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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 30, 1999
IMPERIAL SUGAR COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
TEXAS 1-10307 74-0704500
(State or other jurisdiction (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer
of incorporation) Identification No.)
ONE IMPERIAL SQUARE
P.O. BOX 9
SUGAR LAND, TEXAS 77487
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (281) 491-9181
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ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS
The information set forth in the press release of Imperial Sugar
Company (the "Company") dated July 12, 1999, included herewith as Exhibit 99.1,
is incorporated by reference in this Current Report on Form 8-K.
ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
(c) Exhibits
4.1 Third Amendment to the Company's Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement dated June 30, 1999.
10.1 Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of June 30, 1999
between the Company, Imperial Securitization Corporation,
Imperial Distributing, Inc., Fairway Finance Corporation and
Nesbitt Burns Securities, Inc.
10.2 Purchase and Contribution Agreement dated as of June 30,
1999 between the Originators named therein, Imperial
Securitization Corporation and Imperial Distributing, Inc.
99.1 Press release issued by the Company dated July 12, 1999.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
IMPERIAL SUGAR COMPANY
Date: July 16, 1999 By: /s/ H.P. Mechler
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Name: H.P. Mechler
Its: Vice President - Accounting
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EXHIBIT 4.1
THIRD AMENDMENT
Third Amendment, dated as of June 30, 1999 (this "Amendment"), to the
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of December 22, 1997 (as
heretofore and hereafter amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time
to time, the "Credit Agreement"), among Imperial Sugar Company, formerly known
as Imperial Holly Corporation (the "Borrower"), the several Lenders ("Lenders")
from time to time parties thereto, Lehman Commercial Paper, Inc., as Syndication
Agent, Lehman Brothers Inc., as Arranger and Harris Trust and Savings Bank, as
Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent.
WITNESSETH
Whereas, the Borrower has requested that the Lenders amend certain
provisions of the Credit Agreement;
Whereas, the Lenders have agreed to such amendments only upon the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth herein;
Now, Therefore, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants
herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Section 1. Defined Terms. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized
terms which are defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein as therein
defined.
Section 2. Amendments to the Credit Agreement.
(a) The definitions of the terms "Consolidated EBITDA" and "Consolidated
Interest Expense" appearing in Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement shall be
amended to read as follows:
"Consolidated EBITDA": for any period, the sum of the SPV Interest
Expense for such period plus Consolidated Net Income for such period plus,
without duplication and to the extent reflected as a charge in the
statement of such Consolidated Net Income for such period, the sum of (a)
income tax expense, (b) interest expense, amortization or write-off of debt
discount and debt issuance costs and commissions, discounts and other fees
and charges associated with Indebtedness (including the Loans), (c)
depreciation and amortization expense, (d) amortization of intangibles
(including, but not limited to, goodwill) and organization costs, (e) any
extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring expenses or losses (including,
whether or not otherwise includable as a separate item in the statement of
such Consolidated Net Income for such period, losses on sales of assets
outside of the ordinary course of business) and (f) any other non-cash
charges other than amounts expensed during such period attributable to
Capitalized Refurbishment Expenditures, and minus, to the extent included
in the statement of such Consolidated Net Income for such period, the sum
of (a) interest income, (b) any extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring
income or gains (including, whether or not otherwise includable as a
separate item in the statement of such Consolidated Net Income for such
period, gains on
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the sales of assets outside of the ordinary course of business but
excluding, for any period, up to $5,000,000 in gain from sales during such
four quarter period of the Borrower's portfolio of marketable securities)
and (c) any other non-cash income, all as determined on a consolidated
basis.
"Consolidated Interest Expense": for any period, the sum of (a) total
cash interest expense (including that attributable to Capital Lease
Obligations) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period with
respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries (including, without limitation, all commissions, discounts and
other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers'
acceptance financing and net costs under Interest Rate Protection
Agreements to the extent such net costs are allocable to such period in
accordance with GAAP) and (b) the SPV Interest Expense for such period.
(b) Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby further amended by
inserting therein in proper alphabetical order the following new definitions:
"Permitted Sellers": shall mean the Borrower and its Wholly Owned
Subsidiaries.
"Receivables": the assets described on Exhibit A.
"Receivables Securitization Program": a securitization program which
provides for the sale by the Permitted Sellers, without recourse, of their
Receivables for a cash consideration of not less than 70% of the unpaid
value of such Receivable; provided that the Net Cash Proceeds of the
initial sale of Receivables pursuant to the Receivables Securitization
Program shall be no less than $95,000,000.
"SPV Interest Expense": for any period the sum of total cash interest
expense of the SPV for such period with respect to all Indebtedness of the
SPV plus all discounts of the sale price of Receivables (or any interest
therein) sold by the SPV pursuant to the Receivables Securitization
Program.
"SPV": a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries created for the sole purpose of purchasing Receivables from
the Permitted Sellers as part of the Receivables Securitization Program.
(c) Section 2.12(a) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding
the following proviso at the end thereof:
; provided that nothing contained in this Section 2.12(a) shall
obligate the SPV to make any prepayment of any Loans under this Agreement.
(d) Section 2.12(b) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding
the following clauses immediately before the period at the end of the first
sentence thereof:
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(iii) the Net Cash Proceeds received by the Permitted Sellers from
the SPV in an aggregate amount of $95,000,000 of the initial sale of
Receivables as part of the Receivables Securitization Program shall be
applied to the prepayment of the Tranche A Term Loans and Tranche B Term
Loans and the permanent reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitments pro
rata based upon the outstanding principal amount of the Tranche A Term Loan
and Tranche B Term Loans and the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit
Commitments, (iv) the Net Cash Proceeds in excess of $95,000,000 of the
initial sale of Receivables as part of the Receivables Securitization
Program shall be applied to the prepayment of Revolving Credit Loans, and
(v) proceeds from any subsequent sales of Receivables pursuant to the
Receivables Securitization Program shall be used for working capital
purposes.
(e) The first sentence of Section 2.12(d) shall be amended by adding the
phrase "Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.12(b)(iii), (iv), and (v)" at
the beginning thereof.
(f) Section 2.18(d) is hereby amended to add the following sentence to the
end of Subsection (d) of said Section:
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Tranche B Term Loan Lender shall
have the right to decline any mandatory prepayment of the Tranche B Term
Loans of such Lender required by Section 2.12(b)(iii).
(g) Section 6.10 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:
(i) The following clause (z) shall be inserted prior to the end
of the parenthetical within Section (a) of said Section 6.10:
and (z) any Property of the SPV, including without limitation any
Receivables of the Permitted Sellers sold, assigned or transferred
to the SPV in connection with the Receivables Securitization
Program.
(ii) The following language shall be added to the end of the first
sentence of Subsection (c) of said Section 6.10:
;provided that the provisions of the foregoing clause (iii) shall
not apply to the SPV so long as the Borrower and its Subsidiaries,
as the case may be, comply with the remaining provisions of this
Subsection (c) with respect to the SPV including, without
limitation, by granting to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of
the Agents and the Lenders a first priority security interest in all
capital stock of the SPV and all promissory notes and other
instruments issued or otherwise given to the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries by the SPV.
(iii) The following language shall be added to said Section 6.10 as
subsection (f) thereof:
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(f) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section 6.10 to the
contrary, in no event shall the SPV have any obligation to grant any
Lien upon any of its Property to the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent or the Lenders.
(h) Section 7.1(c) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting
the number 1.30 therein, and substituted in lieu thereof 1.10.
(i) Section 7.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the
following provision to said Section 7.1 as Subsection (g) thereof:
(g) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section 7.1 to the
contrary, in no event shall the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries have
any obligation (direct or indirect) to (i) subscribe for additional shares
of equity interests of the SPV, or (ii) maintain or preserve the SPV's
financial condition or to cause the SPV to achieve any specified levels of
operating results.
(j) Section 7.2 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting
therein the following new Section (o):
(o) Indebtedness of the Permitted Sellers pursuant to the
Receivables Securitization Program.
(k) Section 7.3 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting
therein the following new Section (p):
(p) the interest of any purchaser or investor of the Permitted
Sellers' Receivables purchased or any lien or encumbrance securing
Indebtedness of the SPV to an investor under the Receivables Securitization
Program in such Receivables.
(l) Section 7.5 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the
following provision to the end of said section as subsection (j) thereof:
(j) the Disposition by the Permitted Sellers of all or
substantially all of its Receivables pursuant to the Receivables
Securitization Program, provided that the maximum amount of the Receivables
Securitization Program shall not exceed $110,000,000 at any time.
(m) Section 7.8 of The Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting
therein the following new Section (o) at the end of said Section 7.8:
(o) an initial capital contribution to the SPV in an amount not to
exceed an amount equal to 20% of the amount of the Receivables
Securitization Program, and investments, if any, arising from the sale of
Receivables at a discount pursuant to the Receivables Securitization
Program.
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(n) The following language shall be added to the end of the last sentence
of Section 7.10 of the Credit Agreement:
and the foregoing shall not prohibit the sale of all or
substantially all of the Permitted Sellers' Receivables, or any undivided
interest therein, pursuant to the Receivables Securitization Program.
(o) Section 7.13 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting
the following new Section (d):
, and (d) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions on the
transfer or encumbrance by the SPV of any Property, including without
limitation Receivables, owned by it contained in the documentation for the
Receivables Securitization Program.
(p) Section 7.14 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the
following provision at the end thereof:
, and (iv) any restriction with respect to the SPV or any of its
property.
(q) Section 8 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the
following provision as subsection (m) thereof:
(m) The initial sale of Receivables pursuant to the Receivables
Securitization Program shall not have occurred on or before August 30,
1999.
(r) Section 7 of the Credit Agreement shall be amended by adding the
following provision thereto as Section 7.16:
Section 7.16. The SPV. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement or any other Loan Document to the contrary, the SPV is not
obligated to guaranty or otherwise directly or indirectly provide credit
support (including granting lien on any of its assets) for any Indebtedness
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates.
(s) Annex A to the Credit Agreement is hereby replaced by Annex A attached
to this Amendment.
(t) The Required Lenders hereby waive the requirements of Sections 7.1(a)
and 7.1(b) of the Credit Agreement as of June 30, 1999. This waiver is limited
to the matters set forth herein, and the Borrower remains obligated to comply
with the terms of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, in Sections
7.1(a) and 7.1(b) of the Credit Agreement, as though this waiver had never been
granted.
Section 3. Conditions to Effectiveness. This Amendment shall become
effective as of the date first written above (the "Effective Date") upon
satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:
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(a) The execution and delivery of this Amendment by a duly authorized
officer of each of the Borrower, the Agents and the Required Lenders, and in the
case of the amendment to Section 2.18, the Majority Facility Lenders of the
Tranche B Term Loans;
(b) Payment of an amendment fee of 25 basis points on each Lender's
existing Commitment or, with respect to the Term Lenders, the outstanding
principal amount of their Term Loans, to those Lenders that have approved the
Amendment on or prior to June 30, 1999.
Section 4. Representation and Warranties. The Borrower represents
and warrants to each Agent and each Lender that as of the Effective Date, before
and after giving effect to this Amendment: (i) no Default or Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing; (ii) the representations and warranties made by
the Borrower in or pursuant to the Credit Agreement or any Loan Documents are
true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Effective Date as if
made on such date (except to the extent that any such representations and
warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such
representations and warranties were true and correct in all material respects on
and as of such earlier date); and (iii) this Amendment constitutes the legal,
valid and binding obligation of the Borrower, enforceable against the Borrower
in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws
affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and by general
equitable principles (whether enforcement is sought by proceedings in equity or
at law).
