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EXHIBIT 4.32
TEAM FLEET FINANCING CORPORATION,
AS LESSOR
BUDGET GROUP, INC.,
AS GUARANTOR
BUDGET RENT A CAR SYSTEMS, INC.
and those Subsidiaries, Affiliates and Non-Affiliates
of Budget Group, Inc.
named on Schedule 1 hereto,
AS LESSEES
MASTER MOTOR VEHICLE LEASE AGREEMENT
Group II
Dated as of February 25, 2000
AS SET FORTH IN SECTION 25 HEREOF, THE LESSOR HAS ASSIGNED TO THE TRUSTEE (AS
DEFINED HEREIN) CERTAIN OF ITS RIGHT, TITLE AND INTEREST IN AND TO THIS LEASE.
TO THE EXTENT, IF ANY, THAT THIS LEASE CONSTITUTES CHATTEL PAPER (AS SUCH TERM
IS DEFINED IN THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE AS IN EFFECT IN ANY APPLICABLE
JURISDICTION) NO SECURITY INTEREST IN THIS LEASE MAY BE CREATED THROUGH THE
TRANSFER OR POSSESSION OF ANY COUNTERPART OTHER THAN THE ORIGINAL EXECUTED
COUNTERPART, WHICH SHALL BE IDENTIFIED AS THE COUNTERPART CONTAINING THE
RECEIPT THEREFOR EXECUTED BY THE TRUSTEE ON THE SIGNATURE PAGE THEREOF.
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MASTER MOTOR VEHICLE LEASE AGREEMENT - Group II
This Master Motor Vehicle Lease Agreement - Group II (this
"Agreement"), dated as of February 25, 2000, by and among TEAM FLEET FINANCING
CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation ("Lessor"), BUDGET RENT A CAR SYSTEMS, INC.
("Budget Systems"), a Delaware corporation, and those direct or indirect
Subsidiaries (the "Budget Subsidiaries") of Budget Group, Inc., those Affiliates
(other than the Budget Subsidiaries) and non-Affiliates, (such Affiliates and
non-Affiliates the "Non-Budget Lessees") of Budget Group, Inc. and will finance
the acquisition of Financed Vehicles, that are listed on Schedule 1 hereto and
those that become party to this Agreement pursuant to the provisions of Section
23 hereof (individually, each Budget Subsidiary and each Non-Budget Lessee, a
"Lessee" and, collectively, the "Lessees"), and BUDGET GROUP, INC. ("Budget"), a
Delaware corporation formerly known as Team Rental Group, Inc. ("Team"), as
guarantor (Budget in such capacity, the "Guarantor"; the Guarantor, together
with the Lessees, is from time to time referred to as the "Lessee Group").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Lessor (such capitalized term, together with all other
capitalized terms used herein, shall have the meaning assigned thereto in
Section 1) intends to refinance the Initial Fleet and to purchase, finance the
purchase of and refinance additional Financed Vehicles that are Eligible
Repurchase Vehicles from one or more Manufacturers with (i) the proceeds
obtained by the issuance from time to time of Group II Series of Notes and (ii)
certain other funds;
WHEREAS, the Lessor has purchased or will purchase Lessor-Owned
Vehicles, and will finance the acquisition of Financed Vehicles, that are Group
II Repurchase Vehicles from Manufacturers through dealers authorized by such
Manufacturers, at auctions conducted by automobile dealers not affiliated with
Budget, from Affiliates of Budget or through other vehicle sales;
WHEREAS, the Lessor desires to lease to the Lessees, and the Lessees
desire to lease from the Lessor, Group II Repurchase Vehicles so acquired,
financed or refinanced by the Lessor for use in the daily vehicle rental
businesses of the Lessees; and
WHEREAS, the Guarantor has, pursuant to Section 24 hereof, guaranteed
the obligations of the Lessees under this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises, and other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1. DEFINITIONS ......................................................................... 3
2. GENERAL AGREEMENT ................................................................... 3
2.1 Leasing of Group II Vehicles................................................... 5
2.2 Right of Lessees to Act as Lessor's Agent ..................................... 6
2.3 Payment of Capitalized Cost by Lessor ......................................... 6
2.4 Non-liability of Lessor ....................................................... 7
2.5 Conditions Precedent........................................................... 8
3. TERM ................................................................................ 11
3.1 Vehicle Term: Group II Repurchase Vehicles .................................... 11
3.2 The "Lease Commencement Date" ................................................. 12
4. RENT AND CHARGES .................................................................... 13
4.1 Payment of Rent ............................................................... 13
4.2 Payment of Monthly Supplemental Payments ...................................... 13
4.3 Payment of Supplemental Rent .................................................. 13
4.4 Payment of Termination Payments, Casualty Payments, and Late Return
Payments ...................................................................... 13
4.5 Late Payment .................................................................. 13
4.6 Prepayments ................................................................... 13
5. INSURANCE ........................................................................... 14
5.1 Personal Injury and Damage .................................................... 14
5.2 Delivery of Certificate of Insurance .......................................... 14
5.3 Changes in Insurance Coverage ................................................. 14
6. CASUALTY OBLIGATION ................................................................. 15
6.1 Casualty ...................................................................... 15
7. VEHICLE USE ......................................................................... 15
8. REGISTRATION; LICENSE; TRAFFIC SUMMONSES; PENALTIES AND
FINES ......................................................................... 16
9. MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS ............................................................. 16
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10. VEHICLE WARRANTIES .................................................................. 17
11. VEHICLE RETURN GUIDELINES ........................................................... 17
11.1 Vehicle Turn-in-Condition ..................................................... 17
11.2 Return ........................................................................ 17
11.3 Termination Payments .......................................................... 18
11.4 Repurchase Price Interest ..................................................... 18
12. DISPOSITION PROCEDURE ............................................................... 18
13. ODOMETER DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT ..................................................... 18
14. [RESERVED.] ......................................................................... 19
15. GENERAL INDEMNITY ................................................................... 19
15.1 Indemnity by the Lessees ...................................................... 19
15.2 Reimbursement Obligation by the Lessee Group .................................. 20
15.3 Defense of Claims ............................................................. 20
16. ASSIGNMENT .......................................................................... 21
16.1 Right of the Lessor to Assign this Agreement .................................. 21
16.2 Limitations on the Right of the Lessee to Assign this Agreement ............... 21
17. DEFAULT AND REMEDIES THEREFOR. ...................................................... 21
17.1 Lease Events of Default ....................................................... 21
17.2 Effect of Lease Event of Default .............................................. 23
17.3 Rights of Lessor Upon Lease Event of Default, Liquidation Event of Default
or Limited Liquidation Event of Default .................................... 23
17.4 Rights of Trustee Upon Liquidation Event of Default, Limited Liquidation
Event of Default and Non-Performance of Certain Covenants................... 25
17.5 Measure of Damages ............................................................ 26
17.6 Application of Proceeds ....................................................... 27
18. MANUFACTURER EVENTS OF DEFAULT ...................................................... 27
19. LESSEE PARTIAL WIND-DOWN EVENTS ..................................................... 27
20. RESERVED ............................................................................ 28
21. CERTIFICATION OF TRADE OR BUSINESS USE .............................................. 28
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22. SURVIVAL............................................................................. 28
23. ADDITIONAL LESSEES................................................................... 28
24. GUARANTY............................................................................. 29
24.1 Guaranty....................................................................... 29
24.2 Scope of Guarantor's Liability................................................. 30
24.3 Lessor's Right to Amend this Agreement, Etc.................................... 30
24.4 Waiver of Certain Rights by Guarantor.......................................... 31
24.5 Lessees' Obligations to Guarantor and Guarantor's Obligations to Lessees
Subordinated................................................................ 32
24.6 Guarantor to Pay Lessor's Expenses............................................. 33
24.7 Reinstatement.................................................................. 33
24.8 Pari Passu Indebtedness........................................................ 34
25. RIGHTS OF LESSOR ASSIGNED TO TRUSTEE................................................. 34
26. RIGHT OF LESSEE TO DELEGATE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER TO GUARANTOR............ 35
27. MODIFICATION AND SEVERABILITY........................................................ 35
28. CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES............................................... 36
28.1 Due Organization, Authorization, etc........................................... 36
28.2 Financial Information; Financial Condition..................................... 36
28.3 Litigation..................................................................... 37
28.4 Liens.......................................................................... 37
28.5 Employee Benefit Plans......................................................... 37
28.6 Investment Company Act......................................................... 38
28.7 Regulations T, U and X......................................................... 38
28.8 Business Locations; Trade Names; Principal Places of Business Locations........ 38
28.9 Taxes.......................................................................... 38
28.10 Governmental Authorization..................................................... 38
28.11 Compliance with Laws........................................................... 39
28.12 Eligible Vehicles.............................................................. 39
28.13 Supplemental Documents True and Correct........................................ 39
28.14 Accuracy of Information........................................................ 39
29. CERTAIN AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS........................................................ 39
29.1 Corporate Existence; Foreign Qualification..................................... 40
29.2 Books, Records and Inspections................................................. 40
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29.3 Insurance...................................................................... 40
29.4 Repurchase Programs............................................................ 40
29.5 Reporting Requirements......................................................... 41
29.6 Taxes and Liabilities.......................................................... 43
29.7 Compliance with Laws........................................................... 43
29.8 Maintenance of Separate Existence.............................................. 43
29.9 Trustee as Lienholder.......................................................... 43
30. CERTAIN NEGATIVE COVENANTS........................................................... 44
30.1 Mergers, Consolidations........................................................ 44
30.2 Other Agreements............................................................... 44
30.3 Liens.......................................................................... 44
30.4 Use of Vehicles................................................................ 45
30.5 Restrictions on Distributions.................................................. 45
31. BANKRUPTCY PETITION AGAINST LESSOR................................................... 45
32. SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION........................................................... 45
33. GOVERNING LAW........................................................................ 46
34. JURY TRIAL........................................................................... 46
35. NOTICES.............................................................................. 46
36. LIABILITY............................................................................ 47
37. HEADINGS............................................................................. 47
38. EXECUTION IN COUNTERPARTS............................................................ 47
39. EFFECTIVENESS........................................................................ 47
ANNEX A OPERATING LEASE TERMS
ANNEX B FINANCING LEASE TERMS
SCHEDULE I LESSEES AS OF SERIES 2000-1 CLOSING DATE
SCHEDULE II NOTICE ADDRESSES
SCHEDULE 28.8 BUSINESS LOCATIONS
ATTACHMENT A-1 SCHEDULE OF INITIAL FLEET
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ATTACHMENT A-2 GROUP II VEHICLE ACQUISITION SCHEDULE
ATTACHMENT B FORM OF POWER OF ATTORNEY
ATTACHMENT C FORM OF JOINDER IN LEASE
ATTACHMENT D FORM OF XXXX OF SALE
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1. DEFINITIONS. Certain capitalized terms used herein (including the
preamble and the recitals hereto) shall have the meanings ascribed to such
terms in (a) the Definitions List (the "Definitions List") attached as Schedule
1 to the Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of December 1, 1996,
among the Lessor, Team (now known as Budget) and Bankers Trust Company, a New
York banking corporation, as trustee, as such Definitions List may be amended
or modified from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Base
Indenture, and (b) each Supplement to the Base Indenture relating to a Series
of Notes identified in such Supplement as being a Group II Series of Notes.
Unless the context otherwise requires, terms defined in both the Base Indenture
and one or more of such Series Supplements shall have the meanings assigned to
such terms in the applicable Series Supplements.
2. GENERAL AGREEMENT. (a) As specified in the attachments hereto,
the Lessees and the Lessor intend that this Agreement be (i) an operating lease
with respect to the Lessor-Owned Vehicles and (ii) a financing arrangement with
respect to the Financed Vehicles.
(b) If, notwithstanding the intent of the parties to this Agreement,
this Agreement is characterized by any third party as a financing arrangement
or as otherwise not constituting a "true lease" with respect to the
Lessor-Owned Vehicles, then it is the intention of the parties that this
Agreement, as it applies to the Lessor-Owned Vehicles, shall constitute a
security agreement under applicable law. It is the intention of the parties
that this Agreement, as it applies to the Financed Vehicles, shall in all
events constitute a security agreement under applicable law. In furtherance
thereof, as collateral security for the prompt and complete payment and
performance when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise)
of all of the obligations and liabilities of each Lessee to the Lessor
hereunder, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become
due, or now existing or hereafter incurred (including interest accruing after
the Lease Expiration Date and interest accruing after the filing of any
petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization
or like proceeding), which may arise under, out of, or in connection with, this
Agreement and any other document made, delivered or given in connection
herewith, whether on account of rent, principal, interest, reimbursement
obligations, fees, indemnities, costs or expenses (including all fees and
disbursements of counsel to the Lessor or the Trustee that are required to be
paid by such Lessee pursuant to the terms hereof), each Lessee hereby grants to
the Lessor a first priority security interest in all of such Lessee's right,
title and interest, if any, in and to all of the following assets, property and
interests in property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired or created (the
"Lease Collateral"):
(i) the rights of such Lessee under this Agreement, as the
same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in
accordance with its terms, and any other agreements related to or in
connection with this Agreement to which such Lessee is a party (the
"Group II Lessee Agreements"), including, without limitation, (a) all
monies due and to become due to such Lessee from the Guarantor and the
Lessees under or in connection with the Group II Lessee Agreements,
whether payable as rent, guaranty payments, fees, expenses, costs,
indemnities, insurance recoveries, damages for the breach of any of
the Group II Lessee
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Agreements or otherwise, (b) all rights, remedies, powers, privileges
and claims of such Lessee against any other party under or with
respect to the Group II Lessee Agreements (whether arising pursuant to
the terms of such Agreements or otherwise available to such Lessee at
law or in equity), including the right to enforce any of the Group II
Lessee Agreements and to give or withhold any and all consents,
requests, notices, directions, approvals, extensions or waivers under
or with respect to the Group II Lessee Agreements or the obligations
of any party thereunder, (c) all Liens and property from time to time
purporting to secure payment arising under or in connection with the
Group II Lessee Agreements, together with all financing statements
filed in favor of, or assigned to, such Lessee describing any
collateral securing such obligations or liabilities and (d) all
guarantees, insurance and other agreements or arrangements of whatever
character from time to time supporting or securing payment of such
obligations and liabilities of such Lessee pursuant to the Group II
Lessee Agreements;
(ii) all Lessor-Owned Vehicles leased by such Lessee from the
Lessor pursuant to this Agreement which, notwithstanding that this
Agreement is intended to convey only a leasehold interest in such
Lessor-Owned Vehicles, are determined to be owned by such Lessee, and
all Certificates of Title with respect to such Lessor-Owned Vehicles;
(iii) all Financed Vehicles leased by such Lessee from the
Lessor pursuant to this Agreement, and all Certificates of Title with
respect to such Group II Vehicles;
(iv) all right, title and interest of such Lessee in, to and
under any Repurchase Programs and all monies due and to become due
thereunder in respect of (A) Lessor-Owned Vehicles leased under this
Agreement which, notwithstanding that this Agreement is intended to
convey only a leasehold interest in such Lessor-Owned Vehicles, are
determined to be owned by such Lessee, and (B) Financed Vehicles
leased under this Agreement, in each case, whether payable as
Repurchase Prices or Guaranteed Payments;
(v) the Collection Account, the Group II Collection Account
and each other collection account established pursuant to a Series
Supplement with respect to any Group II Series of Notes; (a) all funds
on deposit therein allocable to Group II Vehicles from time to time;
(b) all certificates and instruments, if any, representing or
evidencing any or all of such accounts or the funds on deposit therein
allocable to Group II Vehicles from time to time; and (c) all
investments made at any time and from time to time with the moneys
allocable to Group II Vehicles in such accounts (including income
thereon, including, without limitation, any and all such accounts,
certificates, instruments and investments constituting "investment
property" as defined in the UCC as in effect from time to time in the
State of New York);
(vi) all additional property that may from time to time
hereafter be subjected to the grant and pledge under this Agreement,
as the same may be modified or supplemented from time to time, by such
Lessee or by anyone on its behalf; and
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(vii) all proceeds of any and all of the foregoing including,
without limitation, payments under insurance (whether or not the
Lessor is the loss payee thereof) and cash, but not including (for the
avoidance of doubt) payments under consumer rental agreements.
2.1 Leasing of Group II Vehicles. (a) From time to time, subject to
the terms and provisions hereof, the Lessor agrees to lease to each Lessee, and
each Lessee agrees to lease from the Lessor, subject to the terms hereof, the
Group II Repurchase Vehicles constituting the Initial Fleet, the Refinanced
Vehicles and each additional Lessor-Owned Vehicle and Financed Vehicle
identified in certain vehicle orders (each, a "Group II Vehicle Order")
produced from time to time by a Lessee, listing Eligible Repurchase Vehicles
ordered by such Lessee from Eligible Manufacturers or dealers, for itself or as
agent for the Lessor, pursuant to the terms of any applicable Repurchase
Program or otherwise. Subject to the conditions precedent set forth in Section
2.5 hereof and to compliance with the terms of the related Series Supplements,
the Lessor shall make available to the applicable Lessee (i) financing for the
Financed Vehicles (other than Texas Vehicles and Hawaii Vehicles) and (ii)
Lessor-Owned Vehicles, Texas Vehicles and Hawaii Vehicles for lease to the
Lessees hereunder (each such financing or Lessor-Owned Vehicle made available,
a "Master Lease Advance").
(b) With respect to (i) any lease of Group II Vehicles in the Initial
Fleet, (ii) the refinancing of any other Eligible Repurchase Vehicle owned by
the Lessor or any Lessee (collectively, together with any Group II Vehicles in
the Initial Fleet to be leased under this Agreement (including, without
limitation, any Group II Vehicles previously subject to any other Leases and
refinanced pursuant to this Agreement), the "Refinanced Vehicles"), and/or
(iii) the refinancing of Eligible Receivables, each applicable Lessee shall
make available to the Lessor a schedule as set forth in Attachment A-1 hereto
containing information concerning the Refinanced Vehicles and the Eligible
Receivables, of a scope agreed upon by the Lessor (a "Refinancing Schedule").
(c) With respect to any lease of Group II Vehicles not described in (b)
above, each applicable Lessee shall make available to the Lessor a schedule
containing the information with respect to such Group II Vehicles as is set
forth in Attachment A-2 hereto (each, a "Group II Vehicle Acquisition
Schedule"), or in such form as is otherwise requested by the Lessor. In
addition, each Lessee leasing Vehicles pursuant to such Group II Vehicle Order
agrees to provide such other information regarding such Vehicles as the Lessor
may require from time to time.
(d) The Lessees and the Lessor acknowledge that concurrently with the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Lessees specified on Schedule 1
hereto have made available to the Lessor Group II Vehicle Orders to lease
Eligible Repurchase Vehicles currently owned by the Lessor pursuant to this
Agreement, together with the required Group II Vehicle Acquisition Schedules or
Refinancing Schedule, as the case may be, in respect of such Group II Vehicle
Orders.
(e) The Lessor shall lease to the Lessees, and the Lessees shall lease
from the Lessor only Group II Vehicles that are Eligible Repurchase Vehicles.
This Agreement, together with any other
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related documents attached to this Agreement or submitted with a Group II
Vehicle Order or Refinancing Schedule, including without limitation any
documents in connection with an Eligible Repurchase Program (collectively, the
"Supplemental Documents"), will constitute the entire agreement regarding the
leasing of Vehicles by the Lessor to the Lessees hereunder.
2.2 Right of Lessees to Act as Lessor's Agent. The Lessor agrees that
any member of the Lessee Group may act as the Lessor's agent in placing Group
II Vehicle Orders on behalf of the Lessor, as well as filing claims on behalf
of the Lessor for damage in transit, and other Manufacturer delivery claims
related to the Group II Vehicles leased hereunder; provided, however, that the
Lessor may hold the Lessee Group liable for losses due to such member of the
Lessee Group's actions in performing as the Lessor's agent hereunder. In
addition, the Lessor agrees that each Lessee may make arrangements for delivery
of Group II Vehicles to a location selected by the relevant Lessee at such
Lessee's expense. Each Lessee agrees to accept Group II Repurchase Vehicles as
produced and delivered except each Lessee will have the option to reject any
Group II Repurchase Vehicle that may be rejected pursuant to the terms of the
applicable Repurchase Program. The relevant Lessee, acting as agent for the
Lessor, shall be responsible for pursuing any rights of the Lessor with respect
to the return of any Group II Repurchase Vehicle to the Manufacturer pursuant
to the preceding sentence. Any member of the Lessee Group that places a Group
II Vehicle Order for a Group II Repurchase Vehicle pursuant to this Agreement
agrees that all Group II Repurchase Vehicles ordered as provided herein shall
be ordered utilizing the procedures consistent with the applicable Eligible
Repurchase Program.
