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EXHIBIT 10.1a
FIRST AMENDMENT TO MASTER INDENTURE
COMPUCREDIT
CREDIT CARD MASTER NOTE BUSINESS TRUST
THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO MASTER INDENTURE (this "AMENDMENT") is hereby
executed as of September 7, 2000, among CompuCredit Credit Card Master Note
Business Trust, as Issuer (the "ISSUER"), The Bank of New York, as Indenture
Trustee (the "INDENTURE Trustee"), and CompuCredit Corporation, as Servicer (the
"SERVICER").
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Servicer entered
into that certain Master Indenture, dated as of July 14, 2000 (the "MASTER
INDENTURE"), which the parties wish to amend in certain respects as provided
herein:
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and of the mutual
covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto hereby agree
as follows:
Section 1. AMENDMENTS TO THE MASTER INDENTURE.
(a) The definition of "Eligible Institution" is hereby amended to (i)
insert the words "not lower than BBB for Standard & Poor's Ratings Services or
Baa2 for Moody's Investors Service after the word "rating" in the fifth line
thereof and (ii) to delete the words "acceptable to the Rating Agencies" in the
fifth line thereof.
(b) The Master Indenture is hereby amended to insert the following
Subsection 3.07(f):
The Issuer shall deliver any Account Schedule (as defined in the
Transfer and Servicing Agreement) received by it pursuant to the
Transfer and Servicing Agreement to the Indenture Trustee.
(c) The Master Indenture is hereby amended to delete Subsection
5.05(a)(ii) thereof and replace it with the following:
(ii) sell all or a portion of the Issuer's interest in the
Principal Receivables, in an amount not to exceed the
Allocation Amount for the accelerated Series, and the
related Finance Charge Receivables, as shall
constitute a part of the Trust Estate (or rights of
interest therein), at one or more public or private
sales called and conducted in any manner permitted by
law; and
(d) The Master Indenture is hereby amended to delete the first sentence
of Section 5.18(c) thereof and replace it with the following:
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In its exercise of the foreclosure remedy pursuant to SECTION
5.05(a)(ii), the Indenture Trustee shall solicit bids from Permitted
Assignees for the sale of Principal Receivables, in an amount equal to
the Allocation Amount of the accelerated Series of Notes at the time of
sale, and the related Finance Charge Receivables, as shall constitute a
part of the Trust Estate.
(e) The Master Indenture is hereby amended to (i) insert the words "or
the Transferor" in the second line of Section 11.17 after the word "Issuer" and
(ii) insert the words "or the Transferor" in the third line of Section 11.17
after the word "Issuer."
Section 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Amendment shall become effective as of
the date first above written.
Section 3. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AMENDMENT WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Section 4. COUNTERPARTS. This Amendment may be executed in any number
of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each
of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which
when taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
Section 5. SEVERABILITY. In case any provision in or obligation under
this Amendment shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction,
the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions or
obligations, or of such provision or obligation in any other jurisdiction, shall
not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 6. DEFINITIONS. Unless otherwise defined herein, all
capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings given to such terms, or
incorporated by reference, in the Master Indenture.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be
duly executed on the date first above written.
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COMPUCREDIT CREDIT CARD
MASTER NOTE BUSINESS TRUST,
as Issuer
By: Wilmington Trust FSB, Owner Trustee
By: ___________________________
Name:
Title:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Indenture Trustee
By: ___________________________
Name:
Title:
COMPUCREDIT CORPORATION,
as Servicer
By: ___________________________
Name: Ashley L. Johnson
Title: Treasurer
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ACCEPTED AND AGREED:
ENTERPRISE FUNDING CORPORATION,
as Purchaser
By: _____________________________
Name:
Title:
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A,
as Agent
By: _____________________________
Name:
Title:
VARIABLE FUNDING CAPITAL
CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation,
as Purchaser
By: First Union Securities, Inc.,
attorney-in-fact
By: _____________________________
Name:
Title:
FIRST UNION SECURITIES, INC.,
a Delaware corporation, as Deal Agent
By: _____________________________
Name:
Title:
FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK, a national banking association,
as Liquidity Agent
By: _____________________________
Name:
Title:
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THREE PILLARS FUNDING CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation,
as Purchaser
By: _____________________________
Name:
Title:
SUNTRUST EQUITABLE SECURITIES CORPORATION, a Tennessee corporation,
as Deal Agent
By: _____________________________
Name:
Title:
SUNTRUST BANK, a national banking association,
as Liquidity Agent
By: _____________________________
Name:
Title:
SHEFFIELD RECEIVABLES CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation,
as Purchaser
By: _____________________________
Name:
Title:
BARCLAYS BANK PLC,
as Agent
By: _____________________________
Name:
Title:
TWIN TOWERS INC.,
as Class A Purchaser and Class B Purchaser
By: _____________________________
Name:
Title:
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DEUTSCHE BANK AG,
as Administrative Agent and Agent
By: _____________________________
Name:
Title:
By: _____________________________
Name:
Title:
