Any Originator, Seller, Transferor or Servicer (if Servicer is Seller
or its Affiliate) is subject to a Change in Control; or
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(j) Any Originator shall become unable for any reason to transfer
Receivables to the Transferor pursuant to the First Tier Agreement; or the
Transferor shall become unable for any reason to transfer Receivables to the
Seller pursuant to the Second Tier Agreement; or
(k) On any Settlement Date (after giving effect to all allocations of funds
on such date), the Senior Investor Balance shall exceed the Benchmark Amount by
more than $100,000, and such condition shall be unremedied for more than five
Business Days; or
(l) A Cap Replacement Event shall have occurred and be continuing.
SECTION 10.02 Remedies.
(a) Optional Liquidation. Upon the occurrence of a Liquidation Event (other
than a Liquidation Event described in subsection (d) of Section 10.01), the
Administrator shall, at the request, or may with the consent, of Purchaser, by
notice to Seller declare the Purchase Termination Date to have occurred and the
Liquidation Period to have commenced.
(b) Automatic Liquidation. Upon the occurrence of a Liquidation Event
described in subsection (d) of Section 10.01, the Purchase Termination Date
shall occur and the Liquidation Period shall commence automatically.
(c) Optional Waiver. Upon the occurrence of any Liquidation Event, the
Administrator, acting on behalf of the Purchaser, shall have the right to waive
such Liquidation Event by providing a written notice of such waiver to the
Seller and the Servicer, in which event clauses (a) and (b) above shall not be
applicable to such Liquidation Event. The Administrator will promptly give
▇▇▇▇▇'▇ written notice of the execution of any such waiver.
ARTICLE XI
THE ADMINISTRATOR
SECTION 11.01 Authorization and Action. Purchaser hereby irrevocably
appoints, designates and authorizes the Administrator to take such action as
agent on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement or any other
Transaction Document and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are
expressly delegated to the Administrator by the terms of this Agreement or any
other Transaction Document, together with such powers as are reasonably
incidental thereto. The Administrator shall not have any duties or
responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein or in any other
Transaction Document, or any fiduciary relationship with the Purchaser, and no
implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or
liabilities on the part of the Administrator shall be read into this Agreement
or any other Transaction Document or otherwise exist for the Administrator. In
performing its functions and duties hereunder and under the other Transaction
Documents, (i) the Administrator shall act solely as agent for the Purchaser and
the Secured Parties and (ii) the Administrator shall not be deemed to have
assumed any obligation or relationship of trust or agency with or for any
Transferring Party or the Servicer or any of such parties' successors or
assigns. The Administrator shall not be required to take any action that exposes
the Administrator to personal liability or that is contrary to this Agreement,
any other Transaction Document or applicable law.
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The appointment and authority of the Administrator hereunder shall terminate
immediately following the Final Payout Date.
SECTION 11.02 Administrator's Reliance, Etc. The Administrator and its
directors, officers, agents or employees shall not be (i) liable to Purchaser
for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it or them under or in connection
with the Transaction Documents, including, without limitation, the servicing,
administering or collecting of Pool Receivables as Servicer pursuant to Section
8.01 (except for its or their own gross negligence, breach of contract or
willful misconduct) or (ii) responsible in any manner to the Purchaser for any
recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by any Transferring
Party or the Servicer contained in this Agreement, any other Transaction
Document or any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or
provided for in, or received under or in connection with, this Agreement, or any
other Transaction Document or for the value, validity, effectiveness,
genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement, or any other
Transaction Document or any other document furnished in connection herewith or
therewith, or for any failure of any Transferring Party or the Servicer to
perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder, or for the perfection,
priority, condition, value or sufficiency of any collateral pledged in
connection herewith. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Administrator: (a) may consult with legal counsel (including counsel for
Seller), independent certified public accountants and other experts selected by
it and shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken in good
faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel, accountants or
experts; (b) makes no warranty or representation to Purchaser or any other
holder of any interest in Pool Receivables and shall not be responsible to
Purchaser or any such other holder for any statements, warranties or
representations made in or in connection with any Transaction Document; (c)
shall not have any duty to ascertain or to inquire as to the performance or
observance of any of the terms, covenants or conditions of any Transaction
Document on the part of Seller or to inspect the property (including the books
and records) of Seller; (d) shall not be responsible to Purchaser or any other
holder of any interest in Pool Receivables for the due execution, legality,
validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of any Transaction
Document; and (e) shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any Unmatured
Liquidation Event or Liquidation Event unless the Administrator has received
notice from any Transferring Party, the Servicer or the Purchaser.
SECTION 11.03 Barclays and Affiliates. Barclays and any of its Affiliates
may generally engage in any kind of business with Seller or any Obligor, any of
their respective Affiliates and any Person who may do business with or own
securities of Seller or any Obligor or any of their respective Affiliates, all
as if Barclays were not the Administrator and without any duty to account
therefor to Purchaser or any other holder of an interest in Pool Receivables.
SECTION 11.04 Reliance by Administrator. The Administrator shall in all
cases be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any
document or conversation reasonably believed by it to be genuine and correct and
to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or Persons and upon
advice and statements of legal counsel (including, without limitation, counsel
to Seller (it being understood that counsel to the Seller has no duty to or
client-relationship with the Administrator)), independent accountants and other
experts selected by the Administrator. The Administrator shall in all cases be
fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement
or any other Transaction Document unless it shall first
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receive such advice or concurrence of the Purchaser as it deems appropriate and
it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction, provided that unless and
until the Administrator shall have received such advice, or unless the Purchaser
shall have directed the Administrator to take or refrain from taking any action,
the Administrator may take or refrain from taking any action, as the
Administrator shall deem advisable and in the best interest of the Purchaser.
The Administrator shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in
refraining from acting, in accordance with a request of the Purchaser and such
request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding
upon the Purchaser.
SECTION 11.05 Non-Reliance. The Purchaser expressly acknowledges that none
of the Administrator or any of its respective officers, directors, employees,
agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates has made any representations or
warranties to it and that no act by the Administrator hereafter taken,
including, without limitation, any review of the affairs of any Transferring
Party or the Servicer, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or
warranty by the Administrator. The Purchaser represents and warrants to the
Administrator that it has and will, independently and without reliance upon the
Administrator and based on such documents and information as it has deemed
appropriate, made its own appraisal of an investigation into the business,
operations, property, prospects, financial and other conditions and
creditworthiness of the Seller and made its own decision to enter into this
Agreement, the other Transaction Documents and all other documents related
hereto or thereto.
ARTICLE XII
ASSIGNMENT OF PURCHASER'S INTEREST
SECTION 12.01 Restrictions on Assignments.
(a) Except as provided in the next sentence, neither the Seller nor
Servicer may assign its rights, or delegate its duties hereunder or any interest
herein without the prior written consent of the Administrator. Servicer may
assign its rights as Servicer under this Agreement to any of its Affiliates
without prior written consent of the Administrator, provided that Servicer shall
have given the Administrator ten days' prior written notice thereof. Purchaser
may not assign its rights hereunder (although it may delegate its duties
hereunder as expressly indicated herein) or the Asset Interest (or any portion
thereof) to any Person without the prior written consent of Seller, which shall
not be unreasonably withheld (it being recognized and understood by all parties
hereto that all parties hereto shall deem it reasonable for Seller to withhold
such consent if any such proposed assignment would, in the reasonable
determination of Seller, cause Seller to be required to pay to any Affected
Party any of the amounts referred to in Section 4.02); provided, however, that
Purchaser may assign all of its rights and interests in the Transaction
Documents, together with all its interest in the Asset Interest, to Barclays or
any Affiliate of Barclays, or to any "bankruptcy remote" special purpose entity,
the business of which is administered by Barclays or any Affiliate of Barclays
or to any Liquidity Bank; provided, further, that such assignment shall not be
expected to cause an increase in the Earned Discount Rate.
(b) Seller agrees to advise the Administrator within five Business Days
after notice to Seller of any proposed assignment by Purchaser of the Asset
Interest (or any portion thereof), not
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otherwise permitted under subsection (a), of Seller's consent or non-consent to
such assignment and, if it does not consent, the reasons therefor. If Seller
does not consent to such assignment, Purchaser may immediately assign such Asset
Interest (or portion thereof) to Barclays or any Affiliate of Barclays. All of
the aforementioned assignments shall be upon such terms and conditions as
Purchaser and the assignee may mutually agree.
SECTION 12.02 Rights of Assignee. Upon the assignment by Purchaser in
accordance with this Article XII, the assignee receiving such assignment shall
have all of the rights of Purchaser with respect to the Transaction Documents
and the Asset Interest (or such portion thereof as has been assigned).
SECTION 12.03 Evidence of Assignment. Any assignment of the Asset Interest
(or any portion thereof) to any Person may be evidenced by such instrument(s) or
document(s) as may be reasonably satisfactory to Purchaser, the Administrator
and the assignee.
ARTICLE XIII
INDEMNIFICATION
SECTION 13.01 Indemnities by Seller.
(a) General Indemnity. Without limiting any other rights which any such
Person may have hereunder or under applicable law, Seller hereby agrees to
indemnify each of the Administrator, Purchaser, the Liquidity Banks, the
Liquidity Agent, each of their respective Affiliates, and all successors,
transferees, participants and assigns and all officers, directors, shareholders,
controlling persons, employees and agents of any of the foregoing (each an
"Indemnified Party"), forthwith on demand, from and against any and all damages,
losses, claims, liabilities and related costs and expenses, including reasonable
attorneys' fees and disbursements (all of the foregoing being collectively
referred to as "Indemnified Amounts") awarded against or incurred by any of them
arising out of or relating to the Transaction Documents, the Stock Purchase
Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby or the ownership or funding
of the Asset Interest or in respect of any Receivable or Account or any
Contract, excluding, however, (a) Indemnified Amounts to the extent resulting
from gross negligence, breach of contract or willful misconduct on the part of
any Indemnified Party or successor Servicer pursuant to Section 8.01(b) if such
successor Servicer is not an Affiliate of the Seller, (b) recourse (except as
otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement) for any Receivable that is
not paid as a result of credit related issues, or (c) any tax based upon or
measured by net income.
(b) Procedure. In order for an Indemnified Party to be entitled to any
indemnification provided for under this Agreement in respect of, arising out of,
or involving a claim made by any Person against the Indemnified Party (a "Third
Party Claim"), such Indemnified Party must notify the Seller in writing of the
Third Party Claim within a reasonable time after receipt by such Indemnified
Party of written notice of the Third Party Claim unless the Seller shall have
previously obtained actual knowledge thereof. Thereafter, the Indemnified Party
shall deliver to the Seller, within a reasonable time after the Indemnified
Party's receipt thereof, copies of all
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notices and documents (including court papers) received by the Indemnified Party
relating to the Third Party Claim.
(c) Defense of Claims. If a Third Party Claim is made against an
Indemnified Party, (a) the Seller will be entitled to participate in the defense
thereof and, (b) if it so chooses, to assume the defense thereof with counsel
selected by the Seller, provided that in connection with such assumption (i)
such counsel is not reasonably objected to by the Indemnified Party, (ii) no
material conflict of interest shall exist in relation to such Third Party Claim
between such Indemnified Party and Seller, and (iii) the Seller, subject to
Section 14.15, first admits in writing its liability to indemnify the
Indemnified Party with respect to all elements of such claim in full to the
extent such claim is valid. Should the Seller so elect to assume the defense of
a Third Party Claim, the Seller will not be liable to the Indemnified Party for
any legal expenses subsequently incurred by the Indemnified Party in connection
with the defense thereof. If the Seller elects to assume the defense of a Third
Party Claim, the Indemnified Party will (i) cooperate in all reasonable respects
with the Seller in connection with such defense and (ii) not admit any liability
with respect to, or settle, compromise or discharge, such Third Party Claim
without the Seller's prior written consent, as the case may be. If the Seller
shall assume the defense of any Third Party Claim, the Indemnified Party shall
be entitled to participate in (but not control) such defense with its own
counsel at its own expense. If the Seller does not assume the defense of any
such Third Party Claim, the Indemnified Party may defend the same in such manner
as it may deem appropriate, including settling such claim or litigation after
giving prompt notice to the Seller of such terms and, subject to Section 14.15,
the Seller will promptly reimburse the Indemnified Party upon written request.
Anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, the Seller
shall not be entitled to assume the defense of any part of a Third Party Claim
that seeks an order, injunction or other equitable relief or relief for other
than money damages against the Indemnified Party.
ARTICLE XIV
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 14.01 Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of
this Agreement nor consent to any departure by Seller therefrom shall in any
event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by (a) Seller,
the Administrator and Purchaser (with respect to an amendment) or (b) the
Administrator and Purchaser (with respect to a waiver or consent by them) or
Seller (with respect to a waiver or consent by it), as the case may be, and then
such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for
the specific purpose for which given.
SECTION 14.02 Notices, Etc. All notices and other communications provided
for hereunder shall, unless otherwise stated herein, be in writing (including
facsimile communication) and shall be personally delivered or sent by express
mail or courier or by certified mail, postage prepaid, or by facsimile, to the
intended party at the address or facsimile number of such party set forth in
Schedule A or at such other address or facsimile number as shall be designated
by such party in a written notice to the other parties hereto. All such notices
and communications shall be effective, (a) if personally delivered or sent by
express mail or
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courier or if sent by certified mail, when received, and (b) if transmitted by
facsimile, when sent, receipt confirmed by telephone or electronic means.
SECTION 14.03 No Waiver; Remedies. No failure on the part of the
Administrator, any Affected Party, any Indemnified Party, Purchaser or any other
holder of the Asset Interest (or any portion thereof) to exercise, and no delay
in exercising, any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall
any single or partial exercise of any right hereunder preclude any other or
further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right. The remedies herein
provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.
SECTION 14.04 Binding Effect; Survival. This Agreement shall be binding
upon and inure to the benefit of Seller, the Administrator, Purchaser and their
respective successors and assigns, the provisions of Section 8.08 shall inure to
the benefit of the Bank Agent and its successors and assigns and the provisions
of Section 4.02 and Article XIII shall inure to the benefit of the Affected
Parties and the Indemnified Parties, respectively, and their respective
successors and assigns; provided, however, nothing in the foregoing shall be
deemed to authorize any assignment not permitted by Section 12.01. This
Agreement shall create and constitute the continuing obligations of the parties
hereto in accordance with its terms, and shall remain in full force and effect
until the Final Payout Date. The rights and remedies with respect to any breach
of any representation and warranty made by Seller pursuant to Article VI and the
indemnification and payment provisions of Article XIII and Sections 4.02, 14.05,
14.06, 14.08, and 14.15 shall be continuing and shall survive any termination of
this Agreement.
SECTION 14.05 Costs, Expenses and Taxes. In addition to its obligations
under Article XIII, Seller agrees to pay on demand:
(a) all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the Administrator and the
Purchaser and their respective Affiliates in connection with the negotiation,
preparation, execution and delivery, the administration (including periodic
auditing) or the enforcement of, or any actual or claimed breach of, this
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, including, without limitation (i)
the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to any of such Persons incurred in
connection with any of the foregoing or in advising such Persons as to their
respective rights and remedies under any of the Transaction Documents, and (ii)
all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of
independent accountants), incurred in connection with any review of Seller's
books and records either prior to the execution and delivery hereof or pursuant
to Section 7.01(g); and
(b) all stamp and other taxes and fees payable or determined to be payable
in connection with the execution, delivery, filing and recording of this
Agreement or the other Transaction Documents, and agrees to indemnify each
Indemnified Party against any liabilities with respect to or resulting from any
delay in paying or omission to pay such taxes and fees.
SECTION 14.06 No Proceedings/Purchaser. Seller, Servicer, Barclays
(individually and as Administrator) each hereby agrees that it will not
institute against Purchaser, or join any other Person in instituting against
Purchaser, any insolvency proceeding (namely, any proceeding of the type
referred to in the definition of Event of Bankruptcy) so long as any Commercial
Paper Notes issued by Purchaser shall be outstanding or there shall not have
elapsed
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one year plus one day since the last day on which any such Commercial Paper
Notes shall have been outstanding. The foregoing shall not limit Seller's right
to file any claim in or otherwise take any action with respect to any insolvency
proceeding that was instituted by any Person other than Seller.
SECTION 14.07 No Proceedings/Seller and Transferor. The Purchaser and the
Administrator each hereby agrees that it will not institute against Seller or
Transferor, or join any other Person in instituting against Seller or
Transferor, any insolvency proceeding (namely, any proceeding of the type
referred to in the definition of Event of Bankruptcy) prior to the date which is
one year and one day after Final Payout Date. The foregoing shall not limit the
right of the Purchaser or the Administrator to take any action with respect to
any insolvency proceeding that was instituted by a Person other than Seller.
SECTION 14.08 Confidentiality.
(a) Each of the Purchaser and the Administrator covenants and agrees, and
the Administrator shall cause each Affected Party to covenant and agree, on
behalf of itself and its Affiliates, that all information ("Seller Information")
relating to the Seller, the Servicer (if an Affiliate of the Seller), their
Affiliates, the structured financing conducted by any of them or the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, in part or in whole,
shall be held in confidence and each agrees not to use and not to disclose any
of the contents of, provide any Person with copies of or use for any purpose not
related to the Purchases hereunder any Seller Information other than disclosure
to:
(i) Governmental Authorities with appropriate jurisdiction, including
bank examiners or similar regulatory authorities;
(ii) any officer, director, member, manager, employee or outside
accountant, auditor or attorney (each, a "Representative") of the
Purchaser, the Administrator or any Affected Party with a need to know such
Seller Information in connection with the Purchases (it being understood
that the officers, directors and employees of the Administrator and the
other Affected Parties covered by this clause (i) do not include any
individual whose responsibilities relate to any credit card or other
consumer financing business conducted by the Administrator or any other
Affected Party or its respective Affiliates);
(iii) any Rating Agency; or
(iv) to any surety or guarantor to the Purchaser.
(b) Each of Seller and Servicer covenants and agrees, on behalf of itself
and its Affiliates, that all of the information in the Fee Letters (the
"Purchaser Information") shall be held in confidence and each agrees (x) not to
disclose the Purchaser Information to the selling shareholders, or any
Representative of the selling shareholders, under the Stock Purchase Agreement,
and (y) not to use and not to disclose any of the contents of, provide any
Person with copies of or use for any purpose not related to the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents any Purchaser Information, other than
in each case disclosure to:
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(i) Governmental Authorities with appropriate jurisdiction;
(ii) any Representative of Seller, Servicer or their Affiliates with
the need to know such Purchaser Information in connection with the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents; or
(iii) any Rating Agency.
(c) Notwithstanding the above stated obligations, no Person will be liable
for disclosure or use of Seller Information or Purchaser Information which (A)
was required by law, including pursuant to regulation or administrative order, a
subpoena or other legal process, (B) was in such Person's possession or known to
such Person prior to receipt or (C) is or becomes known to the public (without
breach of any obligations hereunder). For the avoidance of doubt, disclosure by
any Person (including without limitation by filing documents or reports with the
Securities and Exchange Commission) of Seller Information or Purchaser
Information made in good faith to comply with federal or state banking or
securities laws shall be deemed to be "required by law" within the meaning of
the preceding sentence.
(d) Notwithstanding the above stated obligations, the parties to this
Agreement acknowledge and agree that (i) any obligations of confidentiality
contained herein do not apply and have not applied from the commencement of
discussions between the parties to the tax treatment and tax structure of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and other Transaction Documents, and
(ii) each party (and each of its employees, representatives or other agents) may
disclose to any and all persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax
treatment and tax structure of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
and other Transaction Documents and all materials of any kind (including
opinions or other tax analyses) that are provided to such party relating to such
tax treatment and tax structure, all within the meaning of the U.S. Department
of Treasury Regulations, Section 1.6011-4.
SECTION 14.09 Captions and Cross References. The various captions
(including, without limitation, the table of contents) in this Agreement are
provided solely for convenience of reference and shall not affect the meaning or
interpretation of any provision of this Agreement. Unless otherwise indicated,
references in this Agreement to any Section, Appendix, Schedule or Exhibit are
to such Section of or Appendix, Schedule or Exhibit to this Agreement, as the
case may be, and references in any Section, subsection, or clause to any
subsection, clause or subclause are to such subsection, clause or subclause of
such Section, subsection or clause.
SECTION 14.10 Integration; Survival. This Agreement, together with the
other Transaction Documents when executed and delivered by the respective
parties thereto, contains a final and complete integration of all prior
expressions by the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and
shall constitute the entire understanding among the parties hereto with respect
to the subject matter hereof, superseding all prior oral or written
understandings. Sections 14.06, 14.07 and 14.08 shall survive termination of
this Agreement.
SECTION 14.11 Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING THE RIGHTS AND
DUTIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE
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STATE OF NEW YORK, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT THE PERFECTION OF THE INTERESTS OF
PURCHASER IN THE RECEIVABLES IS GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE JURISDICTION OTHER
THAN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECTION 14.12 Waiver Of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO EXPRESSLY
WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING TO ENFORCE OR
DEFEND ANY RIGHTS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT OR ANY
AMENDMENT, INSTRUMENT OR DOCUMENT DELIVERED OR WHICH MAY IN THE FUTURE BE
DELIVERED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR ARISING FROM ANY BANKING OR OTHER
RELATIONSHIP EXISTING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER TRANSACTION
DOCUMENT AND AGREES THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE TRIED BEFORE A
COURT AND NOT A JURY TRIAL.
SECTION 14.13 Consent To Jurisdiction; Waiver Of Immunities. EACH OF THE
PARTIES HERETO ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT IT IRREVOCABLY (i) SUBMITS TO THE
JURISDICTION, FIRST, OF ANY UNITED STATES FEDERAL COURT, AND SECOND, IF FEDERAL
JURISDICTION IS NOT AVAILABLE, OF ANY NEW YORK STATE COURT, IN EITHER CASE
SITTING IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, (ii) AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF SUCH
ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED ONLY IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE OR
FEDERAL COURT AND NOT IN ANY OTHER COURT, AND (iii) WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT IT MAY EFFECTIVELY DO SO, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE
MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING.
SECTION 14.14 Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in
any number of counterparts and by the different parties hereto in separate
counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original
and all of which when taken together shall constitute one and the same
Agreement.
SECTION 14.15 No Recourse Against Other Parties. No recourse under any
obligation, covenant or agreement of any of the Securitization Entities
contained in this Agreement shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder,
officer, director or employee of such Securitization Entity, by the enforcement
of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding, by virtue of any
statute or otherwise; it being expressly agreed and understood that this
Agreement is solely a corporate obligation of Purchaser, and that no personal
liability whatever shall attach to or be incurred by the incorporators,
stockholders, officers, directors, employees or Affiliate of such Securitization
Entity, or any of them under or by reason of any of the obligations, covenants
or agreements of such Securitization Entity contained in this Agreement, or
implied therefrom, and that any and all personal liability for breaches by such
Securitization Entity of any of such obligations, covenants or agreements either
at common law or at equity, or by statute or constitution, of every such
incorporator, stockholder, officer, director, employee or Affiliate is hereby
expressly waived as a condition of and in consideration for the execution of
this Agreement; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 14.15 shall
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relieve any of the foregoing persons or entities from any liability arising from
his, her or its willful misconduct or intentional misrepresentations.