2.3 Payment of Capitalized Cost by Lessor. (a) Upon invoicing of any
Group II Vehicle by the Manufacturer or other seller thereof, the Lessor shall
make a Master Lease Advance hereunder to pay to the Manufacturer, dealer or
other seller of such Group II Vehicle (or to reimburse the applicable Lessee
for) the costs and expenses incurred by the Lessor or such Lessee, as
applicable, in connection with the acquisition of such Group II Vehicle as
established by the invoice delivered in connection with such Group II Vehicle
(the "Capitalized Cost"); provided that solely in the case of the Initial
Fleet, any other Refinanced Vehicle, and any Eligible Receivable, the Lessor
shall make Master Lease Advances to pay to the applicable owner thereof (x) the
aggregate Net Book Value as of the Vehicle Lease Commencement Date of the
Initial Fleet and/or the Refinanced Vehicles, as applicable, and (y) the face
amount of the Eligible Receivables being refinanced on the Vehicle Lease
Commencement Date. The relevant Lessee shall be responsible for all damage in
transit and shall pay all applicable costs and expenses of freight, packing,
handling, storage, shipment and delivery of such Group II Vehicle to the extent
that the same have not been included within the Capitalized Cost.
(b) Each Master Lease Advance made by the Lessor with respect to a
Repurchase Vehicle shall be in an amount not exceeding the Net Book Value of
such Repurchase Vehicle. The aggregate amount of Master Lease Advances
outstanding at any time shall not exceed the Maximum Lease Commitment.
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2.4 Non-liability of Lessor. The Lessor shall not be liable to any of
the Lessees for any failure or delay in obtaining Group II Vehicles or making
delivery thereof. AS BETWEEN THE LESSOR AND EACH LESSEE, ACCEPTANCE FOR LEASE
OF THE Group II VEHICLES SHALL CONSTITUTE SUCH LESSEE'S ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND
AGREEMENT THAT SUCH LESSEE HAS FULLY INSPECTED SUCH Group II VEHICLES, THAT THE
Group II VEHICLES ARE IN GOOD ORDER AND CONDITION AND ARE OF THE MANUFACTURE,
DESIGN, SPECIFICATIONS AND CAPACITY SELECTED BY THE LESSEE, THAT SUCH LESSEE IS
SATISFIED THAT THE SAME ARE SUITABLE FOR THIS USE AND THAT THE LESSOR IS NOT A
MANUFACTURER, AN AGENT OF A MANUFACTURER, OR OTHERWISE ENGAGED IN THE SALE OR
DISTRIBUTION OF Group II VEHICLES, AND HAS NOT MADE AND DOES NOT HEREBY MAKE
ANY REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY OR COVENANT, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO
MERCHANTABILITY, CONDITION, QUALITY, DURABILITY OR SUITABILITY OF THE VEHICLE
IN ANY RESPECT OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR FOR THE PURPOSES OR USES OF SUCH
LESSEE, OR ANY WARRANTY THAT THE LEASED VEHICLES WILL SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS
OF ANY LAW OR ANY CONTRACT SPECIFICATION, OR ANY OTHER REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY
OR COVENANT OF ANY KIND OR CHARACTER, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT THERETO
AND AS BETWEEN THE LESSOR AND SUCH LESSEE, SUCH LESSEE AGREES TO BEAR ALL SUCH
RISKS AT ITS SOLE COST AND EXPENSE. EACH LESSEE SPECIFICALLY WAIVES ALL RIGHTS
TO MAKE CLAIMS AGAINST THE LESSOR AND ANY LEASED VEHICLE FOR BREACH OF ANY
WARRANTY OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER AND, AS TO THE LESSOR, SUCH LESSEE LEASES THE
VEHICLES "AS IS." The Lessor shall not be liable for any failure or delay in
delivering any Vehicle ordered for lease pursuant to this Agreement, or for any
failure to perform any provision hereof, resulting from fire or other casualty,
natural disaster, riot, strike or other labor difficulty, governmental
regulation or restriction, or any cause beyond the Lessor's direct control. IN
NO EVENT SHALL THE LESSOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCES, LOSS OF PROFITS OR
ANY OTHER CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, WHATSOEVER OR HOWSOEVER
CAUSED, WHETHER RESULTING FROM ANY DEFECT IN OR ANY THEFT, DAMAGE, LOSS OR
FAILURE OF ANY VEHICLE, OR OTHERWISE AND THERE SHALL BE NO ABATEMENT OF RENT
BECAUSE OF THE SAME.
2.5 Conditions Precedent. The agreement of the Lessor under this
Agreement to make available any Master Lease Advance for the acquisition of any
Lessor-Owned Vehicle for lease to a Lessee and to make available any Master
Lease Advance for the acquisition of any Texas Vehicles and Hawaii Vehicles or
the refinancing of any Refinanced Vehicle for lease to a Lessee, is subject to
the terms and conditions of the Base Indenture and to the following conditions
precedent as of the Vehicle Lease Commencement Date for such Vehicle:
(a) Limitations on the Acquisition of Certain Vehicles.
Unless waived by the Required Noteholders as specified in the related Series
Supplements:
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(i) the quotient (expressed as a percentage) obtained
by dividing (x) the aggregate Net Book Value of all Group II
Repurchase Vehicles manufactured by any Manufacturer and
leased under this Agreement as of such date after giving
effect to the inclusion of such Vehicle under this Agreement)
by (y) the greater of (A) the Group II Aggregate Asset Amount
as of such date (after giving effect to the inclusion of such
Vehicle under this Agreement) and (B) the sum of the Group II
Invested Amount as of such date plus the available
subordinated amounts for all Group II Series of Notes as of
such date, shall not exceed the Maximum Manufacturer
Percentage (if any) for any Group II Series of Notes;
(ii) if the Maximum Manufacturer Percentage for any
Group II Series of Notes (as calculated in clause (i), above)
has been exceeded on or prior to such date prior to giving
effect to the inclusion of such Vehicle (the amount of such
excess, the "Excess"), such Excess shall not increase after
giving effect to the inclusion of such Vehicle;
(iii) after giving effect to the inclusion of such
Vehicle under this Agreement, (A) the Credit Support Amount
for any Group II Series of Notes shall not be less than the
Minimum Credit Support Amount for such related Series and (B)
the Letter of Credit Amount for any Group II Series of Notes
shall not be less than the Required Letter of Credit Amount
for such Series; and
(iv) after giving effect to the inclusion of such
Vehicle under this Agreement, there shall not be a failure or
violation of any other conditions, requirements, or
restrictions with respect to the leasing of Eligible Vehicles
under this Agreement as is specified in the related Series
Supplement.
(b) No Default. No Potential Lease Event of Default or Lease
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on such date or
would result from the making of such Master Lease Advance or the lease
of such Vehicle.
(c) Leases of Initial Fleet and other Refinanced Vehicles.
Only in connection with the leasing of Refinanced Vehicles (including
the Initial Fleet) and related Eligible Receivables on or after the
Lease Commencement Date, to evidence the refinancing of such
Refinanced Vehicles and related Eligible Receivables and the
conveyance of a security interest in such Refinanced Vehicles and
related Eligible Receivables to the Trustee, the applicable Lessees
shall have made available to the Lessor on or prior to the applicable
Vehicle Lease Commencement Date the following:
(i) a Refinancing Schedule concerning such
Refinanced Vehicles and related Eligible Receivables being refinanced
on such Vehicle Lease Commencement Date;
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(ii) a report of the results of a search of the
appropriate records of the county (as applicable) and state
in which each such Lessee's principal place of business is
located, which shall show no Liens or other security
interests (other than Permitted Liens) with respect to such
Vehicles and the related Repurchase Programs or, in the event
that such search reveals any non-permitted Lien or security
interest, there shall be delivered to the Lessor and the
Trustee a termination of such Lien or security interest
together with appropriate UCC termination statements or UCC
partial releases thereof; provided that, with respect only to
Refinanced Vehicles and Eligible Receivables to be leased
hereunder on the Series 0000-0 Xxxxxxxx Date, the Lessee
shall have until the close of business on March 10, 2000 to
deliver such report and terminations or partial releases;
(iii) confirmation from each lender holding a
security interest in any such Refinanced Vehicle or Eligible
Receivable stating unconditionally (A) that, if any sums are
to be paid to such lender in connection with the lease of
such Refinanced Vehicle and the refinancing of the related
Eligible Receivables, such lender has been paid the full
amount due to it in connection with such refinancing and (B)
that any Lien or security interest of such lender in such
Refinanced Vehicle and/or Eligible Receivables, as
applicable, has been released; provided that, with respect
only to Refinanced Vehicles and Eligible Receivables to be
leased hereunder on the Series 0000-0 Xxxxxxxx Date, the
Lessee shall have until the close of business on March 10,
2000 to deliver such confirmation and release;
(iv) a fully executed assignment agreement granting
and assigning to the Trustee (to the extent not already
granted and assigned) a first priority security interest in
each such Refinanced Vehicle and Eligible Receivable, the
related Repurchase Programs, if any, and any other Group II
Collateral relating to such Refinanced Vehicles and Eligible
Receivables;
(v) delivery to the Lessor for filing in the
appropriate filing office fully executed UCC-1 Financing
Statements necessary to perfect (if not already perfected)
the interests of the Trustee in such Refinanced Vehicles and
Eligible Receivables;
(vi) with respect to any Vehicle in the Initial
Fleet, if the Trustee is not noted as lienholder on the
Certificate of Title for such Vehicle, delivery to the
Trustee of a Lienholder Nominee Agreement executed and
delivered by the named lienholder;
(vii) with respect to any Vehicle in the Initial
Fleet, if the Lessor is not noted as the titleholder on the
Certificate of Title for such Vehicle, delivery to the
Trustee of a Vehicle Title Nominee Agreement executed and
delivered by the named titleholder; and
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(viii) an Officer's Certificate stating that all the
conditions precedent under this Agreement to the leasing of
such Refinanced Vehicles and financing of such Eligible
Receivables under this Agreement have been satisfied,
including a representation that each such receivable is an
Eligible Receivable and that the Lien of the Trustee (or a
Nominee) has been noted on the Certificate of Title for each
such Vehicle or such other actions to cause the Trustee's
Lien to be a perfected first Lien have been taken by the
Servicer.
(d) Leases of Financed Vehicles. Only in connection with each
lease of a Financed Vehicle after the Lease Commencement Date, to
evidence the acquisition or financing of such Financed Vehicle by the
Lessor and the conveyance of a security interest in such Financed
Vehicles to the Trustee, the Lessee thereof shall have delivered to
the Lessor on or prior to the applicable Vehicle Lease Commencement
Date, a Group II Vehicle Order (including a Group II Vehicle
Acquisition Schedule) with respect to all Financed Vehicles to be
leased to such Lessee by the Lessor on the date specified therein.
(e) Leases of Lessor-Owned Vehicles. Only in connection with
the lease of any Lessor-Owned Vehicle (other than Vehicles in the
Initial Fleet) to be leased on or after the Lease Commencement Date,
to evidence the leasing of such Lessor-Owned Vehicle under this
Agreement, the applicable Lessee shall have delivered to the Lessor on
or prior to the applicable Vehicle Lease Commencement Date, the
following:
(i) a Group II Vehicle Order (including a Group II
Vehicle Acquisition Schedule) with respect to all
Lessor-Owned Vehicles to be leased to such Lessee by the
Lessor on the Lease Commencement Date;
(ii) UCC termination statements terminating, or UCC
partial releases releasing, any security interests and other
Liens (other than Permitted Liens) in favor of any Person
with respect to each Lessor-Owned Vehicle identified in such
Group II Vehicle Order (and any related Repurchase Programs).
(f) Eligible Vehicle. Each Vehicle to be leased hereunder
on such date shall be an Eligible Vehicle.
(g) Repurchase Vehicles. The Lessor (if such Vehicle is a
Lessor-Owned Vehicle, a Texas Vehicle or a Hawaii Vehicle) or the
applicable Lessee (if such Vehicle is a Financed Vehicle other than a
Texas Vehicle or a Hawaii Vehicle) shall have delivered to the Trustee
(i) a fully executed Assignment Agreement covering such Vehicle, (ii)
the related Repurchase Program (which shall be an Eligible Repurchase
Program), and (iii) any other Group II Collateral relating to such
Vehicle.
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(h) Series Supplement. The leasing of such Group II Vehicle
shall not be prohibited by the provisions of a Series Supplement for a
Group II Series of Notes.
(i) Other Conditions. The applicable Lessee shall have
complied with the applicable provisions of Sections 2.1 and 2.3 of
this Agreement.
Each Lessee hereby agrees that each such delivery of a Group II
Vehicle Order or Refinancing Schedule shall be deemed hereunder to constitute a
representation and warranty by it, to and in favor of the Lessor and the
Trustee, that all the conditions precedent to the acquisition and leasing of
the Vehicles identified in such Group II Vehicle Order or Refinancing Schedule
have been satisfied as of the date of such Group II Vehicle Order or
Refinancing Schedule.
3. TERM.
3.1 Vehicle Term: Group II Repurchase Vehicles. The "Vehicle Lease
Commencement Date" for each Group II Repurchase Vehicle and Eligible Receivable
shall mean the day referenced as such in the Group II Vehicle Acquisition
Schedule or Refinancing Schedule with respect to such Group II Repurchase
Vehicle or Eligible Receivable but in no event beyond the date that funds are
expended by the Lessor to acquire such Group II Repurchase Vehicle or Eligible
Receivable. The "Vehicle Term" with respect to each Group II Repurchase Vehicle
shall extend from the Vehicle Lease Commencement Date through the earliest of
(i) the Turnback Date for such Group II Repurchase Vehicle, (ii) the date the
Vehicle is sold to a third party through any means other than an auction
conducted by or through or arranged by the Manufacturer pursuant to its
Repurchase Program and the funds in respect of such sale are received by the
Trustee in the Group II Collection Account (from such third party or from any
member of the Lessee Group on behalf of such third party), (iii) if such
Vehicle becomes a Casualty, the date funds in the amount of the Net Book Value
thereof are received by the Trustee in the Group II Collection Account from the
applicable Lessee, (iv) the date that such Vehicle is purchased by the
applicable Lessee pursuant to paragraph 6 or 7 of Annex A and the Vehicle
Purchase Price with respect to such purchase (and any unpaid Monthly Base Rent
and Monthly Variable Rent with respect to such Vehicle) is received by the
Trustee in the Group II Collection Account and (v) the maximum vehicle lease
term of the Operating Lease and the Financing Lease, as applicable, as
specified in, respectively, paragraph 5 of each of Annex A and Annex B to this
Agreement (the earliest of such five dates being referred to as the "Vehicle
Lease Expiration Date"). The Lessor and each Lessee agree that each Lessee
shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to deliver each Group II
Repurchase Vehicle to the related Manufacturer or the designated auction site,
as applicable, (a) not prior to the end of the minimum holding period specified
in the related Repurchase Program (prior to which the Lessor may not deliver
such Group II Repurchase Vehicle without penalty (the "Minimum Term")) and (b)
not later than the end of the maximum holding period (after which the Lessor
may not return such Group II Repurchase Vehicle which is a Lessor-Owned Vehicle
without penalty (the "Maximum Term")); provided, however, if for any reason, a
Lessee fails to deliver a Group II Repurchase Vehicle which is a Lessor-Owned
Vehicle to the applicable Manufacturer or designated auction site during the
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time period between the expiration of the Minimum Term and the expiration of
the Maximum Term, such Lessee shall be obligated to purchase such Group II
Repurchase Vehicle from the Lessor on the first Due Date after the expiration
of the Maximum Term for an amount equal to the Vehicle Purchase Price with
respect to such Group II Repurchase Vehicle. Each Lessee will pay the
equivalent of the Rent for the Minimum Term for Group II Repurchase Vehicles
which are Lessor-Owned Vehicles and are returned before the Minimum Term,
regardless of actual usage, unless a Vehicle is a Casualty which will be
treated in accordance with Section 6 hereof or unless the Lessor immediately
leases such Group II Repurchase Vehicle to another Lessee under this Agreement
or to a lessee under another Lease relating to another Series under the Base
Indenture.
3.2 The "Lease Commencement Date" shall mean the earlier of (i) the
date of the issuance of the Series 2000-1 Notes as the first Group II Series of
Notes or (ii) the date of the Vehicle Lease Commencement Date for the first
Vehicle leased by a Lessee hereunder. The "Lease Expiration Date" shall mean
the later of (i) the date of the payment in full of all Series of Notes
included in the Group II Series of Notes and all outstanding Carrying Charges
and (ii) the Vehicle Lease Expiration Date for the last Group II Vehicle leased
by a Lessee hereunder. The "Term" of this Agreement shall mean the period
commencing on the Lease Commencement Date and ending on the Lease Expiration
Date.
4. RENT AND CHARGES. Each Lessee will pay Rent as set forth in this
Section 4:
4.1 Payment of Rent. On each Due Date, each Lessee shall pay to the
Lessor the aggregate of all Rent that has accrued during the Related Month with
respect to the Vehicles leased by such Lessee under this Agreement, as provided
in the related Lease Annexes.
4.2 Payment of Monthly Supplemental Payments. On each Due Date, each
Lessee shall pay to the Lessor the Monthly Supplemental Payments that have
accrued during the Related Month with respect to the Financed Vehicles leased
by such Lessee under this Agreement, as provided in paragraphs 6 and 8 of Annex
B to this Agreement.
4.3 Payment of Supplemental Rent. On each Due Date, each Lessee shall
pay to the Lessor such Lessee's pro rata share (on the basis of the aggregate
Net Book Value of Group II Vehicles leased by such Lessee during the Related
Month) of the Monthly Supplemental Rent due on such Due Date. "Monthly
Supplemental Rent" with respect to each Due Date shall equal (x) the accrued
interest on all Outstanding Notes included in the Group II Series of Notes for
the Related Month, plus (y) the Carrying Charges for the Related Month
allocable to any Group II Series of Notes, minus (z) the aggregate of all
Monthly Variable Rent and Monthly Finance Rent accrued with respect to the
Related Month for all Group II Vehicles leased hereunder.
4.4 Payment of Termination Payments, Casualty Payments, and Late Return
Payments. On each Due Date, each Lessee shall pay to the Lessor all Casualty
Payments, Termination Payments and
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Late Return Payments that have accrued with respect to the Group II Vehicles
leased by such Lessee under this Agreement, as provided in, respectively,
Sections 6.1, 11.3 and 12.
4.5 Late Payment. In the event the relevant Lessee fails to remit
payment of any amount due on or before the Due Date, the amount not paid will
be considered delinquent and such Lessee will pay a late charge equal to the
product of (a) the VFR plus 1% and (b) the delinquent amount for the period
from the Due Date until such delinquent amount is received by the Trustee.
4.6 Prepayments. To the extent provided in Paragraph 9(b)(iii) of Annex
A and Paragraph 6(d) of Annex B, a Lessee may prepay to the Lessor, in whole or
in part, the Rent or other payments accrued during the Related Month with
respect to any Group II Vehicles leased by such Lessee under this Agreement.
5. INSURANCE. Budget represents that it shall at all times maintain
insurance coverage for each Lessee in accordance with the applicable state law
requirements and other requirements as set forth below. Each Non-Budget Lessee
represents that it shall at all times maintain insurance coverage for itself in
full force and effect in accordance with the appropriate states' requirements
and other requirements as set forth below. Budget, each Lessee and each
Non-Budget Lessee agree that the Lessor shall be entitled to the benefits of
any such insurance at all times during the term of this Lease.
5.1 Personal Injury and Damage. Subject to applicable state and other
requirements, Budget and each Non-Budget Lessee may self-insure against
personal injury and damage claims arising from the use of the Vehicles as well
as damage to Group II Vehicles.
5.2 Delivery of Certificate of Insurance. Within 10 days after (i) the
Closing Date with respect to each Series of Notes included in the Group II
Series of Notes or (ii) with respect to any additional party becoming a
"Lessee" hereunder pursuant to the provisions of Section 23 hereof, within 10
days after such party becomes a "Lessee," hereunder), Budget, on behalf of the
Lessees, and each Non-Budget Lessee shall deliver to the Lessor a certificate
of insurance naming the Lessor and the Trustee as additional insured as to the
items referenced by Section 5.1 hereinabove or a written statement to the
effect that such Lessee is self insuring. Such insurance shall not be changed
or canceled except as provided below in Section 5.3.