Section 5. Continuing Effect of Credit Agreement. This Amendment shall not
constitute an amendment or waiver of or consent to any provision of the Credit
Agreement not expressly referred to herein and shall not be construed as an
amendment, waiver or consent to any action on the part of the Borrower that
would require an amendment, waiver or consent of the Agents or the Lenders
except as expressly stated herein. Except as expressly consented to hereby, the
provisions of the Credit Agreement are and shall remain in full force and
effect.
Section 6. Expenses. The Borrower agrees to pay and reimburse the
Agents for all of their reasonable costs and out-of-pocket expenses incurred in
connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of this Amendment and
ancillary documents, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and
disbursements of counsel to the Agents.
Section 7. Release of Liens. Upon notice to the Agent, and to the
Collateral Agent under the Amended and Restated Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement, dated December 22, 1997 (the "Security Agreement"), that any
Permitted Seller intends to sell, transfer or assign Receivables to the SPV in
connection with the Receivables Securitization Program, the Agent agrees to
instruct the Collateral Agent to release the Liens of the Collateral Agent on
behalf of the Lenders on such Receivables, created under the Security Agreement,
and to take all such action as the Borrower reasonably deems necessary to
effectuate the foregoing; provided that, Net Cash Proceeds of such sale,
transfer or assignment shall be promptly delivered to the Agent for the benefit
of the Lenders to the extent, if any, required under Section 2.12(b), as amended
hereunder. As of the date first written above, each Lender hereby releases the
Liens of the Collateral Agent on the property described on Exhibit A and the
Collateral Agent is instructed to, and hereby agrees to, execute UCC financing
statements to effectuate the foregoing for the
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necessary jurisdictions and to take all such further action as the Borrower
reasonably deems necessary to effectuate this release.
Section 8. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any
number of counterparts by the parties hereto, each of which counterparts when so
executed shall be an original, but all counterparts taken together shall
constitute one and the same instrument.
Section 9. Governing Law. This Amendment shall be governed by, and
construed and interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
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In Witness Whereof, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be
executed and delivered by their respective duly authorized officers as of the
date first above written.
Imperial Sugar Company
By: /s/ Mary L. Burke
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Name: Mary L. Burke
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Title: Chief Financial Officer
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Lehman Commercial Paper, Inc., as
Syndication Agent and as a Lender
By: /s/ Michael E. O'Brien
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Name: Michael E. O'Brien
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Title: Authorized Signatory
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Harris Trust and Savings Bank, as
Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent,
Issuing Lender and as a Lender
By: /s/ Dianna D. Carr
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Name: Dianna D. Carr
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Title: Vice President
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Wachovia Bank, N.A.
By: /s/ W. Tompkins Rison, Jr.
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Name: W. Tompkins Rison, Jr.
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Title: Vice President
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Union Bank of California, N.A.
By: /s/ Hagof Y. Jazmadarian
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Name: Hagof Y. Jazmadarian
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Title: Vice President
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US Bancorp AG Credit, Inc.
By: /s/ Sandra A. Shiver
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Name: Sandra A. Shiver
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Title: Vice President
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The Bank of New York
By: /s/ Helen L. Sarro
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Name: Helen L. Sarro
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Title: Vice President
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Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenban
B.A., "Rabobank Nederland" New York Branch
By: /s/ W. Jeffrey Vollack
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Name: W. Jeffrey Vollack
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Title: Executive Credit Officer
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Senior Vice President
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By: /s/ Ellen A. Polansky
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Name: Ellen A. Polansky
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Title: Vice President
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St. Paul Bank for Cooperatives
By: /s/ Marvin L. Lindo
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Name: Marvin L. Lindo
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Title: Senior Vice President
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Frost National Bank
By: /s/ W. Glenn Thomas
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Name: W. Glenn Thomas
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Title: Senior Vice President
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Credit Agricole Indosuez
By: /s/ Katherine L. Abbott
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Name: Katherine L. Abbott
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Title: First Vice President - Managing Director
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By: /s/ Bradley C. Peterson
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Name: Bradley C. Peterson
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Title: Vice President, Manager
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Wells Fargo Bank (Texas), N.A.
By: /s/ A.L. Davenport
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Name: A.L. Davenport
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Title: Vice President
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Balanced High Yield Fund I Ltd.,
By: BHF-Bankaktiengesellschaft, acting
through its New York Branch
By: /s/
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Name:
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Title:
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GCB Investment Portfolio
By: /s/
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Name:
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Title:
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Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
By: /s/ Thomas W. Jendrock
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Name: Thomas W. Jendrock
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Title: Director
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Monumental Life Insurance Company
(Formerly, Peoples Security Life Insurance)
By: /s/ Frederick B. Howard
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Name: Frederick B. Howard
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Title: Vice President - Investments
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Balanced High Yield Fund I Ltd.
by: BHF (USA) Capital Corporation
acting as attorney-in-fact
By: /s/ Geoffrey C. Gwin
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Name: Geoffrey C. Gwin
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Title: AVP
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By: /s/ C.J. Corradino
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Name: C.J. Corradino
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Title: Vice President
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The Travelers Insurance Co.
By: /s/ Teresa M. Torrey
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Name: Teresa M. Torrey
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Title: Second Vice President
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Van Kampen CLOI, Ltd.
By: /s/ Jeffrey W. Mallet
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Name: Jeffrey W. Mallet
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Title: Senior Vice President & Director
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Pilgrim American Prime Rate Trust
By: /s/ Michel Prince
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Name: Michel Prince, CEA
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Title: Vice President
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Merrill Lynch Debt Strategies Portfolio
By: Merrill Lynch Asset Management L.P.,
as Investment Advisor
By: /s/ George D. Pelose
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Name: George D. Pelose
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Title: Authorized Signatory
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Merrill Lynch Senior Floating Rate Fund, Inc.
By: /s/ George D. Pelose
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Name: George D. Pelose
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Title: Authorized Signatory
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Merrill Lynch Income Strategies
By: /s/
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Name:
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Title:
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MERRILL LYNCH GLOBAL INVESTMENT SERIES:
INCOME STRATEGIES PORTFOLIO
By: Merrill Lynch Asset Management, L.P.,
as Investment Advisor
By: /s/ George D. Pelose
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Name: George D. Pelose
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Title: Authorized Signatory
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Putnam Diversified Income Trust
By: /s/ John R. Verani
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Name: John R. Verani
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Title: Vice President
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Putnam Variable Trust - Putnam High Yield Fund
By: /s/ John R. Verani
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Name: John R. Verani
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Title: Vice President
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Putnam Investments
By: /s/
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Name:
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Title:
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The Toronto Dominion Bank
By:__________________________________________
Name:________________________________________
Title:_______________________________________
Pamco Cayman Ltd.
By: Highland Capital Management, L.P., as
Collateral Management
By: /s/ Todd Travers
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Name: Todd Travers
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Title: Senior Portfolio Manager
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Balanced High Yield Fund
By: /s/
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Name:
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Title:
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Van Kampen CLO II, Ltd.
By: /s/
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Name:
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Title:
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VAN KAMPEN CLO II LIMITED
By: Van Kampen Management, Inc.
as Collateral Manager
By: /s/ Jeffrey W. Mallet
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Name: Jeffrey W. Mallet
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Title: Senior Vice President & Director
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Black Diamond CLO 1998 - 1 Ltd.
By: /s/
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Name:
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Title: Principal
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KZH Sterling LLC
By: /s/ Peter Chin
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Name: Peter Chin
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Title: Authorized Agent
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EXHIBIT A
Receivables Defined
The term "Receivables" means all right, title and interest of the Permitted
Sellers in and to (but none of the obligations under) all of the following,
whether now or hereafter existing (herein called the "Contributed Receivables"):
(a) all Receivables of the Permitted Sellers;
(b) all Related Security with respect to such Receivables;
(c) all monies due or to become due with respect to any of the
foregoing;
(d) all books and records related to any of the foregoing; and
(e) all proceeds thereof (as defined in the applicable UCC)
including without limitation, all funds which either are received by the
Permitted Sellers, the SPV or the Servicer, from or on behalf of the
Obligors in payment of any amounts owed (including without limitation,
finance charges, interest and all other charges) in respect of any
Receivables, or are applied to such amounts owed by the Obligors (including
without limitation, insurance payments, if any, that the Permitted Sellers
or the Servicer applies in the ordinary course of its business to amounts
owed in respect of any Receivable).
As used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
"Contracts" means, with respect to any Receivable, any and all
contracts, understandings, instruments, agreements, invoices, notes, or
other writings pursuant to which such Receivable arises or which evidences
such Receivable or under which an Obligor becomes or is obligated to make
payment in respect of such Receivable.
"Obligor" means, with respect to any Receivable the Person obligated
to make payments pursuant to the Contract relating to such Receivable.
"Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation (including a
business trust), joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association,
joint venture, limited liability company or other entity, or a government
or any political subdivision or agency thereof.
"Receivable" means any indebtedness and other obligations owed to the
Permitted Sellers or the SPV or any right of the Permitted Sellers or the
SPV to payment from or on behalf of an Obligor, whether constituting an
account, chattel paper, instrument, or general intangible, arising in
connection with the sale of goods or the rendering of services by the
Permitted Sellers or the SPV, and includes, without
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limitation, the obligation to pay any finance charges, fees and other
charges with respect thereto. Indebtedness and other obligations arising
from any one transaction, including, without limitation, indebtedness and
other obligations represented by an individual invoice or agreement, shall
constitute a Receivable separate from a Receivable consisting of the
indebtedness and other obligations arising from an other transaction.
"Related Security" means, with respect to any Receivable:
(i) all of the SPV's interest in any goods (including returned
goods), and documentation or title evidencing the shipment or storage
of any goods (including returned goods), relating to any sale giving
rise to such Receivable;
(ii) all other security interests or liens and property subject
thereto from time to time purporting to secure payment of such
Receivable, whether pursuant to the Contract related to such
Receivable or otherwise, together with all UCC financing statements or
similar filings signed by an Obligor relating thereto; and
(iii) all guaranties, indemnities, insurance and other agreements
(including the related Contract) or arrangements of whatever character
from time to time supporting or securing payment of such Receivable or
otherwise relating to such Receivable whether pursuant to the Contract
related to such Receivable or otherwise.
"Servicer" means Imperial Distributing, Inc., as initial Servicer
together with its successors and permitted assigns in such capacity.
"UCC" means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect
in the applicable jurisdiction.
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Annex A
PRICING GRID FOR REVOLVING CREDIT LOANS,
SWING LINE LOANS, AND COMMITMENT FEES
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Consolidated Applicable Margin Applicable Margin
Total Leverage for Eurodollar for Base Rate Commitment
Ratio Loans Loans Fee Rate
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Greater than or equal 2.00% 1.00% 0.375%
to 4.00 to 1.00
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Less than 4.00 to 1.00 1.75% 0.75% 0.375%
but greater than or
equal to 3.50 to 1.00
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Less than 3.50 to 1.00 1.50% 0.50% 0.375%
but greater than or
equal to 3.00 to 1.00
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Less than 3.00 to 1.00 1.25% 0.25% 0.250%
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PRICING GRID FOR TRANCHE A TERM LOANS
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Consolidated Applicable Margin Applicable Margin
Total Leverage for Eurodollar for Base Rate
Ratio Loans Loans
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Greater than or equal 2.50% 1.25%
to 4.00 to 1.00
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Less than 4.00 to 1.00 2.25% 1.00%
but greater than or
equal to 3.50 to 1.00
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Less than 3.50 to 1.00 2.00% 0.75%
but greater than or
equal to 3.00 to 1.00
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Less than 3.00 to 1.00 1.75% 0.50%
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PRICING GRID FOR
TRANCHE B TERM LOANS
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Applicable Margin Applicable Margin
for Eurodollar Loans for Base Rate Loans
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3.00% 2.00%
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Changes in the Applicable Margin with respect to Tranche A Term Loans,
Revolving Credit Loans, Swing Line Loans or in the Commitment Fee Rate resulting
from changes in the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio shall become effective on
the date (the "Adjustment Date") on which financial statements are delivered to
the Lenders pursuant to Section 6.1 (but in any event not later than the 50th
day after the end of each of the first three quarterly periods of each fiscal
year or the 100th day after the end of each fiscal year, as the case may be) and
shall remain in effect until the next change to be effected pursuant to this
paragraph. If any financial statements referred to above are not delivered
within the time periods specified above, then, until such financial statements
are delivered, the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio as at the end of the fiscal
period that would have been covered thereby shall for the purposes of this
definition be deemed to be greater than 4.00 to 1.00. In addition, at all times
while an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the
Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio shall for the purposes of
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this definition be deemed to be greater than 4.00 to 1.00. Each determination of
the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio pursuant to this definition shall be made
with respect to the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower
ending at the end of the period covered by the relevant financial statements.
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RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
among
IMPERIAL SECURITIZATION CORPORATION,
as Seller,
IMPERIAL DISTRIBUTING, INC.,
as Servicer
IMPERIAL SUGAR COMPANY,
as Performance Guarantor,
FAIRWAY FINANCE CORPORATION,
as Purchaser,
and
NESBITT BURNS SECURITIES INC.,
as Agent.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
ARTICLE I.
AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE PURCHASES
1.1. Purchase Facility 1
1.2. Making Purchases 2
1.3. Participation Computation 2
1.4. Settlement Procedures 3
1.5. Fees 7
1.6. Payments and Computations, Etc 7
1.7. Dividing or Combining Portions of the Investment of the Participation 8
1.8. Increased Costs 9
1.9. Requirements of Law 9
1.10. Inability to Determine Eurodollar Rate 11
ARTICLE II.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; COVENANTS;
TERMINATION EVENTS
2.1. Representations and Warranties; Covenants 11
2.2. Termination Events 11
ARTICLE III.
INDEMNIFICATION
3.1. Indemnities by the Seller 12
3.2. Performance Guaranty 14
ARTICLE IV.
ADMINISTRATION AND COLLECTIONS
4.1. Appointment of Servicer 16
4.2. Duties of Servicer 17
4.3. Establishment and Use of Certain Accounts 17
4.4. Enforcement Rights 18
4.5. Responsibilities of the Seller 19
4.6. Servicing Fee 19
ARTICLE V.
MISCELLANEOUS
5.1. Amendments, Etc. 20
5.2. Notices, Etc 20
5.3. Assignability 20
5.4. Costs, Expenses and Taxes 21
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5.5. No Proceedings; Limitation on Payments 21
5.6. Confidentiality 22
5.7. GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION 22
5.8. Execution in Counterparts 22
5.9. Survival of Termination 23
5.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL 23
5.11. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. 23
5.12. Headings 23
5.13. Oral Agreements 23
5.14. Purchaser's Liabilities 23
5.15. Termination 23
EXHIBITS
Exhibit I Definitions I-1
Exhibit II Conditions of Purchases II-1
Exhibit III Representations and Warranties III-1
Exhibit IV Covenants IV-1
Exhibit V Termination Events V-1
SCHEDULES
Schedule I Credit and Collection Policy I-1
Schedule II Lock-Box Bank and Lock-Box Account II-1
Schedule III Trade Names III-1
Schedule IV Accounting Periods IV-1
Annex A Form of Lockbox Agreement
Annex B Form of Notice of Purchase
Annex C Form of Collection Account Agreement
Annex D Form of Liquidation Account Agreement
Annex E Form of Servicer Report
Annex F Form of Participation Report
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RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is entered into as
of June 30, 1999 among IMPERIAL SECURITIZATION CORPORATION, a Delaware
corporation, as seller (the "Seller"), IMPERIAL DISTRIBUTING, INC., a Delaware
corporation ("IDI"), as initial servicer (in such capacity, together with its
successors and permitted assigns in such capacity, the "Servicer") and IMPERIAL
SUGAR COMPANY, ("Imperial"), as guarantor (in such capacity, together with its
successors and permitted assigns in such capacity, the "Performance Guarantor"),
FAIRWAY FINANCE CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the "Purchaser"), and
NESBITT BURNS SECURITIES INC., a Delaware corporation ("Nesbitt Burns") as agent
for the Purchaser (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in
such capacity, the "Agent").
PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS. Certain terms that are capitalized and used
throughout this Agreement are defined in Exhibit I to this Agreement.
References in the Exhibits hereto to "the Agreement" refer to this Agreement, as
amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.
The Seller desires to sell, transfer and assign an undivided variable
percentage interest in a pool of receivables, and the Purchaser desires to
acquire such undivided variable percentage interest, as such percentage interest
shall be adjusted from time to time based upon, in part, reinvestment payments
which are made by the Purchaser and additional incremental payments made to the
Seller.
In consideration of the mutual agreements, provisions and covenants
contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE PURCHASES
Section 1.1. Purchase Facility. (a) On the terms and conditions hereinafter
set forth, the Purchaser hereby agrees to purchase and make reinvestments of
undivided percentage ownership interests with regard to the Participation from
the Seller from time to time during the period from the date hereof to the
Facility Termination Date. Under no circumstances shall the Purchaser make any
such purchase or reinvestment if, after giving effect to such purchase or
reinvestment, the aggregate outstanding Investment of the Participation would
exceed the Purchase Limit.
(b) The Seller may, upon at least 30 Business Days' notice to the Agent,
terminate the purchase facility provided in this Section 1 in whole or, from
time to time, irrevocably reduce in
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part the unused portion of the Purchase Limit; provided that each partial
reduction shall be in the amount of at least $1,000,000, or an integral multiple
of $100,000 in excess thereof.
Section 1.2. Making Purchases. (a) Each purchase (but not reinvestments) of
undivided ownership interests with regard to the Participation hereunder shall
be made upon the Seller's irrevocable written notice in the form of Annex B
delivered to the Agent in accordance with Section 5.2 (which notice must be
received by the Agent prior to 11:00 a.m., Chicago time) on the second Business
Day next preceding the date of such proposed purchase. Each such notice of any
such proposed purchase shall specify the desired amount and date of such
purchase and the desired duration of the initial Yield Period for the resulting
Participation. The Seller shall select the duration of such initial Yield
Period, and each subsequent Yield Period subject to the Agent's approval and in
the Agent's sole discretion; provided that it shall use reasonable efforts,
taking into account market conditions, to accommodate Seller's preferences.
(b) On the date of each purchase (but not reinvestments) of undivided
ownership interests with regard to the Participation hereunder, the Purchaser
shall, upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Exhibit II
hereto, make available to the Agent at its office at 111 West Monroe Street,
Chicago, Illinois 60603, the amount of such purchase (set forth in each notice
delivered in accordance with Section 1.2(a)) in same day funds, and after the
Agent's receipt of such funds, the Agent shall make such funds immediately
available to the Seller at the Collection Account.
(c) Effective on the date of each purchase pursuant to this Section 1.2 and
each reinvestment pursuant to Section 1.4, the Seller hereby sells and assigns
to the Purchaser an undivided percentage ownership interest in (i) each Pool
Receivable then existing, (ii) all Related Security with respect to such Pool
Receivables, and (iii) Collections with respect to, and other proceeds of, such
Pool Receivables and Related Security.
(d) To secure all of the Seller's obligations (monetary or otherwise) under
this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party,
whether now or hereafter existing or arising, due or to become due, direct or
indirect, absolute or contingent, the Seller hereby grants to the Purchaser a
security interest in all of the Seller's right, title and interest (including
without limitation any undivided interest of the Seller) in, to and under all of
the following, whether now or hereafter owned, existing or arising: (A) all Pool
Receivables, (B) all Related Security with respect to each such Pool Receivable,
(C) all Collections with respect to each such Pool Receivable, (D) the Lock Box
Accounts and all amounts on deposit therein representing proceeds of the Pool
Receivables and proceeds of the Related Security with respect thereto, the
Collection Account and Liquidation Account and all amounts on deposit therein
and all certificates and instruments, if any, from time to time evidencing such
Lock Box Accounts, Collection Account and Liquidation Account and such amounts
on deposit therein, and (E) all proceeds of, and all amounts received or
receivable under any or all of, the foregoing. The Purchaser shall have, with
respect to the property described in this Section 1.2(d), and in addition
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to all the other rights and remedies available to the Purchaser, all the rights
and remedies of a secured party under any applicable UCC.
Section 1.3. Participation Computation. The Participation shall be
initially computed on the date of the initial purchase hereunder. Thereafter
until the Termination Date, the Participation shall be automatically recomputed
(or deemed to be recomputed) on each Business Day other than a Termination Day.
The Participation, as computed (or deemed recomputed) as of the day immediately
preceding the Termination Date, shall thereafter remain constant. The
Participation shall become zero when the Investment thereof and Discount thereon
shall have been paid in full, all the amounts owed by the Seller hereunder to
the Purchaser, the Agent, and any other Indemnified Party or Affected Person are
paid in full and the Servicer shall have received the accrued Servicing Fee
thereon.
Section 1.4. Settlement Procedures. (a) Collection of the Pool Receivables
shall be administered by the Servicer in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement. The Seller shall provide to the Servicer on a timely basis all
information needed for such administration, including notice of the occurrence
of any Termination Day and current computations of the Participation.
(b) The Servicer shall, on each day on which Collections of Pool
Receivables are received (or deemed received) by the Seller or Servicer,
transfer such Collections from the Lock-Box Account(s) and deposit on such day
such Collections into the Collection Account. With respect to all Collections on
deposit in the Collection Account on such day, the Servicer shall:
(i) if such day is not a Termination Day, set aside within the
Collection Account (or if such day is a Termination Day, transfer to the
Liquidation Account) for the benefit of the Purchaser, out of the
percentage of such Collections represented by the Participation, first an
amount equal to the Discount accrued through such day for each Portion of
Investment and not previously set aside and second, to the extent funds are
available therefor, an amount equal to the Servicing Fee, the Commitment
Fee and the Program Fee accrued through such day for the Participation and
not previously set aside; and
(ii) subject to Section 1.4(f), if such day is not a Termination Day,
remit to the Seller, on behalf of the Purchaser, the remainder of the
percentage of such Collections, represented by the Participation, to the
extent representing a return on the Investment; such Collections shall be
automatically reinvested in Pool Receivables, and in the Related Security
and Collections and other proceeds with respect thereto, and the
Participation shall be automatically recomputed pursuant to Section 1.3; it
being understood, that prior to remitting to the Seller the remainder of
such Collections by way of reinvestment in Pool Receivables, the Servicer
shall have calculated the Participation on such day, and if such
Participation shall exceed 100% of the Net Receivables Pool Balance on such
day,
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such Collections shall not be remitted to the Seller but shall be set aside
in the Collection Account for the benefit of the Purchaser in accordance
with paragraph (iii) below;
(iii) if such day is a Termination Day, (A) transfer to the Liquidation
Account for the benefit of the Purchaser (x) the amounts set aside in the
Collection Account for the benefit of the Purchaser pursuant to paragraph
(i) and (ii) above and not so previously transferred to the Liquidation
Account, and (y) the entire remainder of the percentage of the Collections
represented by the Participation; provided that so long as the Facility
Termination Date has not occurred if any amounts are so transferred to the
Liquidation Account on any Termination Day and thereafter the conditions
set forth in Section 2 of Exhibit II are satisfied or are waived by the
Agent, such amounts previously transferred to the Liquidation Account
shall, to the extent representing a return on the Investment, be reinvested
in accordance with the preceding paragraph (ii) on the day of such
subsequent satisfaction or waiver of conditions; and (B) transfer to the
Liquidation Account for the Purchaser the entire remainder of the
Collections in the Collection Account represented by the Seller's share of
the Collections, if any; provided that so long as the Facility Termination
Date has not occurred if any amounts are so transferred to the Liquidation
Account pursuant to clause (B) above on any Termination Day and thereafter,
the conditions set forth in Section 2 of Exhibit II are satisfied or are
waived by the Agent, such previously set aside amounts shall be distributed
to the Seller on the day of such subsequent satisfaction or waiver of
conditions; provided, further, if any amounts are so transferred to the
Liquidation Account on any Termination Day and thereafter the Investment,
Program Fees, Discount and Servicing Fees with respect to the Participation
and all other amounts payable by the Seller to the Purchaser, the Agent or
any other Indemnified Party or Affected Person hereunder shall have been
paid in full, any remaining amounts on deposit in the Liquidation Account
shall be distributed to the Seller for its own account; and
(iv) during such times as amounts are required to be reinvested in
accordance with the foregoing paragraph (ii) or the proviso to paragraph
(iii), release to the Seller (subject to Section 1.4(f)) for its own
account any Collections in excess of (x) such amounts, (y) the amounts that
are required to be set aside within the Collection Account pursuant to
paragraph (i) above and (z) in the event the Seller is not the Servicer,
all reasonable and appropriate out-of-pocket costs and expenses of such
Servicer of servicing, collecting and administering the Pool Receivables.
(c) The Servicer shall deposit into the Purchaser's Account (or such other
account designated by the Agent), on the last day of each Settlement Period
relating to a Portion of Investment:
(i) Collections held on deposit in the Collection Account and the
Liquidation Account for the benefit of the Purchaser pursuant to Section
1.4(b)(i) in respect of
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accrued Discount and the Program Fees and Commitment Fees with respect to
such Portion of Investment;
(ii) Collections held on deposit in the Liquidation Account for the
benefit of the Purchaser pursuant to Section 1.4(f) with respect to such
Portion of Investment; and
(iii) the lesser of (x) the amount of Collections then held on deposit
in the Liquidation Account for the benefit of the Purchaser pursuant to
Section 1.4(b)(iii) and (y) such Portion of Investment.
The Servicer shall deposit to its own account from Collections held on deposit
in the Collection Account and the Liquidation Account pursuant to Section
1.4(b)(i) in respect of the accrued Servicing Fee, an amount equal to such
accrued Servicing Fee.
(d) Upon receipt of funds deposited into the Purchaser's Account pursuant
to Section 1.4(c) with respect to any Portion of Investment, the Agent shall
cause such funds to be distributed as follows:
(i) if such distribution occurs on a day that is not a Termination
Day, first to the Purchaser in payment in full of all accrued Discount with
respect to such Portion of Investment, second, to the Purchaser in payment
of accrued and unpaid Program Fees and Commitment Fees, and third, if the
Servicer has set aside amounts in respect of the Servicing Fee pursuant to
Section 1.4(b)(i) and has not deposited such amounts to its own account
pursuant to Section 1.4(c), to the Servicer (payable in arrears on the last
day of each calendar month) in payment in full of accrued Servicing Fees so
set aside with respect to such Portion of Investment; and
(ii) if such distribution occurs on a Termination Day, first to the
Purchaser in payment in full of all accrued Discount with respect to such
Portion of Investment, second to the Purchaser in payment in full of such
Portion of Investment, third to the Purchaser in payment of accrued and
unpaid Program Fees and Commitment Fees, fourth, if Seller or any of its
Affiliates is not the Servicer, to the Servicer in payment in full of all
accrued Servicing Fees with respect to such Portion of Investment, and
fifth, if the Investment and accrued Discount with respect to each Portion
of Investment have been reduced to zero, and all accrued Servicing Fees
payable to the Servicer (if other than the Seller) have been paid in full,
to the Purchaser, the Agent and any other Indemnified Party or Affected
Person in payment in full of any other amounts owed thereto by the Seller
hereunder and then to the Servicer (if the Servicer is the Seller) in
payment in full of all accrued Servicing Fees.
After the Investment, Program Fees, Discount and Servicing Fees with respect to
the Participation, and any other amounts payable by the Seller to the Purchaser,
the Agent or any
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other Indemnified Party or Affected Person hereunder, have been paid in full,
all additional Collections with respect to the Participation shall be paid to
the Seller for its own account.
(e) For the purposes of this Section 1.4:
(i) if on any day the Outstanding Balance of any Pool Receivable is
reduced or adjusted as a result of any defective, rejected, returned,
repossessed or foreclosed goods or services, or any discount, rebate or
other adjustment made by the Seller, any Originator or Servicer, or any
setoff or dispute between the Seller, any Originator or the Servicer (if
the Servicer is IDI or an Affiliate thereof) and an Obligor, the Seller
shall be deemed to have received on such day a Collection of such Pool
Receivable in the amount of such reduction or adjustment;
(ii) if on any day any of the representations or warranties in
paragraphs (f) or (l) of Exhibit III is not true with respect to any Pool
Receivable, the Seller shall be deemed to have received on such day a
Collection of such Pool Receivable in full;
(iii) except as provided in paragraph (i) or (ii) of this Section
1.4(e), or as otherwise required by applicable law or the relevant
Contract, all Collections received from an Obligor of any Receivable after
a Termination Day shall be applied to the Receivables of such Obligor in
the order of the age of such Receivables, starting with the oldest such
Receivable, unless such Obligor designates its payment for application to
specific Receivables; and
(iv) if and to the extent the Agent or the Purchaser shall be required
for any reason to pay over to an Obligor (or any trustee, receiver,
custodian or similar official in any Insolvency Proceeding) any amount
received by it hereunder, such amount shall be deemed not to have been so
received but rather to have been retained by the Seller and, accordingly,
the Agent or the Purchaser, as the case may be, shall have a claim against
the Seller for such amount, payable when and to the extent that any
distribution from or on behalf of such Obligor is made in respect thereof.
(f) If at any time the Seller shall wish to cause the reduction of a
Portion of Investment (but not to commence the liquidation, or reduction to
zero, of the entire Investment of the Participation), the Seller may do so as
follows:
(i) the Seller shall give the Agent at least five Business Days' prior
written notice thereof (including the amount of such proposed reduction and
the proposed date on which such reduction will commence),
(ii) on the proposed date of commencement of such reduction and on each
day thereafter, the Servicer shall cause Collections with respect to such
Portion of Investment
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not to be reinvested until the amount thereof not so reinvested shall equal
the desired amount of reduction, and
(iii) the Servicer shall hold such Collections in the Liquidation
Account for the benefit of the Purchaser, for payment to the Agent on the
last day of the current Settlement Period relating to such Portion of
Investment, and the applicable Portion of Investment shall be deemed
reduced in the amount to be paid to the Agent only when in fact finally so
paid;
provided that,
A. the amount of any such reduction shall be not less than
$5,000,000 and shall be an integral multiple of $1,000,000, and the entire
Investment of the Participation after giving effect to such reduction shall
be not less than $5,000,000 unless the entire Investment shall have been
reduced to zero,
B. the Seller shall choose a reduction amount, and the date of
commencement thereof, so that to the extent practicable such reduction
shall commence and conclude in the same Yield Period, and
C. if two or more Portions of Investment shall be outstanding at the
time of any proposed reduction, such proposed reduction shall be applied,
unless the Seller shall otherwise specify in the notice given pursuant to
Section 1.4(f)(i), to the Portion of Investment with the shortest remaining
Yield Period.
Section 1.5. Fees. The Seller shall pay to the Agent certain fees in
the amounts and on the dates set forth in a letter of even date herewith between
the Seller and the Agent (as the same may be amended, amended and restated,
supplemented or modified, the "Fee Letter") delivered pursuant to Section 1 of
Exhibit II, as such letter agreement may be amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time.
Section 1.6. Payments and Computations, Etc. All amounts to be paid or
deposited by the Seller or the Servicer hereunder shall be paid or deposited no
later than noon (Chicago time) on the day when due in same day funds to the
Purchaser's Account. All amounts received after noon (Chicago time) will be
deemed to have been received on the immediately succeeding Business Day.
(b) The Seller shall, pay interest on any amount not paid or deposited
by the Seller or Servicer when due hereunder, at an interest rate equal to
2.0% per annum above the Base Rate, payable on demand.
(c) All computations of interest under subsection (b) above and all
computations of Discount, fees, and other amounts hereunder shall be made
on the basis of a year of 360 days
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(other than Discount calculated of the Base Rate which shall be computed on
the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be) for the actual
number of days elapsed. Whenever any payment or deposit to be made
hereunder shall be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment or
deposit shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and such
extension of time shall be included in the computation of such payment or
deposit.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 1.6,
it is the intention of the parties hereto to conform strictly to applicable
usury laws and, the obligations of the Seller to the Purchaser under this
Agreement shall be subject to the limitation that payments of interest (or of
other amounts constituting interest under applicable law) to the Purchaser shall
not be required to the extent that receipt thereof would be in excess of the
Highest Lawful Rate (as defined below), or otherwise contrary to provisions of
law applicable to Purchaser limiting rates of interest which may be charged or
collected by Purchaser. Accordingly, if amounts paid in respect of interest
under this Agreement would exceed the Highest Lawful Rate or otherwise be
usurious under applicable law (including the federal and state laws of the
United States of America, or of any other jurisdiction whose laws may be
mandatorily applicable) then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Agreement, it is agreed as follows as to Purchaser: (i) the provisions of this
subsection (d) shall govern and control over any other provision in this
Agreement; (ii) the aggregate of all consideration which constitutes interest
under applicable law that is contracted for, charged or received under this
Agreement by Purchaser shall under no circumstances exceed the maximum amount of
interest allowed by applicable law (such maximum lawful interest rate, if any,
with respect to such Purchaser herein called the "Highest Lawful Rate"), and all
amounts owed under this Agreement shall be held subject to reduction and (x) the
amount of interest which would otherwise be payable to Purchaser hereunder shall
be automatically reduced to the amount allowed under applicable law and (y) any
unearned interest paid by the Seller in excess of the Highest Lawful Rate shall
be credited to the Seller by Purchaser; and (iii) if at any time the interest
provided pursuant to this Agreement, together with any other fees, late charges
and other sums payable pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement and
deemed interest under applicable law, exceeds that amount which would have
accrued at the Highest Lawful Rate, the amount of interest and any such fees,
charges and sums to accrue to Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement shall be
limited, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement to that
amount which would have accrued at the Highest Lawful Rate for the Purchaser,
but any subsequent reductions, as applicable, shall not reduce the interest to
accrue pursuant to this Agreement below the Purchaser's Highest Lawful Rate
until the total amount of interest payable to Purchaser (including all
consideration which constitutes interest) equals the amount of interest which
would have been payable to Purchaser (including all consideration which
constitutes interest) assuming a varying rate per annum equal to the interest
provided pursuant to this Agreement at all times in effect, plus the amount of
fees which would have been received but for the effect of this subsection (d).