SECTION 14.16 Amendment and Restatement. This Agreement amends and restates
the Prior RPA, and upon the effectiveness of this Agreement, the terms and
provisions of the Prior RPA shall be superseded hereby in their entirety. From
and after the effectiveness hereof, all references to the Prior RPA in any other
instrument or document shall be deemed to be references to this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed
by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first
above written.
CATALOG RECEIVABLES LLC,
as Seller
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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SPIRIT OF AMERICA, INC., as Servicer
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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SHEFFIELD RECEIVABLES CORPORATION,
as Purchaser
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as Administrator
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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APPENDIX A
DEFINITIONS
This is Appendix A to the Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of
June 2, 2005 among Catalog Receivables LLC, Spirit of America, Inc.,
Sheffield Receivables Corporation, and Barclays Bank PLC, as Administrator
(as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this
"Agreement"). Certain terms that are capitalized and used herein but not
otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the First Tier
Agreement (as defined below).
A. Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, unless the context
requires a different meaning, the following terms have the meanings
indicated hereinbelow:
"Account" means each Initial Account and each Additional Account.
"Account Control Agreement" means an agreement relating to the control
of one or more Transaction Accounts among Seller, the Servicer, the
Administrator and the Transaction Account Bank.
"Administrator" has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
"Administrator's Office" means the office of the Administrator at ▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ or such other address as shall be
designated by the Administrator in writing to Seller and Purchaser.
"Affected Party" means each of (i) the Administrator, (ii) the
Purchaser, (iii) each Liquidity Bank, (iv) any permitted assignee or
participant of Purchaser or any Liquidity Bank, and (v) any corporation
controlling any of the foregoing.
"Affiliate" when used with respect to a Person means any other Person
controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, such Person.
"Agreement" means this Receivables Purchase Agreement, as amended,
restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
"Alternate Base Rate" means, on any date, a fluctuating rate of
interest per annum equal to the higher of
(a) the rate of interest most recently announced by Barclays Bank PLC
at its principal office located in New York City, New York, as its prime
commercial lending rate; and
(b) the Federal Funds Rate (as defined below) most recently determined
by the Liquidity Agent plus 0.50% per annum.
The Alternate Base Rate is not necessarily intended to be the lowest rate of
interest determined by Barclays Bank PLC in connection with extensions of
credit.
"Applicable Margin" is defined in the Program Fee Letter.
"Asset Interest" means an undivided ownership interest determined from
time to time as provided in Section 1.04(b) in all Pool Assets.
"Available Funds" means, with respect to a Settlement Date, the sum of
(x) the Purchaser's Share of Collections received, or deemed received
pursuant to Section 3.02, during the immediately preceding Due Period, plus
(y) the amount of any Cap Payments received by the Seller during the
immediately preceding Settlement Period, plus (z) investment earnings
included in Available Funds for such Settlement Date pursuant to Section
3.08(a).
"Average Dilution Percentage" means, for any Settlement Date, the
average of the Dilution Percentages for the two immediately preceding Due
Periods.
"Average Excess Spread Percentage" means, for any Settlement Date, the
average of the Portfolio Excess Spread Percentages for the two immediately
preceding Due Periods.
"Average Monthly Principal Payment Rate Percentage" means, for any
Settlement Date, the average of the Monthly Principal Payment Rate for the
two immediately preceding Due Periods.
"Bank Rate" means, for any day falling in any Settlement Period (or
portion thereof), an interest rate per annum equal to the LIBOR Rate for
that Settlement Period (or portion thereof) plus the Applicable Margin,
except that the Bank Rate shall equal the Alternate Base Rate plus the
Applicable Margin (i) as to any day falling in any Settlement Period if the
Administrator does not receive notice or determine, by no later than 12:00
noon (New York City time) on the third Business Day prior to such day that
the Bank Rate shall apply on such day, (ii) as to any day falling in any
Settlement Period, if the Administrator has determined that for any reason
it is not legally permissible or commercially practicable for any Liquidity
Bank to fund its investment in the Asset Interest by purchasing dollar
deposits in the London interbank market, or (iii) as to any day falling in
any Settlement Period to the extent that the portion of the Asset Interest
to be funded at the Bank Rate on such day is less than $1,000,000.
"Barclays" has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
"Benchmark Amount" means, at any time, the sum of the Discounted
Principal Receivables Balance and the Excess Cash Collateral.
"BIF" shall mean the Bank Insurance Fund administered by the FDIC.
"Business Day" means a day on which both (a) the Administrator at its
principal office in New York City, New York is open for business and (b)
commercial banks in ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Ohio and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania are not
authorized or required to be closed for business.
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"Cap Agreement" means (a) the interest rate cap agreement, dated on or
prior to the Initial Funding Date, between Seller and the Cap Provider in
substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B and (b) any Replacement
Cap Agreement.
"Cap Payment" means, with respect to a Settlement Date, the payment,
if any, received from the Cap Provider on the day preceding such Settlement
Date, as determined pursuant to the Cap Agreement.
"Cap Provider" means, with respect to any Cap Agreement, the initial
counterparty under the Cap Agreement, or any successor or assign thereto
appointed as provided in the Cap Agreement, in its individual capacity
pursuant to the Cap Agreement.
"Cap Replacement Event" means (i) (x) any Cap Provider shall fail to
make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to the Cap Agreement
and such failure shall continue for three Business Days, (y) the withdrawal
of or reduction below A-1 in the senior unsecured, unguaranteed, short-term
debt rating of a Cap Provider by S&P or a withdrawal of or reduction below
P-1 of the unsecured, unguaranteed, short-term debt rating of a Cap
Provider by Moody's, or (z) any Cap Agreement shall terminate or shall not
be extended in connection with the extension of the Purchase Termination
Date and (ii) the Servicer shall fail to enter into a Replacement Interest
Rate Cap within 30 days of the occurrence of any event described in clause
(i).
"Cash Collateral Account" has the meaning set forth in Section
3.07(a).
"Cash Collateral Shortfall" means, as of any date, the excess, if any,
of the Required Cash Collateral Amount over the amount then on deposit in
the Cash Collateral Account (exclusive of earnings on the investment of
such amount).
"Change in Control" means as to Seller, Transferor, Servicer or
Originator, any person or group of related persons (excluding Charming
Shoppes, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation, and its Affiliates) gains
beneficial ownership of a majority in voting interest of the outstanding
voting stock or membership interests, as applicable, of Seller, Transferor,
Servicer or Originator, as applicable, or has caused to be elected a
majority of the Board of Directors of Seller, Transferor, Servicer or
Originator.
"Charged-Off Receivable" means (a) any Receivable that is more than
180 days past due, and (b) any Receivable arising in an Account (i) the
Obligor of which is known by the Servicer to be the subject of a bankruptcy
proceeding, or (ii) that has been either written off or, consistent with
the Credit and Collection Policy, should have been written off from the
Originator's books as uncollectible.
"Closing Date" means May 18, 2005.
"Collection Account" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.05.
"Collections" means all funds which (a) are received by any Seller,
Transferor or Servicer from or on behalf of the related Obligors in payment
of any amounts owed (including, without limitation, purchase prices,
finance charges, interest and all other
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charges) in respect of Receivables, or applied to such amounts owed by such
Obligors (including, without limitation, insurance payments that Originator
or Servicer applies in the ordinary course of its business to amounts owed
in respect of Receivables, net proceeds of sale or other disposition of
Receivables and recoveries in respect of Charged-Off Receivables), or (b)
are deemed to have been received by Seller or any other Person as a
Collection pursuant to Section 3.02.
"Commercial Paper Notes" means short-term promissory notes issued or
to be issued by Purchaser to fund its investments in accounts receivable or
other financial assets.
"Contract" means a contract between Originator and any Person pursuant
to or under which such Person establishes an Account pursuant to which
indebtedness may arise for the purchase of goods and services from time to
time, provided that such agreement is substantially in a form used by
Originator prior to the Closing Date, subject to such changes as (i) the
Servicer determines in good faith are required by law, or (ii) are not
reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. A "related" Contract
with respect to the Receivables means a Contract under which Receivables in
the Receivables Pool arise or which is relevant to the collection or
enforcement of such Receivables.
"CP Rate" for any period means a rate per annum calculated by the
Administrator equal to the sum of (i) the rate or, if more than one rate,
the weighted average of the rates, determined by converting to an
interest-bearing equivalent rate per annum the discount rate (or rates) at
which Commercial Paper Notes on each day during such period have been sold
by the commercial paper placement agents selected by the Administrator,
plus (ii) the commissions and charges charged by such commercial paper
placement agents with respect to such Commercial Paper Notes, expressed as
a percentage of such face amount and converted to an interest-bearing
equivalent rate per annum.
"Credit and Collection Policy" means those credit and collection
policies and practices relating to Contracts, Accounts, and Receivables, as
modified from time to time; provided that no modification shall be
implemented after the Closing Date unless (i) the Servicer determines in
good faith that such modification is required by law, or (ii) such
modification is not reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
"Dilution Percentage" means, for any Due Period, the percentage
equivalent of (i) the aggregate amount of credits, adjustments, rebates,
refunds and setoffs with respect to Receivables granted or allowed by
Seller or any Affiliate of Seller during such Due Period divided by (ii)
the aggregate Unpaid Balance of all Receivables as of the last day of the
immediately preceding Due Period.
"Discount Collections" means, for any date occurring in any Due
Period, the product of (i) the Discount Percentage and (ii) the aggregate
amount of Collections in respect of the principal amount of the Receivables
on such date.
"Discount Percentage" shall be the percentage specified as such in the
Program Fee Letter.
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"Discount Receivables Balance" means on any day, the product of (i)
the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Receivables (excluding
Charged-Off Receivables) on such day multiplied by (ii) the Discount
Percentage.
"Discounted Principal Receivables Balance" means, at any time, (a) the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Receivables (excluding
Charged-Off Receivables) minus (b) the Discount Receivables Balance.
"Dollars" means dollars in lawful money of the United States of
America.
"Due Period" means each calendar month.
"Earned Discount" means for any Settlement Period, the product of:
SIB x ER x ED
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where:
"SIB" means the daily average (calculated at the close of
business each day) of the Senior Investor Balance during such
Settlement Period,
"ER" means the Earned Discount Rate for such Settlement Period,
and
"ED" means the actual number of days elapsed during such
Settlement Period.
In addition, Earned Discount shall include any incremental costs resulting
from the capitalization of discount or interest on Commercial Paper Notes
as a consequence of the estimation procedure contemplated in Section
3.01(b)(ii) of this Agreement or the fact that Commercial Paper Notes may
mature on dates other than Settlement Dates.
"Earned Discount Rate" means for any period:
(a) in the case of any portion of the Senior Investor Balance funded
other than by the issuance of Commercial Paper Notes, the Bank Rate for
such period;
(b) for any portion of the Senior Investor Balance funded by
Commercial Paper Notes, the CP Rate for such period;
provided, however, that on any day during a Settlement Period when any
Liquidation Event or Unmatured Liquidation Event shall have occurred and be
continuing, the Earned Discount Rate for the Senior Investor Balance shall mean
the Alternate Base Rate in effect on such day plus 2.0%.
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"Eligible Account" means either (a) a segregated account with an
Eligible Bank or (b) a segregated trust account with the corporate trust
department of a depository institution with corporate trust powers
organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state
thereof or the District of Columbia (or any United States branch of a
foreign bank) and whose deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation; provided that such institution must have a net worth
in excess of $50,000,000 and must have a rating of "Baa3" or higher from
Moody's and a rating of "BBB-" or higher from S&P with respect to long-term
deposit obligations.
"Eligible Bank" means a depository institution or trust company
organized under the laws of the United States of America or any one of the
states thereof or the District of Columbia (or the domestic branch of a
foreign depository institution), with deposit insurance provided by BIF or
SAIF, the short-term deposits of which have a rating of P-1 by Moody's and
a rating of A-1+ by S&P.
"Eligible Receivable" means, at any time, a Receivable arising in an
Account:
(a) which is originated by Originator in the ordinary course of
its business;
(b) which constitutes an account or general intangible as defined
in the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in such jurisdiction;
(c) the Obligor of which (i) is either a resident of the United
States, any US or Canadian possessions or territories, or residing at
a US military base in any other jurisdiction, (ii) is not an Affiliate
of Seller, and (iii) is not a government or a governmental subdivision
or agency;
(d) which is not a Charged-Off Receivable;
(e) with regard to which the warranty of Seller in Section
6.01(j) is true and correct;
(f) the sale of an undivided interest in which does not
contravene or conflict with any law;
(g) which is denominated and payable only in Dollars in the
United States;
(h) which arises under a Contract which has been duly authorized
by the parties thereto and that, together with such Receivable, is in
full force and effect and constitutes the legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Obligor of such Receivable enforceable against such
Obligor in accordance with its terms, and which Receivable does not
arise under an Account that has been classified in the Originator's
records as counterfeit, cancelled or fraudulent;
(i) which, together with the Contract related thereto, does not
contravene any laws, rules or regulations applicable thereto
(including, without limitation, laws, rules and regulations relating
to usury, truth in lending, fair credit billing, fair credit
reporting, equal credit opportunity, fair debt collection practices
and privacy) and with respect to
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which no party to the Contract related thereto is in violation of any
such law, rule or regulation if such violation would impair the
collectibility of such Receivable;
(j) which satisfies all applicable requirements of the Credit and
Collection Policy.
"Event of Bankruptcy" shall be deemed to have occurred with respect to
a Person if either:
(a) a case or other proceeding shall be commenced, without the
application or consent of such Person, in any court, seeking the
liquidation, reorganization, debt arrangement, dissolution, winding
up, or composition or readjustment of debts of such Person, the
appointment of a trustee, receiver, custodian, liquidator, assignee,
sequestrator or the like for such Person or all or substantially all
of its assets, or any similar action with respect to such Person under
any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, winding up
or composition or adjustment of debts, and such case or proceeding
shall continue undismissed, or unstayed and in effect, for a period of
60 consecutive days; or an order for relief in respect of such Person
shall be entered in an involuntary case under the federal bankruptcy
laws or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect; or
(b) such Person shall commence a voluntary case or other
proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, debt arrangement, dissolution or other similar law now
or hereafter in effect, or shall consent to the appointment of or
taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee,
custodian, sequestrator (or other similar official) for, such Person
or for any substantial part of its property, or shall make any general
assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall fail to, or admit in
writing its inability to, pay its debts generally as they become due,
or, if a corporation or similar entity, its board of directors shall
vote to implement any of the foregoing.
"Excess Cash Collateral" means, at any time, the lesser of (i) the
excess (if any) of (x) funds on deposit in the Cash Collateral Account
(excluding investment earnings), over (y) the Required Cash Collateral
Amount and (ii) $1,000,000.
"Facility Limit" means $55,000,000, as such amount may be reduced by
voluntary reductions in accordance with Section 1.05; provided that upon
the occurrence of a Liquidation Event, the Facility Limit shall
automatically be reduced to zero.
"FDIC" shall mean the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any
successor.
"Federal Funds Rate" means, for any day, the weighted average (rounded
upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100th of 1%) of the rates on overnight
Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System
arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding
Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is
not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average (rounded
upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100th of 1%) of the quotations for
such day for such transactions received by the Administrator from three
Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
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"Federal Reserve Board" means the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System, or any entity succeeding to any of its principal functions.
"Fee Letter" means, collectively, the Program Fee Letter and the
Structuring Fee Letter.
"Final Payout Date" means the date following the Termination Date on
which Senior Investor Balance shall have been reduced to zero and all other
amounts payable by Seller under the Transaction Documents shall have been
paid in full.
"Finance Charge Collections" means all amounts collected with respect
to Finance Charge Receivables, including all Discount Collections.
"Finance Charge Receivables" means all amounts billed to the Obligors
on any Account in respect of finance charges, late charges, annual fees,
over limit fees, and other fees and charges with respect to the Accounts,
plus the Discount Receivables Balance.
"First Tier Agreement" means the First Tier Purchase and Sale
Agreement, dated as of a date on or prior to the Initial Funding Date and
substantially in the form of Exhibit C to this Agreement, pursuant to which
Originator transfers Receivables to Transferor, as such agreement is
amended or modified and in effect from time to time.
"Foreign" means, with respect to any assignee or participant of
Purchaser hereunder, any Person not organized under the laws of the United
States, one of the states thereof, or the District of Columbia.
"FSC Guaranty" means the Guaranty, dated as of May 18, 2005, executed
by Fashion Service Corp. in favor of the Administrator, as such guaranty is
amended or modified and in effect from time to time.
"GAAP" means the generally accepted United States accounting
principles promulgated or adopted by the Financial Accounting Standards
Board and its predecessors and successors from time to time.
"Governmental Authority" means any applicable federal, state, county,
municipal or other United States federal, state or local governmental,
judicial or regulatory authority, agency, arbitration board, body,
commission, instrumentality, court or quasi-governmental authority or
tribunal.
"Included Portfolio" means, initially, Accounts derived from Arizona
Mail Order, Bedford Fair, LewMagram, Brownstone Studio and other catalogs
owned and operated by the Originator, other than those in the FIGI group,
as of the cut-off date for the data which was included in the portfolio
information provided to the Administrator prior to the Closing Date;
provided that additional portfolios may be added as Included Portfolios
from time to time in accordance with Section 2.3 of the First-Tier
Agreement; provided, further, that a portfolio shall cease to be an
Included Portfolio on and after the related Automatic Addition Termination
Date for such portfolio.
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"Indemnified Amounts" has the meaning set forth in Section 13.01(a).
"Indemnified Party" has the meaning set forth in Section 13.01(a).
"Information Package" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(a).
"Initial Funding Date" means the date of the first Purchase under this
Agreement, provided that such date shall not be later than June 30, 2005.
"LIBOR Business Day" means a day on which dealings in Dollars are
carried on in the London eurodollar interbank market.
"LIBOR Rate" means, for any day falling in any Settlement Period (or
portion thereof wherein interest shall be calculated at the LIBOR Rate),
the per annum rate of interest determined by the Administrator to be equal
to the rate (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest whole multiple
of 1/100th of one percent per annum) for deposits in Dollars for a period
approximating such Settlement Period (or portion thereof wherein interest
shall be calculated at the LIBOR Rate) which appears on the Bridge's
Telerate Page 3750 (or such other page as shall replace such page on
Bridge's Telerate Service) as of 11:00 A.M. (London time) on the second
LIBOR Business Day before (and for value on) the first day of such
Settlement Period (or the first day of the portion thereof wherein interest
shall be calculated at the LIBOR Rate) and if such rate shall not be so
quoted, the rate per annum at which the Administrator is offered for such
Dollar deposits at or about 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such date by
prime banks in the interbank eurodollar market where the eurodollar and
foreign currency exchange operations in respect of the Purchase and
Reinvestments are then being conducted, divided by the remainder of one
minus the LIBOR Reserve Percentage (expressed as a decimal) applicable
during such Settlement Period.
"LIBOR Reserve Percentage" means, with respect to any Settlement
Period (or portion thereof wherein interest shall be calculated at the
LIBOR Rate), the then applicable percentage (expressed as a decimal)
prescribed by the Federal Reserve Board for determining reserve
requirements applicable to "eurocurrency liabilities" pursuant to
Regulation D.
"Lien" means any mortgage, lien, pledge, encumbrance, charge, title
retention or other security interest of any kind, whether arising under a
security agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, assignment, pledge or
financing statement or arising as a matter of law, judicial process or
otherwise.
"Liquidation Event" has the meaning set forth in Section 10.01.
"Liquidation Period" means the period (x) commencing on the earlier of
(i) the date on which the conditions precedent to Purchases and
Reinvestments set forth in Section 5.02 are not satisfied (or expressly
waived by Purchaser) and the Administrator shall have notified the Seller
and the Servicer in writing that the Liquidation Period has commenced, and
(ii) the Purchase Termination Date, and (y) ending on the Final Payout
Date.
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"Liquidity Agent" means Barclays, as agent for the Liquidity Banks
under the Liquidity Agreement, or any successor to Barclays in such
capacity.
"Liquidity Agreement" means and includes (a) the Revolving Asset
Purchase Agreement dated as of the Closing Date among Purchaser, as
borrower, Barclays, as Administrator and as Liquidity Agent, and certain
other financial institutions, and (b) any other agreement hereafter entered
into by Purchaser providing for the making of loans or to, or acquisition
of assets from, Purchaser supported by the Asset Interest (or any portion
thereof), to provide liquidity for all or part of Purchaser's payment
obligations under the Commercial Paper Notes or to provide an alternate
means of funding Purchaser's investments in accounts receivable or other
financial assets as such agreement may be amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time.
"Liquidity Bank" means any one of, and "Liquidity Banks" means all of,
Barclays and the other commercial lending institutions that are at any time
parties to the Liquidity Agreement, provided, that any such other
commercial lending institution shall have been approved by Seller (which
approval shall not be unreasonably withheld).
"Liquidity Funding" means a funding made by the Liquidity Bank (or
simultaneous fundings made by the Liquidity Banks) pursuant to the
Liquidity Agreement.
"LLC Agreement" means (i) with respect to the Transferor, the Limited
Liability Company Agreement of Catalog Seller LLC dated April 25, 2005 and
(ii) with respect to the Seller, the Limited Liability Company Agreement of
Catalog Receivables LLC dated April 26, 2005.
"Lockbox Account" means any account into which Collections are
deposited immediately following receipt thereof in a lockbox.
"Lockbox Agreement" means an agreement, in a form reasonably
acceptable to the Administrator and the Servicer, with a bank maintaining a
Lockbox Account pursuant to which the Administrator may take control of
such Lockbox Account during the continuance of a Liquidation Event or a
Replacement Event.
"Material Adverse Effect" with respect to any event or circumstance,
means a material adverse effect on:
(i) the ability of the Seller, the Transferor, the Originator or
the Servicer to perform its respective obligations under this
Agreement or any other Transaction Document;
(ii) the validity, enforceability or collectibility of any
Transaction Document or the Receivables, the Accounts, or the related
Contracts, in each case taken as a whole; or
(iii) the status, existence, perfection, priority or
enforceability of Purchaser's interest in a material portion of the
Pool Receivables.
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"Moody's" means ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ Investors Service, Inc.
"Monthly Principal Payment Rate" means, for any Due Period, the
percentage equivalent of (i) the Principal Collections for such Due Period,
divided by (ii) the aggregate Unpaid Balance of all Receivables as of the
last day of the immediately preceding Due Period.
"Obligor" means a Person obligated to make payments with respect to a
Receivable, including any guarantor thereof.
"Originator" means Crosstown Traders, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
"Permitted Investments" means any one or more of the following
obligations or securities:
(i) direct non-callable obligations of, and non-callable
obligations fully guaranteed by, the United States of America, or any
agency or instrumentality of the United States of America;
(ii) demand and time deposits in, certificates of deposits of,
and bankers' acceptances issued by, any depository institution or
trust company incorporated under the laws of the United States of
America or any state thereof, having a combined capital and surplus of
at least $500,000,000, and subject to supervision and examination by
federal and/or state banking authorities, so long as at the time of
such investment or contractual commitment providing for such
investment the commercial paper or other short-term debt obligations
of such depository institution or trust company (or, in the case of a
depository institution that is the principal subsidiary of a holding
company, the commercial paper or other short-term debt obligations of
such holding company) have one of the two highest short-term credit
ratings available from S&P and the highest short-term credit rating
available from Moody's;
(iii) repurchase obligations with respect to and collateralized
by (A) any security described in clause (i) above or (B) any other
security issued or guaranteed by an agency or instrumentality of the
United States of America, in each case entered into with a depository
institution or trust company (acting as principal) of the type
described in clause (ii) above, provided that the Administrator has
taken delivery of such security;
(iv) commercial paper (including both non-interest-bearing
discount obligations and interest-bearing obligations, but excluding
Commercial Paper Notes payable on demand or on a specified date not
more than one year after the date of issuance thereof having the
highest short-term credit rating from Moody's and S&P at the time of
such investment;
(v) shares in a mutual fund investing solely in short term
securities of the United States government and/or securities described
in clause (iii) above where the mutual fund custodian has taken
delivery of the collateralizing
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securities, provided that (i) such fund shall have one of the two
highest short-term credit ratings available from S&P and the highest
short-term credit rating available from Moody's and (ii) such shares
shall be freely transferable by the holder on a daily basis; and
(vi) any other investment that is approved in writing by Moody's
and S&P.
"Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation (including a
business trust), joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association,
joint venture, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or
any other entity.
"Pool Assets" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.04(a).
"Pool Receivable" means a Receivable in the Receivables Pool.
"Portfolio Excess Spread Amount" with respect to any Due Period, shall
equal the result of (a) Finance Charge Collections during such Due Period,
minus (b) the amount of Receivables which became Charged-Off Receivables
during such Due Period, minus (c) the Earned Discount, Program Fees and
Unused Program Fees accrued during such Due Period, minus (d) Servicer's
Fees for such Due Period.
"Portfolio Excess Spread Percentage" means, for any Settlement Date,
the product of (a)(i) the Portfolio Excess Spread Amount for the preceding
Due Period, divided by (ii) the daily average of the aggregate Unpaid
Balance of all Receivables during such Due Period, multiplied by (b) 365
and divided by, (c) the number of days in such Due Period.
"Principal Collections" means all amounts collected with respect to
Principal Receivables. It is understood and agreed that Principal
Collections do not include Discount Collections.
"Principal Receivables" means all Receivables that are not included in
the Discount Receivables Balance or otherwise classified as Finance Charge
Receivables. The outstanding principal amount of any Charged-Off Receivable
shall be considered to be zero for purposes of determining the aggregate
outstanding amount of Principal Receivables.
"Program Fee" has the meaning set forth in the Program Fee Letter.
"Program Fee Letter" has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(b).
"Purchase" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.01.
"Purchase Price" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.02(a).
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"Purchase Termination Date" means that day
(a) the Administrator declares a Purchase Termination Date in a
notice to Seller in accordance with Section 10.02(a);
(b) in accordance with Section 10.02(b), becomes the Purchase
Termination Date automatically; or
(c) the date specified by Originator upon at least three Business
Days' prior written notice to Transferor, Seller and the
Administrator.
"Purchaser" has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
"Purchaser's Share" of any amount at any time means the then Asset
Interest at such time expressed as a percentage, times such amount.
"Rating Agency" means any nationally recognized statistical rating
organization.
"Receivable" means any right to payment from a Person, whether
constituting an account, chattel paper, instrument or a general intangible,
arising under an Account, and includes the right to payment of any interest
or finance charges and other obligations of such Person with respect
thereto.
"Receivables Pool" means at any time all then outstanding Receivables.
"Regulation D" means Regulation D of the Federal Reserve Board, or any
other regulation of the Federal Reserve Board that prescribes reserve
requirements applicable to nonpersonal time deposits or "eurocurrency
liabilities" as presently defined in Regulation D, as in effect from time
to time.
"Regulatory Change" means, relative to any Affected Party
(a) any change in (or the adoption, implementation, change in
phase-in or commencement of effectiveness of) any
(i) United States federal or state law or foreign law
applicable to such Affected Party;
(ii) regulation, interpretation, directive, requirement or
request (whether or not having the force of law) applicable to
such Affected Party of (A) any court, government authority
charged with the interpretation or administration of any law
referred to in clause (a)(i) or of (B) any fiscal, monetary or
other authority having jurisdiction over such Affected Party; or
(iii) generally accepted accounting principles or regulatory
accounting principles applicable to such Affected Party and
affecting the application to such Affected Party of any law,
regulation, interpretation, directive, requirement or request
referred to in clause (a)(i) or (a)(ii) above; or
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(b) any change in the application to such Affected Party of any
existing law, regulation, interpretation, directive, requirement,
request or accounting principles referred to in clause (a)(i), (a)(ii)
or (a)(iii) above.
"Reinvestment" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.03.
"Related Security" means, with respect to any Pool Receivable: (a) all
of Seller's right, title and interest in and to all Contracts that relate
to such Pool Receivable; (b) all of Seller's interest in the merchandise
(including returned merchandise), if any, relating to the sale which gave
rise to such Pool Receivable; (c) all other security interests or liens and
property subject thereto from time to time purporting to secure payment of
such Pool Receivable, whether pursuant to the Contract related to such Pool
Receivable or otherwise; (d) all UCC financing statements covering any
collateral securing payment of such Pool Receivable; and (e) all guarantees
and other agreements or arrangements of whatever character from time to
time supporting or securing payment of such Pool Receivable whether
pursuant to the Contract related to such Pool Receivable or otherwise. The
interest of Purchaser in any Related Security is only to the extent of
Purchaser's undivided interest, as more fully described in the definition
of Asset Interest.
"Replacement Event" means the occurrence of any of the following
events:
(a) Servicer shall fail to perform or observe in any material
respect any term, covenant or agreement that is an obligation of
Servicer under the Transaction Documents (other than as referred to in
clause (b) next following) and such failure shall remain unremedied
for five Business Days after (1) written notice thereof shall have
been given by the Administrator to Servicer or (2) Servicer has actual
knowledge thereof, and such failure is reasonably expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect; or
(b) Servicer shall fail to make any payment or deposit to be made
by it hereunder when due and such failure shall remain unremedied for
more than one Business Day after Servicer knew (or should reasonably
have known) of such failure; or
(c) Any representation or warranty made or deemed to be made by
the Servicer under a Transaction Document or an Information Package or
other information or report delivered pursuant hereto shall prove to
have been incorrect in any material respect when made and shall
continue to be incorrect for a period of thirty days after (i) written
notice thereof shall have been given by the Administrator to the
Servicer or (ii) the Servicer has actual knowledge thereof and such
incorrect statement shall have a Material Adverse Effect; or
(d) An Event of Bankruptcy shall have occurred and remain
continuing with respect to the Servicer.
"Replacement Interest Rate Cap" shall mean any replacement interest
rate cap that has substantially similar terms as the Cap Agreement that it
replaces or is otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Administrator, which
agreement shall be with a counterparty whose short term debt is rated at
least A-1 by S&P and at least P-1 by ▇▇▇▇▇'▇.
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"Replacement Servicer Plan" has the meaning set forth in Section
7.01(l).
"Report Date" means the second Business Day prior to each Settlement
Date.
"Representative" has the meaning set forth in Section 14.08(a).
"Required Base Enhancement Percentage" shall be the percentage
specified as such in the Program Fee Letter.
"Required Cash Collateral Amount" means, at any time, the Senior
Investor Balance times the Required Base Enhancement Percentage.
"Required Reserve Account Amount" means, as of any date of
determination, the product of (i) the Required Reserve Account Percentage
and (ii) the Senior Investor Balance on such date.
"Required Reserve Account Percentage" means for any Settlement Date
the sum of:
BASE RESERVE + MPR RESERVE + DILUTION RESERVE
where:
(i) "Base Reserve" means, for such Settlement Date, the percentage set
forth below opposite the Average Excess Spread Percentage for such
Settlement Date:
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Average
Excess Spread Percentage: Base Reserve:
------------------------- ------------
<2.0% 6.0%
>= 2.0% and < 3.0% 5.0%
>= 3.0% and < 4.0% 4.0%
>= 4.0% and < 5.0% 3.0%
>= 5.0% and < 6.0% 2.0%
>= 6.0% 0.0%
; provided that the Base Reserve for any Settlement Date may only be
reduced to a percentage lower than the Base Reserve for the preceding
Settlement Date if the Average Excess Spread Percentage has equaled or
exceeded the percentage specified as the lower bound of the range of
Average Excess Spread Rate Percentages specified for such lower Base
Reserve for two consecutive Settlement Dates.
(ii) "MPR Reserve" means, for such Settlement Date, the
percentage set forth below opposite the Average Monthly Principal
Payment Rate Percentage for such Settlement Date:
Average Monthly Principal
Payment Rate Percentage: MPR Reserve:
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<8.0% 4.0%
>= 8.0% and < 9.0% 3.0%
>= 9.0% and < 10.0% 2.0%
>= 10.0% and < 12.0% 1.0%
>= 12.0% 0.0%
; provided that the MPR Reserve for any Settlement Date may only be
reduced to a percentage lower than the MPR Reserve for the preceding
Settlement Date if the Average Monthly Principal Payment Rate
Percentage has equaled or exceeded the percentage specified as the
lower bound of the range of Average Monthly Principal Payment Rate
Percentages specified for such lower MPR Reserve for two consecutive
Settlement Dates.
(iii) "Dilution Reserve" means, for such Settlement Date, the
percentage set forth below opposite the Average Dilution Percentage
for such Settlement Date:
Average Dilution
Percentage Dilution Reserve
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<6.0% 0.0%
>= 6.0% and < 6.5% 1.0%
>= 6.5% and < 7.0% 2.0%
>= 7.0% 3.0%
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; provided, that the Dilution Reserve for any Settlement Date may only
be reduced to a percentage lower than the Dilution Reserve for the
preceding Settlement Date if the Average Dilution Percentage has
equaled or been less than the percentage specified as the upper bound
of the range of Average Dilution Percentages specified for such lower
Dilution Reserve for two consecutive Settlement Dates.
"Requirements of Law" means any law, treaty, rule or regulation, or
determination of an arbitrator of, the United States of America, any state
or other political subdivision thereof or any entity exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or
pertaining to government, whether federal, state or local (including any
usury law, the Federal Truth-in-Lending Act and Regulation Z of the Board
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), and, when used with respect to
any Person, the certificate of incorporation and by-laws or other charter
or other governing documents of such Person.
"Reserve Account" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.06(a).
"Reserve Account Shortfall" means as of any date, the excess, if any,
of the Required Reserve Account Amount over the amount then on deposit in
the Reserve Account exclusive of investment earnings on deposit in the
Reserve Account.
"S&P" means Standard & Poor's, a division of The ▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Companies, Inc., or any successor that is a nationally recognized
statistical rating organization.
"SAIF" shall mean the Savings Association Insurance Fund administered
by the FDIC.
"Second Tier Agreement" means the Second Tier Purchase and Sale
Agreement, dated as of a date on or prior to the Initial Funding Date and
substantially in the form of Exhibit D to this Agreement, pursuant to which
Transferor transfers Receivables to the Seller, as such agreement may be
amended or modified and in effect from time to time.
"Secured Parties" means Purchaser, the Administrator, the Indemnified
Parties and the Affected Parties.
"Securitization Entity" means each of Seller, Purchaser, Servicer, and
the Transferor.
"Seller" has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
"Seller Information" has the meaning set forth in Section 14.08(a).
"Senior Investor Balance" means at any time with respect to the Asset
Interest an amount equal to (a) the aggregate of the amounts theretofore
paid to Seller for Purchases pursuant to Section 1.01, less (b) the
aggregate amount of Collections theretofore received and actually
distributed to Purchaser on account of the principal of such Senior
Investor Balance pursuant to Section 3.01.
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"Servicer" has the meaning set forth in Section 8.01(a).
"Servicer's Fee" means for any Due Period means an amount equal to (i)
the Servicer's Fee Rate, times (ii) the daily average balance of the Senior
Investor Balance during such Due Period, times (iii) 1/360, times (iv) the
number of days in such Due Period.
"Servicer's Fee Rate" means 2.0% per annum.
"Settlement Date" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(c).
"Settlement Period" means (a) for the initial Settlement Date, the
period commencing on (and including) the Closing Date and ending on (but
not including) the first Settlement Date; and (b) thereafter, each period
commencing on (and including) a Settlement Date and ending on (but not
including) the next Settlement Date or the Final Payout Date, as
applicable.
"Shortfall" means, as of any Settlement Date, the excess (if any), of:
(x) the sum of the amounts required to be paid to the
Administrator or the Servicer pursuant to clauses (1) through (4) and
(7) of Section 3.01(c) or clauses (1) through (5) of Section 3.01(d)
(as applicable), over
(y) the aggregate amount of Collections available (in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement) to fund such amounts.
"Stock Purchase Agreement" means the Stock Purchase Agreement, by and
among Originator, the various shareholders of Originator, the various
shareholders of Originator as set forth in the Stock Purchase Agreement,
▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Partners (BHCA), L.P., as the representative of such
shareholders, Chestnut Acquisition Sub, Inc., and Charming Shoppes, Inc.,
including all disclosure schedules attached thereto. For the avoidance of
doubt, it is understood that a draft dated May 17, 2005 was delivered by
Seller to the Administrator on or prior to the Closing Date.
"Structuring Fee" has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(a).
"Structuring Fee Letter" has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(a).
"Subsidiary" means, with respect to a Person a corporation of which
such Person and/or its other Subsidiaries own, directly or indirectly, such
number of outstanding shares as have more than 50% of the ordinary voting
power for the election of directors.
"Successor Notice" has the meaning set forth in Section 8.01(b).
"Taxes" means, in the case of any assignee or participant of
Purchaser, taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges, withholdings and
liabilities, now or hereafter imposed, levied, collected, withheld or
assessed by any country (or any political subdivision thereof), excluding
income or franchise taxes imposed on it by (i) the
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jurisdiction under the laws of which such assignee or participant or
Purchaser, is organized (or by any political subdivision thereof), (ii) any
jurisdiction in which an office of such assignee or participant of
Purchaser funding or maintaining the ownership of Asset Interests is
located (or any political subdivision thereof), or (iii) any jurisdiction
in which such assignee or participant of Purchaser is already subject to
tax.
"Termination Date" means the earlier of
(a) the Purchase Termination Date; and
(b) the date which is 364 days from the Closing Date.
"Third Party Claim" has the meaning set forth in Section 13.01(b).
"Transaction Account Bank" means Wachovia and each other bank at
which, by agreement of the Seller, the Servicer and the Administrator, one
or more Transaction Accounts are maintained.
"Transaction Accounts" means the Collection Account, the Cash
Collateral Account and the Reserve Account.
"Transaction Documents" means this Agreement, the Program Fee Letter,
the Structuring Fee Letter, the First Tier Agreement, the Second Tier
Agreement, the Cap Agreements, the Account Control Agreement, the FSC
Guaranty and the other documents to be executed and delivered in connection
herewith.
"Transferor" means Catalog Seller LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company.
"Transferring Parties" means Originator, Transferor and Seller.
"UCC" means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect
in the applicable jurisdiction or jurisdictions.
"Unmatured Liquidation Event" means any event which, with the giving
of notice or lapse of time, or both, would become a Liquidation Event.
"Unpaid Balance" of any Receivable means at any time the unpaid
principal amount thereof, excluding any Finance Charge Receivables related
thereto.
"Unused Program Fee" has the meaning set forth in the Fee Letter.
"Wachovia" means Wachovia Bank, National Association.
B. Other Interpretive Matters. For purposes of this Agreement and all other
documents, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) accounting terms not
otherwise defined herein and accounting terms partly defined herein to the
extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under
generally accepted accounting principles; and unless otherwise provided,
references to any month, quarter or year refer to a fiscal month, quarter or
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year as determined in accordance with the Fashion Service Corp.'s fiscal
calendar; (b) unless defined in this Agreement or the context otherwise
requires, capitalized terms used in this Agreement which are defined in the UCC
shall have the meaning given such term in the UCC; (c) the words "hereof,"
"herein" and "hereunder" and words of similar import refer to this Agreement (or
the certificate or other document in which they are used) as a whole and not to
any particular provision of this Agreement (or the certificate or other document
in which reference is made); (d) references to any Section, Schedule, Appendix
or Exhibit are references to Sections, Schedules, Appendices and Exhibits in or
to this Agreement, and references to any paragraph, subsection, clause or other
subdivision within any Section or definition refer to such paragraph,
subsection, clause or other subdivision of such Section or definition; (e) the
term "including" means "including without limitation"; (f) references to any law
or regulation refer to that law or regulation as amended from time to time and
include any successor law or regulation; (g) references to any agreement refer
to that agreement as from time to time amended, restated or supplemented or as
the terms of such agreement are waived or modified in accordance with its terms;
and (h) references to any Person include that Person's successors and permitted
assigns.
xx
Schedule A
Addresses for Notices
Catalog Receivables LLC
c/o Fashion Service Corp.
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Attention: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Telephone: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Telecopy: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
with a copy to:
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▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention: Legal Department
Telephone: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Telecopy: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Spirit of America, Inc.
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▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Telephone: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Telecopy: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
with a copy to:
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▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention: Legal Department
Telephone: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Telecopy: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Sheffield Receivables Corporation
c/o Barclays Bank PLC
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Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, Asset Securitization Group
Telephone: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Telecopy: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Barclays Bank PLC
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Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, Asset Securitization Group
Telephone: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Telecopy: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
xxi
Schedule B
Payment Account
Bank: Barclays Bank
ABA: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Acct: 050791516
Name: Sheffield 4(2) Funding Account
Ref: Charming Shoppes - Catalog Receivables LLC
xxiii
Schedule C
Lockbox Accounts
▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank
Bedford Fair Apparel
Credit Card Settlement
6355059754
▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank
LM & B Catalog
Credit Card Settlement
6355065388
▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank
Monterey Bay Clothing
Credit Card Settlement
4100173897
JPMorgan Chase Bank (formerly Bank One N.A.)
Arizona Mail Order
Credit Depository Account
634888481
JPMorgan Chase Bank (formerly Bank One N.A.)
Bedford Fair Apparel
Credit Depository Account
634888499
JPMorgan Chase Bank (formerly Bank One N.A.)
LM & B Catalog
Credit Depository Account
634888507
JPMorgan Chase Bank (formerly Bank One N.A.)
Monterey Bay Clothing
Credit Depository Account
635885700
xxiv
Exhibit A
Procedures of Independent Accountants
1. Select a random sample of 5 applications for testing of proper approval or
denial of credit, applying the criteria specified in the Credit and
Collection Policies.
2. Select a random sample of 5 transactions representing both credit
authorizations and line changes and will review them for compliance with
Credit and Collection Policies.
3. Perform observation tests for 5 individual delinquent accounts to determine
if the collections procedures are being performed in accordance with the
Credit and Collection Policies.
4. For a random selection of 5 accounts which are in excess of 30 days
delinquent and up to 90 days delinquent, review prior account statements or
system records to determine if the system is properly aging the balances.
5. For a random selection of 5 accounts which are in excess of 90 days
delinquent, review prior account statements or system records to determine
if the system is properly aging the balances.
6. Select a random sample of 5 accounts, if any, which are in excess of 180
days delinquent and determine whether the account has been written off in
accordance with Credit and Collection Policies.
7. Select 5 days during the past 6 months and verify (i) Servicer's
calculation of the Asset Interest for such day and (ii) Servicer's
allocations of daily Collections for such days complies with Section 1.03
of the Receivables Purchase Agreement.
8. Select 2 monthly servicing reports within the past 6 months and reconcile
the following with Servicer's systems and records:
a. Beginning and ending outstanding Principal Receivables balance
b. Beginning and ending Discounted Principal Receivables Balance
c. Beginning and ending Finance Charge Receivables balance
d. Monthly Finance Charge Collections, including Discount Collections
component
e. Monthly Principal Collections
f. Monthly Charged-Off Receivables
g. Benchmark Amount
h. Required Reserve Account Amount
i. Required Reserve Account Percentage
j. Required Cash Collateral Amount
k. Cash Collateral Shortfall, Excess Cash Collateral, and Reserve Account
Shortfall if any
9. Select 2 monthly servicing reports within the past 6 months and recalculate
the following:
a. Portfolio Excess Spread Percentage including Portfolio Excess Spread
Amount
b. Monthly Principal Payment Rate
c. Dilution Percentage
10. Check the amounts distributed under the monthly reports selected and verify
compliance with the waterfall allocation as specified in Section 3.01 of
the Receivables Purchase Agreement. Verify the flow of funds to and from
accounts as complying with Section 3.01 of the Receivables Purchase
Agreement.
xxv
Exhibit B
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5 ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Tel ▇▇▇ (▇)▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
To: [________________] (the "Counterparty" or "Party B")
Attn: [________________]
Fax No: [________________]
From: BARCLAYS BANK PLC (LONDON HEAD OFFICE) ("Barclays" or "Party A")
Date: [________________]
Reference: [________________]
The purpose of this facsimile (this "Confirmation") is to confirm the terms and
conditions of the Transaction entered into between us on the Trade Date
specified below (the "Transaction").
The definitions and provisions contained in the 2000 ISDA Definitions (the "2000
Definitions"), as published by the International Swaps and Derivatives
Association, Inc. ("ISDA") are incorporated into this Confirmation. In the event
of any inconsistency between the 2000 Definitions and this Confirmation, this
Confirmation will govern for the purposes of the Transaction. References herein
to a "Transaction" shall be deemed to be references to a "Swap Transaction" for
the purposes of the 2000 Definitions. Capitalized terms used in this
Confirmation and not defined in this Confirmation or the 2000 Definitions shall
have the respective meanings assigned in the Agreement. Each party hereto agrees
to make payment to the other party hereto in accordance with the provisions of
this Confirmation and of the Agreement. In this Confirmation, "Party A" means
Barclays and "Party B" means the Counterparty.