5.3 Changes in Insurance Coverage. No changes shall be made in any of
the foregoing insurance unless the prior written consent of the Lessor and the
Trustee are first obtained. The Lessor may grant or withhold its consent to any
proposed change in such insurance in its sole discretion. The Trustee shall be
required to grant its consent to any proposed change in such insurance upon
compliance with the following conditions:
(i) The Guarantor or the applicable Non-Budget Lessee shall
deliver not less than 30 days prior written notice of any proposed
change in such insurance to the Trustee and each
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Rating Agency, which notice shall contain a certification of a
reputable insurance broker that is not affiliated with any member of
the Lessee Group that the insurance program maintained by Budget, on
behalf of the Lessees, and by each Non-Budget Lessee (after the taking
effect of such proposed change) comports with industry standards for
Persons engaged in the business of renting similar vehicles and having
net worth and operating income similar to that of such member of the
Lessee Group; and
(ii) So long as a Rating Agency is then currently requested to
rate any Group II Series of Notes or any class thereof, the Guarantor
shall furnish to the Trustee a letter from each Rating Agency with
respect to the outstanding Notes in the Group II Series of Notes to
the effect that such proposed change in insurance will not cause a
reduction in or a withdrawal of such rating.
6. CASUALTY OBLIGATION.
6.1 Casualty. If a Group II Vehicle becomes a Casualty, then the Lessee
that is leasing such Group II Vehicle will (i) promptly notify the Lessor
thereof and (ii) in the case of a Lessor-Owned Vehicle, promptly, but in no
event later than the first Due Date after the end of the Related Month in which
such Group II Vehicle becomes a Casualty, pay to the Lessor the Net Book Value
of each such Group II Vehicle that is a Group II Repurchase Vehicle (such
payment, a "Casualty Payment"). Upon payment by the Lessee to the Lessor of the
Casualty Payment for any Group II Vehicle that has become a Casualty (i) if
such Vehicle is a Lessor-Owned Vehicle, the Lessor shall cause title to such
Group II Vehicle to be transferred to the relevant Lessee to facilitate
liquidation of such Group II Vehicle by the Lessee, (ii) such Lessee shall be
entitled to any physical damage insurance proceeds applicable to such Group II
Vehicle, and (iii) the Lien of the Trustee on such Group II Vehicle shall be
released by the Servicer.
7. VEHICLE USE. So long as no Lease Event of Default, Liquidation
Event or Limited Liquidation Event of Default has occurred and so long as no
Lessee Partial Wind-Down Event has occurred with respect to the relevant Lessee
(subject, however, to Paragraph 7 of Annex A), such Lessee may use Group II
Vehicles leased hereunder in the regular course of business of such Lessee.
Such use shall be confined primarily to the United States, with limited use in
Canada and Mexico; provided, however, that the principal place of business or
rental office of such Lessee with respect to the Group II Vehicles is located
in the United States. The relevant Lessee shall promptly and duly execute,
deliver, file and record all such documents, statements, filings and
registrations, and take such further actions as the Lessor, the Servicer or the
Trustee shall from time to time reasonably request in order to establish,
perfect and maintain the Lessor's title to and interest in the Group II
Vehicles and the related Certificates of Title as against such Lessee or any
third party in any applicable jurisdiction and to establish, perfect and
maintain the Trustee's Lien on the Group II Vehicles and the related
Certificates of Title as a perfected first Lien in any applicable jurisdiction.
Each Lessee may, at the relevant Lessee's sole expense, change the place of
principal location of any Group II Vehicles.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, no change of location shall be undertaken unless
and until (i) all actions necessary to maintain the Lien of the Trustee on such
Group II Vehicles and the related Certificates of Title shall have been taken
and (ii) all legal requirements applicable to such Group II Vehicles shall have
been met or obtained. Following a Lease Event of Default, Lessee Partial
Wind-Down Event, or, with respect to the Group II Repurchase Vehicles, a
Manufacturer Event of Default, and upon the Lessor's request, the relevant
Lessee shall advise the Lessor in writing where all Group II Vehicles leased by
such Lessee as of such date are principally located. The Lessee shall not
knowingly use any Group II Vehicles, or knowingly permit the same to be used,
for any unlawful purpose. Each Lessee shall use reasonable precautions to
prevent loss or damage to Group II Vehicles. Each Lessee shall comply with all
applicable statutes, decrees, ordinances and regulations regarding acquiring,
titling, registering, leasing, insuring and disposing of Group II Vehicles and
shall take reasonable steps to ensure that drivers of such Group II Vehicles
are duly licensed to drive in accordance with applicable law. Each Lessee and
the Lessor agree that each Lessee shall perform, at its own expense, such
Vehicle preparation and conditioning services with respect to Group II Vehicles
purchased by the Lessor from the Manufacturers as are customary. The Lessor,
the Trustee or any authorized representative of the Lessor or the Trustee may
during reasonable business hours from time to time, without disruption of each
Lessee's business, subject to applicable law, inspect Group II Vehicles and
registration certificates, Certificates of Title and related documents covering
Group II Vehicles wherever the same shall be located. Group II Vehicles leased
hereunder may be subleased by the applicable Lessee to any other Lessee listed
on Schedule 1 to this Agreement or added as a Lessee pursuant to Section 23 of
this Agreement; provided, however, that neither the original Lessee nor the
Guarantor shall be released from any of its obligations in respect of any Group
II Vehicle so subleased.
8. REGISTRATION; LICENSE; TRAFFIC SUMMONSES; PENALTIES AND FINES. The
Lessee Group, at its expense, shall be responsible for proper registration and
licensing of Group II Vehicles, and titling of Group II Vehicles in the name of
the Lessor (in the case of Lessor-Owned Vehicles, Texas Vehicles and Hawaii
Vehicles) or the applicable Lessee (in the case of all Financed Vehicles other
than Texas Vehicles and Hawaii Vehicles), in each case with the Lien of the
Trustee noted thereon, and, where required, shall have Group II Vehicles
inspected by any appropriate Governmental Authority; provided, however, that
notwithstanding the foregoing, all Certificates of Title shall at all times
remain in the custody of the Servicer in accordance with the provisions of the
Base Indenture. The Lessee leasing such Group II Vehicle shall be responsible
for the payment of all registration fees, title fees, license fees, traffic
summonses, penalties, judgments and fines incurred with respect to any Group II
Vehicle during the Vehicle Term for such Group II Vehicle or imposed during the
Vehicle Term for such Group II Vehicle by any Governmental Authority or any
court of law or equity with respect to Group II Vehicles in connection with the
relevant Lessee's operation of Group II Vehicles, and the Lessor, in its
discretion, may, but shall not be obligated to, pay any such amounts on the
Lessee's behalf if the Lessee's failure to pay the same interferes with the
free transferability or saleability of such Group II Vehicle or impairs the
ability to transfer clear title to such Group II Vehicle; and any such amounts
paid by the Lessor will be reimbursed within 30 days of the Lessor notifying
such Lessee of such payment. The Lessor agrees to execute a power of attorney
in the form of Attachment
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B hereto (each, a "Power of Attorney"), and such other documents as may be
necessary in order to allow the Lessees to title, register and dispose of the
Lessor-Owned Vehicles and the Texas Vehicles and Hawaii Vehicles; provided,
however, that possession of all Certificates of Title shall at all times remain
with the applicable Servicer in accordance with the provisions of the Base
Indenture and each Lessee acknowledges and agrees that, with respect to the
Lessor-Owned Vehicles, it has no right, title or interest in or with respect to
any Certificate of Title. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the
Lessor may terminate such Power of Attorney as provided in Section 19 hereof.
9. MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS. Each Lessee shall pay for all maintenance
and repairs to keep Group II Vehicles in good working order and condition, and
will maintain Group II Vehicles as required in order to keep the Manufacturer's
warranty in force, and in the case of Group II Repurchase Vehicles, shall
comply with all requirements of the related Repurchase Program to the extent
necessary to maintain the eligibility of such Group II Vehicles. Each Lessee
will return Group II Vehicles to an authorized Manufacturer facility or the
relevant Lessee's Manufacturer authorized warranty station for warranty work.
Each Lessee will comply with any Manufacturer's recall of any Group II Vehicle.
Each Lessee will pay, or cause to be paid, all usual and routine expenses
incurred in the use and operation of Group II Vehicles including, but not
limited to, fuel, lubricants, and coolants. Any such expenses not paid by, or
on behalf of, the relevant Lessee may, after 30 days notice to such Lessee, be
paid by the Lessor and any expenses incurred by the Lessor on such Lessee's
behalf for maintenance, repair, operation or use of Group II Vehicles by such
Lessee will be promptly reimbursed (in any event no later than the next monthly
Due Date following such notice) by such Lessee to the Lessor in the amount paid
by the Lessor. No Lessee shall make any material alterations to any Group II
Vehicles without the prior consent of the Lessor. Any improvements or additions
to any Lessor-Owned Vehicle shall become and remain the property of the Lessor,
except that any addition to such a Group II Vehicle made by the relevant Lessee
shall remain the property of such Lessee if it can be disconnected from the
Group II Vehicle without impairing the functioning or resale value thereof,
other than any function or value provided by such addition or improvement.
10. VEHICLE WARRANTIES. If a Group II Vehicle is covered by a
Manufacturer's warranty, each Lessee, during the Vehicle Term, shall have the
right to make any claims under such warranty which the Lessor could make and to
receive related proceeds directly. As provided in Section 2.4, the Lessor makes
no warranty or representation whatsoever, express or implied, with respect to
any Group II Vehicle.
11. VEHICLE RETURN GUIDELINES.
11.1 Vehicle Turn-in-Condition. As used herein "vehicle turn-in
condition" with respect to each Group II Repurchase Vehicle will be determined
in accordance with the related Repurchase Program. Group II Repurchase Vehicles
not meeting the applicable Repurchase Program's vehicle turn-in condition
guidelines will be purchased by the relevant Lessee in accordance with the
Casualty procedure set forth in Section 6.1.
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11.2 Return. Each Lessee will return each Group II Repurchase Vehicle
(other than a Casualty) to the nearest related Manufacturer official auction or
other facility designated by such manufacturer at the relevant Lessee's sole
expense prior to the expiration of the Maximum Term for such Group II Vehicle.
Each Lessee agrees that the Group II Repurchase Vehicles will be in vehicle
turn-in condition as specified in the applicable Repurchase Program. Any
rebates or credits applicable to the unexpired term of any license plates for a
Group II Repurchase Vehicle shall inure to the benefit of the relevant Lessee.
11.3 Termination Payments. Upon receipt of (i) payment of the
Repurchase Price or Guaranteed Payment with respect to each Group II Repurchase
Vehicle from the Manufacturer (or the receipt of payment of the Repurchase
Price of each Group II Repurchase Vehicle through an auction conducted by or
through a Manufacturer), the Lessor will charge the relevant Lessee for any
Excess Damage Charges, Excess Mileage Charges or early turnback surcharges as
determined by the Manufacturer or its agent in accordance with the applicable
Repurchase Program or (ii) the net proceeds from the sale of any Group II
Repurchase Vehicle, the Lessor will charge the relevant Lessee for any damage
charges or mileage charges as determined by the Lessor in its reasonable
judgment (any such charges in (i) or (ii) are referred to as a "Termination
Payment"). The provisions of this Section 11.3 will survive the expiration or
earlier termination of the Term.
11.4 Repurchase Price Interest. The applicable Lessee shall pay to the
Lessor, as part of the Monthly Base Rent, interest accrued at a rate equal to
the VFR on the Repurchase Price of each Group II Repurchase Vehicle for the
period between the Turnback Date for such Group II Vehicle and receipt of such
Repurchase Price by the Lessor from the Manufacturer ("Repurchase Price
Interest"). The provisions of this Section 11.4 will survive the expiration or
earlier termination of the Term.
12. DISPOSITION PROCEDURE. Each Lessee will comply with the
requirements of law and the requirements of the Repurchase Programs in
connection with, among other things, the delivery of Certificates of Title and
documents of transfer signed as necessary in connection with the sale of any
Group II Vehicle to a third party or the return of any Group II Repurchase
Vehicle in accordance with an Eligible Repurchase Program. In addition, with
respect to the return of a Group II Repurchase Vehicle to a Manufacturer or the
delivery of a Group II Repurchase Vehicle to an authorized auction site, the
Lessee thereof shall also deliver a signed Condition Report and signed odometer
statement to be submitted with such Group II Repurchase Vehicle and accepted by
the Manufacturer or its agent at the time of Group II Repurchase Vehicle return
or delivery, as applicable. If a Group II Repurchase Vehicle is not returned to
the Manufacturer and accepted by the Manufacturer, or delivered to (and
accepted by) an authorized auction site, prior to the expiration of the Maximum
Term with respect to such Group II Repurchase Vehicle, the relevant Lessee
shall purchase such Group II Repurchase Vehicle for the appropriate Vehicle
Purchase Price and pay the Lessor such amount (such amount, the "Late Return
Payment") within 15 days after the end of the Maximum Term (together with any
Repurchase Price Interest accrued from the last day of the Maximum Term to the
date that such payment is received by the Lessor).
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13. ODOMETER DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT. Each Lessee agrees to comply with
all requirements of law and all Repurchase Program requirements in connection
with the transfer of ownership of any Group II Vehicle by the Lessor,
including, without limitation, the submission of any required odometer
disclosure statement at the time of any such transfer of ownership.
14. [RESERVED.]
15. GENERAL INDEMNITY.
15.1 Indemnity by the Lessees. Each member of the Lessee Group agrees
jointly and severally to indemnify and hold harmless the Lessor and the
Lessor's directors, officers, agents and employees (collectively, the
"Indemnified Persons"), against any and all claims, demands and liabilities of
whatsoever nature and all costs and expenses relating to or in any way arising
out of:
15.1.1 the ordering, delivery, acquisition, title on
acquisition, rejection, installation, possession, titling, retitling,
registration, re-registration, custody by the Lessee Group of title
and registration documents, use, nonuse, misuse, operation,
deficiency, defect, transportation, repair, control or disposition of
any Group II Vehicle leased hereunder or to be leased hereunder
pursuant to a request by the relevant Lessee. The foregoing shall
include, without limitation, any liability (or any alleged liability)
of the Lessor to any third party arising out of any of the foregoing,
including, without limitation, all legal fees, costs and disbursements
arising out of such liability (or alleged liability);
15.1.2 all (i) federal, state, county, municipal, foreign or
other fees and taxes of whatsoever nature, including but not limited
to license, qualification, registration, franchise, sales, use, gross
receipts, ad valorem, business, property (real or personal), excise,
motor vehicle, and occupation fees and taxes, and all federal, state
and local income taxes (including any taxes which are payable by the
Lessor as a result of it being a member of the consolidated Lessee
Group), and penalties and interest thereon, whether assessed, levied
against or payable by the Lessor or otherwise, with respect to any
Group II Vehicle or the acquisition, purchase, sale, rental, use,
operation, control, ownership or disposition of any Group II Vehicle
or measured in any way by the value thereof or by the business of,
investment in, or ownership by the Lessor with respect thereto and
(ii) documentary, stamp, filing, recording, mortgage or other taxes,
if any, which may be payable by the Lessor in connection with this
Agreement or the other Related Documents;
15.1.3 any violation by the relevant member of the Lessee
Group of this Agreement or of any Related Documents to which such
member of the Lessee Group IIs a party or by which it is bound or any
laws, rules, regulations, orders, writs, injunctions, decrees,
consents, approvals, exemptions, authorizations or licenses of any
governmental or public body or authority and all other requirements
having the force of law applicable at any time to any
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Group II Vehicle or any action or transaction by such member of the
Lessee Group with respect thereto or pursuant to this Agreement;
15.1.4 all-out-of-pocket costs of the Lessor (including the
fees and out-of-pocket expenses of counsel for the Lessor) in
connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and the other Related Documents, including, without
limitation, overhead expenses and any and all fees of the Trustee, all
fees payable in connection with any Enhancement for the benefit of the
Holders of Notes included in the Group II Series of Notes, any and all
fees of the Servicer under the Base Indenture (to the extent
attributable to any Group II Series of Notes), fees, if any, payable
to the Rating Agencies in connection with their rating of any Group II
Series of Notes or any class thereof and any underwriting or placement
agency fees, if any, incurred in connection with the sale of any Group
II Series of Notes or any class thereof;
15.1.5 all out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including
reasonable attorneys, fees and legal expenses) incurred by the Lessor,
the Trustee or the Holders of Notes included in the Group II Series of
Notes in connection with the administration, enforcement, waiver or
amendment of this Agreement and any other Related Documents and all
indemnification obligations of the Lessor under the Related Documents;
and
15.1.6 all costs, fees, expenses, damages and liabilities
(including, without limitation, the fees and out-of-pocket expenses of
counsel) in connection with, or arising out of, any claim made by any
third party against the Lessor for any reason (including, without
limitation, with respect to Group II Repurchase Vehicles in connection
with any audit or investigation conducted by a Manufacturer under its
Repurchase Program).
15.2 Reimbursement Obligation by the Lessee Group. Each member of the
Lessee Group shall forthwith upon demand reimburse the Lessor for any sum or
sums expended with respect to any of the foregoing, or shall pay such amounts
directly upon request from the Lessor; provided, however, that, if so requested
by the relevant member of the Lessee Group, the Lessor shall submit to such
member of the Lessee Group a statement documenting any such demand for
reimbursement or prepayment. To the extent that the relevant member of the
Lessee Group IIn fact indemnities the Lessor under the indemnity provisions of
this Agreement, such member of the Lessee Group shall be subrogated to the
Lessor's rights in the affected transaction and shall have a right to determine
the settlement of claims therein. The foregoing indemnity as contained in this
Section 15 shall survive the expiration or earlier termination of this
Agreement or any lease of any Group II Vehicle hereunder.
15.3 Defense of Claims. Defense of any claim referred to in this
Section 15 for which indemnity may be required shall, at the option and request
of the Indemnified Person, be conducted by the relevant member of the Lessee
Group. The relevant member of the Lessee Group will inform the Indemnified
Person of any such claim and of the defense thereof and will provide copies of
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documents relating to any such claim or defense to such Indemnified Person upon
request. Such Indemnified Person may participate in any such defense at its own
expense provided such participation does not interfere with the relevant member
of the Lessee Group's assertion of such claim or defense. The relevant member
of the Lessee Group agrees that no Indemnified Person will be liable to such
member of the Lessee Group for any claim caused directly or indirectly by the
inadequacy of any Group II Vehicle for any purpose or any deficiency or defect
therein or the use or maintenance thereof or any repairs, servicing or
adjustments thereto or any delay in providing or failure to provide such or any
interruption or loss of service or use thereof or any loss of business, all of
which shall be the risk and responsibility of such member of the Lessee Group.
The rights and indemnities of each Indemnified Person hereunder are expressly
made for the benefit of, and will be enforceable by, each Indemnified Person
notwithstanding the fact that such Indemnified Person is either no longer a
party to (or entitled to receive the benefits of) this Agreement, or was not a
party to (or entitled to receive the benefits of) this Agreement at its outset.
Except as otherwise set forth herein, nothing herein shall be deemed to require
the relevant member of the Lessee Group to indemnify the Lessor for any of the
Lessor's acts or omissions which constitute gross negligence or willful
misconduct. This general indemnity shall not affect any claims of the type
discussed above which the relevant member of the Lessee Group may have against
the Manufacturer.
16. ASSIGNMENT.
16.1 Right of the Lessor to Assign this Agreement. The Lessor shall
have the right to finance the acquisition and ownership of Group II Vehicles by
selling or assigning its right, title and interest in moneys due from each
Lessee and any third party under this Agreement; provided, however, that any
such sale or assignment shall be subject to the rights and interest of the
relevant Lessee in such Vehicles, including but not limited to such Lessee's
right of quiet and peaceful possession of the Lessor-Owned Vehicles as set
forth in Section 12 of Annex A to this Agreement, and under this Agreement.
16.2 Limitations on the Right of the Lessee to Assign this Agreement.
No Lessee shall, except as provided in the Base Indenture, without prior
written consent of the Lessor and the Trustee, assign this Agreement or any of
its rights hereunder to any other party; provided, however, the relevant Lessee
may rent vehicles under the terms of such Lessee's normal daily rental
programs. Any purported assignment in violation of this Section 16.2 shall be
void and of no force or effect. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to
restrict the right of any Lessee to acquire or dispose of, by purchase, lease,
financing, or otherwise, motor vehicles that are not subject to the provisions
of this Agreement.
17. DEFAULT AND REMEDIES THEREFOR.
17.1 Lease Events of Default. Any one or more of the following will
constitute an event of default (a "Lease Event of Default") as that term is
used herein:
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17.1.1 Payment Default. There occurs (i) a default in the
payment of any Monthly Base Rent and the continuance thereof for a
period of two Business Days, (ii) a default in the payment of any
Monthly Variable Rent, Monthly Finance Rent, Monthly Supplemental Rent
or Monthly Supplemental Payment, and the continuance thereof for five
Business Days or (iii) a default and continuance thereof for five
Business Days after notice thereof by the Lessor or the Trustee to the
Lessee Group IIn the payment of any amount payable under this
Agreement (other than amounts described in clause (i) or (ii) above);
17.1.2 Unauthorized Assignment. Any unauthorized assignment
or transfer of this Agreement by any member of the Lessee Group
occurs;
17.1.3 Breach of Contract. Subject to the provisions of
Section 19 hereof regarding Lessee Partial Wind-Down Events, the
failure of the Lessee Group to observe or perform any material
covenant, condition, agreement or provision hereof (other than one
described in Section 17.1.1, 17.1.2 or 17.1.9), including, but not
limited to, usage and maintenance, and such default continues for more
than 30 days after the earlier to occur of (a) the date a Responsible
Officer of the Lessee obtains knowledge of such default or (b) the
date written notice thereof is delivered by the Lessor or the Trustee
to such Lessee; provided, however, that if such failure cannot
reasonably be cured within such 30 day period, no Lease Event of
Default shall result therefrom so long as, within such 30 day period,
such Lessee (i) commences to cure same, (ii) delivers written notice
to the Lessor and the Trustee notifying the Lessor and the Trustee of
such default and setting forth the steps such Lessee intends to take
in order to cure such default and (iii) thereafter diligently
prosecutes such cure to completion and completely cures such default
on or before the 50th day after the earlier of the dates set forth in
clause (a) and clause (b) above;
17.1.4 Breach of Representation or Warranty. Subject to the
provisions of Section 19 hereof regarding Lessee Partial Wind-Down
Events, if any representation or warranty made by the Lessee Group
herein proves untrue in any material respect as of the date of the
issuance or making thereof and is not cured within 30 days after
notice thereof from the Lessor or the Trustee to the Lessee Group;
17.1.5 Event of Bankruptcy. Subject to the provisions of
Section 19 hereof regarding Lessee Partial Wind-Down Events, an Event
of Bankruptcy occurs with respect to any member of the Lessee Group;
17.1.6 Default Under Another Lease. A Lease Event of Default
occurs under the Amended and Restated Motor Vehicle Lease Agreement,
dated as of December 1, 1996, the Motor Vehicle Lease Agreement,
Series 1997-1, dated as of April 1, 1997, the Motor Vehicle Lease
Agreement, Series 1997-2, dated as of April 29, 1997, the Amended and
Restated
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Master Motor Vehicle Lease Agreement Group I, dated as of June 19,
1998 or any other Lease with respect to which Budget is a guarantor;
17.1.7 Required Credit Support Amount. The Credit Support
Amount for any Group II Series of Notes shall be less than the Minimum
Credit Support Amount for such Series and such condition shall
continue to exist for more than one Business Day; or
17.1.8 Letter of Credit Reimbursement Agreement. An event of
default occurs under the Letter of Credit Reimbursement Agreement for
any Group II Series of Notes which continues beyond any applicable
cure period specified in such Letter of Credit Reimbursement
Agreement.
17.1.9 Release of Liens on Refinanced Vehicles. Any
condition precedent specified in the proviso to Section 2.5(c)(ii) or
the proviso to Section 2.5(c)(iii) is not satisfied on or before the
close of business on March 10, 2000.
17.2 Effect of Lease Event of Default. If (i) a Lease Event of Default
described in Section 17.1.1, 17.1.2, 17.1.5, 17.1.7 or 17.1.8 shall occur, then
the Monthly Base Rent, Casualty Payments, the Monthly Supplemental Payments
(calculated as if all Financed Vehicles had become a Casualty for the Related
Month), the Monthly Variable Rent and Monthly Finance Rent (calculated as if
the full amount of interest, principal and other charges under all Outstanding
Group II Series of Notes were then due and payable in full), the Monthly
Supplemental Rent (calculated as if the full amount of interest, principal and
other charges under all Outstanding Group II Series of Notes were then due and
payable in full) shall, automatically, without further action by the Lessor or
the Trustee, become immediately due and payable or (ii) any other Lease Event
of Default or any Liquidation Event of Default shall occur, the Lessor or the
Trustee may declare the Rent (calculated as described in clause (i) above) to
be due and payable, whereupon such Rent (as so calculated) shall, subject to
Section 17.5, become immediately due and payable.
17.3 Rights of Lessor Upon Lease Event of Default, Liquidation Event
of Default or Limited Liquidation Event of Default. If a Lease Event of
Default, Limited Liquidation Event of Default or Liquidation Event of Default
shall occur, then the Lessor at its option may:
(i) Proceed by appropriate court action or actions, either at
law or in equity, to enforce performance by the Lessee Group (or such
member(s) thereof against which the Lessor determines to exercise its
remedies hereunder) of the applicable covenants and terms of this
Agreement or to recover damages for the breach hereof calculated in
accordance with Section 17.5; or
(ii) By notice in writing to the Lessee Group (or such
member(s) thereof against which the Lessor determines to exercise its
remedies hereunder) following the occurrence of a Lease
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Event of Default, terminate this Agreement in its entirety (or in
respect only of the applicable member(s) thereof) and/or the right of
possession hereunder of the Lessee Group (or the applicable member(s)
thereof) as to the Group II Vehicles, and the Lessor may direct
delivery by the Lessee Group (or the applicable member(s) thereof) of
documents of title to the Group II Vehicles, whereupon all rights and
interests of the Lessee Group (or the applicable member(s) thereof) to
the Group II Vehicles will cease and terminate (but the Lessee Group
(or the applicable member(s) thereof) will remain liable hereunder as
herein provided; provided, however, the Lessee Group's liability will
be calculated in accordance with Section 17.5); and thereupon, the
Lessor or its agents may peaceably enter upon the premises of the
applicable Lessee(s) or other premises where the Group II Vehicles may
be located and take possession of them and thenceforth hold, possess
and enjoy the same free from any right of the Lessee Group (or the
applicable member(s) thereof), or their successors or assigns, to use
the Group II Vehicles for any purpose whatsoever, and the Lessor will,
nevertheless, have a right to recover from the Lessee Group (or the
applicable member(s) thereof) any and all amounts which under the
terms of Section 17.2 (as limited by Section 17.5) of this Agreement
may be then due. The Lessor will provide the Lessee Group (or the
applicable member(s) thereof) with written notice of the place and
time of the sale at least five days prior to the proposed sale, which
shall be deemed commercially reasonable, and any Lessee may purchase
the Group II Vehicle(s) at the sale. Each and every power and remedy
hereby specifically given to the Lessor will be in addition to every
other power and remedy hereby specifically given or now or hereafter
existing at law, in equity or in bankruptcy and each and every power
and remedy may be exercised from time to time and simultaneously and
as often and in such order as may be deemed expedient by the Lessor;
provided, however, that the measure of damages recoverable against the
Lessees will in any case be calculated in accordance with Section
17.5. All such powers and remedies will be cumulative, and the
exercise of one will not be deemed a waiver of the right to exercise
any other or others. No delay or omission of the Lessor in the
exercise of any such power or remedy and no renewal or extension of
any payments due hereunder will impair any such power or remedy or
will be construed to be a waiver of any default or any acquiescence
therein. Any extension of time for payment hereunder or other
indulgence duly granted to the Lessee Group (or the applicable
member(s) thereof) will not otherwise alter or affect the Lessor's
rights or the obligations hereunder of the Lessee Group (or the
applicable member(s) thereof). The Lessor's acceptance of any payment
after it will have become due hereunder will not be deemed to alter or
affect the Lessor's rights hereunder with respect to any subsequent
payments or defaults herein; or
(iii) By notice in writing to the Lessee Group (or such
member(s) thereof against which the Lessor determines to exercise its
remedies hereunder), terminate the Power of Attorney.
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17.4 Rights of Trustee Upon Liquidation Event of Default, Limited
Liquidation Event of Default and Non-Performance of Certain Covenants.
(i) If a Liquidation Event of Default, a Limited Liquidation
Event of Default or a Manufacturer Event of Default, shall have
occurred and be continuing, the Lessor and the Trustee, to the extent
provided in the Base Indenture, shall have the rights against the
Guarantor, each Lessee, each Manufacturer in connection with any
Manufacturer Event of Default and the Collateral provided in the Base
Indenture (including, without limitation, in connection with a
Manufacturer Event of Default, the rights granted under Section 9.3 of
the Base Indenture) upon a Liquidation Event of Default or Limited
Liquidation Event of Default, including the right to take possession
of all Group II Vehicles immediately from the Lessees.
(ii) With respect to Group II Repurchase Vehicles, if the
Guarantor or any Lessee shall default in the due performance and
observance of any of its obligations under Section 29.3, 29.4,
29.5(iv), 29.8, 30.3 or 30.4 hereof, and such default shall continue
unremedied for a period of 30 days after notice thereof shall have
been given to the Guarantor by the Lessor, the Lessor or the Trustee,
as assignee of the Lessor's rights hereunder, shall have the ability
to exercise all rights, remedies, powers, privileges and claims of the
Guarantor or any Lessee against the Manufacturers under or in
connection with the Repurchase Programs with respect to (i) Group II
Repurchase Vehicles that the Guarantor or any Lessee has determined to
turn back to the Manufacturers under such Repurchase Programs and (ii)
whether or not the Guarantor or any Lessee shall then have determined
to turn back such Group II Repurchase Vehicles, any such Group II
Repurchase Vehicles for which the applicable Repurchase Period will
end within one week or less.
(iii) Upon a default in the performance (after giving effect
to any grace periods provided herein) by the Guarantor or any Lessee
of its obligations hereunder to keep the Group II Vehicles free of
Liens and to maintain the Trustee's Lien perfected on the Group II
Collateral, the Trustee shall have the right to take actions
reasonably necessary to correct such default with respect to the
subject Group II Vehicles including the execution of UCC financing
statements with respect to Repurchase Programs and other general
intangibles, and the completion of Vehicle Perfection and
Documentation Requirements on behalf of the Guarantor or the Lessee,
as applicable.
(iv) Upon the occurrence of a Liquidation Event of Default or
Limited Liquidation Event of Default, the Guarantor and each Lessee
will return any Group II Repurchase Vehicles to the related
Manufacturer in accordance with the instructions of the Lessor.
(v) Upon the occurrence of a Liquidation Event of Default or
Limited Liquidation Event of Default, the Lessor shall have the right
to dispose of those Group II Repurchase Vehicles not accepted by the
related Manufacturer under the applicable Repurchase Program pursuant
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clause (iv) above. In addition, the Lessor shall have all of the
rights, remedies, powers, privileges and claims vis-a-vis the
Guarantor or any Lessee, necessary or desirable to allow the Trustee
to exercise the rights, remedies, powers, privileges and claims given
to the Trustee pursuant to Section 9.2 and Section 9.3 of the Base
Indenture and the Guarantor and each Lessee acknowledges that it has
hereby granted to the Lessor all of the rights, remedies, powers,
privileges and claims granted to the Trustee pursuant to Article 9 of
the Base Indenture and that, under certain circumstances set forth in
the Base Indenture, the Trustee may act in lieu of the Lessor in the
exercise of such rights, remedies, powers, privileges and claims.
17.5 Measure of Damages. If a Lease Event of Default, Liquidation Event
of Default or Limited Liquidation Event of Default occurs and the Lessor or the
Trustee exercises the remedies granted to the Lessor or the Trustee under this
Article 17, the amount that the Lessor shall be permitted to recover shall be
equal to:
(i) all Rent under this Agreement (calculated as provided in
Section 17.2); plus
(ii) any damages and expenses, including reasonable attorneys'
fees and expenses (and including net after-tax losses of federal and
state income tax benefits to which the Lessor would otherwise be
entitled under this Agreement), which the Lessor or the Trustee will
have sustained by reason of the Lease Event of Default, Liquidation
Event of Default or Limited Liquidation Event of Default, together
with reasonable sums for such attorneys' fees and such expenses as
will be expended or incurred in the seizure, storage, rental or sale
of the Vehicles or in the enforcement of any right or privilege
hereunder or in any consultation or action in such connection; plus
(iii) all other amounts due and payable under this Agreement;
plus
(iv) interest on amounts due and unpaid under this Agreement
at the VFR plus 1% from time to time computed from the date of the
Lease Event of Default, Liquidation Event of Default or Limited
Liquidation Event of Default or the date payments were originally due
the Lessor under this Agreement or from the date of each expenditure
by the Lessor which is recoverable from the Lessees pursuant to this
Section 17, as applicable, to and including the date payments are made
by the Lessees; minus
(v) an amount equal to all sums realized by the Lessor or the
Trustee from the liquidation of the Group II Vehicles leased hereunder
(whether by receipt of payment from the Manufacturers under Repurchase
Programs, from sales of Group II Vehicles to third parties, or
otherwise).
17.6 Application of Proceeds. The proceeds of any sale or other
disposition pursuant to Section 17.3 or 17.4 shall be applied in the following
order: (i) to the reasonable costs and expenses
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incurred by the Lessor in connection with such sale or disposition, including
any reasonable costs associated with repairing any Group II Vehicles, and
reasonable attorneys' fees in connection with the enforcement of this
Agreement, (ii) to the payment of outstanding Rent (such payments to be applied
first to outstanding Monthly Variable Rent and Monthly Finance Rent, then to
outstanding Monthly Supplemental Rent, then to outstanding Monthly Base Rent,
(iii) to the payment of all other amounts due hereunder, and (iv) any remaining
amounts to the Lessor, or such Person(s) as may be lawfully entitled thereto.
18. MANUFACTURER EVENTS OF DEFAULT. Upon the occurrence of any of the
following events (each, a "Manufacturer Event of Default") with respect to any
Manufacturer, the relevant Lessee on behalf of the Lessor (a) shall no longer
place Group II Vehicle Orders from such Manufacturer (each, a "Defaulting
Manufacturer") for any additional Group II Vehicles and (b) shall cancel any
Group II Vehicle Order with such Defaulting Manufacturer to which a VIN has not
been assigned as of the date such Manufacturer Event of Default occurs:
18.1 The failure of such Manufacturer to pay any amount when due
pursuant to the related Repurchase Program with respect to a Repurchase Vehicle
which was leased under any Lease and turned in to such Manufacturer or
delivered to an authorized auction site pursuant to the related Repurchase
Program; provided, however, that such failure continues for more than 90 days
following the Turnback Date such that the aggregate of any such amounts not
paid for more than 90 days are in the aggregate in excess of $40,000,000 net of
amounts that are the subject of a good faith dispute as evidenced in writing by
either a member of the Lessee Group or the Manufacturer questioning the
accuracy of the amounts paid or payable in respect of certain Group II
Repurchase Vehicles tendered for repurchase, or delivered to an authorized
auction site, under a Repurchase Program.
18.2 The termination of such Manufacturer's Repurchase Program.
18.3 The occurrence of an Event of Bankruptcy with respect to such
Manufacturer.
18.4 Such Manufacturer is no longer an Eligible Manufacturer.
18.5 The Repurchase Program of a Manufacturer shall no longer be an
Eligible Repurchase Program.
19. LESSEE PARTIAL WIND-DOWN EVENTS. Upon the occurrence of any of the
events described in Sections 17.1.4, 17.1.5, or 17.1.6 with respect to any
member (such member, the "Defaulting Lessee") of the Lessee Group other than
the Guarantor (a "Lessee Partial Wind-Down Event"), then such Defaulting Lessee
shall (a) no longer place Group II Vehicle Orders for additional Group II
Vehicles and (b) shall cancel Group II Vehicle Orders for Vehicles; provided,
however, that if a Group II Vehicle Order has been placed for a Lessor-Owned
Vehicle and the related Manufacturer has assigned a VIN as of the date such
Lessee Partial Wind-Down Event occurs, then such Group II
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Vehicle Order will not be canceled. In the case of a Lessee Partial Wind-Down
Event, the Lessor may (i) exercise any right or remedy in respect only of such
Defaulting Lessee provided for pursuant to the provisions of Section 17.3 or
17.4 hereof and (ii) terminate the Power of Attorney with respect to such
Defaulting Lessee.
20. RESERVED.
21. CERTIFICATION OF TRADE OR BUSINESS USE. Each Lessee hereby warrants
and certifies, under penalties of perjury, that (1) such Lessee intends to use
the Lessor-Owned Vehicles leased by such Lessee hereunder in a trade or
business of such Lessee, and (2) such Lessee has been advised that it will not
be treated as the owner of such Lessor-Owned Vehicles for federal income tax
purposes.
22. SURVIVAL. In the event that, during the term of this Agreement, any
member of the Lessee Group becomes liable for the payment or reimbursement of
any obligations, claims or taxes pursuant to any provision hereof, such
liability will continue, notwithstanding the expiration or termination of this
Agreement, until all such amounts are paid or reimbursed by such Lessee.
23. ADDITIONAL LESSEES. Any Affiliate of or direct or indirect
Subsidiary of the Guarantor (each, a "Guarantor Subsidiary") or any party that
is not an Affiliate of the Guarantor (each, a "Non-Affiliate") shall, with the
consent of the Guarantor, have the right to become a "Lessee" under and
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement by complying with the provisions of
this Section 23. In the event a Guarantor Subsidiary or Non-Affiliate desires
to become a "Lessee" under this Agreement, then the Guarantor and such party
shall execute and deliver to the Lessor and the Trustee:
(i) a Joinder in Lease Agreement in the form attached hereto
as Attachment C (each, a "Joinder in Lease");
(ii) the certificate of incorporation for such party, duly
certified by the Secretary of State of the jurisdiction of such
party's incorporation, together with a copy of the by-laws of such
party, duly certified by a Secretary or Assistant Secretary of such
party;
(iii) copies of resolutions of the Board of Directors of such
party authorizing or ratifying the execution, delivery and
performance, respectively, of those documents and matters required of
it with respect to this Agreement, duly certified by the Secretary or
Assistant Secretary of such party;
(iv) a certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of
such party certifying the names of the individual or individuals
authorized to sign the Joinder in Lease and the other Related
Documents to be executed by it, together with samples of the true
signatures of each such individual;
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(v) a good standing certificate for such party in the
jurisdiction of its incorporation and the jurisdiction of its
principal place of business;
(vi) a written search report from a Person satisfactory to the
Lessor and the Trustee listing all effective financing statements that
name such party as debtor or assignor, and that are filed in the
jurisdictions in which filings were made pursuant to clause (vii)
below, together with copies of such financing statements, and tax and
judgment Lien search reports from a Person satisfactory to the Lessor
and the Trustee showing no evidence of Liens filed against such party
that purport to affect any Group II Vehicles leased hereunder or any
Collateral under the Base Indenture;
(vii) evidence of the filing of proper financing statements
on Form UCC-1 naming such party, as debtor, and the Lessor as secured
party covering the collateral described in Section 2(b) hereof;
(viii) an Officers' Certificate and an opinion of counsel each
stating that such joinder by such party complies with this Section 23
and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such
transaction have been complied with or waived in accordance herewith;
(ix) Rating Agency Confirmation that such party becoming a
"Lessee" under this Agreement will not cause a failure to meet the
Rating Agency Condition; and
(x) any additional documentation that the Lessor or the
Trustee may require to evidence the assumption by such party of the
obligations and liabilities set forth in this Agreement.
Upon satisfaction of the foregoing conditions and receipt by such Guarantor
Subsidiary or Non-Affiliate of the applicable Joinder in Lease executed by the
Lessor, such Guarantor Subsidiary or Non-Affiliate shall for all purposes be
deemed to be a "Lessee" for purposes of this Agreement (including, without
limitation, the Guaranty) and shall be entitled to the benefits and subject to
the liabilities and obligations of a Lessee hereunder.
24. GUARANTY.
24.1 Guaranty. In order to induce the Lessor to execute and deliver
this Agreement and to lease Group II Vehicles to the Lessees, and in
consideration thereof, the Guarantor hereby (i) unconditionally and irrevocably
guarantees to the Lessor the obligations of the Lessees (including, without
limitation, any additional Lessees pursuant to Section 23) to make any payments
required to be made by them under this Agreement, (ii) agrees to cause the
Lessees to duly and punctually perform and observe all of the terms,
conditions, covenants, agreements and indemnities of the Lessees under this
Agreement, and (iii) agrees that, if for any reason whatsoever, any Lessee
fails to so perform and
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observe such terms, conditions, covenants, agreements and indemnities, the
Guarantor will duly and punctually perform and observe the same (the
obligations referred to in clauses (i) through (iii) above are collectively
referred to as the "Guaranteed Obligations"). The liabilities and obligations
of the Guarantor under the guaranty contained in this Section 24 (this
"Guaranty") will be absolute and unconditional under all circumstances. This
Guaranty shall be a guaranty of payment and not of collection, and the
Guarantor hereby agrees that it shall not be required that the Lessor or the
Trustee assert or enforce any rights against any of the Lessees or any other
person before or as a condition to the obligations of the Guarantor pursuant to
this Guaranty.
24.2 Scope of Guarantor's Liability. The Guarantor's obligations
hereunder are independent of the obligations of the Lessees, any other
guarantor or any other Person, and the Lessor may enforce any of its rights
hereunder independently of any other right or remedy that the Lessor may at any
time hold with respect to this Agreement or any security or other guaranty
therefor. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lessor may
bring a separate action against the Guarantor without first proceeding against
any of the Lessees, any other guarantor or any other Person, or any security
held by the Lessor, and regardless of whether the Lessees or any other
guarantor or any other Person is joined in any such action. The Guarantor's
liability hereunder shall at all times remain effective with respect to the
full amount due from the Lessees hereunder. The Lessor's rights hereunder shall
not be exhausted by any action taken by the Lessor until all Guaranteed
Obligations have been fully paid and performed. The liability of the Guarantor
hereunder shall be reinstated and revived, and the rights of the Lessor shall
continue, with respect to any amount at any time paid on account of the
Guaranteed Obligations which shall thereafter be required to be restored or
returned by the Lessor upon the bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of any
of the Lessees, any other guarantor or any other Person, or otherwise, all as
though such amount had not been paid.
24.3 Lessor's Right to Amend this Agreement, Etc. The Guarantor
authorizes the Lessor, at any time and from time to time without notice and
without affecting the liability of the Guarantor hereunder, to: (a) alter the
terms of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations and any security and
guaranties therefor including without limitation modification of times for
payment and rates of interest; (b) accept new or additional instruments,
documents, agreements, security or guaranties in connection with all or any
part of the Guaranteed Obligations; (c) accept partial payments on the
Guaranteed Obligations; (d) waive, release, reconvey, terminate, abandon,
subordinate, exchange, substitute, transfer, compound, compromise, liquidate
and enforce all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations and any security or
guaranties therefor, and apply any such security and direct the order or manner
of sale thereof (and bid and purchase at any such sale), as the Lessor in its
discretion may determine; (e) release any Lessee, any guarantor or any other
Person from any personal liability with respect to all or any part of the
Guaranteed Obligations; and (f) assign its rights under this Guaranty in whole
or in part.
24.4 Waiver of Certain Rights by Guarantor. The Guarantor hereby
waives each of the following to the fullest extent allowed by law:
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(a) any defense based upon:
(i) the unenforceability or invalidity of any
security or other guaranty for the Guaranteed Obligations or
the lack of perfection or failure of priority of any security
for the Guaranteed Obligations;
(ii) any act or omission of the Lessor or any other
Person that directly or indirectly results in the discharge
or release of any of the Lessees or any other Person or any
of the Guaranteed Obligations or any security therefor;
provided that the Guarantor's liability in respect of this
Guaranty shall be released to the extent the Lessor
voluntarily releases such Lessee or other Person from any
obligations with respect to any of the foregoing; or
(iii) any disability or any other defense of any
Lessee or any other Person with respect to the Guaranteed
Obligations, whether consensual or arising by operation of
law or any bankruptcy, insolvency or debtor-relief
proceeding, or from any other cause;
(b) any right (whether now or hereafter existing) to require
the Lessor, as a condition to the enforcement of this Guaranty, to:
(i) accelerate the Guaranteed Obligations;
(ii) give notice to the Guarantor of the terms, time
and place of any public or private sale of any security for
the Guaranteed Obligations; or
(iii) proceed against any Lessee, any other
guarantor or any other Person, or proceed against or exhaust
any security for the Guaranteed Obligations;
(c) all rights of subrogation, all rights to enforce any
remedy that the Lessor now or hereafter has against any Lessee or any
other Person, and any benefit of, and right to participate in, any
security now or hereafter held by the Lessor with respect to the
Guaranteed Obligations;
(d) presentment, demand, protest and notice of any kind,
including without limitation notices of default and notice of
acceptance of this Guaranty;
(e) all suretyship defenses and rights of every nature
otherwise available under New York law and the laws of any other
jurisdiction; and
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(f) all other rights and defenses the assertion or exercise
of which would in any way diminish the liability of the Guarantor
hereunder.
24.5 Lessees' Obligations to Guarantor and Guarantor's Obligations to
Lessees Subordinated. Until all of the Guaranteed Obligations have been paid in
full, the Guarantor agrees that all existing and future debts, obligations and
liabilities of the Lessees to the Guarantor or the Guarantor to any of the
Lessees (hereinafter collectively referred to as "Subordinated Debt") shall be
and hereby are expressly subordinated to the prior payment in full of the
Guaranteed Obligations on the terms set forth in clauses (a) through (e) below,
and the payment thereof is expressly deferred in right of payment to the prior
payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations. For purposes of this Section
24.5, to the extent the Guaranteed Obligations consist of the obligation to pay
money, the Guaranteed Obligations shall not be deemed paid in full unless and
until paid in full in cash.
(a) Upon any distribution of assets of the Guarantor or any
Lessee upon any dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization
of such Lessee, whether in bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or
receivership proceedings, or upon an assignment for the benefit of
creditors or any other marshaling of the assets and liabilities of the
Guarantor or such Lessee, or otherwise:
(i) the holders of the Guaranteed Obligations shall
be entitled to receive payment in full of the Guaranteed
Obligations before the Guarantor or the Lessee, as the case
may be, is entitled to receive any payment on account of the
Subordinated Debt;
(ii) any payment by, or distribution of assets of,
the Guarantor or such Lessee of any kind or character,
whether in cash, property or securities, to which such Lessee
or the Guarantor would be entitled except for this
subordination shall be paid or delivered by the Person making
such payment or distribution, whether a trustee in
bankruptcy, a receiver or liquidating trustee, or otherwise,
directly to the Trustee, for the benefit of the holders of
the Guaranteed Obligations to be held as additional security
for the Guaranteed Obligations in an interest bearing account
until the Guaranteed Obligations have been paid in full; and
(iii) if, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment
by, or distribution of assets of, the Guarantor or such
Lessee of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or
securities, in respect of any Subordinated Debt shall be
received by such Lessee or the Guarantor before the
Guaranteed Obligations are paid in full, such payment or
distribution shall be held in trust in an interest bearing
account of the Guarantor or such Lessee, as appropriate, and
immediately paid over in kind to the holders of the
Guaranteed Obligations until the Guaranteed Obligations have
been paid in full.
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(b) The Guarantor authorizes and directs each Lessee and each
Lessee authorizes and directs the Guarantor to take such action as may
be necessary or appropriate to effectuate and maintain the
subordination provided herein.
(c) No right of any holder of the Guaranteed Obligations to
enforce the subordination herein shall at any time or in any way be
prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of the
Guarantor, any Lessee, the Lessor or any other Person or by any
noncompliance by the Guarantor, any Lessee, the Lessor or any other
Person with the terms, provisions and covenants hereof or of the
Related Documents regardless of any knowledge thereof that any such
holder of the Guaranteed Obligations may have or be otherwise charged
with.
(d) Nothing express or implied herein shall give any Person
other than the Lessees, the Lessor, the Trustee and the Guarantor any
benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim hereunder.
(e) If the Guarantor shall institute or participate in any
suit, action or proceeding against any Lessee or any Lessee shall
institute or participate in any suit, action or proceeding against the
Guarantor, in violation of the terms hereof, such Lessee or the
Guarantor, as the case may be, may interpose as a defense or dilatory
plea this subordination, and the holders of the Guaranteed Obligations
are irrevocably authorized to intervene and to interpose such defense
or plea in their name or in the name of such Lessee or the Guarantor,
as the case may be.
24.6 Guarantor to Pay Lessor's Expenses. The Guarantor agrees to pay to
the Lessor, on demand, all costs and expenses, including attorneys' and other
professional and paraprofessional fees, incurred by the Lessor in exercising
any right, power or remedy conferred by this Guaranty, or in the enforcement of
this Guaranty, whether or not any action is filed in connection therewith.
Until paid to the Lessor, such amounts shall bear interest, commencing with the
Lessor's demand therefor, at the VFR plus 1%.
24.7 Reinstatement. This Guaranty shall continue to be effective or be
reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment of any of the amounts
payable by any Lessee under this Agreement is rescinded or must otherwise be
restored or returned by the Lessor, upon an event of bankruptcy, dissolution,
liquidation or reorganization of any member of the Lessee Group or upon or as a
result of the appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or
trustee or similar officer for, any member of the Lessee Group or any
substantial part of their respective property, or otherwise, all as though such
payment had not been made.
24.8 Pari Passu Indebtedness. The Guarantor (i) represents and warrants
that, as of the date hereof, the obligations of the Guarantor under this
Guaranty will rank pari passu with any existing unsecured indebtedness of the
Guarantor and (ii) covenants and agrees that from and after the date
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hereof the obligations of the Guarantor under this Guaranty will rank pari
passu with any unsecured indebtedness of the Guarantor incurred after the date
hereof.
25. RIGHTS OF LESSOR ASSIGNED TO TRUSTEE. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary contained in this Agreement, each member of the Lessee Group
acknowledges that the Lessor has assigned all of its rights under this
Agreement to the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of Notes included in
the Group II Series of Notes. Accordingly, each member of the Lessee Group
agrees that:
(i) Subject to the terms of the Base Indenture, the Trustee
shall have all the rights, powers, privileges and remedies of the
Lessor hereunder and the Guarantor's and the relevant Lessee's
obligations hereunder shall not be subject to any claim or defense
which the Guarantor or such Lessee may have against the Lessor (other
than the defense of payment actually made). Specifically, each member
of the Lessee Group agrees that, upon the occurrence of an
Amortization Event with respect to any Group II Series of Notes or,
subject to the provisions of Section 19 hereof, a Lessee Partial
Wind-Down Event or, with respect to Group II Repurchase Vehicles, a
Manufacturer Event of Default, the Trustee may exercise (for and on
behalf of the Lessor) any right or remedy against any member of the
Lessee Group provided for herein and no member of the Lessee Group
will interpose as a defense that such claim should have been asserted
by the Lessor;
(ii) Upon the delivery by the Trustee of any notice to any
member of the Lessee Group stating that a Manufacturer Event of
Default, an Amortization Event or Lessee Partial Wind-Down Event with
respect to such Lessee has occurred, such member of the Lessee Group,
will, if so requested by the Trustee, treat the Trustee or the
Trustee's designee for all purposes as the Lessor hereunder and in all
respects comply with all obligations under this Agreement that are
asserted by the Trustee as the successor to the Lessor hereunder,
irrespective of whether such member of the Lessee Group has received
any such notice from the Lessor; provided, however, the Trustee shall
in no event be liable to any Lessee for any action taken by it in its
capacity as successor to the Lessor other than actions that constitute
negligence or willful misconduct;
(iii) Each member of the Lessee Group acknowledges that
pursuant to the Base Indenture the Lessor has irrevocably authorized
and directed such member of the Lessee Group to, and each such member
of the Lessee Group shall, make payments of Rent hereunder (and any
other payments hereunder) directly to the Trustee for deposit in the
Collection Account established by the Trustee for receipt of such
payments pursuant to the Base Indenture and such payments shall
discharge the obligation of such member of the Lessee Group to the
Lessor hereunder to the extent of such payments. Upon written notice
to the relevant member of the Lessee Group of a sale or assignment by
the Trustee of its right, title and interest in moneys due under this
Agreement to a successor Trustee, such member of the Lessee Group
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shall thereafter make payments of all Rent (and any other payments
hereunder) to the party specified in such notice; and
(iv) Upon request made by the Trustee at any time, each member
of the Lessee Group will take such actions as are requested by the
Trustee to assist the Trustee in maintaining the Trustee's perfected
security interest in the Group II Vehicles leased under this
Agreement, the Certificates of Title with respect thereto, the Group
II Collateral pursuant to the Base Indenture and the collateral
granted to the Lessor pursuant to Section 2(b) (such grant of
collateral to be effective as of the date of this Agreement, but only,
with respect to the Operating Lease, in the event that this Agreement
is recharacterized as described in such Section 2(b)).
26. RIGHT OF LESSEE TO DELEGATE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER TO
GUARANTOR. If and for so long as the Guarantor is acting as the Servicer under
the Base Indenture, any Lessee shall be permitted to delegate to the Guarantor
(acting in such capacity) its rights and obligations under this Agreement,
including, without limitation, its servicing rights and obligations under
Sections 8 and 9 hereof. No such delegation of rights or obligations shall,
however, operate in any manner to release any such delegating Lessee from any
of its obligations under this Agreement.
27. MODIFICATION AND SEVERABILITY. The terms of this Agreement will not
be waived, altered, modified, amended, supplemented or terminated in any manner
whatsoever except by written instrument signed by the Lessor and each Lessee
and consented to in writing by the Trustee, each Enhancement Provider with
respect to any Group II Series of Notes and, if the Series 2000-1 Notes are
still outstanding, the Lender in respect thereof. If any part of this Agreement
is not valid or enforceable according to law, all other parts will remain
enforceable. The Lessor shall provide prompt written notice to each Rating
Agency, and to the Lender or Note Purchaser for each Group II Series of Notes,
of any such waiver, modification or amendment. Notwithstanding the foregoing
provisions of this Section 27, the Lessor, the Lessees and the Guarantor may,
at any time and from time to time, without the consent of the Trustee or any
Enhancement Provider, enter into any amendment, supplement or other
modification to this Agreement to cure any apparent ambiguity or to correct or
supplement any provision in this Agreement that may be inconsistent with any
other provision herein; provided, however, that (i) any such action shall not
have a materially adverse effect on the interests of any Enhancement Provider
for a Group II Series of Notes based upon an Opinion of Counsel and an
Officers' Certificate of the Lessor and each Lessee addressed to the Trustee
and (ii) a copy of such amendment, supplement or other modification is
furnished to the Trustee, each Enhancement Provider with respect to any Group
II Series of Notes in accordance with the notice provisions of the related
Series Supplement not later than ten days prior to the execution thereof by the
Lessor, the Lessees and the Guarantor.
28. CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. Each Lessee represents and
warrants to the Lessor and the Trustee as to itself, as to each other Lessee
and as to the Group II Vehicles leased by it hereunder (except that any Person
becoming a Lessee hereunder pursuant to
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Section 23 hereof does not represent and warrant as to any Lessee that is not
an Affiliate thereof), and the Guarantor represents and warrants to the Lessor
and the Trustee as to itself and as to each Lessee, that as of the date hereof
(or, with respect to each Group II Series of Notes issued after the date
hereof, the Closing Date with respect to such Series of Notes):
28.1 Due Organization, Authorization, etc. The Guarantor and each
Lessee is a corporation duly organized and validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation and is duly
qualified and in good standing in each jurisdiction where, because of the
nature of its activities or properties, the failure so to qualify would have a
Material Adverse Effect on such Lessee or the Guarantor, as applicable. The
execution, delivery and performance by the Guarantor and each Lessee of this
Agreement and the other Related Documents to be executed and delivered by it
are within its corporate powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action (including, without limitation, shareholder approval, if
required), have received all necessary governmental and other consents and
approvals (if any shall be required), and do not and will not contravene or
conflict with, or create a default, breach, Lien or right of termination or
acceleration under, any Requirement of Law or Contractual Obligation binding
upon it, other than such default, breach, Lien or right of termination or
acceleration which does not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Guarantor or
such Lessee, as applicable. This Agreement and each other Related Document to
be executed and delivered by it are (or when executed and delivered will be)
the legal, valid, and binding obligations of the Guarantor or such Lessee,
enforceable against the Guarantor or such Lessee, as the case may be, in
accordance with their respective terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency and
other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights. Each Lessee (other
than the Non-Budget Lessees) is a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the
Guarantor.
28.2 Financial Information; Financial Condition. All balance sheets,
all statements of operations, of stockholders' equity and of cash flow, and
other financial data (other than projections and the financial statements
referred to in clause (b) below) which have been or shall hereafter be
furnished to the Lessor or the Trustee for the purposes of or in connection
with this Agreement or the Related Documents have been and will be prepared in
accordance with GAAP and do and will present fairly the financial condition of
the entities involved as of the dates thereof and the results of their
operations for the periods covered thereby. Such financial data include the
following financial statements and reports which have been, or shall be,
furnished to the Lessor and the Trustee on or prior to such Closing Date:
(a) the audited consolidated balance sheets of Budget and each
Non-Budget Lessee as of December 31, 1998 and the related statements
of operations, stockholders' deficit and cash flows for the fiscal
year ending on such date; and
(b) (i) the unaudited pro forma consolidated balance sheets of
Budget and the Budget Subsidiaries and statement of operations,
accompanied by an Officers' Certificate verifying the accuracy and
completeness thereof signed by an Authorized Officer of the Guarantor,
for the
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most recently ended calendar quarter ending March 31, June 30,
September 30 or December 31, as applicable, and (ii) the unaudited pro
forma consolidated balance sheets of each Non-Budget Lessee and
statement of operations, accompanied by an Officers' Certificate
verifying the accuracy and completeness thereof signed by an
Authorized Officer of such Non-Budget Lessee, for the most recently
ended calendar quarter ending March 31, June 30, September 30 or
December 31, as applicable.
28.3 Litigation. Except for claims which are fully covered by insurance
provided by a Person who is not an Affiliate of Budget and for which adequate
reserves have been set aside in accordance with GAAP, no claims, litigation
(including, without limitation, derivative actions), arbitration, governmental
investigation or proceeding or inquiry is pending or, to the best of the
Guarantor's or such Lessee's knowledge, threatened against the Guarantor or any
Lessee which would, if adversely determined, have a Material Adverse Effect on
the Guarantor or such Lessee, as applicable.
28.4 Liens. The Group II Vehicles leased under this Agreement are free
and clear of all Liens other than (i) Permitted Liens and (ii) Liens in favor
of the Trustee for the benefit of Group II Noteholders and/or any related
Enhancement Provider. The Trustee has obtained, and will continue to obtain, as
security for the liabilities under the Indenture and the Group II Series of
Notes, a first priority perfected Lien on all Group II Vehicles leased under
this Agreement. Except as otherwise permitted under the Indenture, all Vehicle
Perfection and Documentation Requirements with respect to all Group II Vehicles
leased under this Agreement on or after the date hereof have and will continue
to be satisfied.
28.5 Employee Benefit Plans. (a) During the 12 consecutive month period
prior to the date hereof (or, with respect to each Series of Notes included in
the Group II Series of Notes after the date hereof, the Closing Date with
respect to such Series of Notes): (i) except for any termination of a Pension
Plan in connection with an acquisition or merger by the Guarantor, which
termination is made in conjunction with the offering by the Guarantor of a
successor Pension Plan, no steps have been taken by the Guarantor or any Lessee
to terminate any Pension Plan and (ii) no contribution failure has occurred
with respect to any Pension Plan sufficient to give rise to a Lien under
Section 302(f)(1) of ERISA in connection with such Pension Plan; (b) no
condition exists or event or transaction has occurred with respect to any
Pension Plan which could result in the incurrence by the Guarantor or any
Lessee or any member of the Controlled Group of fines, penalties or liabilities
for ERISA violations, which in the case of any of the events referred to in
clause (a) above or this clause (b) would have a Material Adverse Effect upon
the Guarantor or such Lessee, as applicable, and (c) neither the Guarantor nor
any Lessee has any material contingent liability with respect to any
post-retirement benefits under a Welfare Plan, other than liability for
continuation coverage described in Subtitle B of Part 6 of Title I of ERISA and
liabilities which would not have a Material Adverse Effect upon the Guarantor
or such Lessee, as applicable.
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28.6 Investment Company Act. Neither the Guarantor nor any Lessee is
an "investment company" or a company "controlled" by an "investment company,"
within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
28.7 Regulations T, U and X. Neither the Guarantor nor any Lessee is
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 meaning of Regulations T, U and X of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System).
28.8 Business Locations; Trade Names; Principal Places of Business
Locations. Schedule 28.8 lists each of the locations where each Lessee and the
Guarantor maintains a chief executive office, principal place of business, or
its material books and records with respect to its obligations under this
Agreement; and Schedule 28.8 also lists each Lessee's and the Guarantor's legal
name, each name under or by which each Lessee and the Guarantor conducts its
business, each state in which each Lessee and the Guarantor conducts business
and each state in which each Lessee and the Guarantor has its principal place
of business.
28.9 Taxes. Each of the Guarantor and each Lessee has filed all tax
returns that are required to be filed by it, and has paid or provided adequate
reserves for the payment of all taxes, including, without limitation, all
payroll taxes and federal and state withholding taxes, and all assessments
payable by it that have become due, other than those that are not yet
delinquent or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and
with respect to which adequate reserves have been established, and are being
maintained, in accordance with GAAP. As of the Closing Date with respect to
each Series of Notes included in Group II , there is no ongoing material audit
(other than routine sales tax audits and other routine audits) or, to the
Guarantor's or any Lessee's knowledge, material tax liability for any period
for which returns have been filed or were due other than those contested in
good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which adequate
reserves have been established and are being maintained in accordance with
GAAP.
28.10 Governmental Authorization. The Guarantor and each Lessee has all
licenses, franchises, permits and other governmental authorizations necessary
for all businesses presently carried on by it (including owning and leasing the
real and personal property owned and leased by it), except where failure to
obtain such licenses, franchises, permits and other governmental authorizations
would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Guarantor or such Lessee, as
applicable.
