SEVENTH OMNIBUS AMENDMENT (Apple Ridge Funding LLC)
Exhibit 10.59
SEVENTH OMNIBUS AMENDMENT
(Apple Ridge Funding LLC)
THIS Seventh Omnibus Amendment (this “Amendment”) is entered into this 14th day of December, 2011 for the purpose of making amendments to the documents described in this Amendment.
WHEREAS, this Amendment is among (i) Cartus Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Cartus”), (ii) Cartus Financial Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“CFC”), (iii) Apple Ridge Services Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“ARSC”), (iv) Apple Ridge Funding LLC, a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Issuer”), (v) Realogy Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Realogy”), (vi) U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association (“U.S. Bank”), as indenture trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”), paying agent, authentication agent, and transfer agent and registrar, (vii) the Managing Agents party to the Note Purchase Agreement defined below, and (viii) Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (“CA-CIB”), as Administrative Agent and Lead Arranger (the “Administrative Agent”).
WHEREAS, this Amendment relates to the following documents (as such documents have previously been amended):
(i) Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 25, 2000 (the “Purchase Agreement”), by and between Cartus and CFC;
(ii) Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 25, 2000 (the “Receivables Purchase Agreement”), by and between CFC and ARSC;
(iii) Master Indenture, dated as of April 25, 2000 (the “Master Indenture”), by and between the Issuer and U.S. Bank, as indenture trustee, paying agent, authentication agent and transfer agent and registrar;
(iv) Transfer and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 25, 2000 (the “Transfer and Servicing Agreement”), by and among ARSC, as transferor, Cartus, as originator and servicer, CFC, as originator, the Issuer, as transferee, and the Indenture Trustee; and
(v) Performance Guaranty, dated as of May 12, 2006 (the “Performance Guaranty”), executed by Realogy in favor of CFC and the Issuer.
WHEREAS, the Purchase Agreement, the Receivables Purchase Agreement, the Master Indenture, the Transfer and Servicing Agreement and the Performance Guaranty are, in this Amendment, collectively the “Affected Documents”; and
WHEREAS, terms used in this Amendment and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Purchase Agreement, and, if not defined therein, as defined in the Master Indenture.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto hereby recognize and agree:
1. | Amendments to Purchase Agreement. Effective as of the “Closing Date” (as defined in Section 7 below), the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended as follows: |
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a. | Section 2.1(a) is hereby amended by amending and restating the phrase “on or after the last day of such month” in the second sentence of the last paragraph thereof to read as “either on or after the last day of such month or, if applicable, on the date of any interim servicing report”. |
b. | Section 4.1 is hereby amended by adding the following sentence at the end thereof: |
The parties recognize and agree that in order to avoid a multiplicity of wires, and the related bank charges, and to simplify the administration of payments, (i) pursuant to the Receivables Purchase Agreement, the Buyer has instructed ARSC to pay to Cartus as the Originator all amounts owing by ARSC to the Buyer on account of the purchase price under the Receivables Purchase Agreement, to the extent necessary to satisfy the obligations of the Buyer to pay the CFC Purchase Price to Cartus as the Originator hereunder, (ii) pursuant to the Transfer and Servicing Agreement, ARSC has instructed the Issuer to pay to the Buyer or its assignee all amounts owing by the Issuer to ARSC on account of the purchase price under the Transfer and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to satisfy the obligations of ARSC to pay the purchase price to the Buyer as required by the Receivables Purchase Agreement, and (iii) the result of the foregoing provisions is that the Issuer will make payments directly to Cartus as the Originator, which payments shall constitute payment from the Issuer to ARSC, from ARSC to the Buyer, and from the Buyer to Cartus as the Originator, and the obligations of the Buyer under this Section 4.1 shall be satisfied to the extent of such payments received by Cartus as the Originator.
c. | Section 7.3(f) is hereby amended by replacing the words “Cartus Equity Loan Note or Cartus Equity Loan Agreement” with the words “ or Cartus Equity Advance Agreement”. |
d. | Clause (ii) of Section 7.1(h) is hereby amended by deleting the phrase “or Weekly Activity Report, as applicable” set forth therein. |
e. | Section 7.1(j) is hereby amended by adding the following phrase immediately following the opening phrase “To the extent permitted by applicable law and GAAP”: |
and subject to the consolidated financial reporting principles applicable to the Originator
f. | Clause (ix) of Section 7.4(a) is hereby amended and restated to read as follows: |
(ix) The Buyer will take all actions necessary on its part to be taken in order to ensure that the facts and assumptions relating to the Buyer set forth in the opinions of Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx LLP dated as of December 16, 2011 relating to true sale matters with respect to the Purchase of the Cartus Purchased Assets hereunder and substantive consolidation matters with respect to the Originator and the Buyer will be true and correct at all times.
g. | The terms “Cartus Equity Loan Agreement,” “Cartus Equity Loan Note,” “Equity Loan Agreement,” and “Equity Loan Note” set forth in Appendix A and their related definitions are hereby deleted in their entirety. |
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h. | The definition of “Contract” in Appendix A is hereby amended and restated to read as follows: |
“Contract” shall mean a Pool Relocation Management Agreement and any other related contract entered into pursuant thereto or in connection therewith, pursuant to or under which any Person (other than a Transaction Party) is obligated to make payments from time to time, including as the context may require any Equity Advance Agreement, Home Purchase Contract or Home Sale Contract.
i. | Clause (b) of the definition of “Eligible Contract” in Appendix A is hereby amended and restated to read as follows: |
(b) an Equity Advance Agreement (i) that has been duly executed and delivered by a Transferred Employee that is an Eligible Obligor and that is an employee of an Employer that is a party to a Pool Relocation Management Agreement (which Pool Relocation Management Agreement is then an Eligible Contract), (ii) that is substantially in the form of an Equity Advance Agreement attached as Exhibit C, with such Permitted Changes to such form as may be made by the Originator in the ordinary course of its business (or such other form as has been approved in writing by the Buyer and its successors and assigns) and (iii) the obligations of the Transferred Employee under which are fully covered by the Guaranty or loss indemnity of the related Employer or Employer-purchased insurance policy under the applicable Pool Relocation Management Agreement;
j. | The definition of “Eligible Governmental Obligor” in Appendix A is hereby amended and restated to read as follows: |
“Eligible Governmental Obligor” shall mean each governmental obligor which is party to a Guaranteed Government Contract and specifically approved as an “Eligible Governmental Obligor” (a) in that certain letter agreement, dated December 16, 2011, by and between the Originator and the Buyer, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, or (b) in any other written agreement among the Buyer, the Issuer and the Majority Investors.
k. | Clause (a) of the definition of “Eligible Obligor” in Appendix A is hereby amended and restated to read as follows: |
(a) is either a United States resident (which term includes a United States division or branch of an entity organized in a jurisdiction outside of the United States, so long as such division or branch maintains a place of business in the United States to which Receivables are billed) or a Foreign Obligor;
l. | Clauses (b), (e) and (p) of the definition of “Eligible Receivable” in Appendix A are hereby amended and restated to read as follows: |
(b) that is denominated and payable only in Dollars, British pounds sterling, euros, Swiss francs, Canadian dollars, Hong Kong dollars or Japanese yen;
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(e) that arises under or in connection with a Pool Relocation Management Agreement that is then an Eligible Contract, and with respect to which any Home Sale Contract, Home Purchase Contract or Equity Advance Agreement relating to such Receivable is also an Eligible Contract;
(p) that, in the case of a Receivable that arises from an Equity Loan, arose under an Equity Advance Agreement that is an Eligible Contract and is then in the possession of the Servicer;
m. | Clause (q) of the definition of “Eligible Receivable” in Appendix A is hereby amended by deleting the “and” appearing at the end of such clause. |
n. | Clause (r) of the definition of “Eligible Receivable” in Appendix A is hereby amended by replacing the period appearing at the end of such clause with the following: “; and”. |
o. | The definition of “Eligible Receivable” in Appendix A is hereby further amended by adding the following new clause (s) at the end of the definition: |
(s) that does not constitute an Excluded Home Receivable.
p. | The definition of “Excluded Contract” in Appendix A is hereby amended and restated to read as follows: |
“Excluded Contract” shall mean (a) any of the following, to the extent that either the same have not been identified as Pool Relocation Management Agreements or all Cartus Receivables and CFC Receivables arising thereunder have been the subject of a Cartus Noncomplying Asset Adjustment or CFC Noncomplying Asset Adjustment that has been fully paid: (i) if the Originator merges with any other Person that is engaged in the relocation management business, any agreement for relocation management services originated by such other Person prior to the date of such merger and, so long as such business is maintained and operated as a separate division of the Originator, any additional agreements for relocation management services originated by such division; provided that, any agreement for relocation management services originated by Primacy Relocation, LLC prior to its merger with the Originator on December 31, 2010 shall not constitute “Excluded Contracts” pursuant to this clause (i), (ii) any agreement for relocation management services that has not yet been incorporated into the Originator’s Atlas operating system; provided that, for purposes of clarity, agreements for relocation management services described in this clause (ii) that are subsequently incorporated into the Originator’s Atlas operating system shall thereafter no longer constitute “Excluded Contracts” pursuant to this clause (ii), (iii) any agreement for relocation management services that is not an Eligible Contract or (iv) any agreement for relocation management services the receivables arising under which would not be Eligible Receivables because the Employer party thereto is not obligated to provide reimbursement for losses on resale of homes or because the homes relating to such agreement would be located solely outside of the United States and (b) any home purchase contract, home sale contract, equity advance repayment agreement or similar agreement that is not an Eligible Contract or that is entered into pursuant to any agreement referred to in clause (a) above.
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q. | The definition of “Indenture Trustee” in Appendix A is hereby amended and restated to read as follows: |
“Indenture Trustee” shall mean U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association, as indenture trustee under the Indenture, and any successor thereto.
r. | The definition of “Unpaid Balance” in Appendix A is hereby amended and restated to read as follows: |
“Unpaid Balance” of any Receivable shall mean at any time the Dollar Equivalent of the unpaid amount thereof at such time; provided, however, that the Unpaid Balance of Unsold Home Receivables with respect to any Home shall be the aggregate amount (without duplication) of Receivables arising from Equity Payments, Mortgage Payoffs, Mortgage Payments and Equity Loans in respect of such Home.
s. | The definition of “Unsold Home Receivable” in Appendix A is hereby amended and restated to read as follows: |
“Unsold Home Receivable” shall mean any Cartus Receivable or CFC Receivable, including any Finance Charges in respect thereof, incurred in respect of an Equity Loan, Equity Payment, Mortgage Payment, Mortgage Payoff or Direct Expenses on a Home that has not yet been sold to an Ultimate Buyer (or the sale of which has not been closed or the Home Sale Proceeds of which have not been received).
t. | Appendix A is further amended to insert, in the proper alphabetical location, the following new definitions: |
“Cartus Equity Advance Agreement” shall mean an Equity Advance Agreement entered into by a Transferred Employee in connection with a Cartus Equity Loan.
“Dollar Equivalent” shall mean, with respect to any amount of any currency on any date, (i) the amount of such currency if such currency is Dollars or (ii) the equivalent amount in Dollars if such currency is not Dollars, calculated based on the most recent month-end rate for such currency provided by Bloomberg Professional Service owned by Bloomberg LP or other nationally recognized service if such rate is not available through the Bloomberg Professional Service.
“Dollars” shall mean United States dollars.
“Equity Advance Agreement” shall mean an equity advance repayment agreement entered into by a Transferred Employee in connection with an Equity Loan or a proposed Equity Loan.
“Excluded Home” shall mean a Home that, at the time of purchase thereof pursuant to a Pool Relocation Management Agreement, (a) either (i) does not fit one or
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more of the characteristics set forth in the definition of “Home” in the related Home Sale Service Supplement, (ii) involves special terms, conditions, pricing and/or other considerations or requires material deviations from the procedures set forth in the related Home Sale Service Supplement, or (iii) is located in an area that has been (or is reasonably anticipated to be) directly or indirectly subject to a natural or man-made disaster that materially and adversely affects the salability of the Home or the ability to finance the Home or is subject to severe market challenges because of the nature or location of the Home, and (b) is identified by Cartus or CFC, at the time of purchase thereof pursuant to a Pool Relocation Management Agreement, as an “Excluded Home.”
“Excluded Home Receivable” shall mean a Receivable that arises pursuant to the sale or prospective sale of an Excluded Home.
“Foreign Obligor” shall mean an Obligor that is a resident of the United Kingdom, the Swiss Confederation, Canada, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, Japan, the Republic of Singapore, Germany, Netherlands, France, the Republic of Ireland or Belgium (including a division or branch of an entity not organized in any such jurisdiction, so long as such division or branch maintains a place of business in any such jurisdiction to which Receivables are billed).
u. | Appendix A is further amended by replacing the last sentence of paragraph (D) with the following two sentences: |
To the extent any Receivables are denominated in any currency other than Dollars, all references herein to the amount of such Receivables shall mean the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of such Receivables. References herein to this Agreement, the Receivables Purchase Agreement, the Transfer and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture and the Performance Guaranty shall mean and be references to each such document as amended and modified by that certain Omnibus Amendment, Agreement and Consent, dated December 20, 2004, that certain Second Omnibus Amendment, dated January 31, 2005, that certain Amendment, Agreement and Consent, dated January 30, 2006, that certain Third Omnibus Amendment, Agreement and Consent, dated May 12, 2006, that certain Fourth Omnibus Amendment dated November 29, 2006, that certain Fifth Omnibus Amendment, dated April 10, 2007, that certain Sixth Omnibus Amendment, dated June 6, 2007, and that certain Seventh Omnibus Amendment, dated December 14, 2011.
v. | The form of the CFC Subordinated Note set forth in Exhibit 4.2 to the Purchase Agreement is hereby replaced with the form of the CFC Subordinated Note set forth in Exhibit 4.2 to the “Conformed Copy” (as defined in Section 5 below) of the Purchase Agreement. |
w. | Exhibit 7.3(j) is hereby amended by replacing the reference therein to “The Bank of New York” with “U.S. Bank National Association”. |
2. | Amendments to Receivables Purchase Agreement. Effective as of the Closing Date, the Receivables Purchase Agreement is hereby amended as follows: |
a. | Clauses (ii), (iv) and (v) of Section 2.1(a) are hereby amended and restated to read as follows: |
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(ii) all Receivables arising out of or with respect to Equity Payments, Mortgage Payments and Mortgage Payoffs made by or on behalf of the Seller in respect of Home Purchase Contracts to which CFC is a party from and after the Closing Date (including, without limitation, all CFC Designated Receivables) (collectively, the “Seller Receivables”);
(iv) all CFC Collections; and
(v) all proceeds of and earnings on any of the foregoing.
b. | Section 2.1(a) is hereby further amended by deleting clause (vi) thereof in its entirety. |
c. | Section 4.1 is hereby amended by adding the following sentence at the end thereof: |
The parties recognize and agree that in order to avoid a multiplicity of wires, and the related bank charges, and to simplify the administration of payments, (i) ARSC shall pay to Cartus as the Originator all payments of the ARSC Purchase Price payable to the Seller hereunder to the extent necessary to satisfy the obligations of the Seller to pay the purchase price to Cartus as the Originator under the Purchase Agreement, (ii) pursuant to the Transfer and Servicing Agreement, ARSC has instructed the Issuer to pay to the Seller or its assignee all amounts owing by the Issuer to ARSC on account of the purchase price thereunder to the extent necessary to satisfy the obligations of ARSC to pay the ARSC Purchase Price to the Seller hereunder, and (iii) the result of the foregoing provisions is that the Issuer will make payments directly to Cartus as the Originator, which payments shall constitute payment from the Issuer to ARSC, from ARSC to the Seller, and from the Seller to Cartus as the Originator, and the obligations of the Seller under this Section 4.1 shall be satisfied to the extent of such payments received by Cartus as the Originator.
d. | Section 4.2 is hereby amended by replacing the word “CRC” appearing in the second sentence thereof with the word “ARSC”. |
e. | Section 7.1(h) is hereby amended by deleting the phrase “or Weekly Activity Report, as applicable” in clause (i) thereof and the phrase “or Weekly Activity Report” in clause (ii) thereof. |
f. | Section 7.3(j) is hereby amended by deleting the second sentence thereto. |
g. | Section 11.20 is hereby deleted in its entirety. |
h. | The definition of “Eligible Receivable” set forth in Appendix A is hereby amended by deleting the second sentence therein. |
i. | The terms “CRC” and “Kenosia” set forth in Appendix A and their related definitions are hereby deleted in their entirety. |
j. | Appendix A of the Receivables Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by replacing the last sentence of paragraph (E) thereof with the following two sentences: |
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To the extent any Receivables are denominated in any currency other than Dollars (as defined in the Indenture), all references herein to such Receivables shall mean the Dollar Equivalent of such Receivables. References herein to this Agreement, the Purchase Agreement, the Transfer and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture and the Performance Guaranty shall mean and be references to each such document as amended and modified by that certain Omnibus Amendment, Agreement and Consent, dated December 20, 2004, that certain Second Omnibus Amendment, dated January 31, 2005, that certain Amendment, Agreement and Consent, dated May 12, 2006, that certain Third Omnibus Amendment, Agreement and Consent, dated May 12, 2006, that certain Fourth Omnibus Amendment, dated November 29, 2006, that certain Fifth Omnibus Amendment, dated April 10, 2007, that certain Sixth Omnibus Amendment, dated June 6, 2007, and that certain Seventh Omnibus Amendment, dated December 14, 2011.
k. | The form of the ARSC Subordinated Note set forth in Exhibit 4.2 to the Receivables Purchase Agreement is hereby replaced with the form of the ARSC Subordinated Note set forth in Exhibit 4.2 to the Conformed Copy of the Receivables Purchase Agreement. |
3. | Amendments to Master Indenture. Effective as of the Closing Date, the Master Indenture is hereby amended as follows: |
a. | The opening paragraph is hereby amended by replacing the phrases “THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.” and “THE BANK OF NEW YORK, a New York state banking corporation, as paying agent, authentication agent and transfer agent and registrar (together with its permitted successor and assigns, “BNY”)” with “U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION” and “U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as paying agent, authentication agent and transfer agent and registrar (together with its permitted successor and assigns, “U.S. Bank”)”, respectively. |
b. | All references to the term “BNY” are hereby replaced with the term “U.S. Bank”. |
c. | The definition of “Aggregate Adjustment Amount” in Section 1.01 is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows: |
“Aggregate Adjustment Amount” shall mean, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the Overconcentration Amount, plus (b) the Excess Longer Term Receivable Amount, plus (c) the Excess Special Homes Receivables Amount, plus (d) the amount, if any, by which the aggregate Unpaid Balance of all Eligible Receivables relating to Appraised Value Homes that have been owned by CFC for more than 270 days but less than 366 days exceeds 10% of the sum of the Aggregate Employer Balances of all Eligible Receivables (other than Defaulted Receivables) relating to Appraised Value Homes as of the last day of the Monthly Period immediately preceding the date of calculation, plus (e) the amount, if any, by which the aggregate Unpaid Balance of all Eligible Receivables relating to Homes other than Appraised Value Homes that have been owned by CFC for more than 120 days but less than 241 days exceeds 10% of the sum of the Aggregate Employer Balances of all Eligible Receivables (other than Defaulted Receivables) relating to Homes other than Appraised Value Homes as of the last day of the Monthly Period immediately preceding the date of calculation,
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plus (f) the aggregate Unpaid Balance of all Eligible Receivables relating to Appraised Value Homes that have been owned by CFC for 366 or more days as of the last day of the Monthly Period immediately preceding the date of calculation, plus (g) the aggregate Unpaid Balance of all Eligible Receivables relating to Homes other than Appraised Value Homes that have been owned by CFC for 241 or more days as of the last day of the Monthly Period immediately preceding the date of calculation, plus (h) the Excess Homesale Related Assets Amount with respect to the Monthly Period immediately preceding the date of calculation, plus (i) the Excess Foreign Currency Receivable Amount.
d. | The definition of “Aggregate Employer Balance” in Section 1.01 is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows: |
“Aggregate Employer Balance” shall mean, with respect to any Employer at any time, the aggregate Unpaid Balance of the Pool Receivables of such Employer, calculated in the following manner: the Unpaid Balance will be reduced (without duplication), by (a) in the case of any Receivables of such Employer, the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of any funds received on account of or otherwise in connection therewith, excluding the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of any Advance Payment made by such Employer with respect to such Receivables or any other obligations of such Employer, and the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of Home Sale Proceeds received with respect to the related Home (to the extent that they have not previously been applied to reduce the Unpaid Balance of the related Receivable) and (b) in the case of any Receivables of such Employer (including without limitation any Self-Funding Obligor), the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of any net gains on sales of Homes or other amounts (including without limitation rebates for referral fees, if any, and if allowed by law) that have not yet been remitted to such Employer. For the avoidance of doubt, the Aggregate Employer Balance with respect to any Employer shall include the aggregate Unpaid Balance of any Advance Billing Receivables of such Employer.
e. | The definition of “Aggregate Receivable Balance” in Section 1.01 is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows: |
“Aggregate Receivable Balance” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the sum of the Aggregate Employer Balances with respect to each Employer under the Pool Relocation Management Agreements, minus the aggregate Unpaid Balance of all Pool Receivables that are not Eligible Receivables, minus the aggregate Unpaid Balance of all Defaulted Receivables, in each case to only the extent such amounts have not already been subtracted in calculating the Aggregate Employer Balances, and without duplication of deductions for the same underlying asset, minus the sum of the Defaulted 121-150 Gross-Up Amount and the Defaulted 150+ Gross-Up Amount, minus the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate amount of Advance Payments made by each such Employer, minus the aggregate Unpaid Balance of any Advance Billing Receivables of such Employer, plus the amount, if any, (such amount, the “Net Credit Balance”) by which (x) the sum of (i) the Dollar Equivalent of the outstanding Advance Payments made by any Employer with respect to Receivables or any other obligations of such Employer and (ii) the Unpaid Balance of any Advance Billing Receivables of such Employer exceeds (y) the Aggregate Employer Balance with respect to such Employer.
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f. | The term “BNY” and its related definition in Section 1.01 are hereby deleted in their entirety. |
g. | The definition of “Corporate Trust Office” in Section 1.01 is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows: |
“Corporate Trust Office” shall mean the principal office of the Indenture Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office on the date of the execution of this Agreement is located at U.S. Bank National Association, 00 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxx., XX-XX-XX0X, Xx. Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Attn: Apple Ridge Funding, or at such other address as the Indenture Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Noteholders and the Issuer, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor Indenture Trustee (of which address any successor Indenture Trustee shall notify the Noteholders and the Issuer).
h. | The definition of “Obligor Limit” in Section 1.01 is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows: |
“Obligor Limit” shall mean, as of any date of determination, (a) with respect to each Obligor having an unsecured long-term debt rating (or equivalent shadow rating) of “A+” or better from S&P and “A1” or better from Xxxxx’x, 6% of the Aggregate Receivable Balance, (b) with respect to each Obligor having an unsecured long-term debt rating (or equivalent shadow rating) of less than “A+” but “BBB” or better from S&P and less than “A1” but “Baa2” or better from Xxxxx’x, 4% of the Aggregate Receivable Balance, (c) having an unsecured long-term debt rating (or equivalent shadow rating) of “BBB-” from S&P or of “Baa3” from Xxxxx’x, 2% of the Aggregate Receivable Balance and (d) not having an unsecured long-term debt rating (or equivalent) from S&P or Xxxxx’x or having an unsecured long-term debt rating (or equivalent shadow rating) of less than “BBB-” from S&P or of less than “Baa3” from Xxxxx’x, 1% of the Aggregate Receivable Balance; provided that, for purposes of calculating the Obligor Limits, each Obligor which has a long-term debt rating from only one of S&P and Xxxxx’x will be treated as if it was rated by both agencies at one level below its actual rating; provided, further that, notwithstanding the foregoing, certain Obligors shall have separate Obligor Limits, as set forth in that certain letter agreement, dated December 16, 2011, between the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof. For purposes of calculating the Obligor Limits, no Obligor shall be deemed to have a debt rating based solely on the rating of any Affiliate unless that Affiliate is contractually obligated on the related Receivable of such Obligor, in which event that Obligor and such Affiliate shall be treated as a single Obligor. If an Obligor’s unsecured long–term debt rating (or equivalent shadow rating) results in two different Obligor Limits (because of differences in the long-term unsecured debt ratings assigned by each of the Rating Agencies), the Obligor Limit for such Obligor will be the lower of the two different Obligor Limits.
i. | The definition of “Overconcentration Amount” in Section 1.01 is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows: |
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“Overconcentration Amount” shall mean, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the sum of: (a) the greater of: (i) the excess, if any, of (A) the aggregate Modified Receivable Balances owing by (or, if less, the Obligor Limits of) the Obligors (excluding the Special Obligor and the Eligible Governmental Obligors) who are the Obligors in respect of the five largest aggregate Modified Receivable Balances over (B) an amount equal to 25% of the Aggregate Receivable Balance, and (ii) the excess, if any, of (A) the aggregate Modified Receivable Balances owing by (or, if less, the Obligor Limits of) the Obligors (excluding the Special Obligor and the Eligible Governmental Obligors) who are the Obligors in respect of the ten largest aggregate Modified Receivable Balances over (B) an amount equal to 35% of the Aggregate Receivable Balance, plus (b) the sum of the aggregate amount with respect to each Obligor (excluding Eligible Governmental Obligors) of the excess, if any, of (i) the aggregate Modified Receivable Balance owing by such Obligor over (ii) the Obligor Limit with respect to such Obligor, plus (c) the amount by which the aggregate Modified Receivable Balances owing by all Foreign Obligors exceeds 2% of the Aggregate Receivable Balance, plus (d) the amount by which the aggregate Modified Receivable Balances owing by all Eligible Governmental Obligors exceeds 10% of the Aggregate Receivable Balance.
j. | The definition of “Transaction Documents” in Section 1.01 is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows: |
“Transaction Documents” shall mean, with respect to any Series of Notes, the Purchase Agreement, the Receivables Purchase Agreement, the Transfer and Servicing Agreement, the Performance Guaranty, this Indenture, the related Indenture Supplement, any Enhancement Agreement, that certain letter agreement relating to the definitions of “Obligor Limit” and “Special Obligor” in this Indenture, dated December 16, 2011, between the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, and that certain letter agreement relating to the definition of “Eligible Governmental Obligor” in the Purchase Agreement, dated December 16, 2011, between Cartus, as Originator, and CFC, as Buyer, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
k. | The definition of “Trustee Officer” in Section 1.01 is hereby amended by deleting the phrase “any officer assigned to the Corporate Trust Office, including” set forth therein. |
l. | Section 1.01 is hereby further amended to insert, in the proper alphabetical location, the following new definitions: |
“All Other Assets” shall mean, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to (i) the Aggregate Employer Balance of all Receivables (other than Excluded Home Receivables) minus (ii) the Appraised Homesale Related Assets.
“Appraised Homesale Related Assets” means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the aggregate amount (without duplication) of (i) the portion of the Aggregate Employer Balances of all Receivables (other than Excluded Home
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Receivables) arising from Equity Payments, Mortgage Payoffs and Mortgage Payments and relating to Appraised Value Homes, plus (ii) the portion of the Aggregate Employer Balances of all Receivables arising from Unbilled Receivables (other than Excluded Home Receivables) relating to Appraised Value Homes.
“Average Days Outstanding” with respect to any Series, shall have the meaning set forth in the applicable Indenture Supplement.
“Defaulted 121-150 Credit Balance” shall mean, with respect to any Monthly Period, the Dollar Equivalent as of the last day of such Monthly Period of the aggregate credit balances of all Receivables that (a) constitute Defaulted Receivables pursuant to clause (c) of the definition thereof and (b) have been billed and remain unpaid for more than 120 days but fewer than 151 days.
“Defaulted 121-150 Gross-Up Amount” shall mean $50,000 (or such greater amount as may be calculated from time to time pursuant to Section 12.17 of this Indenture).
“Defaulted 150+ Credit Balance” shall mean, with respect to any Monthly Period, the Dollar Equivalent as of the last day of such Monthly Period of the aggregate credit balances of all Receivables that (a) constitute Defaulted Receivables pursuant to clause (c) of the definition thereof and (b) have been billed and remain unpaid for more than 150 days.
“Defaulted 150+ Gross-Up Amount” shall mean $300,000 (or such greater amount as may be calculated from time to time pursuant to Section 12.17 of this Indenture).
“Excess Foreign Currency Receivable Amount” shall mean, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the aggregate Unpaid Balance of all Eligible Receivables (other than Defaulted Receivables) denominated in a currency other than Dollars as of such date over (b) an amount equal to the lesser of (i) $35,000,000 and (ii) 15% of the Aggregate Receivable Balance as of such date.
“Excess Homesale Related Assets Amount” means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the Specified Net Receivable Balance with respect to Receivables constituting Appraised Homesale Related Assets, over (b) an amount equal to the product of (i) the applicable Maximum Homesale Related Assets Percentage times (ii) the Specified Net Receivable Balance of all Receivables (other than Excluded Home Receivables).
“Excess Homesale Related Assets Exhibit” shall mean Exhibit B to that certain letter agreement, dated December 16, 2011, by and between the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
“Maximum Homesale Related Assets Percentage” means, with respect to any Monthly Period, the applicable “Maximum Percentage” set forth in the table below based
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on (a) the last day of such Monthly Period and (b) the average of the Average Days in Inventory for Appraised Value Homes (other than Excluded Homes) for such Monthly Period and the immediately preceding Monthly Period:
Last Day of Monthly Period | Average Days in Inventory for Appraised Value Homes | Maximum Percentage |
November through April | Less than 130 days | 35.00% |
Greater than or equal to 130 days, but less than 135 days | 30.00% | |
Greater than or equal to 135 days, but less than 140 days | 25.00% | |
Greater than or equal to 140 days, but less than 145 days | 20.00% | |
Greater than or equal to 145 days | 12.00% | |
Less than 115 days | 35.00% | |
Greater than or equal to 115 days, but less than 121 days | 30.00% | |
Greater than or equal to 121 days, but less than 127 days | 25.00% | |
Greater than or equal to 127 days, but less than 133 days | 20.00% | |
Greater than or equal to 133 days | 12.00% |
provided that, (i) if such Monthly Period ended May 31st, the average described in clause (b) of this definition shall be deemed to be the lesser of (x) the average of the Average Days in Inventory for Appraised Value Homes (other than Excluded Homes) for such Monthly Period and the immediately preceding Monthly Period ended April 30th and (y) the Average Days in Inventory for Appraised Value Homes (other than Excluded Homes) for such Monthly Period ended May 31st and (ii) any Appraised Value Home owned by an Originator as of the close of business on the last day of such Monthly Period for more than 365 days shall not be included as a Home owned by an Originator for purposes of this definition.
“Special Obligor” shall mean each Obligor that qualifies as a “Special Obligor,” as specified in that certain letter agreement, dated December 16, 2011, by and between the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
“Specified Net Receivable Balance” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to any Receivables, an amount equal to (without duplication) (i) the Aggregate Employer Balances of such Receivables, minus (ii) the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of all Advance Payments and deposits made by Obligors and allocated to such Receivables (other than Excluded Home Receivables) in accordance with the example set forth in the Excess Homesale Related Assets Exhibit, minus (iii) if such Receivables constitute Appraised Homesale Related Assets, the Aggregate Adjustment Amount (excluding sub-clauses (b), (e), (g), (h) and (i) of the definition of Aggregate Adjustment Amount) allocated to such Receivables in accordance with the example set
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forth in the Excess Homesale Related Assets Exhibit, minus (iv) if such Receivables constitute All Other Assets, the Aggregate Adjustment Amount (excluding sub-clauses (b), (c), (d), (f), (h) and (i) of the definition of Aggregate Adjustment Amount) allocated to such Receivables (other than Excluded Home Receivables) in accordance with the example set forth in the Excess Homesale Related Assets Exhibit.
“U.S. Bank” shall have the meaning set forth in the opening paragraph.
m. | Section 1.02(g) is hereby amended and restated to read as follows: |
To the extent any Receivables are denominated in any currency other than Dollars, all references herein to such Receivables shall mean the Dollar Equivalent of such Receivables. References herein to the Purchase Agreement, the Receivables Purchase Agreement, the Transfer and Servicing Agreement, this Indenture and the Performance Guaranty shall mean and be references to each such document as amended and modified by that certain Omnibus Amendment, Agreement and Consent, dated December 20, 2004, that certain Second Omnibus Amendment, dated January 31, 2005, that certain Amendment, Agreement and Consent, dated January 30, 2006, that certain Third Omnibus Amendment, Agreement and Consent, dated May 12, 2006, that certain Fourth Omnibus Amendment, dated November 29, 2006, that certain Fifth Omnibus Amendment, dated April 10, 2007, that certain Sixth Omnibus Amendment, dated June 6, 2007, and that certain Seventh Omnibus Amendment, dated December 14, 2011.
n. | Section 2.15(a) is hereby amended and restated to read as follows: |
(a) U.S. Bank is a national banking association duly organized and validly existing under the federal laws of the United States of America;
o. | Section 3.02(a) is hereby amended by replacing the phrase “shall forward to each Noteholder” set forth therein with the phrase “shall make available to each Noteholder”. |
p. | Sections 5.01(c) and 5.01(d) are hereby amended and restated to read as follows: |
(c) (i) The Issuer shall fail to perform or observe, as and when required, any term, covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture or any of the other Transaction Documents on its part to be performed or observed (other than as referred to in Section 5.01(a) or (b) above), (ii) such failure materially and adversely affects the rights of the Noteholders of such Series (determined without giving effect to any Series Enhancement) and (iii) such failure shall remain unremedied for 30 days after the earlier of (x) the date on which an officer of the Issuer has actual knowledge of such failure and (y) written notice thereof (specifying such failure and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder) shall have been given (A) to the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or (B) to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee by Noteholders of such Series holding Notes evidencing at least 25% of the Series Outstanding Amount of such Series; or
(d) (i) any representation or warranty made by the Issuer in this Indenture
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or any of the other Transaction Documents shall prove to have been untrue and incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed to have been made, (ii) such occurrence materially and adversely affects the rights of the Noteholders of such Series (determined without giving effect to any Series Enhancement) and (iii) such occurrence remains unremedied for 30 days after the earlier of (x) the date on which an officer of the Issuer has actual knowledge of such failure and (y) written notice thereof (specifying such failure and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder) shall have been given (A) to the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or (B) to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee by Noteholders of such Series holding Notes evidencing at least 25% of the Series Outstanding Amount of such Series; or
q. | The third paragraph of Section 5.03 is hereby amended by replacing the phrase “the Indenture Trustee may in its discretion” set forth therein with the phrase “the Indenture Trustee may”. |
r. | Section 5.03 is hereby further amended by replacing the phrase “except as a result of negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct” set forth therein with the phrase “except as a result of negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of the Indenture Trustee”. |
s. | Clauses (b) and (c) of Section 5.05 are hereby amended and restated to read as follows: |
(b) In connection with a sale of all of the Pledged Assets pursuant to Section 5.04(b), any Noteholder may bid for and purchase the property offered for sale, and upon compliance with the terms of such sale may hold, retain and possess and dispose of such property, without further accountability, and may, in paying the purchase money therefor, deliver any Outstanding Notes or claims for interest thereon in lieu of cash up to the amount that, upon distribution of the net proceeds of such sale, would have otherwise been payable thereon to such Noteholder. In such event, cancellation of such Outstanding Notes or claims delivered by such Noteholder shall be credited as payment of the purchase price of such property and shall be deemed to be the distribution that such Noteholder should have received from the sale proceeds of such property, such that all other Noteholders shall receive the same distribution from the sale proceeds of such property as they would have received if such bidding Noteholder had not delivered and cancelled such Outstanding Notes or claims in lieu of making a cash payment of the purchase price of such property.
(c) [Intentionally Omitted]
t. | The proviso in the last sentence of Section 5.06 is hereby amended and restated to read as follows: |
provided, however, that, notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, if the Indenture Trustee receives conflicting or inconsistent requests and indemnity from two or more groups of Noteholders holding an equal amount of Notes, the Indenture Trustee may petition a court of competent jurisdiction for direction as to what, if any, action is to be taken.
u. | The first sentence of Section 6.01(h) is hereby amended and restated to read as follows: |
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For all purposes under this Indenture, the Indenture Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice or knowledge of any Event of Default, Servicer Default or Amortization Event unless a Trustee Officer has actual knowledge thereof or has received written notice thereof.
v. | Section 6.02 is hereby amended and restated to read as follows: |
Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default of which a Trustee Officer has actual knowledge or has received notice, the Indenture Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Noteholders as their names and addresses appear on the Note Register and to the Rating Agencies, notice of such Event of Default known to the Indenture Trustee within ten (10) Business Days after the Indenture Trustee receives such notice or obtains actual knowledge, whichever is earlier.
w. | Section 6.03(f) is hereby amended and restated to read as follows: |
Subject to Section 6.13 hereof, the Indenture Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents, attorneys, custodians or nominees, and the Indenture Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent, attorney, custodian, or nominee appointed by it with due care hereunder.
x. | Section 6.07 is hereby amended and restated to read as follows: |
The Issuer shall pay to the Indenture Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for its services pursuant to that certain fee letter, dated November 18, 2011, by and between the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof. The Indenture Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Issuer shall reimburse the Indenture Trustee for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred or made by it, including costs of collection, in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and expenses, disbursements and advances of the Indenture Trustee’s agents, counsel, accountants and experts. The Issuer shall, and shall cause the Servicer to, indemnify the Indenture Trustee and each of its directors, officers, employees and agents against any and all loss, liability or expense (including the fees of either in-house counsel or outside counsel, but not both) incurred by it in connection with the administration of this trust and the performance of its duties hereunder and under any other Transaction Document. The Indenture Trustee shall notify the Issuer and the Servicer promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Indenture Trustee to so notify the Issuer and the Servicer shall not relieve the Issuer of its obligations hereunder unless such loss, liability or expense could have been avoided with such prompt notification and then only to the extent of such loss, expense or liability which could have been so avoided. Neither the Issuer nor the Servicer will be required to reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense incurred by the Indenture Trustee through the Indenture Trustee’s own willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith.