For purposes of Article 5069-1D.003, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, as amended,
to the extent, if any, applicable to the Purchaser, the Seller agrees that the
Highest Lawful Rate for Purchaser shall be the "weekly ceiling" as defined in
said Article, provided that Purchaser may also rely, to the extent permitted by
applicable laws, on alternative maximum rates of interest under other laws
applicable to Purchaser if greater. To the extent that
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Texas law shall be applicable to the determination of the Highest Lawful Rate of
Purchaser, the provisions of Tex. Fin. Code Ann. Ch. 303 and 346, shall not
apply to this Agreement.
Section 1.7. Dividing or Combining Portions of the Investment of the
Participation. The Seller may, on the last day of any Yield Period, either (i)
divide the Investment of the Participation into two or more portions (each, a
"Portion of Investment") equal, in aggregate, to the Investment of the
Participation, provided that after giving effect to such division the amount of
each such Portion of Investment shall be not less than $5,000,000, or (ii)
combine any two or more Portions of Investment outstanding on such last day and
having Yield Periods ending on such last day into a single Portion of Investment
equal to the aggregate of the Investment of such Portions of Investment.
Section 1.8. Increased Costs. (a) If the Agent, the Purchaser, any
Liquidity Bank, any other Program Support Provider or any of their respective
Affiliates (each an "Affected Person") reasonably determines that the existence
of or compliance with (i) any law or regulation or any change therein or in the
interpretation or application thereof, in each case adopted, issued or occurring
after the date hereof or (ii) any request, guideline or directive from any
central bank or other Governmental Authority (whether or not having the force of
law) issued or occurring after the date of this Agreement affects or would
affect the amount of capital required or expected to be maintained by such
Affected Person and such Affected Person determines that the amount of such
capital is increased by or based upon the existence of any commitment to make
purchases of or otherwise to maintain the investment in Pool Receivables related
to this Agreement or any related liquidity facility or related credit
enhancement facility and other related commitments of the same type, then, upon
demand by such Affected Person (with a copy to the Agent), the Seller shall
within 15 days of demand pay to the Agent, for the account of such Affected
Person, from time to time as specified by such Affected Person, additional
amounts sufficient and reasonably calculated to compensate such Affected Person
in the light of such circumstances, to the extent that such Affected Person
reasonably determines such increase in capital to be allocable to the existence
of any of such commitments. A certificate setting forth any amount or amounts
that such Affected Person is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section 1.8
and the reasons therefore shall be submitted to the Seller and the Agent by such
Affected Person shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes absent manifest
error.
(b) If, due to either (i) the introduction of or any change (other than any
change by way of imposition or increase of reserve requirements referred to in
Section 1.9) in or in the interpretation of any law or regulation or (ii)
compliance with any guideline or request from any central bank or other
Governmental Authority (whether or not having the force of law), there shall be
any increase in the cost to any Affected Person of agreeing to purchase or
purchasing, or maintaining the ownership of the Participation in respect of
which Discount is computed by reference to the Eurodollar Rate, then, upon
demand by such Affected Person, the Seller shall immediately pay to such
Affected Person, from time to time as specified, additional amounts sufficient
to compensate such Affected Person for such increased costs. A certificate as to
such
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amounts submitted to the Seller by such Affected Person shall be conclusive and
binding for all purposes absent manifest error.
(c) Each Affected Person will notify Seller and the Agent promptly after it
has received official notice of any event occurring after the date hereof which
will entitle such Affected Person to such additional amounts as compensation
pursuant to this Section 1.8. Such additional amounts shall accrue from the date
as to which such Affected Person becomes subject to such additional costs as a
result of such event (or if such notice of such event is not given to Seller by
such Affected Person within 90 days after such Affected Person received such
official notice of such event, from the date which is 90 days prior to the date
such notice is given to Seller by such Affected Person).
Section 1.9. Requirements of Law. (a) In the event that any Affected
Person reasonably determines that the existence of or compliance with (i) any
law or regulation or any change therein or in the interpretation or application
thereof, in each case adopted, issued or occurring after the date hereof or (ii)
any request, guideline or directive from any central bank or other Governmental
Authority (whether or not having the force of law) issued or occurring after the
date of this Agreement:
(i) does or shall subject such Affected Person to any tax of any kind
whatsoever with respect to this Agreement, any increase in the
Participation or in the amount of Investment relating thereto, or does or
shall change the basis of taxation of payments to such Affected Person on
account of Collections, Discount or any other amounts payable hereunder
(excluding taxes imposed on the overall net income or gross receipts of
such Affected Person, and franchise taxes imposed on such Affected Person,
by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such Affected Person is
organized or a political subdivision thereof);
(ii) does or shall impose, modify or hold applicable any reserve,
special deposit, compulsory loan or similar requirement against assets held
by, or deposits or other liabilities in or for the account of, purchases,
advances or loans by, or other credit extended by, or any other acquisition
of funds by, any office of such Affected Person which are not otherwise
included in the determination of the Eurodollar Rate or the Base Rate
hereunder; or
(iii) does or shall impose on such Affected Person any other condition;
and the result of any of the foregoing is (x) to increase the cost to such
Affected Person of acting as Agent, or of agreeing to purchase or purchasing or
maintaining the ownership of undivided ownership interests with regard to the
Participation (or interests therein) or any Portion of Investment in respect of
which Discount is computed by reference to the Eurodollar Rate or the Base Rate
or (y) to reduce any amount receivable hereunder (whether directly or
indirectly) funded or maintained by reference to the Eurodollar Rate or the Base
Rate, then, in any such
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case, within 15 days demand by such Affected Person the Seller shall pay such
Affected Person any additional amounts sufficient and reasonably calculated to
compensate such Affected Person for such additional cost or reduced amount
receivable; provided, however, that such amount shall be reduced by the net
amount of any off setting tax benefit which such Affected Person receives as a
result of such additional cost. All such amounts shall be payable as incurred. A
certificate from such Affected Person to the Seller certifying, in reasonably
specific detail, the basis for, calculation of, and amount of such additional
costs or reduced amount receivable shall be conclusive in the absence of
manifest error; provided, however, that no Affected Person shall be required to
disclose any confidential or tax planning information in any such certificate.
(b) Each Affected Person will notify Seller and the Agent promptly after it
has received official notice of any event occurring after the date hereof which
will entitle such Affected Person to such additional amounts as compensation
pursuant to this Section 1.9. Such additional amounts shall accrue from the
date as to which such Affected Person becomes subject to such additional costs
as a result of such event (or if such notice of such event is not given to
Seller by such Affected Person within 90 days after such Affected Person
received such official notice of such event, from the date which is 90 days
prior to the date such notice is given to Seller by such Affected Person).
Section 1.10. Inability to Determine Eurodollar Rate. In the event that
the Agent shall have determined prior to the first day of any Yield Period
(which determination shall be conclusive and binding upon the parties hereto) by
reason of circumstances affecting the interbank Eurodollar market, either (a)
dollar deposits in the relevant amounts and for the relevant Yield Period are
not available, (b) adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining
the Eurodollar Rate for such Yield Period or (c) the Eurodollar Rate determined
pursuant hereto does not accurately reflect the cost to the Purchaser (as
conclusively determined by the Agent) of maintaining any Portion of Investment
during such Yield Period, the Agent shall promptly give telephonic notice of
such determination, confirmed in writing, to the Seller prior to the first day
of such Yield Period. Upon delivery of such notice (a) no Portion of Investment
shall be funded thereafter at the Bank Rate determined by reference to the
Eurodollar Rate, unless and until the Agent shall have given notice to the
Seller that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist,
and (b) with respect to any outstanding Portions of Investment then funded at
the Bank Rate determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate, such Bank Rate
shall automatically be converted to the Bank Rate determined by reference to the
Base Rate at the respective last days of the then-current Yield Periods relating
to such Portions of Investment.
Section 1.11. Mitigation. Each Affected Person agrees that if it makes any
demand for payment under Section 1.8 or 1.9, it will use reasonable efforts
(consistent with its internal policy and legal and regulatory restrictions and
so long as such efforts would not be disadvantageous to it, as determined in its
sole discretion) to mitigate the effect upon such Affected Person of the
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capital requirements, increased costs, tax or other matter described in Section
1.8 or 1.9, as applicable.
ARTICLE II
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; COVENANTS;
TERMINATION EVENTS
Section 2.1. Representations and Warranties; Covenants. The Seller hereby
makes the representations and warranties, and hereby agrees to perform and
observe the covenants, set forth in Exhibits III and IV, respectively hereto.
Section 2.2. Termination Events. If any of the Termination Events set
forth in Exhibit V hereto shall occur and be continuing, the Agent may, by
notice to the Seller, declare the Facility Termination Date to have occurred (in
which case the Facility Termination Date shall be deemed to have occurred);
provided that, automatically upon the occurrence of any event (without any
requirement for the passage of time or the giving of notice) described in
subsection (g), (i) or (k) of Exhibit V, the Facility Termination Date shall
occur. Upon any such declaration, occurrence or deemed occurrence of the
Facility Termination Date, the Purchaser and the Agent shall have, in addition
to the rights and remedies which they may have under this Agreement, all other
rights and remedies provided after default under the UCC and under other
applicable law, which rights and remedies shall be cumulative.