28.11 Compliance with Laws. The Guarantor and each Lessee: (i) is not
in violation of any Requirement of Law, which violation would have a Material
Adverse Effect on the Guarantor or such Lessee, as applicable, and to the best
knowledge of the Guarantor and the Lessees, no such violation has been alleged,
(ii) has filed in a timely manner all reports, documents and other materials
required to be filed by it with any Governmental Authority (and the information
contained in each of such filings is true, correct and complete in all material
respects), except where failure to make such filings would not
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have a Material Adverse Effect on the Guarantor or such Lessee, as applicable,
and (iii) has retained all records and documents required to he retained by it
pursuant to any Requirement of Law, except where failure to retain such records
would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Guarantor or such Lessee, as
applicable.
28.12 Eligible Vehicles. Each Group II Repurchase Vehicle is or will
be, as the case may be, on the Vehicle Lease Commencement Date with respect to
such Group II Repurchase Vehicle, an Eligible Repurchase Vehicle.
28.13 Supplemental Documents True and Correct. All information
contained in any Group II Vehicle Order, Refinancing Schedule or other
Supplemental Document which has been submitted, or which may hereafter be
submitted by a Lessee to the Lessor is, or will be, true, correct and complete.
28.14 Accuracy of Information. All certificates, reports, statements,
documents and other written information furnished to the Lessor or the Trustee
by the Guarantor or any Lessee pursuant to any provision of any Related
Document, or in connection with or pursuant to any amendment or modification
of, or waiver under, any Related Document, shall, at the time the same are so
furnished, be complete and correct in all material respects to the extent
necessary to give the Lessor or the Trustee, as the case may be, true and
accurate knowledge of the subject matter thereof, and the furnishing of the
same to the Lessor or the Trustee, as the case may be, shall constitute a
representation and warranty by the Guarantor and such Lessee made on the date
the same are furnished to the Lessor or the Trustee, as the case may be, to the
effect specified herein.
Each of the foregoing representations and warranties will be deemed to
be remade as of the Closing Date with respect to each Group II Series of Notes.
29. CERTAIN AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS. Each Lessee covenants and agrees as
to itself and as to each other Lessee (except that any Person becoming a Lessee
hereunder pursuant to Section 23 hereof does not covenant and agree as to any
Lessee that is not an Affiliate thereof), and the Guarantor covenants and
agrees as to itself and as to each Lessee that, until the expiration or
termination of this Agreement, and thereafter until the obligations of such
Lessee or the Guarantor under this Agreement and the Related Documents are
satisfied in full, unless at any time the Lessor and the Trustee shall
otherwise expressly consent in writing, it will (and, in the case of the
Guarantor, will cause each Lessee to):
29.1 Corporate Existence; Foreign Qualification. Do and cause to be
done at all times all things necessary to (i) maintain and preserve the
corporate existence of the Guarantor and each Lessee (it being understood that
subject to Section 30.1(a) each Budget Subsidiary shall remain a direct or
indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Guarantor); (ii) be, and ensure that
each Lessee is, duly qualified to do business and in good standing as a foreign
corporation in each jurisdiction where the nature of its business makes such
qualification necessary and the failure to so qualify would have a
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Material Adverse Effect on the Guarantor or such Lessee, as applicable; and
(iii) comply with all Contractual Obligations and Requirements of Law binding
upon it, except to the extent that the failure to comply therewith would not,
in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on the Guarantor or such
Lessee, as applicable.
29.2 Books, Records and Inspections. (i) Maintain complete and accurate
books and records with respect to the Group II Vehicles leased by it under this
Agreement; (ii) at any time and from time to time during regular business
hours, and with reasonable prior notice from the Lessor or the Trustee, permit
the Lessor or the Trustee (or such other person who may be designated from time
to time by the Lessor or the Trustee), or its agents or representatives to
examine and make copies of all books, records and documents in the possession
or under the control of the Guarantor or such Lessee relating to the Group II
Vehicles leased under this Agreement including, without limitation, with
respect to Group II Repurchase Vehicles leased hereunder, in connection with
the Trustee's satisfaction of any requests of a Manufacturer performing an
audit under its Repurchase Program; and (iii) permit the Lessor or the Trustee
(or such other person who may be designated from time to time by the Lessor or
the Trustee), or its agents or representatives to visit the office and
properties of the Guarantor or such Lessee for the purpose of examining such
materials, and to discuss matters relating to the Group II Vehicles leased
hereunder or the Guarantor's or such Lessee's performance under this Agreement
with any of the officers or employees of the Guarantor or such Lessee having
knowledge of such matters.
29.3 Insurance. The Guarantor, on behalf of each Budget Subsidiary, and
each Non-Budget Lessee, on its own behalf, subject to applicable state and
other requirements, may self-insure against personal injury and damage claims
arising from the use of the Group II Vehicles as well as damage to Group II
Vehicles. All self-insurance maintained by any member of the Lessee Group shall
be maintained in a financially prudent manner.
29.4 Repurchase Programs. With respect to each Group II Repurchase
Vehicle leased by each Lessee hereunder (a) unless previously purchased by such
Lessee pursuant to this Agreement, turn in such Group II Repurchase Vehicle to
the relevant Manufacturer within the Repurchase Period therefor, (b) dispose of
such Group II Repurchase Vehicle under the applicable Repurchase Program
according to its historical practice and in accordance with the requirements of
such Repurchase Program, and (c) comply with all of its (and the Lessor's)
obligations under the applicable Repurchase Program.
29.5 Reporting Requirements. Furnish, or cause to be furnished to the
Lessor (and the Lessor shall, in the case of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) below,
forward a copy of the same to each Rating Agency as shall so request in
writing):
(i) Audit Report. (a) As soon as available and in any event
within 110 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Guarantor, a
copy of the consolidated balance sheet of the Guarantor and its
Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year, together with the
related
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statements of earnings, stockholders' equity and cash flows for such
fiscal year, prepared in reasonable detail and in accordance with GAAP
certified by independent certified public accountants of recognized
national standing as shall be selected by the Guarantor; and (b) as
soon as available and in any event within 110 days after the end of
each fiscal year of any Non-Budget Lessee, a copy of the consolidated
balance sheet of such Non-Budget Lessee and its Subsidiaries as at the
end of such fiscal year, together with the related statements of
earnings, stockholders' equity and cash flows for such fiscal year,
prepared in reasonable detail and in accordance with GAAP certified by
independent certified public accountants of recognized national
standing as shall be selected by such Non-Budget Lessee.
(ii) Quarterly Statements. (a) As soon as available, but in
any event within 45 days after the end of each fiscal quarter (except
the fourth fiscal quarter) of the Guarantor, copies of the unaudited
consolidated balance sheet of the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries as at
the end of such fiscal quarter and the related unaudited statements of
earnings, stockholders' equity and cash flows for the portion of the
fiscal year through such fiscal quarter (and as to the statements of
earnings for such fiscal quarter) in each case setting forth in
comparative form the figures for the corresponding periods of the
previous fiscal year, prepared in reasonable detail and in accordance
with GAAP applied consistently throughout the periods reflected
therein and certified by the chief financial or accounting officer of
the Guarantor as presenting fairly the financial condition and results
of operations of the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries (subject to normal
year-end adjustments); and (b) as soon as available, but in any event
within 45 days after the end of each fiscal quarter (except the fourth
fiscal quarter) of any Non-Budget Lessee, copies of the unaudited
consolidated balance sheet of such Non-Budget Lessee and its
Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal quarter and the related
unaudited statements of earnings, stockholders' equity and cash flows
for the portion of the fiscal year through such fiscal quarter (and as
to the statements of earnings for such fiscal quarter) in each case
setting forth in comparative form the figures for the corresponding
periods of the previous fiscal year, prepared in reasonable detail and
in accordance with GAAP applied consistently throughout the periods
reflected therein and certified by the chief financial or accounting
officer of such Non-Budget Lessee as presenting fairly the financial
condition and results of operations of such Non-Budget Lessee and its
Subsidiaries (subject to normal year-end adjustments).
(iii) Amortization Events; Lease Events of Default; Wind-Down
Events. As soon as possible but in any event within two Business Days
after the Guarantor or any Lessee has knowledge of the occurrence of
any Amortization Event, Lease Event of Default, Potential Lease Event
of Default, Manufacturer Event of Default, Potential Manufacturer
Event of Default, Lessee Partial Wind-Down Event or Potential Lessee
Partial Wind-Down Event, a written statement of an Authorized Officer
describing such event and the action that the Guarantor or a Lessee,
as the case may be, proposes to take with respect thereto;
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(iv) Monthly Vehicle Statements. On or before the third
Business Day prior to each Due Date, a monthly vehicle statement
(each, a "Monthly Vehicle Statement") in a form acceptable to the
Lessor, which shall specify (a) the vehicle identification numbers
(the "VIN") for the Group II Vehicles leased hereunder during the
Related Month by such Lessee, (b) the Capitalized Cost for Group II
Vehicles that are Lessor-Owned Vehicles, (c) the Net Book Value of
Group II Repurchase Vehicles as of the end of the Related Month, (d)
the VINs for those Group II Vehicles that have been turned back to
Manufacturers pursuant to the applicable Repurchase Program during the
Related Month and the Repurchase Prices therefor and those Group II
Vehicles that have been delivered to a designated auction site
pursuant to the applicable Repurchase Program and the Guaranteed
Payments therefor, or that have been otherwise sold during the Related
Month, (e) those Vehicles that have become Casualties during the
Related Month and their respective Casualty Payment amounts or
Termination Values, as applicable (as calculated immediately prior to
the event causing such Group II Vehicles to become Casualties), (f)
the amount of Disposition Proceeds in respect of Group II Vehicles
sold during the Related Month, (g) the Repurchase Prices received
during the Related Month and any Guaranteed Payments received pursuant
to a Repurchase Program during the Related Month, (h) the aggregate
Depreciation Charges for all Vehicles continuing in the possession of
the Lessees, (i) the total amount of Monthly Base Rent, Monthly
Variable Rent, Monthly Supplemental Payments and Termination Payments
being paid hereunder on such date, (j) information with respect to
each Lessee necessary for the Servicer to compute the Group II
Aggregate Asset Amount with respect to each Series of Notes included
in Group II as of the end of the Related Month, (k) any other charges
owing from, and credits due to, the Lessee submitting such Statement
under this Agreement, (l) the percentage calculated pursuant to
Section 2.5(a)(i) as of the last day of the Related Month, and (m) all
prepayments of Rent received during the Related Month from Guaranteed
Payments, Repurchase Prices and Disposition Proceeds received by the
Lessor during the Related Month from the Manufacturers, auctions and
other Persons, as the case may be;
(v) Monthly Notice of Claims. Monthly, provide to the Lessor
and Moody's (so long as Xxxxx'x is then currently requested to rate
any of the Group II Series of Notes), a report of any lawsuits filed
against the Lessor naming the Lessor as defendant in such action;
(vi) Notice of Final Judgment. Promptly, provide to the
Lessor and Moody's (so long as Xxxxx'x is then currently requested to
rate any of the Group II Series of Notes), notice of any final
judgment rendered against the Lessor; and
(vii) Other. Promptly, from time to time, such other
information, documents, or reports respecting the Group II Vehicles
leased under this Agreement or the condition or operations, financial
or otherwise, of the Guarantor or the Lessees as the Lessor or the
Trustee may from time to time reasonably request in order to protect
the interests of the Lessor or the Trustee under or as contemplated by
this Agreement or any other Related Document.
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29.6 Taxes and Liabilities. Pay when due all taxes, assessments and
other material (determined on a consolidated basis) liabilities (including,
without limitation, taxes, titling fees and registration fees payable with
respect to Group II Vehicles) except as contested in good faith and by
appropriate proceedings with respect to which adequate reserves have been
established, and are being maintained, in accordance with GAAP if and so long as
forfeiture of any part of the Group II Vehicles leased under this Agreement will
not result from the failure to pay any such taxes, assessments or other material
liabilities during the period of any such contest.
29.7 Compliance with Laws. Comply with all Requirements of Law
related to its businesses if the failure so to comply would have a Material
Adverse Effect on the Guarantor or such Lessee, as applicable.
29.8 Maintenance of Separate Existence. The Guarantor and each Lessee
acknowledges its receipt of a copy of that certain opinion letter issued by
Xxxxx, Xxxxx & Xxxxx, dated February 25, 2000 and addressing the issue of
substantive consolidation as it may relate to the Guarantor, each Lessee and
the Lessor. The Guarantor and each Lessee hereby agrees to maintain in place
all policies and procedures, and take and continue to take all action,
described in the factual assumptions set forth in such opinion letter and
relating to such Person.
29.9 Trustee as Lienholder. Concurrently with each leasing of a Group
II Vehicle under this Agreement, the Servicer shall indicate on its computer
records that the Trustee as assignee of the Lessor is the holder of a Lien on
such Group II Vehicle pursuant to the terms of the Base Indenture.
30. CERTAIN NEGATIVE COVENANTS. Until the expiration or termination of
this Agreement and thereafter until the obligations of each Lessee and the
Guarantor are paid in full, the Guarantor and each Lessee agrees that, unless
at any time the Lessor and the Trustee shall otherwise expressly consent in
writing, it will not (and, in the case of the Guarantor, will not permit any
Lessee to):
30.1 Mergers, Consolidations. Be a party to any merger or
consolidation, other than: (i) a merger or consolidation of any Subsidiary of
the Guarantor into or with the Guarantor (provided, however, that the Guarantor
is the surviving corporation) or any merger or consolidation of any Subsidiary
of the Guarantor with or into another Subsidiary of the Guarantor, and (ii) a
merger or consolidation of the Guarantor or any Subsidiary into or with another
entity if:
(a) the corporation formed by such consolidation or into or
with which the Guarantor or such Subsidiary is merged shall be a
corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States
of America or any State or the District of Columbia, and, if the
Guarantor or such Subsidiary is not the surviving entity, shall
expressly assume, by an agreement supplement hereto executed and
delivered to the Trustee, the performance of every covenant and
obligation of the Guarantor or such Subsidiary hereunder and under all
other Related Documents;
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(b) the Guarantor or such Subsidiary has delivered to the
Trustee an officer's certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each
stating that such consolidation or merger and such supplemental
agreement comply with this Section 30.1 and that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been
complied with; and
(c) Rating Agency Confirmation shall have been obtained with
respect to such assignment and succession.
30.2 Other Agreements. Enter into any agreement containing any
provision which would be violated or breached by the performance of its
obligations hereunder or under any instrument or document delivered or to be
delivered by it hereunder or in connection herewith.
30.3 Liens. Create or permit to exist any Lien with respect to any
Group II Vehicle leased hereunder now or hereafter existing or acquired, except
Liens in favor of the Lessor or the Trustee (for the benefit of Group II
Noteholders and/or any related Enhancement Provider) or the Secured Parties and
the following Liens to the extent such Liens in the aggregate would not
materially adversely affect the interests of the Lessor or the Trustee or the
Secured Parties under this Agreement or the Base Indenture or the likelihood of
payment of Rent hereunder or the Notes thereunder (herein collectively called
the "Permitted Liens"): (i) Liens for current taxes not delinquent or for taxes
being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, and with respect
to which adequate reserves have been established, and are being maintained, in
accordance with GAAP, (ii) Liens, including judgment Liens, arising in the
ordinary course of business being contested in good faith and by appropriate
proceedings, and with respect to which adequate reserves have been established,
and are being maintained, in accordance with GAAP, (iii) Liens incurred in the
ordinary course of business in connection with worker's compensation,
unemployment insurance or other forms of governmental insurance or benefits,
and (iv) mechanics', materialmen's, landlords', warehousemen's and carriers'
Liens, and other Liens imposed by law, securing obligations arising in the
ordinary course of business that are being contested in good faith and by
appropriate proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves have been
established, and are being maintained, in accordance with GAAP.
30.4 Use of Vehicles. Knowingly use or allow the Group II Vehicles to
be used in any manner that would (i) make any Group II Repurchase Vehicle
ineligible for repurchase, or for the guarantee by the related Manufacturer of
the resale price thereof, under an Eligible Repurchase Program or (ii) subject
any Group II Vehicles to confiscation.
30.5 Restrictions on Distributions. Following the Lease Commencement
Date, Budget will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to declare,
pay or make any Distribution (as defined in the Credit Agreement) such as is
consistent with and not in contravention of Section 8.2.6 of the Credit
Agreement.
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31. BANKRUPTCY PETITION AGAINST LESSOR. The Guarantor and each Lessee
hereby covenants and agrees that, prior to the date which is one year and one
day after the payment in full of all Group II Series of Notes, it will not
institute against, or join any other Person in instituting against, the Lessor
any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation
proceedings or other similar proceeding under the laws of the United States or
any state of the United States. In the event that the Guarantor or any Lessee
takes action in violation of this Section 31, the Lessor agrees, for the
benefit of the Noteholders, that it shall file an answer with the bankruptcy
court or otherwise properly contest the filing of such a petition by the
Guarantor or any such Lessee against the Lessor or the commencement of such
action and raise the defense that the Guarantor or any such Lessee has agreed
in writing not to take such action and should be estopped and precluded
therefrom and such other defenses, if any, as its counsel advises that it may
assert. The provisions of this Section 31 shall survive the termination of this
Agreement.
32. SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION. The Lessor and the Trustee may enforce
any claim arising out of this Agreement in any state or federal court having
subject matter jurisdiction, including, without limitation, any state or
federal court located in the State of New York. For the purpose of any action
or proceeding instituted with respect to any such claim, the Guarantor and each
Lessee hereby irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of such courts. Each
Lessee hereby irrevocably designates the Guarantor to receive for and on behalf
of such Lessee service of process in New York. The Guarantor and each Lessee
further irrevocably consents to the service of process out of said courts by
mailing a copy thereof, by registered mail, postage prepaid, to the Guarantor
or such Lessee, as the case may be, and agrees that such service, to the
fullest extent permitted by law, (i) shall be deemed in every respect effective
service of process upon it in any such suit, action or proceeding and (ii)
shall be taken and held to be valid personal service upon and personal delivery
to it. Nothing herein contained shall affect the right of the Trustee and the
Lessor to serve process in any other manner permitted by law or preclude the
Lessor or the Trustee from bringing an action or proceeding in respect hereof
in any other country, state or place having jurisdiction over such action. The
Guarantor and each Lessee hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, any objection which it may have or hereafter have to the
laying of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such
court located in the State of New York and any claim that any such suit, action
or proceeding brought in such a court has been brought in an inconvenient
forum.
33. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE A CONTRACT MADE UNDER AND
GOVERNED BY THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO
CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES. Whenever possible each provision of this Agreement
shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under
applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement 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 Agreement. All obligations
of the Guarantor and each Lessee and all rights of the Lessor or the Trustee
expressed herein shall be in
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addition to and not in limitation of those provided by applicable law or in any
other written instrument or agreement.
34. JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO
A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING TO ENFORCE OR DEFEND ANY RIGHTS
UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER RELATED DOCUMENT TO WHICH IT IS A PARTY, OR
UNDER ANY AMENDMENT, INSTRUMENT, DOCUMENT OR AGREEMENT DELIVERED OR WHICH MAY
IN THE FUTURE BE DELIVERED IN CONNECTION THEREWITH OR ARISING FROM ANY
RELATIONSHIP EXISTING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY RELATED
TRANSACTION, AND AGREES THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE TRIED
BEFORE A COURT AND NOT BEFORE A JURY.
35. NOTICES. All notices, requests and other communications to any
party hereunder shall be in writing (including facsimile transmission or
similar writing) and shall be given to such party, addressed to it, at its
address or telephone number set forth on Schedule II, or at such other address
or telephone number as such party may hereafter specify for the purpose by
notice to the other party. In each case, a copy of all notices, requests and
other communications that are sent by any party hereunder shall be sent to the
Trustee and Budget, and a copy of all notices, requests and other
communications that are sent by any Lessee or the Guarantor to the Guarantor or
any other Lessee that pertain to this Agreement shall be sent to the Lessor and
the Trustee. Copies of notices, requests and other communications delivered to
the Trustee and/or the Lessor pursuant to the foregoing sentence shall be sent
to the following addresses:
TRUSTEE: Bankers Trust Company
0 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Corporate Trust and Agency
Group/Structured Finance
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telecopier: (000) 000-0000
LESSOR: Team Fleet Financing Corporation
0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telecopier: (000) 000-0000
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Each such notice, request or communication shall be effective when received at
the address specified below. Copies of all notices must be sent by first class
mail promptly after transmission by facsimile.
36. LIABILITY. Each member of the Lessee Group shall be held jointly
and severally liable for all of the obligations of each other member of the
Lessee Group hereunder.