1. This Confirmation supersedes any previous Confirmation or other
communication with respect to the Transaction and evidences a complete
and binding agreement between you and us as to the terms of the Swap
Transaction to with this Confirmation relates. This Confirmation is
subject to the terms and conditions of the ISDA Master Agreement dated
as of [________________] between each of Party A and Party B and shall
form a part of and be subject to that ISDA Master Agreement.
The terms of the particular Transaction to which this Confirmation relates are
as follows:
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2. TRADE DETAILS
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Notional Amount: USD[________________] (Amortising as per
Schedule A attached hereto).
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Trade Date: [________________]
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Effective Date: [________________]
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Termination Date: [________________]; subject to adjustment
with the Following Business Day Convention.
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Fixed Amounts:
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Fixed Rate Payer: Counterparty.
Fixed Rate Payer Payment Date(s): [ ]; subject to adjustment in accordance
with the Following Business Day Convention.
Fixed Amount: USD[________________]
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Floating Amounts:
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Floating Rate Payer: Barclays.
Cap Rate [____]%
Floating Rate Payer Period End
Date(s): The [20th]of
each month in each year
from (and including)
[________________] to
(and including) the
Termination Date; subject
to adjustment in
accordance with the
Following Business Day
Convention.
Floating Rate Payer Payment
Date(s): Each day that is
one day prior to each
Floating Rate Payer
Period End Date subject
to adjustment in
accordance with the
Preceding Business Day
Convention.
Floating Rate Option. USD-LIBOR-BBA
Floating Rate Day Count Fraction: Actual / 360.
Designated Maturity: 1 Month.
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Reset Dates: The first day of each Calculation Period.
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Business Days: New York.
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Calculation Agent: Barclays.
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Governing Law: This Transaction and this Confirmation will
be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of New York
(without reference to choice of law doctrine
except Section 5-1401 and Section 5-1402 of
the New York General Obligation Law).
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3. ACCOUNT DETAILS
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Payments to Barclays: Correspondent: BARCLAYS BANK PLC NEW YORK
FEED: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Beneficiary: BARCLAYS SWAPS
Beneficiary Account: ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇-▇
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Payments to Counterparty: [________________]
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4. OFFICES
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Barclays: Address for Notices:
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5 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
E14 4 BB
Tel: ▇▇(▇▇) ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
Fax: ▇▇(▇▇) ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
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Counterparty: Address for Notices:
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5. Left Intentionally Blank.
7. Provisions Deemed Incorporated into this Agreement upon Transfer:
The following provisions i) through vii) will be deemed to be incorporated into
the Agreement:
i) The parties agree that subparagraph (ii) of Section 2(c) of the ISDA
Form Master Agreement will apply to any Transaction.
ii) Termination Provisions. For purposes of the Agreement:
(a) "Specified Entity" means in relation to Party A for the purpose
of the Agreement:
Section 5(a)(v): None;
Section 5(a)(vi): None;
Section 5(a)(vii): None;
Section 5(b)(iv): None;
and in relation to Party B for the purpose of the Agreement:
Section 5(a)(v): None;
Section 5(a)(vi): None;
Section 5(a)(vii): None;
Section 5(b)(iv): None.
(b) "Specified Transaction" shall be inapplicable to Party A and
Party B.
(c) The "Breach of Agreement" provisions of Section 5(a)(ii) of the
Agreement will be inapplicable to Party A and Party B.
(d) The "Credit Support Default" provisions of Section 5(a)(iii) of
the Agreement will be inapplicable to Party B.
(e) The "Misrepresentation" provisions of Section 5(a)(iv) of the
Agreement will be inapplicable to Party A and Party B.
(f) The "Default Under Specified Transaction" provisions of Section
5(a)(v) of the Agreement will be inapplicable to Party A and
Party B.
(g) The "Cross Default" provisions of Section 5(a)(vi) of the
Agreement will be inapplicable to Party A and Party B.
(h) The "Credit Event Upon Merger" provisions of Section 5(b)(iv) of
the Agreement will be inapplicable to Party A and Party B.
(i) The "Bankruptcy" provision of Section 5(a)(vii)(2) will not apply
to Party B.
(j) The "Automatic Early Termination" provision of Section 6(a) of
the Agreement will be inapplicable to Party A and Party B.
(k) Payments on Early Termination. For the purpose of Section 6(e) of
the Transferred Agreement:
(i) Market Quotation will apply.
(ii) The Second Method will apply.
(l) "Termination Currency" means United States Dollars.
iii) Tax Representations.
Payer Tax Representations. For the purpose of Section 3(e), each of
Barclays and the Counterparty makes the following representation:
It is not required by any applicable law, as modified by the practice
of any relevant governmental revenue authority, of any Relevant
Jurisdiction to make any deduction or withholding for or on account of
any Tax from any payment (other than interest under Section 2(e),
6(d)(ii) or 6(e) of this Agreement) to be made by it to the other
party under this Agreement. In making this representation, it may rely
on: (i) the accuracy of any representation made by the other party
pursuant to Section 3(f) of this Agreement; (ii) the satisfaction of
the agreement of the other party contained in Section 4(a)(i) or
4(a)(iii) of this Agreement and the accuracy and effectiveness of any
document provided by the other party pursuant to Section 4(a)(i) or
4(a)(iii) of this Agreement; and (iii) the satisfaction of the
agreement of the other party contained in Section 4(d) of this
Agreement, provided that it shall not be a breach of this
representation where reliance is placed on clause (ii) and the other
party does not deliver a form or document under Section 4(a)(iii) by
reason of material prejudice to its legal or commercial position.
Barclays Payee Tax Representations. For the purpose of Section 3(f),
Barclays makes the following representations:
(i) with respect to payments made to Party A which are not effectively
connected to the United States:
It is a public limited company organized and existing under the laws
of England and Wales.
It is a non-U.S. branch of a foreign person for United States federal
income tax purposes;
It is fully eligible for the benefits of the "Business Profits"
provision, the "Interest" provision, or the "Other Income" provision
of the Specified Treaty with respect to any payment described in such
provisions and received or to be received by it in connection with
this Agreement, and no such payment is attributable to a trade or
business carried on by it through a permanent establishment in the
United States. If such representation applies, then: "Specified
Treaty" means the income tax convention between the United Kingdom and
the United States.
(ii) with respect to payments made to Party A which are effectively
connected to the United States:
Each payment received or to be received by it in connection with this
Agreement will be effectively connected with its conduct of a trade or
business in the United States.
Counterparty Payee Tax Representations. For the purpose of Section
3(f), Counterparty makes the following representation:
Counterparty represents that it is a "United States person" as
such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
iv) Documents to be Delivered. For the purpose of Section 4(a):
(a) Tax forms, documents or certificates to be delivered are:
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Party required to deliver document Form/Document/Certificate Date by which to be delivered
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Barclays and Counterparty Any document required or Promptly after the earlier of
reasonably requested to allow (i) reasonable demand by
the other party to make either party or (ii) within 30
payments under this Agreement days of the Transfer Date.
without any deduction or
withholding for or on the
account of any Tax or with
such deduction or withholding
at a reduced rate.
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(b) Other Documents to be delivered are:
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Party required to Form/Document/Certificate Date by which to be Covered by Section
deliver document delivered 3(d) representation
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Barclays and the Any documents required or Within 10 Business Yes
Counterparty reasonably requested by the Days of the
receiving party to evidence Effective Date
authority of the delivering
party to execute and deliver
this Agreement, any Confirmation
to which it is a party, and to
evidence the authority of the
delivering party to perform its
obligations under this
Agreement, and such Confirmation
as the case may be.
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Barclays and the A certificate of an authorized Within 10 Business Yes
Counterparty officer of the party, as to the Days of the
incumbency and authority of the Effective Date
respective officers of the party
signing this agreement, or any
Confirmation, as the case may be.
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v) Miscellaneous.
(a) Address for Notices: For the purposes of Section 12(a) of this
Agreement:
Address for notices or communications to Barclays:
Address: ▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇
Facsimile: ▇▇(▇▇) ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Phone: ▇▇(▇▇) ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Address for notices or communications to the Counterparty:
To be provided by counterparty.
(b) Process Agent. For the purpose of Section 13(c):
Barclays appoints as its Process Agent: Barclays Bank PLC, New York
Branch.
Counterparty appoints as its Process Agent: Not Applicable.
(c) Offices. The provisions of Section 10(a) will apply to this Agreement.
(d) Multibranch Party. For the purpose of Section 10(c) of this Agreement:
Barclays is a Multibranch Party and may act through its London and New
York offices.
Counterparty is not a Multibranch Party.
(e) Calculation Agent. The Calculation Agent is Barclays; provided,
however, that if an Event of Default occurs with respect to Barclays,
then the Counterparty shall be entitled to appoint a financial
institution which would qualify as a Reference Market-maker to act as
Calculation Agent.
(f) Credit Support Document. Not applicable for either Barclays or the
Counterparty.
(g) Credit Support Provider.
With respect to Barclays: Not Applicable.
With respect to Counterparty: Not Applicable.
(i) Consent to Recording. Each party hereto consents and agrees the
monitoring or recording, at any time and from time to time, by the
other party of any and all communications between officers or
employees of the parties, waives any further notice of such monitoring
or recording, and agrees to notify its officers and employees of such
monitoring or recording.
(j) Waiver of Jury Trial. To the extent permitted by applicable law, each
party irrevocably waives any and all right to trial by jury in any
legal proceeding in connection with this Agreement, any Credit Support
Document to which it is a Party, or any Transaction. Each party also
acknowledges that this waiver is a material inducement to the other
party's entering into this Agreement.
(k) "Affiliate" Counterparty shall be deemed to not have any Affiliates
for purposes of this Agreement.
(l) Severability. If any term, provision, covenant, or condition of this
Agreement, or the application thereof to any party or circumstance,
shall be held to be invalid or unenforceable (in whole or in part) for
any reason, the remaining terms, provisions, covenants, and conditions
hereof shall continue in full force and effect as if this Agreement
had been executed with the invalid or unenforceable portion
eliminated, so long as this Agreement as so modified continues to
express, without material change, the original intentions of the
parties as to the subject matter of this Agreement and the deletion of
such portion of this Agreement will not substantially impair the
respective benefits or expectations of the parties.
(m) Security Interest. Party A hereby acknowledges that Party B has
granted a security interest in all right, title, claims and demands of
Party B in, to and under this Confirmation to Barclays Bank PLC in its
capacity a the Administrator (in such capacity, the "Administrator")
under the Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of May 18, 2005, as
amended, among Party B, as Seller, Spirit of America, Inc., as
Servicer, Sheffield Receivables Corporation, as Purchaser, and the
Administrator. Party A further agrees that if the Administrator so
directs, Party A will remit payments owing to Party B under this
Confirmation to the Administrator or as the Administrator directs, and
Party A hereby consents to the foregoing.
The parties shall endeavor to engage in good faith negotiations to
replace any invalid or unenforceable term, provision, covenant or
condition with a valid or enforceable term, provision, covenant or
condition, the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to
that of the invalid or unenforceable term, provision, covenant or
condition
vi) Additional Representations:
Each party represents to the other party that (absent a written agreement
between the parties that expressly imposes affirmative obligations to the
contrary):-
(a) Non-Reliance. It is acting for its own account, and it has made its
own independent decisions to enter into the Transaction and as to
whether the Transaction is appropriate or proper based upon its own
judgment and upon advice from such advisers as it has deemed
necessary. It is not relying on any communication (written or oral) of
the other party as investment advice or as a recommendation to enter
into the Transaction: it being understood that information and
explanations related to the terms and conditions of the Transaction
shall not be considered investment advice or a recommendation to enter
into the Transaction. No communication (written or oral) received from
the other party shall be deemed to be an assurance or guarantee as to
the expected results of the Transaction.
(b) Assessment and Understanding. It is capable of assessing the merits of
and understanding (on its own behalf or through independent
professional advice), and understands and accepts, the terms,
conditions and risks of the Transaction. It is also capable of
assuming, and assumes, the risks of the Transaction.
(c) Status of Parties. The other party is not acting as a fiduciary for or
an adviser to it in respect of the Transaction.
(d) Purpose. It is entering into the Transaction for the purposes of
hedging its assets or liabilities or in connection with a line of
business.
(e) Eligible Contract Participant Representation. It is an "eligible
contract participant" within the meaning of Section 1(a)(12) of the
Commodity Exchange Act, as amended, including as amended by the
Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000.
vii) Other Provisions.
(a) Fully-Paid Party Protected. Notwithstanding the terms of Sections 5
and 6 of the Agreement if Party B has satisfied in full all of its
payment obligations under Section 2(a)(i) of the Agreement, then
unless Party A is required pursuant to appropriate proceedings to
return to Party B or otherwise returns to Party B upon demand of
Party B any portion of such payment, (a) the occurrence of an event
described in Section 5(a) of the Agreement with respect to Party B
shall not constitute an Event of Default or Potential Event of Default
with respect to Party B as the Defaulting Party and (b) Party A shall
be entitled to designate an Early Termination Event pursuant to
Section 6 of the Agreement only as a result of a Termination Event set
forth in either Section 5(b)(i) or Section 5(b)(ii) of the Agreement
with respect to Party A as the Affected Party or Section 5(b)(iii) of
the Agreement with respect to Party A as the Burdened Party. For
purposes of the Transaction to which this Confirmation relates, Party
B's only obligation under Section 2(a)(i) of the Agreement is to pay
the Fixed Amount on the Fixed Rate Payer Payment Date.
(b) Set-off. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement or any other
existing or future agreement, each party irrevocably waives any and
all rights it may have to set off, net, recoup or otherwise withhold
or suspend or condition payment or performance of any obligation
between it and the other party hereunder against any obligation
between it and the other party under any other agreements. The
provisions for Set-off set forth in Section 6(e) of the Agreement
shall not apply for purposes of this Transaction.
(c) Proceedings. Party A shall not institute against or cause any other
person to institute against, or join any other person in instituting
against, Party B, any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement,
insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other proceedings under any
federal or state bankruptcy, dissolution or similar law, for a period
of one year and one day (or, if longer, the applicable preference
period) following indefeasible payment in full of the Final Payment
Date (as defined in the Receivables Purchase Agreement).
[Rest of Page Left Intentionally Blank]
The time of dealing will be confirmed by Barclays upon written request. Barclays
is regulated by the Financial Services Authority. Barclays is acting for its own
account in respect of this Transaction.
Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth all the terms and
conditions of our agreement with respect to the Transaction by responding within
three (3) Business Days by promptly signing in the space provided below and both
(i) faxing the signed copy to Incoming Transaction Documentation, Barclays
Capital Global OTC Transaction Documentation & Management, Global Operations,
Fax ▇(▇▇) ▇▇-▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇/6857, Tel ▇(▇▇) ▇▇-▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇/6904/6965, and (ii) mailing
the signed copy to Barclays Bank PLC, 5 ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, Attention of Incoming Transaction Documentation, Barclays
Capital Global OTC Transaction Documentation & Management, Global Operation.
Your failure to respond within such period shall not affect the validity or
enforceability of the Transaction against you. This facsimile shall be the only
documentation in respect of the Transaction and accordingly no hard copy
versions of this Confirmation for this Transaction shall be provided unless the
Counterparty requests.
For and on behalf of For and on behalf of
BARCLAYS BANK PLC [________________]
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Name: Name:
Title: Title:
Date: Date:
Subject to any confidentiality arrangements with Party B, Barclays Bank PLC and
its Affiliates, including Barclays Capital Inc., may share with each other
information, including non-public credit information, concerning its clients and
prospective clients for purposes of evaluating the credit quality of a
transaction counterparty. If you do not want such information to be shared, you
must write to the Director of Compliance, Barclays Bank PLC, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇.
Schedule A to the Confirmation dated as of May 11, 2005
Re: Reference Number XXXXXXXXB
Period Start Date Period End Date Notional (in USD)
[ ] [ ] [55,000,000]
[ ] [ ] [55,000,000]
[ ] [ ] [55,000,000]
[ ] [ ] [55,000,000]
[ ] [ ] [55,000,000]
[ ] [ ] [55,000,000]
[ ] [ ] [55,000,000]
[ ] [ ] [55,000,000]
[ ] [ ] [55,000,000]
[ ] [ ] [55,000,000]
[ ] [ ] [55,000,000]
[ ] [ ] [55,000,000]
[ ] [ ] [51,071,429]
[ ] [ ] [47,142,857]
[ ] [ ] [43,214,286]
[ ] [ ] [39,285,714]
[ ] [ ] [35,357,143]
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Exhibit C
FIRST TIER
PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT
Dated as of June 2, 2005
among
CROSSTOWN TRADERS, INC.,
and certain of its subsidiaries,
as sellers,
and
CATALOG SELLER LLC,
as purchaser,
and
SPIRIT OF AMERICA, INC.,
as Servicer
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS......................................................2
ARTICLE II AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE AND SELL...................................4
SECTION 2.1. Agreement to Purchase and Sell............................4
SECTION 2.2. Automatic Additional Accounts.............................6
SECTION 2.3. Additional Included Portfolios............................6
ARTICLE III CALCULATION OF PURCHASE PRICE....................................6
SECTION 3.1. Calculation of Purchase Price.............................6
ARTICLE IV PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE........................................7
SECTION 4.1. Purchase Price Payment....................................7
SECTION 4.2. No Recourse or Assumption of Obligations..................8
SECTION 4.3. Recordkeeping.............................................8
SECTION 4.4. Settlement as to Specific Receivables.....................9
SECTION 4.5. Settlement as to Dilution.................................9
SECTION 4.6. Reimbursement By Sub-Originators..........................9
SECTION 4.7. Reconveyance of Receivables..............................10
SECTION 4.8. Loans by Catalog Seller..................................10
ARTICLE V CONDITIONS OF PURCHASES.........................................10
SECTION 5.1. Conditions Precedent to Initial Purchase.................10
ARTICLE VI REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF ORIGINATOR....................11
SECTION 6.1. Organization and Good Standing...........................11
SECTION 6.2. Due Qualification........................................11
SECTION 6.3. Power and Authority; Due Authorization...................11
SECTION 6.4. Enforceability...........................................11
SECTION 6.5. No Conflict..............................................11
SECTION 6.6. No Violation.............................................12
SECTION 6.7. No Proceedings...........................................12
SECTION 6.8. All Consents Required....................................12
SECTION 6.9. Investment Company Act...................................12
SECTION 6.10. Quality of Title.........................................12
SECTION 6.11. Accuracy of Information..................................13
SECTION 6.12. Accounts.................................................13
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ARTICLE VII COVENANTS OF ORIGINATORS........................................13
SECTION 7.1. Covenants................................................13
SECTION 7.2. Reporting Requirements...................................14
ARTICLE VIII ADDITIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS IN RESPECT OF THE
RECEIVABLES.....................................................15
SECTION 8.1. Rights of Catalog Seller.................................15
SECTION 8.2. Responsibilities of Originators..........................15
SECTION 8.3. Further Action Evidencing Purchases......................15
SECTION 8.4. Additional Financing Statements..........................16
SECTION 8.5. Application of Collections...............................16
ARTICLE IX INDEMNIFICATION.................................................16
SECTION 9.1. Indemnities by Originators...............................16
ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS...................................................17
SECTION 10.1. Amendments, etc..........................................17
SECTION 10.2. Notices, etc.............................................18
SECTION 10.3. No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies...........................18
SECTION 10.4. Binding Effect; Assignability............................18
SECTION 10.5. Governing Law............................................18
SECTION 10.6. Costs, Expenses and Taxes................................18
SECTION 10.7. SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION...............................19
SECTION 10.8. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.....................................19
SECTION 10.9. Captions and Cross References; Incorporation by
Reference................................................19
SECTION 10.10. Execution in Counterparts................................19
SECTION 10.11. Acknowledgment and Agreement.............................19
SECTION 10.12. No Proceedings...........................................20
SCHEDULE A - Addresses for Notices
EXHIBIT A - Form of Purchase Report
EXHIBIT B - Form of Joinder Agreement
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FIRST TIER PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT
THIS FIRST TIER PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT (as amended, supplemented or
modified from time to time, this "Agreement"), dated as of June2, 2005, is
among:
(i) CROSSTOWN TRADERS, INC. , a Delaware corporation ("Parent
Originator"),
(ii) ARIZONA MAIL ORDER COMPANY, INC., a Delaware corporation
("Arizona"),
(iii) BEDFORD FAIR APPAREL, INC., a Delaware corporation ("Bedford"),
(iv) LM&B CATALOG, INC., a Delaware corporation ("LM&B"),
(v) MONTEREY BAY CLOTHING COMPANY, INC., a Delaware corporation
("Monterey");
(vi) any other Subsidiary of Parent Originator that may become a party
hereto as contemplated by Section 2.3 (together with Arizona,
Bedford, LM&B and Monterey, the "Sub-Originators");
(vii) CATALOG SELLER LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Catalog
Seller"), and
(viii) SPIRIT OF AMERICA, INC., a Delaware corporation (in such capacity,
the "Servicer") as Servicer pursuant to the Receivables Purchase
Agreement.
Background
A. Catalog Seller is a Delaware limited liability company, the sole equity
member of which is Fashion Service Corp., a Delaware corporation ("FSC").
B. Each of the Sub-Originators is a Subsidiary of the Parent Originator.
C. Each of the Sub-Originators and the Parent Originator (collectively, the
"Originators") wish to obtain funding for its businesses by selling
Receivables and Related Rights as contemplated hereby, with the understanding
that Catalog Seller will, in turn, sell such Receivables and Related Rights to
CR LLC.
D. Spirit of America, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Spirit"), will
provide services as Servicer pursuant to the Receivables Purchase Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements
herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Unless otherwise indicated, certain terms that are capitalized and used
throughout this Agreement are defined in Appendix A to the Amended and Restated
Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated June 2, 2005 (as amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified, the "Receivables Purchase Agreement"), among CATALOG
RECEIVABLES LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as the Seller ("CR LLC"),
Spirit as Servicer, SHEFFIELD RECEIVABLES CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation,
as purchaser ("Sheffield"), and BARCLAYS BANK PLC, a public limited company
organized under the laws of England and Wales ("Barclays"), as administrator for
Sheffield (in such capacity, the "Administrator"). The following terms have the
respective meanings indicated herein below:
"Addition Cut-Off Date" means, as to the Accounts in any portfolio that
becomes an Included Portfolio after the Initial Cut-Off Date, the date specified
by Parent Originator to Catalog Seller.
"Addition Date" means, as to any Automatic Additional Account, the date on
which such account is created or otherwise becomes an Automatic Additional
Account.
"Additional Account" means (i) each revolving charge account included in an
Included Portfolio designated after the Initial Funding Date pursuant to Section
2.3 hereof, and (ii) each Automatic Additional Account.
"Adjusted Net Worth" means, at any time, Catalog Seller's net worth
determined in accordance with GAAP, except that the value given to any deferred
purchase price payable by CR LLC to Catalog Seller in respect of Receivables
shall not exceed the aggregate outstanding amount of the Receivables (excluding
Charged-Off Receivables).
"Automatic Additional Account" means each revolving charge account in any
Included Portfolio that is established pursuant to a Contract coming into
existence after (a) the Initial Cut-Off Date (in the case of an Included
Portfolio existing as of the Initial Cut-Off Date) or (b) the Addition Cut-Off
Date relating to the first Addition Date on which receivables from accounts in
the applicable portfolio are transferred to Catalog Seller (in the case of any
other Included Portfolio) and, in either case, prior to the Automatic Addition
Termination Date for the related portfolio.
"Automatic Addition Termination Date" shall have the meaning assigned to
such term in Section 2.2.
"Bank Agent" means Wachovia Bank, National Association, in its capacity as
Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and Joint Book Lender under the Bank
Credit Agreement.
"Bank Credit Agreement" means the Amended and Restated Loan and Security
Agreement, dated as of January 29, 2004 among Charming Shoppes, Inc., certain of
its subsidiaries (including the Originator), and certain lenders party thereto,
as such agreement may
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be amended or modified and in fact, and under any successor credit agreement for
which Wachovia Bank, National Association is the Administrative Agent.
"Bank Lenders" means the lenders under the Bank Credit Agreement.
"Buyer" shall mean each of Parent Originator and Catalog Seller, as
applicable, in its capacity hereunder as a purchaser of Receivables and Related
Rights.
"Deemed Collection" means amounts payable by Parent Originator pursuant to
Section 4.4 or 4.5.
"Excluded Amounts" shall mean Purchase and Sale Indemnified Amounts to the
extent resulting from gross negligence, breach of contract or willful misconduct
on the part of any Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party, (ii) recourse (except as
otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement) for any Receivable that is
not paid as a result of credit related issues, or (iii) any tax based upon or
measured by net income.
"Ineligible Purchased Receivable" means a Receivable purchased hereunder
that is not an Eligible Receivable as of the date such Receivable was purchased
by Catalog Seller.
"Initial Accounts" means each revolving charge account existing in the
Included Portfolios as of the Initial Cut-Off Date.
"Initial Cut-Off Date" means May 25, 2005 or such other date as to which
Originator and Catalog Seller may agree in writing.
"Initial Funding Date" means June 2, 2005 or another date mutually agreed
between Parent Originator and Catalog Seller.
"Minimum Net Worth" means, at any time, 3.5% of the aggregate outstanding
amount of the Receivables (excluding Charged-Off Receivables).
"Originator Material Adverse Effect" means, with respect to an Originator
and any event or circumstance, a material adverse effect on:
(i) the ability of such Originator to perform its obligations under this
Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which such Originator is a party;
(ii) the validity, enforceability as against such Originator of this
Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which such Originator is a party
or the Receivables, the Accounts or the related Contracts, in each case taken as
a whole; or
(iii) the status, existence, perfection, priority or enforceability of
Catalog Seller's interest in a material portion of the Receivables assets
described in Section 2.1.
"Purchase and Sale Indemnified Amounts" shall have the meaning assigned to
such term in Section 9.1 hereof.
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"Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party" shall have the meaning assigned to
such term in Section 9.1 hereof.
"Purchase and Sale Termination Date" shall be the Final Payout Date under
the Receivables Purchase Agreement or such later date as shall be agreed in
writing among Originators, Catalog Seller and the Servicer.
"Purchase Facility" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
2.1 hereof.
"Purchase Price" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
3.1(a) hereof.
"Purchase Report" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
3.1(b) hereof.
"Related Rights" with respect to any Receivables, shall mean:
(i) all rights to, but not the obligations under, related Contracts
and Related Security with respect to such Receivables;
(ii) all Collections with respect to such Receivables, Contracts and
Related Security;
(iii) all books and records related to any of the foregoing; and
(iv) all proceeds of the foregoing (as defined in the UCC) received on
or after the date hereof including, without limitation, all funds which
either are received by an Originator or the Servicer from or on behalf of
the Obligors in payment of any amounts owed in respect of Receivables, or
are applied to such amounts owed by the Obligors; provided, that, the
Related Rights shall not include any interests in any returned, repossessed
or foreclosed goods and/or merchandise the sale of which gave rise to a
Receivable.
ARTICLE II
AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE AND SELL
Section 2.1 Agreement to Purchase and Sell. (a) On the terms and subject to
the conditions set forth in this Agreement (including Article V), and in
consideration of the applicable Purchase Price, each Sub-Originator agrees to
sell, assign and transfer, and does hereby sell, assign and transfer to Parent
Originator, and Parent Originator agrees to purchase, and does hereby purchase,
from such Sub-Originator, all of such Sub-Originator's right, title and interest
in and to:
(i) all Receivables of such Sub-Originator arising in the Initial Accounts
and existing as of the close of business on the Initial Cut-Off Date
and all Receivables thereafter arising in the Initial Accounts until
the Purchase and Sale Termination Date;
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(ii) all Receivables of such Sub-Originator arising in Additional Accounts
existing as of the close of business on each applicable Addition Date,
or if earlier, the applicable Addition Cut-Off Date, and all
Receivables thereafter arising in the Additional Accounts until the
Purchase Termination Date; and
(iii) all Related Rights with respect to such Receivables.
(b) On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement
(including Article IV), and in consideration of the applicable Purchase Price,
Parent Originator agrees to sell, assign and transfer, and does hereby sell,
assign and transfer to Catalog Seller, and Catalog Seller agrees to purchase,
and does hereby purchase, from Parent Originator, all of Parent Originator's
right, title and interest in and to:
(i) all Receivables arising in the Initial Accounts in existence as of the
close of business on the Initial Cut-Off Date and all Receivables
thereafter arising in the Initial Accounts until the Purchase and Sale
Termination Date, including without limitation Receivables acquired by
Parent Originator from the Sub-Originators;
(ii) all Receivables arising in Additional Accounts and existing as of the
close of business on each applicable Addition Date, or if earlier, the
applicable Addition Cut-Off Date, and all Receivables thereafter
arising in the Additional Accounts until the Purchase Termination
Date, including without limitation Receivables acquired by Parent
Originator from the Sub-Originators; and
(iii) all Related Rights with respect to such Receivables.
(b) All purchases hereunder shall be made without recourse, but shall be
made pursuant to and in reliance upon the representations, warranties and
covenants of the applicable Originator set forth herein. Catalog Seller's
foregoing commitment to purchase Receivables and Related Rights, is herein
called the "Purchase Facility".
(c) It is the intention of the parties hereto that each conveyance of
Receivables and Related Rights hereunder shall constitute a sale, which sale is
absolute and irrevocable and provides the applicable Buyer with the full
benefits of ownership of the Receivables and Related Rights. If, notwithstanding
such intention, any sale by an Originator of Receivables or Related Rights
hereunder shall be characterized as a secured loan or such sale for shall any
reason be ineffective or unenforceable, then this Agreement shall be deemed to
constitute a security agreement under the UCC and other applicable law. For this
purpose and without being in derogation of the parties' intention that the sale
of Receivables and Related Rights hereunder shall constitute a true sale, each
Originator hereby grants to the applicable Buyer a security interest in all of
such Originator's right, title and interest to and under all Receivables which
are now or hereafter arising (including without limitation, in the case of
Parent Originator, Receivables acquired by it from Sub-Originators), all Related
Rights with respect thereto and all
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Collections and other proceeds thereof to secure the prompt and complete payment
of a loan deemed to have been made in the amount equal to the Purchase Price of
Receivables transferred to such Buyer by such Originator hereunder. In respect
thereof, such Buyer and its assigns shall have all rights and remedies provided
to a secured creditor under the UCC and other applicable law which rights and
remedies shall be cumulative.
Section 2.2 Automatic Additional Accounts. Automatic Additional Accounts
shall be included as Accounts from and after the date upon which they are
created, and all Receivables in Automatic Additional Accounts, whether such
Receivables are then existing or thereafter created, shall be transferred
automatically by the applicable Sub-Originator to Parent Originator, and by
Parent Originator to Catalog Seller, upon their creation. At any time Parent
Originator may terminate the inclusion in Accounts of new accounts originated by
any Sub-Originator which would otherwise be Automatic Addition Accounts,
provided that (i) such Sub-Originator shall have consented to such termination,
(ii) such termination shall be effective on a Business Day (the "Automatic
Addition Termination Date"), (iii) Parent Originator shall have given Catalog
Seller, CR LLC and the Administrator written notice of such termination at least
ten days prior to the Automatic Addition Termination Date, and (iv) such
termination would not be expected to cause a Liquidation Event. Each of Catalog
Seller, CR LLC and Administrator hereby authorizes each Originator to file, at
its own expense and following delivery of a copy thereof to the Administrator, a
partial release to the financing statements showing such Originator as debtor
and referred to in Section 8.3 after each Automatic Addition Termination Date
applicable to such Originator, to release any security interest in any accounts
in the related portfolio created after the Automatic Addition Termination Date.
Section 2.3 Additional Included Portfolios. Parent Originator may from time
to time designate additional portfolios of accounts to be "Included Portfolios"
which are of similar customer profile and product profile and which were
originated using similar underwriting criteria as other Accounts currently
arising in the Included Portfolio; provided, that (i) the Sub-Originator that
originated such portfolio shall have consented to such designation, (ii) Parent
Originator shall have provided Catalog Seller, CR LLC, Servicer, the
Administrator and ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ not less than five (5) Business Days' notice prior to
such designation, (iii) such designation is not reasonably expected to cause a
Material Adverse Effect, and (iv) if a Subsidiary of Parent Originator other
than Arizona, Bedford, LM&B or Monterey is the originator of any of the Accounts
included in such additional portfolio, such Subsidiary shall (x) have been
approved in writing by the Administrator (y) have become a party to this
Agreement by executing a Joinder Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit
B hereto, and (z) have caused its counsel to deliver to the Administrator
opinions comparable to those delivered to the Administrator with respect to the
other Originators on the Initial Funding Date.
ARTICLE III
CALCULATION OF PURCHASE PRICE
Section 3.1 Calculation of Purchase Price. (a) On the terms and subject to
the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each Buyer agrees to make all
Purchase Price payments to the applicable Originator in accordance with Article
IV. The "Purchase Price" (to be paid to an Originator in accordance with the
terms of Article IV) for the Receivables conveyed on any day,
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and the Related Rights with respect thereto, shall be (i) for all of the
Charged-Off Receivables conveyed on the Initial Funding Date, $1,176,835
(representing approximately 4.0% of the unpaid amount thereof as of the Initial
Cut-Off Date), and (ii) for all other Receivables, the aggregate unpaid amount
of such Receivables (without giving effect to any discounting).
(b) On the Initial Funding Date and on each Report Date, Servicer shall
deliver to Catalog Seller and Parent Originator (on behalf of each Originator) a
report, in form and substance satisfactory to Catalog Seller and Originators
(each such report being herein called a "Purchase Report", which is
substantially in the form of Exhibit A), which report shall describe the
purchases of Receivables by a Buyer from an Originator that occurred during the
preceding Due Period (or, in the case of the Initial Funding Date, on such
date), and the other amounts paid or to be payable with respect to such Due
Period pursuant to Article III hereof.
ARTICLE IV
PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE
Section 4.1 Purchase Price Payment. (a) On the Initial Funding Date, (i)
Parent Originator shall pay to each Sub-Originator the Purchase Price for the
Receivables sold by such Sub-Originator to Parent Originator on the Initial
Funding Date and (ii) Catalog Seller shall pay Parent Originator the Purchase
Price for the Receivables sold to Catalog Seller on the Initial Funding Date.
(b) On each Business Day after the Initial Funding Date, each
Sub-Originator and Parent Originator shall settle as to the Purchase Price for
Receivables and Related Rights conveyed to Parent Originator by Sub-Originator
since the preceding Business Day. Parent Originator shall pay such Purchase
Price to such Sub-Originator in cash.
(c) On each Business Day after the Initial Funding Date, Catalog Seller and
Parent Originator shall settle as to the Purchase Price for Receivables and
Related Rights conveyed by Parent Originator to Catalog Seller since the
preceding Business Day. Amounts paid by Catalog Seller to the Parent Originator
on such day shall be applied as follows:
first, as a payment of interest on outstanding deferred Purchase
Price, calculated as provided in subsection (d), with respect to the
related (or any earlier) period;
second, as a payment of the remaining Purchase Price for Receivables
conveyed since the preceding Business Day and the Related Rights with
respect thereto;
third, as a payment of deferred Purchase Price for Receivables
conveyed during any prior period and the Related Rights with respect
thereto; and
fourth, if Parent Originator and Catalog Seller so agree, as a loan by
Catalog Seller to Originator, on the terms described in Section 4.7.
(d) Any portion of the Purchase Price for Receivables and Related Rights
conveyed on any day that is not paid under priority second of subsection (c)
above shall be treated as deferred Purchase Price and shall be payable from time
to time as provided in such subsection
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(c); provided that the aggregate outstanding amount of such deferred Purchase
Price at any time shall not cause the Adjusted Net Worth to be less than the
Minimum Net Worth. Catalog Seller shall pay interest on the deferred Purchase
Price outstanding from time to time under this Agreement at a variable rate per
annum equal to the rate of interest published in the Wall Street Journal as the
"Federal Funds" rate plus 1.0% per annum as of the last Business Day of the most
recent Due Period. Such interest shall be computed on the basis of the actual
number of days elapsed and a 365-day year and shall be paid as provided in
subsection (c).
For administrative convenience, interest on such deferred Purchase Price
and interest on any loans from Catalog Seller to Parent Originator described in
Section 4.8 shall be calculated on the following basis. On each Settlement Date,
Catalog Seller and Parent Originator shall determine whether, after giving
effect to subsection (b), any deferred Purchase Price was outstanding during the
related (or any earlier) Due Period and whether there was any loan outstanding
from Catalog Seller to Parent Originator during such Due Period. Any such
outstanding deferred Purchase Price or outstanding loan is referred to below as
an "Intercompany Balance". Catalog Seller and Parent Originator will then
determine the average of the outstanding Intercompany Balances for each day
during that Due Period, treating any deferred Purchase Price as a positive
number and any loan as a negative number for purposes of this calculation. If
such average is a positive number, then the amount of deferred Purchase Price
outstanding on each day during the related Due Period shall be deemed (solely
for purposes of calculating interest) to have equaled such positive number (and
the amount of loans outstanding on each day during such Due Period shall be
deemed to have been zero). Conversely, if such average is a negative number,
then the principal amount of the loan outstanding on each day during the related
Due Period shall be deemed (solely for purposes of calculating interest) to have
equaled the absolute value of such negative number (and the amount of deferred
Purchase Price outstanding on each day during such Due Period shall be deemed to
have been zero).
Section 4.2 No Recourse or Assumption of Obligations. (a) Except as
specifically provided in this Agreement, the contribution, purchase and sale of
Receivables by an Originator under this Agreement shall be without recourse to
such Originator. Each Originator and the applicable Buyer intend the
transactions hereunder to constitute true sales of Receivables by such
Originator to such Buyer, providing such Buyer with the full risks and benefits
of ownership of the Receivables (such that the Receivables would not be property
of such Originator's estate upon the occurrence of an Event of Bankruptcy with
respect to such Originator).
(b) Catalog Seller shall not have any obligation or liability with respect
to any Receivable, nor shall Catalog Seller have any obligation or liability to
any Obligor or other customer or client of an Originator (including any
obligation to perform any of the obligations of such Originator under the
Receivables).
Section 4.3 Recordkeeping. Servicer shall make all appropriate record
keeping entries with respect to the deferred Purchase Price to reflect payments
by Catalog Seller thereon and Servicer's books and records shall constitute
rebuttable presumptive evidence of all accrued and unpaid deferred Purchase
Price and interest thereon.
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Section 4.4 Settlement as to Specific Receivables. Subject to Section
8.2(a) hereof, if an officer of an Originator obtains knowledge or receives
notice from Catalog Seller, the Servicer or the Administrator that (a) on the
day that any Receivable purchased hereunder was purchased by Catalog Seller any
of the representations or warranties set forth in Section 6.10 was not true with
respect to such Receivable, or such Receivable was an Ineligible Purchased
Receivable or (b) as a result of any action or inaction of an Originator, on any
day any of the representations or warranties set forth in Section 6.10 is no
longer true with respect to a Receivable, then such Originator shall notify
Parent Originator and Catalog Seller and Parent Originator shall reduce the
Purchase Price payable to Parent Originator by Catalog Seller with respect to
Receivables that arose on such day by an amount equal to the unpaid amount of
such Receivable; provided, however, that if there have been no purchases of
Receivables (or insufficiently large purchases of Receivables to create a
Purchase Price large enough to so reduce by the amount of such net reduction)
from Parent Originator on such day, any amount owed by which the Purchase Price
payable to Parent Originator would have been reduced pursuant to the immediately
preceding clause of this sentence shall be paid by Parent Originator on or prior
to the following Settlement Date in immediately available funds deposited in
such account as Catalog Seller may specify in writing to Parent Originator from
time to time; provided, further, that if Catalog Seller thereafter receives
payment on account of Collections due with respect to such Receivable, Catalog
Seller promptly shall deliver such funds to Parent Originator.
Section 4.5 Settlement as to Dilution. Each Purchase Report shall include,
in respect of the Receivables previously generated by the Originators, a
calculation of the aggregate net reduction in the aggregate unpaid amount of
such Receivables owed by particular Obligors on account of any defective,
rejected or returned merchandise or services, any cash discount, or any
incorrect ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, other adjustments, or setoffs in respect of any claims by
the Obligor(s) thereof against any Originator or any of its Affiliates (other
than Catalog Seller) (whether such claims arise out of the same or a related or
unrelated transaction), or any rebate or refund during the most recent month.
Subject to Section 8.2(a) hereof, the Purchase Price to be paid to Parent
Originator by Catalog Seller for the Receivables generated on the day on which
such Purchase Report is delivered shall be decreased by the amount of such net
reduction; provided, however, that if there have been no purchases of
Receivables (or insufficiently large purchases of Receivables to create a
Purchase Price large enough to so reduce by the amount of such net reduction)
from Parent Originator on such day, any amount owed by which the Purchase Price
payable to Parent Originator would have been reduced pursuant to the immediately
preceding clause of this sentence shall be paid on or prior to the following
Settlement Date in immediately available funds deposited in such account as
Catalog Seller may specify in writing to Parent Originator from time to time.
Section 4.6 Reimbursement By Sub-Originators. In the event that Parent
Originator has made a payment to Catalog Seller pursuant to Section 4.4 or 4.5,
or the Purchase Price payable to it is reduced by operation of such sections,
and such payment or reduction resulted from a breach of warranty of a
Sub-Originator or any action or failure to act of such Sub-Originator, such
Sub-Originator shall compensate Parent Originator for Parent Originator's losses
as a result of Parent's fulfillment of its obligations under Section 4.4 or 4.5
within 30 days of the circumstances giving rise to such obligation.
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Section 4.7 Reconveyance of Receivables. In the event that Parent
Originator has paid to Catalog Seller the full unpaid amount of any Receivable
pursuant to Section 4.4 or 4.5, Catalog Seller shall reconvey such Receivable
(and the Contracts and Related Security with respect thereto) to Parent
Originator, without representation or warranty, but free and clear of all liens
created by Catalog Seller.
Section 4.8 Loans by Catalog Seller. Catalog Seller may make loans to
Parent Originator from time to time if so agreed between such parties and to the
extent that Catalog Seller has funds available for that purpose after satisfying
its obligations under this Agreement and the Second Tier Agreement. Any such
loan shall be payable upon demand (and may be prepaid without penalty or
premium) and shall bear interest at such rate as Catalog Seller and Parent
Originator shall from time to time agree.
ARTICLE V
CONDITIONS OF PURCHASES
Section 5.1 Conditions Precedent to Initial Purchase. The initial purchase
hereunder is subject to the condition precedent that Catalog Seller shall have
received, on or before the Initial Funding Date, the following, each (unless
otherwise indicated) dated such date and each in form and substance satisfactory
to Catalog Seller:
(a) A certified copy of the resolutions of the Board of Directors of each
Originator authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement
and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party;
(b) A certified copy of the articles of incorporation and by-laws of each
Originator;
(c) A good standing certificate for each Originator issued as of a recent
date by the Delaware Secretary of State;
(d) A certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of each
Originator certifying the names of its officer or officers authorized to sign
this Agreement and other Transaction Documents to which it is a party;
(e) Such proper financing statements (Form UCC-1), to be filed and naming
each Originator as debtor, the applicable Buyer secured party and Administrator
as assignee of such Buyer with respect to the Receivables and Related Assets
generated by such Originator or other, similar instruments or documents, as may
be necessary or, in Catalog Seller's opinion, desirable under the UCC or any
comparable law of all appropriate jurisdictions to perfect Catalog Seller's
ownership interest in all Receivables and such other rights, accounts,
instruments and moneys (including, without limitation, Related Security) in
which an ownership interest may be assigned to it hereunder;
(f) A written search report to Catalog Seller listing all effective
financing statements that name an Originator as debtor and that are filed in the
jurisdictions in which filings were made pursuant to subsection (e) above,
together with copies of such financing statements (none of which (except for
those described in the foregoing subsection (e) and those to be released
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within ten days of the Initial Funding Date as described in Section 6.10 hereof)
shall cover any Receivable or any right related to any Receivable that is of the
type described in Section 2.1) which is to be sold to Catalog Seller hereunder,
and tax and judgment lien search reports from a Person satisfactory to Catalog
Seller or showing no evidence of such liens filed against the Originators; and
(g) Evidence (i) of the execution and delivery by each of the parties
thereto of each of the other Transaction Documents to be executed and delivered
in connection herewith and (ii) that each of the conditions precedent to the
execution, delivery and effectiveness of such other Transaction Documents has
been satisfied to Catalog Seller's satisfaction.
ARTICLE VI
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF ORIGINATOR
In order to induce Catalog Seller to enter into this Agreement and to make
purchases hereunder, each Originator hereby makes the representations and
warranties set forth in this Article VI as of the Initial Funding Date and each
other date when Accounts are added to the Included Portfolio pursuant to Section
2.3.
Section 6.1 Organization and Good Standing. Such Originator is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of Delaware, and had
at all relevant times, and now has all necessary power, authority, and legal
right to acquire and own the Receivables to own its properties and to conduct
its business as such properties are presently owned and such business is
presently conducted.
Section 6.2 Due Qualification. Such Originator is duly qualified to do
business and is in good standing (or is exempt from such requirement), and has
obtained all necessary licenses and approvals in all jurisdictions in which
failure to so qualify or obtain such licenses or approvals would have an
Originator Material Adverse Effect.