ARTICLE III
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 3.1. (a) Indemnities by the Seller. Without limiting any other
rights that the Agent or the Purchaser or any of their respective Affiliates,
employees, agents, successors, transferees or assigns (each, an "Indemnified
Party") may have hereunder or under applicable law, the Seller hereby agrees to
indemnify each Indemnified Party from and against any and all claims, damages,
expenses, losses and liabilities (including Attorney Costs) (all of the
foregoing being collectively referred to as "Indemnified Amounts") arising out
of or resulting from this Agreement or other Transaction Documents (whether
directly or indirectly) or the use of proceeds of purchases or reinvestments or
the ownership of the Participation, or any interest therein, or in respect of
any Receivable or any Contract, excluding, however, (a) Indemnified Amounts to
the extent resulting from gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of
such Indemnified Party, (b) recourse (except as otherwise specifically provided
in this Agreement) for uncollectible Receivables to be written off consistent
with the Credit and Collection Policy, or (c) any overall gross receipts or net
income taxes or franchise taxes imposed on such Indemnified Party by the
jurisdiction under the laws of which such Indemnified Party is organized or any
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political subdivision thereof; PROVIDED THAT IT IS THE INTENTION OF THE PARTIES
HERETO THAT THE INDEMNIFIED PARTIES BE INDEMNIFIED IN THE CASE OF THEIR OWN
NEGLIGENCE, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH NEGLIGENCE IS SOLE OR CONTRIBUTORY,
ACTIVE OR PASSIVE, IMPUTED, JOINT OR TECHNICAL; provided further that, in no
event shall the Indemnified Amounts hereunder include amounts payable under any
Pool Receivable and remaining unpaid due to the lack of creditworthiness of any
Obligor under any Receivable. Without limiting or being limited by the
foregoing, and subject to the exclusions set forth in the preceding sentence,
the Seller shall pay on demand to each Indemnified Party any and all amounts
necessary to indemnify such Indemnified Party from and against any and all
Indemnified Amounts relating to or resulting from any of the following:
(i) the failure of any Receivable included in the calculation of the
Net Receivables Pool Balance as an Eligible Receivable to be an Eligible
Receivable, the failure of any information contained in a Servicer Report
to be true and correct, or the failure of any other information provided to
the Purchaser or the Agent with respect to Receivables or this Agreement
(other than with respect to the creditworthiness of an Obligor under any
Receivable) to be true and correct;
(ii) the failure of any representation or warranty or statement made
or deemed made by the Seller (or any of its officers) under or in
connection with this Agreement to have been true and correct in all
respects when made (other than with respect to the creditworthiness of an
Obligor under any Receivable);
(iii) the failure by the Seller to comply with any applicable law, rule
or regulation with respect to any Pool Receivable or the related Contract;
or the failure of any Pool Receivable or the related Contract to conform to
any such applicable law, rule or regulation;
(iv) the failure to vest in the Purchaser a valid and enforceable (A)
perfected undivided percentage ownership interest, to the extent of the
Participation, in the Receivables in, or purporting to be in, the
Receivables Pool and the Related Security and Collections with respect
thereto and (B) first priority perfected security interest in the items
described in Section 1.2(d), in each case, free and clear of any Adverse
Claim;
(v) the failure to have filed, or any delay in filing, financing
statements or other similar instruments or documents under the UCC of any
applicable jurisdiction or other applicable laws with respect to any
Receivables in, or purporting to be in, the Receivables Pool and the
Related Security and Collections in respect thereof, whether at the time of
any purchase or reinvestment or at any subsequent time;
(vi) any dispute, claim, offset or defense (other than discharge in
bankruptcy or similar insolvency proceeding of the Obligor) of the Obligor
to the payment of any
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Receivable in, or purporting to be in, the Receivables Pool (including,
without limitation, a defense based on such Receivable or the related
Contract not being a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Obligor
enforceable against it in accordance with its terms), or any other claim
resulting from the sale of the goods or services related to such Receivable
or the furnishing or failure to furnish such goods or services or relating
to collection activities with respect to such Receivable (if such
collection activities were performed by the Seller or any of its Affiliates
acting as Servicer or by any agent or independent contractor retained by
the Seller or any of its Affiliates);
(vii) any failure of the Seller to perform its duties or obligations
in accordance with the provisions hereof or to perform its duties or
obligations under the Contracts;
(viii) any products liability or other claim, investigation, litigation
or proceeding arising out of or in connection with merchandise, insurance
or services which are the subject of any Contract;
(ix) the commingling of Collections of Pool Receivables at any time
with other funds;
(x) any investigation, litigation or proceeding related to this
Agreement or the use of proceeds of purchases or reinvestments or the
ownership of the Participation or in respect of any Receivable, Related
Security or Contract (other than with respect to the creditworthiness of an
Obligor under any Receivable);
(xi) any reduction in Investment as a result of the distribution of
Collections pursuant to Section 1.4(e)(iv), in the event that all or a
portion of such distributions shall thereafter be rescinded or otherwise
must be returned for any reason; or
(xii) any tax or governmental fee or charge (other than any tax upon
or measured by net income or gross receipts or franchise tax), all interest
and penalties thereon or with respect thereto, and all reasonable out-of-
pocket costs and expenses, including the reasonable fees and expenses of
counsel in defending against the same, which may arise by reason of the
purchase or ownership of the Participation, or other interests in the
Receivables Pool or in any Related Security or Contract.
(b) Indemnity by the Servicer. Without limiting any other rights which any
such person may have hereunder under applicable law, Servicer hereby agrees to
indemnify each Indemnified Party, forthwith on demand, from and against any and
all Indemnified Amounts awarded against or incurred by any of them arising out
of or relating to:
(i) any representation or warranty made by Servicer under or in
connection with any Transaction Document or any information or report
delivered by or
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on behalf of Servicer pursuant hereto, which shall have been false,
incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made or deemed made;
(ii) the failure by Servicer to comply with any applicable law, rule
or regulation (including truth in lending, fair credit billing, usury, fair
credit reporting, equal credit opportunity, fair debt collection practices
and privacy) with respect to any Pool Receivable or other related Contract;
or
(iii) any failure of Servicer to perform its duties, covenants and
obligations in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement.
Section 3.2. Performance Guaranty. In consideration of the benefits
received and to be received by the Performance Guarantor as a result of the sale
by the Seller of the Receivables, the Performance Guarantor hereby
unconditionally and irrevocably (a) guarantees to the Agent, each Program
Support Provider, and the Purchaser and their respective successors and assigns
the punctual payment and performance, as the case may be, when due of all
covenants, obligations, agreements, terms, conditions and indemnities to be
performed and observed by the Seller, the Servicer or any Originator under the
Transaction Documents, in each case whether now or hereafter existing, and
including all obligations of the Seller, the Servicer or any Originator in
respect of the payment or delivery of any sum or funds, whether for collections,
indemnification, payments, fees, interest, expenses or otherwise; (b) agrees to
reimburse each of the Agent, each Program Support Provider and the Purchaser, on
demand, in respect of any and all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by such
Person in enforcing its rights under any of the Transaction Documents (including
counsel fees and expenses) and (c) agrees to cause each and every obligation,
covenant, agreement and term imposed upon the Seller, the Servicer or any
Originator under the Transaction Documents to be performed, (all of the
obligations, covenants, agreements and terms described in clauses (a), (b) and
(c) above being herein collectively called the "Guaranteed Obligations");
provided that, in no event do the Guaranteed Obligations include amounts not
collected in respect of any Receivable as a result of the creditworthiness of an
Obligor under any Receivable, and provided further that, notwithstanding the
foregoing, in no event shall the Guaranteed Obligations include an obligation
(direct or indirect) of the Performance Guarantor to (i) subscribe for an
additional equity interests of the Seller, or (ii) to maintain or preserve the
Seller's financial condition or to cause the Seller to achieve any specified
levels of operating results or (iii) any obligations of the Seller to any
Originator under any Company Note.
The obligations of the Performance Guarantor under this Section 3.2
constitute a present and continuing guaranty of payment and not of
collectibility, shall be absolute and unconditional, shall not be subject to any
counterclaim, set-off, deduction or defense based upon any claim any Affiliate,
the Purchaser, any Program Support Provider or the Agent may have against each
other or any other Person and shall remain in full force and effect without
regard to and shall not be released, discharged or in any way affected or
impaired by any thing, event, happening, matter, circumstance or condition
whatsoever (whether or not the Performance Guarantor shall have any
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knowledge or notice thereof or consent thereto, including: (i) any amendment to
any of the Transaction Documents including any renewal or extension of the terms
of payment (or change in the manner or place of payment) of any sums due or
contingently due thereunder or the granting of time in respect of any payment,
or any security so furnished or accepted for the sum due or contingently due
thereunder; (ii) any waiver, consent, extension, granting of time, forbearance,
indulgence or other action or inaction under or in respect of any Transaction
Document or any exercise or nonexercise of any right, remedy or power in respect
thereof; (iii) any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement,
readjustment, composition, liquidation or similar proceedings with respect to
the Seller, Imperial or the properties or creditors thereof; (iv) any invalidity
or any unenforceability of, or any misrepresentation by the Seller or Imperial,
irregularity or other defect in, any Transaction Document or Guaranteed
Obligation; (v) any transfer of purported transfer of any asset or interest in
property of the Seller or Imperial; (vi) any consolidation or merger of the
Seller or Imperial with or into any other corporation or entity, or any change
whatsoever in the objects, capital structure, constitution or business of the
Seller or Imperial; (vii) the occurrence of any default under any Transaction
Document or any failure on the part of the Seller or Imperial to perform or
comply with any term of any Transaction Document or the failure of the
Purchaser, any Program Support Provider or the Agent to exercise any right or
remedy arising upon such occurrence; (viii) any law, regulation or order of any
jurisdiction affecting any term of any Guaranteed Obligation or the rights of
the Purchaser, any Program Support Provider or the Agent with respect thereto;
(ix) any suit or other action brought by any creditors of the Seller or Imperial
for any reason whatsoever, including any suit or action in any way attacking or
involving any Transaction Document; (x) any assignment or transfer of any
interest of the Purchaser, any Program Support Provider or the Agent in or under
any Transaction Document (or any assignment or transfer thereof by any
subsequent assignee or transferee), or (xi) any other circumstance which might
otherwise constitute a defense (other than payment and performance) available
to, or a discharge of, the Seller, the Performance Guarantor, the Servicer any
Originator, any surety or a guarantor). The Agent will use reasonable efforts to
provide notice to the Performance Guarantor in connection with a demand for
payment hereunder; provided, however, that the failure or inability of the Agent
to give such notice at any time shall not impair the ability of the Agent, any
Program Support Provider or the Purchaser to make a claim hereunder, and the
Performance Guarantor waives promptness, protest and diligence with respect to
any Guaranteed Obligation and any requirement that the Purchaser, any Program
Support Provider or the Agent exhaust any right or take any action against the
Seller or with respect to the Receivables (or any interest therein) sold or
otherwise transferred or purported to be transferred by the Seller to the Agent
or the Purchaser, or with respect to any collateral, any other guarantor or any
other Person, prior to making demand or receiving payment under this
Section 3.2.
This is a continuing guaranty and shall remain in full force and
effect until the date which is one year and one day after all Guaranteed
Obligations shall have been paid and performed in full and each of the
Transaction Documents have been terminated. The undertakings of the Performance
Guarantor hereunder shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case
may be, if at any time any payment or other performance of any of the Guaranteed
Obligations is
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rescinded or must otherwise be returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or
reorganization of the Seller or Imperial or otherwise, all as though such
payment had not been made or such performance had not occurred. If the
Performance Guarantor shall make any payment or render any other performance due
in respect of the Transaction Documents pursuant to this Section 3.2, until
satisfaction in full of the Guaranteed Obligations, the Performance Guarantor
shall not assert any claim as a result thereof against the Seller or Imperial,
and until satisfaction in full of the Guaranteed Obligations, the Performance
Guarantor shall not assert any right it might otherwise have to be subrogated to
the rights of the Purchaser, any Program Support Provider or the Agent in
respect of which such payment or performance shall have been made.
ARTICLE IV
ADMINISTRATION AND COLLECTIONS
Section 4.1. Appointment of Servicer. (a) The servicing, administering and
collection of the Pool Receivables shall be conducted by the Person so
designated from time to time as Servicer in accordance with this Section 4.1.
Upon (but not prior to), the occurrence of a Termination Event, the Agent may
designate as Servicer any Person (including itself) to succeed the Servicer or
any successor Servicer, on the condition in each case that any such Person so
designated shall agree to perform the duties and obligations of the Servicer
pursuant to the terms hereof. Until the Agent gives notice to the Seller and IDI
(in accordance with this Section 4.1) of the designation of a new Servicer or
until IDI delegates all of its duties and obligations as Servicer in accordance
with paragraph (e) of this Section 4.1, IDI is hereby designated as, and hereby
agrees to perform the duties and obligations of, the Servicer pursuant to the
terms hereof.
(b) Upon the designation of a successor Servicer as set forth in
Section 4.1(a) hereof, the Servicer agrees that it will terminate its activities
as Servicer hereunder in a manner which the Agent determines will facilitate the
transition of the performance of such activities to the new Servicer, and the
Servicer shall cooperate with and assist such new Servicer. Such cooperation
shall include (without limitation) access to and transfer of records and use by
the new Servicer of all licenses or software necessary or desirable to collect
the Pool Receivables and the Related Security.
(c) The Servicer acknowledges that, in making their decision to execute and
deliver this Agreement, the Agent and the Purchaser have relied on the
Servicer's agreement to act as Servicer hereunder. Accordingly, the Servicer
agrees that it will not voluntarily resign as Servicer until the Final Payout
Date.
(d) The Servicer may delegate its duties and obligations hereunder to any
subservicer (each, a "Sub-Servicer"); provided that, in each such delegation (i)
such Sub-Servicer shall agree in writing, to perform the duties and obligations
of the Servicer pursuant to the terms hereof, (ii) the Servicer shall remain
primarily liable to the Purchaser and the Agent for the performance of
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the duties and obligations so delegated, (iii) the Seller, the Agent and the
Purchaser shall have the right to look solely to the Servicer for performance
and (iv) the terms of any agreement with any Sub-Servicer shall provide that the
Agent may terminate such agreement upon the termination of the Servicer
hereunder by giving notice of its desire to terminate such agreement to the
Servicer (and the Servicer shall provide appropriate notice to such Sub-
Servicer).