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When the Indenture Trustee incurs expenses after the occurrence of a Default specified in subsection 5.02(d) with respect to the Issuer, the expenses are intended to constitute expenses of administration under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the obligations of the Issuer hereunder shall be payable solely out of assets of the Issuer available for such purposes pursuant to, and in accordance with, the priority of payments set forth in each Indenture Supplement.
y. | Section 6.13 is hereby amended by replacing the word “Illinois” set forth therein with the words “New York or the State of Minnesota.” |
z. | Section 8.03(c) is hereby amended by replacing the word “clearing” set forth therein with the word “clearly”. |
aa. | Section 8.04(c) is hereby amended and restated to read as follows: |
(i) Prior to the allocation of funds as set forth in clause (ii), the Indenture Trustee shall, in accordance with the written directions of the Servicer, make the distributions set forth in Sections 3.02(c)(vi), 3.12 and 3.14(b) of the Transfer and Servicing Agreement.
(ii) After making the distributions set forth in clause (i), the Indenture Trustee shall, in accordance with the written directions of the Servicer, allocate all funds on deposit in the Collection Account to each Series based on the Series Percentage of such Series as set forth in the Indenture Supplement related to such Series. Amounts allocated to any Series shall not, except as specified in the related Indenture Supplement, be available to the Noteholders of any other Series. The Indenture Supplement shall specify how amounts allocated to such Series will be applied.
ab. | Section 8.05(a) is hereby amended by replacing the phrase “The Indenture Trustee may, and when required by the provisions of this Indenture or the other Transaction Documents shall” set forth therein, with the phrase “The Indenture Trustee shall, when required by the provisions of this Indenture or the other Transaction Documents”. |
ac. | Section 8.06 is hereby amended by replacing the phrase “The Issuer shall provide the Indenture Trustee” set forth therein with the phrase “The Issuer shall provide the Indenture Trustee and each Noteholder”. |
ad. | Section 8.07 is hereby amended by replacing the reference to “Section 8.04(d)” set forth therein, with the reference to “Section 8.04”. |
ae. | Article IX is hereby amended by adding the following two paragraphs at the end thereof: |
The Indenture Trustee shall make available on its internet website to each Noteholder
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all reports, financial statements and notices received by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Indenture, the applicable Indenture Supplement or the Transfer and Servicing Agreement. The Indenture Trustee will make no representation or warranties as to the accuracy or completeness of such documents and will assume no responsibility therefor.
The Indenture Trustee’s internet website shall be initially located at "xxxxx://xxx.xxxxxx.xxx/xxx" or at such other address as shall be specified by the Indenture Trustee from time to time in writing to the Noteholders and the Servicer. In connection with providing access to the Indenture Trustee’s internet website, the Indenture Trustee may require registration and the acceptance of a disclaimer. The Indenture Trustee shall be permitted to change the method by which such information distributed in order to make such distributions more convenient and/or more accessible to the Noteholders and the Servicer.
af. | Clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of the second sentence of Section 10.01(b) are hereby amended and restated to read as follows: |
(i) to avoid the imposition of state or local income or franchise taxes imposed on the Issuer’s property or its income and (ii) to add, modify or eliminate such provisions as may be necessary and desirable to implement any revisions to the Uniform Commercial Code as in force in the applicable jurisdiction
ag. | Section 10.02 is hereby amended by adding the following new paragraph immediately before the penultimate paragraph thereto: |
In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, no supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of Holders of at least 66 2/3% of the Series Outstanding Amount of the Outstanding Notes, increase the Obligor Limit with respect to any Obligor.
ah. | Section 12.04(c) is hereby amended and restated to read as follows: |
(c) in the case of the Paying Agent, the Authentication Agent or the Transfer Agent and Registrar, to 00 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxx., XX-XX-XX0X, Xx. Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Apple Ridge Funding LLC and
ai. | Section 12.05 is hereby amended by deleting the phrase “or first class postage prepaid” set forth therein. |
aj. | Section 12.16 is hereby amended by replacing the phrase “Fifth Omnibus Amendment hereto dated as of April 10, 2007” set forth therein, with the phrase “Seventh Omnibus Amendment hereto dated as of December 14, 2011”. |
ak. | Section 12.17 is hereby amended and restated to read as follows: |
Section 12.17. Defaulted Gross-Up Amount. Upon the completion of each audit of the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.09 of the Transfer and Servicing Agreement (or, for so
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long as the Series 2011-1 Notes are the only Notes issued under this Indenture, pursuant to Section 5.01(g) of the related Note Purchase Agreement), no more than one time during any 12-month period, (a) the Defaulted 121-150 Gross-Up Amount shall be recalculated as of the last day of the immediately preceding Monthly Period to equal the greater of (i) $50,000 and (ii) the average (rounded to the nearest ten thousand) of the Defaulted 121-150 Credit Balances for the twelve (12) preceding Monthly Periods, and (b) the Defaulted 150+ Gross-Up Amount shall be recalculated as of the last day of the immediately preceding Monthly Period to equal the greater of (i) $300,000 and (ii) the average (rounded to the nearest ten thousand) of the Defaulted 150+ Credit Balances for the twelve (12) preceding Monthly Periods. The recalculated Defaulted 121-150 Gross-Up Amount and Defaulted 150+ Gross-Up Amount shall be effective on the last day of the Monthly Period in which the related audit report is completed and finalized.
4. | Amendments to Transfer and Servicing Agreement. Effective as of the Closing Date, the Transfer and Servicing Agreement is hereby amended as follows: |
a. | The opening paragraph is hereby amended by replacing the phrase “THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as successor Indenture Trustee” with the phrase “U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Indenture Trustee”. |
b. | Clauses (b), (c), (d), (f) and (g) of the definition of “Eligible Investments” in Section 1.01 are hereby amended and restated in their entirety as follows: |
(b) demand deposits, time deposits or certificates of deposit (having original maturities of no more than 365 days) of depository institutions or trust companies (including the Indenture Trustee acting in its commercial capacity) incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof, including the District of Columbia (or domestic branches of foreign banks) and subject to supervision and examination by federal or state banking or depository institution authorities, provided that, at the time of the Issuer’s investment or contractual commitment to invest therein, the short-term debt rating of such depository institution or trust company shall be rated by each of Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s in its respective highest rating category (or such other rating that satisfies the Rating Agency Condition);
(c) commercial paper (having original or remaining maturities of no more than 30 days) having, at the time of the Issuer’s investment or contractual commitment to invest therein, a short-term debt rating by each of Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s in its respective highest rating category;
(d) demand deposits, time deposits and certificates of deposit that are fully insured by the FDIC having, at the time of the Issuer’s investment therein, a short-term debt rating by each of Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s in its respective highest rating category;
(f) money market funds having, at the time of the Issuer’s investment therein, a rating of AAAm by Standard & Poor’s or Aaa by Moody’s (including funds for which the Indenture Trustee or any of its Affiliates is investment manager or advisor);
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(g) time deposits and eurodollar deposits (having maturities not later than the succeeding Distribution Date) other than as referred to in clause (d) above, with a Person the commercial paper of which has a credit rating by each of Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s in its respective highest rating category; or
c. | The definitions of “Indenture”, “Indenture Trustee” and “Lockbox Account” in Section 1.01 are hereby amended and restated in their entirety to read as follows: |
“Indenture” shall mean the master indenture dated as of April 25, 2000, by and between the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and U.S. Bank National Association, as Paying Agent, Authentication Agent and Transfer Agent and Registrar.
“Indenture Trustee” shall mean U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association, acting in its capacity as Indenture Trustee under the Indenture.
“Lockbox Account” shall mean each lockbox account, concentration account, depositary account or similar account (including any associated demand deposit account) established pursuant to a Lockbox Agreement.
d. | The definition of “Required Marketing Expenses Account Amount” in Section 1.01 is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows: |
“Required Marketing Expenses Account Amount” shall mean, on any Distribution Date, an amount equal to:
(i) zero, if the average number of days the Homes relating to outstanding Pool Receivables have been owned by Cartus and CFC (excluding any such Homes relating to Self-Funding Obligors or that constitute Excluded Homes) as of the close of business on the last day of the immediately preceding Monthly Period was 120 days or less;
(ii) 2.5% of the aggregate Home Purchase Price for all Homes owned by Cartus and CFC (excluding any Homes relating to Self-Funding Obligors or that constitute Excluded Homes) as of the close of business on the last day of the immediately preceding Monthly Period, if the average number of days such Homes have been owned by Cartus and CFC as of the close of business on the last day of the immediately preceding Monthly Period was greater than 120 days but less than or equal to 130 days;
(iii) 3.0% of the aggregate Home Purchase Price for all Homes owned by Cartus and CFC (excluding any Homes relating to Self-Funding Obligors or that constitute Excluded Homes) as of the close of business on the last day of the immediately preceding Monthly Period, if the average number of days such Homes have been owned by Cartus and CFC as of the close of business on the last day of the immediately preceding Monthly Period was greater than 130 days but less than or equal to 140 days;
(iv) 4.0% of the aggregate Home Purchase Price for all Homes owned by Cartus and CFC (excluding any Homes relating to Self-Funding Obligors or that constitute Excluded Homes) as of the close of business on the last day of the immediately
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preceding Monthly Period, if the average number of days such Homes have been owned by Cartus and CFC as of the close of business on the last day of the immediately preceding Monthly Period was greater than 140 days but less than or equal to 150 days; and
(v) 5.0% of the aggregate Home Purchase Price for all Homes owned by Cartus and CFC (excluding any Homes relating to Self-Funding Obligors or that constitute Excluded Homes) as of the close of business on the last day of the immediately preceding Monthly Period, if the average number of days such Homes have been owned by Cartus and CFC as of the close of business on the last day of the immediately preceding Monthly Period was greater than 150 days.
e. | Section 1.01 is hereby amended to delete the following terms and their related definitions: “Weekly Activity Report,” “Weekly Reporting Commencement Date” and “Weekly Reporting Event”. |
f. | Section 1.01 is hereby further amended to insert, in the proper alphabetical location, the following new definitions: |
“Indemnified Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.04.
“Specified Realogy Credit Agreement” means the Realogy Credit Agreement filed on August 11, 2009 in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval System as Exhibit 10.2 to the Performance Guarantor’s 10-Q filing, as amended by the First Amendment thereto, filed on January 27, 2011 in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval System as Exhibit 10.1 to the Performance Guarantor’s 8-K filing.
g. | Section 1.02(f) is hereby amended by replacing the last sentence thereto with the following two sentences: |
To the extent any Receivables are denominated in any currency other than Dollars, all references herein to such Receivables shall mean the Dollar Equivalent of such Receivables. References herein to this Agreement, the Purchase Agreement, the Receivables Purchase Agreement, the Indenture and the Performance Guaranty shall mean and be references to each such document as amended and modified by that certain Omnibus Amendment, Agreement and Consent, dated December 20, 2004, that certain Second Omnibus Amendment, dated January 31, 2005, that certain Amendment, Agreement and Consent, dated January 30, 2006, that certain Third Omnibus Amendment, Agreement and Consent, dated May 12, 2006, that certain Fourth Omnibus Amendment, dated November 29, 2006, that certain Fifth Omnibus Amendment, dated April 10, 2007, that certain Sixth Omnibus Amendment, dated June 6, 2007, and that certain Seventh Omnibus Amendment, dated December 14, 2011.
h. | The last sentence of Section 2.01(i) is hereby amended and restated to read as follows: |
The parties recognize and agree that in order to avoid a multiplicity of wires, and the related bank charges, and to simplify the administration of payments, (i) the Issuer shall
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pay to CFC or its assignee all payments of the ARF Purchase Price payable to the Transferor hereunder to the extent necessary to satisfy the obligations of the Transferor to pay the purchase price to CFC under the Receivables Purchase Agreement, (ii) pursuant to the Receivables Purchase Agreement, CFC has instructed the Transferor to pay to Cartus as the Originator all amounts owing by the Transferor to CFC on account of the purchase price thereunder to the extent necessary to satisfy the obligations of CFC to pay Cartus as the Originator the purchase price under the Purchase Agreement, and (iii) the result of the foregoing provisions is that the Issuer will make payments directly to Cartus as the Originator, which payments shall constitute payment from the Issuer to ARSC, from ARSC to CFC, and from CFC to Cartus as the Originator, and the obligations of the Issuer under this Section 2.01(i) shall be satisfied to the extent of such payments received by Cartus as the Originator. To the extent funds are released to the Issuer from the Collection Account, the Issuer agrees that it will use such released funds to the extent necessary to pay the ARF Purchase Price.
i. | Section 2.06(m) is hereby amended by replacing the amount “$40,000,000” set forth in clause (ii) therein with the amount “$24,000,000”. |
j. | The second sentence of Section 3.01(b) is hereby amended by replacing the word “Subsidiary” set forth therein, with the word “Affiliate”. |
k. | Section 3.03 is hereby amended by replacing the phrase, “the weighted average over such Monthly Period of the daily sums of the Aggregate Employer Balances for each Employer under the Pool Relocation Management Agreements,” with the following phrase: |
the weighted average over such Monthly Period of the daily Aggregate Receivable Balance
l. | The last sentence of Section 3.03 is hereby amended and restated to read as follows: |
The Servicer agrees to indemnify the Indenture Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Authentication Agent and the Transfer Agent and Registrar out of the Servicing Fee in accordance with Section 7.04 hereof and the terms of the Indenture.
m. | Section 3.07(c) is hereby amended by deleting the last sentence thereto. |
n. | Section 3.07(d) is hereby deleted in its entirety. |
o. | Section 3.09 is hereby amended by replacing the reference therein to “2007-1” with “2011-1”. |
p. | Section 3.10(a) is hereby amended by deleting the phrase “and Weekly Activity Report, if applicable” set forth therein. |
q. | The second sentence of Section 4.02 is hereby amended and restated to read as follows: |
Except as otherwise provided below, the Servicer shall (i) transfer all Pool Collections
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denominated in Dollars and other Transferred Assets consisting of cash or cash equivalents from the Lockbox Accounts into the Collection Account as promptly as possible after the date of deposit of such Pool Collections into such Lockbox Accounts, but in no event later than the second (2nd) Business Day following the date of deposit into such Lockbox Accounts, and (ii) transfer all Pool Collections denominated in a currency other than Dollars from the Lockbox Accounts into the Collection Account no later than the eighteenth (18th) day following the date of deposit into such Lockbox Accounts.
r. | The first sentence of Section 4.03 is hereby amended and restated to read as follows: |
Subject to Section 8.04(f) of the Indenture, on each day, the Servicer shall determine the amounts payable to it as reimbursement of any Nonrecoverable Advances pursuant to Section 3.12(b) and the Servicer shall instruct the Indenture Trustee to pay such amounts over to the Servicer pursuant to Section 8.04(c)(i) of the Indenture.
s. | Section 7.04 is hereby amended and restated to read as follows: |
The Servicer shall indemnify and hold harmless each of Cartus, CFC, the Transferor, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and its directors, officers, employees and agents (any such indemnified party, an “Indemnified Party”) from and against any and all loss, liability, claim, expense, actions, suits, demands, damage or injury suffered or sustained by reason of (i) any representation or warranty made by the Servicer under any of the Transaction Documents, any Receivables Activity Report, or any other information or report delivered by the Servicer with respect to the Servicer or the Transferred Assets having been untrue or incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed to have been made; or (ii) any acts or omissions of the Servicer pursuant to this Agreement (other than such as may arise from the negligence or willful misconduct of Cartus, CFC, the Transferor, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, respectively, and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents), including any judgment, award, settlement, reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs or expenses incurred in connection with the defense of any action, proceeding or claim, that in each case arises from or relates to a breach by the Servicer of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements hereunder; or (iii) any reduction in the Unpaid Balance of any Pool Receivable as a result of any cash discount or any adjustment by the Servicer, including any such adjustment that gives rise to a Servicer Dilution Adjustment (but not including any write-off of any Receivable) or (iv) any failure of the Servicer to comply with any material applicable law, rule or regulation applicable to it and which relates to the servicing or administration of the Transferred Assets. Indemnification pursuant to this Section 7.04 shall not be payable from the Transferred Assets.
The Servicer will be entitled (except as provided below), if it so elects and upon written notice to the applicable Indemnified Party, to take control of the defense and investigation of a claim for which indemnity has been sought and to employ and engage attorneys of its own choice, reasonably acceptable to such Indemnified Party, to handle and defend the same, at the Servicer’s expense. The Servicer shall not be entitled to assume the defense of claim as to which such Indemnified Party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be a conflict of interest between such Indemnified Party and the Servicer
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regarding the defense of such claim. Should the Servicer so elect to assume the defense of a claim, the Servicer will not be liable to such Indemnified Party for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with the defense thereof. Such Indemnified Party shall be entitled to employ its own counsel at its own expense. Nevertheless, the Servicer shall pay for such Indemnified Party’s own counsel (one firm or counsel retained to defend such claim in respect of all Indemnified Parties) if (1) the Servicer agrees to do the same, (2) such Indemnified Party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be a conflict of interest between the Servicer and such Indemnified Party regarding the defense of such action, or (3) the Servicer shall not in fact have employed counsel to assume the defense of the claim.
The Servicer shall obtain the prior written consent of such Indemnified Party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned) before entering into any settlement of such claim, if the settlement (i) does not release such Indemnified Party and all officers, directors and employees thereof from all liabilities and obligations with respect to such claim, (ii) imposes injunctive or other equitable relief against such Indemnified Party or any officer, director or employee thereof, (iii) admits any liability in connection therewith or (iv) is not payable in its entirety from funds of Persons other than such Indemnified Party or any officer, director or employee thereof. The Servicer shall not be liable to such Indemnified Party under this Agreement for any amounts paid in settlement of any claim unless the Servicer consents to such settlement.
Each of the Servicer and such Indemnified Party will deliver to the other party, upon request, copies of all correspondence, pleadings, motions, briefs, appeals or other written statements relating to or submitted in connection with the defense of any claim, and timely notices of, and the right to participate in (as an observer), any hearing or other court proceeding relating to such claim. Such Indemnified Party will cooperate in all reasonable respects with the Servicer and such attorneys in the investigation, trial and defense of any claim and any related appeal, including by retaining and (upon the Servicer’s written request) providing to the Servicer records and information that are reasonably relevant to such claim, and making employees available on a mutually convenient basis to provide additional information and explanation of any material provided hereunder; provided that such Indemnified Party may, at its own cost, participate in the investigation, trial and defense of any claim and any related appeal.
The Servicer’s obligations under this Section 7.04 shall survive the termination of this Agreement, the resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee or the earlier removal or resignation of the Servicer.
t. | Section 9.01(a) is hereby amended by deleting the phrase “or Weekly Activity Report, if applicable”. |
u. | Section 9.01(e) is hereby amended by deleting the “or” set forth therein. |
v. | Section 9.01(f) is hereby amended by adding the following phrase at the end of the first sentence of the last paragraph thereof: “or to perform the obligations of the Servicer under this Agreement”. |
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w. | Section 9.01 is hereby amended by adding the following two additional clauses: |
(g) so long as the Series 2011-1 Notes are Outstanding, the occurrence of an “Amortization Event” pursuant to clause (h), (j), (k), (l), (m), (n), (o) or (p) of Section 6.01 of the Series 2011-1 Supplement, subject to any cure rights set forth in the Series 2011-1 Supplement; or
(h) the Performance Guarantor shall permit the “Senior Secured Leverage Ratio” (as defined in the Specified Realogy Credit Agreement) on the last day of any fiscal quarter to exceed 4.75:1.00, subject to the cure rights set forth in Section 8.03 of the Specified Realogy Credit Agreement;
x. | The first sentence of Section 9.05(a) is hereby amended and restated to read as follows: |
If (i) Cartus is the Servicer, and (ii) the “Average Days in Inventory” (as defined below) is more than 120 days, the Issuer will be obligated to establish an account (the “Marketing Expenses Account”) to be established with, and pledged to, the Indenture Trustee and maintain on deposit therein, an amount at least equal to the Required Marketing Expenses Account Amount described below.
y. | Section 9.05(b) is hereby amended by replacing the phrase “The Indenture Trustee will be permitted to withdraw funds from the Marketing Expenses Account” with the phrase “The Indenture Trustee shall, in accordance with the written directions of the Majority Noteholders, withdraw funds from the Marketing Expenses Account”. |
z. | The second sentence of Section 11.01(a) is hereby amended and restated to read as follows: |
Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, this Agreement shall be amended by the parties hereto at the direction of the Transferor without the consent of any of the holders of the Notes issued by the Issuer under the Indenture to add, modify or eliminate such provisions as may be necessary or advisable in order to enable all or a portion of the Transferred Assets to avoid the imposition of state or local income or franchise taxes imposed on the Issuer’s property or its income, provided that (i) the Transferor delivers to the Issuer an Officer’s Certificate to the effect that the proposed amendments meet the requirements set forth in this Section 11.01(a) and (ii) such amendment does not affect the rights, duties or obligations of the Issuer hereunder.
aa. | Section 11.03 is hereby amended and restated to read as follows: |
All demands, notices, instructions, directions and communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered at, mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, or sent by facsimile transmission (i) in the case of Cartus or CFC, to the address provided in the Purchase Agreement or the Receivables Purchase Agreement, respectively, (ii) in the case of the Transferor, to 00 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 0X00, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000 (telecopier no. (000) 000-0000), (iii) in the case of the Servicer, to 00 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Chief Financial Officer (telecopier no. (000) 000-0000), (iv) in the
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case of the Issuer, 00 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 0X00, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Chief Financial Officer (telecopier no. (000) 000-0000), (v) in the case of the Indenture Trustee, 00 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxx., XX-XX-XX0X, Xx. Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Attention: Apple Ridge Funding (telecopier no. (000) 000-0000) and (vi) to any other Person as specified in any Supplement; or, as to each party, at such other address or facsimile number as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to each other party.
ab. | Section 11.19 is hereby deleted in its entirety. |
5. | Amendments to Performance Guaranty. Effective as of the Closing Date, the Performance Guaranty is hereby amended as follows: |
a. | The opening paragraph is hereby amended and restated to read as follows: |
This Performance Guaranty (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Guaranty”), dated as of May 12, 2006 and effective on and after the Effective Date (as defined herein), is executed by Realogy Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Performance Guarantor”) in favor of Cartus Financial Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“CFC”), and Apple Ridge Funding LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as Issuer (the “Issuer”) under the Master Indenture dated as of April 25, 2000 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Indenture”) between the Issuer and U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association, as indenture trustee, paying agent, authentication agent and transfer agent and registrar. Unless otherwise defined herein, all capitalized terms used herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Indenture or that certain Purchase Agreement dated as of April 25, 2000 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Purchase Agreement”) between CFC and Cartus Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Cartus”).
b. | Section 8(d) is hereby amended and restated to read as follows: |
(d) The Performance Guarantor covenants and agrees to furnish to the “Managing Agents” (as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement for Series 2011-1 (such, agreement, the “Note Purchase Agreement”)) and to the Issuer (i) notice of the occurrence of any event which has had or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on its condition or operations, financial or otherwise, and (ii) those financial statements and reports of the Performance Guarantor required by Sections 5.01(c)(i), 5.01(c)(ii) and 5.01(c)(iii) of such Note Purchase Agreement.
6. | Acceptance of Conformed Copies. Each of the parties hereto acknowledges that, on and after the Closing Date, the conformed copies of the Affected Documents attached hereto as Exhibits A-1 through A-5 (the “Conformed Copies”) properly reflect all amendments to the Affected Documents executed through and including the Closing Date, including the correction of mutual mistakes and the incorporation of the amendments to the Affected Documents set forth hereinabove, and, from and after the Closing Date, such copies shall constitute the definitive versions of the Affected Documents to the same extent as if such Affected Documents were amended and restated to conform in their entirety to such Conformed Copies. |
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7. | Conditions Precedent. |
a. | This Amendment shall be effective upon (i) the Indenture Trustee’s receipt of counterparts to this Amendment, duly executed by each of the parties hereto and (ii) the satisfaction of each of the conditions precedent (other than the effectiveness of this Amendment) set forth in Section 3.01 of the Note Purchase Agreement relating to the Series 2011-1 Notes, dated as of the date hereof (the “Note Purchase Agreement”), among the Issuer, Cartus, as Servicer, the financial institutions and commercial paper conduits party thereto, and CA-CIB, as Administrative Agent and Lead Arranger. |
b. | Sections 1-6, 10, 11, 13 and 15 of this Amendment shall become effective on the date (the “Closing Date”) on which all of the conditions precedent to the purchase of the Series 2011-1 Notes, as set forth in Section 3.02 of the Note Purchase Agreement, are satisfied. |
8. | GOVERNING LAW. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS XX XXX XXXXX XX XXX XXXX, XXXXXXXXX §0-0000 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, BUT OTHERWISE WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES. |
9. | Counterparts. This Amendment 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. |
10. | References to and Effect on Affected Documents. On and after the Closing Date: (i) all references in any Affected Document to “this Agreement,” “hereof,” “herein” or words of similar effect referring to such Affected Document shall be deemed to be references to such Affected Document as amended by this Amendment; (ii) each reference in any of the Affected Documents to any other Affected Document and each reference in any of the other Transaction Documents among the parties hereto to any of the Affected Documents shall each mean and be a reference to such Affected Document as amended by this Amendment; and (iii) each reference in any Transaction Document among the parties hereto to any of the terms or provisions of an Affected Document which are redefined or otherwise modified hereby shall mean and be a reference to such terms or provisions as redefined or otherwise modified by this Amendment; provided, that, notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provisions of this Amendment, the amendments contained in this Amendment shall not be effective to (x) modify on a retroactive basis any representations or warranties previously made under any Affected Document with respect to Receivables transferred or purported to have been transferred prior to the date hereof, which representations and warranties shall continue to speak as of the dates such Receivables were transferred and based on the terms and provisions of the Affected Documents as in effect at such time or (y) otherwise modify the terms of any transfer or purported transfer of any Receivable transferred or purported to be transferred pursuant to an Affected Document prior to the date hereof. |
11. | Reaffirmation of Performance Guaranty. Effective as of the Closing Date, Realogy, in its capacity as the Performance Guarantor under the Performance Guaranty, hereby consents to this Amendment and acknowledges and agrees that the Performance Guaranty remains in full force and effect is hereby reaffirmed, ratified and confirmed. |
12. | No Waiver. This Amendment shall not be deemed, either expressly or impliedly, to waive, amend |
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or supplement any provision of the Affected Documents other than as set forth herein, each of which Affected Documents, as modified hereby, remains in full force and effect and is hereby reaffirmed, ratified and confirmed.
13. | Consent for Amendment and Restatement of Schedules and Exhibits. By its execution below, each of the parties hereto consents to the amendment and restatement on the Closing Date of the Schedules and Exhibits of each of the Purchase Agreement, Receivables Purchase Agreement and the Transfer and Servicing Agreement in the forms of the respective Schedules and Exhibits as attached to the Conformed Copies; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, Exhibit B to the Transfer and Servicing Agreement shall be deemed to be amended and restated as of the Closing Date in the form mutually agreed upon by the Issuer and the Administrative Agent and distributed to all the parties hereto on or prior to the Closing Date. |
14. | Consent and Direction of Noteholders. Each Managing Agent signatory hereto consents to (i) this Amendment, (ii) the Instrument of Resignation, Appointment and Acceptance, dated as of December 16, 2011 (the “Instrument”), by and among the Issuer, The Bank of New York Mellon, as the depository bank and as Predecessor Indenture Trustee, Predecessor Paying Agent, Predecessor Authentication Agent, and Predecessor Transfer Agent and Registrar, U.S. Bank, as Successor Indenture Trustee, Successor Paying Agent, Successor Authentication Agent, and Successor Transfer Agent and Registrar, Cartus, CFC and ARSC, substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, and (iii) the Amended and Restated Concentration Account Agreement, dated as of December 16, 2011 (the “Concentration Account Agreement”), by and among the Issuer, Cartus, as Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as the depository bank, substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, and directs the Indenture Trustee to execute and deliver this Amendment, the Instrument and the Concentration Account Agreement. |
15. | Issuer Representations re: Outstanding Series. As of the Closing Date, the Issuer represents and warrants that the Series 2011-1 Notes are the only Notes outstanding under the Master Indenture. |
16. | Acknowledgements Regarding U.S. Bank. Each of the parties hereto acknowledge that (a) U.S. Bank will not become the Indenture Trustee, Paying Agent, Authentication Agent, or Transfer Agent and Registrar until the Closing Date, (b) for purposes of the time period between the date hereof and the Closing Date, U.S. Bank shall be a party to this Amendment solely in its prospective capacity as the Indenture Trustee, Paying Agent, Authentication Agent, and Transfer Agent and Registrar and (c) this Amendment shall not be binding on U.S. Bank until the effectiveness of the Instrument on the Closing Date. |
[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amendment to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above written.
CARTUS CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Barnes________________
Name:
Title:
CARTUS FINANCIAL CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Barnes_______________
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President &
Chief Financial Officer
APPLE RIDGE SERVICES CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxx _______________
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President &
Chief Financial Officer
APPLE RIDGE FUNDING LLC
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Barnes_______________
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President &
Chief Financial Officer
REALOGY CORPORATION
By: /s/Xxxxxxx X. Hull_____________
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
Title: EVP, CFO & Treasurer
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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Indenture Trustee, Paying Agent, Authentication Agent and Transfer Agent and Registrar
By: /s/Xxxxxxxx Moeller____________
Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
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CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK, as Administrative Agent and a Managing Agent
By: /s/ Kostantina Kourmpetis______
Name: Kostantina Kourmpetis
Title: Managing Director
By: /s/Xxxxxxx Fleury_____________
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Managing Director & Global Head
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THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, as a Managing Agent
By: /s/Luke Evans_________________
Name: Xxxx Xxxxx
Title: Director
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XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Managing Agent
By:/s/ Xxxxxxxxx Wagner_____________
Name: Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President
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BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as a Managing Agent
By: /s/Xxxxx Pratt________________
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Director
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Exhibit A-1
Purchase Agreement
[Attached]
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CONFORMED COPY
AS AMENDED BY:
1. Omnibus Amendment, Agreement and Consent dated December 20, 2004.
2. Second Omnibus Amendment dated January 31, 2005
3. Third Omnibus Amendment, Agreement and Consent dated May 12, 2006
4. Fifth Omnibus Amendment dated April 10, 2007
5. Seventh Omnibus Amendment dated December 14, 2011
AS AMENDED BY:
1. Omnibus Amendment, Agreement and Consent dated December 20, 2004.
2. Second Omnibus Amendment dated January 31, 2005
3. Third Omnibus Amendment, Agreement and Consent dated May 12, 2006
4. Fifth Omnibus Amendment dated April 10, 2007
5. Seventh Omnibus Amendment dated December 14, 2011
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Dated as of April 25, 2000
by and between
CARTUS CORPORATION
as Originator
and
CARTUS FINANCIAL CORPORATION
as Buyer
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I | |||
DEFINITIONS | |||
ARTICLE II | |||
SALE AND PURCHASE OF ASSETS | |||
Page | |||
Section 2.1 | Sale and Purchase | 1 | |
Section 2.2 | Purchases | 3 | |
Section 2.3 | No Assumption | 3 | |
Section 2.4 | No Recourse | 3 | |
Section 2.5 | True Sales | 4 | |
Section 2.6 | Servicing of Cartus Purchased Assets | 4 | |
Section 2.7 | Financing Statements | 4 | |
ARTICLE III | |||
CALCULATION OF CFC PURCHASE PRICE | |||
Section 3.1 | Calculation of the CFC Purchase Price | 4 | |
ARTICLE IV | |||
PAYMENT OF CFC PURCHASE PRICE | |||
Section 4.1 | CFC Purchase Price Payments | 5 | |
Section 4.2 | The CFC Subordinated Note | 6 | |
Section 4.3 | Originator Adjustments | 6 | |
Section 4.4 | Payments and Computations, Etc. | 7 | |
ARTICLE V | |||
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT | |||
Section 5.1 | Conditions Precedent to Sales and Purchases | 7 | |
Section 5.2 | Conditions Precedent to CFC Subordinated Loans | 7 | |
ARTICLE VI | |||
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES | |||
Section 6.1 | Representations and Warranties of the Originator | 8 | |
Section 6.2 | Representations and Warranties of the Buyer | 13 | |
ARTICLE VII | |||
GENERAL COVENANTS | |||
Section 7.1 | Affirmative Covenants of the Originator | 14 | |
Section 7.2 | Reporting Requirements | 17 | |
Section 7.3 | Negative Covenants of the Originator | 19 |
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Section 7.4 | Affirmative Covenants of the Buyer | 21 | |
ARTICLE VIII | |||
ADDITIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS IN | |||
RESPECT OF THE CARTUS PURCHASED ASSETS | |||
Section 8.1 | Rights of the Buyer | 22 | |
Section 8.2 | Responsibilities of the Originator | 23 | |
Section 8.3 | Further Action Evidencing Purchases | 23 | |
Section 8.4 | Cartus Collections; Rights of the Buyer and its Assignees | 24 | |
ARTICLE IX | |||
TERMINATION | |||
Section 9.1 | CFC Purchase Termination Events | 25 | |
Section 9.2 | Purchase Termination | 26 | |
ARTICLE X | |||
INDEMNIFICATION; SECURITY INTEREST | |||
Section 10.1 | Indemnities by the Originator | 27 | |
Section 10.2 | Security Interest | 29 | |
ARTICLE XI | |||
MISCELLANEOUS | |||
Section 11.1 | Amendments; Waivers, Etc. | 29 | |
Section 11.2 | Notices, Etc. | 29 | |
Section 11.3 | Cumulative Remedies | 30 | |
Section 11.4 | Binding Effect; Assignability; Survival of Provisions | 30 | |
Section 11.5 | Governing Law | 30 | |
Section 11.6 | Costs, Expenses and Taxes | 30 | |
Section 11.7 | Submission to Jurisdiction | 30 | |
Section 11.8 | Waiver of Jury Trial | 31 | |
Section 11.9 | Integration | 31 | |
Section 11.10 | Captions and Cross References | 32 | |
Section 11.11 | Execution in Counterparts | 32 | |
Section 11.12 | Acknowledgment and Consent | 32 | |
Section 11.13 | No Partnership or Joint Venture | 33 | |
Section 11.14 | No Proceedings | 33 | |
Section 11.15 | Severability of Provisions | 33 | |
Section 11.16 | Recourse to the Buyer | 33 | |
Section 11.17 | Confidentiality | 33 | |
Section 11.18 | Conversion | 33 |
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APPENDIX
APPENDIX A | Definitions |
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 2.1 | List of Pool Relocation Management Agreements |
SCHEDULE 6.1(n) | Principal Place of Business and Chief Executive Office of the Originator and List of Offices Where the Originator Keeps Cartus Records |
SCHEDULE 6.1(s) | List of Legal Names for Cartus Corporation |
SCHEDULE 11.2 | Notice Addresses |
EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT 2.1 | Form of Notice of Additional Pool Relocation Management Agreements |
EXHIBIT 4.2 | Form of CFC Subordinated Note |
EXHIBIT 6.1(u) | Credit and Collection Policy |
EXHIBIT 7.3(j) | Form of Acknowledgment Letter |
EXHIBIT C | Forms of Relocation Management Agreements |
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PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of April 25, 2000 made by and between CARTUS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, as originator (the “Originator”) and Cartus Financial Corporation, a Delaware corporation, as buyer (the “Buyer”).
WHEREAS, the Originator wishes to sell Receivables and Related Assets that it now owns and Receivables and Related Assets that it from time to time hereafter will own to the Buyer, and the Buyer is willing to purchase such Receivables and Related Assets from the Originator from time to time, on the terms and subject to the conditions contained in this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Buyer intends to transfer the Cartus Purchased Assets, together with additional Receivables and Related Assets that the Buyer from time to time hereafter will own, to Apple Ridge Services Corporation (“ARSC”) from and after the Closing Date pursuant to the terms of the Receivables Purchase Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
DEFINITIONS
Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined in this Agreement have the meanings specified in Part A of Appendix A. In addition, this Agreement shall be interpreted in accordance with the conventions set forth in Parts B, C and D of Appendix A.
ARTICLE II
SALE AND PURCHASE OF ASSETS
SALE AND PURCHASE OF ASSETS
Section 2.1 Sale and Purchase.
(a) Agreement. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereof, the Buyer agrees to buy, and the Originator agrees to sell, all of the Originator’s right, title and interest in and to the following:
(i) all Receivables owned by the Originator at the close of business on the Business Day preceding the Closing Date or thereafter created and arising (collectively, the “Originator Receivables”);
(ii) all Related Property with respect to the Originator Receivables (collectively, the “Originator Related Property”);
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(iii) all Cartus Collections;
(iv) all proceeds of and earnings on any of the foregoing; and
(v) all of the right, title and interest, if any, Cartus has in, to or under the CFC Designated Receivables, including all Related Property with respect thereto, rights, if any, to reimbursement of, or interest on, such CFC Designated Receivables and all proceeds thereof;
it being understood and agreed that the Originator does not hereby sell, transfer or convey any of its right, title or interest in any Excluded Assets or Excluded Contracts.