Section 6.3 Power and Authority; Due Authorization. Such Originator has (a)
all necessary power, authority and legal right (i) to execute and deliver, and
perform its obligations under, each Transaction Document to which it is a party,
as seller, and (ii) to generate, own, sell and assign the Receivables on the
terms and subject to the conditions herein and therein provided and (b) duly
authorized such execution and delivery and such sale and assignment and the
performance of such obligations by all necessary corporate action.
Section 6.4 Enforceability. This Agreement constitutes, and each other
Transaction Document to be executed by such Originator, when duly executed and
delivered will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such
Originator, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability
may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, or other similar laws
affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and by general
principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in
a proceeding in equity or at law.
Section 6.5 No Conflict. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and
each other Transaction Document to which such Originator is a party, the
performance of the
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transactions contemplated hereunder and thereunder and the fulfillment of the
terms hereof and thereof will not conflict with, result in any breach of any of
the material terms and provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or
lapse of time or both) a default under, any indenture, contract, agreement,
mortgage, deed of trust, or other instrument to which such Originator is a party
or by which it or any of its properties are bound.
Section 6.6 No Violation. The consummation of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which such Originator
is a party, and the fulfillment of the terms hereof or thereof, will not violate
in any material respect any Requirements of Law applicable to such Originator.
Section 6.7 No Proceedings. There are no proceedings pending or, to the
best knowledge of such Originator, threatened against such Originator before any
Governmental Authority (a) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement or any
other Transaction Document to which such Originator is a party, (b) seeking to
prevent the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which such Originator is a party,
(c) seeking any determination or ruling that, in the reasonable judgment of such
Originator, could reasonably be expected to have an Originator Material Adverse
Effect or (d) seeking any determination or ruling that would materially and
adversely affect the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other
Transaction Document to which such Originator is a party.
Section 6.8 All Consents Required. All appraisals, authorizations,
consents, orders or other actions of any Person or of any Governmental Authority
required in connection with the execution and delivery by such Originator of
this Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which it is a party, the
performance of the transactions contemplated hereunder and thereunder and the
fulfillment of the terms hereof and thereof, have been obtained.
Section 6.9 Investment Company Act. Such Originator is not an "investment
company" within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
Section 6.10 Quality of Title. Immediately prior to the transfer thereof to
Catalog Seller, each Receivable, together with any Related Rights with respect
thereto, is owned by such Originator free and clear of any Lien (other than any
Lien arising solely as the result of any action taken by Catalog Seller (or any
assignee thereof) or by the Administrator); when such Originator makes a
transfer hereunder to Catalog Seller, Catalog Seller shall have acquired and
shall at all times thereafter continuously maintain a valid and perfected first
priority security interest in each Receivable, and each Related Right with
respect thereto, free and clear of any Lien (other than any Lien arising solely
as the result of any action taken by Catalog Seller (or any assignee thereof) or
by the Administrator); and no financing statement or other instrument similar in
effect naming such Originator as debtor or seller covering any Receivable, or
any other Related Right is on file in any recording office except (i) financing
statements evidencing Liens released on the Initial Funding Date, which
financing statements will be terminated within ten days after the Initial
Funding Date and (ii) such as may be filed in favor of Catalog Seller in
accordance with this Agreement or in connection with any Lien arising solely as
the result of any action taken by Catalog Seller (or any assignee thereof) or
the Administrator.
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Section 6.11 Accuracy of Information. All written information provided by
such Originator to Catalog Seller or the Administrator in connection with the
Transaction Documents is accurate in all material respects as of the date so
provided, except as otherwise disclosed to Catalog Seller and the Administrator
at such time.
Section 6.12 Accounts. Such Originator has maintained the Accounts in
material compliance with the Credit and Collection Policy and has complied in
all material respects with its obligations under the Contracts.
ARTICLE VII
COVENANTS OF ORIGINATORS
Section 7.1 Covenants. From the date hereof until the first day following
the Purchase and Sale Termination Date, each Originator:
(a) UCC Matters. Shall not change its name, identity, corporate structure
or state of registration in any manner that would (i) make any financing
statement or continuation statement filed in accordance with this Agreement
"seriously misleading" within the meaning of Section 9-506, 9-507 or 9-508 of
the UCC or any other applicable provisions of the UCC or (ii) change the
location of such Originator for purposes of Section 9-307 of the UCC, unless it
shall have given to Catalog Seller and the Administrator at least thirty (30)
days' prior written notice thereof and shall have taken all action prior to
making such change (or shall have made arrangements to take such action
substantially simultaneously with such change, if it is not possible to take
such action in advance) necessary or advisable in the reasonable opinion of
Catalog Seller or the Administrator to amend all previously filed financing
statements or continuation statements, or to file appropriate new financing
statements.
(b) Preservation of Corporate Existence. Covenants and agrees to maintain
at all times its corporate existence, all of its rights, privileges and
franchises necessary in the normal conduct of its business, except for any
right, privilege or franchise (a) that such Originator determines, in its
reasonable, good faith business judgment, is no longer necessary or desirable in
the conduct of its business, and (b) the loss of which will not adversely affect
the rights of Catalog Seller or its assignees or have an Originator Material
Adverse Effect.
(c) Access to Information. Covenants and agrees to permit Catalog Seller,
the Servicer, the Administrator or any of their respective agents or
representatives, during regular business hours and upon at least two Business
Days' prior notice (A) to examine all books, records and documents (including,
without limitation, computer tapes and disks) in the possession or under the
control of such Originator relating to Receivables, including, without
limitation, the related Accounts and Contracts and other agreements, and (B) to
visit the offices and properties of such Originator for the purpose of examining
such materials described in clause (A); provided, however, that, unless a
Liquidation Event is continuing, no more than one such review shall be conducted
during each fiscal year of Servicer and such review shall be conducted
concurrently with any review to be conducted during such fiscal year with
respect to the other Originators.
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Without limiting the foregoing, such Originator shall cause the Bank Agent
to agree that the Catalog Seller and the Administrative Agent may have
reasonable access to any books and records of such Originator, and to use any
equipment (including data processing equipment) of such Originator, that may be
in the possession or control of the Bank Agent or the Bank Lenders during
reasonable business hours and at their own expense, but without any obligation
to pay rent or compensation to such Originator, the Bank Agent or the Bank
Lenders, to the extent necessary to service and collect upon the Receivables and
Related Rights.
Unless otherwise agreed by the parties hereto, any information obtained by
Catalog Seller, the Servicer, the Administrator or their agents or
representatives pursuant to this Section 7.1(c) shall be held in confidence by
such Persons unless and to the extent such information (i) has become available
to the public, (ii) is required or requested by any Governmental Authority or in
any court proceeding or (iii) is required by any Requirement of Law. In the case
of any disclosure permitted by clause (ii) or (iii), Catalog Seller, the
Servicer or the Administrator, as applicable, shall use commercially reasonable
efforts to (x) provide such Originator with advance notice of any such
disclosure and (y) cooperate with such Originator in limiting the extent or
effect of any such disclosure.
(d) Sales, Liens, Etc. Except as otherwise provided herein, such Originator
shall not sell, assign (by operation of law or otherwise) or otherwise dispose
of, or create or suffer to exist any Lien upon or with respect to, any
Receivable or Related Rights or any interest therein.
(e) Performance. Parent Originator shall cause each Sub-Originator to
comply with its obligations under this Agreement for the benefit of Catalog
Seller and its assigns.
Section 7.2 Reporting Requirements. From the date hereof until the first
day following the Purchase and Sale Termination Date, each Originator will,
unless Catalog Seller and the Administrator shall otherwise consent in writing,
furnish to Catalog Seller, the Servicer and the Administrator:
(a) Liquidation Events. As soon as possible and in any event within five
Business Days after the occurrence of any Liquidation Event and any Unmatured
Liquidation Event pertaining to such Originator, the Receivables transferred
hereunder by such Originator or the Related Rights with respect thereto, a
notice of each Liquidation Event or Unmatured Liquidation Event;
(b) Litigation. As soon as possible and in any event within three Business
Days of such Originator's knowledge thereof, notice of (i) any litigation,
investigation or proceeding which could have an Originator Material Adverse
Effect and (ii) any material adverse development in previously disclosed
litigation; and
(c) Other. Promptly, from time to time, such other information, documents,
records or reports respecting the Receivables or the condition or operations,
financial or otherwise of such Originator that Catalog Seller or the
Administrator may from time to time reasonably request in order to protect the
interests of Catalog Seller or its assigns.
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ARTICLE VIII
ADDITIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS IN
RESPECT OF THE RECEIVABLES
Section 8.1 Rights of Catalog Seller. Each Originator hereby authorizes
Catalog Seller and the Servicer or their respective designees to take any and
all steps in such Originator's name necessary or desirable, in their respective
determination, to collect all amounts due under any and all Receivables,
including, without limitation, endorsing such Originator's name on checks and
other instruments representing Collections and enforcing such Receivables and
the provisions of the related Contracts that concern payment and/or enforcement
of rights to payment.
Section 8.2 Responsibilities of Originators. Anything herein to the
contrary notwithstanding:
(a) Collection Procedures. Each Originator agrees to direct its respective
Obligors in the billing statements to make payments of Receivables directly to a
Lockbox Account as Catalog Seller (or the Administrator, as its assignee) shall
specify in accordance with any applicable requirements of the Receivables
Purchase Agreement. Each Originator further agrees to transfer any Collections
that it receives (including, without limitation, in-store and headquarters
payments) to Servicer, or as directed by Servicer in accordance with the
Receivables Purchase Agreement, within two Business Days of receipt thereof, and
agrees that all such Collections shall be deemed to be received in trust for
Catalog Seller; Parent Originator agrees to pay all Deemed Collections payable
pursuant to Section 4.4 or 4.5; provided that, notwithstanding anything to the
contrary set forth therein, if requested by Catalog Seller, the Servicer or the
Administrator during the continuance of a Liquidation Event, Parent Originator
shall pay such Deemed Collections to the Servicer for deposit to the Collection
Account on the second Business Day following the day on which they arise.
(b) Each Originator hereby grants to Catalog Seller and Servicer an
irrevocable power of attorney, with full power of substitution, coupled with an
interest, to take in the name of such Originator all steps necessary or
advisable to indorse, negotiate or otherwise realize on any writing or other
right of any kind held or transmitted by such Originator or transmitted or
received by Catalog Seller or its assigns (whether or not from such Originator)
in connection with any Receivable.
Section 8.3 Further Action Evidencing Purchases. Each Originator agrees
that from time to time, at its expense, it will promptly execute and deliver all
further instruments and documents, and take all further action that Catalog
Seller, the Servicer or either of their designees may reasonably request in
order to perfect, protect or more fully evidence the Receivables (and the
Related Rights) purchased by Catalog Seller hereunder, or to enable Catalog
Seller, the Servicer or either of their designees to exercise or enforce any of
their rights hereunder or under any other Transaction Document. Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, upon the request of Catalog Seller, the
Servicer or either of their designees, each Originator will execute and file
such financing or continuation statements, or amendments
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thereto or assignments thereof, and such other instruments or notices, as may be
necessary or appropriate.
Section 8.4 Additional Financing Statements. Each Originator hereby
authorizes Catalog Seller, the Servicer or either of their designees to file one
or more financing or continuation statements, and amendments thereto and
assignments thereof, relative to all or any of the Receivables (and the Related
Rights) now existing or hereafter generated by such Originator. If an Originator
fails to perform any of its agreements or obligations under this Agreement,
Catalog Seller, the Servicer or one of their designees may (but shall not be
required to) itself perform, or cause performance of, such agreement or
obligation, and the expenses of Catalog Seller, the Servicer, or either of their
designees incurred in connection therewith shall be payable by such Originator
as provided in Section 10.6.
Section 8.5 Application of Collections. Any payment by an Obligor in
respect of any indebtedness owed by it to an Originator shall, except as
otherwise specified by such Obligor, as required by the underlying Contract or
law or unless the Administrator instructs otherwise, be applied, first, as a
Collection of any Receivable or Receivables then outstanding of such Obligor in
the order of the age of such Receivables, starting with the oldest of such
Receivable and, second, to any other indebtedness of such Obligor.
ARTICLE IX
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 9.1 Indemnities by Originators. (a) Without limiting any other
rights which Catalog Seller may have hereunder or under applicable law, Parent
Originator hereby agrees to indemnify Catalog Seller and each of its successors,
transferees, participants and assigns, each of their Affiliates, and all
officers, directors, shareholders, controlling persons, employees and agents of
any of the foregoing (each a "Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party"), forthwith
on demand, from and against any and all damages, losses, claims, judgments,
liabilities and related costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees
and disbursements (all of the foregoing being collectively referred to as
"Purchase and Sale Indemnified Amounts") awarded against or incurred by any of
them arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the Stock Purchase Agreement
or the transactions contemplated thereby, or the ownership or funding of any
Receivable and Related Rights, excluding, however, all Excluded Amounts.
(b) Without limiting any other rights which Catalog Seller may have
hereunder or under applicable law, each Sub-Originator hereby agrees to
indemnify each Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party, forthwith upon demand, from
and against any and all Purchase and Sale Indemnified Amounts awarded against or
incurred by any of them arising out of such Sub-Originator's failure to perform
its obligations under this Agreement or such Sub-Originator's breach of
representation or warranty under this Agreement, excluding, however, all
Excluded Amounts.
(c) Procedure. In order for a Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party to be
entitled to any indemnification provided for under this Agreement in respect of,
arising out of, or involving a claim made by any Person against the Purchase and
Sale Indemnified Party (a "Third Party
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Claim"), such Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party must notify Parent Originator
in writing of the Third Party Claim within a reasonable time after receipt by
such Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party of written notice of the Third Party
Claim unless Parent Originator shall have previously obtained actual knowledge
thereof. Thereafter, the Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party shall deliver to
Parent Originator, within a reasonable time after the Purchase and Sale
Indemnified Party's receipt thereof, copies of all notices and documents
(including court papers) received by the Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party
relating to the Third Party Claim.
(d) Defense of Claims. If a Third Party Claim is made against a Purchase
and Sale Indemnified Party, (a) Parent Originator will be entitled to
participate in the defense thereof and, (b) if it so chooses, to assume the
defense thereof with counsel selected by Parent Originator; provided that, in
connection with such assumption (i) such counsel is not reasonably objected to
by the Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party, (ii) no material conflict of
interest shall exist in relation to such Third Party Claim between such Purchase
and Sale Indemnified Party and Parent Originator, and (iii) Parent Originator,
first admits in writing its liability to indemnify the Purchase and Sale
Indemnified Party with respect to all elements of such claim in full to the
extent such claim is valid. Should Originator so elect to assume the defense of
a Third Party Claim, the Originators will not be liable to the Purchase and Sale
Indemnified Party for any legal expenses subsequently incurred by the Purchase
and Sale Indemnified Party in connection with the defense thereof. If Parent
Originator elects to assume the defense of a Third Party Claim, the Purchase and
Sale Indemnified Party will (i) cooperate in all reasonable respects with the
Originators in connection with such defense and (ii) not admit any liability
with respect to, or settle, compromise or discharge, such Third Party Claim
without prior written consent Parent Originator and any Sub-Originator that may
be liable with respect to such Third Party Claim. If Parent Originator shall
assume the defense of any Third Party Claim, the Purchase and Sale Indemnified
Party shall be entitled to participate in (but not control) such defense with
its own counsel at its own expense. If Parent Originator does not assume the
defense of any such Third Party Claim, the Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party
may defend the same in such manner as it may deem appropriate, including
settling such claim or litigation after giving prompt notice of such terms to
Parent Originator and any other Originator that may be liable for such Third
Party Claim, and Parent Originator and such Sub-Originator will promptly
reimburse the Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party upon written request. Anything
contained in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, Parent Originator
shall not be entitled to assume the defense of any part of a Third Party Claim
that seeks an order, injunction or other equitable relief or relief for other
than money damages against the Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party.
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 10.1 Amendments, etc.
(a) The provisions of this Agreement may from time to time be amended,
modified or waived, if such amendment, modification or waiver is in writing and
consented to by the Originators, Catalog Seller, the Administrator and the
Servicer.
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(b) No failure or delay on the part of Catalog Seller, Servicer, an
Originator or any third party beneficiary in exercising any power or right
hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial
exercise of any such power or right preclude any other or further exercise
thereof or the exercise of any other power or right. No notice to or demand on
Catalog Seller, Servicer, or an Originator in any case shall entitle it to any
notice or demand in similar or other circumstances. No waiver or approval by
Catalog Seller or Servicer under this Agreement shall, except as may otherwise
be stated in such waiver or approval, be applicable to subsequent transactions.
No waiver or approval under this Agreement shall require any similar or
dissimilar waiver or approval thereafter to be granted hereunder.
Section 10.2 Notices, etc. All notices and other communications provided
for hereunder shall, unless otherwise stated herein, be in writing (including
facsimile communication) and shall be personally delivered or sent by express
mail or courier or by certified mail, postage-prepaid, or by facsimile, to the
intended party at the address or facsimile number of such party set forth on
Schedule A hereof or at such other address or facsimile number as shall be
designated by such party in a written notice to the other parties hereto. All
such notices and communications shall be effective, (i) if personally delivered
or sent by express mail or courier or if sent by certified mail, when received,
and (ii) if transmitted by facsimile, when sent, receipt confirmed by telephone
or electronic means.
Section 10.3 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. The remedies herein provided
are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.
Section 10.4 Binding Effect; Assignability. (a) This Agreement shall be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of Catalog Seller, the Originators and
their respective successors and permitted assigns. No Originator may assign its
rights hereunder or any interest herein without the prior consent of Catalog
Seller, the Administrator and the Servicer. This Agreement shall create and
constitute the continuing obligations of the parties hereto in accordance with
its terms, and shall remain in full force and effect until the date after the
Purchase and Sale Termination Date on which each Originator has received payment
in full for all Receivables and Related Rights conveyed pursuant to Section 2.1
hereof.
(b) The rights and remedies with respect to any breach of any
representation and warranty made by the Originators pursuant to Article VI, the
indemnification and payment provisions of Article IX and Section 10.6, and
Section 10.12 shall be continuing and shall survive any termination of this
Agreement.
Section 10.5 Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, EXCEPT TO THE
EXTENT THAT THE PERFECTION OF THE INTERESTS OF CATALOG SELLER IN THE RECEIVABLES
IS GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Section 10.6 Costs, Expenses and Taxes. In addition to the obligations of
Originators under Article IX and subject to any limitations agreed to in writing
by any Affected Party prior to the date hereof:
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(a) Parent Originator agrees to pay on demand (i) all reasonable costs and
expenses in connection with the enforcement of this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents; and (ii) all stamp and other similar taxes and fees
payable or determined to be payable in connection with the execution, delivery,
filing and recording of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents, and
agrees to indemnify each Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party against any
liabilities with respect to or resulting from any delay in paying or omission to
pay such taxes and fees; and
(b) each Sub-Originator agrees to pay on demand all reasonable costs and
expenses in connection with the enforcement of the Agreement against it.
Section 10.7 SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY (a) SUBMITS TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY NEW YORK STATE
OR UNITED STATES FEDERAL COURT SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, STATE OF NEW
YORK, OVER ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO ANY
TRANSACTION DOCUMENT; (b) AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF SUCH ACTION OR
PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH STATE OR UNITED STATES FEDERAL
COURT; AND (c) WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT IT MAY EFFECTIVELY DO SO UNDER
APPLICABLE LAW, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH
ACTION OR PROCEEDING.
Section 10.8 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY
RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING TO ENFORCE OR DEFEND ANY
RIGHTS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT, OR UNDER ANY
AMENDMENT, INSTRUMENT OR DOCUMENT DELIVERED OR WHICH MAY IN THE FUTURE BE
DELIVERED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR ARISING FROM ANY RELATIONSHIP EXISTING IN
CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT, AND AGREES
THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE TRIED BEFORE A COURT AND NOT BEFORE
A JURY.
Section 10.9 Captions and Cross References; Incorporation by Reference. The
various captions (including, without limitation, the table of contents) in this
Agreement are included for convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or
interpretation of any provision of this Agreement. References in this Agreement
to any underscored Section or Exhibit are to such Section or Exhibit of this
Agreement, as the case may be. The Exhibits hereto are hereby incorporated by
reference into and made a part of this Agreement.
Section 10.10 Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in
any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate
counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original
and all of which when taken together shall constitute one and the same
Agreement.
Section 10.11 Acknowledgment and Agreement. By execution below, each
Originator expressly acknowledges and agrees that all of Catalog Seller's
rights, title, and
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interests in, to, and under this Agreement shall be assigned by Catalog Seller
to CR LLC pursuant to the Second Tier Agreement and such Originator consents to
such assignment. Each Originator also acknowledges and agrees that CR LLC shall
subsequently assign all of its rights, title, and interests in, to, and under
the Second Tier Agreement to the Administrator on behalf of Sheffield, pursuant
to the Receivables Purchase Agreement. Each of the parties hereto acknowledges
and agrees that (i) CR LLC, the Administrator and Sheffield are third party
beneficiaries of the rights of Catalog Seller arising hereunder and under the
other Transaction Documents to which such Originator is a party as seller and
(ii) the Administrator shall be entitled to direct Catalog Seller with respect
to the exercise of Catalog Seller's rights and remedies hereunder, or to
exercise such rights and remedies directly, in each case subject to and in
accordance with the terms of the Receivables Purchase Agreement.
Section 10.12 No Proceedings.
(a) Each Originator hereby agrees that it will not institute against
Purchaser, or join any other Person in instituting against Purchaser, any
insolvency proceeding (namely, any proceeding of the type referred to in the
definition of Event of Bankruptcy) so long as any Commercial Paper Notes issued
by Purchaser shall be outstanding or there shall not have elapsed one year plus
one day since the last day on which any such Commercial Paper Notes shall have
been outstanding. The foregoing shall not limit any Originator's right to file
any claim in or otherwise take any action with respect to any insolvency
proceeding that was instituted by any Person other than an Originator.
(b) Each Originator hereby agrees that it will not institute against
Catalog Seller or CR LLC, or join any other Person in instituting against
Catalog Seller or CR LLC, any insolvency proceeding (namely, any proceeding of
the type referred to in the definition of Event of Bankruptcy) prior to the date
which is one year and one day after Final Payout Date. The foregoing shall not
limit the right of any Originator to take any action with respect to any
insolvency proceeding that was instituted by a Person other than an Originator.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed
by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first
above written.
CATALOG SELLER LLC
By:________________________________________________
Name: _____________________________________________
Title: ____________________________________________
CROSSTOWN TRADERS, INC.
By:________________________________________________
Name: _____________________________________________
Title: ____________________________________________
SPIRIT OF AMERICA, INC., as Servicer
By: _______________________________________________
Name: _____________________________________________
Title: ____________________________________________
ARIZONA MAIL ORDER COMPANY, INC.