(e) The Servicer may delegate all of its duties and obligations hereunder
to a replacement Servicer without the prior written consent of the Agent,
provided that, in such delegation (i) any such replacement Servicer shall agree
to perform all of the duties and obligations of the Servicer pursuant to the
terms hereof (ii) such replacement Servicer is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the
Performance Guarantor, (iii) the Agent receives such opinions of counsel,
officer's certificates and other documents that it request with respect to such
replacement Servicer and (iv) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied.
Section 4.2. Duties of Servicer. (a) The Servicer shall take or cause to be
taken all such action as may be necessary or advisable to collect each Pool
Receivable from time to time, all in accordance with this Agreement and all
applicable laws, rules and regulations, with reasonable care and diligence, and
in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy. The Servicer shall set
aside for the accounts of the Seller and the Purchaser the amount of the
Collections to which each is entitled in accordance with Article I hereto. The
Servicer may, in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy, extend the
maturity of any Pool Receivable (but not beyond thirty (30) days) and extend the
maturity or adjust the Outstanding Balance of any Defaulted Receivable as the
Servicer may determine to be appropriate to maximize Collections thereof;
provided, however, that (i) such extension or adjustment shall not alter the
status of such Pool Receivable as a Delinquent Receivable or a Defaulted
Receivable or limit the rights of the Purchaser or the Agent under this
Agreement and (ii) if a Termination Event has occurred and is continuing and IDI
or any of its Affiliates is still serving as Servicer, the Servicer may make
such extension or adjustment only upon the prior written approval of the Agent.
The Seller shall deliver to the Servicer and the Servicer shall hold for the
benefit of the Seller and the Agent (for the benefit of the Purchaser and
individually) in accordance with their respective interests, all records and
documents (including without limitation computer tapes or disks) with respect to
each Pool Receivable. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein,
the Agent may direct the Servicer to commence or settle any legal action to
enforce collection of any Pool Receivable or to foreclose upon or repossess any
Related Security; provided, however, that no such direction may be given unless
a Termination Event has occurred.
(b) The Servicer's obligations hereunder shall terminate on the Final
Payout Date. After such termination the Servicer shall promptly deliver to the
Seller all books, records and related materials that the Seller previously
provided to the Servicer in connection with this Agreement.
Section 4.3. Establishment and Use of Certain Accounts.
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(a) Lock-Box Accounts. Prior to the initial purchase hereunder, the Seller
shall enter into Lock-Box Agreements establishing the Lock-Box Accounts listed
on Schedule II with all of the Lock-Box Banks, and deliver original counterparts
thereof to the Agent.
(b) Collection Account. The Servicer agrees to establish the Collection
Account on or before the date of the first purchase hereunder. The Collection
Account shall be used to accept the transfer of Collections of Pool Receivables
from the Lock-Box Accounts pursuant to Section 1.4(b) and for such other
purposes described in the Transaction Documents.
(c) Liquidation Account. The Servicer agrees to establish the Liquidation
Account on or before the date of the first purchase hereunder. The Liquidation
Account shall be used to receive transfers of certain amounts of the Purchaser's
share of Collections of Pool Receivables prior to the Settlement Dates and for
such other purposes described in the Transaction Documents. No funds other than
those transferred in accordance with Section 1.4 shall be intentionally
transferred into the Liquidation Account.
(d) Permitted Investments. Any amounts in the Liquidation Account or the
Collection Account, as the case may be, may be invested by the Liquidation
Account Bank or Collection Account Bank, respectively, at Servicer's direction,
in Permitted Investments, so long as Purchaser's interest in such Permitted
Investments is perfected and such Permitted Investments are subject to no
Adverse Claims other than those of the Purchaser provided hereunder.
(e) Control of Lock-Box Accounts. The Agent may at any time upon the
occurrence of a Termination Event give notice to each Lock-Box Bank, the
Collection Account Bank and the Liquidation Account Bank that the Agent is
exercising its rights under the Lock-Box Agreements, the Collection Account
Agreement and the Liquidation Account Agreement to do any or all of the
following: (i) to have the exclusive ownership and control of the Lock-Box
Accounts to the extent provided in the related Lock-Box Agreement, the
Collection Account and the Liquidation Account transferred to the Agent and to
exercise exclusive dominion and control over the funds deposited therein, (ii)
following the occurrence and during the continuance of a Termination Event, to
have the proceeds that are sent to the respective Lock-Box Accounts be
redirected pursuant to its instructions rather than deposited in the applicable
Lock-Box Account, and (iii) to take any or all other actions permitted under the
applicable Lock-Box Agreement, the Collection Account Agreement and the
Liquidation Account Agreement. The Seller hereby agrees that if the Agent at any
time takes any action set forth in the preceding sentence, the Agent shall have
exclusive control of the proceeds (including Collections) of all Pool
Receivables and the Seller hereby further agrees to take any other action that
the Agent may reasonably request to transfer such control. Any proceeds of Pool
Receivables received by the Seller or the Servicer, thereafter shall be sent
immediately to the Agent. The parties hereto hereby acknowledge that if at any
time the Agent takes control of any Lock-Box Account, the Collection Account and
the Liquidation Account, the Agent shall not have any rights to the funds
therein in excess of the unpaid amounts due to the Agent, the Purchaser or any
other Person hereunder, and the Agent
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shall distribute or cause to be distributed such funds in accordance with
Section 1.4 (as if the funds were held by the Servicer thereunder).
Section 4.4. Enforcement Rights. At any time following the occurrence and
during the continuance of a Termination Event:
(i) the Agent may direct the Obligors that payment of all amounts
payable under any Pool Receivable be made directly to the Agent or its
designee;
(ii) the Agent may instruct the Seller or the Servicer to give notice
of the Purchaser's interest in Pool Receivables to each Obligor, which
notice shall direct that payments be made directly to the Agent or its
designee, and upon such instruction from the Agent the Seller or the
Servicer, as applicable, shall give such notice at the expense of the
Seller; provided, that if the Seller or the Servicer fails to so notify
each Obligor, the Agent may so notify the Obligors; and
(iii) the Agent may request the Seller or the Servicer to, and upon
such request the Seller or the Servicer, as applicable, shall, (A) assemble
all of the records necessary or desirable to collect the Pool Receivables
and the Related Security, and transfer or license to any new Servicer the
use of all software necessary or desirable to collect the Pool Receivables
and the Related Security, and make the same available to the Agent or its
designee at a place selected by the Agent, and (B) segregate all cash,
checks and other instruments received by it from time to time constituting
Collections with respect to the Pool Receivables in a manner acceptable to
the Agent and, promptly upon receipt, remit all such cash, checks and
instruments, duly endorsed or with duly executed instruments of transfer,
to the Agent or its designee.
(b) The Seller hereby authorizes the Agent, and irrevocably appoints the
Agent as its attorney-in-fact with full power of substitution and with full
authority in the place and stead of the Seller, which appointment is coupled
with an interest, to take after the occurrence and during the continuance of a
Termination Event any and all steps in the name of the Seller and on behalf of
the Seller necessary or desirable, in the determination of the Agent, to collect
any and all amounts or portions thereof due under any and all Pool Receivables
or Related Security, including, without limitation, endorsing the name of the
Seller on checks and other instruments representing Collections and enforcing
such Pool Receivables, Related Security and the related Contracts.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this subsection (b), none
of the powers conferred upon such attorney-in-fact pursuant to the immediately
preceding sentence shall subject such attorney-in-fact to any liability if any
action taken by it shall prove to be inadequate or invalid, nor shall they
confer any obligations upon such attorney-in-fact in any manner whatsoever,
except to the extent arising out of the negligence or willful misconduct of such
attorney-in-fact.
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Section 4.5. Responsibilities of the Seller. Anything herein to the
contrary notwithstanding, the Seller shall (i) perform all of its obligations,
if any, under the Contracts related to the Pool Receivables to the same extent
as if interests in such Pool Receivables had not been transferred hereunder, and
the exercise by the Agent or the Purchaser of its rights hereunder shall not
relieve the Seller from such obligations and (ii) pay when due any taxes,
including, without limitation, any sales taxes payable in connection with the
Pool Receivables and their creation and satisfaction. The Agent and the
Purchaser shall not have any obligation or liability with respect to any Pool
Receivable, any Related Security or any related Contract, nor shall any of them
be obligated to perform any of the obligations of the Seller under any of the
foregoing.
Section 4.6. Servicing Fee. The Servicer shall be paid a fee, through
distributions contemplated by Section 1.4(d), equal to 1.00% per annum of the
average outstanding Net Receivables Pool Balance.
ARTICLE V.
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 5.1. Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision
of this Agreement or consent to any departure by the Seller or Servicer
therefrom shall be effective unless in a writing signed by the Agent, and, in
the case of any amendment, by the Seller and the Servicer and then such
amendment, waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance
and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such
material amendment shall be effective until the Rating Agencies have notified
the Servicer and the Agent in writing that such action will not result in a
reduction or withdrawal of the rating of any Notes. No failure on the part of
the Purchaser or Agent to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right
hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial
exercise of any right hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof
or the exercise of any other right.
Section 5.2. Notices, Etc. All notices and other communications
hereunder shall, unless otherwise stated herein, be in writing (which shall
include facsimile communication) and sent or delivered, to each party hereto, at
its address set forth under its name on the signature pages hereof or at such
other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the
other parties hereto. Notices and communications by facsimile shall be
effective when sent (and shall be followed by hard copy sent by first class
mail), and notices and communications sent by other means shall be effective
when received.
Section 5.3. Assignability. (a) This Agreement and the Purchaser's rights
and obligations herein (including ownership of the Participation) shall be
assignable, in whole or in part, by the Purchaser and its successors and assigns
with the prior written consent of the Seller; provided, however, that such
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld; and provided, further, that no such
consent shall be required if the assignment is made to any Affiliate of the
Purchaser, any
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Liquidity Bank or other Program Support Provider or any Person which is (i) in
the business of issuing Notes (including, without limitation, Fairway) and (ii)
associated with or administered by the Agent or any Affiliate of the Agent (each
such Person, a "Note Issuer"). Each assignor may, in connection with the
assignment, disclose to the applicable assignee any information relating to the
Seller or the Pool Receivables furnished to such assignor by or on behalf of the
Seller, the Purchaser or the Agent.
Upon the assignment of such rights and obligations by the Purchaser in
accordance with this Section 5.3, the assignee receiving such assignment shall
have all of the rights of the Purchaser with respect to the Transaction
Documents and the Investment (or such portion thereof as has been assigned).
(b) The Purchaser may at any time grant to one or more banks or other
institutions (each a "Liquidity Bank") party to the Liquidity Agreement or to
any other Program Support Provider participating interests or security interests
in the Participation. In the event of any such grant by the Purchaser of a
participating interest to a Liquidity Bank or other Program Support Provider,
the Purchaser shall remain responsible for the performance of its obligations
hereunder. The Seller agrees that each Liquidity Bank or other Program Support
Provider shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 1.8, 1.9 and 1.10.
(c) This Agreement and the rights and obligations of the Agent hereunder
shall be assignable, in whole or in part, by the Agent and its successors and
assigns; provided however, if such assignment is to a Person other than an
Affiliate of the Agent or its successors and assigns, then such assignment shall
require the prior consent of the Seller (which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld).