The items listed above in clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv), whenever and wherever arising, are collectively referred to herein as the “Originator Related Assets.” The Originator Receivables and the Originator Related Assets are sometimes collectively referred to herein as the “Originator Assets.”
It is the intent of the parties hereto that Cartus not have any right, title, or interest in, to, or under the CFC Designated Receivables or the other property listed in clause (v) above, and such CFC Designated Receivables and other property is included in the property being sold hereunder solely in case it should be determined, contrary to the intent of the parties hereto, that Cartus does have any right, title, or interest in the CFC Designated Receivables or the other property listed in clause (v) above.
As used herein, “Cartus Receivables” means Originator Receivables that are being Purchased or have been Purchased by the Buyer hereunder; “Cartus Related Property” means Originator Related Property that is being Purchased or has been Purchased by the Buyer hereunder; “Cartus Related Assets” means Originator Related Assets that are being Purchased or have been Purchased by the Buyer hereunder; and “Cartus Purchased Assets” means Originator Assets that are being Purchased or have been Purchased by the Buyer hereunder.
Schedule 2.1 sets forth a list of all Relocation Management Agreements subject to this Agreement (each, a “Pool Relocation Management Agreement”) as of the Closing Date. Each new Relocation Management Agreement that is not an Excluded Contract and that is entered into by the Originator during any month shall be added to the Pool Relocation Management Agreements either on or after the last day of such month or, if applicable, on the date of any interim servicing report by delivering a written notice in the form of Exhibit 2.1 to the Buyer or its designee, whereupon Schedule 2.1 shall be amended by the Originator to add such new Relocation Management Agreement to the list of Pool Relocation Management Agreements set forth therein. A copy of such Exhibit 2.1 appended to the Receivables Activity Report for such month, upon delivery to the Indenture Trustee, shall be sufficient evidence of inclusion. On or prior to the date of the delivery of any such notice, the Originator shall indicate, or cause to be indicated, in its computer files, books and records that the Cartus Receivables and other Cartus Purchased Assets then existing and thereafter created pursuant to or in connection with each such Pool Relocation Management Agreement are being transferred to the Buyer pursuant to this Agreement.
(b) Treatment of Certain Receivables and Related Assets. It is expressly understood that (i) each Cartus Receivable sold to the Buyer hereunder, together with all Cartus Related Assets then existing or thereafter created and arising with respect thereto, will thereafter be the property of the Buyer (or its assignees), without the necessity of any further purchase or other action by the Buyer (other than satisfaction of the conditions set forth herein) and (ii) the change of a Receivable’s status from that of Unsold Home Receivable to Unbilled Receivable or from Unbilled Receivable to Billed Receivable shall not be deemed the creation of a new Receivable for any purpose.
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Section 2.2 Purchases. On the Closing Date, the Buyer shall purchase all of the Originator’s right, title and interest in and to all Originator Assets and any property described in clause (v) of Section 2.1(a) existing as of the close of business on the immediately preceding Business Day. On each Business Day thereafter until the Termination Date, the Buyer shall purchase all of the Originator’s right, title and interest in and to all Originator Assets and any property described in clause (v) of Section 2.1(a) existing as of the close of business on the immediately preceding Business Day that were not previously purchased by the Buyer hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Insolvency Proceeding is pending with respect to either the Originator or the Buyer prior to the Termination Date, the Originator shall not sell, and the Buyer shall not buy, any Originator Assets hereunder unless and until such Insolvency Proceeding is dismissed or otherwise terminated.
Section 2.3 No Assumption. The sales and Purchases of Cartus Purchased Assets do not constitute and are not intended to result in a creation or an assumption by the Buyer or its successors and assigns of any obligation of the Originator or any other Person in connection with the Cartus Purchased Assets (other than any such obligations as may arise from the ownership of Cartus Receivables) or under the related Contracts or any other agreement or instrument relating thereto, including without limitation any obligation to any Obligors or Transferred Employees. None of the Servicer, the Buyer or the Buyer’s assignees shall have any obligation or liability to any Obligor, Transferred Employee or other customer or client of the Originator (including without limitation any obligation to perform any of the obligations of the Originator under any Relocation Management Agreement, Cartus Home Purchase Contract, Cartus Related Property or any other agreement), except such obligations as may arise from the ownership of the Cartus Receivables. Except as expressly provided in Section 3.05(k) of the Transfer and Servicing Agreement, no such obligation or liability to any Obligor, Transferred Employee or other customer or client of the Originator is intended to be assumed by the Servicer or its successors and assigns hereunder or under the Transfer and Servicing Agreement, and any such assumption is expressly disclaimed.
Section 2.4 No Recourse. Except as specifically provided in this Agreement, the sale and Purchase of the Cartus Purchased Assets and any interest of Cartus in and to the CFC Designated Receivables and other property described in clause (v) of Section 2.1(a) under this Agreement shall be without recourse to the Originator; provided, however, that the Originator shall be liable to the Buyer for all representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities made by it pursuant to the terms of this Agreement (it being understood that such obligations of the Originator will not arise solely on account of the credit-related inability of an Obligor to pay a Receivable).
Section 2.5 True Sales. The Originator and the Buyer intend the transfers of Cartus Purchased Assets hereunder to be true sales by the Originator to the Buyer that are absolute and irrevocable and to provide the Buyer with the full benefits of ownership of the Cartus Purchased Assets, and neither the Originator nor the Buyer intends the transactions contemplated hereunder to be, or for any purpose to be characterized as, loans from the Buyer to the Originator, secured by the Cartus Purchased Assets.
Section 2.6 Servicing of Cartus Purchased Assets. Consistent with the Buyer’s ownership of all Cartus Purchased Assets and subject to the terms of the Pool Relocation Management Agreements, as between the parties to this Agreement, the Buyer shall have the sole right to service, administer and collect all Cartus Purchased Assets, to assign such right and to delegate such right to others. In consideration of the Buyer’s purchase of the Cartus Purchased Assets and as more fully set forth in Section 11.12, the Originator hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Buyer intends to assign for the benefit of ARSC and its successors and assigns the rights and interests granted by the Originator to the Buyer hereunder, and agrees to cooperate fully with the Issuer and its successors and assigns in the exercise of such rights.
Section 2.7 Financing Statements. In connection with the transfer described above, the
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Originator agrees, at its expense, to record and file financing statements (and continuation statements when applicable) with respect to the Cartus Purchased Assets conveyed by the Originator meeting the requirements of applicable law in such manner and in such jurisdictions as are necessary to perfect and maintain the perfection of the transfer and assignment of its interest in the Cartus Purchased Assets to the Buyer, and to deliver a file stamped copy of each such financing statement or other evidence of such filing to the Buyer as soon as practicable after the Closing Date; provided, however, that prior to recordation pursuant to Section 8.3 or the sale of a Cartus Home to an Ultimate Buyer, record title to such Cartus Home may remain in the name of the related Transferred Employee and no recordation in real estate records of the conveyance pursuant to the related Cartus Home Purchase Contract or Cartus Home Sale Contract shall be made except as otherwise required or permitted under Section 2.01(d)(i) of the Transfer and Servicing Agreement.
ARTICLE III
CALCULATION OF CFC PURCHASE PRICE
CALCULATION OF CFC PURCHASE PRICE
Section 3.1 Calculation of the CFC Purchase Price.
(a) Intentionally Omitted
(b) With respect to the Purchase of any Cartus Purchased Assets by the Buyer from the Originator pursuant to Article II, (i) on the Closing Date, the Buyer shall pay to the Originator a purchase price equal to $654,199,874, and (ii) thereafter the Buyer shall pay to the Originator, as provided in Section 4.1, a purchase price (each such purchase price, the “CFC Purchase Price”) in an amount that the Originator and the Buyer mutually agree is the fair market value of such Cartus Purchased Assets. The sale of the property described in clause (v) of Section 2.1(a) is in consideration of CFC funding the CFC Designated Receivables or the obligation of the Issuer to reimburse the Servicer for advances in respect to such CFC Designated Receivables.
ARTICLE IV
PAYMENT OF CFC PURCHASE PRICE
PAYMENT OF CFC PURCHASE PRICE
Section 4.1 CFC Purchase Price Payments. On the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, the Buyer shall pay to the Originator on the Closing Date the CFC Purchase Price for the Cartus Purchased Assets sold on such date, by paying such CFC Purchase Price to the Originator in cash. On each other Business Day in each Monthly Period, on the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, the Buyer shall pay to the Originator in cash an amount mutually agreed upon by the Originator and the Buyer on account of the CFC Purchase Price for the Cartus Purchased Assets purchased by the Buyer during such Monthly Period. Within seven Business Days after the end of each Monthly Period, the Originator shall deliver to the Buyer an accounting with respect to all Purchases of Cartus Purchased Assets that were made during such Monthly Period and the aggregate CFC Purchase Price for all the Cartus Purchased Assets that were purchased by the Buyer during such Monthly Period. If the payments on account of the CFC Purchase Price for such Monthly Period exceed the aggregate CFC Purchase Price set forth in such report minus the aggregate Originator Adjustments for such Monthly Period calculated pursuant to Section 4.3(c), then the Originator shall promptly pay such excess to the Buyer in cash and if
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the payments on account of the CFC Purchase Price for such Monthly Period are less than the aggregate CFC Purchase Price set forth in such report minus the aggregate Originator Adjustments for such Monthly Period calculated pursuant to Section 4.3(c), then the Buyer shall promptly pay such deficiency to the Originator in cash. The parties recognize and agree that in order to avoid a multiplicity of wires, and the related bank charges, and to simplify the administration of payments, (i) pursuant to the Receivables Purchase Agreement, the Buyer has instructed ARSC to pay to Cartus as the Originator all amounts owing by ARSC to the Buyer on account of the purchase price under the Receivables Purchase Agreement, to the extent necessary to satisfy the obligations of the Buyer to pay the CFC Purchase Price to Cartus as the Originator hereunder, (ii) pursuant to the Transfer and Servicing Agreement, ARSC has instructed the Issuer to pay to the Buyer or its assignee all amounts owing by the Issuer to ARSC on account of the purchase price under the Transfer and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to satisfy the obligations of ARSC to pay the purchase price to the Buyer as required by the Receivables Purchase Agreement, and (iii) the result of the foregoing provisions is that the Issuer will make payments directly to Cartus as the Originator, which payments shall constitute payment from the Issuer to ARSC, from ARSC to the Buyer, and from the Buyer to Cartus as the Originator, and the obligations of the Buyer under this Section 4.1 shall be satisfied to the extent of such payments received by Cartus as the Originator.
Section 4.2 The CFC Subordinated Note. On the Closing Date, the Buyer shall deliver to the Originator the CFC Subordinated Note in the form set forth as Exhibit 4.2. Subject to the limitations set forth in the CFC Subordinated Note, the Originator irrevocably agrees to make each advance (each, a “CFC Subordinated Loan”) requested by the Buyer on or prior to the Termination Date for the sole purposes of acquiring CFC Homes pursuant to CFC Home Purchase Contracts (including the making of Equity Payments), making Mortgage Payoffs and Mortgage Payments with respect to CFC Homes and making Seller Adjustments under the Receivables Purchase Agreement. No advance shall be made under the CFC Subordinated Note on any date if the aggregate principal amount outstanding thereunder on such date, after giving effect to such advance, would exceed an amount equal to five times the net worth of the Buyer (such maximum amount required to be advanced at any time, the “CFC Subordinated Note Cap”). The CFC Subordinated Loans shall be evidenced by, and shall be payable as provided in, the CFC Subordinated Note. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, under no circumstances shall funds borrowed under the CFC Subordinated Note be used for the purpose of paying the CFC Purchase Price for the Cartus Purchased Assets.
Section 4.3 Originator Adjustments.
(a) With respect to any Cartus Receivable purchased by the Buyer from the Originator, if on any day the Buyer (or its assigns), the Servicer or the Originator determines that (i) such Cartus Receivable (A) was not identified by the Originator in the Daily Originator Report as other than an Eligible Receivable on the Business Day such Cartus Receivable was sold hereunder or (B) was otherwise treated as or represented to be an Eligible Receivable in any Receivables Activity Report, but was not in fact an Eligible Receivable on such date or (ii) any of the representations or warranties set forth in Section 6.1(d) or 6.1(k) was not true when made with respect to such Cartus Receivable or the related Cartus Related Assets (each such Cartus Receivable described in clause (i) or clause (ii), a “Cartus Noncomplying Asset”), then the Originator shall pay the aggregate Unpaid Balance of such Cartus Receivables (such payment, a “Cartus Noncomplying Asset Adjustment”) to the Buyer in accordance with Section 4.3(c).
(b) If on any day the Unpaid Balance of any Cartus Receivable (i) is reduced as a result of any cash discount or any adjustment by the Originator or any Affiliate of the Originator (other than the Buyer, ARSC or the Issuer), (ii) is subject to reduction on account of any offsetting account payable of the Originator to an Obligor or is reduced or cancelled as a result of a set-off in respect of any claim by, or defense or credit of, the related Obligor against the Originator or any Affiliate of the Originator (other than the Buyer, ARSC or the Issuer) (whether such claim, defense or credit arises out of the same or a related or
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an unrelated transaction) or (iii) is reduced on account of the obligation of the Originator to pay to the related Obligor any rebate or refund (each of the reductions and cancellations described above in clauses (i) through (iii), an “Originator Dilution Adjustment”), then the Originator shall pay such Originator Dilution Adjustment to the Buyer in accordance with Section 4.3(c).
(c) Within seven Business Days after the end of each Monthly Period, the Originator shall pay to the Buyer, in accordance with Section 4.4 and as provided in Section 4.1, an amount (an “Originator Adjustment”) equal to the sum of (A) the aggregate Originator Dilution Adjustments, if any, owing on account of each day during such Monthly Period plus (B) the aggregate Cartus Noncomplying Asset Adjustments, if any, owing on account of each day during such Monthly Period. The Cartus Receivables that gave rise to any Originator Dilution Adjustment and any related Cartus Related Assets shall remain the property of the Buyer. From and after the day on which any Cartus Noncomplying Asset Adjustment is made, any collections received by the Buyer that are identified as proceeds of the Receivables that gave rise to such Cartus Noncomplying Asset Adjustment and any Related Property with respect to such Receivable shall be promptly returned to the Originator.
Section 4.4 Payments and Computations, Etc. All amounts to be paid by the Originator to the Buyer hereunder shall be paid in accordance with the terms hereof no later than 11:00 a.m. (New York time) on the day when due in United States dollars in immediately available funds to an account specified in writing from time to time by the Buyer or its designee. Payments received by the Buyer after such time shall be deemed to have been received on the next Business Day. If any payment becomes due on a day that is not a Business Day, then such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day. The Originator shall pay to the Buyer, on demand, interest on all amounts not paid when due hereunder at a rate equal to the Prime Rate plus 2% per annum; provided, however, that such interest rate shall not at any time exceed the maximum rate permitted by applicable law. All computations of interest payable hereunder shall be made on the basis of a year of 360 days for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). All payments made under this Agreement shall be made without set-off or counterclaim.
ARTICLE V
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
Section 5.1 Conditions Precedent to Sales and Purchases. No Purchase of Cartus Purchased Assets shall be made hereunder on any date on which the Buyer does not have sufficient funds available to pay the CFC Purchase Price in cash.
Section 5.2 Conditions Precedent to CFC Subordinated Loans. The Originator’s obligation to make each CFC Subordinated Loan under this Agreement shall be subject to the conditions precedent that on the date of such CFC Subordinated Loan:
(a) the CFC Subordinated Note shall have been duly executed and delivered by the Buyer and shall be in full force and effect;
(b) no Event of Bankruptcy shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to the Buyer; and
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(c) after giving effect to such CFC Subordinated Loan, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the CFC Subordinated Note shall not exceed the CFC Subordinated Note Cap.
ARTICLE VI
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 6.1 Representations and Warranties of the Originator. In order to induce the Buyer to enter into this Agreement and to make Purchases hereunder, the Originator hereby makes the representations and warranties set forth in this Section 6.1, in each case as of the date hereof, as of the Closing Date, as of the date of each Purchase hereunder and as of any other date specified in such representation and warranty.
(a) Organization and Good Standing. The Originator is a corporation duly organized and validly existing in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has full power and authority to own its properties and to conduct its business as such properties are presently owned and such business is presently conducted. The Originator had at all relevant times, and now has, all necessary power, authority and legal right to own and sell the Cartus Purchased Assets.
(b) Due Qualification. The Originator is duly qualified to do business, is in good standing as a foreign corporation, and has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, licenses or approvals and in which the failure so to qualify or to obtain such licenses and approvals or to preserve and maintain such qualification, licenses or approvals could reasonably be expected to give rise to a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Power and Authority: Due Authorization. The Originator (i) has all necessary corporate power and authority (A) to execute and deliver this Agreement, the Contracts and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, (B) to perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Contracts and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and (C) to sell and assign the Cartus Purchased Assets transferred hereunder on and after such date, on the terms and subject to the conditions herein and therein provided and (ii) has duly authorized by all necessary corporate action such sale and assignment and the execution, delivery and performance of, and the consummation of the transactions provided for in, this Agreement, the Contracts and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party.
(d) Valid Sale; Binding Obligations. This Agreement constitutes a valid sale, transfer, set-over and conveyance to the Buyer of all of the Originator’s right, title and interest in, to and under the Cartus Receivables transferred hereunder on such date, which is perfected and of first priority (subject to Permitted Liens and Permitted Exceptions) under the UCC and other applicable law, enforceable against creditors of, and purchasers from, the Originator, free and clear of any Lien (other than Permitted Liens); and this Agreement constitutes, and each other Transaction Document to which the Originator is a party when duly executed and delivered will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Originator, enforceable against the Originator in accordance with its terms, except (i) as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (ii) as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law. The Originator has no right, title or interest in or to any CFC Home, CFC Home Purchase Contract or any Receivable created or arising under any CFC Home Purchase Contract.
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(e) No Conflict or Violation. The execution, delivery and performance of, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by, this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to be signed by the Originator, and the fulfillment of the terms hereof and thereof, will not (i) conflict with, result in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) a material default under (A) the certificate of incorporation or the by-laws of the Originator or (B) any material indenture, loan agreement, mortgage, deed of trust or other material agreement or instrument to which the Originator is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound, (ii) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any of the Cartus Purchased Assets pursuant to the terms of any such material indenture, loan agreement, mortgage, deed of trust or other material agreement or instrument other than this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents or (iii) conflict with or violate any federal, state, local or foreign law or any decision, decree, order, rule or regulation applicable to the Originator or of any federal, state, local or foreign regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Originator, which conflict or violation described in this clause (iii), individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(f) Litigation and Other Proceedings. (i) There is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending, or to the best knowledge of the Originator threatened, against the Originator before any court, arbitrator, regulatory body, administrative agency or other tribunal or governmental instrumentality and (ii) the Originator is not subject to any order, judgment, decree, injunction, stipulation or consent order of or with any court or other government authority that, in the case of either of the foregoing clauses (i) or (ii), (A) asserts the invalidity of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, (B) seeks to prevent the sale of any Cartus Purchased Asset by the Originator to the Buyer, the creation of a material amount of Cartus Receivables or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, (C) seeks any determination or ruling that, in the reasonable judgment of the Originator, would materially and adversely affect the performance by the Originator of its obligations under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party or the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party or (D) individually or in the aggregate for all such actions, suits, proceedings and investigations could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(g) Governmental Approvals. Except where the failure to obtain or make such authorization, consent, order, approval or action could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) all authorizations, consents, orders and approvals of, or other actions by, any Governmental Authority that are required to be obtained by the Originator in connection with the conveyance of the Cartus Purchased Assets transferred hereunder on and after such date, or the due execution, delivery and performance by the Originator of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Documents to which it is a party have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect and (ii) all filings with any Governmental Authority that are required to be obtained in connection with such conveyance and the execution and delivery by the Originator of this Agreement have been made; provided, however, that prior to recordation pursuant to Section 8.3 or the sale of a Home to an Ultimate Buyer, record title to such Home may remain in the name of the related Transferred Employee and no recordation in real estate records of the conveyance pursuant to the related Home Purchase Contract or Home Sale Contract shall be made except as otherwise required or permitted under Section 2.01(d)(i) of the Transfer and Servicing Agreement.
(h) Margin Regulations. The Originator is not engaged, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meanings of Regulations T, U and X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System). The Originator has not taken and will not take any action to cause the use of proceeds of the sales hereunder to violate said Regulations T, U or X.
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(i) Taxes. The Originator has filed (or there have been filed on its behalf as a member of a consolidated group) all tax returns and reports required by law to have been filed by it and has paid all taxes, assessments and governmental charges thereby shown to be owing by it, other than any such taxes, assessments or charges (i) that are being diligently contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, for which adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP have been set aside on its books and that have not given rise to any Liens (other than Permitted Liens) or (ii) the amount of which, either singly or in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(j) Solvency. After giving effect to the conveyance of Cartus Purchased Assets hereunder on such date, the Originator is solvent and able to pay its debts as they come due and has adequate capital to conduct its business as presently conducted.
(k) Quality of Title/Valid Transfers.
(i) Immediately before the Purchase to be made by the Buyer hereunder on such date, each Cartus Purchased Asset to be sold to the Buyer shall be owned by the Originator free and clear of any Lien (other than any Permitted Lien), and the Originator shall have made all filings and shall have taken all other action under applicable law in each relevant jurisdiction in order to protect and perfect the ownership interest of the Buyer and its successors and assigns in such Cartus Purchased Assets against all creditors of, and purchasers from, the Originator (subject to Permitted Exceptions).
(ii) With respect to each Cartus Receivable transferred hereunder on such date, the Buyer shall acquire a valid and (subject to Permitted Exceptions) perfected ownership interest in such Cartus Receivable and any identifiable proceeds thereof, free and clear of any Lien (other than any Permitted Liens).
(iii) Immediately prior to the sale of a Cartus Purchased Asset hereunder on such date, no effective financing statement or other instrument similar in effect that covers all or part of any Cartus Purchased Asset or any interest therein is on file in any recording office except such as may be filed (A) in favor of the Originator in accordance with the Pool Relocation Management Agreements, (B) in favor of the Buyer pursuant to this Agreement, (C) in favor of the Buyer’s successors and assigns pursuant to the Receivables Purchase Agreement, the Transfer and Servicing Agreement or the Indenture or otherwise filed by or at the direction of the Buyer’s successors and assigns or (D) to evidence any Mortgage on a Cartus Home created by a Transferred Employee.
(iv) The CFC Purchase Price constitutes reasonably equivalent value for the Cartus Purchased Assets conveyed in consideration therefor on such date, and no purchase of an interest in such Cartus Purchased Assets by the Buyer from the Originator constitutes a fraudulent transfer or fraudulent conveyance under the United States Bankruptcy Code or applicable state bankruptcy or insolvency laws or is otherwise void or voidable or subject to subordination under similar laws or principles or for any other reason.
(l) Eligible Receivables. Each Cartus Receivable included in the Cartus Purchased Assets transferred hereunder on such date, unless otherwise identified to the Buyer and its assignees by the Originator in the related Daily Originator Report, is an Eligible Receivable on such date.
(m) Accuracy of Information. All written information furnished by the Originator to the Buyer or its successors and assigns pursuant to or in connection with any Transaction Document or any
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transaction contemplated herein or therein with respect to the Cartus Purchased Assets transferred hereunder on such date is true and correct in all material respects on such date.
(n) Offices. The principal place of business and chief executive office of the Originator is located, and the offices where the Originator keeps all Cartus Records (and all original documents relating thereto) are located, at the addresses specified in Schedule 6.1(n), except that (i) Home Deeds and related documents necessary to close Cartus Home sale transactions, including powers of attorney, may be held by local attorneys or escrow agents acting on behalf of the Originator in connection with the sale of Cartus Homes to Ultimate Buyers, so long as such local attorneys are notified of the interest of the Buyer and the Buyer’s assignees therein and (ii) Cartus Records relating to any Pool Relocation Management Agreement and the Receivables arising thereunder or in connection therewith may be maintained at the offices of the related Employer.
(o) Payment Instructions to Obligors. The Originator has instructed (i) all Obligors to remit all payments on the Cartus Purchased Assets directly to one of the Lockboxes or Lockbox Accounts, (ii) all Lockbox Banks to deposit all Cartus Collections remitted to a Lockbox directly to the related Lockbox Account and (iii) all Persons receiving Cartus Home Sale Proceeds to deposit such Cartus Home Sale Proceeds in one of the Lockboxes or Lockbox Accounts within two Business Days after receipt, except to the extent a longer escrow period is required under applicable law, in which case such Cartus Home Sale Proceeds shall be deposited into one of the Lockboxes or Lockbox Accounts within one Business Day after the expiration of such period.
(p) Investment Company Act. The Originator is not, and is not controlled by, an “investment company” registered or required to be registered under the Investment Company Act.
(q) Accounting for Certain Assets. (i) If the Cartus Receivables sold on such date hereunder had not been sold to the Buyer hereunder, and if interests therein had not been transferred by the Buyer in accordance with the Transaction Documents, all Cartus Receivables would have been and at all times would be represented in the financial statements and records of the Originator as accounts receivable or amounts owed from Obligors in accordance with GAAP consistently applied by the Originator and (ii) in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, upon the sale of any Cartus Home to an Ultimate Buyer, any such obligation relating to any Equity Payment, Mortgage Payoff or Mortgage Payment with respect to such Cartus Home would be reduced by the amount of the cash proceeds of the sale of such Cartus Home (in some cases, net of certain Direct Expenses relating to such Cartus Home).
(r) ERISA. Each Plan is in compliance with all applicable material provisions of ERISA, and the Originator or the relevant ERISA Affiliate has received a favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service that each Plan intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified. No Plan has incurred an “accumulated funding deficiency” (within the meaning of Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code), whether or not waived. Neither the Originator nor any ERISA Affiliate (i) has incurred or expects to incur any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to any Plan that could give rise to a lien in favor of the PBGC other than liability for the payment of premiums, all of which have been timely paid when due in accordance with Section 4007 of ERISA, (ii) has incurred or expects to incur any withdrawal liability within the meaning of Section 4201 of ERISA, (iii) is subject to any lien under Section 412(n) of the Code or Sections 302(f) or 4068 of ERISA or arising out of any action brought under Sections 4070 or 4301 of ERISA or (iv) is required to provide security to a Plan under Section 401(a)(29) of the Code. The PBGC has not instituted proceedings to terminate any Plan or to appoint a trustee or administrator of any such Plan, and no circumstances exist that constitute grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA to commence any such proceedings.
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(s) Legal Names. Except as described in Schedule 6.1(s), since January 1, 1995, the Originator (i) has not been known by any legal name other than its corporate name as of the date hereof, except as otherwise permitted pursuant to Section 7.3(d), (ii) has not been the subject of any merger or other corporate reorganization that resulted in a change of name, identity or corporate structure and (iii) has not used any trade names other than its actual corporate name.
(t) Compliance with Applicable Laws. The Originator is in compliance with the requirements of all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders of all Governmental Authorities (federal, state, local or foreign, including without limitation Environmental Laws), a violation of any of which, individually or in the aggregate for all such violations, is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(u) Credit and Collection Policy. The copy of the Credit and Collection Policy of the Originator attached as Exhibit 6.1(u) to this Agreement is a true and complete copy thereof. As of the date each Cartus Purchased Asset is transferred hereunder, the Originator has complied in all applicable material respects with the Credit and Collection Policy with respect to such Cartus Purchased Asset transferred on such date and the related Contract. There has been no change to the Credit and Collection Policy that would be reasonably likely to adversely affect the collectibility of any material portion of the Cartus Receivables or other Cartus Purchased Assets or to decrease the credit quality of any newly created Cartus Receivables or other Cartus Purchased Assets.
(v) Environmental. On such date, to the best knowledge of the Originator, (i) there are no (A) pending or threatened claims, complaints, notices or requests for information received by the Originator with respect to any alleged violation of any Environmental Law in connection with any Cartus Home relating to any Cartus Receivable transferred hereunder on such date or (B) pending or threatened claims, complaints, notices or requests for information received by the Originator regarding potential liability under any Environmental Law in connection with any Cartus Home relating to any Cartus Receivable transferred hereunder on such date and (ii) the Originator is in material compliance with all permits, certificates, approvals, licenses and other authorizations relating to environmental matters, if any, that are required to be held by it under applicable law in connection with any Cartus Homes relating to any Cartus Receivable transferred hereunder on such date, other than those that, in the case of either clause (i) or (ii), singly or in the aggregate, are not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(w) Pool Relocation Management Agreements. The Pool Relocation Management Agreements include all Relocation Management Agreements to which the Originator is a party except for Excluded Contracts.
(x) Indebtedness for Borrowed Money. As of the Closing Date, the Originator has no Indebtedness for Borrowed Money.
Section 6.2 Representations and Warranties of the Buyer. The Buyer hereby represents and warrants, on and as of the date hereof and on and as of the Closing Date, that (a) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Buyer and constitutes the Buyer’s valid, binding and legally enforceable obligation, except (i) as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (ii) as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law, (b) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement does not violate any federal, state, local or foreign law applicable to the Buyer or any agreement to which the Buyer is a party and (c) all of the outstanding capital stock of the Buyer is directly or indirectly owned by the Originator, and all such capital stock is fully paid and nonassessable.
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ARTICLE VII
GENERAL COVENANTS
GENERAL COVENANTS
Section 7.1 Affirmative Covenants of the Originator. From the Closing Date until the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 11.4, the Originator hereby agrees that it will perform the covenants and agreements set forth in this Section 7.1.
(a) Compliance with Laws, Etc. The Originator will comply in all material respects with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, judgments, decrees and orders (including without limitation those relating to the Cartus Receivables, Cartus Home Purchase Contracts, Cartus Related Assets and all Environmental Laws affecting any Cartus Home), in each case to the extent that any such failure to comply, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Preservation of Corporate Existence. The Originator (i) will preserve and maintain its corporate existence, rights, franchises and privileges in the jurisdiction of its incorporation (other than any change in corporate status by reason of a merger or consolidation permitted by Section 7.3(c)) and (ii) will qualify and remain qualified in good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which the failure to preserve and maintain such qualification as a foreign corporation could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Keeping of Records and Books of Account. The Originator will maintain and implement administrative and operating procedures (including without limitation an ability to recreate records evidencing the Cartus Purchased Assets in the event of the destruction of the originals thereof) and will keep and maintain all documents, books, records and other information that are necessary or advisable, in the reasonable determination of the Buyer, for the collection of all amounts due under any or all Cartus Purchased Assets. Upon the reasonable request of the Buyer or its assignees made at any time after the occurrence and continuance of an Unmatured Servicer Default or a Servicer Default, the Originator will deliver copies of all Cartus Records maintained pursuant to this Section 7.1(c) to the Buyer or its designee. The Originator will maintain at all times accurate and complete books, records and accounts relating to the Cartus Purchased Assets and all Cartus Collections, in which timely entries will be made. The Originator’s master data processing records will be marked to indicate the sales of all Cartus Purchased Assets to the Buyer hereunder and will include without limitation all payments received and all credits and extensions granted with respect to the Cartus Purchased Assets.
(d) Location of Records and Offices. The Originator will keep its principal place of business and chief executive office and the offices where it keeps all Cartus Records (and all original documents relating thereto other than those Cartus Records that are maintained with local attorneys or escrow agents or at the offices of the relevant Employer as described in Section 6.1(n)) at the addresses specified in Schedule 6.1(n) or, upon not less than 30 days’ prior written notice given by the Originator to the Buyer and its assignees, at such other locations in jurisdictions in the United States of America where all action required by Section 8.3 has been taken and completed.
(e) Separate Corporate Existence of the Buyer. The Originator hereby acknowledges that the parties to the Transaction Documents are entering into the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents in reliance on the Buyer’s identity as a legal entity separate from the Originator and the other Cartus Persons. From and after the date hereof until the Final Payout Date, the Originator will, and will cause each other Cartus Person to, take such actions on the part of the Originator or such Cartus Person as shall be required in order that:
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(i) The Buyer’s operating expenses will not be paid by any Cartus Person, except that certain organizational expenses of the Buyer and expenses relating to creation and initial implementation of the Transaction Documents have been or will be paid by the Originator;
(ii) Any financial statements of any Cartus Person that are consolidated to include the Buyer will contain appropriate footnotes clearly stating that (A) all of the Buyer’s assets are owned by the Buyer and (B) the Buyer is a separate corporate entity with its own separate creditors that will be entitled to be satisfied out of the Buyer’s assets prior to any value in the Buyer becoming available to the Buyer’s equity holders;
(iii) Any transaction between the Buyer and a Cartus Person will be fair and equitable to the Buyer, will be the type of transaction that would be entered into by a prudent Person in the position of the Buyer with a Cartus Person and will be on terms that are at least as favorable as may be obtained from a Person that is not a Cartus Person; and
(iv) No Cartus Person will be, or will hold itself out to be, responsible for the debts of the Buyer.
(f) Payment Instruction to Obligors. The Originator will (i) instruct all Obligors to submit all payments on the Cartus Purchased Assets either (A) to one of the Lockboxes maintained at the Lockbox Banks for deposit in a Lockbox Account or (B) directly to one of the Lockbox Accounts and (ii) instruct all Persons receiving Home Sale Proceeds to deposit such Home Sale Proceeds in one of the Lockboxes or Lockbox Accounts within two Business Days after such receipt, except to the extent a longer escrow period is required under applicable law, in which case such Home Sale Proceeds will be deposited into one of the Lockboxes or Lockbox Accounts within one Business Day after the expiration of such period. The Originator will direct all Obligors with respect to receivables and related assets that are not Cartus Receivables or CFC Receivables to deposit all collections in respect of such receivables and related assets in an account that is not a Lockbox or Lockbox Account and will take such other steps as the Buyer reasonably may request to ensure that all collections on such receivables and related assets will be segregated from Cartus Collections and CFC Collections.
(g) Segregation of Collections. The Originator will use reasonable efforts to minimize the deposit of any funds other than Cartus Collections or CFC Collections into any of the Lockbox Accounts and, to the extent that any such funds are deposited into any of such Lockbox Accounts, promptly will identify any such funds or will cause such funds to be so identified to the Servicer, it being understood and agreed that the Originator does not hereby assume any affirmative duty to re-direct Obligors to remit funds to alternate locations.
(h) Identification of Eligible Receivables. The Originator will (i) establish and maintain necessary procedures for determining whether each Cartus Receivable, as of the date it is sold hereunder, qualifies as an Eligible Receivable, and for identifying all Cartus Receivables sold to the Buyer that are not Eligible Receivables on the date sold and (ii) will provide to the Servicer in a timely manner (i.e., no less frequently than the date on which the Servicer needs such information to prepare its next Receivables Activity Report) information that shows whether, and to what extent, the Cartus Receivables sold to the Buyer hereunder were not Eligible Receivables on the date sold.
(i) Payment of Taxes. The Originator will file (or there will be filed on its behalf as a member of a consolidated group) all tax returns and reports required by law to be filed by it and will pay all taxes, assessments and governmental charges thereby shown to be owing by it, except for any such taxes, assessments or charges (i) that are being diligently contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, for
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which adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP have been set aside on its books and that have not given rise to any Liens (other than Permitted Liens) or (ii) the amount of which, either singly or in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(j) Accounting for Certain Assets. To the extent permitted by applicable law and GAAP and subject to the consolidated financial reporting principles applicable to the Originator, the Originator will (i) prepare all financial statements that account for the transactions contemplated hereby as a sale of the Cartus Purchased Assets by the Originator to the Buyer and, in all other respects, will account for and treat the transactions contemplated hereby (including but not limited to accounting and (to the extent taxes are not consolidated) for tax reporting purposes) as a sale of the Cartus Purchased Assets by the Originator to the Buyer and (ii) maintain and prepare its financial statements and records in accordance with GAAP, applied in accordance with the representation contained in Section 6.1(q).
(k) Receivables Reviews. Upon reasonable prior notice, the Originator will permit the Buyer or its assignees (or other Persons designated by the Buyer from time to time) or their agents or representatives (including without limitation certified public accountants or other auditors), at the expense of the Originator and during regular business hours, (i) to examine and make copies of and abstracts from, and to conduct accounting reviews of, all Cartus Records in the possession or under the control of the Originator, including without limitation the related Contracts, invoices and other documents related thereto and (ii) to visit the offices and properties of the Originator for the purpose of examining any materials described in the preceding clause (i) and to discuss matters relating to the Cartus Receivables or the other Cartus Purchased Assets or the performance by the Originator of its obligations under any Transaction Document to which it is a party with any Authorized Officers of the Originator having knowledge of such matters or with the Originator’s certified public accountants or other auditors; provided, however, that all such reviews will occur no more frequently than twice per year (with only the first such review in any year being at the Originator’s expense) unless (i) Cartus is the Servicer and a Servicer Default has occurred and is continuing or (ii) the Buyer or its successor or assignee has given advance written notice to the Originator that it believes the composition and/or performance of the Cartus Purchased Assets have deteriorated in a manner materially adverse to the interests of the Buyer or its assignees.