By: _______________________________________________
Name: _____________________________________________
Title: ____________________________________________
BEDFORD FAIR APPAREL, INC.
By: _______________________________________________
Name: _____________________________________________
Title: ____________________________________________
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LM&B CATALOG, INC.
By: _______________________________________________
Name: _____________________________________________
Title: ____________________________________________
MONTEREY BAY CLOTHING COMPANY, INC.
By: _______________________________________________
Name: _____________________________________________
Title: ____________________________________________
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Schedule A
Addresses for Notices
For each of the Originators, Spirit of America, Inc. and Catalog Seller LLC:
c/o Fashion Service Corp.
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EXHIBIT A
Form of Purchase Report
In such form as Parent Originator and Catalog Seller agree; to be
provided prior to Initial Funding Date
Exh A-1
EXHIBIT B
Form of Joinder Agreement
[ ], 200_
Reference is made to that First Tier Purchase and Sale Agreement dated
as of June 2, 2005 (as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified,
the "First Tier Agreement") among Catalog Seller LLC, Spirit Of America, Inc.,
Crosstown Traders, Inc. ("Parent Originator"), and certain subsidiaries of
Parent Originator. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned to such terms in the First Tier Agreement.
Pursuant to Section 2.3 of the First Tier Agreement,
_____________________ (the "New Sub-Originator) hereby agrees to become,
effective on __________________, 200_ (the "Effective Date"), a "Sub-Originator"
under the First Tier Agreement.
By executing and delivering this Joinder Agreement, the New
Sub-Originator confirms to and agrees with each other party to the First Tier
Agreement that (i) it is a Subsidiary of the Parent-Originator, (ii) it has the
organizational power to, and is duly authorized to, enter into this Joinder
Agreement and the First Tier Agreement, (iii) it hereby makes as of the date
hereof all representations made by a Sub-Originator in the First Tier Agreement,
(iv) on and after the Effective Date, it will be bound by the First Tier
Agreement as a Sub-Originator and (v) it will perform in accordance with the
terms and conditions of the First Tier Agreement all of the obligations of a
Sub-Originator.
This Joinder Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New York.
Exh B-1
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Joinder
Agreement to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized
as of the date first above written.
[________________________]
By:_____________________________________
Name:
Title:
Acknowledged and consented by
SPIRIT OF AMERICA, INC.
By:______________________________
Name:
Title:
CROSSTOWN TRADERS, INC.
By:______________________________
Name:
Title:
Exh B-2
Exhibit D
SECOND TIER
PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT
Dated as of June 2, 2005
among
CATALOG SELLER LLC,
as seller,
CATALOG RECEIVABLES LLC,
as purchaser
and
SPIRIT OF AMERICA, INC.,
as Servicer
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS........................................................1
ARTICLE II AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE AND SELL.....................................3
2.1. Agreement to Purchase and Sell...................................3
2.2. Additional Account Receivables...................................4
2.3. Additional Included Portfolios...................................4
ARTICLE III CALCULATION OF PURCHASE PRICE......................................4
3.1. Calculation of Purchase Price....................................4
ARTICLE IV PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE..........................................5
4.1. Purchase Price Payment...........................................5
4.2. No Recourse or Assumption of Obligations.........................6
4.3. Recordkeeping....................................................6
4.4. Settlement as to Specific Receivables............................6
4.5. Settlement as to Dilution........................................6
4.6. Reconveyance of Receivables......................................7
4.7. Loans by CR LLC to Transferor....................................7
ARTICLE V CONDITIONS OF PURCHASES............................................7
5.1. Conditions Precedent to Initial Purchase.........................7
ARTICLE VI REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF CS SELLER........................8
6.1. Organization and Good Standing...................................8
6.2. Due Qualification................................................8
6.3. Power and Authority; Due Authorization...........................8
6.4. Enforceability...................................................9
6.5. No Conflict......................................................9
6.6. No Violation.....................................................9
6.7. No Proceedings...................................................9
6.8. All Consents Required............................................9
6.9. Investment Company Act...........................................9
6.10. Quality of Title.................................................9
6.11. Accuracy of Information.........................................10
6.12. Accounts........................................................10
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(Continued)
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ARTICLE VII COVENANTS OF TRANSFEROR...........................................10
7.1. Covenants.......................................................10
7.2. Reporting Requirements..........................................11
ARTICLE VIIIADDITIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS IN..............................11
8.1. Rights of CR LLC................................................11
8.2. Responsibilities of Transferor..................................12
8.3. Further Action Evidencing Purchases.............................12
8.4. Additional Financing Statements.................................12
8.5. Application of Collections......................................12
ARTICLE IX INDEMNIFICATION...................................................13
9.1. Indemnities by Transferor.......................................13
ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS.....................................................14
10.1. Amendments, etc.................................................14
10.2. Notices, etc....................................................14
10.3. No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies..................................14
10.4. Binding Effect; Assignability...................................14
10.5. Governing Law...................................................15
10.6. Costs, Expenses and Taxes.......................................15
10.7. Submission to Jurisdiction......................................15
10.8. Waiver of Jury Trial............................................15
10.9. Captions and Cross References; Incorporation by Reference.......16
10.10. Execution in Counterparts.......................................16
10.11. Acknowledgment and Agreement....................................16
10.12. No Proceedings..................................................16
SCHEDULE A - Addresses for Notices
EXHIBIT A - Form of Purchase Report
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SECOND TIER PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT
THIS SECOND TIER PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT (as amended, supplemented or
modified from time to time, this "Agreement"), dated as of June 2, 2005, is
among CATALOG SELLER LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Transferor"),
as seller, and CATALOG RECEIVABLES LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (
"CR LLC"), as purchaser, and SPIRIT OF AMERICA, INC., a Delaware corporation
("Spirit"), as servicer (in such capacity, the "Servicer") pursuant to the
Receivables Purchase Agreement (as defined below).
Background
▇.▇▇ LLC is a Delaware limited liability company, the sole equity member of
which is Fashion Service Corp., a Delaware corporation.
▇.▇▇ order to finance its business, Transferor wishes to sell Receivables
and Related Rights to CR LLC, and CR LLC is willing, on the terms and subject to
the conditions set forth herein, to purchase Receivables and Related Rights from
Transferor.
▇.▇▇ order to finance its purchases of Receivables and Related Rights
hereunder, CR LLC intends to sell an undivided beneficial interest in such
Receivables and rights related thereto to Sheffield Receivables Corporation, a
Delaware corporation ("Sheffield"), pursuant to the Receivables Purchase
Agreement.
D.Spirit will provide services as Servicer pursuant to the Receivables
Purchase Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements
herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Unless otherwise defined herein, certain terms that are capitalized and
used throughout this Agreement are defined in Appendix A to the Amended and
Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated June 2, 2005 (as amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified, the "Receivables Purchase Agreement"), among
the Servicer, CR LLC, as seller, Sheffield, as purchaser, and Barclays Bank PLC,
a public limited company organized under the laws of England and Wales
("Barclays"), as administrator for Sheffield (in such capacity, the
"Administrator"). The following terms have the respective meanings indicated
herein below:
"Addition Cut-Off Date" means, as to the Accounts in any portfolio that
becomes an Included Portfolio after the Initial Cut-Off Date, the date specified
by Parent Originator to Transferor pursuant to the First Tier Agreement.
"Addition Date" means, as to any Automatic Additional Account, the date on
which such account is created or otherwise becomes an Automatic Additional
Account.
"Additional Account" means (i) each revolving charge account included in an
Included Portfolio designated after the Initial Funding Date pursuant to Section
2.3 of the First Tier Agreement, and (ii) each Automatic Additional Account.
"Additional Account Receivables" shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in Section 2.2 hereof.
"Automatic Additional Account" means, pursuant to the First Tier Agreement,
each revolving charge account in any Included Portfolio that is established
pursuant to a Contract coming into existence after (a) the Initial Cut-Off Date
(in the case of an Included Portfolio existing as of the Initial Cut-Off Date)
or (b) the Addition Cut-Off Date relating to the first Addition Date on which
receivables from accounts in the applicable portfolio are transferred by Parent
Originator to Transferor (in the case of any other Included Portfolio) and, in
either case, prior to the Automatic Addition Termination Date for the related
portfolio.
"Automatic Addition Termination Date" shall have the meaning assigned to
such term in Section 2.2 hereof.
"Deemed Collection" means amounts payable by Transferor pursuant to Section
4.4 or 4.5.
"Ineligible Purchased Receivable" means a Receivable purchased hereunder
that is not an Eligible Receivable as of the date such Receivable was purchased
by CR LLC.
"Initial Accounts" means each revolving charge account existing in the
Included Portfolios as of the Initial Cut-Off Date.
"Initial Cut-Off Date" means May 25, 2005 or such other date as to which
Parent Originator and Transferor may agree in writing pursuant to the First Tier
Agreement.
"Initial Funding Date" means June 2, 2005 or another date mutually agreed
between Transferor and CR LLC.
"Purchase and Sale Indemnified Amounts" shall have the meaning assigned to
such term in Section 9.1 hereof.
"Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party" shall have the meaning assigned to
such term in Section 9.1 hereof.
"Purchase and Sale Termination Date" shall be the Final Payout Date under
the Receivables Purchase Agreement or such later date as shall be agreed in
writing among Transferor, CR LLC and the Servicer.
"Purchase Facility" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
2.1 hereof.
"Purchase Price" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
3.1(a) hereof.
"Purchase Report" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
3.1(b) hereof.
"Related Rights" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
2.1 hereof.
"Transferor Material Adverse Effect" means, with respect to any event or
circumstance, a material adverse effect on:
(i) the ability of Transferor to perform its obligations under this
Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which Transferor is a party;
(ii) the validity, enforceability as against Transferor of this
Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which Transferor is a party
or a Receivables, the Accounts or the related Contracts in each case taken
as a whole; or
(iii) the status, existence, perfection, priority or enforceability of
CR LLC's interest in a material portion of the Receivables assets described
in Section 2.1.
ARTICLE II
AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE AND SELL
Section 2.1. Agreement to Purchase and Sell. On the terms and subject to
the conditions set forth in this Agreement (including Article V), and in
consideration of the Purchase Price, Transferor agrees to sell, assign and
transfer, and does hereby sell, assign and transfer to CR LLC, and CR LLC agrees
to purchase, and does hereby purchase, from Transferor, all of Transferor's
right, title and interest in and to:
(a) all Receivables transferred to Transferor from the Parent
Originator pursuant to Section 2.1 of the First Tier Agreement.
(b) all rights to, but not the obligations under, related Contracts
and Related Security with respect to such Receivables;
(c) all Collections with respect to such Receivables, Contracts and
Related Security;
(d) all rights of Transferor under the First Tier Agreement;
(e) all books and records related to any of the foregoing; and
(f) all proceeds of the foregoing (as defined in the UCC) received on
or after the date hereof including, without limitation, all funds which
either are received by Transferor or the Servicer from or on behalf of the
Obligors in payment of any amounts owed in respect of Receivables, or are
applied to such amounts owed by the Obligors (the proceeds and rights
described in subsections (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) of this Section 2.1
being collectively called the "Related Rights"); provided, that, the
Related Rights shall not include any interests in any returned, repossessed
or foreclosed goods and/or merchandise the sale of which gave rise to a
Receivable.
All purchases hereunder shall be made without recourse, but shall be
made pursuant to and in reliance upon the representations, warranties and
covenants of Transferor, in its capacity
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as seller, set forth in each Transaction Document. CR LLC's foregoing
commitment to purchase such Receivables and the Related Rights is herein
called the "Purchase Facility".
It is the intention of the parties hereto that each conveyance of
Receivables and Related Rights hereunder shall constitute a sale, which sale is
absolute and irrevocable and provides CR LLC with the full benefits of ownership
of the Receivables and Related Rights. If, notwithstanding such intention, any
sale by Transferor of Receivables or Related Rights hereunder shall be
characterized as a secured loan or such sale for shall any reason be ineffective
or unenforceable, then this Agreement shall be deemed to constitute a security
agreement under the UCC and other applicable law. For this purposes and without
being in derogation of the parties' intention that the sale of Receivables and
Related Rights hereunder shall constitute a true sale, Transferor hereby grants
to CR LLC a security interest in all of Transferor's right, title and interest
to and under all Receivables which are now or hereafter arising, all Related
Rights with respect thereto and all Collections and other proceeds thereof to
secure the prompt and complete payment of a loan deemed to have been made in the
amount equal to the Purchase Price of Receivables transferred to CR LLC
hereunder. In respect thereof, CR LLC and its assigns shall have all rights and
remedies provided to a secured creditor under the UCC and other applicable law
which rights and remedies shall be cumulative.
Section 2.2. Additional Account Receivables. Automatic Additional Accounts
shall be included as Accounts from and after the date upon which they are
created, and all Receivables in Automatic Additional Accounts, whether such
Receivables are then existing or thereafter created ("Additional Account
Receivables"), will be transferred automatically to Transferor from Parent
Originator upon their creation by, or transfer to, the Parent Originator
pursuant to the First Tier Agreement. Upon such transfer from the Parent
Originator to the Transferor of any Additional Account Receivables, such
Receivables shall be automatically transferred to CR LLC by the Transferor.
Section 2.3. Additional Included Portfolios. Parent Originator may from
time to time designate additional portfolios of accounts to be "Included
Portfolios" which are of similar customer profile and product profile and which
were originated using similar underwriting criteria as other Accounts currently
arising in the Included Portfolio; provided, that Parent Originator shall have
provided Transferor, CR LLC, Servicer, the Administrator and ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ not less
than five (5) Business Days' notice prior to such designation and such
designation is not reasonably expected to cause a Material Adverse Effect.
ARTICLE III
CALCULATION OF PURCHASE PRICE
Section 3.1. Calculation of Purchase Price. (a) On the terms and subject
to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, CR LLC agrees to make all
Purchase Price payments to Transferor in accordance with Article IV. The
"Purchase Price" (to be paid to Transferor in accordance with the terms of
Article IV) for the Receivables conveyed on any day, and the Related Rights with
respect thereto, shall be the aggregate principal amount of such Receivables
(without giving effect to any discounting).
(b) On the Initial Funding Date and on each Report Date, Servicer shall
deliver to CR LLC and Transferor a report, in form and substance satisfactory to
CR LLC and Transferor (each
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such report being herein called a "Purchase Report", which is substantially in
the form of Exhibit A), which report shall describe the purchases of Receivables
by CR LLC from Transferor that occurred during the preceding Due Period (or, in
the case of the Initial Funding Date, on such date), and the other amounts paid
or to be payable with respect to such Due Period pursuant to Article III hereof.
ARTICLE IV
PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE
Section 4.1. Purchase Price Payment. (a) On the Initial Funding Date, CR
LLC shall pay Transferor the Purchase Price for the Receivables sold to CR LLC
on the Initial Funding Date.
(b) On each Business Day after the Initial Funding Date, CR LLC and
Transferor shall settle as to the Purchase Price for Receivables and Related
Rights conveyed since the preceding Business Day. Amounts paid to Transferor on
such day shall be applied as follows:
first, as a payment of interest on outstanding deferred Purchase
Price, calculated as provided in subsection (c), with respect to the
related (or any earlier) period;
second, as a payment of the remaining Purchase Price for Receivables
conveyed since the preceding Business Day and the Related Rights with
respect thereto;
third, as a payment of deferred Purchase Price for Receivables
conveyed during any prior period and the Related Rights with respect
thereto; and
fourth, if Transferor and CR LLC so agree, as a loan by CR LLC to
Transferor, on the terms described in Section 4.7.
(c) Any portion of the Purchase Price for Receivables and Related Rights
conveyed on any day that is not paid under priority second above shall be
treated as deferred Purchase Price and shall be payable from time to time as
provided in subsection (b). CR LLC shall pay interest on the deferred Purchase
Price outstanding from time to time under this Agreement at a variable rate per
annum equal to the rate of interest published in the Wall Street Journal as the
"Federal Funds" rate plus 1.0% per annum as of the last Business Day of the most
recent Due Period. Such interest shall be computed on the basis of the actual
number of days elapsed and a 365-day year and shall be paid as provided in
subsection (b).
For administrative convenience, interest on such deferred Purchase Price
and interest on any loans from CR LLC to Transferor described in Section 4.7
shall be calculated on the following basis. On each Settlement Date, CR LLC and
Transferor shall determine whether, after giving effect to subsection (b), any
deferred Purchase Price was outstanding during the related (or any earlier) Due
Period and whether there was any loan outstanding from CR LLC to Transferor
during such Due Period. Any such outstanding deferred Purchase Price or
outstanding loan is referred to below as an "Intercompany Balance". CR LLC and
Transferor will then determine the average of the outstanding Intercompany
Balances for each day during that Due Period, treating any deferred Purchase
Price as a positive number and any loan as a negative number for purposes of
this calculation. If such average is a positive number, then the amount of
deferred Purchase Price outstanding on each day during the related Due Period
shall be deemed (solely for purposes of calculating interest) to have equaled
such positive number (and the
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amount of loans outstanding on each day during such Due Period shall be deemed
to have been zero). Conversely, if such average is a negative number, then the
principal amount of the loan outstanding on each day during the related Due
Period shall be deemed (solely for purposes of calculating interest) to have
equaled the absolute value of such negative number (and the amount of deferred
Purchase Price outstanding on each day during such Due Period shall be deemed to
have been zero).
Section 4.2. No Recourse or Assumption of Obligations. (a) Except as
specifically provided in this Agreement, the contribution, purchase and sale of
Receivables under this Agreement shall be without recourse to Transferor.
Transferor and CR LLC intend the transactions hereunder to constitute true sales
of Receivables by Transferor to CR LLC, providing CR LLC with the full risks and
benefits of ownership of the Receivables (such that the Receivables would not be
property of Transferor's estate upon the occurrence of an Event of Bankruptcy
with respect to Transferor).
(b) CR LLC shall not have any obligation or liability with respect to any
Receivable, nor shall CR LLC have any obligation or liability to any Obligor or
other customer or client of Transferor (including any obligation to perform any
of the obligations of Transferor under any Receivable).
Section 4.3. Recordkeeping. Servicer shall make all appropriate record
keeping entries with respect to the deferred Purchase Price to reflect payments
by CR LLC thereon and Servicer's books and records shall constitute rebuttable
presumptive evidence of all accrued and unpaid deferred Purchase Price and
interest thereon.
Section 4.4. Settlement as to Specific Receivables. Subject to Section
8.2(a) hereof, if an officer of Transferor obtains knowledge or receives notice
from CR LLC, the Servicer or the Administrator that (a) on the day that any
Receivable purchased hereunder was purchased by CR LLC any of the
representations or warranties set forth in Section 6.10 was not true with
respect to such Receivable, or such Receivable was an Ineligible Purchased
Receivable or (b) as a result of any action or inaction of Transferor, on any
day any of the representations or warranties set forth in Section 6.10 is no
longer true with respect to a Receivable, then Transferor forthwith shall reduce
the Purchase Price with respect to Receivables that arose on the day on which
Transferor obtained knowledge or notice of such event, an amount equal to the
unpaid amount of such Receivable; provided, however, that if there have been no
purchases of Receivables (or insufficiently large purchases of Receivables to
create a Purchase Price large enough to so reduce by the amount of such net
reduction) from Transferor on such day, any amount owed by which the Purchase
Price payable to Transferor would have been reduced pursuant to the immediately
preceding clause of this sentence shall be paid on or prior to the following
Settlement Date in immediately available funds deposited in such account as CR
LLC may specify in writing to CR LLC from time to time; provided, further, that
if Transferor thereafter receives payment on account of Collections due with
respect to such Receivable, Transferor promptly shall deliver such funds to CR
LLC.
Section 4.5. Settlement as to Dilution. Each Purchase Report shall include,
in respect of the Receivables previously transferred to CR LLC by Transferor, a
calculation of the aggregate net reduction in the aggregate unpaid amount of
such Receivables owed by particular Obligors on
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account of any defective, rejected or returned merchandise or services, any cash
discount, or any incorrect ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, other adjustments, or setoffs in respect of
any claims by the Obligor(s) thereof against Transferor or any of its Affiliates
(other than CR LLC) (whether such claims arise out of the same or a related or
unrelated transaction), or any rebate or refund during the most recent month.
Subject to Section 8.2(a) hereof, the Purchase Price to be paid to Transferor
for the Receivables transferred to Transferor from the Parent Originator on such
day on which such Purchase Report is delivered shall be decreased by the amount
of such net reduction; provided, however, that if there have been no purchases
of Receivables (or insufficiently large purchases of Receivables to create a
Purchase Price large enough to so reduce by the amount of such net reduction)
from Transferor on such day, any amount owed by which the Purchase Price payable
to Transferor would have been reduced pursuant to the immediately preceding
clause of this sentence shall be paid on or prior to the following Settlement
Date in immediately available funds deposited in such account as CR LLC may
specify in writing to Transferor from time to time.
Section 4.6. Reconveyance of Receivables. In the event that Transferor has
paid to CR LLC the full unpaid amount of any Receivable pursuant to Section 4.4
or 4.5, CR LLC shall reconvey such Receivable (and the Contracts and Related
Security with respect thereto) to Transferor, without representation or
warranty, but free and clear of all liens created by CR LLC.
Section 4.7. Loans by CR LLC to Transferor. CR LLC may make loans to
Transferor from time to time if so agreed between such parties and to the extent
that CR LLC has funds available for that purpose after satisfying its
obligations under this Agreement and the Receivables Purchase Agreement. Any
such loan shall be payable upon demand (and may be prepaid without penalty or
premium) and shall bear interest at such rate as CR LLC and Transferor shall
from time to time agree.
ARTICLE V
CONDITIONS OF PURCHASES
Section 5.1. Conditions Precedent to Initial Purchase. The initial purchase
hereunder is subject to the condition precedent that CR LLC shall have received,
on or before the Initial Funding Date, the following, each (unless otherwise
indicated) dated such date and each in form and substance satisfactory to CR
LLC:
(a) A certified copy of the resolutions of the Board of Directors of
Transferor authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party;
(b) A certified copy of the limited liability company agreement of
Transferor;
(c) A good standing certificate for Transferor issued as of a recent
date by the Delaware Secretary of State;
(d) A certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of
Transferor certifying the names of its officer or officers authorized to
sign this Agreement and other Transaction Documents to which it is a party;
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(e) Such proper financing statements (Form UCC-1), to be filed and
naming Transferor as the assignor and CR LLC as the assignee (and
Administrator as assignee of CR LLC) of the Receivables or other, similar
instruments or documents, as may be necessary or, in CR LLC's opinion,
desirable under the UCC or any comparable law of all appropriate
jurisdictions to perfect CR LLC's ownership interest in all Receivables and
such other rights, accounts, instruments and moneys (including, without
limitation, Related Security) in which an ownership interest may be
assigned to it hereunder;
(f) A written search report to CR LLC listing all effective financing
statements that name Transferor as debtor and that are filed in the
jurisdictions in which filings were made pursuant to subsection (e) above,
together with copies of such financing statements (none of which (except
for those described in the foregoing subsection (e)) shall cover any
Receivable or any right related to any Receivable that is of the type
described in Section 2.1) which is to be sold to CR LLC hereunder, and tax
and judgment lien search reports from a Person satisfactory to CR LLC or
showing no evidence of such liens filed against Transferor; and
(g) Evidence (i) of the execution and delivery by each of the parties
thereto of each of the other Transaction Documents to be executed and
delivered in connection herewith and (ii) that each of the conditions
precedent to the execution, delivery and effectiveness of such other
Transaction Documents has been satisfied to CR LLC's satisfaction.