37. HEADINGS. Section headings used in this Agreement are for
convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction of this
Agreement.
38. EXECUTION IN COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in any
number of counterparts and by different parties hereto on separate
counterparts, each of which counterparts, when so executed and delivered, shall
be deemed to be an original and all of which counterparts, taken together,
shall constitute one and the same Agreement.
39. EFFECTIVENESS. This Agreement shall become effective concurrently
with the issuance of the Series 2000-1 Note as the first Group II Series of
Notes.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement or caused
it to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of
the day and year first above written.
LESSOR:
TEAM FLEET FINANCING CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxx
Title: President
LESSEES:
BUDGET RENT-A-CAR SYSTEMS, INC.
NYRAC, INC.
PREMIER CAR RENTAL LLC.
RYDER TRS, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Vice President
GUARANTOR:
BUDGET GROUP, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxx
Title: Vice President, Treasurer
RECEIVED THIS FEBRUARY 25, 2000:
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY, as
Trustee
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: Assistant Vice President
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ANNEX A
ANNEX
TO THE
MASTER MOTOR VEHICLE LEASE AGREEMENT GROUP II
Dated as of February 25, 2000
among
TEAM FLEET FINANCING CORPORATION,
as Lessor
BUDGET GROUP, INC.,
as Guarantor
and
BUDGET RENT A CAR SYSTEMS, INC.
and those Subsidiaries, Affiliates and Non-Affiliates of Budget Group, Inc.
named on Schedule 1 as Lessees
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1. Scope of Annex. This Annex A shall apply only to the acquisition,
leasing and servicing of the Lessor-Owned Vehicles by the Lessor pursuant to
the Agreement, as supplemented by this Lease Annex (collectively, the
"Operating Lease").
2. General Agreement. With respect to the Lessor-Owned Vehicles, the
Lessees and the Lessor intend that the Agreement, as supplemented by this Lease
Annex, is an operating lease and that the relationship between the Lessor and
the Lessees pursuant thereto and hereto shall always be only that of lessor and
lessees, and the Lessees hereby declare, acknowledge and agree that the Lessor
has title to and is the owner of the Lessor-Owned Vehicles. The Lessees shall
not acquire by virtue of the Lease any right, equity, title or interest in or
to any Lessor-Owned Vehicles, except the right to use the same under the terms
of the Operating Lease. The parties agree that the Operating Lease is a "true
lease" for all legal, accounting, tax and other purposes and agree to treat the
Operating Lease, as it applies to the Lessor-Owned Vehicles, as an operating
lease for all purposes, including tax, accounting and otherwise. The parties
will file all federal, state and local tax returns and reports in a manner
consistent with the preceding sentence.
3. Operating Lease Commitment. (1) The Lessor shall, from time to time
on or after the Lease Commencement Date and prior to the Lease Expiration Date,
subject to the terms and conditions of the Agreement, refinance Lessor-Owned
Vehicles that are Refinanced Vehicles and purchase Lessor-Owned Vehicles
identified in Group II Vehicle Orders placed by a Lessee and, simultaneously
therewith, the Lessor shall under the Operating Lease enter into operating
leases with the related Lessee with respect to such Group II Vehicles;
provided, that the aggregate Net Book Value of Lessor-Owned Vehicles leased
hereunder on any date shall not exceed (a) the Maximum Lease Commitment, less
(b) the Base Amount as of such date with respect to the Financing Lease.
4. Reserved.
5. Maximum Vehicle Lease Term. The maximum Vehicle lease term of the
Operating Lease as it relates to each Lessor-Owned Vehicle leased hereunder
shall be from the Vehicle Lease Commencement Date to the date that is 24 months
from the Vehicle Lease Commencement Date; provided that the maximum Vehicle
lease term for any Vehicle may be such longer period with respect to which
Rating Agency Confirmation has been obtained. On the occurrence of such date
for a Group II Vehicle not previously disposed of, the applicable Lessee shall,
(a) on behalf of the Lessor, promptly dispose of such Group II Vehicle in
accordance with the terms hereof and in accordance with any instructions of the
Lessor for such disposition, (b) in each case, provide that Disposition
Proceeds be paid directly to the Collection Account for the benefit of the
Group II Noteholders and (c) pay to the Trustee, in accordance with this
Operating Lease, any other amounts unpaid and owing from such Lessee under the
Lease in respect of such Vehicle.
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6. Lessees's Rights to Purchase Vehicles. The related Lessee will have
the option, exercisable during the Vehicle Term with respect to any Lessor-Owned
Vehicle leased by it hereunder, to purchase such Lessor-Owned Vehicle at a
purchase price equal to the greater of (a) the applicable Net Book Value or (b)
the Fair Market Value of the Group II Vehicle (such greater amount, the "Vehicle
Purchase Price," with respect to Group II Repurchase Vehicles, in which event
such Lessee will pay the Vehicle Purchase Price to the Lessor on or before the
Due Date next succeeding such purchase by the Lessee plus all accrued and unpaid
Monthly Base Rent and Monthly Variable Rent with respect to such Vehicle through
the date of such purchase. In addition, each Lessee will have the option,
exercisable with respect to any Manufacturer Receivable related to a
Lessor-Owned Vehicle which was leased by such Lessee under this Agreement, to
purchase such Manufacturer Receivable for a price equal to the amount due from
the Manufacturer under such Manufacturer Receivable, in which event the Lessee
will pay such amount to the Trustee on or before the Due Date next succeeding
such purchase by the Lessee. Upon receipt of such purchase price by the Trustee,
the Lessor, at the request of the Lessee, shall cause title to any such Group II
Vehicle or Manufacturer Receivable, as applicable, to be transferred to the
applicable Lessee, and the Lien of the Trustee on such Group II Vehicle shall be
released thereby.
7. Vehicle Disposition. The Lessees agree that, with respect to
Lessor-Owned Vehicles, each Lessee shall use its commercially reasonable efforts
to return each Group II Repurchase Vehicle to the related Manufacturer (a) not
prior to the end of the Minimum Term for such Vehicle, and (b) not later than
the end of the Maximum Term for such Vehicle; provided, however, if for any
reason, a Lessee fails to deliver such a Group II Repurchase Vehicle to the
applicable Manufacturer for repurchase by the Manufacturer in accordance with
the applicable Repurchase Program, during the time period between the expiration
of the Minimum Term and the expiration of the Maximum Term, such Lessee shall be
obligated to purchase such Group II Repurchase Vehicle as provided in Section 12
of the Agreement. Each Lessee shall, with respect to Lessor-Owned Vehicles
leased by it hereunder, pay the equivalent of the Rent for the Minimum Term for
Group II Repurchase Vehicles returned before the expiration of the Minimum Term,
regardless of actual usage, unless such a Group II Repurchase Vehicle is a
Casualty, which will be handled in accordance with Section 6 of the Agreement.
All Disposition Proceeds due from the disposition of Group II Repurchase
Vehicles pursuant to this Section shall be due and payable to the Lessor. Each
Lessee shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause all proceeds from the
disposition of Group II Vehicles pursuant to this Section to be paid directly to
the Collection Account; provided that, to the extent that any Lessee receives
any such proceeds directly, it shall deliver such proceeds to the Trustee within
five days of receipt thereof for deposit into the Collection Account.
8. Lessor's Right to Cause Vehicles to be Sold. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in the Agreement, the Lessor shall have the
right, at any time after the date 45 days prior to the expiration of the Maximum
Term for any Group II Vehicle leased under this Annex A, to require that the
Lessee thereof, and the Lessee shall have the obligation to (a) deliver such
Group II Vehicle to
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the Manufacturer for repurchase (if such Group II Vehicle is a Group II
Repurchase Vehicle) or (b) exercise commercially reasonable efforts to arrange
for the sale of such Vehicle to a third party for a price greater than the Net
Book Value thereof (if such Group II Vehicle is a Group II Repurchase Vehicle).
If a sale of the Vehicle to a third party is arranged by the Lessee prior to
the expiration of such Maximum Term in accordance with the foregoing, then the
Lessee shall deliver the Group II Vehicle to the purchaser thereof, the Lien of
the Trustee on the Certificate of Title of such Group II Vehicle shall be
released, and the Lessee shall cause to be delivered to the Lessor the funds
paid for such Vehicle by the purchaser. If the Lessee is unable to arrange for
a sale of a Group II Repurchase Vehicle on or before the 30th day prior to the
expiration of such Maximum Term, then the Lessee shall cease attempting to
arrange for such a sale and shall return such Group II Repurchase Vehicle to
the applicable Manufacturer or purchase such Group II Vehicle as herein
provided. In no event may any Group II Repurchase Vehicle be sold pursuant to
this paragraph 8 (other than pursuant to a Repurchase Program) unless the funds
to be paid to the Lessor arising out of such sale exceed the Net Book Value of
such Group II Vehicle less reasonably predictable Excess Mileage Charges,
Excess Damage Charges and other similar charges imposed by the Manufacturer.
9. Calculation of Rent. Rent shall be due and payable on a monthly
basis as set forth in this paragraph 9:
(a) Certain Definitions. As used herein the following terms have
the following meanings:
"Monthly Base Rent" with respect to each Due Date and each
Lessor-Owned Vehicle leased under this Agreement during the
Related Month shall be the sum of all Depreciation Charges that
have accrued with respect to such Group II Vehicle during the
Related Month.
"Monthly Variable Rent" with respect to each Due Date and
each Lessor-Owned Vehicle leased under this Agreement on any day
during the Related Month shall equal the sum of (a) an amount
equal to the Net Book Value of such Group II Vehicle, with
respect to each Group II Repurchase Vehicle, during the Related
Month multiplied by the VFR for a one year interest period,
multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be 30 and
the denominator of which shall be 360 and (b) the product of (i)
an amount equal to (x) the sum of all Carrying Charges for each
Group II Series of Notes for the Related Month less (y) any
accrued earnings on Permitted Investments in the Group II
Collection Account which are accrued through the last Business
Day of the Related Month and maturing by the next Distribution
Date and (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the Net Book
Value of such Group II Vehicle, with respect to each Group II
Repurchase Vehicle, with respect to each Group II Non-Repurchase
Vehicle, and the denominator of which is the sum of the Net Book
Values of all
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Group II Vehicles. In the event the Vehicle Lease Commencement
Date occurs with respect to such Group II Vehicle on a day other
than the last day of a Related Month, the Monthly Variable Rent
for such Group II Vehicle shall be equal to the product of (a)
the Monthly Variable Rent otherwise payable with respect to such
Group II Vehicle, multiplied by (b) a fraction the numerator of
which is 12 and the denominator of which is 360, multiplied by
(c) the number of days in such Related Month from, after and
including such Vehicle Lease Commencement Date through and
including the last day of such Related Month. In the event the
Vehicle Lease Expiration Date occurs with respect to such Vehicle
on a day other than the last day of the Related Month, the
Monthly Variable Rent for such Vehicle shall be equal to the
product of (a) the Monthly Variable Rent otherwise payable with
respect to such Group II Vehicle for the Related Month,
multiplied by (b) a fraction the numerator of which is 12 and the
denominator of which is 360, multiplied by (c) the number of days
in such Related Month from, after and including the first day of
such Related Month through and including the Vehicle Lease
Expiration Date.
"Rent", with respect to Lessor-Owned Vehicles, means Monthly
Base Rent and Monthly Variable Rent.
"VFR" for any period with respect to any Group II Series of
Notes, is an interest rate equal to (i) the amount of interest
accrued during such period with respect to all Group II Series of
Notes divided by (ii) the average daily Invested Amounts of all
such Group II Series of Notes during such period.
(b) Payment of Rent. On each Due Date:
(i) Monthly Base Rent. Each Lessee shall pay to the Lessor
all Monthly Base Rent that has accrued during the Related Month
with respect to each Group II Vehicle leased hereunder by such
Lessee; and
(ii) Monthly Variable Rent. Each Lessee shall pay to the
Lessor all Monthly Variable Rent that has accrued during the
Related Month with respect to each Group II Vehicle leased
hereunder by such Lessee.
(iii) Prepayments. On any date, a Lessee may prepay to the
Lessor, in whole or in part, the Rent or other payments accrued
during the Related Month with respect to any Lessor-Owned
Vehicles leased by such Lessee.
10. Net Lease. THE OPERATING LEASE SHALL BE A NET LEASE, AND THE
LESSEE'S OBLIGATION TO PAY ALL RENT AND OTHER SUMS HEREUNDER SHALL BE
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ABSOLUTE AND UNCONDITIONAL, AND SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO ANY ABATEMENT OR
REDUCTION FOR ANY REASON WHATSOEVER. The obligations and liabilities of the
Lessees hereunder shall in no way be released, discharged or otherwise affected
(except as may be expressly provided herein including, without limitation, the
right of each Lessee to reject Group II Vehicles pursuant to Section 2.2 of the
Agreement) for any reason, including without limitation: (i) any defect in the
condition, merchantability, quality or fitness for use of the Group II Vehicles
or any part thereof; (ii) any damage to, removal, abandonment, salvage, loss,
scrapping or destruction of or any requisition or taking of the Group II
Vehicles or any part thereof; (iii) any restriction, prevention or curtailment
of or interference with any use of the Group II Vehicles or any part thereof;
(iv) any defect in or any Lien on title to the Group II Vehicles or any part
thereof; (v) any change, waiver, extension, indulgence or other action or
omission in respect of any obligation or liability of the relevant Lessee or the
Lessor; (vi) any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, composition,
adjustment, dissolution, liquidation or other like proceeding relating to the
relevant Lessee, the Lessor or any other Person, or any action taken with
respect to the Operating Lease by any trustee or receiver of any Person
mentioned above, or by any court; (vii) any claim that the relevant Lessee has
or might have against any Person, including without limitation the Lessor;
(viii) any failure on the part of the Lessor to perform or comply with any of
the terms hereof or of any other agreement; (ix) any invalidity or
unenforceability or disaffirmance of the Operating Lease or any provision hereof
or any of the other Related Documents or any provision of any thereof, in each
case whether against or by the relevant Lessee or otherwise; (x) any insurance
premiums payable by the relevant Lessee with respect to the Group II Vehicles;
or (xi) any other occurrence whatsoever, whether similar or dissimilar to the
foregoing, whether or not the relevant Lessee shall have notice or knowledge of
any of the foregoing and whether or not foreseen or foreseeable. The Operating
Lease shall be noncancelable by the Lessees and, except as expressly provided
herein, each Lessee, to the extent permitted by law, waives all rights now or
hereafter conferred by statute or otherwise to quit, terminate or surrender the
Operating Lease, or to any diminution or reduction of Rent payable by such
Lessee hereunder. All payments by each Lessee made hereunder shall be final
(except to the extent of adjustments provided for herein), absent manifest error
and, except as otherwise provided herein, no Lessee shall seek to recover any
such payment or any part thereof for any reason whatsoever, absent manifest
error. If for any reason whatsoever the Operating Lease shall be terminated in
whole or in part by operation of law or otherwise except as expressly provided
herein, each Lessee shall nonetheless pay an amount equal to each Rent payment
at the time and in the manner that such payment would have become due and
payable under the terms of the Operating Lease as if it had not been terminated
in whole or in part. All covenants and agreements of each Lessees herein shall
be performed at its cost, expense and risk unless expressly otherwise stated.
11. Liens. Except for Permitted Liens, each Lessee shall keep all Group
II Vehicles leased by it free of all Liens arising during the Term. Upon the
Vehicle Lease Termination Date for each Group II Vehicle leased hereunder
should any such Lien exist the Lessor may, in its discretion, remove such Lien
and any sum of money that may be paid by the Lessor in release or discharge
thereof,
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including attorneys' fees and costs, will be paid by the Lessee upon
demand by the Lessor. The Lessor may grant security interests in the Group II
Vehicles without consent of the relevant Lessee; provided, however, that if any
such Liens would interfere with the rights of such Lessee under this Agreement,
the Lessor must obtain the prior written consent of such Lessee. Each Lessee
acknowledges that the granting of Liens and the taking of other actions
pursuant to the Indenture and the Related Documents does not interfere with the
rights of such Lessee under this Agreement.
12. Non-Disturbance. So long as a Lessee satisfies its obligations
hereunder, its quiet enjoyment, possession and use of the Group II Vehicles
leased by it hereunder will not be disturbed during the Term subject, however,
to paragraph 8 of this Annex A to the Lease and except that the Lessor and the
Trustee each retains the right, but not the duty, to inspect the Group II
Vehicles without disturbing the ordinary conduct of the Lessees's business.
Upon the request of the Lessor or the Trustee, from time to time, each Lessee
will make reasonable efforts to confirm to the Lessor and the Trustee the
location, mileage and condition of each Group II Vehicle leased by it hereunder
and to make available for the Lessor's or the Trustee's inspection within a
reasonable time period, not to exceed 45 days, such Group II Vehicles at the
location where such Group II Vehicles are normally domiciled. Further, each
Lessee will, during normal business hours and with a notice of three Business
Days, make its records pertaining to the Group II Vehicles available to the
Lessor or the Trustee for inspection at the location where the Lessees's
records are normally domiciled.
13. Certain Risks of Loss Borne by Lessees. Upon delivery of a Group II
Vehicle to a Lessee, as between the Lessor and the Lessees, such Lessee assumes
and bears the risk of loss, damage, theft, taking, destruction, attachment,
seizure, confiscation or requisition and all other risks and liabilities with
respect to such Group II Vehicle, including personal injury or death and
property damage, arising with respect to such Group II Vehicle due to the
manufacture, purchase, acceptance, rejection, delivery, leasing, subleasing,
possession, use, inspection, registration, operation, condition, maintenance,
repair or storage of such Group II Vehicle, howsoever arising.
14. Title. This is an agreement to lease only, and title to the
Lessor-Owned Vehicles will at all times remain in the Lessor's name. The
Lessees will not have any rights or interest in such Group II Vehicles
whatsoever other than the rights of possession and use of such Group II
Vehicles as provided by this Agreement. In addition, each Lessee, by its
execution hereof, acknowledges and agrees that (i) the Lessor is the sole owner
and holder of all right, title and interest in and to the Repurchase Programs
as they relate to the Lessor-Owned Vehicles leased hereunder and (ii) the
Lessee has no right, title or interest in any Repurchase Program as it relates
to any Lessor-Owned Vehicle leased hereunder. To confirm the foregoing, each
Lessees, by its execution hereof, hereby assigns and transfers to the Lessor
any rights that such Lessee may have in respect of any Repurchase Programs as
they relate to the Lessor-Owned Vehicles leased by it hereunder.
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ANNEX B
ANNEX
TO THE
AMENDED AND RESTATED MASTER MOTOR VEHICLE LEASE AGREEMENT
GROUP II
Dated as of February 25, 2000
among
TEAM FLEET FINANCING CORPORATION,
as Lessor
BUDGET GROUP, INC.,
as Guarantor
and
BUDGET RENT A CAR SYSTEMS, INC.
and those Subsidiaries, Affiliates and Non-Affiliates of Budget Group, Inc.
named on Schedule 1 as Lessees
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1. Scope of Annex. This Annex B shall apply only to the acquisition or
financing, leasing and servicing of the Financed Vehicles by the Lessor
pursuant to the Agreement, as supplemented by this Lease Annex (collectively,
the "Financing Lease").
2. General Agreement. With respect to the Financed Vehicles, the
Lessees and the Lessor each intend that the Agreement, as supplemented by this
Lease Annex, constitute a financing arrangement and that the relationship
between the Lessor and the Lessees pursuant thereto and hereto shall always be
only that of lender and borrower, and the Lessor hereby declares, acknowledges
and agrees that the ownership of each Financed Vehicle leased hereunder rests
solely with the Lessee thereof subject to the security interest granted
hereunder to the Lessor.
3. Financing Lease Commitment. Subject to the terms and conditions of
the Financing Lease, upon execution and delivery of the Financing Lease, the
Lessor shall (i) on or after the Lease Commencement Date and prior to the Lease
Expiration Date purchase, finance or refinance Financed Vehicles in the Initial
Fleet and other Refinanced Vehicles identified in Refinancing Schedules for a
purchase price equal to the aggregate Net Book Value thereof, and (ii) from
time to time on or after the Lease Commencement Date and prior to the Lease
Expiration Date purchase all other Financed Vehicles identified in Group II
Vehicle Orders placed by the Lessees for a purchase price equal to the
Capitalized Cost thereof, and in each case simultaneously therewith enter into
this Financing Lease with the Lessees with respect to the Financed Vehicles, as
the case may be; provided, that the aggregate outstanding Base Amount of the
Financing Lease shall not on any date exceed (a) the Maximum Lease Commitment,
less (b) the sum of (x) the sum of the Net Book Values of Lessor-Owned Vehicles
leased under the Operating Lease on such date, each such Net Book Value
calculated as of the first day contained within both the calendar month in
which such date of determination occurs and the Vehicle Term for the related
Lessor-Owned Vehicle, plus (y) accrued and unpaid Monthly Base Rent under the
Operating Lease as of such date.