(l) Computer Software, Hardware and Services. The Originator will provide the Buyer and its assignees with such licenses, sublicenses and/or assignments of contracts as the Servicer, the Buyer or the Buyer’s assignees require with respect to all services and computer hardware or software that relate to the servicing of the Cartus Receivables or the other Cartus Purchased Assets; provided, however, that with respect to any computer software licensed from a third party, the Originator will be required to provide such licenses, sublicenses and/or assignments of such software only to the extent that provision of the same would not violate the terms of any contracts of the Originator with such third party.
(m) Environmental Claims. The Originator will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly cure and have dismissed with prejudice to the satisfaction of the Buyer any actions and any proceedings relating to compliance with Environmental Laws relating to any Cartus Home, but only to the extent that the conditions that gave rise to such proceedings were in existence as of the date on which the Buyer acquired the related Cartus Receivable.
(n) Turnover of Collections. If the Originator or any of its agents or representatives at any time receives any cash, checks or other instruments constituting Cartus Collections or CFC Collections, such recipient will segregate and hold such payments in trust for, and in a manner acceptable to, the Servicer and will, promptly upon receipt (and in any event within one Business Day following receipt) remit all such cash, checks and instruments, duly endorsed or with duly executed instruments of transfer, to a Lockbox Account.
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(o) Performance and Compliance by Originator with Relocation Management Agreements. The Originator will, at its expense, timely and fully perform and comply with all provisions, covenants and other promises required to be observed by it under the Pool Relocation Management Agreements, the Cartus Home Purchase Contracts and other Contracts related to the Cartus Purchased Assets.
(p) Compliance with Credit and Collection Policy. The Originator will comply in all applicable material respects with the Credit and Collection Policy with respect to each Cartus Purchased Asset and will not take any action in violation of the Credit and Collection Policy with respect to any other ARSC Purchased Asset.
Section 7.2 Reporting Requirements. From the Closing Date until the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 11.4, the Originator agrees that it will furnish to the Buyer or its assignees:
(a) Annual Financial Statements. As soon as available and in any event within 95 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Performance Guarantor and the Originator, as applicable, copies of (i) the consolidated balance sheet of the Performance Guarantor and its consolidated subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year and the related statements of earnings and cash flows and stockholders’ equity of the Performance Guarantor and its consolidated subsidiaries for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the corresponding figures for the preceding fiscal year and prepared in accordance with GAAP applied consistently throughout the periods reflected therein, certified by Deloitte & Touche (or such other independent certified public accountants of nationally recognized standing in the United States of America as shall be selected by the Performance Guarantor) and (ii) copies of the statements of earnings of the Originator on a consolidated basis for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the corresponding figures for the preceding fiscal year and certified by the chief financial officer, chief accounting officer or controller of the Originator (it being understood and agreed that such statements of earnings will be prepared in accordance with the Originator’s customary management accounting practices as in effect on the date hereof and need not be prepared in accordance with GAAP);
(b) Material Adverse Effect. Promptly and in any event within two Business Days after the president, chief financial officer, controller or treasurer of the Originator has actual knowledge thereof, written notice that describes in reasonable detail any event or occurrence with respect to Cartus that, individually or in the aggregate for all such events or occurrences, has had, or that such Authorized Officer in its reasonable good faith judgment determines could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Indenture);
(c) Proceedings. Promptly and in any event within five Business Days after an Authorized Officer of the Originator has knowledge thereof, written notice of (i) any litigation, investigation or proceeding of the type described in Section 6.1(f) not previously disclosed to the Buyer, (ii) any material adverse development that has occurred with respect to any such previously disclosed litigation, investigation or proceeding or (iii) any CFC Purchase Termination Event or event which, with the giving of notice or passage of time or both, would constitute a CFC Purchase Termination Event;
(d) ERISA Event. (i) As soon as possible and in any event within 30 days after the Originator or any ERISA Affiliate knows or has reason to know that a “reportable event” (as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA) has occurred with respect to any Plan, a statement of an Authorized Officer of the Originator setting forth details as to such reportable event and the action that the Originator or an ERISA Affiliate proposes to take with respect thereto, together with a copy of the notice of such reportable event, if any, given to the PBGC, the Internal Revenue Service or the Department of Labor; (ii) promptly and in any
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event within 10 Business Days after receipt thereof, a copy of any notice the Originator or any ERISA Affiliate receives from the PBGC relating to the intention of the PBGC to terminate any Plan or to appoint a trustee to administer any such Plan; (iii) promptly and in any event within 10 Business Days after a filing with the PBGC pursuant to Section 412(n) of the Code of a notice of failure to make a required installment or other payment with respect to a Plan, a statement of the chief financial officer of the Originator setting forth details as to such failure and the action that the Originator or an ERISA Affiliate proposes to take with respect thereto, together with a copy of such notice given to the PBGC; and (iv) promptly and in any event within 30 Business Days after receipt thereof by the Originator or any ERISA Affiliate from the sponsor of a multiemployer plan (as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA), a copy of each notice received by the Originator or any ERISA Affiliate concerning the imposition of withdrawal liability or a determination that a multiemployer plan is, or is expected to be, terminated or reorganized;
(e) Environmental Claims. Promptly and in any event within five Business Days after receipt thereof, notice and copies of all written claims, complaints, notices, actions, proceedings, requests for information or inquiries relating to the condition of any Cartus Homes or compliance with Environmental Laws relating to the Cartus Homes, other than those received in the ordinary course of business and that, singly or in the aggregate, do not represent events or conditions that would cause the representation set forth in Section 6.1(v) to be incorrect; and
(f) Other. Promptly, from time to time, such other information, documents, records or reports with respect to the Cartus Purchased Assets or the condition or operations, financial or otherwise, of the Originator as the Buyer or its assignees may from time to time reasonably request in order to protect the interests of the Buyer or such assignees under or as contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, including timely delivery of all such information required under any Enhancement Agreement.
Section 7.3 Negative Covenants of the Originator. From the Closing Date until the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 11.4, the Originator agrees that it will not:
(a) Sales, Liens, Etc. Sell, assign (by operation of law or otherwise) or otherwise dispose of, or create or suffer to exist any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) of anyone claiming by or through it on or with respect to, any ARSC Purchased Asset or Excluded Asset or any interest therein or any Lockbox or Lockbox Account, other than (i) sales of Cartus Purchased Assets pursuant to this Agreement, (ii) sales of Cartus Homes in accordance with the applicable Contracts and (iii) transfers of Excluded Assets where the transferee has executed and delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Acknowledgement Letter;
(b) Change in Business or Credit and Collection Policy. (i) Make any material change in the Credit and Collection Policy or (ii) make any material change in the character of its employee relocation business or engage in any business unrelated to such business as currently conducted that, in either case, individually or in the aggregate with all other such changes, would be reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the composition or performance of the Cartus Purchased Assets;
(c) No Mergers, Etc. Consolidate with or merge with or into any other Person or convey, transfer or sell all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, unless:
(i) (A) the Originator is the surviving entity thereof or, if the Originator is not the surviving entity thereof, (x) the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Originator is merged or the Person that acquires by conveyance, transfer or sale all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Originator (any such Person, the “Surviving Entity”) is an entity organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof,
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(y) such Surviving Entity expressly assumes, by an agreement supplemental hereto in form and substance satisfactory to the Buyer and its assignees, performance of every covenant and obligation of the Originator hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents to which the Originator is a party and (z) such Surviving Entity delivers to the Buyer and its assignees an opinion of counsel that such Surviving Entity is duly organized and validly existing under the laws of its organization, has duly executed and delivered such supplemental agreement, and such supplemental agreement is a valid and binding obligation of such Surviving Entity, enforceable against such Surviving Entity in accordance with its terms (subject to customary exceptions relating to bankruptcy and equitable principles) and covering such other matters as the Buyer or its assignees may reasonably request;
(ii) all actions necessary to maintain the perfection of the security interests or ownership interests of the Buyer in the Cartus Purchased Assets in connection with such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer have been taken, as evidenced by an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Buyer and its assignees;
(iii) so long as the Originator is the Servicer, no Servicer Default or Unmatured Servicer Default is then occurring or would result from such merger, consolidation, conveyance or transfer; and
(iv) any necessary consents of each applicable Series Enhancer have been obtained.
(d) Change in Name. Change its corporate name or the name under or by which it conducts its core relocation business or the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated unless the Originator has given the Buyer and its assignees and each rating agency then rating any Series of Notes at least 30 days’ prior written notice thereof and unless, prior to any such change in name or jurisdiction of incorporation, the Originator has taken and completed all action required by Section 8.3;
(e) Home Deeds. Record any Home Deeds with respect to any Homes except at the direction of the Buyer or its assignees or as permitted by Section 8.3 hereof or by Section 2.01(d)(i) of the Transfer and Servicing Agreement; and
(f) Termination of Relocation Management Agreements. Terminate any Pool Relocation Management Agreement, Cartus Home Purchase Contract, Cartus Home Sale Contract or Cartus Equity Advance Agreement except in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy.
(g) Extension or Amendment. Extend, amend or otherwise modify the terms of any Receivable included in the ARSC Purchased Assets, or amend, modify or waive any material term or condition related thereto, except in accordance with Section 3.10 of the Transfer and Servicing Agreement.
(h) Change in Payment Instruction to Obligors. Make any change in its instructions to Obligors or other Persons regarding payments to be made to the Originator or payments to be made to any Lockbox Account (except for a change in instructions solely for the purpose of directing such Obligors or other Persons to make such payments to another existing Lockbox Account), unless (i) the Indenture Trustee has received copies of a Lockbox Agreement with each new Lockbox Bank duly executed by the Originator, the Buyer, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and such Lockbox Bank and (ii) in the case of any termination, the Buyer or its successors and assigns have received evidence to their satisfaction that the Obligors that were making payments into a terminated Lockbox Account have been instructed in writing to make payments into another Lockbox Account then in use.
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(i) Home Purchase Contracts. Purchase any Home or make any Equity Payments, Mortgage Payoffs, or Mortgage Payments on or after the Closing Date other than Equity Payments, Mortgage Payoffs and Mortgage Payments with respect to Cartus Homes.
(j) Indebtedness for Borrowed Money. Create, incur, guarantee or permit to exist any Indebtedness for Borrowed Money, except for (A) any such Indebtedness owed on an intercompany basis to the Performance Guarantor or any Affiliate thereof and (B) any such Indebtedness the terms of which include acknowledgment provisions in substantially the form of Exhibit 7.3(j) hereto.
Section 7.4 Affirmative Covenants of the Buyer. From the Closing Date until the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 11.4, the Buyer hereby agrees that it will perform the covenants and agreements set forth in this Section 7.4.
(a) The Buyer hereby acknowledges that the parties to the Transaction Documents are entering into the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents in reliance upon the Buyer’s identity as a legal entity separate from the Originator and the other Cartus Persons. From and after the date hereof until one year and one day after the Final Payout Date, the Buyer will take such actions as shall be required in order that:
(i) The Buyer will conduct its business in office space allocated to it and for which it pays an appropriate rent and overhead allocation;
(ii) The Buyer will maintain corporate records and books of account separate from those of each Cartus Person and telephone numbers and stationery that are separate and distinct from those of each Cartus Person;
(iii) The Buyer’s assets will be maintained in a manner that facilitates their identification and segregation from those of any Cartus Person;
(iv) The Buyer will strictly observe corporate formalities in its dealings with the public and with each Cartus Person, and funds or other assets of the Buyer will not be commingled with those of any Cartus Person, except as expressly permitted by the Transaction Documents. The Buyer will at all times, in its dealings with the public and with each Cartus Person, hold itself out and conduct itself as a legal entity separate and distinct from each Cartus Person. The Buyer will not maintain joint bank accounts or other depository accounts to which any Cartus Person (other than the Originator in its capacity as Servicer under the Transfer and Servicing Agreement) has independent access;
(v) The duly elected board of directors of the Buyer and duly appointed officers of the Buyer will at all times have sole authority to control decisions and actions with respect to the daily business affairs of the Buyer;
(vi) Not less than one member of the Buyer’s board of directors will be an Independent Director. The Buyer will observe those provisions in its certificate of incorporation that provide that the Buyer’s board of directors will not approve, or take any other action to cause the filing of, a voluntary bankruptcy petition with respect to the Buyer unless the Independent Director and all other members of the Buyer’s board of directors unanimously approve the taking of such action in writing prior to the taking of such action;
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(vii) The Buyer will compensate each of its employees, consultants and agents from the Buyer’s own funds for services provided to the Buyer;
(viii) The Buyer will not hold itself out to be responsible for the debts of any Cartus Person; and
(ix) The Buyer will take all actions necessary on its part to be taken in order to ensure that the facts and assumptions relating to the Buyer set forth in the opinions of Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx LLP dated as of December 16, 2011 relating to true sale matters with respect to the Purchase of the Cartus Purchased Assets hereunder and substantive consolidation matters with respect to the Originator and the Buyer will be true and correct at all times.
(b) The Buyer assumes no obligations of the Originator under the Pool Relocation Management Agreements with respect to any Cartus Home Purchase Contracts, including without limitation the obligations of the Originator to make Equity Payments, Mortgage Payoffs and Mortgage Payments with respect to Cartus Homes. The Buyer will enter into all Home Purchase Contracts under the Pool Relocation Management Agreements in its own name and will make all Equity Payments, Mortgage Payoffs and Mortgage Payments from and after the Closing Date other than Equity Payments, Mortgage Payoffs and Mortgage Payments with respect to Cartus Homes.
ARTICLE VIII
ADDITIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS IN
RESPECT OF THE CARTUS PURCHASED ASSETS
ADDITIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS IN
RESPECT OF THE CARTUS PURCHASED ASSETS
Section 8.1 Rights of the Buyer.
(a) Subject to Section 8.4(b), the Originator hereby authorizes the Buyer and its assignees and designees to take any and all steps in the Originator’s name and on behalf of the Originator that the Buyer, the Servicer and/or their respective designees determine are reasonably necessary or appropriate to collect all amounts due under any and all Cartus Purchased Assets, including without limitation endorsing the name of the Originator on checks and other instruments representing Cartus Collections and enforcing such Cartus Purchased Assets.
(b) The Buyer shall have no obligation to account for, to replace, to substitute or to return any Cartus Purchased Asset to the Originator, except as provided in Section 4.3(c).
(c) The Buyer shall have the unrestricted right to further assign, transfer, deliver, hypothecate, subdivide or otherwise deal with the Cartus Purchased Assets and all of the Buyer’s right, title and interest in, to and under this Agreement on whatever terms the Buyer determines, pursuant to the Receivables Purchase Agreement or otherwise.
(d) As between the Originator and the Buyer, the Buyer shall have the sole right to retain any gains or profits created by buying, selling or holding the Cartus Purchased Assets.
Section 8.2 Responsibilities of the Originator. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding:
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(a) The Originator agrees to deliver directly to the Servicer (for the Buyer’s account), within one Business Day after receipt thereof, any Cartus Collections or CFC Collections that it receives, in the form so received, and agrees that all such Cartus Collections and CFC Collections will be deemed to be received in trust for the Buyer and its assignees and will be maintained and segregated separate and apart from all other funds and moneys of the Originator until delivery of such Cartus Collections and CFC Collections to the Servicer; and
(b) The Originator hereby grants to the Buyer an irrevocable power of attorney, with full power of substitution, coupled with an interest, to take in the name of the Originator all steps necessary or advisable to endorse, negotiate or otherwise realize on any writing or other right of any kind held or transmitted by the Originator or transmitted or received by the Buyer (whether or not from the Originator) in connection with any Cartus Purchased Asset (which power of attorney may be exercised by the Buyer’s successors and assigns in accordance with Section 8.4 and Section 11.12(b)).
(c) The Originator shall perform all of its obligations hereunder and under the Pool Relocation Management Agreements and other Contracts related to the Cartus Purchased Assets to which it is a party (other than those obligations undertaken by the Buyer as provided in Section 7.4(b)) to the same extent as if such Cartus Purchased Assets had not been sold hereunder, and the exercise by the Buyer or its designee or assignee of the Buyer’s rights hereunder or in connection herewith shall not relieve the Originator from any of its obligations under any such Pool Relocation Management Agreements or Contracts related to the Cartus Purchased Assets to which it is a party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Originator acknowledges that the Buyer or its designees are entitled to perform such obligations to the extent permitted under the Transaction Documents.
Section 8.3 Further Action Evidencing Purchases. The Originator agrees that from time to time, at its expense and upon reasonable request, it will promptly execute and deliver all further instruments and documents and take all further action as is reasonably necessary to perfect, protect or more fully evidence the Purchase of the Cartus Purchased Assets by the Buyer hereunder, or to enable the Buyer or its assignees to exercise or enforce any of its rights hereunder or under any other Transaction Document to which the Originator is a party; provided, however, that the Originator will not file or record any Home Deeds except (i) in its capacity as the Servicer pursuant to the Transfer and Servicing Agreement and in accordance with the terms thereof and (ii) at any time, to the extent such recordation is required by local law, regulation or custom. No Home Deeds or Home Purchase Contracts may be recorded in the name of the Originator other than Home Deeds relating to Cartus Homes and Cartus Home Purchase Contracts. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Originator shall:
(a) upon the Buyer’s request, execute and file such financing or continuation statements or amendments thereto or assignments thereof and such other instruments or notices as the Buyer or its assignees may reasonably determine to be necessary or appropriate; and
(b) xxxx the master data processing records evidencing the Cartus Purchased Assets and, if requested by the Buyer or its assignees, legend the related Pool Relocation Management Agreements and Cartus Home Purchase Contracts to reflect the sale of the Cartus Purchased Assets to the Buyer pursuant to this Agreement.
The Originator hereby authorizes the Buyer and its assignees to file one or more financing or continuation statements and amendments thereto and assignments thereof with respect to all or any of the Cartus Purchased Assets, in each case whether now existing or hereafter generated by the Originator. If (i) the Originator fails to perform any of its agreements or obligations under this Agreement and does not remedy such failure within the applicable cure period, if any, and (ii) the Buyer or its assignees in good faith
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reasonably believes that the performance of such agreements and obligations is necessary or appropriate to protect the interests of the Buyer or its assignees under this Agreement, then the Buyer or its assignees may (but shall not be required to) perform or cause performance of such agreement or obligation, and the reasonable expenses of the Buyer or its assignees incurred in connection with such performance shall be payable by the Originator as provided in Section 10.1.
Section 8.4 Cartus Collections; Rights of the Buyer and its Assignees.
At any time following the designation of a Servicer other than the Originator pursuant to the Transfer and Servicing Agreement:
(a) The Buyer or its assignees may direct the Obligors of Cartus Receivables, or any of them, to pay all amounts payable under any Cartus Receivable directly to the Buyer or its assignees;
(b) At the request of the Buyer or its assignees and at the Originator’s expense, the Originator shall give notice of such ownership to each said Obligor and direct that payments be made directly to the Buyer or its assignees;
(c) At the request of the Buyer or its assignees and at the Originator’s expense, the Originator shall (A) assemble all of the Cartus Records, to the extent such Cartus Records are in its possession, and make the same available at a place selected by the Buyer or its successors and assigns, or instruct any escrow agents holding any such documents, instruments and other records on its behalf to make the same available and (B) segregate all cash, checks and other instruments received by it from time to time constituting Cartus Collections or CFC Collections in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Buyer or its assignees and, promptly upon receipt, remit all such cash, checks and instruments, duly endorsed or with duly executed instruments of transfer, to the Buyer or its assignees; and
(d) The Originator hereby authorizes the Buyer or its assignees to take any and all steps in the Originator’s name and on behalf of the Originator that are necessary or desirable, in the reasonable determination of the Buyer or its assignees, to collect all amounts due under any and all Cartus Purchased Assets, including without limitation endorsing the Originator’s name on checks and other instruments representing Cartus Collections and enforcing the Cartus Purchased Assets.
ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION
TERMINATION
Section 9.1 CFC Purchase Termination Events. The following events shall be “CFC Purchase Termination Events”:
(a) The occurrence of an Event of Default or an Amortization Event with respect to all outstanding Series of Notes; or
(b) Any representation or warranty made by the Originator under any of the Transaction Documents, any Receivables Activity Report or other information or report delivered by the Originator (including in its capacity as Servicer) with respect to the Originator or the Cartus
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Purchased Assets shall prove to have been untrue or incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed to have been made, and such failure could be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and such occurrence remains unremedied for 30 days; provided, however, that any such incorrect representation relating to a Cartus Receivable with respect to which the Originator has made a Cartus Noncomplying Asset Adjustment pursuant to Section 4.3(a) shall not constitute a CFC Purchase Termination Event; or
(c) (i) The Originator shall fail to perform or observe, as and when required, any term, covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party or any Contract required on its part to be performed or observed, and such failure shall remain unremedied for: (A) in the case of a failure to deliver any Daily Originator Report pursuant to Section 3.1(a), ten calendar days (provided, however, that such ten-day period may be extended for an additional three days if such failure to deliver a Daily Originator Report is due to computer failure); (B) in the case of a failure to provide payment instructions to Obligors pursuant to Section 7.1(f), a failure to segregate Cartus Collections or CFC Collections pursuant to Section 7.1(g), a failure to provide records pursuant to Section 7.1(k), a failure to provide required notices pursuant to Section 7.2(c), a failure to provide any required monthly report or a breach of any of the negative covenants of the Originator set forth in Section 7.3, ten calendar days; or (C) in the case of any other failure to perform or observe, as and when required, any term, covenant or agreement, which failure could be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, 30 days or (ii) the Performance Guarantor shall fail to make any required payment under its Performance Guaranty and such failure shall remain unremedied for one Business Day or (iii) the Performance Guarantor shall otherwise fail to perform under its Performance Guaranty; or
(d) An Event of Bankruptcy shall have occurred with respect to the Originator or the Performance Guarantor; or
(e) The representation and warranty in Section 6.1(k) shall not be true at any time with respect to a substantial portion of the Cartus Purchased Assets; or
(f) Either (i) the Internal Revenue Service shall file notice of a Lien pursuant to Section 6323 of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to any of the Cartus Receivables or the Cartus Related Assets and such Lien shall not have been released within five days or, if released, proved to the satisfaction of the rating agencies then rating each Series of Notes or (ii) the PBGC shall file, or shall indicate its intention to file, notice of a Lien pursuant to Section 4068 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 with respect to any of the Cartus Receivables or the Cartus Related Assets; or
(g) This Agreement or the Performance Guaranty shall cease to be in full force and effect for any reason other than in accordance with its terms; or
(h) An ARSC Purchase Termination Event or Transfer Termination Event shall have occurred.
If a CFC Purchase Termination Event occurs, the Originator shall promptly give notice to the Buyer and its assignees of such CFC Purchase Termination Event.
Section 9.2 Purchase Termination. (a) On the Termination Date, the Originator shall cease transferring Cartus Purchased Assets to the Buyer, provided that any right, title and interest of the Originator in and to any CFC Designated Receivables arising from any Servicer Advances made thereafter,
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including any Related Property relating thereto and proceeds thereof, shall continue to be transferred. Notwithstanding any cessation of the transfer to the Buyer of additional Cartus Purchased Assets, Cartus Purchased Assets transferred to the Buyer prior to the Termination Date and Cartus Collections in respect of such Cartus Purchased Assets and the related Finance Charges, whenever accrued in respect of such Cartus Receivables, shall continue to be property of the Buyer available for transfer by the Buyer pursuant to the Receivables Purchase Agreement. Nothing in this Section 9.2 shall be deemed to prohibit the Buyer from funding CFC Designated Receivables from and after the Termination Date.
(b) Upon the occurrence of a CFC Purchase Termination Event, the Buyer and its assignees shall have, in addition to all other rights and remedies under this Agreement or otherwise, all other rights and remedies provided under the UCC of each applicable jurisdiction and other applicable laws, which rights shall be cumulative. Without limiting the foregoing, the occurrence of a CFC Purchase Termination Event shall not deny to the Buyer or its assignees any remedy in addition to termination of its obligation to make Purchases hereunder to which the Buyer or its assignees may be otherwise appropriately entitled, whether by statute or applicable law, at law or in equity.
ARTICLE X
INDEMNIFICATION; SECURITY INTEREST
INDEMNIFICATION; SECURITY INTEREST
Section 10.1 Indemnities by the Originator. Without limiting any other rights that any Cartus Indemnified Party may have hereunder or under applicable law, the Originator agrees to indemnify the Buyer and each of its successors, permitted transferees and assigns, and all officers, directors, shareholders, controlling Persons, employees and agents of any of the foregoing (each of the foregoing Persons, a “Cartus Indemnified Party”), from and against any and all damages, losses, claims (whether on account of settlements or otherwise), actions, suits, demands, judgments, liabilities (including penalties), obligations or disbursements of any kind or nature and related costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements) awarded against or incurred by any of them, arising out of or as a result of any of the following (all of the foregoing, collectively, “Cartus Indemnified Losses”):
(a) any representation or warranty made by the Originator under any of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, any Receivables Activity Report or any other information or report delivered by the Originator (including in its capacity as Servicer) with respect to the Originator or the Cartus Purchased Assets, having been untrue or incorrect in any respect when made or deemed to have been made; provided, however, that the Originator’s obligation to make a Cartus Noncomplying Asset Adjustment pursuant to Section 4.3(a) with respect to any representation made in Section 6.1(1) as to Eligible Receivables having been incorrect when made shall be the only remedy available to the Buyer or its assignees relating to such incorrect representation;
(b) the failure by the Originator to comply with any material applicable law, rule or regulation applicable to the Originator with respect to any Cartus Purchased Asset or any failure of a Cartus Purchased Asset to comply with any such law, rule or regulation as of the date of sale of such Cartus Purchased Asset hereunder;
(c) the failure to vest and maintain in the Buyer a valid ownership interest in the Cartus Purchased Assets, free and clear of any Lien arising through the Originator or anyone claiming through or under the Originator (including without limitation any such failure arising from a
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circumstance described in the definition of Permitted Exceptions);
(d) any failure of the Originator to perform its duties or obligations in accordance with the provisions of the Transaction Documents or any Contract, in each case to which it is a party;
(e) the failure to file, or any delay in filing, financing statements or other similar instruments or documents under the UCC of any applicable jurisdiction or other applicable laws with respect to the transfer of any Cartus Purchased Assets to the Buyer, whether at the time of any sale or at any subsequent time;
(f) the failure by the Originator to pay when due any taxes owing by it (including sales, excise or property taxes) payable in connection with the Cartus Purchased Assets, other than any such taxes, assessments or charges that are being diligently contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, for which adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP have been set aside on its books and that have not given rise to any Liens (other than Permitted Liens);
(g) any reduction in the Unpaid Balance of any Receivable included in the ARSC Purchased Assets as a result of (i) any cash discount or any adjustment by the Originator, (ii) any offsetting account payable of the Originator to an Obligor, (iii) a set-off in respect of any claim by, or defense or credit of, the related Obligor against the Originator (whether such claim, defense or credit arises out of the same or a related or an unrelated transaction) or (iv) the obligation of the Originator to pay to the related Obligor any rebate or refund;
(h) any product liability or personal injury claim in connection with the service that is the subject of any Cartus Purchased Asset; and
(i) any investigation, litigation or proceeding related to any use by Cartus of the proceeds of any Purchase made hereunder.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, any representations, warranties and covenants made by the Originator in this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents that are qualified by or limited to events or circumstances that have, or are reasonably likely to have, given rise to a Material Adverse Effect shall (solely for purposes of the indemnification obligations set forth in this Section 10.1) be deemed not to be so qualified or limited.
Notwithstanding the foregoing (and with respect to clause (ii) below, without prejudice to the rights that the Buyer may have pursuant to the other provisions of this Agreement or the provisions of any of the other Transaction Documents), in no event shall any Cartus Indemnified Party be indemnified for any Cartus Indemnified Losses (i) resulting from negligence or willful misconduct on the part of such Cartus Indemnified Party, (ii) to the extent the same includes losses in respect of Cartus Purchased Assets and reimbursement therefor that would constitute credit recourse to the Originator for the amount of any Cartus Receivable not paid by the related Obligor or (iii) resulting from the action or omission of the Servicer (unless the Servicer is the Originator or an Affiliate thereof (other than the Buyer, ARSC or the Issuer)).
If for any reason the indemnification provided in this Section 10.1 is unavailable to an Cartus Indemnified Party or is insufficient to hold an Cartus Indemnified Party harmless, then the Originator shall contribute to the maximum amount payable or paid to such Cartus Indemnified Party as a result of such loss, claim, damage or liability in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits received by such Cartus Indemnified Party on the one hand and the Originator on the other
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hand, but also the relative fault of such Cartus Indemnified Party and the Originator, and any other relevant equitable considerations.
Section 10.2 Security Interest. Without prejudice to the provisions of Section 2.1 providing for the absolute transfer of the Originator’s interest in the Cartus Purchased Assets and the proceeds thereof and any interest of the Originator in the other property described in clause (v) of Section 2.1(a) to the Buyer, in order to secure the prompt payment and performance of all obligations of the Originator to the Buyer arising in connection with this Agreement, whether now or hereafter existing, due or to become due, direct or indirect, or absolute or contingent, the Originator hereby assigns and grants to the Buyer a first priority security interest in the Originator’s right, title and interest, if any, in, to and under all of the Cartus Purchased Assets and the proceeds thereof and any interest of the Originator in the other property described in clause (v) of Section 2.1(a), whether now or hereafter existing.
ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 11.1 Amendments; Waivers, Etc.
(a) The provisions of this Agreement may be amended, modified or waived from time to time if such amendment, modification or waiver is in writing and signed by the Originator and the Buyer and its assignees. Any waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given.
(b) No failure or delay on the part of the Buyer or its assignees, or any Cartus Indemnified Party, or any other third party beneficiary referred to in Section 11.12(a) 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, the Originator shall entitle it in any case to any notice or demand in similar or other circumstances. No waiver or approval by the Buyer or its assignees 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 11.2 Notices, Etc. Unless otherwise stated herein, all notices, demands, consents, approvals and other communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing (including via telecopier) and shall be personally delivered or sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, by telecopier or by overnight courier to the intended party at the address or telecopier number of such party set forth on Schedule 11.2 hereof, or at such other address or telecopier number as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the other party hereto given in accordance with this Section 11.2. Copies of all notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be delivered to ARSC and the Issuer at their respective addresses for notices set forth in the Receivables Purchase Agreement. All notices and communications provided for hereunder shall be effective when received.
Section 11.3 Cumulative Remedies. The remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.
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Section 11.4 Binding Effect; Assignability; Survival of Provisions. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the Buyer and the Originator and their respective successors and assigns. Except as permitted pursuant to Section 7.3(c), the Originator may not assign any of its rights hereunder or any interest herein without the prior written consent of the Buyer and its assignees. 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 terminated pursuant hereto. Such termination shall not occur prior to the Final Payout Date. The rights and remedies with respect to any breach of any representation and warranty made by the Originator pursuant to Article VI and the indemnification and payment provisions of Article X and Section 11.6 and the provisions of Section 11.14 and Section 11.16 shall be continuing and shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
Section 11.5 Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS XX XXX XXXXX XX XXX XXXX, XXXXXXXXX §0-0000 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, BUT OTHERWISE WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES.
Section 11.6 Costs, Expenses and Taxes. In addition to the obligations of the Originator under Article X, the Originator agrees to pay on demand:
(a) all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the Buyer and its assignees in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution and delivery of, the administration (including periodic auditing), the preservation of any rights under, or the enforcement of, or any breach of, this Agreement (including any amendment, supplement or modification hereto), including without limitation (i) the reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of counsel to any such Persons incurred in connection with any of the foregoing or in advising such Persons as to their respective rights and remedies under this Agreement and (ii) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of independent accountants) incurred in connection with any review of the Originator’s books and records either prior to the execution and delivery hereof or pursuant to Section 7.1(k), 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 any amendment, supplement or modification thereto, and agrees to indemnify each Cartus Indemnified Party against any liabilities with respect to, or resulting from, any delay in paying or omission to pay such taxes and fees.
Section 11.7 Submission to Jurisdiction. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY NEW YORK STATE OR FEDERAL COURT SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, NEW YORK, OVER ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, AND HEREBY (a) IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE OR FEDERAL COURT; (b) IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT IT MAY EFFECTIVELY DO SO, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING; AND (c) IRREVOCABLY APPOINTS CORPORATION SERVICE COMPANY (THE “PROCESS AGENT”), WITH AN OFFICE ON THE DATE HEREOF AT 00 XXXXX XXXXXX, XXXXXX, XXX XXXX, XXX XXXX 12207, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS ITS AGENT TO RECEIVE ON BEHALF OF IT AND ITS PROPERTY SERVICE OF COPIES OF THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT AND ANY OTHER PROCESS THAT MAY BE SERVED IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING. SUCH SERVICE MAY BE MADE BY MAILING OR DELIVERING A COPY OF SUCH PROCESS IN CARE OF THE PROCESS AGENT AT THE PROCESS
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AGENT’S ABOVE ADDRESS, AND EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AUTHORIZES AND DIRECTS THE PROCESS AGENT TO ACCEPT SUCH SERVICE ON ITS BEHALF. EACH PARTY HERETO AGREES TO ENTER INTO ANY AGREEMENT RELATING TO SUCH APPOINTMENT THAT THE PROCESS AGENT MAY CUSTOMARILY REQUIRE AND TO PAY THE PROCESS AGENT’S CUSTOMARY FEES UPON DEMAND. AS AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD OF SERVICE, EACH PARTY HERETO ALSO IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE SERVICE OF ANY AND ALL PROCESS IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY THE MAILING OF COPIES OF SUCH PROCESS TO SUCH PARTY AT ITS ADDRESS SPECIFIED PURSUANT TO SECTION 11.2. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION 11.7 SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF EITHER PARTY HERETO TO SERVE LEGAL PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR AFFECT THE RIGHT OF EITHER PARTY HERETO TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING AGAINST THE OTHER PARTY HERETO OR ANY OF ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.
Section 11.8 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY HERETO WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING TO ENFORCE OR DEFEND ANY RIGHTS UNDER OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY AMENDMENT, INSTRUMENT, DOCUMENT OR AGREEMENT DELIVERED OR THAT MAY IN THE FUTURE BE DELIVERED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR THEREWITH OR ARISING FROM ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALING, STATEMENTS (WHETHER VERBAL OR WRITTEN), ACTIONS OF EITHER OF THE PARTIES HERETO OR ANY OTHER RELATIONSHIP EXISTING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, AND AGREES THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE TRIED BEFORE A COURT AND NOT BEFORE A JURY.
Section 11.9 Integration. This Agreement 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 agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, superseding all prior oral or written understandings.
Section 11.10 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.
Section 11.11 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 11.12 Acknowledgment and Consent.
(a) The Originator acknowledges that, from time to time prior to the Termination Date, the Buyer intends to sell all of the Buyer’s right, title and interest in, to and under the Cartus Purchased Assets, this Agreement and all of the other Transaction Documents pursuant to the Receivables Purchase Agreement, and that the interests of the Buyer hereunder will be further assigned pursuant to the Transfer and Servicing Agreement and the Indenture. The Originator acknowledges and agrees to each such sale by the Buyer and consents to the sale and assignment by the Buyer of all or any portion of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Cartus Purchased Assets, this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and all of the Buyer’s rights, remedies, powers and privileges and all claims of the Buyer against the Originator under or with respect to this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents (whether arising pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or otherwise available at law or in equity), including without
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limitation (whether or not an Unmatured Servicer Default or a Servicer Default has occurred and is continuing) (i) the right of the Buyer at any time to enforce this Agreement against the Originator and the obligations of the Originator hereunder and (ii) the right at any time to give or withhold any and all consents, requests, notices, directions, approvals, demands, extensions or waivers under or with respect to this Agreement, any other Transaction Document or the obligations in respect of the Originator thereunder, all of which rights, remedies, powers, privileges and claims may be exercised and/or enforced by the Buyer’s successors ands assigns to the same extent as the Buyer may do. Each of the parties hereto acknowledges and agrees that the Buyer’s successors and assigns are third party beneficiaries of this Agreement, including without limitation the rights of the Buyer arising hereunder, and may rely on the Originator’s representations and warranties made herein as if made directly to them. The Originator hereby acknowledges and agrees that, except with respect to its rights under Section 4.3, it has no claim to or interest in any of the Lockbox Accounts.
(b) The Originator hereby agrees to execute all agreements, instruments and documents and to take all other actions that the Buyer or its assignees determines are necessary or appropriate to evidence its consent described in Section 11.12(a). The Originator hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Buyer in all of its capacities may assign to the Buyer’s successors and assigns such powers of attorney and other rights and interests granted by the Originator to the Buyer hereunder and agrees to cooperate fully with the Buyer’s successors and assigns in the exercise of such rights.
(c) The Originator hereby acknowledges that the Buyer’s successors and assigns are entering into the Transaction Documents in reliance on the Buyer’s identity as a legal entity separate from the Originator.
Section 11.13 No Partnership or Joint Venture. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed or construed by the parties hereto or by any third person to create the relationship of principal and agent or of partnership or of joint venture.
Section 11.14 No Proceedings. The Originator hereby agrees that it will not institute against the Buyer or its successors or join any other Person in instituting against the Buyer or its successors any Insolvency Proceeding so long as there shall not have elapsed one year plus one day since the Final Payout Date. The foregoing shall not limit the right of the Originator to file any claim in or otherwise take any action with respect to any Insolvency Proceeding that was instituted against the Buyer or its successors by any Person other than the Originator or any other Cartus Person.
Section 11.15 Severability of Provisions. If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement are for any reason whatsoever held invalid, then such covenants, agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement.
Section 11.16 Recourse to the Buyer. Except to the extent expressly provided otherwise in the Transaction Documents, the obligations of the Buyer under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party are solely the obligations of the Buyer, and no recourse shall be had for payment of any fee payable by or other obligation of or claim against the Buyer that arises out of any Transaction Document to which the Buyer is a party against any director, officer or employee of the Buyer. The provisions of this Section 11.16 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
Section 11.17 Confidentiality. The Buyer agrees to maintain the confidentiality of any information regarding the Originator or Realogy obtained in accordance with the terms of this Agreement
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that is not publicly available; provided however, that the Buyer may reveal such information (a) as necessary or appropriate in connection with the administration or enforcement of this Agreement or its funding of Purchases under this Agreement or (b) as required by law, government regulation, court proceeding or subpoena. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, neither the Originator nor Realogy shall have any obligation to disclose to the Buyer or its assignees any personal or confidential information relating to a Transferred Employee.
Section 11.18 Conversion. Notwithstanding any covenants in this Agreement requiring Cartus, CFC or ARSC to maintain its “corporate existence”, such entity may elect to convert their status from that of a Delaware corporation to that of a Delaware limited liability company, either by filing a certificate of conversion with the Delaware Secretary of State or by merging with and into a newly formed Delaware limited liability company(such conversion or merger, as applicable, being herein called a “Conversion”) subject to the conditions that:
(a) (x) the Person formed by such Conversion (any such Person, the “Surviving Entity”) is an entity organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof, (y) such Surviving Entity expressly assumes, by an agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the applicable transferee and its assignees, performance of every covenant and obligation of such Person under the Transaction Documents to which such Person is a party and (z) such Surviving Entity delivers to the other parties to the Fifth Omnibus Amendment hereto dated as of April 10, 2007 (such parties, the “Amendment Parties”) an opinion of counsel that such Surviving Entity is duly organized and validly existing under the laws of its organization, has duly executed and delivered such supplemental agreement, and such supplemental agreement is a valid and binding obligation of such Surviving Entity, enforceable against such Surviving Entity in accordance with its terms (subject to customary exceptions relating to bankruptcy and equitable principles) and covering such other matters as the Amendment Parties may reasonably request;
(b) all actions necessary to maintain the perfection of the security interests or ownership interests created by such Person under the Transaction Documents to which such Person is a party in connection with such Conversion shall have been taken, as evidenced by an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Amendment Parties;
(c) so long as such Person is the Servicer, no Servicer Default or Unmatured Servicer Default is then occurring or would result from such Conversion;
(d) in the case of a Conversion of CFC or ARSC, (x) the organizational documents of any Surviving Entity with respect to CFC or ARSC shall contain limitations on its business activities and requirements for independent directors or managers substantially equivalent to those set forth in its current organizational documents, and (y) Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx shall have delivered an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Amendment Parties that such Conversion will not, in and of itself, alter the conclusions set forth in its opinions previously issued in connection with the Transaction Documents with respect to true sale matters, substantive consolidation matters and bankruptcy issues relating to “home sale proceeds” (to the extent such opinions relate to such Person); and
(e) each Amendment Party shall have received such other documents as such Amendment Party may reasonably request.
In connection with any such Conversion and the resulting change in name of such entity, Cartus, CFC and/or ARSC, as applicable, shall be required to comply with the name change covenants in
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the Transaction Documents, except that to the extent 30 days prior written notice of the name change is required, such notice period shall be reduced to five Business Days.
From and after any such Conversion effected in compliance with the above conditions, (a) all references in the Transaction Documents to any Person which has altered its corporate structure to become a limited liability company shall be deemed to be references to the Surviving Entity as successor to such Person, (b) all representations, warranties and covenants in the Transaction Documents which state that any of Cartus, CFC or ARSC is or is required to be a corporation shall be deemed to permit and require the Surviving Entity to be a limited liability company, (c) all references to such Person’s certificate of incorporation, other organizational documents, capital stock, corporate action or other matters relating to its corporate form will be deemed to be references to the organizational documents and analogous matters relating to limited liability companies, (d) all references to such Person’s directors or independent directors will be deemed to be references to the Surviving Entity’s directors, independent directors, managers or independent managers, as the case may be and (e) no representation, warranty or covenant in any Transaction Document shall be deemed to be breached or violated solely as a result of the fact that the Surviving Entity in any Conversion may be disregarded as a separate entity for state, local or federal income tax purposes.
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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.
CARTUS CORPORATION
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APPENDIX A
DEFINITIONS
A. Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the following meanings (such meanings to be equally applicable to the singular and plural forms thereof):
“Acknowledgment Letter” shall mean a letter substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 7.3(j).
“Advance Billing Receivable” shall mean a Billed Receivable for Advance Payments owed by an Obligor.
“Advance Payment” shall mean an amount paid by an Obligor pursuant to a Pool Relocation Management Agreement or otherwise for application to existing or future Receivables (other than existing Billed Receivables), including without limitation any payments of anticipated fees and expenses under a Pool Relocation Management Agreement.
“Affiliate” shall mean, when used with respect to a Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, such Person. As used in this definition of Affiliate, the term “control” means the power, directly or indirectly, to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of such Person’s voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and the terms “affiliated,” “controlling” and “controlled” have correlative meanings.
“Aggregate Employer Balance” shall have the meaning set forth in the Indenture.
“Aggregate Receivable Balance” shall have the meaning set forth in the Indenture as in effect on January 31, 2005.
“Amortization Event” shall have the meaning provided in the Indenture.
“ARSC” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preliminary Statement to this Agreement.
“ARSC Purchased Assets” shall have the meaning set forth in the Receivables Purchase Agreement.
“Authorized Officer” shall mean, with respect to any Transaction Party, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Controller, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, any Senior Vice President, any Vice President, the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of such Transaction Party.
“Average Days Outstanding” shall have the meaning set forth in the Indenture.
“Bankruptcy Code” shall mean the United States Bankruptcy Code, as amended from time to time (Title 11 of the United States Code).
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“Billed Receivable” shall mean any Cartus Receivable or CFC Receivable that has been billed to an Obligor.
“Business Day” shall mean a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which commercial banks in New York, New York and Chicago, Illinois are not authorized or required to be closed.
“Buyer” shall mean Cartus Financial Corporation, in its capacity as the buyer under this Agreement.
“Cartus” shall mean Cartus Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
“Cartus Collections” shall mean all funds that are received on account of or otherwise in connection with any Cartus Purchased Asset, including without limitation all funds received (a) from or on behalf of any Obligor in payment of or otherwise in respect of any Cartus Receivable included in the Cartus Purchased Assets (including without limitation funds received in respect of Advance Payments, but only including any such Advance Payments to the extent necessary to reduce the Aggregate Employer Balance of Receivables with respect to the related Employer to zero), (b) from or on behalf of any Ultimate Buyer or any other Person in respect of Cartus Home Sale Proceeds, (c) from any other Person to the extent such funds were applied, or should have been applied, pursuant to any Contract to repay or discharge any Cartus Receivable or Cartus Related Asset included in the Cartus Purchased Assets (including without limitation insurance payments that any Transaction Party applies in the ordinary course of its business to amounts owed in respect of such Cartus Purchased Assets and the amount of any Equity Payments applied to repayment of Equity Loans), (d) from the Originator in respect of Originator Adjustments under this Agreement or any other obligation of the Originator hereunder, (e) if the Servicer is Cartus, from the Servicer in respect of Servicer Dilution Adjustments with respect to Cartus Purchased Assets under Section 3.10(a) of the Transfer and Servicing Agreement and (f) from the Performance Guarantor in respect of any payments made by the Performance Guarantor as guarantor of the obligations of Cartus under the Performance Guaranty executed by it; provided, however, that any proceeds of Receivables that gave rise to Cartus Noncomplying Asset Adjustments that have been paid as provided in Section 4.3 hereof and any Related Property with respect to such Receivables shall not constitute Cartus Collections and shall be promptly returned to the Originator as provided in Section 4.3 hereof.
“Cartus Equity Loan” shall mean an Equity Loan made by the Originator.
“Cartus Equity Advance Agreement” shall mean an Equity Advance Agreement entered into by a Transferred Employee in connection with a Cartus Equity Loan.
“Cartus Home” shall mean any Home subject to a Cartus Home Purchase Contract.
“Cartus Home Purchase Contract” shall mean any Home Purchase Contract that was executed, and pursuant to which Cartus purchased a Home, prior to the Closing Date and that relates to a Receivable included in the Cartus Purchased Assets.
“Cartus Home Sale Contract” shall mean any Home Sale Contract with respect to a Cartus Home.
“Cartus Home Sale Proceeds” shall mean any Home Sale Proceeds arising under a Cartus
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Home Sale Contract.
“Cartus Indemnified Losses” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.1.
“Cartus Indemnified Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.1.
“Cartus Noncomplying Asset” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(a).
“Cartus Noncomplying Asset Adjustment” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(a).
“Cartus Person” shall mean the Originator and each of its Subsidiaries and Affiliates other than CFC, ARSC or the Issuer.
“Cartus Purchased Assets” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).
“Cartus Receivable” shall have the meaning set froth in Section 2.1(a).
“Cartus Records” shall mean all Records maintained by the Originator with respect to the Cartus Purchased Assets, the Pool Assets and/or the related Obligors.
“Cartus Related Assets” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).
“Cartus Related Property” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).
“CERCLA” shall mean the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended.
“CFC Collections” shall have the meaning set forth in the Receivables Purchase Agreement.
“CFC Designated Receivable” shall mean any Receivable arising from an amount advanced by CFC or the Servicer on behalf of CFC in respect of Equity Payments, Mortgage Payoffs, Direct Expenses, Mortgage Payments or Other Reimbursable Expenses, even though such amounts may be advanced after the Termination Date.
“CFC Home” shall have the meaning set forth in the Receivables Purchase Agreement.
“CFC Home Purchase Contract” shall have the meaning set forth in the Receivables Purchase Agreement.
“CFC Home Sale Contract” shall have the meaning set forth in the Receivables Purchase Agreement.
“CFC Purchase Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(b).
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“CFC Purchase Termination Event” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.1.
“CFC Receivable” shall have the meaning set forth in the Receivables Purchase Agreement.
“CFC Subordinated Loan” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.2.
“CFC Subordinated Note” shall mean the CFC Subordinated Note dated the Closing Date, made by the Buyer and payable to the order of the Originator substantially in the form of Exhibit 4.2, as such note may be amended, supplemented, otherwise modified or replaced from time to time.
“CFC Subordinated Note Cap” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.2.
“Closing Date” shall mean April 25, 2000.
“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Contract” shall mean a Pool Relocation Management Agreement and any other related contract entered into pursuant thereto or in connection therewith, pursuant to or under which any Person (other than a Transaction Party) is obligated to make payments from time to time, including as the context may require any Equity Advance Agreement, Home Purchase Contract or Home Sale Contract.
“Credit and Collection Policy” shall mean those credit and collection policies and practices of the Originator relating to the Contracts and Receivables described in Exhibit 6.1(u), as such credit and collection policies may be modified from time to time in accordance with Section 7.3(b).
“Cut-Off Date” shall mean the last day of any Monthly Period.
“Defaulted Receivable” shall mean any Receivable that:
(a) has been or should have been written off as uncollectible in conformity with the Credit and Collection Policy; or
(b) is owed by an Obligor who is in Insolvency Proceedings or with respect to which an Event of Bankruptcy has occurred; or
(c) has been billed and remains unpaid more than 120 days after the due date thereof.
“Direct Expenses” shall mean, with respect to any Home, any costs attributable to the provision of services to a Transferred Employee, including without limitation appraisals, broker’s market analyses and inspections, brokerage commissions, title and title search fees, transfer taxes, mortgage payments, mortgage interest (or interest on the mortgage payments at the mortgage interest rate), insurance premiums, property taxes, cost of establishment and maintenance of appropriate files, overnight delivery charges, wire transfer fees, cost of interest in the manner specified in the related Contract, cost of improvements, cost of removal and mitigation of Hazardous Materials or gases (such as removal of
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asbestos, lead paint, radon gas or urea formaldehyde insulation) and reinsulation with suitable replacement materials, repair and maintenance costs, utilities, sales loss on resale, buyer incentive costs and real estate closing costs.
“Dollar Equivalent” shall mean, with respect to any amount of any currency on any date, (i) the amount of such currency if such currency is Dollars or (ii) the equivalent amount in Dollars if such currency is not Dollars, calculated based on the most recent month-end rate for such currency provided by Bloomberg Professional Service owned by Bloomberg LP or other nationally recognized service if such rate is not available through the Bloomberg Professional Service.
“Dollars” shall mean United States dollars.
“Eligible Contract” shall mean:
(a) a Relocation Management Agreement (i) that has been duly executed and delivered by an Employer that is an Eligible Obligor and is in full force and effect, (ii) (A) the rights to payment under which are assignable without the consent of the Employer party thereto or any other Person (other than the Originator), other than any such consent that has been obtained and remains in effect, or (B) which, if subject to any restriction on assignment of rights to payment, is in effect on April 10, 2007 and such restriction is not effective under Section 9-406 or Section 9-408 of the UCC, as applicable, (iii) that provides for the payment in full by the Employer of all Direct Expenses, Service Fees and Other Reimbursable Expenses and any loss sustained with respect to a Home covered thereby following the sale of such Home (less any Advance Payment with respect to such Home and after giving effect to the application of the Home Sale Proceeds with respect to such Home) (it being understood that any Contract that permits an Employer to approve any expenses or the price at which any Home is sold shall not, for that reason alone, fail to qualify as an Eligible Contract), (iv) that was originated in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy, (v) the Receivables under which, once billed, are required to be paid within 90 days of the original invoice date and (vi) that is substantially in the form of Relocation Management Agreement attached as Exhibit C, with such Permitted Changes to such form as may be made by the Originator in the ordinary course of its business (or such other form as has been approved in writing by the Buyer and its successors and assigns);
(b) an Equity Advance Agreement (i) that has been duly executed and delivered by a Transferred Employee that is an Eligible Obligor and that is an employee of an Employer that is a party to a Pool Relocation Management Agreement (which Pool Relocation Management Agreement is then an Eligible Contract), (ii) that is substantially in the form of an Equity Advance Agreement attached as Exhibit C, with such Permitted Changes to such form as may be made by the Originator in the ordinary course of its business (or such other form as has been approved in writing by the Buyer and its successors and assigns) and (iii) the obligations of the Transferred Employee under which are fully covered by the Guaranty or loss indemnity of the related Employer or Employer-purchased insurance policy under the applicable Pool Relocation Management Agreement;
(c) a Home Purchase Contract that (i) has been duly executed and delivered by a Transferred Employee of an Employer that is a party to a Pool Relocation Management Agreement (which Pool Relocation Management Agreement is then an Eligible Contract) and (ii) is substantially in the form of Home Purchase Contract attached as Exhibit C, with such
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Permitted Changes to such form as may be made by the Originator in the ordinary course of its business (or such other form as has been approved in writing by the Buyer and its successors and assigns); or
(d) a Home Sale Contract that (i) was entered into under or in connection with a Pool Relocation Management Agreement (which Pool Relocation Management Agreement is then an Eligible Contract), (ii) has been duly executed and delivered by the applicable Ultimate Buyer and is in full force and effect and (iii) is substantially in the form of the contract of purchase and sale used in the area where the property is located, or on a form prescribed by the Originator for that area, with such amendments and additions as may be reasonably negotiated to efficiently sell the Home (or such other form as has been approved in writing by the Buyer and its assignees and assigns).
“Eligible Governmental Obligor” shall mean each governmental obligor which is party to a Guaranteed Government Contract and specifically approved as an “Eligible Governmental Obligor” (a) in that certain letter agreement, dated December 16, 2011, by and between the Originator and the Buyer, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, or (b) in any other written agreement among the Buyer, the Issuer and the Majority Investors.
“Eligible Home” shall mean a Home (a) that is located within the United States, (b) record title for which is not in the name of any Transaction Party or any Affiliate of a Transaction Party and (c) that satisfies the requirements specified in the definition of “Home” in the applicable Pool Relocation Management Agreement or, if such term is not defined therein, in the applicable Home Sale Service Supplement; provided, however, that a Home that does not satisfy the requirement specified in clause (b) may nonetheless be treated as an Eligible Home if and to the extent that either (i) title is recorded on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to the Buyer and its assignees or (ii) the aggregate Unpaid Balance of all Eligible Unsold Home Receivables that do not satisfy the requirement specified in clause (b) would not exceed 10% of the aggregate Unpaid Balance of all Eligible Unsold Home Receivables; and provided, further, that a Home that does not satisfy the requirements specified in clause (c) may nonetheless constitute an Eligible Home if and to the extent that (i) the applicable Employer has acknowledged in writing that such property constitutes a “Special Home Transaction” within the meaning of the applicable Home Sale Service Supplement and (ii) the Originator and its Affiliates followed all necessary procedures and obtained all necessary approvals with respect to such Home (including without limitation approvals of the applicable Employer) as may be required by the Credit and Collection Policy and the customary practices of the Originator with respect to such Homes.
“Eligible Obligor” shall mean an Obligor that:
(a) is either a United States resident (which term includes a United States division or branch of an entity organized in a jurisdiction outside of the United States, so long as such division or branch maintains a place of business in the United States to which Receivables are billed) or a Foreign Obligor;
(b) is not the United States of America, any state or local government or any agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing unless such Obligor qualifies as an Eligible Governmental Obligor;
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(c) is not an Affiliate of the Originator or the Buyer;
(d) is not the subject of an Insolvency Proceeding; and
(e) has been instructed by the Originator to remit all payments on the Cartus Purchased Assets directly to one of the Lockboxes or Lockbox Accounts.
“Eligible Receivable” shall mean any Receivable:
(a) the Obligor of which is an Eligible Obligor;
(b) that is denominated and payable only in Dollars, British pounds sterling, euros, Swiss francs, Canadian dollars, Hong Kong dollars or Japanese yen;
(c) that was generated in the ordinary course of the Originator’s business;
(d) either (1) with respect to which all of the Originator’s right, title and interest has been (or will be, at the time such Receivable becomes included in the Cartus Purchased Assets) validly transferred to the Buyer under and in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; or (2) with respect to any CFC Receivable only, that arose out of or with respect to an Equity Payment, Mortgage Payment or Mortgage Payoff made by the Buyer in respect of a CFC Home Purchase Contract;
(e) that arises under or in connection with a Pool Relocation Management Agreement that is then an Eligible Contract, and with respect to which any Home Sale Contract, Home Purchase Contract or Equity Advance Agreement relating to such Receivable is also an Eligible Contract;
(f) that is not a Defaulted Receivable;
(g) that is an “eligible asset” within the meaning of Rule 3a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;
(h) that constitutes an “account” or a “general intangible” or “chattel paper” and not an “instrument” (except in the case of an Equity Loan, to the extent the same is evidenced by an Equity Loan Note), in each case within the meaning of the New York UCC;
(i) the transfer of which (including without limitation the sale by the Originator to the Buyer or by the Buyer to ARSC) does not contravene or conflict with any law, rule or regulation or any contractual or other restriction, limitation or encumbrance that applies to the Originator (or, with respect to any CFC Receivable only, the Buyer) (including without limitation the related Contract), and the sale, assignment or transfer of which, and the granting of a security interest in which, does not require the consent of the Obligor thereof or any other Person other than any such consent that has been previously obtained and is in effect; provided, however, that a Receivable arising out of a Relocation Management Agreement that is subject to a restriction on assignment may nonetheless be an Eligible Receivable hereunder if such restriction is not
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effective under Section 9-406 or Section 9-408 of the UCC, as applicable;
(j) that has not been compromised, adjusted, amended or otherwise modified (including by extension of time for payment or the granting of any discounts, allowances or credits) except in a manner that is expressly permitted under Section 3.10(b) of the Transfer and Servicing Agreement;
(k) that, together with the Contracts related thereto, conforms in all material respects with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, orders, judgments, decrees and determinations of all courts and other Governmental Authorities (whether federal, state, local or foreign and including without limitation usury laws);
(l) that is not subject to an asserted reduction (other than any reduction on account of any offsetting account payable of the Originator or the Buyer to an Obligor or any Advance Payment made by the related Obligor so long as such reduction is either included in the determination of the Aggregate Employer Balance with respect to the related Obligor, or, in the case of any Advance Payment, subtracted in the determination of the Aggregate Receivable Balance) cancellation, rebate or refund or any dispute, offset, counterclaim, lien or defense whatsoever;
(m) with respect to which the representations and warranties of the Originator in Section 6.1(k) of this Agreement (or with respect to any CFC Receivable only, of the Buyer in Section 6.1(k) of the Receivables Purchase Agreement) are true and correct;
(n) that represents a bona fide obligation arising under a Contract that has been duly authorized 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, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity;
(o) that, in the case of a Receivable arising on account of any Equity Payment, Mortgage Payoff, Mortgage Payment, Direct Expenses or any Service Fee or Finance Charge arising in connection with any of the foregoing, relates to an Eligible Home as to which (i) a Home Purchase Contract has been executed and delivered by the related Homeowner and the Originator or the Buyer, as applicable and, to the best knowledge of the Originator (or the Buyer, with respect to CFC Homes only), constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Homeowner, (ii) a Home Deed has been executed and delivered by the related Homeowner naming the Originator or the Buyer, as applicable, as transferee or with the transferee’s name blank, (iii) such Home Purchase Contract and Home Deed have been delivered to and are then in the possession of the agent of Cartus (with respect to Cartus Homes) or the agent of CFC (with respect to CFC Homes) and (iv) either no Mortgage is outstanding or, if a Mortgage is outstanding, no more than one monthly payment on such Mortgage is past due;
(p) that, in the case of a Receivable that arises from an Equity Loan, arose under an Equity Advance Agreement that is an Eligible Contract and is then in the possession of the Servicer;
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(q) that, in the case of an Unbilled Receivable, represents the right to payment for services rendered;
(r) that, in the case of a Billed Receivable (other than an Advance Billing Receivable), has been fully earned by performance; and
(s) that does not constitute an Excluded Home Receivable.
“Eligible Unsold Home Receivable” shall mean an Unsold Home Receivable that is an Eligible Receivable.
“Employer” shall mean a customer of the Originator that has executed a Relocation Management Agreement with the Originator.
“Enhancement Agreement” shall have the meaning provided in the Indenture.
“Environmental Laws” shall mean all applicable federal, state or local statutes, laws, ordinances, codes, rules, regulations and guidelines (including consent decrees and administrative orders) relating to public health and safety and protection of the environment.
“Equity Advance Agreement” shall mean an equity advance repayment agreement entered into by a Transferred Employee in connection with an Equity Loan or a proposed Equity Loan.
“Equity Loan” shall mean an advance of all or a portion of the Equity Payment to be made to a Homeowner prior to the execution of the Home Purchase Contract by such Homeowner.
“Equity Payment” shall mean, with respect to any Homeowner, a payment or credit (other than an Equity Loan) made to such Homeowner at the time of, or following the execution of, the related Home Purchase Contract by such Homeowner in respect of its equity interest in a Home as determined pursuant to the applicable Home Purchase Contract.
“ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the rules and regulations thereunder, each as amended from time to time.
“ERISA Affiliate” shall mean any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that is treated as a single employer with the Originator under Section 414 of the Code.
“Event of Bankruptcy” shall be deemed to have occurred with respect to a Person if either:
(a) a case or other proceeding has been commenced in any court without the application or consent of such Person, 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 any substantial part of its assets, or any similar action with respect to such Person under any law (foreign or domestic) relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, winding up or
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composition or adjustment of debts and such case or proceeding continues undismissed or unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 days; or an order for relief with respect to such Person has been entered in an involuntary case under the Bankruptcy Code or other similar laws (foreign or domestic) now or hereafter in effect; or
(b) such Person has commenced 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 admit in writing its inability to, pay its debts generally as they become due.
“Excluded Asset” shall mean any receivable or related asset that arises under or relates to an Excluded Contract.
“Excluded Contract” shall mean (a) any of the following, to the extent that either the same have not been identified as Pool Relocation Management Agreements or all Cartus Receivables and CFC Receivables arising thereunder have been the subject of a Cartus Noncomplying Asset Adjustment or CFC Noncomplying Asset Adjustment that has been fully paid: (i) if the Originator merges with any other Person that is engaged in the relocation management business, any agreement for relocation management services originated by such other Person prior to the date of such merger and, so long as such business is maintained and operated as a separate division of the Originator, any additional agreements for relocation management services originated by such division; provided that, any agreement for relocation management services originated by Primacy Relocation, LLC prior to its merger with the Originator on December 31, 2010 shall not constitute “Excluded Contracts” pursuant to this clause (i), (ii) any agreement for relocation management services that has not yet been incorporated into the Originator’s Atlas operating system; provided that, for purposes of clarity, agreements for relocation management services described in this clause (ii) that are subsequently incorporated into the Originator’s Atlas operating system shall thereafter no longer constitute “Excluded Contracts” pursuant to this clause (ii), (iii) any agreement for relocation management services that is not an Eligible Contract or (iv) any agreement for relocation management services the receivables arising under which would not be Eligible Receivables because the Employer party thereto is not obligated to provide reimbursement for losses on resale of homes or because the homes relating to such agreement would be located solely outside of the United States and (b) any home purchase contract, home sale contract, equity advance repayment agreement or similar agreement that is not an Eligible Contract or that is entered into pursuant to any agreement referred to in clause (a) above.
“Excluded Home” shall mean a Home that, at the time of purchase thereof pursuant to a Pool Relocation Management Agreement, (a) either (i) does not fit one or more of the characteristics set forth in the definition of “Home” in the related Home Sale Service Supplement, (ii) involves special terms, conditions, pricing and/or other considerations or requires material deviations from the procedures set forth in the related Home Sale Service Supplement, or (iii) is located in an area that has been (or is reasonably anticipated to be) directly or indirectly subject to a natural or man-made disaster that materially and adversely affects the salability of the Home or the ability to finance the Home or is subject to severe market challenges because of the nature or location of the Home, and (b) is identified by Cartus or CFC, at the time of purchase thereof pursuant to a Pool Relocation Management Agreement, as an “Excluded Home.”
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“Excluded Home Receivable” shall mean a Receivable that arises pursuant to the sale or prospective sale of an Excluded Home.
“Final Payout Date” shall mean the earlier of the date after the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture pursuant to Article IV thereof on which either (i) all of the Notes have been paid in full or (ii) the Unpaid Balance of all outstanding Cartus Receivables has been reduced to zero; provided that for purposes of this definition of Final Payout Date, the Unpaid Balance of a Defaulted Receivable shall be deemed to be outstanding until all Homes related thereto have been sold and such Receivable has been written off as uncollectible.
“Finance Charge” shall mean any interest, late payment fee or other finance charge with respect to a Receivable or other Related Property, including without limitation any interest accrued or to accrue on an Equity Loan, Equity Payment, Mortgage Payoff or Mortgage Payment under the terms of the applicable Contract or Contracts.
“Foreign Obligor” shall mean an Obligor that is a resident of the United Kingdom, the Swiss Confederation, Canada, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, Japan, the Republic of Singapore, Germany, Netherlands, France, the Republic of Ireland or Belgium (including a division or branch of an entity not organized in any such jurisdiction, so long as such division or branch maintains a place of business in any such jurisdiction to which Receivables are billed).
“GAAP” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles, including the opinions, statements and pronouncements of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the Securities and Exchange Commission, as in effect from time to time.
“Governmental Authority” shall mean the United States of America, any State or other political subdivision thereof and any entity in the United States of America or any applicable foreign jurisdiction that exercises executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government.
“Guaranteed Government Contract” shall mean any Relocation Management Agreement between Cartus and an Eligible Governmental Obligor which qualifies as an Eligible Contract and which has been designated as a Pool Relocation Management Agreement under the Purchase Agreement.”
“Guaranty” shall mean any agreement, undertaking or arrangement by which any Person guarantees, endorses, agrees to purchase or otherwise becomes or is contingently liable upon (by direct or indirect agreement, contingent or otherwise, to provide funds for payment, to supply funds to, or otherwise to invest in, a debtor, or otherwise to assure a creditor against loss) the indebtedness, obligation or any other liability of any other Person (other than by endorsements of instruments in the course of collection), or guarantees the payment of dividends or other distributions on the shares of any other Person.
“Hazardous Material” shall mean (a) any “hazardous substance” as defined under CERCLA, (b) any “hazardous waste” as defined under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 690, et seq., as amended, (c) any petroleum product or (d) any pollutant or contaminant or hazardous, dangerous or toxic chemical, material or substance within the meaning of any
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Environmental Laws.
“Home” shall mean a family residence or other improved real estate that is the subject of any services provided under a Pool Relocation Management Agreement, including without limitation any Home or property subject to a “Special Home Transaction” within the meaning of the applicable Home Sale Service Supplement.
“Home Deed” shall mean, with respect to any Home, a deed or other instrument of conveyance executed by the related Homeowner that effects the conveyance of such Home pursuant to the related Home Purchase Contract.
“Home Purchase Contract” shall mean the contract by which a Home is purchased from a Homeowner pursuant to, or in connection with, a Pool Relocation Management Agreement.
“Home Sale Contract” shall mean, with respect to any Home, the contract by which such Home is sold to an Ultimate Buyer.
“Home Sale Proceeds” shall mean, with respect to any Home, the cash sale proceeds received upon the sale of such Home to an Ultimate Buyer, net of any unpaid mortgage loan amounts, closing costs, brokerage costs, commissions owed to third parties and any other amounts payment of which are necessary to clear title to such Home.
“Home Sale Service Supplement” shall mean a supplement to a Pool Relocation Management Agreement substantially in the form attached as Exhibit C.
“Homeowner” shall mean, with respect to any Home, the Transferred Employee and any other homeowner of record with respect to such Home.
“Indebtedness” of any Person shall mean, in the aggregate, without duplication, (i) all indebtedness, obligations and other liabilities of such Person and its Subsidiaries that are, at the date as of which Indebtedness is to be determined, includable as liabilities in a consolidated balance sheet of such Person and its Subsidiaries, other than (x) accounts payable and accrued expenses, (y) advances from clients obtained in the ordinary course of the relocation management services business of any such Person and (z) current and deferred income taxes and other similar liabilities, (ii) the maximum aggregate amount of all liabilities of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries under any Guaranty, indemnity or similar undertaking given or assumed of or in respect of, the indebtedness, obligations or other liabilities, assets, revenues, income or dividends of any Person other than such Person or one of its Subsidiaries and (iii) all other obligations or liabilities of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to the discharge of the obligations of any Person other than itself or one of its Subsidiaries. For purposes of the Transaction Documents, the Indebtedness of any Person includes the Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer.
“Indebtedness for Borrowed Money” shall mean, with respect to any Person, (i) any Indebtedness of such Person, contingent or otherwise, in respect of borrowed money including all principal, interest, fees and expenses with respect thereto (whether or not the recourse of the lender is to the whole of the assets of such Person or only to a portion thereof), or evidenced by bonds, notes, acceptances, debentures or other instruments or letters of credit (or reimbursement obligations with
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respect thereto) but excluding capitalized lease obligations and excluding obligations representing the deferred and unpaid purchase price of any property.
“Indenture” shall mean the Indenture dated as of April 25, 2000 by and between the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee.
“Indenture Supplement” shall have the meaning set forth in the Indenture.
“Indenture Trustee” shall mean U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association, as indenture trustee under the Indenture, and any successor thereto.
“Independent Director” shall mean, with respect to the Buyer, ARSC or the Issuer, an individual who is an Independent Director as defined in the organizational documents of such entity as in effect on the date of this Agreement.
“Insolvency Proceeding” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceeding under any Federal or state bankruptcy or similar law or any other proceeding of the type described in the definition of Event of Bankruptcy, whether voluntary or involuntary.
“Issuer” shall mean Apple Ridge Funding LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“Lien” shall mean, when used with respect to any Person, any interest in any real or personal property, asset or other right held, owned or being purchased or acquired by such Person for its own use, consumption or enjoyment in its business that secures payment or performance of any obligation, and includes any mortgage, lien, pledge, encumbrance, charge, retained security title of a conditional vendor or lessor or other security interest of any kind, whether arising under a security agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, chattel mortgage, assignment, pledge, retention of security title, financing or similar statement or notice or arising as a matter of law, judicial process or otherwise.
“Lockbox” shall mean any post office box to which the Obligors remit Cartus Collections established pursuant to the Transfer and Servicing Agreement.
“Lockbox Account” shall mean any lockbox account, concentration account, depositary account or similar account (including any associated demand deposit account) established pursuant to the Transfer and Servicing Agreement, in which any Cartus Collections or CFC Collections are collected or deposited.
“Lockbox Agreement” shall have the meaning provided in the Transfer and Servicing Agreement.
“Lockbox Bank” shall mean any institution at which a Lockbox or Lockbox Account is maintained.
“Material Adverse Effect” shall mean, with respect to any event or circumstance, a material adverse effect on (a) the business, financial condition, operations or assets of the Originator,
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(b) the ability of the Originator to perform its obligations under any Transaction Document or all or any substantial portion of the Contracts, (c) the validity or enforceability of, or collectibility of, amounts payable by the Originator under any Transaction Document, (d) the status, existence, perfection or priority of the interest of the Buyer (and its assignees) in the Cartus Purchased Assets, taken as a whole, in each case free and clear of any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) or (e) the validity, enforceability or collectibility of all or any substantial portion of the ARSC Purchased Assets.
“Monthly Period” shall mean (i) a calendar month or (ii) with respect to the initial Monthly Period for any Series, the period commencing on the closing date with respect to such Series and ending on the last day of the same month, or such other period set forth in the related Indenture Supplement.
“Mortgage” shall mean, with respect to a Home, either or both of (a) any indebtedness of the relevant Homeowner secured by a mortgage, deed of trust or other Lien on such Home and (b) such mortgage, deed of trust or other Lien, as the context may require.
“Mortgage Payment” shall mean, with respect to any Home, any payment actually made under any Mortgage on such Home (other than a Mortgage Payoff), including without limitation payments of principal and interest and for taxes and insurance.
“Mortgage Payoff” shall mean, with respect to any Home, the amount, if any, paid to retire the entire remaining principal balance of any Mortgage on such Home, together with interest accrued thereon to the date of payment.
“Notes” shall have the meaning set forth in the Indenture.
“Obligor” shall mean, with respect to any Contract, the Person or Persons obligated to make payments in respect of Receivables arising thereunder, including without limitation (i) with respect to any Equity Payment, Mortgage Payoff or Mortgage Payment, the related Employer, (ii) with respect to any Equity Loan, both the Transferred Employee and the related Employer and (iii) with respect to any Unsold Home Receivable, the Employer party to the related Relocation Management Agreement.
“Originator” shall mean Cartus and its successors and permitted assigns.
“Originator Adjustment” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(c).
“Originator Assets” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).
“Originator Dilution Adjustment” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(b).
“Originator Receivables” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).
“Originator Related Assets” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).
“Originator Related Property” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).
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“Other Reimbursable Expense” shall mean a cost or expense that is incurred and paid in connection with services under a Pool Relocation Management Agreement or reimbursable by the Obligor under the applicable Pool Relocation Management Agreement, and that is not included in the calculation of Direct Expenses thereunder.
“PBGC” shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and any successor thereto.
“Performance Guaranty” shall mean that certain performance guarantee dated as of May 12, 2006, executed by the Performance Guarantor in favor of the Buyer and the Issuer.
“Performance Guarantor” shall mean Realogy.
“Permitted Change” shall mean, with respect to any Contract the form of which is attached hereto in Exhibit C, any revisions or modifications to such form that (i) are made by the Originator in the ordinary course of its business consistent with the Credit and Collection Policy, (ii) do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially adversely affect the collectibility of the Cartus Receivables or any Receivables arising under or in connection with any CFC Home Purchase Contract, (iii) do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially alter (in a manner adverse to the Originator or any of its assigns) the reimbursement or indemnification obligations of such Obligor thereunder or the composition of the losses, costs or expenses to which such reimbursement or indemnification obligations pertain, (iv) would not cause such Contract to cease to be an Eligible Contract or the Receivables arising thereunder to cease to be Eligible Receivables and (v) do not violate any of the terms and provisions of this Agreement.
“Permitted Exception” shall mean that, with respect to any representation, warranty or covenant with respect to the interest of the Buyer and its assignees in the ARSC Purchased Assets or any Servicer Default, that (i) prior to recordation (A) pursuant to Section 8.3 of this Agreement and/or Section 2.01(d)(i) of the Transfer and Servicing Agreement or (B) upon the sale of a Home to an Ultimate Buyer, record title to such Home may remain in the name of the related Transferred Employee, and no recordation in real estate records of any mortgage or any conveyance pursuant to the related Home Purchase Contract or Home Sale Contract in favor of any Transaction Party or any of the Buyer’s assignees and assigns pursuant to the Receivables Purchase Agreement will be made except as otherwise permitted under Section 2.01(d)(i) of the Transfer and Servicing Agreement and (ii) no delivery of any Home Purchase Contracts, Home Deeds and Equity Loan Notes to any custodian will be required.
“Permitted Lien” shall mean:
(a) with respect to any Home, the related Receivables or Related Property with respect thereto, (i) an inchoate Lien on the Home for real estate taxes not yet due and payable, (ii) a Mortgage on the Home created by the related Transferred Employee and (iii) any Lien that is fully covered by the terms of the indemnity provisions of the applicable Pool Relocation Management Agreement and that arises in the ordinary course of the Originator’s business;
(b) with respect to any Cartus Purchased Asset, any Lien in favor of the Buyer pursuant to this Agreement; and
(c) with respect to any ARSC Purchased Asset, any Lien created pursuant to the
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Transaction Documents.