ARTICLE VI
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF CS SELLER
In order to induce CR LLC to enter into this Agreement and to make
purchases hereunder, Transferor, in its capacity as seller under this Agreement,
hereby makes the representations and warranties set forth in this Article VI as
of the Initial Funding Date and each other date when Accounts are added to the
Included Portfolio pursuant to Section 2.3.
Section 6.1. Organization and Good Standing. Transferor is validly existing
as a limited liability company in good standing under the laws of Delaware, and
had at all relevant times, and now has all necessary power, authority, and legal
right to acquire and own the Receivables to own its properties and to conduct
its business as such properties are presently owned and such business is
presently conducted.
Section 6.2. Due Qualification. Transferor is duly qualified to do business
and is in good standing (or is exempt from such requirement), and has obtained
all necessary licenses and approvals in all jurisdictions in which failure to so
qualify or obtain such licenses or approvals would have a Transferor Material
Adverse Effect.
Section 6.3. Power and Authority; Due Authorization. Transferor has (a) all
necessary power, authority and legal right (i) to execute and deliver, and
perform its obligations under, each Transaction Document to which it is a party,
as seller, and (ii) to generate, own, sell and assign the Receivables on the
terms and subject to the conditions herein and therein provided and (b) duly
authorized such execution and delivery and such sale and assignment and the
performance of such obligations by all necessary limited liability company
action.
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Section 6.4. Enforceability. This Agreement constitutes, and each other
Transaction Document to be executed by Transferor, when duly executed and
delivered will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of Transferor,
enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, or other similar laws
affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and by general
principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in
a proceeding in equity or at law.
Section 6.5. No Conflict. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and
each other Transaction Document to which Transferor is a party, the performance
of the transactions contemplated hereunder and thereunder and the fulfillment of
the terms hereof and thereof will not conflict with, result in any breach of any
of the material terms and provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice
or lapse of time or both) a default under, any indenture, contract, agreement,
mortgage, deed of trust, or other instrument to which Transferor is a party or
by which it or any of its properties are bound.
Section 6.6. No Violation. The consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which
Transferor is a party, and the fulfillment of the terms hereof or thereof, will
not violate in any material respect any Requirements of Law applicable to
Transferor.
Section 6.7. No Proceedings. There are no proceedings pending or, to the
best knowledge of Transferor, threatened against Transferor before any
Governmental Authority (a) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement or any
other Transaction Document to which Transferor is a party, (b) seeking to
prevent the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which Transferor is a party, (c)
seeking any determination or ruling that, in the reasonable judgment of
Transferor, could reasonably be expected to have a Transferor Material Adverse
Effect or (d) seeking any determination or ruling that would materially and
adversely affect the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other
Transaction Document to which Transferor is a party.
Section 6.8. All Consents Required. All appraisals, authorizations,
consents, orders or other actions of any Person or of any Governmental Authority
required in connection with the execution and delivery by Transferor of this
Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which it is a party, the
performance of the transactions contemplated hereunder and thereunder and the
fulfillment of the terms hereof and thereof, have been obtained.
Section 6.9. Investment Company Act. Transferor is not an "investment
company" within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
Section 6.10. Quality of Title. Immediately prior to the transfer thereof
to CR LLC, each Receivable, together with any Related Rights with respect
thereto, is owned by Transferor free and clear of any Lien (other than any Lien
arising solely as the result of any action taken by CR LLC (or any assignee
thereof) or by the Administrator); when Transferor makes a transfer hereunder to
CR LLC, CR LLC shall have acquired and shall at all times thereafter
continuously maintain a valid and perfected first priority security interest in
each Receivable, and each Related Right with respect thereto, free and clear of
any Lien (other than any Lien arising solely as the
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result of any action taken by CR LLC (or any assignee thereof) or by the
Administrator); and no financing statement or other instrument similar in effect
naming Transferor as debtor or seller covering any Receivable, or any other
Related Right is on file in any recording office except such as may be filed in
favor of CR LLC in accordance with this Agreement or in connection with any Lien
arising solely as the result of any action taken by CR LLC (or any assignee
thereof) or the Administrator.
Section 6.11. Accuracy of Information. All written information provided by
Transferor to CR LLC or the Administrator in connection with the Transaction
Documents is accurate in all material respects as of the date so provided,
except as otherwise disclosed to CR LLC and the Administrator at such time.
Section 6.12. Accounts. Transferor has maintained the Accounts in material
compliance with the Credit and Collection Policy and has complied in all
material respects with its obligations under the Contracts.
ARTICLE VII
COVENANTS OF TRANSFEROR
Section 7.1. Covenants. From the date hereof until the first day following
the Purchase and Sale Termination Date, Transferor:
(a) UCC Matters. Shall not change its name, identity, corporate
structure or state of registration in any manner that would (i) make any
financing statement or continuation statement filed in accordance with this
Agreement "seriously misleading" within the meaning of Section 9-506, 9-507
or 9-508 of the UCC or any other applicable provisions of the UCC or (ii)
change the location of Transferor for purposes of Section 9-307 of the UCC,
unless it shall have given to CR LLC and the Administrator at least thirty
(30) days' prior written notice thereof and shall have taken all action
prior to making such change (or shall have made arrangements to take such
action substantially simultaneously with such change, if it is not possible
to take such action in advance) necessary or advisable in the reasonable
opinion of CR LLC or the Administrator to amend all previously filed
financing statements or continuation statements, or to file appropriate new
financing statements.
(b) Preservation of Corporate Existence. Covenants and agrees to
maintain at all times its corporate existence, all of its rights,
privileges and franchises necessary in the normal conduct of its business,
except for any right, privilege or franchise (a) that Transferor
determines, in its reasonable, good faith business judgment, is no longer
necessary or desirable in the conduct of its business, and (b) the loss of
which will not adversely affect the rights of CR LLC or its assignees or
have a Transferor Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Access to Information. Covenants and agrees to permit CR LLC, the
Servicer, the Administrator or any of their respective agents or
representatives, during regular business hours and upon at least two
Business Days' prior notice (A) to examine all books, records and documents
(including, without limitation, computer tapes and disks) in the possession
or under the control of Transferor relating to Receivables, including,
without limitation, the related Accounts and Contracts and other
agreements, and (B) to visit the offices
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and properties of Transferor for the purpose of examining such materials
described in clause (A); provided, however, that, unless a Liquidation
Event is continuing, no more than one such review shall be conducted during
each fiscal year of Servicer.
Unless otherwise agreed by the parties hereto, any information obtained by CR
LLC, the Servicer, the Administrator or their agents or representatives pursuant
to this Section 7.1(c) shall be held in confidence by such Persons unless and to
the extent such information (i) has become available to the public, (ii) is
required or requested by any Governmental Authority or in any court proceeding
or (iii) is required by any Requirement of Law. In the case of any disclosure
permitted by clause (ii) or (iii), CR LLC, the Servicer or the Administrator, as
applicable, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to (x) provide Transferor
with advance notice of any such disclosure and (y) cooperate with Transferor in
limiting the extent or effect of any such disclosure.
(a) Sales, Liens, Etc. Except as otherwise provided herein, Transferor
shall not sell, assign (by operation of law or otherwise) or otherwise dispose
of, or create or suffer to exist any Lien upon or with respect to, any
Receivable or Related Rights or any interest therein.
Section 7.2. Reporting Requirements. From the date hereof until the first
day following the Purchase and Sale Termination Date, Transferor will, unless CR
LLC and the Administrator shall otherwise consent in writing, furnish to CR LLC,
the Servicer and the Administrator:
(a) Liquidation Events. As soon as possible and in any event within
five Business Days after the occurrence of any Liquidation Event and any
Unmatured Liquidation Event pertaining to Transferor, the Receivables or
the Related Rights, a notice of each Liquidation Event or Unmatured
Liquidation Event;
(b) Litigation. As soon as possible and in any event within three
Business Days of Transferor's knowledge thereof, notice of (i) any
litigation, investigation or proceeding which could have a Transferor
Material Adverse Effect and (ii) any material adverse development in
previously disclosed litigation; and
(c) Other. Promptly, from time to time, such other information,
documents, records or reports respecting the Receivables or the condition
or operations, financial or otherwise of Transferor that CR LLC or the
Administrator may from time to time reasonably request in order to protect
the interests of CR LLC or its assigns.
ARTICLE VIII
ADDITIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS IN
RESPECT OF THE RECEIVABLES
Section 8.1. Rights of CR LLC. Transferor hereby authorizes CR LLC and the
Servicer or their respective designees to take any and all steps in Transferor's
name necessary or desirable, in their respective determination, to collect all
amounts due under any and all Receivables, including, without limitation,
endorsing Transferor's name on checks and other instruments representing
Collections and enforcing such Receivables and the provisions of the related
Contracts that concern payment and/or enforcement of rights to payment.
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Section 8.2. Responsibilities of Transferor. Anything herein to the
contrary notwithstanding:
(a) Collection Procedures. Transferor agrees to direct its respective
Obligors in the billing statements to make payments of Receivables directly
to a Lockbox Account as CR LLC (or the Administrator, as its assignee)
shall specify in accordance with any applicable requirements of the
Receivables Purchase Agreement. Transferor further agrees to transfer any
Collections that it receives directly to Servicer, or as directed by
Servicer in accordance with the Receivables Purchase Agreement, within two
Business Days of receipt thereof, and agrees that all such Collections
shall be deemed to be received in trust for CR LLC; Transferor agrees to
pay all Deemed Collections payable pursuant to Section 4.4 or 4.5; provided
that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth therein, if
requested by CR LLC, the Servicer or the Administrator during the
continuance of a Liquidation Event, Transferor shall pay such Deemed
Collections to the Servicer for deposit to the Collection Account on the
second Business Day following the day on which they arise.
(b) Transferor hereby grants to CR LLC and to Servicer an irrevocable
power of attorney, with full power of substitution, coupled with an
interest, to take in the name of Transferor all steps necessary or
advisable to indorse, negotiate or otherwise realize on any writing or
other right of any kind held or transmitted by Transferor or transmitted or
received by CR LLC or its assigns (whether or not from Transferor) in
connection with any Receivable.
Section 8.3. Further Action Evidencing Purchases. Transferor agrees that
from time to time, at its expense, it will promptly execute and deliver all
further instruments and documents, and take all further action that CR LLC, the
Servicer or either of their designees may reasonably request in order to
perfect, protect or more fully evidence the Receivables (and the Related Rights)
purchased by CR LLC hereunder, or to enable CR LLC, the Servicer or either of
their designees to exercise or enforce any of their rights hereunder or under
any other Transaction Document. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, upon the request of CR LLC, the Servicer or either of their
designees, Transferor will execute and file such financing or continuation
statements, or amendments thereto or assignments thereof, and such other
instruments or notices, as may be necessary or appropriate.
Section 8.4. Additional Financing Statements. Transferor hereby authorizes
CR LLC, the Servicer or either of their designees to file one or more financing
or continuation statements, and amendments thereto and assignments thereof,
relative to all or any of the Receivables (and the Related Rights) now existing
or hereafter generated by Transferor. If Transferor fails to perform any of its
agreements or obligations under this Agreement, CR LLC, the Servicer or one of
their designees may (but shall not be required to) itself perform, or cause
performance of, such agreement or obligation, and the expenses of CR LLC, the
Servicer, or either of their designees incurred in connection therewith shall be
payable by Transferor as provided in Section 10.6.
Section 8.5. Application of Collections. Any payment by an Obligor in
respect of any indebtedness owed by it to Transferor shall, except as otherwise
specified by such Obligor, as required by the underlying Contract or law or
unless the Administrator instructs otherwise, be applied, first, as a Collection
of any Receivable or Receivables then outstanding of such Obligor in the order
of the age of such Receivables, starting with the oldest of such Receivable and,
second, to any other indebtedness of such Obligor.
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ARTICLE IX
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 9.1. Indemnities by Transferor. (a) Without limiting any other
rights which CR LLC may have hereunder or under applicable law, Transferor
hereby agrees to indemnify CR LLC and each of its successors, transferees,
participants and assigns, each of their Affiliates, and all officers, directors,
shareholders, controlling persons, employees and agents of any of the foregoing
(each a "Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party"), forthwith on demand, from and
against any and all damages, losses, claims, judgments, liabilities and related
costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees and disbursements (all
of the foregoing being collectively referred to as "Purchase and Sale
Indemnified Amounts") awarded against or incurred by any of them arising out of
or relating to this Agreement, the Stock Purchase Agreement or the transactions
contemplated thereby, or the ownership or funding of any Receivable and Related
Rights, excluding, however, (i) Purchase and Sale Indemnified Amounts to the
extent resulting from gross negligence, breach of contract or willful misconduct
on the part of any Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party, (ii) recourse (except as
otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement) for any Receivable that is
not paid as a result of credit related issues, or (iii) any tax based upon or
measured by net income.
(b) Procedure. In order for a Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party to be
entitled to any indemnification provided for under this Agreement in respect of,
arising out of, or involving a claim made by any Person against the Purchase and
Sale Indemnified Party (a "Third Party Claim"), such Purchase and Sale
Indemnified Party must notify Transferor in writing of the Third Party Claim
within a reasonable time after receipt by such Purchase and Sale Indemnified
Party of written notice of the Third Party Claim unless Transferor shall have
previously obtained actual knowledge thereof. Thereafter, the Purchase and Sale
Indemnified Party shall deliver to Transferor, within a reasonable time after
the Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party's receipt thereof, copies of all notices
and documents (including court papers) received by the Purchase and Sale
Indemnified Party relating to the Third Party Claim.
(c) Defense of Claims. If a Third Party Claim is made against a Purchase
and Sale Indemnified Party, (a) Transferor will be entitled to participate in
the defense thereof and, (b) if it so chooses, to assume the defense thereof
with counsel selected by Transferor; provided that, in connection with such
assumption (i) such counsel is not reasonably objected to by the Purchase and
Sale Indemnified Party, (ii) no material conflict of interest shall exist in
relation to such Third Party Claim between such Purchase and Sale Indemnified
Party and Transferor, and (iii) Transferor, first admits in writing its
liability to indemnify the Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party with respect to
all elements of such claim in full to the extent such claim is valid. Should
Transferor so elect to assume the defense of a Third Party Claim, Transferor
will not be liable to the Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party for any legal
expenses subsequently incurred by the Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party in
connection with the defense thereof. If Transferor elects to assume the defense
of a Third Party Claim, the Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party will (i)
cooperate in all reasonable respects with Transferor in connection with such
defense and (ii) not admit any liability with respect to, or settle, compromise
or discharge, such Third Party Claim without Transferor's prior written consent,
as the case may be. If Transferor shall assume the defense of any Third Party
Claim, the Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party shall be entitled to participate
in (but not control) such defense with its own counsel at its own expense. If
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Transferor does not assume the defense of any such Third Party Claim, the
Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party may defend the same in such manner as it may
deem appropriate, including settling such claim or litigation after giving
prompt notice to Transferor of such terms and, Transferor will promptly
reimburse the Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party upon written request. Anything
contained in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, Transferor shall
not be entitled to assume the defense of any part of a Third Party Claim that
seeks an order, injunction or other equitable relief or relief for other than
money damages against the Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party.
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 10.1. Amendments, etc.
(a) The provisions of this Agreement may from time to time be amended,
modified or waived, if such amendment, modification or waiver is in writing
and consented to by Transferor, CR LLC, the Administrator and the Servicer.
(b) No failure or delay on the part of CR LLC, Servicer, Transferor or
any third party beneficiary in exercising any power or right hereunder
shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise
of any such power or right preclude any other or further exercise thereof
or the exercise of any other power or right. No notice to or demand on CR
LLC, Servicer, or Transferor in any case shall entitle it to any notice or
demand in similar or other circumstances. No waiver or approval by CR LLC
or Servicer under this Agreement shall, except as may otherwise be stated
in such waiver or approval, be applicable to subsequent transactions. No
waiver or approval under this Agreement shall require any similar or
dissimilar waiver or approval thereafter to be granted hereunder.
Section 10.2. Notices, etc. All notices and other communications provided
for hereunder shall, unless otherwise stated herein, be in writing (including
facsimile communication) and shall be personally delivered or sent by express
mail or courier or by certified mail, postage-prepaid, or by facsimile, to the
intended party at the address or facsimile number of such party set forth on
Schedule A or at such other address or facsimile number as shall be designated
by such party in a written notice to the other parties hereto. All such notices
and communications shall be effective, (i) if personally delivered or sent by
express mail or courier or if sent by certified mail, when received, and (ii) if
transmitted by facsimile, when sent, receipt confirmed by telephone or
electronic means.
Section 10.3. No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. The remedies herein provided
are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.
Section 10.4. Binding Effect; Assignability. (a) This Agreement shall be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of CR LLC, Transferor and their respective
successors and permitted assigns. Transferor may not assign its rights hereunder
or any interest herein without the prior consent of CR LLC, the Administrator
and the Servicer. This Agreement shall create and constitute the continuing
obligations of the parties hereto in accordance with its terms, and shall remain
in full force and effect until the date after the Purchase and Sale Termination
Date on which Transferor
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has received payment in full for all Receivables and Related Rights conveyed
pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof.
(b) The rights and remedies with respect to any breach of any
representation and warranty made by Transferor pursuant to Article VI, the
indemnification and payment provisions of Article IX and Section 10.6, and
Section 10.12 shall be continuing and shall survive any termination of this
Agreement.
Section 10.5. Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, EXCEPT TO THE
EXTENT THAT THE PERFECTION OF THE INTERESTS OF CR LLC IN THE RECEIVABLES IS
GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Section 10.6. Costs, Expenses and Taxes. In addition to the obligations of
Transferor under Article IX and subject to any limitations agreed to in writing
by any Affected Party prior to the date hereof, Transferor agrees to pay on
demand:
(a) all reasonable costs and expenses in connection with the
enforcement of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents executed
by Transferor as seller; and
(b) all stamp and other similar taxes and fees payable or determined
to be payable in connection with the execution, delivery, filing and
recording of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents, and agrees
to indemnify each Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party against any
liabilities with respect to or resulting from any delay in paying or
omission to pay such taxes and fees.
Section 10.7. Submission to Jurisdiction. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY (a) SUBMITS TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY NEW YORK STATE
OR UNITED STATES FEDERAL COURT SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, STATE OF NEW
YORK, OVER ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO ANY
TRANSACTION DOCUMENT; (b) AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF SUCH ACTION OR
PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH STATE OR UNITED STATES FEDERAL
COURT; AND (c) WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT IT MAY EFFECTIVELY DO SO UNDER
APPLICABLE LAW, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH
ACTION OR PROCEEDING.
Section 10.8. Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY HERETO EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY
RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING TO ENFORCE OR DEFEND ANY
RIGHTS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT, OR UNDER ANY
AMENDMENT, INSTRUMENT OR DOCUMENT DELIVERED OR WHICH MAY IN THE FUTURE BE
DELIVERED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR ARISING FROM ANY RELATIONSHIP EXISTING IN
CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT, AND AGREES
THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE TRIED BEFORE A COURT AND NOT BEFORE
A JURY.
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Section 10.9. Captions and Cross References; Incorporation by Reference.
The various captions (including, without limitation, the table of contents) in
this Agreement are included for convenience only and shall not affect the
meaning or interpretation of any provision of this Agreement. References in this
Agreement to any underscored Section or Exhibit are to such Section or Exhibit
of this Agreement, as the case may be. The Exhibits hereto are hereby
incorporated by reference into and made a part of this Agreement.
Section 10.10. Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in
any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate
counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original
and all of which when taken together shall constitute one and the same
Agreement.
Section 10.11. Acknowledgment and Agreement. By execution below, Transferor
expressly acknowledges and agrees that all of CR LLC's rights, title, and
interests in, to, and under this Agreement shall be assigned by CR LLC to the
Administrator on behalf of Sheffield pursuant to the Receivables Purchase
Agreement and Transferor consents to such assignment. Each of the parties hereto
acknowledges and agrees that (i) the Administrator and Sheffield are third party
beneficiaries of the rights of CR LLC arising hereunder and under the other
Transaction Documents to which Transferor is a party as seller and (ii) the
Administrator shall be entitled to direct CR LLC with respect to the exercise of
CR LLC's rights and remedies hereunder, or to exercise such rights and remedies
directly, in each case subject to and in accordance with the terms of the
Receivables Purchase Agreement.
Section 10.12. No Proceedings.
(a) Transferor hereby agrees that it will not institute against Sheffield
or join any other Person in instituting against Sheffield, any insolvency
proceeding (namely, any proceeding of the type referred to in the definition of
Event of Bankruptcy) so long as any Commercial Paper Notes issued by Sheffield
shall be outstanding or there shall not have elapsed one year plus one day since
the last day on which any such Commercial Paper Notes shall have been
outstanding. The foregoing shall not limit Transferor's right to file any claim
in or otherwise take any action with respect to any insolvency proceeding that
was instituted by any Person other than Transferor.
(b) Transferor hereby agrees that it will not institute against CR LLC, or
join any other Person in instituting against CR LLC, any insolvency proceeding
(namely, any proceeding of the type referred to in the definition of Event of
Bankruptcy) prior to the date which is one year and one day after Final Payout
Date. The foregoing shall not limit the right of Transferor to take any action
with respect to any insolvency proceeding that was instituted by a Person other
than Transferor.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed
by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first
above written.
CATALOG RECEIVABLES LLC
By:______________________________________________
Name:____________________________________________
Title:___________________________________________
SPIRIT OF AMERICA, INC., as Servicer
By:______________________________________________
Name:____________________________________________
Title:___________________________________________
CATALOG SELLER LLC
By:______________________________________________
Name:____________________________________________
Title:
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SCHEDULE A
Addresses for Notices
For each of Catalog Receivables LLC, Spirit of America, Inc. and
Catalog Seller LLC:
c/o Fashion Service Corp.
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EXHIBIT A
Form of Purchase Report
In such form as Transferor and CR LLC agree; to be
provided prior to Initial Funding Date
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