4. Reserved.
5. Maximum Vehicle Lease Term. The maximum vehicle lease term of the
Financing Lease as it relates to each Financed Vehicle leased hereunder shall
be from the Vehicle Lease Commencement Date to the date that is 60 months from
the Vehicle Lease Commencement Date. On the occurrence of such date, each
Lessee shall pay to the Lessor, in accordance with this Financing Lease, any
amounts unpaid and owing under the Agreement and this Lease Annex in respect of
such Group II Vehicle.
6. Calculation of Rent and Monthly Supplemental Payment. Rent and the
Monthly Supplemental Payment shall be due and payable on a monthly basis as set
forth in this Paragraph 6:
(a) Certain Definitions. As used herein the following terms have
the following meanings:
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"Monthly Base Rent" with respect to each Due Date and each
Financed Vehicle leased under this Agreement on any day during the
Related Month shall be the sum of all Depreciation Charges that have
accrued with respect to such Group II Vehicle during the Related
Month.
"Monthly Finance Rent" with respect to each Due Date and each
Financed Vehicle subject to this Agreement shall equal the sum of (a)
an amount equal to the Net Book Value of such Group II Vehicle, with
respect to each Group II Repurchase Vehicle, during the Related Month
multiplied by the VFR for a one year interest period, multiplied by a
fraction, the numerator of which shall be 30 and the denominator of
which shall be 360 and (b) the product of (i) an amount equal to (x)
the sum of all Carrying Charges for each Group II Series of Notes for
the Related Month less (y) any accrued earnings on Permitted
Investments in the Group II Collection Account which are accrued
through the last Business Day of the Related Month and maturing by the
next Distribution Date and (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is
the Net Book Value of such Group II Vehicle, and the denominator of
which is the sum of the Net Book Values of all Group II Vehicles. In
the event the Vehicle Lease Commencement Date occurs with respect to
such Group II Vehicle on a day other than the last day of a Related
Month, the Monthly Finance Rent for such Group II Vehicle shall be
equal to the product of (a) the Monthly Finance Rent otherwise payable
with respect to such Group II Vehicle, multiplied by (b) a fraction
the numerator of which is 12 and the denominator of which is 360,
multiplied by (c) the number of days in such Related Month from, after
and including such Vehicle Lease Commencement Date through and
including the last day of such Related Month. In the event the Vehicle
Lease Expiration Date occurs with respect to such Group II Vehicle on
a day other than the last day of the Related Month, the Monthly
Finance Rent for such Group II Vehicle shall be equal to the product
of (a) the Monthly Finance Rent otherwise payable with respect to such
Group II Vehicle for the Related Month, multiplied by (b) a fraction
the numerator of which is 12 and the denominator of which is 360,
multiplied by (c) the number of days in such Related Month from, after
and including the first day of such Related Month through and
including the Vehicle Lease Expiration Date.
"Rent", with respect to Financed Vehicles, means Monthly Base
Rent, Monthly Finance Rent, Monthly Supplemental Rent and Monthly
Supplemental Payments.
"VFR" for any period with respect to any Group II Series of
Notes, is an interest rate equal to (i) the amount of interest accrued
during such period with respect to all Group II Series of Notes
divided by (ii) the average daily Invested Amounts of all such Group
II Series of Notes during such period.
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"Monthly Supplemental Payment" with respect to each Due Date and
all Group II Vehicles that were leased under this Financing Lease on
any day during the Related Month shall be an amount equal to the sum
of (i) the aggregate Termination Values (each as of the date on which
such Financed Vehicle is no longer an Eligible Vehicle, becomes a
Casualty or is sold, as applicable) of all the Financed Vehicles
financed under this Finance Lease at any time during such Related
Month that, without double counting, while so financed are no longer
Eligible Repurchase Vehicles, have suffered a Casualty or are sold by
the Lessee (it being understood that the Lessee has agreed to sell
Financed Vehicles only in a manner consistent with the provisions
hereof and of the Related Documents) to any Person (including the
Lessee) other than to a Manufacturer pursuant to such Manufacturer's
Repurchase Program or to a third party pursuant to an Auction
conducted through a Manufacturer's Repurchase Program, in each case,
during the Related Month, plus (ii) the aggregate Termination Values
(each as of the applicable Disposition Date) of all the Financed
Vehicles financed under this Finance Lease that while so financed were
returned by the Lessee to a Manufacturer or designated auction
pursuant to a Repurchase Program with respect to which (x) the
Repurchase Price or the Guaranteed Payment and Disposition Proceeds
have been paid by such Manufacturer and/or the related auction dealers
during the Related Month, (y) a Manufacturer Event of Default has
occurred or (z) the 90th day after the Turnback Date with respect
thereto has occurred during the Related Month and the Repurchase Price
or Guaranteed Payment has not been received, plus (iii) the aggregate
face amount of all the Manufacturer Receivables financed under this
Finance Lease with respect to which (x) the Repurchase Price or the
Guaranteed Payment and Disposition Proceeds have been paid by such
Manufacturer and/or the related auction dealers during the Related
Month, (y) a Manufacturer Event of Default has occurred or (z) the
90th day after the Turnback Date with respect thereto has occurred
during the Related Month and the amount of such Manufacturer
Receivable has not been received, plus (iv) the aggregate amount of
all Auction Receivables financed under this Finance Lease with respect
to which (x) the amount thereof has been paid by the related Auction
Dealer or (y) the 10th day after the sale of the related Vehicle at
auction has occurred during the Related Month and the amount of the
related Auction Receivable has not been received, minus (v) any
amounts received by the Lessor or the Trustee, or deposited into the
Collection Account, during the Related Month representing (a)
Repurchase Prices and Guaranteed Payments for repurchases or
dispositions of Financed Vehicles or (b) the sales proceeds for sales
of Financed Vehicles financed at the time of such sale under this
Finance Lease to a third party other than to a Manufacturer. Solely
for determining the amounts payable hereunder with respect to a
Financed Vehicle that is a Group II Repurchase Vehicle that became a
Casualty as a result of such Group II Repurchase Vehicle being held
beyond the
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Maximum Term applicable thereto, such Group II Vehicle will be deemed
to have become a Casualty upon the date the Maximum Term expires.
(b) Payment of Rent. On each Due Date:
(i) Monthly Base Rent. Each Lessee shall pay to the Lessor all
Monthly Base Rent that has accrued during the Related Month with
respect to each Group II Vehicle leased under the Finance Lease by
such Lessee during the Related Month;
(ii) Monthly Finance Rent. Each Lessee shall pay to the Lessor
all Monthly Finance Rent that has accrued during the Related Month
with respect to each Group II Vehicle leased under the Finance Lease
by such Lessee during the Related Month; and
(iii) Monthly Supplemental Payments. Each Lessee shall pay to the
Lessor the Monthly Supplemental Payments that have accrued during the
Related Month with respect to all Group II Vehicles that were leased
under the Finance Lease on any day during the Related Month; provided,
however, that in the event that the Monthly Supplemental Payment
accrued during a Related Month is a negative dollar amount, such
amount may be netted against other payments to be paid on such Due
Date pursuant to this Paragraph 6.
(c) On the expiration of the Term of the Group II Master Lease, any
remaining Base Amount, plus all other amounts payable by the Lessees under
the Financing Lease shall be immediately due and payable.
(d) On any date, a Lessee may prepay to the Lessor, in whole or in
part, the Rent or other payments accrued during the Related Month with
respect to any Financed Vehicles leased by such Lessee. A Lessee may from
time to time prepay the Base Amount of the Financing Lease with respect to
a Financed Vehicle leased by it hereunder, in whole or in part, on any
date, provided that such Lessee shall give the Lessor and the Trustee not
less than one Business Day's prior notice of any prepayment, specifying the
date and amount of such prepayment, and the Financed Vehicles to which such
prepayment relates.
7. Risk of Loss Borne by Lessees. Upon delivery of each Financed
Vehicle to the Lessee thereof, as between the Lessor and the Lessee thereof,
the Lessee assumes and bears the risk of loss, damage, theft, taking,
destruction, attachment, seizure, confiscation or requisition with respect to
such Group II Vehicle, however caused or occasioned, and all other risks and
liabilities, including personal injury or death and property damage, arising
with respect to such Group II Vehicle or the manufacture, purchase, acceptance,
rejection, ownership, delivery, leasing, subleasing, possession, use,
inspection,
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registration, operation, condition, maintenance, repair, storage,
sale, return or other disposition of such Group II Vehicle, howsoever arising.
8. Mandatory Repurchase of Texas Vehicles and Hawaii Vehicles. Prior to
the Vehicle Lease Expiration Date with respect to each Texas Vehicle or Hawaii
Vehicle (other than a Vehicle Lease Expiration Date arising in connection with
the purchase of such Group II Vehicle pursuant to this Paragraph 8) and, prior
to the expiration of the Maximum Term applicable thereto, the Lessee thereof
shall purchase such Texas Vehicle or Hawaii Vehicle (including any such Group
II Vehicle which has become a Casualty) at a purchase price equal to the Net
Book Value of such Group II Vehicle calculated as of the date of purchase (or,
in the case of a Casualty, at a purchase price equal to the Monthly
Supplemental Payments accruing in respect of such Vehicle during the Related
Month in which such Group II Vehicle became a Casualty), which shall be payable
to the Trustee (together with all accrued and unpaid Rent and other payments
due and payable on such Due Date with respect to such Texas Vehicle or Hawaii
Vehicle through the date of such purchase) on or prior to the Due Date next
succeeding such purchase by the Lessee. The Lessor shall cause title to each
Texas Vehicle or Hawaii Vehicle to be transferred to the Lessee thereof, and
the Servicer shall cause the Trustee to cause its Lien to be removed from the
Certificate of Title for such Group II Vehicle, concurrently with or promptly
after such purchase price for such Texas Vehicle or Hawaii Vehicle, as
applicable, (and any such unpaid Rent and payments) is paid by the Lessee to
the Trustee. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no
Texas Vehicle or Hawaii Vehicle may be sold or otherwise disposed of (other
than pursuant to Section 17.3 of the Agreement), including by return to its
Manufacturer pursuant to a Repurchase Program, prior to its purchase by the
Lessee thereof pursuant to and in accordance with this Paragraph 8.
9. Lessee's Rights to Purchase Manufacturer Receivables and Auction
Receivables. In addition, each Lessee will have the option, exercisable with
respect to any Manufacturer Receivable or Auction Receivable related to a
Financed Vehicle which was leased by such Lessee under this Agreement, to
purchase such Manufacturer Receivable or Auction Receivable for a price equal
to the amount due from the Manufacturer or Auction Dealer under such
Manufacturer Receivable or Auction Receivable, as applicable, in which event
the Lessee will pay such amount to the Trustee on or before the Due Date next
succeeding such purchase by the Lessee. Upon receipt of such funds by the
Trustee, the Lessor, at the request of the Lessee, shall cause title to any
such Manufacturer Receivable or Auction Receivable, as applicable, to be
transferred to the Lessee, and the Lien of the Trustee in such Manufacturer
Receivable or Auction Receivable, as applicable, will automatically be released
concurrently with or promptly after the purchase price for such Manufacturer
Receivable or Auction Receivable, as applicable (and any unpaid Monthly Base
Rent, unpaid Monthly Variable Rent and other unpaid charges, payments and
amounts), is paid by the Lessee to the Trustee.
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Schedule I
LESSEES AS OF SERIES 2000-1 CLOSING DATE
1. BUDGET RENT-A-CAR SYSTEMS, INC.
2. NYRAC, INC.
3. PREMIER CAR RENTAL LLC
4. RYDER TRS, INC.
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Schedule II
NOTICE ADDRESSES
BUDGET RENT-A-CAR SYSTEMS, INC.
Address: 0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx, XX
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxx
Telephone: 000-000-0000
Telecopier: 630-955-7808
NYRAC, INC.
Address: 0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx, XX
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxx
Telephone: 000-000-0000
Telecopier: 630-955-7808
PREMIER CAR RENTAL LLC.
Address: 0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx, XX
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxx
Telephone: 000-000-0000
Telecopier: 630-955-7808
RYDER TRS, INC.
Address: 0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx, XX
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxx
Telephone: 000-000-0000
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Telecopier: 000-000-0000
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Schedule 28.8
BUSINESS LOCATIONS
BUDGET RENT-A-CAR SYSTEMS, INC.
Address: 0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx, XX
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxx
Telephone: 000-000-0000
Telecopier: 630-955-7808
NYRAC, INC.
Address: 0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx, XX
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxx
Telephone: 000-000-0000
Telecopier: 630-955-7808
PREMIER CAR RENTAL LLC.
Address: 0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx, XX
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxx
Telephone: 000-000-0000
Telecopier: 630-955-7808
RYDER TRS, INC.
Address: 0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx, XX
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxx
Telephone: 000-000-0000
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Telecopier: 000-000-0000
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ATTACHMENT A-1
TO
MASTER MOTOR VEHICLE LEASE AGREEMENT
Group II
SCHEDULE OF INITIAL FLEET
Information on Refinanced Vehicles (including Initial Fleet)
and Eligible Receivables
Refinanced Vehicles (including Initial Fleet)
1 Vehicle Model
2 Vehicle Identification Number (last eight digits) (VIN)
3 Vehicle Lease Commencement Date
4 Capitalized Cost
5 Monthly Base Rent
6 Garaging State
7 Lienholder
8 Amount to pay off existing indebtedness
Eligible Receivables
1 identity of obligor
2 amount of receivable
3 date of origination of receivable
4 vehicle identification number (VIN) of vehicles to which
receivable relates (grouped by obligor)
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ATTACHMENT A-2
TO
MASTER MOTOR VEHICLE LEASE AGREEMENT
Group II
Group II VEHICLE ACQUISITION SCHEDULE
Vehicle Order
1 Vehicle Model
2 Vehicle Identification Number (last eight digits) (VIN)
3 Vehicle Lease Commencement Date
4 Capitalized Cost
5 Monthly Base Rent
6 Garaging State
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ATTACHMENT B
TO
MASTER MOTOR VEHICLE LEASE AGREEMENT
Group II
FORM OF POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that Team Fleet Financing Corporation
does hereby make, constitute and appoint _________________________ its true and
lawful Attorney(s)-in-fact for it and in its name, stead and behalf, to execute
any and all documents pertaining to the titling of motor vehicles in the name
of Team Fleet Financing Corporation, the noting of the Lien of Bankers Trust
Company, as trustee, as the first lienholder on certificates of title, the
correction of any such certificate of title, the licensing and registration of
motor vehicles and the transfer of title to the Manufacturer and to __________.
This power is limited to the foregoing and specifically does not authorize the
creation of any Liens or encumbrances on any of said motor vehicles.
The powers and authority granted hereunder shall, unless sooner
terminated, revoked or extended, cease five years from the date of execution as
set forth below.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Team Fleet Financing Corporation has caused this
instrument to be executed on its behalf by its ____________________________
this _____ day of __________, 20__.
TEAM FLEET FINANCING CORPORATION
By:
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Name:
Title:
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State of------------------------------)
County of-----------------------------)
Subscribed and sworn before me, a notary public, in and for said
county and state, this __________ day of __________, 20___.
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Notary Public
My Commission Expires:
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ATTACHMENT C
TO
MASTER MOTOR VEHICLE LEASE AGREEMENT
Group II
FORM OF JOINDER IN LEASE
THIS JOINDER IN LEASE AGREEMENT (this "Joinder") is executed as of
__________ ___, 20___, by _______________, a _______________________________
("Joining Party"), and delivered to Team Fleet Financing Corporation, a
Delaware corporation ("TFFC"), as lessor pursuant to the Master Motor Vehicle
Lease Agreement-Group II, dated as of February 25, 2000 (as amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the
terms thereof, the "Lease"), among TFFC, Budget Systems, Inc. and those direct
or indirect Subsidiaries and other Affiliates of Budget Group, Inc. ("Budget"),
a Delaware corporation formerly known as Team Rental Group, Inc., that are
listed on Schedule 1 to the Lease and those that become party to the Lease
pursuant to the provisions of Section 23 thereof and those additional parties
that are not direct or indirect Subsidiaries or other Affiliates of Budget that
become parties to the Lease pursuant to the provisions of Section 23 thereof
(individually, a "Lessee" and, collectively, the "Lessees"), and Budget, as
guarantor. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein shall have the
meanings provided for in the Lease.
R E C I T A L S:
WHEREAS, the Joining Party is a direct or indirect Subsidiary or other
Affiliate of Budget; and
WHEREAS, the Joining Party desires to become a "Lessee" under and
pursuant to the Lease.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Joining Party agrees as follows:
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A G R E E M E N T:
1. The Joining Party hereby represents and warrants to and in favor of
TFFC and the Trustee that (i) [the Joining Party is a direct or indirect
Subsidiary or Affiliate of Budget, (ii)] all of the conditions required to be
satisfied pursuant to Section 23 of the Lease in respect of the Joining Party
becoming a Lessee thereunder have been satisfied, and (iii) all of the
representations and warranties contained in Section 28 of the Lease with
respect to the Lessees are true and correct as applied to the Joining Party as
of the date hereof.
2. The Joining Party hereby agrees to assume all of the obligations of
a "Lessee" under the Lease and agrees to be bound by all of the terms,
covenants and conditions therein.
3. The Joining Party acknowledges its receipt of a copy of that
certain opinion letter issued by Xxxxx, Xxxxx & Xxxxx, dated February 25, 2000,
and addressing the issue of substantive consolidation as it may relate to the
Guarantor, each Lessee and the Lessor. The Joining Party hereby agrees to
maintain in place all policies and procedures, and take and continue to take
all action, described in the factual assumptions set forth in such opinion
letter and relating to the Lessees or such Joining Party.
4. By its execution and delivery of this Joinder, the Joining Party
hereby becomes a Lessee for all purposes under the Lease. By its execution and
delivery of this Joinder, TFFC acknowledges that the Joining Party is a Lessee
for all purposes under the Lease.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Joining Party has caused this Joinder to be
duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
[Name of Joining Party]
By:
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Name:
Title:
Accepted and Acknowledged by:
TEAM FLEET FINANCING CORPORATION
By:
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Name:
Title:
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Consented to by:
BUDGET GROUP, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
X-0
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XXXXXXXXXX X
TO
MASTER MOTOR VEHICLE LEASE AGREEMENT
Group II
FORM OF XXXX OF SALE
IN CONSIDERATION OF the payment of $_______________, and other good
and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, [SELLER], a [state of incorporation] corporation (the "Seller"),
does hereby sell, assign, transfer, convey, grant, bargain, set over, release,
deliver and confirm unto Team Fleet Financing Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (the "Buyer"), its successors and assigns, forever, the entire
right, title and interest of the Seller in, to and under all the Group II
Vehicles listed and described in Schedule 1 attached hereto (the "Vehicles"),
the Seller's interest in Repurchase Programs with respect to the Vehicles, all
moneys due or to become due and all amounts received or receivable with respect
thereto and all proceeds thereof (collectively, the "Transferred Assets").
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned to such terms in the Amended and Restated Base Indenture
dated as of December 1, 1996, as supplemented or amended by that certain Series
Supplement dated February 25, 2000 among the Buyer, Budget and the Trustee,
among the Buyer, Budget Group, Inc. ("Budget"), a Delaware corporation, as
Servicer and Budget Interestholder, and Bankers Trust Company, a New York
Banking Corporation, as the Trustee (the "Trustee").
The Seller hereby constitutes and appoints the Buyer, its successors
and assigns, the true and lawful attorney of the Seller, with full power of
substitution, in the name of the Buyer or in the name of the Seller, but for
the benefit and at the expense of the Buyer, to collect, demand and receive any
and all Transferred Assets, to collect any accounts receivable included in the
Transferred Assets and to endorse in the name of the Seller any checks or
drafts received in payment thereof and to enforce by appropriate proceedings
any claim, right or title of any kind in or to the Transferred Assets. The
foregoing shall include, without limitation, the right to change the holder of
title on the certificates of title included within the Transferred Assets. The
Seller acknowledges that the foregoing powers are coupled with an interest and
shall be irrevocable by the Seller for any reason.
From and after the date hereof, upon request of the Buyer, the Seller,
at its own expense, shall do such further and other acts and execute such
further and other agreements, assignments, bills of sale, certificates
(including Certificates of Title), powers, instruments and other documents as
the Buyer may deem necessary, desirable or appropriate to vest in the Buyer or
further assure to the Buyer all right, title and interest of the Seller in, to
and under the Transferred Assets.
79
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Seller has executed this Xxxx of Sale as of
_______________, 20___.
[SELLER]
By:
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Name:
Title:
80
SCHEDULE 1
TO XXXX OF SALE
VEHICLES
VIN NET BOOK VALUE
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