“Person” shall mean an individual, partnership, corporation (including a business trust), joint stock company, trust, limited liability company, unincorporated association, joint venture, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.
“Plan” shall mean each employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) currently sponsored, maintained or contributed to by the Originator or any ERISA Affiliate or with respect to which the Originator or any ERISA Affiliate has any liability.
“Pool Relocation Management Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).
“Prime Rate” shall mean the Prime Rate as most recently published in The Wall Street Journal in New York City.
“Purchase” shall mean each purchase of Cartus Receivables and other Cartus Purchased Assets by the Buyer from the Originator hereunder.
“Realogy” shall mean Realogy Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and any successors thereto.
“Receivable” shall mean any right arising under a Contract to receive any payment or any funds from or on behalf of an Obligor, whether or not earned by performance and whether constituting an account, chattel paper, instrument, general intangible or otherwise. The term “Receivable” includes without limitation rights to payment (whether matured or unmatured and whether absolute or contingent) arising out of or with respect to Equity Loans, Equity Payments, Direct Expenses, Mortgage Payments, Mortgage Payoffs, Service Fees and Other Reimbursable Expenses and the right to payment of any and all Finance Charges with respect to any of the foregoing, whether such amounts are owed by an Employer, a Transferred Employee, an Ultimate Buyer or any other Obligor. The change of a Receivable’s status from that of Unsold Home Receivable to Unbilled Receivable or from Unbilled Receivable to Billed Receivable shall not be deemed the creation of a new Receivable for any purpose hereunder.
“Receivables Activity Report” shall have the meaning provided in the Transfer and Servicing Agreement.
“Receivables Purchase Agreement” shall mean the receivables purchase agreement dated as of April 25, 2000, by and between CFC and ARSC.
“Records” shall mean all Contracts, purchase orders, invoices, customer lists, credit files and other agreements, documents, books, records and other media for the storage of information (including without limitation tapes, disks, punch cards, computer software and databases and related property) with respect to the Receivables, the Related Property and/or the related Obligors.
“Related Property” shall mean, with respect to any Receivable, (i) all security interests or liens and property subject thereto from time to time purporting to secure payment of such Receivable,
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whether pursuant to the related Relocation Management Agreement or any other Contract related to such Receivable or otherwise; (ii) all guarantees and other agreements or arrangements of whatever character from time to time supporting or securing payment of such Receivable, (iii) all rights under warranties, indemnities or insurance with respect to such Receivable, related Contracts, Cartus Related Assets (with respect to Cartus Receivables) or CFC Related Assets (with respect to the CFC Receivables), (iv) all rights to the Cartus Home Sale Proceeds arising out of or with respect to any Cartus Homes and CFC Home Sale Proceeds arising out of or with respect to any CFC Homes under the related Relocation Management Agreement and (v) all Records.
“Relocation Management Agreement” shall mean an agreement pursuant to which the Originator agrees to provide employee relocation, asset management or other services, as the same may be amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, including any and all supplements thereto, and any similar agreement, howsoever denominated, and any agreement for intercultural services.
“Self-Funding Obligor” shall mean an Employer that deposits funds with the Originator in order to fund Equity Payments, Other Reimbursable Expenses or other payments made to or on behalf of the Transferred Employees of such Employer under the terms of the Employer’s Relocation Management Agreement.
“Seller Adjustment” shall have the meaning set forth in the Receivables Purchase Agreement.
“Series” shall have the meaning set forth in the Indenture.
“Series Enhancer” shall have the meaning set forth in the Indenture.
“Service Fee” shall mean any fee payable by an Employer under a Pool Relocation Management Agreement, including without limitation any fee payable with respect to the marketing and sale of a particular Home or otherwise in connection with any employee relocation services or asset management services performed under or in connection with such Pool Relocation Management Agreement.
“Servicer” shall mean the Originator, in its capacity as the Servicer under the Transfer and Servicing Agreement, and any successor thereto in such capacity appointed pursuant to Article IX of the Transfer and Servicing Agreement.
“Servicer Default” shall have the meaning set forth in the Transfer and Servicing Agreement.
“Servicer Dilution Adjustment” shall have the meaning set forth in the Transfer and Servicing Agreement.
“Subsidiary” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any corporation or other entity of which more than 50% of the outstanding capital stock or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors of such corporation (notwithstanding that at the time capital stock of any other class or classes of such corporation shall or might have voting power upon the occurrence of any contingency) or other persons performing similar functions is at the time directly or
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indirectly owned by such Person.
“Surviving Entity” shall have the meaning provided in Section 7.3(c)(i).
“Termination Date” shall mean the date specified by the Indenture Trustee following the occurrence of a CFC Purchase Termination Event; provided, however, that if an Event of Bankruptcy has occurred with respect to either the Originator or the Buyer, the Termination Date shall be deemed to have occurred automatically without any such notice.
“Transaction Documents” shall mean, collectively, this Agreement, the Receivables Purchase Agreement, the Transfer and Servicing Agreement, the Performance Guaranty, the CFC Subordinated Note, the Lockbox Agreements and all agreements, instruments, certificates, reports and documents (other than any of the Contracts) executed and delivered or to be executed and delivered under or in connection with any of the foregoing, as any of the foregoing may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Transaction Party” shall mean the Buyer, the Originator, ARSC, the Issuer or the Servicer (so long as the Servicer is the Originator or an Affiliate thereof).
“Transfer and Servicing Agreement” shall mean the transfer and servicing agreement dated as of April 25, 2000 by and between the Originator, the Buyer, ARSC, the Servicer and the Issuer.
“Transferred Employee” shall mean an individual designated by an authorized representative of an Employer pursuant to the applicable Relocation Management Agreement as a person entitled to the benefits of such Relocation Management Agreement.
“UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the applicable jurisdiction or jurisdictions.
“Ultimate Buyer” shall mean the buyer of a Home from the Originator (or from the Buyer or its assignee, as the case may be).
“Unbilled Receivable” shall mean any Cartus Receivable or CFC Receivable (other than any Unsold Home Receivable) that has not yet been billed to the related Obligor.
“Unmatured Servicer Default” shall have the meaning set forth in the Transfer and Servicing Agreement.
“Unpaid Balance” of any Receivable shall mean at any time the Dollar Equivalent of the unpaid amount thereof at such time; provided, however, that the Unpaid Balance of Unsold Home Receivables with respect to any Home shall be the aggregate amount (without duplication) of Receivables arising from Equity Payments, Mortgage Payoffs, Mortgage Payments and Equity Loans in respect of such Home.
“Unsold Home Receivable” shall mean any Cartus Receivable or CFC Receivable, including any Finance Charges in respect thereof, incurred in respect of an Equity Loan, Equity Payment,
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Mortgage Payment, Mortgage Payoff or Direct Expenses on a Home that has not yet been sold to an Ultimate Buyer (or the sale of which has not been closed or the Home Sale Proceeds of which have not been received).
B. Other Terms. All accounting terms not specifically defined herein shall be construed in accordance with GAAP or with United States generally accepted regulatory principles, as applicable. To the extent that the definitions of accounting terms in this Agreement are inconsistent with the meanings of such terms under GAAP or regulatory accounting principles, the definitions contained in this Agreement shall control. All terms used in Article 9 of the UCC in the State of New York and not specifically defined herein are used herein as defined in such Article 9.
C. Computation of Time Periods. Unless otherwise stated in this Agreement with respect to computation of a period of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including” and each of the words ‘to” and “until’ means “to but excluding”.
D. Reference. The words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement; and references to “Section”, “subsection”, “Appendix”, “ Schedule” and “Exhibit” in this Agreement are references to Sections, subsections, Appendices, Schedules and Exhibits in or to this Agreement unless otherwise specified in this Agreement. To the extent any Receivables are denominated in any currency other than Dollars, all references herein to the amount of such Receivables shall mean the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of such Receivables. References herein to this Agreement, the Receivables Purchase Agreement, the Transfer and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture and the Performance Guaranty shall mean and be references to each such document as amended and modified by that certain Omnibus Amendment, Agreement and Consent, dated December 20, 2004, that certain Second Omnibus Amendment, dated January 31, 2005, that certain Amendment, Agreement and Consent, dated January 30, 2006, that certain Third Omnibus Amendment, Agreement and Consent, dated May 12, 2006, that certain Fourth Omnibus Amendment dated November 29, 2006, that certain Fifth Omnibus Amendment, dated April 10, 2007, that certain Sixth Omnibus Amendment, dated June 6, 2007, and that certain Seventh Omnibus Amendment, dated December 14, 2011.
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Exhibit 10.59
SCHEDULE 2.1
to
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Dated as of April 25, 2000
to
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Dated as of April 25, 2000
List of Pool Relocation Management Agreements
[As certified by the Originator and on file with the Buyer and its assignees]
Schedule 2.1 -1
Exhibit 10.59
SCHEDULE 6.1(n)
to
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Dated as of April 25, 0000
to
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Dated as of April 25, 0000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx of Business
and Chief Executive Office of the Originator
and Chief Executive Office of the Originator
Cartus Corporation
00 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000
00 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000
List of Offices Where
the Originator Keeps Cartus Records
the Originator Keeps Cartus Records
Cartus Corporation
00 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
00 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Chicago
0000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxx, XX 00000 XXX
Phone: x0.000.000.0000
0000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxx, XX 00000 XXX
Phone: x0.000.000.0000
Irving
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Phone: x0.000.000.0000
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Phone: x0.000.000.0000
Los Angeles
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx, XX 00000 XXX
Phone: x0.000.000.0000
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx, XX 00000 XXX
Phone: x0.000.000.0000
Memphis
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 XXX
Phone: x0.000.000.0000
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 XXX
Phone: x0.000.000.0000
Minneapolis
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xx. Xxxxx Xxxx, XX 00000 XXX
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xx. Xxxxx Xxxx, XX 00000 XXX
Schedule 6.1(n) -1
Exhibit 10.59
Phone: x0.000.000.0000
Omaha
0000 Xxxxx 000xx Xxxxxx
0xx Xxxxx
Xxxxx, XX 00000 XXX
Phone: x0.000.000.0000
0000 Xxxxx 000xx Xxxxxx
0xx Xxxxx
Xxxxx, XX 00000 XXX
Phone: x0.000.000.0000
Sacramento
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx, XX 00000 XXX
Phone: x0.000.000.0000
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx, XX 00000 XXX
Phone: x0.000.000.0000
Schedule 6.1(n) -2
Exhibit 10.59
SCHEDULE 6.1(s)
to
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Dated as of April 25, 2000
to
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Dated as of April 25, 2000
List of Legal Names for Cartus Corporation
Cendant Mobility Services Corporation
Coldwell Banker Moving Services, Inc.
Coldwell Banker Relocation Services, Inc.
Executrans, Inc.
HFS Mobility Services, Inc.
PHH Homequity Corporation
PHH Real Estate Services Corporation
Relocation 1, Inc.
Worldwide Relocation Management Inc.
Primacy Relocation, LLC
Coldwell Banker Moving Services, Inc.
Coldwell Banker Relocation Services, Inc.
Executrans, Inc.
HFS Mobility Services, Inc.
PHH Homequity Corporation
PHH Real Estate Services Corporation
Relocation 1, Inc.
Worldwide Relocation Management Inc.
Primacy Relocation, LLC
Schedule 6.1(s) -1
Exhibit 10.59
SCHEDULE 11.2
to
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Dated as of April 25, 2000
to
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Dated as of April 25, 2000
Notice Addresses
Cartus Corporation
00 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
00 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
Cartus Financial Corporation
00 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx 0X00
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Fax: 000-000-0000
00 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx 0X00
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Fax: 000-000-0000
Schedule 11.2 -1
Exhibit 10.59
EXHIBIT 2.1
to
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Dated as of April 25, 2000
to
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Dated as of April 25, 2000
FORM OF NOTICE OF ADDITIONAL
POOL RELOCATION MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTS
POOL RELOCATION MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTS
[DATE]
Cartus Financial Corporation
00 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx 0X00
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Fax: 000-000-0000
00 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx 0X00
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Fax: 000-000-0000
Re: Additional Pool Relocation Management Agreements
Dear Sir or Madam:
Reference is made to the Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 25, 2000 (the “Purchase Agreement”), between Cartus Corporation and Cartus Financial Corporation. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Purchase Agreement.
Pursuant to Section 2.1 of the Purchase Agreement, we are required to deliver a notice to you on the last of day of each month setting forth the new Relocation Management Agreements which were executed during such month. Attached hereto is a list of Pool Relocation Management Agreements that were executed during [Month/Year]. Pursuant to Section 2.1 of the Purchase Agreement, Schedule 2.1 to the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended to include the Relocation Management Agreements attached hereto.
Very truly yours,
CARTUS CORPORATION
By:
Name:
Title:
CARTUS CORPORATION
By:
Name:
Title:
Exhibit 2.1 -1
Exhibit 10.59
EXHIBIT 4.2
to
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Dated as of April 25, 2000
to
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Dated as of April 25, 2000
FORM OF CFC SUBORDINATED NOTE
[Attached]
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AMENDED AND RESTATED
CFC SUBORDINATED NOTE
April 25, 2000
as Amended and Restated December 16, 2011
1. Note. FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, CARTUS FINANCIAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Buyer”), hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the order of CARTUS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Originator”), in lawful money of the United States of America and in immediately available funds, on the day following the Final Payout Date, the aggregate unpaid principal sum outstanding of all “CFC Subordinated Loans” made from time to time by the Originator to the Buyer pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of that certain Purchase Agreement dated as of April 25, 2000, between the Originator and the Buyer (as amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Purchase Agreement”). Reference to Sections 4.2 and 5.2 of the Purchase Agreement is hereby made for a statement of the terms and conditions under which the loans evidenced hereby have been and will be made. All capitalized terms used herein that are not otherwise specifically defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Purchase Agreement. No advance shall be made hereunder on any date if the aggregate principal amount outstanding hereunder on such date after giving effect to such advance, would exceed an amount equal to five times the net worth of CFC. Proceeds of amounts advanced hereunder shall not be used for any purpose except to purchase CFC Homes (including the making of Equity Payments), to make Mortgage Payments and Mortgage Payoffs with respect to CFC Homes and to pay Seller Adjustments.
2. Interest. The Buyer further promises to pay interest on the outstanding unpaid principal amount hereof from the date hereof until payment in full hereof at a rate equal to LIBOR plus 2.25%; provided, however, that if the Buyer defaults in the payment of any principal hereof, the Buyer promises to pay, on demand, interest at the Prime Rate plus 2.00% per annum on any such unpaid amounts, accrued with respect to each Interest Period from the date such payment is due to the date of actual payment. LIBOR shall be determined on each LIBOR Determination Date on the basis of the rate for deposits in United States dollars for a one‑month period which appears on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on such date. If such rate does not appear on Reuters Screen LIBOR01, the rate for that LIBOR Determination Date shall be determined on the basis of the rates quoted by the four major banks in the London interbank market selected by the Paying Agent to the Paying Agent as the rates at which deposits in United States dollars are offered by the four major banks in the London interbank market selected by the Paying Agent to the Paying Agent at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on that day to prime banks in the London interbank market for a one‑month period. Interest shall be payable on the Distribution Date in each month in arrears. The outstanding principal of any loan made under this CFC Subordinated Note shall be due and payable on the day after the Final Payout Date, and may be repaid or prepaid at any time without premium or penalty.
LIBOR Determination Date means the second London Business Day prior to the commencement of the second and each subsequent Interest Period. A London Business Day is any Business Day on which dealings in deposits in U.S. dollars are transacted in the London interbank market and banking institutions in London are not authorized or obligated by law or regulation to close. An Interest Period is the period beginning on and including the Distribution Date immediately preceding such Distribution Date. A Distribution Date means June 15, 2000 and the fifteenth day of each calendar month thereafter, or if such fifteenth day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day.
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3. Principal Payments. The Originator is authorized and directed by the Buyer to enter in its books and records the date and amount of each loan made by it that is evidenced by this CFC Subordinated Note and the amount of each payment of principal made by the Buyer and, absent manifest error, such entries shall constitute prima facie evidence of the accuracy of the information so entered; provided that neither the failure of the Originator to make any such entry or any error therein shall expand, limit or affect the obligations of the Buyer hereunder.
4. Subordination. The indebtedness evidenced by this CFC Subordinated Note is subordinated to the prior payment in full of all of the Buyer’s recourse obligations under the Receivables Purchase Agreement. The subordination provisions contained herein are for the direct benefit of, and may be enforced by, the Buyer’s successors and assigns and/or any of their respective assignees (collectively, the “Senior Claimants”) under the Receivables Purchase Agreement. Until the date after the Final Payout Date on which all advances outstanding under the Receivables Purchase Agreement have been repaid in full and all other obligations of the Buyer thereunder (all such obligations, collectively, the “Senior Claims”) have been indefeasibly paid and satisfied in full, the Originator shall not demand, accelerate, xxx for, take, receive or accept from the Buyer, directly or indirectly, in cash or other property or by set-off or any other manner (including without limitation from or by way of collateral) any payment or security of all or any of the indebtedness under this CFC Subordinated Note or exercise any remedies or take any action or proceeding to enforce the same; provided, however, that (i) the Originator hereby agrees that it will not institute against the Buyer any Insolvency Proceeding unless and until a period of one year and one day has elapsed after the Final Payout Date and (ii) nothing in this paragraph shall restrict the Buyer from paying, or the Originator from requesting, any payments under this CFC Subordinated Note so long as the Buyer is not required under the Receivables Purchase Agreement to set aside the funds used for such payments for the benefit of, or otherwise pay over to, any of the Senior Claimants; and provided, further, that the making of such payment would not otherwise violate the terms and provisions of the Receivables Purchase Agreement. Should any payment, distribution or security or proceeds thereof be received by the Originator in violation of the immediately preceding sentence, the Originator agrees that such payment shall be segregated, received and held in trust for the benefit of, and deemed to be the property of, and shall be immediately paid over and delivered to the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Senior Claimants.
5. Bankruptcy; Insolvency. Upon the occurrence of any Insolvency Proceeding involving the Buyer as debtor, then and in any such event the Senior Claimants shall receive payment in full of all amounts due under the Receivables Purchase Agreement (whether or not any or all of such amount is an allowable claim in any such proceeding) before the Originator is entitled to receive payment on account of this CFC Subordinated Note and, to that end, any payment or distribution of assets of the Buyer of any kind or character, whether in cash, securities or other property in any applicable Insolvency Proceeding which would otherwise be payable to, or deliverable upon or with respect to, any or all indebtedness under this CFC Subordinated Note, is hereby assigned to and shall be paid or delivered by the Person making such payment or delivery (whether a trustee in bankruptcy, a receiver, custodian or liquidating trustee or otherwise) pursuant to the Receivables Purchase Agreement for application to, or as collateral for the payment of, the Senior Claim until such Senior Claim shall have been paid in full and satisfied.
6. GOVERNING LAW. THIS CFC SUBORDINATED NOTE SHALL BE INTERPRETED AND THE RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS AND DECISIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. WHEREVER POSSIBLE EACH PROVISION OF THIS CFC SUBORDINATED
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NOTE SHALL BE INTERPRETED IN SUCH MANNER AS TO BE EFFECTIVE AND VALID UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, BUT IF ANY PROVISION OF THIS CFC SUBORDINATED NOTE SHALL BE PROHIBITED BY OR INVALID UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, SUCH PROVISION SHALL BE INEFFECTIVE TO THE EXTENT OF SUCH PROHIBITION OR INVALIDITY, WITHOUT INVALIDATING THE REMAINDER OF SUCH PROVISION OR THE REMAINING PROVISIONS OF THIS CFC SUBORDINATED NOTE.
7. Waivers. All parties hereto, whether as makers, endorsers, or otherwise, severally waive presentment for payment, demand, protest and notice of dishonor. Originator additionally expressly waives all notice of the acceptance by any Senior Claimant of the subordination and other provisions of this CFC Subordinated Note and expressly waives reliance by any Senior Claimant upon the subordination and other provisions herein provided.
8. Assignment. Prior to the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture pursuant to Article IV thereof, this CFC Subordinated Note may not be assigned, pledged or otherwise transferred to any party other than Originator except in accordance with the Receivables Purchase Agreement.
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Exhibit 10.59
CARTUS FINANCIAL CORPORATION
By: _____________________________
Name:
Title:
Acknowledged and agreed:
CARTUS CORPORATION
By: ______________________________________
Name:
Title:
Exhibit 10.59
EXHIBIT 6.1(u)
to
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Dated as of April 25, 2000
to
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Dated as of April 25, 2000
CREDIT AND COLLECTION POLICY
[As certified by the Originator and on file with the Buyer and its assignees]
Exhibit 6.1(u) -1
Exhibit 10.59
EXHIBIT 7.3(j)
to
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Dated as of April 25, 2000
to
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Dated as of April 25, 2000
FORM OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT LETTER
For purposes of this Section _____, capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Transfer and Servicing Agreement, dated April 25, 2000, among Apple Ridge Services Corporation (“ARSC”), Cartus Corporation (“Cartus”), Cartus Financial Corporation (“CFC”), Apple Ridge Funding LLC (“ARF”) and U.S. Bank National Association (the “Indenture Trustee”), or, if not defined therein, as assigned to such terms in the “Purchase Agreement” or “Receivables Purchase Agreement” referred to therein, in each case as each such agreement has been amended by (i) that certain Amendment, Agreement and Consent dated December 20, 2004, (ii) that certain Second Omnibus Amendment dated January 31, 2005, (iii) that certain Amendment, Agreement and Consent dated January 30, 2006, (iv) that certain Third Omnibus Amendment, Agreement and Consent dated May 12, 2006, (v) that certain Fourth Omnibus Amendment dated November 29, 2006 and (vi) that certain Fifth Omnibus Amendment dated April 10, 2007. Subsequent references in this Section _____ to ARSC, Cartus and CFC below shall mean and be references to such corporations as they currently exist but shall also include references to any limited liability companies which succeed to the assets and liabilities of such companies in connection with a conversion of any such corporation into a limited liability company.
The Collateral Agent acknowledges and agrees, and each Secured Party by its execution of the Credit Agreement (or its Assignment and Acceptance) and/or its acceptance of the benefits of this Agreement acknowledges and agrees, as follows, solely in its capacity as a Secured Party:
Each Secured Party hereby acknowledges that (i) CFC is a limited purpose corporation whose primary activities are restricted in its certificate of incorporation to purchasing Cartus Purchased Assets (originally referred to as CMSC Purchased Assets) from Cartus pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, making Equity Payments, Equity Loans, Mortgage Payoffs and Mortgage Payments to or on behalf of employees or otherwise purchasing Homes in connection with the Pool Relocation Management Agreements, funding such activities through the sale of CFC Receivables (originally referred to as CMF Receivables) to ARSC, and such other activities as it deems necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, (ii) ARSC is a limited purpose corporation whose primary activities are restricted in its certificate of incorporation to purchasing from CFC all CFC Receivables acquired by CFC from Cartus or otherwise originated by CFC, funding such acquisitions through the sale of the CFC Receivables to ARF and such other activities as it deems necessary or appropriate to carry out such activities, and (iii) ARF is a limited purpose limited liability company whose activities are limited in its limited liability company agreement to purchasing the Pool Receivables from ARSC, funding such acquisitions through the issuance of the Notes, pledging such Pool Receivables to the Indenture Trustee and such other activities as it deems necessary or appropriate to carry out such activities.
Each Secured Party hereby acknowledges and agrees that (i) the foregoing transfers are intended to be true and absolute sales as a result of which Cartus has no right, title and interest in and to any of the Cartus Purchased Assets, any Homes acquired by CFC in connection therewith or any CFC Receivables, including any Related Property relating thereto, any proceeds thereof or earnings thereon (collectively, the “Pool Assets”), (ii) none of CFC, ARSC or ARF is a Loan Party, (iii) such Secured Party
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is not a creditor of, and has no recourse to, CFC, ARSC or ARF pursuant to the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, and (iv) such Secured Party has no lien on or claim, contractual or otherwise, arising under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document to the Pool Assets (whether now existing or hereafter acquired and whether tangible or intangible); provided that nothing herein shall limit any rights the Secured Parties may have to any proceeds or earnings which are transferred from time to time to Cartus by CFC, ARSC or ARF.
No Secured Party will institute against or join any other Person in instituting against CFC, ARSC or ARF any insolvency proceeding, or solicit, join in soliciting, cooperate with or encourage any motion in support of, any insolvency proceeding involving CFC, ARSC or ARF until one year and one day after the payment in full of all Notes; provided, that the foregoing shall not limit the right of any Secured Party to file any claim in or otherwise take any action (not inconsistent with the provisions of this Section ___) permitted or required by applicable laws with respect to any insolvency proceeding instituted against CFC, ARSC or ARF by any other person.
Without limiting the foregoing, in the event of any voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceeding under any Federal or state bankruptcy or similar law involving Cartus, CFC, ARSC, ARF or any other Affiliates of Cartus as debtor, or otherwise, the Secured Parties agree that if, notwithstanding the intent of the parties, Cartus is found to have a property interest in the Pool Assets, then, in such event, CFC and its assigns, including the Indenture Trustee, shall have a first and prior claim to the Pool Assets, and any claim or rights the Secured Parties may have to the Pool Assets, contractual or otherwise, shall be subject to the prior claims of the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders until all amounts owing under the Indenture shall have been paid in full, and the Secured Parties agree to turn over to the Indenture Trustee any amounts received contrary to the provisions of this clause (d).
Each Secured Party hereby covenants and agrees that it will not agree to any amendment, supplement or other modification of this Section _____ without the prior written consent of the Indenture Trustee. Each Secured Party further agrees that the provisions of this Section _____ are made for the benefit of, and may be relied upon and enforced by, the Indenture Trustee and that the Indenture Trustee shall be a third party beneficiary of this Section _____.
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EXHIBIT C
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PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Dated as of April 25, 2000
to
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Dated as of April 25, 2000
FORMS OF RELOCATION MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTS
[As certified by the Originator and on file with the Buyer and its assignees]
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Exhibit A-2
Receivables Purchase Agreement
[Attached]
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CONFORMED COPY
AS AMENDED BY:
AS AMENDED BY:
1. Omnibus Amendment, Agreement and Consent
dated December 20, 2004.
2. Second Omnibus Amendment dated January 31, 2005
3. Third Omnibus Amendment, Agreement and Consent dated May 12, 2006
4. Fifth Omnibus Amendment dated April 10, 2007
5. Seventh Omnibus Amendment dated December 14, 2011
dated December 20, 2004.
2. Second Omnibus Amendment dated January 31, 2005
3. Third Omnibus Amendment, Agreement and Consent dated May 12, 2006
4. Fifth Omnibus Amendment dated April 10, 2007
5. Seventh Omnibus Amendment dated December 14, 2011
RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Dated as of April 25, 2000
by and between
CARTUS FINANCIAL CORPORATION
as originator and seller,
and
APPLE RIDGE SERVICES CORPORATION
as buyer
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I | |||
DEFINITIONS | |||
ARTICLE II | |||
SALE AND PURCHASE OF ASSETS | |||
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Section 2.1 | Sale and Purchase | 1 | |
Section 2.2 | Purchases | 3 | |
Section 2.3 | No Assumption | 3 | |
Section 2.4 | No Recourse | 3 | |
Section 2.5 | True Sales | 3 | |
Section 2.6 | Servicing of ARSC Purchased Assets | 4 | |
Section 2.7 | Financing Statements | 4 | |
ARTICLE III | |||
CALCULATION OF ARSC PURCHASE PRICE | |||
Section 3.1 | Calculation of the ARSC Purchase Price | 4 | |
ARTICLE IV | |||
PAYMENT OF ARSC PURCHASE PRICE | |||
Section 4.1 | ARSC Purchase Price Payments | 4 | |
Section 4.2 | The ARSC Subordinated Note | 5 | |
Section 4.3 | Seller Adjustments; Originator Adjustments | 5 | |
Section 4.4 | Payments and Computations, Etc. | 6 | |
ARTICLE V | |||
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT | |||
Section 5.1 | Conditions Precedent to Sales and Purchases | 7 | |
Section 5.2 | Conditions Precedent to ARSC Subordinated Loans | 7 | |
ARTICLE VI | |||
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES | |||
Section 6.1 | Representations and Warranties of the Seller | 7 | |
Section 6.2 | Representations and Warranties of ARSC | 12 | |
ARTICLE VII | |||
GENERAL COVENANTS | |||
Section 7.1 | Affirmative Covenants of the Seller | 12 | |
Section 7.2 | Reporting Requirements | 16 | |
Section 7.3 | Negative Covenants of the Seller | 17 |
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Section 7.4 | Affirmative Covenants of ARSC | 19 | |
ARTICLE VIII | |||
ADDITIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS | |||
IN RESPECT OF THE ARSC PURCHASED ASSETS | |||
Section 8.1 | Rights of ARSC | 20 | |
Section 8.2 | Responsibilities of the Seller | 21 | |
Section 8.3 | Further Action Evidencing Purchases | 21 | |
Section 8.4 | Collections; Rights of ARSC and its Assignees | 22 | |
ARTICLE IX | |||
TERMINATION | |||
Section 9.1 | ARSC Purchase Termination Events | 23 | |
Section 9.2 | Purchase Termination | 24 | |
ARTICLE X | |||
INDEMNIFICATION; SECURITY INTEREST | |||
Section 10.1 | Indemnities by the Seller | 24 | |
Section 10.2 | Security Interest | 26 | |
ARTICLE XI | |||
MISCELLANEOUS | |||
Section 11.1 | Amendments; Waivers, Etc. | 27 | |
Section 11.2 | Notices, Etc. | 27 | |
Section 11.3 | Cumulative Remedies | 27 | |
Section 11.4 | Binding Effect; Assignability; Survival of Provisions | 27 | |
Section 11.5 | Governing Law | 28 | |
Section 11.6 | Costs, Expenses and Taxes | 28 | |
Section 11.7 | Submission to Jurisdiction | 28 | |
Section 11.8 | Waiver of Jury Trial | 29 | |
Section 11.9 | Integration | 29 | |
Section 11.10 | Captions and Cross References | 29 | |
Section 11.11 | Execution in Counterparts | 29 | |
Section 11.12 | Acknowledgment and Consent | 29 | |
Section 11.13 | No Partnership or Joint Venture | 30 | |
Section 11.14 | No Proceedings | 30 | |
Section 11.15 | Severability of Provisions | 30 | |
Section 11.16 | Recourse to the Seller | 31 | |
Section 11.17 | Recourse to ARSC | 31 | |
Section 11.18 | Confidentiality | 31 | |
Section 11.19 | Conversion | 31 |
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APPENDIX
APPENDIX A Definitions
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 2.1 List of CFC Home Purchase Contracts
SCHEDULE 6.1(n) | Principal Place of Business and Chief Executive Office of the Seller and List of Offices Where the Seller Keeps CFC Records |
SCHEDULE 6.1(q) List of Legal Names for Cartus Financial Corporation
SCHEDULE 11.2 Notice Addresses
EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT 2.1 Form of Notice of Additional CFC Home Purchase Contracts
EXHIBIT 4.2 Form of ARSC Subordinated Note
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RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of April 25, 2000 made by and between CARTUS FINANCIAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, as originator and seller (the “Seller”) and APPLE RIDGE SERVICES CORPORATION, a Delaware Corporation, as buyer (“ARSC”).
WHEREAS, the Seller has purchased certain Receivables and Related Assets from Cartus Corporation (“Cartus”) and from time to time hereafter will create, and will purchase from Cartus, additional Receivables and Related Assets; and
WHEREAS, the Seller wishes to sell Receivables and Related Assets that it now owns and Receivables and Related Assets that it from time to time hereafter will own to ARSC, and ARSC is willing to purchase such Receivables and Related Assets from the Seller from time to time, on the terms and subject to the conditions contained in this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, ARSC intends to transfer the ARSC Purchased Assets to the Issuer from and after the Closing Date pursuant to the terms of the Transfer and Servicing Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:
Article I
DEFINITIONS
DEFINITIONS
Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined in this Agreement have the meanings specified in Part A of Appendix A or as specified in Appendix A of the Purchase Agreement. In addition, this Agreement shall be interpreted in accordance with the conventions set forth in Parts B, C and D of Appendix A.
ARTICLE II
SALE AND PURCHASE OF ASSETS
SALE AND PURCHASE OF ASSETS
Section 2.1 Sale and Purchase.
(a) Agreement. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereof, ARSC agrees to buy, and the Seller agrees to sell, all of the Seller’s right, title and interest in and to the following:
(i) all Cartus Purchased Assets owned by the Seller on the Closing Date or thereafter purchased, and all rights of the Seller under the Purchase Agreement and the Performance Guaranty with respect to the Cartus Purchased Assets (collectively, the “Seller Purchased Assets”);
(ii) all Receivables arising out of or with respect to Equity Payments, Mortgage Payments and Mortgage Payoffs made by or on behalf of the Seller in respect of Home Purchase Contracts to which CFC is a party from and after the Closing Date (including, without
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limitation, all CFC Designated Receivables) (collectively, the “Seller Receivables”);
(iii) all Related Property with respect to the Seller Receivables (collectively, the “Seller Related Property”);
(iv) all CFC Collections; and
(v) all proceeds of and earnings on any of the foregoing.
The items listed above in clauses (iii), (iv) and (v), whenever and wherever arising, are collectively referred to herein as the “Seller Related Assets.” The Seller Purchased Assets, the Seller Receivables and the Seller Related Assets are sometimes collectively referred to herein as the “Seller Assets.”
As used herein, “CFC Purchased Assets” means Seller Purchased Assets that are being purchased or have been Purchased by ARSC hereunder; “CFC Receivables” means Seller Receivables that are being purchased or have been Purchased by ARSC hereunder; “CFC Related Property” means Seller Related Property that is being purchased or has been Purchased by ARSC hereunder; “CFC Related Assets” means Seller Related Assets that are being purchased or have been Purchased by ARSC hereunder; and “ARSC Purchased Assets” means Seller Assets that are being purchased or have been Purchased by ARSC hereunder.
Schedule 2.1 sets forth a list of all CFC Home Purchase Contracts as of the Closing Date. Each new Home Purchase Contract that is not an Excluded Contract and that is entered into by the Seller on any day in a month shall be added to the CFC Home Purchase Contracts and shall be reported on the last day of such month by delivering a notice as set forth in Exhibit 2.1 to ARSC or its designee, whereupon Schedule 2.1 shall be amended by the Seller to add such new Home Purchase Contract to the list of CFC Home Purchase Contracts set forth therein. On or prior to the date of the delivery of any such notice, the Seller shall indicate, or cause to be indicated, in its computer files, books and records that the CFC Receivables and other ARSC Purchased Assets then existing and thereafter created pursuant to or in connection with each such CFC Home Purchase Contract are being transferred to ARSC pursuant to this Agreement.
(b) Treatment of Certain Receivables and CFC Related Assets. It is expressly understood that (i) each Pool Receivable sold to ARSC hereunder, together with all other Cartus Purchased Assets and all CFC Related Assets then existing or thereafter created and arising with respect thereto, will thereafter be the property of ARSC (or its assignees), without the necessity of any further purchase or other action by ARSC (other than satisfaction of the conditions set forth herein) and (ii) the change of a Receivable’s status from that of Unsold Home Receivable to Unbilled Receivable or from Unbilled Receivable to Billed Receivable shall not be deemed the creation of a new Receivable for any purpose.
Section 2.2 Purchases. On the Closing Date, ARSC shall purchase all of the Seller’s right, title and interest in and to all Seller Assets and in any property described in clause (vi) of Section 2.1 existing as of the close of business on the immediately preceding Business Day. On each Business Day thereafter until the ARSC Termination Date, ARSC shall purchase all of the Seller’s right, title and interest in and to all Seller Assets and in any property described in clause (vi) of Section 2.1 existing as of the close of business on the immediately preceding Business Day that were not previously purchased by ARSC hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Insolvency Proceeding is pending with respect to either the Seller or ARSC prior to the Termination Date, the Seller shall not sell and ARSC shall not buy any ARSC Purchased Assets hereunder unless and until such Insolvency Proceeding is dismissed or
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otherwise terminated.
Section 2.3 No Assumption. The sales and Purchases of ARSC Purchased Assets do not constitute and are not intended to result in a creation or an assumption by ARSC or its successors and assigns of any obligation of Cartus, the Seller or any other Person in connection with the ARSC Purchased Assets (other than such obligations as may arise from the ownership of the Pool Receivables) or under the related Contracts or any other agreement or instrument relating thereto, including without limitation any obligation to any Obligors or Transferred Employees. None of the Servicer, ARSC or ARSC’s assignees shall have any obligation or liability to any Obligor, Transferred Employee or other customer or client of Cartus (including without limitation any obligation to perform any of the obligations of Cartus under any Relocation Management Agreement, Cartus Home Purchase Contract, Cartus Related Property or any other agreement or any obligation of the Seller under any CFC Home Purchase Contract), except such obligations as may arise from the ownership of the Pool Receivables. Except as expressly provided in Section 3.05(j) of the Transfer and Servicing Agreement, no such obligation or liability to any Obligor, Transferred Employee or other customer or client of Cartus is intended to be assumed by the Servicer or its successors and assigns hereunder or under the Transfer and Servicing Agreement, and any such assumption is expressly disclaimed.
Section 2.4 No Recourse. Except as specifically provided in this Agreement, the sale and Purchase of the ARSC Purchased Assets and any other property described in clause (vi) of Section 2.1 (a) under this Agreement shall be without recourse to the Seller; provided, however, that the Seller shall be liable to ARSC and its successors and assigns for all representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities made by it pursuant to the terms of this Agreement (it being understood that such obligations of the Seller will not arise solely on account of the credit-related inability of an Obligor to pay a Receivable).
Section 2.5 True Sales. The Seller and ARSC intend the transfers of ARSC Purchased Assets hereunder to be true sales by the Seller to ARSC that are absolute and irrevocable and to provide ARSC with the full benefits of ownership of the ARSC Purchased Assets, and neither the Seller nor ARSC intends the transactions contemplated hereunder to be, or for any purpose to be characterized as, loans from ARSC to the Seller, secured by the ARSC Purchased Assets.
Section 2.6 Servicing of ARSC Purchased Assets. Consistent with ARSC’s ownership of all ARSC Purchased Assets and subject to the terms of the Pool Relocation Management Agreements, as between the parties to this Agreement, ARSC shall have the sole right to service, administer and collect all ARSC Purchased Assets, to assign such right and to delegate such right to others. In consideration of ARSC’s purchase of the ARSC Purchased Assets and as more fully set forth in Section 11.12, the Seller hereby acknowledges and agrees that ARSC intends to assign for the benefit of the Issuer and its successors and assigns the rights and interests granted by the Seller to ARSC hereunder, and agrees to cooperate fully with the Issuer and its successors and assigns in the exercise of such rights.
Section 2.7 Financing Statements. In connection with the transfer described above, the Seller agrees, at its expense, to record and file financing statements (and continuation statements when applicable) with respect to the ARSC Purchased Assets conveyed by the Seller meeting the requirements of applicable law in such manner and in such jurisdictions as are necessary to perfect and maintain the perfection of the transfer and assignment of its interest in the ARSC Purchased Assets to ARSC, and to deliver a file stamped copy of each such financing statement or other evidence of such filing to ARSC as soon as practicable after the Closing Date; provided, however, that prior to recordation pursuant to Section 8.3 or the sale of a Home to an Ultimate Buyer, record title to such Home may remain in the name of the related Transferred Employee and no recordation in real estate records of the conveyance pursuant
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to the related Home Purchase Contract or Home Sale Contract shall be made except as otherwise required or permitted under Section 2.01(d)(i) of the Transfer and Servicing Agreement.
ARTICLE III
CALCULATION OF ARSC PURCHASE PRICE
CALCULATION OF ARSC PURCHASE PRICE
Section 3.1 Calculation of the ARSC Purchase Price.
(a) Intentionally Omitted
(b) With respect to the Purchase of any ARSC Purchased Assets by ARSC from the Seller pursuant to Article II, (i) on the Closing Date, ARSC shall pay to the Seller a purchase price equal to $653,974,274, and (ii) thereafter ARSC shall pay to the Seller, as provided in Section 4.1, a purchase price (each such purchase price, the “ARSC Purchase Price”) in an amount that the Seller and ARSC mutually agree is the fair market value of such ARSC Purchased Asset.
ARTICLE IV
PAYMENT OF ARSC PURCHASE PRICE
PAYMENT OF ARSC PURCHASE PRICE
Section 4.1 ARSC Purchase Price Payments. On the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, ARSC shall pay to the Seller on the Closing Date the ARSC Purchase Price for the ARSC Purchased Assets sold on such date, by paying such ARSC Purchase Price to the Seller in cash. On each other Business Day in each Monthly Period, on the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, ARSC shall pay to the Seller in cash an amount mutually agreed upon by the Seller and ARSC on account of the ARSC Purchase Price for the ARSC Purchased Assets purchased by ARSC during such Monthly Period. Within seven Business Days after the end of each Monthly Period, the Seller shall deliver to ARSC an accounting with respect to all Purchases of ARSC Purchased Assets that were made during such Monthly Period and the aggregate ARSC Purchase Price for all the ARSC Purchased Assets that were purchased by ARSC during such Monthly Period. If the payments on account of the ARSC Purchase Price for such Monthly Period exceed the aggregate ARSC Purchase Price set forth in such report minus the aggregate Originator Adjustments for such Monthly Period calculated pursuant to Section 4.3(c), then the Seller shall promptly pay such excess to ARSC in cash and if the payments on account of the ARSC Purchase Price for such Monthly Period are less than the aggregate ARSC Purchase Price set forth in such report minus the aggregate Originator Adjustments for such Monthly Period calculated pursuant to Section 4.3(c), then ARSC shall promptly pay such deficiency to the Seller in cash. The parties recognize and agree that in order to avoid a multiplicity of wires, and the related bank charges, and to simplify the administration of payments, (i) ARSC shall pay to Cartus as the Originator all payments of the ARSC Purchase Price payable to the Seller hereunder to the extent necessary to satisfy the obligations of the Seller to pay the purchase price to Cartus as the Originator under the Purchase Agreement, (ii) pursuant to the Transfer and Servicing Agreement, ARSC has instructed the Issuer to pay to the Seller or its assignee all amounts owing by the Issuer to ARSC on account of the purchase price thereunder to the extent necessary to satisfy the obligations of ARSC to pay the ARSC Purchase Price to the Seller hereunder, and (iii) the result of the foregoing provisions is that the Issuer will make payments directly to Cartus as the Originator, which payments shall constitute payment from the Issuer to ARSC, from ARSC to the Seller, and from the Seller to Cartus as the Originator, and the obligations of the Seller under this Section 4.1 shall be satisfied to the extent of such payments received by Cartus as the Originator.
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Section 4.2 The ARSC Subordinated Note. On the Closing Date, ARSC shall deliver to Cartus the ARSC Subordinated Note in the form set forth as Exhibit 4.2. Pursuant to the terms of, and subject to the limitations set forth in, the ARSC Subordinated Note, ARSC will request from Cartus an advance (each, an “ARSC Subordinated Loan”) on or prior to the ARSC Termination Date for the purpose of purchasing ARSC Purchased Assets hereunder. Pursuant to the terms of the ARSC Subordinated Note, ARSC shall not request or receive any advance thereunder on any date if the aggregate principal amount outstanding thereunder on such date, after giving effect to such advance, would exceed an amount equal to five times the net worth of ARSC (such maximum amount required to be advanced at any time, the “ARSC Subordinated Note Cap”). The ARSC Subordinated Loans shall be evidenced by, and shall be payable in accordance with the terms and provisions of, the ARSC Subordinated Note. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, ARSC shall not use funds borrowed under the ARSC Subordinated Note for any purpose other than paying the ARSC Purchase Price.
Section 4.3 Seller Adjustments; Originator Adjustments.
(a) With respect to any CFC Receivable created by the Seller, if on any day ARSC (or ARSC’s assignee), the Servicer or the Seller determines that (i) any CFC Receivable that (A) was not identified by or on behalf of the Seller in the Daily Seller Report as other than an Eligible Receivable on the Business Day such CFC Receivable was sold hereunder or (B) was otherwise treated as or represented to be an Eligible Receivable in any Receivables Activity Report, was not in fact an Eligible Receivable on such date or (ii) any of the representations or warranties set forth in Section 6.1(d) or 6.1(k) was not true when made with respect to such CFC Receivable or the related CFC Related Asset (each such CFC Receivable described in clause (i) or clause (ii), a “CFC Noncomplying Asset”), then the Seller shall pay the aggregate Unpaid Balance of such CFC Receivables (such payment, the “CFC Noncomplying Asset Adjustment”) to ARSC in accordance with Section 4.3(c).
(b) If on any day the Unpaid Balance of any CFC Receivable (i) is reduced as a result of any cash discount or any adjustment by the Seller, (ii) is subject to reduction on account of any offsetting account payable of the Seller to an Obligor or is reduced or cancelled as a result of a set-off in respect of any claim by, or defense or credit of, the related Obligor against the Seller (whether such claim, defense or credit arises out of the same or a related or an unrelated transaction) or (iii) is reduced on account of the obligation of the Seller to pay to the related Obligor any rebate or refund (each of the reductions and cancellations described above in clauses (i) through (iii), a “Seller Dilution Adjustment”), then the Seller shall pay such Seller Dilution Adjustment to ARSC in accordance with Section 4.3(c).
(c) Within seven Business Days after the end of each Monthly Period, the Seller shall pay to ARSC, in accordance with Section 4.4 and as provided in Section 4.1, an amount (an “Originator Adjustment”) equal to the sum of (A) the aggregate Originator Dilution Adjustments, if any, owing on account of each day during such Monthly Period plus (B) the aggregate CFC Noncomplying Asset Adjustments, if any, owing on account of each day during such Monthly Period. The CFC Receivables that gave rise to any CFC Noncomplying Asset Adjustment shall remain the property of ARSC. From and after the day on which any Cartus Noncomplying Asset Adjustment or CFC Noncomplying Asset Adjustment is made, any collections received by ARSC that are identified as proceeds of the Receivables that gave rise to such Cartus Noncomplying Asset Adjustment or CFC Noncomplying Asset Adjustment and any Related Property with respect to such Receivable shall be promptly returned to the Seller.
(d) The Seller shall pay to ARSC in cash, on the date of receipt by the Seller, any payment in respect of Originator Adjustments relating to the ARSC Purchased Assets made by Cartus to the Seller pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. The Seller shall instruct Cartus to deposit all payments in respect of such Originator Adjustments directly in the Collection Account.
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Section 4.4 Payments and Computations, Etc. All amounts to be paid by the Seller to ARSC hereunder shall be paid in accordance with the terms hereof no later than 11:00 a.m. (New York time) on the day when due in United States dollars in immediately available funds to an account specified in writing from time to time by ARSC or its designee. Payments received by ARSC after such time shall be deemed to have been received on the next Business Day. If any payment becomes due on a day that is not a Business Day, then such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day. The Seller shall pay to ARSC, on demand, interest on all amounts not paid when due hereunder at a rate equal to the Prime Rate plus 2% per annum; provided, however, that such interest rate shall not at any time exceed the maximum rate permitted by applicable law. All computations of interest payable hereunder shall be made on the basis of a year of 360 days for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). All payments made under this Agreement shall be made without set-off or counterclaim.
ARTICLE V
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
Section 5.1 Conditions Precedent to Sales and Purchases. No Purchase of ARSC Purchased Assets shall be made hereunder on any date on which ARSC does not have sufficient funds available to pay the ARSC Purchase Price in cash (including cash made available to ARSC under the ARSC Subordinated Loan).
Section 5.2 Conditions Precedent to ARSC Subordinated Loans. ARSC shall not request any ARSC Subordinated Loan under the ARSC Subordinated Note unless the following conditions precedent have been satisfied on the date of such ARSC Subordinated Loan:
(a) the ARSC Subordinated Note shall have been duly executed and delivered by ARSC and shall be in full force and effect;
(b) no Event of Bankruptcy shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to ARSC; and
(c) after giving effect to such ARSC Subordinated Loan, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the ARSC Subordinated Note shall not exceed the ARSC Subordinated Note Cap.
ARTICLE VI
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 6.1 Representations and Warranties of the Seller. In order to induce ARSC to enter into this Agreement and to make Purchases hereunder, the Seller hereby makes the representations and warranties set forth in this Section 6.1, in each case as of the date hereof, as of the Closing Date, as of the date of each Purchase hereunder and as of any other date specified in such representation and warranty.
(a) Organization and Good Standing. The Seller is a corporation duly organized and validly existing in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has full power and authority to own its properties and to conduct its business as such properties are presently owned and such business
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is presently conducted. The Seller had at all relevant times, and now has, all necessary power, authority and legal right to own and sell the ARSC Purchased Assets.
(b) Due Qualification. The Seller is duly qualified to do business, is in good standing as a foreign corporation, and has obtained (or has filed all necessary applications for and will obtain within 60 days of the Closing Date) all necessary licenses and approvals in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, licenses or approvals and in which the failure so to qualify or to obtain such licenses and approvals or to preserve and maintain such qualification, licenses or approvals could reasonably be expected to give rise to a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Power and Authority; Due Authorization. The Seller (i) has all necessary corporate power and authority (A) to execute and deliver this Agreement, the Contracts and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, (B) to perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Contracts and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and (C) to sell and assign the ARSC Purchased Assets transferred hereunder on and after such date, on the terms and subject to the conditions herein and therein provided and (ii) has duly authorized by all necessary corporate action such sale and assignment and the execution, delivery and performance of, and the consummation of the transactions provided for in, this Agreement, the Contracts and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party.
(d) Valid Sale; Binding Obligations. This Agreement constitutes a valid sale, transfer, set-over and conveyance to ARSC of all of the Seller’s right, title and interest in, to and under the Pool Receivables transferred hereunder on such date, which is perfected and of first priority (subject to Permitted Liens and Permitted Exceptions) under the UCC and other applicable law, enforceable against creditors of, and purchasers from, the Seller, free and clear of any Lien (other than Permitted Liens); and this Agreement constitutes, and each other Transaction Document to which the Seller is a party when duly executed and delivered will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Seller, enforceable against the Seller in accordance with its terms, except (i) as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (ii) as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
(e) No Conflict or Violation. The execution, delivery and performance of, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by, this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to be signed by the Seller, and the fulfillment of the terms hereof and thereof, will not (i) conflict with, result in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) a material default under (A) the certificate of incorporation or the by-laws of the Seller or (B) any material indenture, loan agreement, mortgage, deed of trust or other material agreement or instrument to which the Seller is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound, (ii) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any of the ARSC Purchased Assets pursuant to the terms of any such material indenture, loan agreement, mortgage, deed of trust or other material agreement or instrument other than this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents or (iii) conflict with or violate any federal, state, local or foreign law or any decision, decree, order, rule or regulation applicable to the Seller or of any federal, state, local or foreign regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Seller, which conflict or violation described in this clause (iii), individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(f) Litigation and Other Proceedings. (i) There is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending, or to the best knowledge of the Seller threatened, against the Seller before any
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court, arbitrator, regulatory body, administrative agency or other tribunal or governmental instrumentality and (ii) the Seller is not subject to any order, judgment, decree, injunction, stipulation or consent order of or with any court or other government authority that, in the case of either of the foregoing clauses (i) or (ii), (A) asserts the invalidity of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, (B) seeks to prevent the sale of any ARSC Purchased Asset by the Seller to ARSC, the creation of a material amount of CFC Receivables or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, (C) seeks any determination or ruling that, in the reasonable judgment of the Seller, would materially and adversely affect the performance by the Seller of its obligations under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party or the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party or (D) individually or in the aggregate for all such actions, suits, proceedings and investigations could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(g) Governmental Approvals. Except where the failure to obtain or make such authorization, consent, order, approval or action could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) all authorizations, consents, orders and approvals of, or other actions by, any Governmental Authority that are required to be obtained by the Seller in connection with the conveyance of the ARSC Purchased Assets transferred hereunder on and after such date, or the due execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Documents to which it is a party have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect and (ii) all filings with any Governmental Authority that are required to be obtained in connection with such conveyance and the execution and delivery by the Seller of this Agreement have been made; provided, however, that prior to recordation pursuant to Section 8.3 or the sale of a Home to an Ultimate Buyer, record title to such Home may remain in the name of the related Transferred Employee and no recordation in real estate records of the conveyance pursuant to the related Home Purchase Contract or Home Sale Contract shall be made except as otherwise required or permitted under Section 2.01(d)(i) of the Transfer and Servicing Agreement.
(h) Margin Regulations. The Seller is not engaged, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meanings of Regulations T, U and X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System). The Seller has not taken and will not take any action to cause the use of proceeds of the sales hereunder to violate said Regulations T, U or X.
(i) Taxes. The Seller has filed (or there have been filed on its behalf as a member of a consolidated group) all tax returns and reports required by law to have been filed by it and has paid all taxes, assessments and governmental charges thereby shown to be owing by it, other than any such taxes, assessments or charges (i) that are being diligently contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, for which adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP have been set aside on its books and that have not given rise to any Liens (other than Permitted Liens) or (ii) the amount of which, either singly or in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(j) Solvency. After giving effect to the conveyance of ARSC Purchased Assets hereunder on such date, the Seller is solvent and able to pay its debts as they come due and has adequate capital to conduct its business as presently conducted.
(k) Quality of Title/Valid Transfers.
(i) Immediately before the Purchase to be made by ARSC hereunder on such
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date, each ARSC Purchased Asset to be sold to ARSC shall be owned by the Seller free and clear of any Lien (other than any Permitted Lien), and the Seller shall have made all filings and shall have taken all other action under applicable law in each relevant jurisdiction in order to protect and perfect the ownership interest of ARSC and its successors and assigns in such ARSC Purchased Assets against all creditors of, and purchasers from, the Seller (subject to Permitted Exceptions).
(ii) With respect to each Pool Receivable transferred hereunder on such date, ARSC shall acquire a valid and (subject to Permitted Exceptions) perfected ownership interest in such Pool Receivable and any identifiable proceeds thereof, free and clear of any Lien (other than any Permitted Liens).
(iii) Immediately prior to the sale of an ARSC Purchased Asset hereunder on such date, no effective financing statement or other instrument similar in effect that covers all or part of any ARSC Purchased Asset or any interest therein is on file in any recording office except such as may be filed (A) in favor of Cartus in accordance with the Pool Relocation Management Agreements, (B) in favor of the Seller in accordance with the Purchase Agreement, (C) in favor of ARSC pursuant to this Agreement, (D) in favor of ARSC’s successors and assigns pursuant to the Transfer and Servicing Agreement or the Indenture or otherwise filed by or at the direction of ARSC’s successors and assigns or (E) to evidence any Mortgage on a Cartus Home or CFC Home created by a Transferred Employee.
(iv) The ARSC Purchase Price constitutes reasonably equivalent value for the ARSC Purchased Assets conveyed in consideration therefor on such date, and no purchase of an interest in such ARSC Purchased Assets by ARSC from the Seller constitutes a fraudulent transfer or fraudulent conveyance under the United States Bankruptcy Code or applicable state bankruptcy or insolvency laws or subject to subordination under similar laws or principles or for any other reason.
(l) Eligible Receivables. Each CFC Receivable included in the ARSC Purchased Assets transferred hereunder on such date, unless otherwise identified to ARSC and its assignees by the Seller in the related Daily Seller Report, is an Eligible Receivable on such date.
(m) Accuracy of Information. All written information furnished by the Seller to ARSC or its successors and assigns pursuant to or in connection with any Transaction Document or any transaction contemplated herein or therein with respect to the ARSC Purchased Assets transferred hereunder on such date is true and correct in all material respects on such date.
(n) Offices. The principal place of business and chief executive office of the Seller is located, and the offices where the Seller keeps all CFC Records (and all original documents relating thereto) are located, at the addresses specified in Schedule 6.1(n), except that (i) Home Deeds and related documents necessary to close CFC Home sale transactions, including powers of attorney, may be held by local attorneys or escrow agents acting on behalf of the Seller in connection with the sale of CFC Homes to Ultimate Buyers, so long as such local attorneys are notified that such Home Deeds constitute property of CFC and also are notified of the interest of ARSC’s assignees therein and (ii) CFC Records relating to the ARSC Purchased Assets arising under or in connection with any Pool Relocation Management Agreement may be maintained at the offices of the related Employer.
(o) Payment Instructions to Obligors. The Seller has instructed (i) all Obligors to remit all payments on the ARSC Purchased Assets directly to one of the Lockboxes or Lockbox Accounts,
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(ii) all Lockbox Banks to deposit all Pool Collections remitted to a Lockbox directly to the related Lockbox Account and (iii) all Persons receiving Home Sale Proceeds to deposit such Home Sale Proceeds in one of the Lockboxes or Lockbox Accounts within two Business Days after receipt, except to the extent a longer escrow period is required under applicable law, in which case such Home Sale Proceeds shall be deposited into one of the Lockboxes or Lockbox Accounts within one Business Day after the expiration of such period.
(p) Investment Company Act. The Seller is not, and is not controlled by, an “investment company” registered or required to be registered under the Investment Company Act.
(q) Legal Names. Except as described in Schedule 6.1(q), since January 1, 1995, the Seller (i) has not been known by any legal name other than its corporate name as of the date hereof, (ii) has not been the subject of any merger or other corporate reorganization that resulted in a change of name, identity or corporate structure and (iii) has not used any trade names other than its actual corporate name.
(r) Compliance with Applicable Laws. The Seller is in compliance with the requirements of all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders of all Governmental Authorities (federal, state, local or foreign, including without limitation Environmental Laws), a violation of any of which, individually or in the aggregate for all such violations, is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(s) Credit and Collection Policy. As of the date each CFC Receivable is transferred hereunder, the Seller has complied in all applicable material respects with the Credit and Collection Policy with respect to such CFC Receivable transferred on such date and the related Contract.
(t) Environmental. On such date, to the best knowledge of Seller, (i) there are no (A) pending or threatened claims, complaints, notices or requests for information received by Seller with respect to any alleged violation of any Environmental Law in connection with any CFC Home relating to any CFC Receivable transferred hereunder on such date or (B) pending or threatened claims, complaints, notices or requests for information received by Seller regarding potential liability under any Environmental Law in connection with any CFC Home relating to any CFC Receivable transferred hereunder on such date and (ii) the Seller is in material compliance with all permits, certificates, approvals, licenses and other authorizations relating to environmental matters, if any, that are required to be held by it under applicable law in connection with any CFC Homes relating to any CFC Receivable transferred hereunder on such date, other than those that, in the case of either clause (i) or (ii), singly or in the aggregate, are not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(u) Business and Indebtedness of Seller. The Seller has no Indebtedness for Borrowed Money except as permitted under this Agreement. The Seller has not engaged in any business other than the Purchase of Cartus Receivables and other Cartus Purchased Assets under the Purchase Agreement, the sale of ARSC Purchased Assets under this Agreement and the purchase and sale of CFC Homes and creation of CFC Receivables pursuant to related Equity Payments, Mortgage Payments and Mortgage Payoffs, and incidental activities related thereto.
Section 6.2 Representations and Warranties of ARSC. ARSC hereby represents and warrants, on and as of the date hereof and on and as of the Closing Date, that (a) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by ARSC and constitutes ARSC’s valid, binding and legally enforceable obligation, except (i) as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (ii) as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity, regardless of whether such
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enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law, (b) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement does not violate any federal, state, local or foreign law applicable to ARSC or any agreement to which ARSC is a party and (c) all of the outstanding capital stock of ARSC is directly or indirectly owned by the Seller, and all such capital stock is fully paid and nonassessable.
ARTICLE VII
GENERAL COVENANTS
GENERAL COVENANTS
Section 7.1 Affirmative Covenants of the Seller. From the Closing Date until the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 11.4, the Seller hereby agrees that it will perform the covenants and agreements set forth in this Section 7.1.
(a) Compliance with Laws, Etc. The Seller will comply in all material respects with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, judgments, decrees and orders (including without limitation those relating to the CFC Receivables, CFC Home Purchase Contracts, CFC Related Assets and all Environmental Laws affecting any CFC Home), in each case to the extent that any such failure to comply, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Preservation of Corporate Existence. The Seller (i) will preserve and maintain its corporate existence, rights, franchises and privileges in the jurisdiction of its incorporation and (ii) will qualify and remain qualified in good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which the failure to preserve and maintain such qualification as a foreign corporation could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Keeping of Records and Books of Account. The Seller will maintain and implement administrative and operating procedures (including without limitation an ability to recreate records evidencing the CFC Receivables and the related CFC Related Assets in the event of the destruction of the originals thereof) and will keep and maintain all documents, books, records and other information that are necessary or advisable, in the reasonable determination of ARSC, for the collection of all amounts due under any or all CFC Receivables and the related CFC Related Assets. Upon the reasonable request of ARSC or its assignees made at any time after the occurrence and continuance of an Unmatured Servicer Default or a Servicer Default, the Seller will deliver copies of all CFC Records maintained pursuant to this Section 7.1(c) to ARSC or its designee. The Seller will maintain at all times accurate and complete books, records and accounts relating to the CFC Receivables and the related CFC Related Assets, in which timely entries will be made. The Seller’s computer files, books and records will be marked to indicate the sales of all ARSC Purchased Assets to ARSC hereunder and will include without limitation all payments received and all credits and extensions granted with respect to the ARSC Purchased Assets.
(d) Location of Records and Offices. The Seller will keep its principal place of business and chief executive office and the offices where it keeps all CFC Records (and all original documents relating thereto other than those CFC Records that are maintained with local attorneys or escrow agents or at the offices of the relevant Employer as described in Section 6.1(n)) at the addresses specified in Schedule 6.1(n) or, upon not less than 30 days’ prior written notice given by the Seller to ARSC and its assignees, at such other locations in jurisdictions in the United States of America where all action required by Section 8.3 has been taken and completed.
(e) Separate Corporate Existence of the Seller. The Seller hereby acknowledges that the parties to the Transaction Documents are entering into the transactions contemplated by the
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Transaction Documents in reliance upon the Seller’s identity as a legal entity separate from Cartus and the other Cartus Persons. From and after the date hereof until the Final Payout Date, the Seller will take such actions as shall be required in order that:
(i) The Seller will conduct its business in office space allocated to it and for which it pays an appropriate rent and overhead allocation;
(ii) The Seller will maintain corporate records and books of account separate from those of each Cartus Person and telephone numbers and stationery that are separate and distinct from those of each Cartus Person;
(iii) The Seller’s assets will be maintained in a manner that facilitates their identification and segregation from those of any Cartus Person;
(iv) The Seller will strictly observe corporate formalities in its dealings with the public and with each Cartus Person, and funds or other assets of the Seller will not be commingled with those of any Cartus Person. The Seller will at all times, in its dealings with the public and with each Cartus Person, hold itself out and conduct itself as a legal entity separate and distinct from each Cartus Person. The Seller will not maintain joint bank accounts or other depository accounts to which any Cartus Person (other than the Servicer) has independent access;
(v) The duly elected board of directors of the Seller and duly appointed officers of the Seller will at all times have sole authority to control decisions and actions with respect to the daily business affairs of the Seller;
(vi) Not less than one member of the Seller’s board of directors will be an Independent Director. The Seller will observe those provisions in its certificate of incorporation that provide that the Seller’s board of directors will not approve, or take any other action to cause the filing of, a voluntary bankruptcy petition with respect to the Seller unless the Independent Director and all other members of the Seller’s board of directors unanimously approve the taking of such action in writing prior to the taking of such action;
(vii) The Seller will compensate each of its employees, consultants and agents from the Seller’s own funds for services provided to the Seller; and
(viii) The Seller will not hold itself out to be responsible for the debts of any Cartus Person.
(f) Payment Instruction to Obligors. The Seller will (or will cause the Servicer to) (i) instruct all Obligors to submit all payments on the Pool Receivables either (A) to one of the Lockboxes maintained at the Lockbox Banks for deposit in a Lockbox Account or (B) directly to one of the Lockbox Accounts and (ii) instruct all Persons receiving Home Sale Proceeds to deposit such Home Sale Proceeds in one of the Lockboxes or Lockbox Accounts within two Business Days after such receipt, except to the extent a longer escrow period is required under applicable law, in which case such Home Sale Proceeds will be deposited into one of the Lockboxes or Lockbox Accounts within one Business Day after the expiration of such period.
(g) Segregation of Collections. The Seller will use reasonable efforts to minimize the deposit of any funds other than Pool Collections into any of the Lockbox Accounts and, to the extent that
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any such funds are deposited into any of such Lockbox Accounts, promptly will identify any such funds or will cause such funds to be so identified to the Servicer, it being understood and agreed that the Seller does not hereby assume any affirmative duty to re-direct Obligors to remit funds to alternate locations.
(h) Identification of Eligible Receivables. The Seller will (or will cause the Servicer to) (i) establish and maintain necessary procedures for determining, no less frequently than each date on which the Servicer needs such information to prepare its next Receivables Activity Report, whether each Receivable qualifies as an Eligible Receivable, and for identifying on any such date all CFC Receivables to be sold to ARSC on that date that are not Eligible Receivables and (ii) will provide to the Servicer in a timely manner information that shows whether, and to what extent, the CFC Receivables described in such Receivables Activity Report are Eligible Receivables.
(i) Payment of Taxes. The Seller will file (or there will be filed on its behalf as a member of a consolidated group) all tax returns and reports required by law to be filed by it and will pay all taxes, assessments and governmental charges thereby shown to be owing by it, except for any such taxes, assessments or charges (i) that are being diligently contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, for which adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP have been set aside on its books and that have not given rise to any Liens (other than Permitted Liens) or (ii) the amount of which, either singly or in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(j) Receivables Reviews. Upon reasonable prior notice, the Seller will permit ARSC or its assignees (or other Persons designated by ARSC from time to time) or their agents or representatives (including without limitation certified public accountants or other auditors), at the expense of the Seller and during regular business hours, (i) to examine and make copies of and abstracts from, and to conduct accounting reviews of, all CFC Records in the possession or under the control of the Seller, including without limitation the related Contracts, invoices and other documents related thereto and (ii) to visit the offices and properties of the Seller for the purpose of examining any materials described in the preceding clause (i) and to discuss matters relating to the CFC Receivables or the other ARSC Purchased Assets or the performance by the Seller of its obligations under any Transaction Document to which it is a party with any Authorized Officers of the Seller having knowledge of such matters or with the Seller’s certified public accountants or other auditors; provided, however, that all such reviews will occur no more frequently than twice per year (with only the first such review in any year being at the Seller’s expense) unless (i) a Servicer Default has occurred and is continuing or (ii) ARSC or its successor or assignee has given advance written notice to the Seller that it believes the composition and/or performance of the ARSC Purchased Assets have deteriorated in a manner materially adverse to the interests of ARSC or its assignees.
(k) Environmental Claims. The Seller will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly cure and have dismissed with prejudice to the satisfaction of ARSC any actions and any proceedings relating to compliance with Environmental Laws relating to any CFC Home, but only to the extent that the conditions that gave rise to such proceedings were in existence as of the date on which ARSC acquired the related CFC Receivable.
(l) Turnover of Collections. If the Seller or any of its agents or representatives at any time receives any cash, checks or other instruments constituting Pool Collections, such recipient will segregate and hold such payments in trust for, and in a manner acceptable to, the Servicer and will, promptly upon receipt (and in any event within one Business Day following receipt) remit all such cash, checks and instruments, duly endorsed or with duly executed instruments of transfer, to a Lockbox Account.
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(m) Performance and Compliance by Seller with CFC Home Purchase Contracts and other Contracts. The Seller will, at its expense, timely and fully perform and comply with, or cause to be timely and fully performed and complied with all provisions, covenants and other promises required to be observed by it under the CFC Home Purchase Contracts and other Contracts related to the CFC Receivables.
(n) Compliance with Credit and Collection Policy. The Seller will (or will cause the Servicer to) comply in all material respects with the Credit and Collection Policy with respect to each CFC Receivable and the related Contract.
(o) Home Purchase Contracts. From and after the Closing Date, the Seller will enter into, and purchase the related Homes pursuant to, all Home Purchase Contracts relating to the Pool Relocation Management Agreements and will make all Equity Payments, Mortgage Payments and Mortgage Payoffs to be made in connection therewith in accordance with the Pool Relocation Management Agreements.
Section 7.2 Reporting Requirements. From the Closing Date until the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 11.4, the Seller agrees that it will furnish to ARSC or its assignees:
(a) Annual Financial Statements. As soon as available and in any event within 95 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Performance Guarantor and the Seller, as applicable, copies of (i) to the extent received by the Seller pursuant to Section 7.2(a) of the Purchase Agreement, the consolidated balance sheet of the Performance Guarantor and its consolidated subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year and the related statements of earnings and cash flows and stockholders’ equity of the Performance Guarantor and its consolidated subsidiaries for such fiscal year and (ii) copies of the statements of earnings of the Seller on a consolidated basis for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the corresponding figures for the preceding fiscal year and certified by the chief financial officer, chief accounting officer or controller of the Seller (it being understood and agreed that such statements of earnings will be prepared in accordance with the Seller’s customary management accounting practices as in effect on the date hereof and need not be prepared in accordance with GAAP);
(b) Material Adverse Effect. Promptly and in any event within two Business Days after the president, chief financial officer, controller or treasurer of the Seller has actual knowledge thereof, written notice that describes in reasonable detail any event or occurrence that, individually or in the aggregate for all such events or occurrences, has had, or that such Authorized Officer in its reasonable good faith judgment determines could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Indenture);
(c) Proceedings. Promptly and in any event within five Business Days after an Authorized Officer of the Seller has knowledge thereof, written notice of (i) any litigation, investigation or proceeding of the type described in Section 6.1(f) not previously disclosed to ARSC, (ii) any material adverse development that has occurred with respect to any such previously disclosed litigation, investigation or proceeding or (iii) any CFC Purchase Termination Event or ARSC Purchase Termination Event or event that, with the giving of notice or passage of time or both, would constitute an ARSC Purchase Termination Event;
(d) ERISA Event. (i) As soon as possible and in any event within 30 days after the Seller knows or has reason to know that a “reportable event” (as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA) has occurred with respect to any Plan, a statement of an Authorized Officer of the Seller setting forth details as
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to such reportable event and the action that the Seller or an ERISA Affiliate proposes to take with respect thereto, together with a copy of the notice of such reportable event, if any, given to the PBGC, the Internal Revenue Service or the Department of Labor; (ii) promptly and in any event within 10 Business Days after receipt thereof (or knowledge of the receipt by an ERISA Affiliate thereof), a copy of any notice the Seller receives relating to the intention of the PBGC to terminate any Plan or to appoint a trustee to administer any such Plan; (iii) promptly and in any event within 10 Business Days after a filing with the PBGC pursuant to Section 412(n) of the Code of a notice of failure to make a required installment or other payment with respect to a Plan, a statement of the chief financial officer of the Seller setting forth details as to such failure and the action that the Seller proposes to take (or knows will be taken) with respect thereto, together with a copy of such notice given to the PBGC; and (iv) promptly and in any event within 30 Business Days after receipt thereof by the Seller from the sponsor of a multiemployer plan (as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA), a copy of each notice received by the Seller concerning the imposition of withdrawal liability or a determination that a multiemployer plan is, or is expected to be, terminated or reorganized;
(e) Environmental Claims. Promptly and in any event within five Business Days after receipt thereof, notice and copies of all written claims, complaints, notices, actions, proceedings, requests for information or inquiries relating to the condition of any CFC Homes or compliance with Environmental Laws relating to the CFC Homes, other than those received in the ordinary course of business and that, singly or in the aggregate, do not represent events or conditions that would cause the representation set forth in Section 6.1(t) to be incorrect; and
(f) Other. Promptly, from time to time, such other information, documents, records or reports with respect to the ARSC Purchased Assets or the condition or operations, financial or otherwise, of the Seller as ARSC or its assignees may from time to time reasonably request in order to protect the interests of ARSC or such assignees under or as contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, including timely delivery of all such information required under any Enhancement Agreement.
Section 7.3 Negative Covenants of the Seller. From the Closing Date until the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 11.4, the Seller agrees that it will not:
(a) Sales, Liens, Etc. Sell, assign (by operation of law or otherwise) or otherwise dispose of, or create or suffer to exist any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) of anyone claiming by or through it on or with respect to, any ARSC Purchased Asset or any interest therein or any Lockbox or Lockbox Account, other than (i) sales of ARSC Purchased Assets pursuant to this Agreement and (ii) sales of Homes in accordance with the applicable Contracts;
(b) No Mergers, Etc. Consolidate with or merge with or into any other Person or convey, transfer or sell all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person;
(c) Change in Name. Change its corporate name or the name under or by which it conducts its business or the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated unless the Seller has given ARSC and its assignees and the rating agencies then rating each Series of Notes at least 30 days’ prior written notice thereof and unless, prior to any such change in name or jurisdiction of incorporation, the Seller has taken and completed all action required by Section 8.3;
(d) Home Deeds. Record any Home Deeds with respect to any Homes except at the direction of ARSC or its assignees or as permitted by Section 8.3 hereof or by Section 2.01 (d) of the Transfer and Servicing Agreement; and
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(e) Extension or Amendment of ARSC Purchased Assets. Extend, amend or otherwise modify the terms of any CFC Receivable included in the ARSC Purchased Assets, or amend, modify or waive any material term or condition related thereto, except in accordance with Section 3.10 of the Transfer and Servicing Agreement.
(f) Change in Payment Instruction to Obligors. Make any change in its instructions to Obligors or other Persons regarding payments to be made to the Seller or payments to be made to any Lockbox Account (except for a change in instructions solely for the purpose of directing such Obligors or other Persons to make such payments to another existing Lockbox Account), unless (i) the Indenture Trustee has received copies of a Lockbox Agreement with each new Lockbox Bank duly executed by the Originator, the Seller, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and such Lockbox Bank and (ii) in the case of any termination, ARSC or its successors and assigns have received evidence to their satisfaction that the Obligors that were making payments into a terminated Lockbox Account have been instructed in writing to make payments into another Lockbox Account then in use.
(g) Indebtedness. Create, incur or permit to exist, or give any guarantee or indemnity in respect of, any Indebtedness except for (A) liabilities created or incurred by the Seller pursuant to the Transaction Documents to which it is a party or contemplated by such Transaction Documents and (B) other reasonable and customary operating expenses.
(h) Amendments, Etc. Permit the validity or effectiveness of any Transaction Document to which it is a party or the rights and obligations created thereby or pursuant thereto to be amended, terminated, postponed or discharged, or permit any amendment to any Transaction Document to which it is a party without the consent of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, or permit any person whose obligations form part of the ARSC Purchased Assets to be released from such obligations, except in accordance with the terms of such Transaction Document.
(i) Capital Expenditures. Incur or make any expenditure (by long-term or operating lease or otherwise) for capital assets (either realty or personalty).
(j) Limitation on Business. Engage in any business other than financing, purchasing, owning and selling and managing the ARSC Purchased Assets and the CFC Homes in the manner contemplated by the Transaction Documents and all activities incidental thereto, or enter into or be a party to any agreement or instrument other than any Transaction Document or documents and agreements incidental thereto.
(k) Capital Contributions. Except as contemplated by the Transaction Documents, make any loan or advance or credit to, or guarantee (directly or indirectly or by an instrument having the effect of assuring another’s payment or performance on any obligation or capability of so doing or otherwise), endorse or otherwise become contingently liable, directly or indirectly, in connection with the obligations, stocks or dividends of, or own, purchase, repurchase or acquire (or agree contingently to do so) any stock, obligations, assets or securities of, or any other interest in, or make any capital contribution to, any other Person.
(l) Charter Amendments. Amend any provision of its certificate of incorporation or by-laws unless (a) (i) ARSC shall have received not less than five Business Days’ prior written notice thereof and (ii) the certificate of incorporation of the Seller, as in effect on the date hereof, provides that such amendment can be made without the vote of the Seller’s Independent Directors or (b) the Majority Investors have consented to such amendment.
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(m) Net Worth Requirements. Declare or pay any distributions on any of its common stock or make any purchase, redemption or other acquisition of, any of its common stock if, after giving effect thereto, (i) the aggregate principal amount outstanding under the CFC Subordinated Note would exceed five times the net worth of the Seller or (ii) the net worth of the Seller would be less than $8,000,000.
Section 7.4 Affirmative Covenants of ARSC. From the Closing Date until the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 11.4, ARSC hereby agrees that it will perform the covenants and agreements set forth in this Section 7.4.
(a) ARSC hereby acknowledges that the parties to the Transaction Documents are entering into the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents in reliance upon ARSC’s identity as a legal entity separate from Cartus and the other Cartus Persons. From and after the date hereof until one year and one day after the Final Payout Date, ARSC will take such actions as shall be required in order that:
(i) ARSC will conduct its business in office space allocated to it and for which it pays an appropriate rent and overhead allocation;
(ii) ARSC will maintain corporate records and books of account separate from those of each Cartus Person and telephone numbers and stationery that are separate and distinct from those of each Cartus Person;
(iii) ARSC’s assets will be maintained in a manner that facilitates their identification and segregation from those of any Cartus Person;
(iv) ARSC will strictly observe corporate formalities in its dealings with the public and with each Cartus Person, and funds or other assets of ARSC will not be commingled with those of any Cartus Person, except as expressly permitted by the Transaction Documents. ARSC will at all times, in its dealings with the public and with each Cartus Person, hold itself out and conduct itself as a legal entity separate and distinct from each Cartus Person. ARSC will not maintain joint bank accounts or other depository accounts to which any Cartus Person (other than Cartus in its capacity as Servicer under the Transfer and Servicing Agreement) has independent access;
(v) The duly elected board of directors of ARSC and duly appointed officers of ARSC will at all times have sole authority to control decisions and actions with respect to the daily business affairs of ARSC;
(vi) Not less than one member of ARSC’s board of directors will be an Independent Director. ARSC will observe those provisions in its certificate of incorporation that provide that ARSC’s board of directors will not approve, or take any other action to cause the filing of, a voluntary bankruptcy petition with respect to ARSC unless the Independent Director and all other members of ARSC’s board of directors unanimously approve the taking of such action in writing prior to the taking of such action;
(vii) ARSC will compensate each of its employees, consultants and agents from ARSC’s own funds for services provided to ARSC;
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(viii) ARSC will not hold itself out to be responsible for the debts of any Cartus Person; and
(ix) ARSC will take all actions necessary on its part to be taken in order to ensure that the facts and assumptions relating to ARSC set forth in the opinion of Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx LLP dated as of July 31, 2006 relating to substantive consolidation matters with respect to Cartus and CFC will be true and correct at all times.
(b) ARSC assumes no obligations of the Originator under the Pool Relocation Management Agreements with respect to any Home Purchase Contracts, including without limitation the obligations of the Originator to make Equity Payments, Mortgage Payoffs and Mortgage Payments with respect to Cartus Homes or of the Seller to make Equity Payments, Mortgage Payoffs and Mortgage Payments with respect to CFC Homes.
ARTICLE VIII
ADDITIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS
IN RESPECT OF THE ARSC PURCHASED ASSETS
ADDITIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS
IN RESPECT OF THE ARSC PURCHASED ASSETS
Section 8.1 Rights of ARSC.
(a) Subject to Section 8.4(b), the Seller hereby authorizes ARSC and its assignees and designees to take any and all steps in the Seller’s name and on behalf of the Seller that ARSC, the Servicer and/or their respective designees determine are reasonably necessary or appropriate to collect all amounts due under any and all ARSC Purchased Assets, including without limitation endorsing the name of the Seller on checks and other instruments representing Pool Collections and enforcing such ARSC Purchased Assets.
(b) ARSC shall have no obligation to account for, to replace, to substitute or to return any ARSC Purchased Asset to the Seller, except as provided in Section 4.3(c).
(c) ARSC shall have the unrestricted right to further assign, transfer, deliver, hypothecate, subdivide or otherwise deal with the ARSC Purchased Assets and all of ARSC’s right, title and interest in, to and under this Agreement on whatever terms ARSC determines, pursuant to the Transfer and Servicing Agreement or otherwise.
(d) As between the Seller and ARSC, ARSC shall have the sole right to retain any gains or profits created by buying, selling or holding the ARSC Purchased Assets.
Section 8.2 Responsibilities of the Seller. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding:
(a) The Seller agrees to deliver directly to the Servicer (for ARSC’s account), within one Business Day after receipt thereof, any Pool Collections that it receives, in the form so received, and agrees that all such Pool Collections shall be deemed to be received in trust for ARSC and its assignees and shall be maintained and segregated separate and apart from all other funds and moneys of the Seller until delivery of such Pool Collections to the Servicer; and
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(b) The Seller hereby grants to ARSC an irrevocable power of attorney, with full power of substitution, coupled with an interest, to take in the name of the Seller all steps necessary or advisable to endorse, negotiate or otherwise realize on any writing or other right of any kind held or transmitted by the Seller or transmitted or received by ARSC (whether or not from the Seller) in connection with any ARSC Purchased Asset (which power of attorney may be exercised by ARSC’s successors and assigns in accordance with Section 8.4 and Section 11.12(b)).
(c) The Seller shall perform, or cause to be performed, all of its obligations hereunder and under the CFC Home Purchase Contracts and other Contracts related to the CFC Receivables to which it is a party to the same extent as if such CFC Receivables had not been sold hereunder, and the exercise by ARSC or its designee or assignee of ARSC’s rights hereunder or in connection herewith shall not relieve the Seller from any of its obligations under any such CFC Home Purchase Contracts or Contracts related to the CFC Receivables.
Section 8.3 Further Action Evidencing Purchases. The Seller agrees that from time to time, at its expense and upon reasonable request, it will promptly execute and deliver all further instruments and documents and take all further action as is reasonably necessary to perfect, protect or more fully evidence the Purchase of the ARSC Purchased Assets by ARSC hereunder, or to enable ARSC or its assignees to exercise or enforce any of its rights hereunder or under any other Transaction Document to which the Seller is a party; provided, however, that the Seller will not file or record any Home Deeds except to the extent such recordation is required by local law, regulation or custom. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Seller shall:
(a) upon ARSC’s request, execute and file such financing or continuation statements or amendments thereto or assignments thereof and such other instruments or notices as ARSC or its assignees may reasonably determine to be necessary or appropriate; and
(b) xxxx the master data processing records evidencing the ARSC Purchased Assets and, if requested by ARSC or its assignees, legend (or cause the Servicer to legend) the CFC Home Purchase Contracts to reflect the sale of the ARSC Purchased Assets to ARSC pursuant to this Agreement.
The Seller hereby authorizes ARSC and its assignees to file one or more financing or continuation statements and amendments thereto and assignments thereof with respect to all or any of the ARSC Purchased Assets, in each case whether now existing or hereafter purchased or generated by the Seller. If (i) the Seller fails to perform any of its agreements or obligations under this Agreement and does not remedy such failure within the applicable cure period, if any, and (ii) ARSC or its assignees in good faith reasonably believes that the performance of such agreements and obligations is necessary or appropriate to protect the interests of ARSC or its assignees under this Agreement, then ARSC or its assignees may (but shall not be required to) perform or cause performance of such agreement or obligation, and the reasonable expenses of ARSC or its assignees incurred in connection with such performance shall be payable by the Seller as provided in Section 10.1.
Section 8.4 Collections; Rights of ARSC and its Assignees.
(a) The Seller hereby transfers to ARSC the ownership of, and the exclusive dominion and control over, each of the Lockboxes and Lockbox Accounts owned by the Seller, and the Seller hereby agrees to take any further action that ARSC or its assignees may reasonably request in order to effect or complete such transfer.
(b) At any time following the designation of a Servicer other than Cartus pursuant to
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the Transfer and Servicing Agreement:
(i) ARSC or its assignees may direct the Obligors of Pool Receivables, or any of them, to pay all amounts payable under any Pool Receivable directly to ARSC or its assignees;
(ii) At the request of ARSC or its assignees and at the Seller’s expense, the Seller shall give notice of such ownership to each said Obligor and direct that payments be made directly to ARSC or its assignees;
(iii) At the request of ARSC or its assignees and at the Seller’s expense, the Seller shall (A) assemble all of the CFC Records, to the extent such CFC Records are in its possession, or instruct any escrow agents holding any such documents, instruments and other records on its behalf to make the same available and (B) segregate all cash, checks and other instruments received by it from time to time constituting Pool Collections in a manner reasonably acceptable to ARSC or its assignees and, promptly upon receipt, remit all such cash, checks and instruments, duly endorsed or with duly executed instruments of transfer, to ARSC or its assignees; and
(iv) The Seller hereby authorizes ARSC or its assignees to take any and all steps in the Seller’s name and on behalf of the Seller that are necessary or desirable, in the reasonable determination of ARSC or its assignees, to collect all amounts due under any and all ARSC Purchased Assets, including without limitation endorsing the Seller’s name on checks and other instruments representing Pool Collections and enforcing the ARSC Purchased Assets.
ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION
TERMINATION
Section 9.1 ARSC Purchase Termination Events. The following events shall be “ARSC Purchase Termination Events”:
(a) The occurrence of an Event of Default or an Amortization Event with respect to all outstanding Series of Notes; or
(b) Any representation or warranty made by the Seller under any of the Transaction Documents, any Daily Seller Report or other information or report delivered by the Seller with respect to the Seller or the ARSC Purchased Assets shall prove to have been untrue or incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed to have been made, such failure could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and such occurrence remains unremedied for 30 days; provided, however, that any such incorrect representation relating to a CFC Receivable with respect to which the Seller has made a CFC Noncomplying Asset Adjustment pursuant to Section 4.3(a) of this Agreement shall not constitute an ARSC Purchase Termination Event; or
(c) (i) The Seller shall fail to perform or observe, or cause to be performed or observed, as and when required, any term, covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, or any CFC Home Purchase Contract to which it is a party required on its part to be performed or observed, and such failure shall remain unremedied for:
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(A) in the case of a failure to maintain its separate corporate existence pursuant to Section 7.1(p), a failure to provide payment instructions to Obligors pursuant to Section 7.1(f), a failure to segregate Pool Collections pursuant to Section 7.1(g), a failure to provide access to records and required reports pursuant to Section 7.1(j), or a breach of any of the negative covenants of the Seller set forth in Section 7.3, ten calendar days or (B) in the case of any other failure to perform or observe, as and when required, any term, covenant or agreement, which failure could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, 30 days or (iii) the Performance Guarantor shall fail to make any required payment under its Performance Guaranty and such failure shall remain unremedied for one Business Day or (iv) the Performance Guarantor shall otherwise fail to perform under its Performance Guaranty; or
(d) An Event of Bankruptcy shall have occurred with respect to the Seller, Cartus or the Performance Guarantor; or
(e) The representation and warranty in Section 6.1(k) shall not be true at any time with respect to a substantial portion of the ARSC Purchased Assets; or
(f) Either (i) the Internal Revenue Service shall file notice of a Lien pursuant to Section 6323 of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to any of the ARSC Purchased Assets and such Lien shall not have been released within five days or if released, proved to the satisfaction of the rating agencies then rating each Series of Notes or (ii) the PBGC shall file, or shall indicate its intention to file, notice of a Lien pursuant to Section 4068 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 with respect to any of the ARSC Purchased Assets; or
(g) This Agreement, the Purchase Agreement or the Performance Guaranty shall cease to be in full force and effect for any reason other than in accordance with its terms; or
(h) A CFC Purchase Termination Event or Transfer Termination Event shall have occurred.
If an ARSC Purchase Termination Event occurs, the Seller shall promptly give notice to ARSC and its assignees of such ARSC Purchase Termination Event.
Section 9.2 Purchase Termination.
(a) On the ARSC Termination Date, the Seller shall cease transferring ARSC Purchased Assets to ARSC, provided that any right, title and interest of the Seller in and to any CFC Designated Receivables arising from any Servicer Advances made thereafter, including any Related Property relating thereto and proceeds thereof, shall continue to be transferred. Notwithstanding any cessation of the transfer to ARSC of additional ARSC Purchased Assets, ARSC Purchased Assets transferred to ARSC prior to the Termination Date and Pool Collections in respect of such ARSC Purchased Assets and the related Finance Charges, whenever accrued in respect of such ARSC Purchased Assets, shall continue to be property of ARSC available for transfer by ARSC pursuant to the Transfer and Servicing Agreement.
(b) Upon the occurrence of an ARSC Purchase Termination Event, ARSC and its assignees shall have, in addition to all other rights and remedies under this Agreement or otherwise, all other rights and remedies provided under the UCC of each applicable jurisdiction and other applicable laws, which rights shall be cumulative. Without limiting the foregoing, the occurrence of an ARSC Purchase Termination Event shall not deny to ARSC or its assignees any remedy in addition to termination
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of its obligation to make Purchases hereunder to which ARSC or its assignees may be otherwise appropriately entitled, whether by statute or applicable law, at law or in equity.
ARTICLE X
INDEMNIFICATION; SECURITY INTEREST
INDEMNIFICATION; SECURITY INTEREST
Section 10.1 Indemnities by the Seller. Without limiting any other rights that any CFC Indemnified Party may have hereunder or under applicable law, the Seller agrees to indemnify ARSC and each of its successors, permitted transferees and assigns, and all officers, directors, shareholders, controlling Persons, employees and agents of any of the foregoing (each of the foregoing Persons, a “CFC Indemnified Party”), from and against any and all damages, losses, claims (whether on account of settlements or otherwise), actions, suits, demands, judgments, liabilities (including penalties), obligations or disbursements of any kind or nature and related costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements) awarded against or incurred by any of them, arising out of or as a result of any of the following (all of the foregoing, collectively, “CFC Indemnified Losses”):
(a) any representation or warranty made by the Seller under any of the Transaction Documents, any Daily Seller Report or any other information or report delivered by the Seller with respect to the Seller or the ARSC Purchased Assets, having been untrue or incorrect in any respect when made or deemed to have been made; provided, however, that the Seller’s obligation to make a CFC Noncomplying Asset Adjustment pursuant to Section 4.3(a) with respect to any representation made in Section 6.1(l) as to Eligible Receivables having been incorrect when made shall be the only remedy available to ARSC or its assignees relating to such incorrect representation;
(b) the failure by the Seller to comply with any material applicable law, rule or regulation applicable to the Seller with respect to any ARSC Purchased Asset or any failure of a ARSC Purchased Asset to comply with any such law, rule or regulation as of the date of the sale of such ARSC Purchased Asset hereunder;
(c) the failure to vest and maintain in ARSC a valid ownership or security interest in the ARSC Purchased Assets, free and clear of any Lien arising through the Seller or anyone claiming through or under the Seller (including without limitation any such failure arising from a circumstance described in the definition of Permitted Exceptions);
(d) any failure of the Seller to perform its duties or obligations in accordance with the provisions of the Transaction Documents or any Contract, in each case to which it is a party;
(e) the failure to file, or any delay in filing, financing statements or other similar instruments or documents under the UCC of any applicable jurisdiction or other applicable laws with respect to the transfer of any ARSC Purchased Assets to ARSC, whether at the time of any sale or at any subsequent time;
(f) the failure by the Seller to pay when due any taxes owing by it (including sales, excise or property taxes) payable in connection with the ARSC Purchased Assets, other than any such taxes, assessments or charges that are being diligently contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, for which adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP have been set aside on its books and that have not given rise to any Liens (other than Permitted Liens);
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(g) any reduction in the Unpaid Balance of any CFC Receivable included in the ARSC Purchased Assets as a result of (i) any cash discount or any adjustment by the Seller or any Affiliate of the Seller (other than Cartus, the Issuer or ARSC), (ii) any offsetting account payable of the Seller to an Obligor, (iii) a set-off in respect of any claim by, or defense or credit of, the related Obligor against the Seller or any Affiliate of the Seller (other than Cartus, the Issuer or ARSC) (whether such claim, defense or credit arises out of the same or a related or an unrelated transaction) or (iv) the obligation of the Seller to pay to the related Obligor any rebate or refund;
(h) any product liability or personal injury claim in connection with the service which is the subject of any CFC Receivable or CFC Related Property; and
(i) any investigation, litigation or proceeding related to any use by the Seller of the proceeds of any Purchase made hereunder.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, any representations, warranties and covenants made by the Seller in this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents that are qualified by or limited to events or circumstances that have, or are reasonably likely to have, given rise to a Material Adverse Effect, shall (solely for purposes of the indemnification obligations set forth in this Section 10.1) be deemed not to be so qualified or limited.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no indemnification payments shall be payable by the Seller pursuant to this Section 10.1 until all amounts owing by the Issuer under the Indenture have been paid in full and all amounts payable by the Seller to Cartus under the CFC Subordinated Note have been paid in full.
Notwithstanding the foregoing (and with respect to clause (ii) below, without prejudice to the rights that ARSC may have pursuant to the other provisions of this Agreement or the provisions of any of the other Transaction Documents), in no event shall any CFC Indemnified Party be indemnified for any CFC Indemnified Losses (i) resulting from negligence or willful misconduct on the part of such CFC Indemnified Party, (ii) to the extent the same includes losses in respect of ARSC Purchased Assets and reimbursement therefor that would constitute credit recourse to the Seller for the amount of any ARSC Purchased Asset not paid by the related Obligor or (iii) resulting from the action or omission of the Servicer.
If for any reason the indemnification provided in this Section 10.1 is unavailable to a CFC Indemnified Party or is insufficient to hold a CFC Indemnified Party harmless, then the Seller shall contribute to the maximum amount payable or paid to such CFC Indemnified Party as a result of such loss, claim, damage or liability in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits received by such CFC Indemnified Party on the one hand and the Seller on the other hand, but also the relative fault of such CFC Indemnified Party and the Seller, and any other relevant equitable considerations.
Section 10.2 Security Interest. Without prejudice to the provisions of Section 2.1 providing for the absolute transfer of the Seller’s interest in the ARSC Purchased Assets and the proceeds thereof and any interest of the Seller in the other property described in clause (vi) of Section 2.1(a) to ARSC in order to secure the prompt payment and performance of all obligations of the Seller to ARSC arising in connection with this Agreement, whether now or hereafter existing, due or to become due, direct or indirect, or absolute or contingent, the Seller hereby assigns and grants to ARSC a first priority security interest in the Seller’s right, title and interest, if any, in, to and under all of the ARSC Purchased Assets and the proceeds thereof and any interest of the Seller in the other property described in clause (vi) of
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Section 2.1(a), whether now or hereafter existing.
ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 11.1 Amendments; Waivers, Etc.
(a) The provisions of this Agreement may be amended, modified or waived from time to time if such amendment, modification or waiver is in writing and signed by the Seller and ARSC and its assignees; provided, however, that no amendment, modification or waiver of this Agreement shall be effective unless the Indenture Trustee shall consent to such amendment, modification or waiver in writing and the rating agencies then rating each Series of Notes shall have been notified of such amendment, modification or waiver. Any waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given.
(b) No failure or delay on the part of ARSC or its assignees, or any CFC Indemnified Party, or any other third party beneficiary referred to in Section 11.12(a) 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, the Seller shall entitle it in any case to any notice or demand in similar or other circumstances. No waiver or approval by ARSC or its assignees 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 11.2 Notices, Etc. Unless otherwise stated herein, all notices, demands, consents, approvals and other communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing (including via telecopier) and shall be personally delivered or sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, by telecopier or by overnight courier to the intended party at the address or telecopier number of such party set forth on Schedule 11.2 hereof, or at such other address or telecopier number as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the other party hereto given in accordance with this Section 11.2. Copies of all notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be delivered to the Issuer at its address for notices set forth in the Transfer and Servicing Agreement. All notices and communications provided for hereunder shall be effective when received.
Section 11.3 Cumulative Remedies. The remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.
Section 11.4 Binding Effect; Assignability; Survival of Provisions. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, ARSC and the Seller and their respective successors and assigns. The Seller may not assign any of its rights hereunder or any interest herein without the prior written consent of ARSC and its assignees. 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 terminated pursuant hereto. Such termination shall not occur prior to the Final Payout Date. The rights and remedies with respect to any breach of any representation and warranty made by the Seller pursuant to Article VI and the indemnification and payment provisions of Article X and Section 11.6 and the provisions of Section 11.14, Section 11.16 and Section 11.17 shall be continuing and shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
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Section 11.5 Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, INCLUDING § 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, BUT OTHERWISE WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES.
Section 11.6 Costs, Expenses and Taxes. In addition to the obligations of the Seller under Article X, the Seller agrees to pay on demand:
(a) all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by ARSC and its assignees in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution and delivery of, the administration (including periodic auditing), the preservation of any rights under, or the enforcement of, or any breach of, this Agreement (including any amendment, supplement or modification hereto), including without limitation (i) the reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of counsel to any such Persons incurred in connection with any of the foregoing or in advising such Persons as to their respective rights and remedies under this Agreement and (ii) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of independent accountants) incurred in connection with any review of the Seller’s books and records either prior to the execution and delivery hereof or pursuant to Section 7.1(h), 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 any amendment, supplement or modification thereto, and agrees to indemnify each CFC Indemnified Party against any liabilities with respect to, or resulting from, any delay in paying or omission to pay such taxes and fees.
Section 11.7 Submission to Jurisdiction. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY NEW YORK STATE OR FEDERAL COURT SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, NEW YORK, OVER ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, AND HEREBY (a) IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE OR FEDERAL COURT; (b) IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT IT MAY EFFECTIVELY DO SO, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING; AND (c) IRREVOCABLY APPOINTS CORPORATION SERVICE COMPANY (THE “PROCESS AGENT”), WITH AN OFFICE ON THE DATE HEREOF AT 00 XXXXX XXXXXX, XXXXXX, XXX XXXX 00000, XXXXXX XXXXXX OF AMERICA, AS ITS AGENT TO RECEIVE ON BEHALF OF IT AND ITS PROPERTY SERVICE OF COPIES OF THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT AND ANY OTHER PROCESS THAT MAY BE SERVED IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING. SUCH SERVICE MAY BE MADE BY MAILING OR DELIVERING A COPY OF SUCH PROCESS IN CARE OF THE PROCESS AGENT AT THE PROCESS AGENT’S ABOVE ADDRESS, AND EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AUTHORIZES AND DIRECTS THE PROCESS AGENT TO ACCEPT SUCH SERVICE ON ITS BEHALF. EACH PARTY HERETO AGREES TO ENTER INTO ANY AGREEMENT RELATING TO SUCH APPOINTMENT THAT THE PROCESS AGENT MAY CUSTOMARILY REQUIRE AND TO PAY THE PROCESS AGENT’S CUSTOMARY FEES UPON DEMAND. AS AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD OF SERVICE, EACH PARTY HERETO ALSO IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE SERVICE OF ANY AND ALL PROCESS IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY THE MAILING OF COPIES OF SUCH PROCESS TO SUCH PARTY AT ITS ADDRESS SPECIFIED PURSUANT TO SECTION 11.2. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION 11.7 SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF EITHER PARTY HERETO TO SERVE LEGAL PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR AFFECT THE RIGHT OF EITHER PARTY HERETO TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING AGAINST THE OTHER PARTY HERETO OR ANY OF ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.
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Section 11.8 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY HERETO WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING TO ENFORCE OR DEFEND ANY RIGHTS UNDER OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY AMENDMENT, INSTRUMENT, DOCUMENT OR AGREEMENT DELIVERED OR THAT MAY IN THE FUTURE BE DELIVERED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR THEREWITH OR ARISING FROM ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALING, STATEMENTS (WHETHER VERBAL OR WRITTEN), ACTIONS OF EITHER OF THE PARTIES HERETO OR ANY OTHER RELATIONSHIP EXISTING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, AND AGREES THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE TRIED BEFORE A COURT AND NOT BEFORE A JURY.
Section 11.9 Integration. This Agreement 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 agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, superseding all prior oral or written understandings.
Section 11.10 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.
Section 11.11 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 11.12 Acknowledgment and Consent.
(a) The Seller acknowledges that, from time to time prior to the Termination Date, ARSC intends to sell all of ARSC’s right, title and interest in, to and under the ARSC Purchased Assets, this Agreement and all of the other Transaction Documents pursuant to the Transfer and Servicing Agreement and that the interests of ARSC hereunder will be further assigned pursuant to the Indenture. The Seller acknowledges and agrees to each such sale by ARSC and consents to the sale and assignment by ARSC of all or any portion of its right, title and interest in, to and under the ARSC Purchased Assets, this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and all of ARSC’s rights, remedies, powers and privileges and all claims of ARSC against the Seller under or with respect to this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents (whether arising pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or otherwise available at law or in equity), including without limitation (whether or not an Unmatured Servicer Default or a Servicer Default has occurred and is continuing) (i) the right of ARSC at any time to enforce this Agreement against the Seller and the obligations of the Seller hereunder and (ii) the right at any time to give or withhold any and all consents, requests, notices, directions, approvals, demands, extensions or waivers under or with respect to this Agreement, any other Transaction Document or the obligations in respect of the Seller thereunder, all of which rights, remedies, powers, privileges and claims may be exercised and/or enforced by ARSC’s successors ands assigns to the same extent as ARSC may do. Each of the parties hereto acknowledges and agrees that ARSC’s successors and assigns are third party beneficiaries of this Agreement, including without limitation the rights of ARSC arising hereunder, and may rely on the Seller’s representations and warranties made herein as if made directly to them. The Seller hereby acknowledges and agrees that, except with respect to its rights under Section 4.3, it has no claim to or interest in any of the Lockbox Accounts.
(b) The Seller hereby agrees to execute all agreements, instruments and documents and to take all other actions that ARSC or its assignees determines are necessary or appropriate to evidence
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its consent described in Section 11.12(a). The Seller hereby acknowledges and agrees that ARSC in all of its capacities may assign to ARSC’s successors and assigns such powers of attorney and other rights and interests granted by the Seller to ARSC hereunder and agrees to cooperate fully with the Indenture Trustee in the exercise of such rights.
Section 11.13 No Partnership or Joint Venture. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed or construed by the parties hereto or by any third person to create the relationship of principal and agent or of partnership or of joint venture.
Section 11.14 No Proceedings.
(a) The Seller hereby agrees that it will not institute against ARSC or join any other Person in instituting against ARSC any Insolvency Proceeding so long as the Final Payout Date shall not have occurred or there shall not have elapsed one year plus one day since the Final Payout Date. The foregoing shall not limit the right of the Seller to file any claim in or otherwise take any action with respect to any Insolvency Proceeding that was instituted against ARSC or its successors by any Person other than the Seller.
(b) ARSC hereby agrees that it will not institute against the Seller or join any other Person in instituting against the Seller any Insolvency Proceeding so long as the Final Payout Date shall not have occurred or there shall not have elapsed one year plus one day since the Final Payout Date. The foregoing shall not limit the right of ARSC to file any claim in or otherwise take any action with respect to any Insolvency Proceeding that was instituted against the Seller or its successors by any Person other than ARSC.
Section 11.15 Severability of Provisions. If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement are for any reason whatsoever held invalid, then such covenants, agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement.
Section 11.16 Recourse to the Seller. Except to the extent expressly provided otherwise in the Transaction Documents, the obligations of the Seller under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party are solely the obligations of the Seller, and no recourse shall be had for payment of any fee payable by or other obligation of or claim against the Seller that arises out of any Transaction Document to which the Seller is a party against any director, officer or employee of the Seller. The provisions of this Section 11.16 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
Section 11.17 Recourse to ARSC. Except to the extent expressly provided otherwise in the Transaction Documents, the obligations of ARSC under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party are solely the obligations of ARSC, and no recourse shall be had for payment of any fee payable by or other obligation of or claim against ARSC that arises out of any Transaction Document to which ARSC is a party against any director, officer or employee of ARSC. The provisions of this Section 11.17 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
Section 11.18 Confidentiality. ARSC agrees to maintain the confidentiality of any information regarding Cartus, the Seller, and Realogy obtained in accordance with the terms of this Agreement that is not publicly available; provided, however, that ARSC may reveal such information (a) as necessary or appropriate in connection with the administration or enforcement of this Agreement or
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its funding of Purchases under this Agreement or (b) as required by law, government regulation, court proceeding or subpoena. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, none of Cartus, the Seller or Realogy shall have any obligation to disclose to ARSC or its assignees any personal and confidential information relating to a Transferred Employee.
Section 11.19 Conversion. Notwithstanding any covenants in this Agreement requiring Cartus, CFC or ARSC to maintain its “corporate existence”, such entity may elect to convert their status from that of a Delaware corporation to that of a Delaware limited liability company, either by filing a certificate of conversion with the Delaware Secretary of State or by merging with and into a newly formed Delaware limited liability company(such conversion or merger, as applicable, being herein called a “Conversion”) subject to the conditions that:
(a) (x) the Person formed by such Conversion (any such Person, the “Surviving Entity”) is an entity organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof, (y) such Surviving Entity expressly assumes, by an agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the applicable transferee and its assignees, performance of every covenant and obligation of such Person under the Transaction Documents to which such Person is a party and (z) such Surviving Entity delivers to the other parties to the Fifth Omnibus Amendment hereto dated as of April 10, 2007 (such parties, the “Amendment Parties”) an opinion of counsel that such Surviving Entity is duly organized and validly existing under the laws of its organization, has duly executed and delivered such supplemental agreement, and such supplemental agreement is a valid and binding obligation of such Surviving Entity, enforceable against such Surviving Entity in accordance with its terms (subject to customary exceptions relating to bankruptcy and equitable principles) and covering such other matters as the Amendment Parties may reasonably request;
(b) all actions necessary to maintain the perfection of the security interests or ownership interests created by such Person under the Transaction Documents to which such Person is a party in connection with such Conversion shall have been taken, as evidenced by an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Amendment Parties;
(c) so long as such Person is the Servicer, no Servicer Default or Unmatured Servicer Default is then occurring or would result from such Conversion;
(d) in the case of a Conversion of CFC or ARSC, (x) the organizational documents of any Surviving Entity with respect to CFC or ARSC shall contain limitations on its business activities and requirements for independent directors or managers substantially equivalent to those set forth in its current organizational documents, and (y) Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx shall have delivered an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Amendment Parties that such Conversion will not, in and of itself, alter the conclusions set forth in its opinions previously issued in connection with the Transaction Documents with respect to true sale matters, substantive consolidation matters and bankruptcy issues relating to “home sale proceeds” (to the extent such opinions relate to such Person); and
(e) each Amendment Party shall have received such other documents as such Amendment Party may reasonably request.
In connection with any such Conversion and the resulting change in name of such entity, Cartus, CFC and/or ARSC, as applicable, shall be required to comply with the name change covenants in the Transaction Documents, except that to the extent 30 days prior written notice of the name change is required, such notice period shall be reduced to five Business Days.
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From and after any such Conversion effected in compliance with the above conditions, (a) all references in the Transaction Documents to any Person which has altered its corporate structure to become a limited liability company shall be deemed to be references to the Surviving Entity as successor to such Person, (b) all representations, warranties and covenants in the Transaction Documents which state that any of Cartus, CFC or ARSC is or is required to be a corporation shall be deemed to permit and require the Surviving Entity to be a limited liability company, (c) all references to such Person’s certificate of incorporation, other organizational documents, capital stock, corporate action or other matters relating to its corporate form will be deemed to be references to the organizational documents and analogous matters relating to limited liability companies, (d) all references to such Person’s directors or independent directors will be deemed to be references to the Surviving Entity’s directors, independent directors, managers or independent managers, as the case may be and (e) no representation, warranty or covenant in any Transaction Document shall be deemed to be breached or violated solely as a result of the fact that the Surviving Entity in any Conversion may be disregarded as a separate entity for state, local or federal income tax purposes.
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N 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.
CARTUS FINANCIAL CORPORATION
By: __________________________
Name: Xxxxxx X’Xxxx
Title: Sup. CFO
Name: Xxxxxx X’Xxxx
Title: Sup. CFO
APPLE RIDGE SERVICES CORPORATION
By: __________________________
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: VP. Controller
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: VP. Controller
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APPENDIX A
DEFINITIONS
A. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Purchase Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the following meanings (such meanings to be equally applicable to the singular and plural forms thereof):
“ARSC” shall mean Apple Ridge Services Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
“ARSC Purchase Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(b).
“ARSC Purchase Termination Event” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.1.
“ARSC Purchased Assets” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).
“ARSC Subordinated Loan” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.2.
“ARSC Subordinated Note” shall mean the ARSC Subordinated Note dated the Closing Date, made by ARSC and payable to the order of Cartus substantially in the form of Exhibit 4.2, as such note may be amended, supplemented, otherwise modified or replaced from time to time.
“ARSC Subordinated Note Cap” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.2.
“ARSC Termination Date” shall mean the date specified by the Indenture Trustee following the occurrence of an ARSC Purchase Termination Event; provided, however, that if an Event of Bankruptcy has occurred with respect to either the Seller or ARSC, the ARSC Termination Date shall be deemed to have occurred automatically without any such notice.
“CFC Collections” shall mean all funds that are received on account of or otherwise in connection with any CFC Pool Asset, including without limitation all funds received (a) from or on behalf of any Obligor in payment of or otherwise in respect of any CFC Receivable included in the CFC Pool Assets (including without limitation funds received in respect of Advance Payments to the extent necessary to reduce the Aggregate Employer Balance of Receivables with respect to that Employer to zero), (b) from or on behalf of any Ultimate Buyer in respect of CFC Home Sale Proceeds, (c) from any other Person to the extent such funds were applied, or should have been applied, pursuant to any Contract to repay or discharge any CFC Receivable or CFC Related Asset included in the CFC Pool Assets (including without limitation insurance payments that any Transaction Party applies in the ordinary course of its business to amounts owed in respect of such CFC Pool Assets), (d) from the Seller in respect of Seller Adjustments with respect to the ARSC Purchased Assets under this Agreement or any other obligation of the Seller hereunder, (e) from the Originator in respect to Originator Adjustments with respect to the ARSC Purchased Assets under Section 4.3 (c) of the Purchase Agreement, (f) from the Servicer in respect of Servicer Dilution Adjustments with respect to the ARSC Purchased Assets under Section 3.10(a) of the Transfer and Servicing Agreement and (g) from the Performance Guarantor in respect of any payments made by the Performance Guarantor as guarantor of the obligations of the Originator or the Servicer under the Performance Guaranty executed by it.
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“CFC Home” shall mean any Home subject to a CFC Home Purchase Contract.
“CFC Home Purchase Contract” shall mean any Home Purchase Contract that was executed, and pursuant to which CFC purchases a Home, on or after the Closing Date, and that relates to a Receivable included in the ARSC Purchased Assets.
“CFC Home Sale Contract” shall mean any Home Sale Contract with respect to a CFC Home.
“CFC Home Sale Proceeds” shall mean any Home Sale Proceeds arising under a CFC Home Sale Contract.
“CFC Indemnified Losses” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.1.
“CFC Indemnified Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.1.
“CFC Noncomplying Asset” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(a).
“CFC Noncomplying Asset Adjustment” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(a).
“CFC Pool Asset” shall mean, collectively, all of the following assets and interests in property, whether now existing or hereafter arising and wheresoever located:
(a) all CFC Receivables, all CFC Related Assets, all CFC Collections and all proceeds of the foregoing;
(b) the Performance Guaranty;
(c) all rights to payment due or to become due from the Seller under the Transaction Documents and all other rights and interests of ARSC under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents;
(d) all Lockboxes and Lockbox Accounts and all funds on deposit therein and certificates and instruments, if any, from time to time evidencing such accounts and funds on deposit therein, all investments made with such funds, all claims thereunder or in connection therewith and all interest, dividends, monies, instruments, securities and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of, or in exchange for, any or all of the foregoing; and
(e) all moneys due or to become due and all amounts received or receivable with respect to any of the foregoing and all proceeds of, and earnings on the foregoing.
“CFC Purchased Assets” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).
“CFC Receivable” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).
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“CFC Records” shall mean all Records maintained by the Seller with respect to the CFC Receivables and CFC Related Assets.
“CFC Related Assets” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).
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