(d) Except as provided in Section 4.1(d) and 4.1(e), neither the Seller nor
the Servicer may assign its rights or delegate its obligations hereunder or any
interest herein without the prior written consent of the Agent.
(e) Without limiting any other rights that may be available under
applicable law, the rights of the Purchaser may be enforced through it or by its
agents.
Section 5.4. Costs, Expenses and Taxes. (a) In addition to the rights of
indemnification granted under Section 3.1 hereof, the Seller agrees to pay on
demand all reasonable costs and expenses in connection with the preparation,
execution, delivery and administration (including periodic auditing of Pool
Receivables) of this Agreement, the Liquidity Agreement, and the other documents
and agreements to be delivered hereunder, including all reasonable costs and
expenses relating to the amending, amending and restating, modifying or
supplementing of this Agreement, the Liquidity Agreement and the other documents
and agreements to be delivered hereunder and the waiving of any provisions
thereof, and including in all cases, without limitation, Attorney Costs for the
Agent, the Purchaser and their respective
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Affiliates and agents with respect thereto and with respect to advising the
Agent, the Purchaser and their respective Affiliates and agents as to their
rights and remedies under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents,
and all reasonable costs and expenses, if any (including Attorney Costs), of the
Agent, the Purchaser and their respective Affiliates and agents, in connection
with the enforcement of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.
(b) In addition, the Seller shall pay on demand any and all stamp and other
taxes and fees payable in connection with the execution, delivery, filing and
recording of this Agreement or the other documents or agreements to be delivered
hereunder (other than taxes payable on the gross receipts or income of any
Indemnified Party), and agrees to save each Indemnified Party harmless from and
against any liabilities with respect to or resulting from any delay in paying or
omission to pay such taxes and fees.
Section 5.5. No Proceedings; Limitation on Payments. Each of the
Seller, the Servicer, the Agent, each assignee of the Participation or any
interest therein, and each Person which enters into a commitment to purchase the
Participation or interests therein, hereby covenants and agrees that it will not
institute against, or join any other Person in instituting against, any Note
Issuer (including Fairway), any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement,
insolvency or liquidation proceeding, or other proceeding under any federal or
state bankruptcy or similar law, for one year and one day after the latest
maturing Note issued by any such Note Issuer is paid in full.
Section 5.6. Confidentiality. Unless otherwise required by applicable
law (including the disclosure requirement of applicable securities laws), the
Seller agrees to maintain the confidentiality of this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents (and all drafts thereof) in communications with third
parties and otherwise; provided that this Agreement may be disclosed to (a)
third parties to the extent such disclosure is made pursuant to a written
agreement of confidentiality in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Agent and (b) the Seller's legal counsel and auditors if they agree to hold
it confidential; provided that only the terms and conditions of this agreement
may be revealed to such parties and not the details of any fees, pricing or
interest rates.
Section 5.7. GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION. (a) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF TEXAS
(WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF), EXCEPT TO
THE EXTENT THAT THE PERFECTION (OR THE EFFECT OF PERFECTION OR NON-PERFECTION)
OF THE INTERESTS OF THE PURCHASER IN THE POOL RECEIVABLES AND THE OTHER ITEMS
DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1.2(d) IS GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF A JURISDICTION OTHER THAN
THE STATE OF TEXAS.
(b) ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE
BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS OR OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS, AND BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT,
EACH OF THE PURCHASER,
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THE SELLER, THE SERVICER AND THE AGENT CONSENTS, FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF
ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THOSE COURTS. EACH OF THE
PURCHASER, THE SELLER, THE SERVICER AND THE AGENT IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE
MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING ANY OBJECTION TO THE
LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, WHICH IT MAY
NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH
JURISDICTION IN RESPECT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY DOCUMENT RELATED HERETO. THE
PURCHASER, THE SELLER, THE SERVICER AND THE AGENT EACH WAIVE PERSONAL SERVICE OF
ANY SUMMONS, COMPLAINT OR OTHER PROCESS, WHICH MAY BE MADE BY ANY OTHER MEANS
PERMITTED BY ILLINOIS LAW.
Section 5.8. Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed
in any number of 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 5.9. Survival of Termination. The provisions of Sections 1.8,
1.9, 1.10, 3.1, 3.2, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7 and 5.10 shall survive any termination
of this Agreement.
Section 5.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. THE PURCHASER, THE SELLER, THE SERVICER
AND THE AGENT EACH WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM
OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR
THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR OTHER
LITIGATION OF ANY TYPE BROUGHT BY ANY OF THE PARTIES AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY OR
PARTIES, WHETHER WITH RESPECT TO CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS OR OTHERWISE. THE
PURCHASER, THE SELLER, THE SERVICER AND THE AGENT EACH AGREE THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM
OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE TRIED BY A COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY. WITHOUT
LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO FURTHER AGREES THAT ITS
RESPECTIVE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IS WAIVED BY OPERATION OF THIS SECTION AS TO
ANY ACTION, COUNTERCLAIM OR OTHER PROCEEDING WHICH SEEKS, IN WHOLE OR IN PART,
TO CHALLENGE THE VALIDITY OR ENFORCEABILITY OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY PROVISION
HEREOF. THIS WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS,
SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO THIS AGREEMENT.
Section 5.11. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER TRANSACTION
DOCUMENTS EMBODIES THE ENTIRE AGREEMENT AND UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE PURCHASER,
THE SELLER, THE SERVICER AND THE AGENT, AND SUPERSEDES ALL PRIOR OR
CONTEMPORANEOUS
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AGREEMENTS AND UNDERSTANDINGS OF SUCH PERSONS, VERBAL OR WRITTEN, RELATING TO
THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF AND THEREOF.
Section 5.12. Headings. The captions and headings of this Agreement and
in any Exhibit hereto are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect
the interpretation hereof or thereof.
Section 5.13. No Oral Agreements. This Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents represent the final agreement among the parties and may
not be contradicted by evidence of prior, contemporaneous or subsequent oral
agreements of the parties.
There are no unwritten oral agreements between the parties.
Section 5.14. Purchaser's Liabilities. The obligations of the Purchaser
under this Agreement are solely the corporate obligations of the Purchaser. No
recourse shall be had for any obligation or claim arising out of or based upon
this Agreement against any stockholder, employee, officer, director or
incorporator of the Purchaser; provided, however, that this Section 5.14 shall
not relieve any such Person of any liability it might otherwise have for its own
gross negligence or willful misconduct. The agreements provided in this Section
5.14 shall survive termination of this Agreement.
Section 5.15. Termination. This Agreement will remain in full force and
effect until such time, after the Facility Termination Date, the Investment,
Program Fees, Discount, Commitment Fee and Servicing Fees with respect to the
Participation and all other amounts payable by the Seller to the Purchaser, the
Agent or any other Indemnified Party or Affected Person hereunder shall have
been paid in full, the Guaranteed Obligations shall have been paid in full and
the commitment of the Purchaser under Section 1.1 hereof shall have terminated;
provided, however, the provisions of Sections 1.8, 1.9, 1.10, 3.1, 3.2, and 5.4
shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed
by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first
above written.
IMPERIAL SECURITIZATION CORPORATION,
as Seller
By: /s/ W.F. Schwer
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Name: W.F. Schwer
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Title: President
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PO Box 9
8016 Highway 90A
Sugar Land, TX 77478
Attention: Bill Schwer
Telephone: (281) 490-9795
Facsimile: (281) 490-9881
IMPERIAL DISTRIBUTING, INC.
as initial Servicer
By: /s/ W.F. Schwer
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Name: W.F. Schwer
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Title: Sr. Vice President
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PO Box 9
8016 Highway 90-A
Sugar Land, TX 77478
Attention: Bill Schwer
Telephone: (281) 490-9795
Facsimile: (281) 490-9881
IMPERIAL SUGAR COMPANY
as Performance Guarantor
By: /s/ W.F. Schwer
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Name: W.F. Schwer
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Title: Managing Director
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PO Box 9
8016 Highway 90-A
Sugar Land, TX 77478
Attention: Bill Schwer
Telephone: (281) 490-9795
Facsimile: (281) 490-9881
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NESBITT BURNS SECURITIES INC., as Agent
By: /s/ David J. Kucera
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Name: David J. Kucera
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Title: Managing Director
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By: /s/
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Name:
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Title:
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111 West Monroe Street
Chicago, Illinois 60603
Attention: David J. Kucera
Telephone: (312) 461-3893
Facsimile: (312) 461-6327
FAIRWAY FINANCE CORPORATION, as Purchaser
By: /s/ Dwight Jenkins
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Name: Dwight Jenkins
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Title: Vice President
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c/o Broad Street Contract Services, Inc.
Two Wall Street
New York, New York 10005
Attention: Dwight Jenkins
Telephone: (212) 346-9007
Facsimile: (212) 346-9012
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EXHIBIT I
DEFINITIONS
As used in the Agreement (including its Exhibits), the following terms
shall have the following meanings (such meanings to be equally applicable to
both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined). Unless otherwise
indicated, all Section, Annex, Exhibit and Schedule references in this Exhibit
are to Sections of and Annexes, Exhibits and Schedules to the Agreement.
"Adverse Claim" means a lien, security interest or other charge or
encumbrance, or any other type of preferential arrangement, it being understood
that a lien, security interest or other charge or encumbrance, or any other type
of preferential arrangement, in favor of the Purchaser shall not constitute an
Adverse Claim.
"Affected Person" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.8.
"Affiliate" means, as to any Person, any other Person that, directly
or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by or is under common control
with such Person or is a director or officer of such Person, except that with
respect to the Purchaser, Affiliate shall mean the holder(s) of its capital
stock.
"Agent" has the meaning set forth in the preamble to the Agreement.
"Applicable Margin" has the meaning set forth in the Fee Letter.
"Attorney Costs" means and includes all fees and disbursements of any law
firm or other external counsel, the allocated cost of internal legal services
and all disbursements of internal counsel, to be paid as set forth in the Fee
Letter.
"Average Maturity" means at any time that period of days equal to the
average days sales outstanding of the Pool Receivables calculated by the
Servicer in the then most recent Servicer Report; provided, that if the Agent
shall disagree with any such calculation, the Agent may reasonably recalculate
such Average Maturity, and any such recalculation upon disclosure to Servicer
and Seller shall be prima facie evidence of such Average Maturity absent
manifest error.
"Bank of Montreal" means Bank of Montreal, a Canadian chartered bank.
"Bank Rate" for any Yield Period for any Portion of Investment of the
Participation means an interest rate per annum equal to the Applicable Margin
above the Eurodollar Rate for such Yield Period; provided, further, that in the
case of
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(i) any Yield Period on or prior to the first day of which the Agent
shall have been notified by a Liquidity Bank or the Purchaser that the
introduction of or any change in or in the interpretation of any law or
regulation makes it unlawful, or any central bank or other Governmental
Authority asserts that it is unlawful, for such Liquidity Bank or the
Purchaser to fund any Portion of Investment (based on the Eurodollar Rate)
set forth above (and such Liquidity Bank or the Purchaser, as applicable,
shall not have subsequently notified the Agent that such circumstances no
longer exist),
(ii) any Yield Period of one to (and including) 13 days,
(iii) any Yield Period as to which the Agent does not receive notice,
by no later than 12:00 noon (Chicago time) on (w) the second Business Day
preceding the first day of such Yield Period that the Seller desires that
the related Portion of Investment be funded at the CP Rate, (x) the third
Business Day preceding the first day of such Yield Period that the Seller
desires that the related Portion of Investment be funded at the Bank Rate,
or (y) the Seller has given the notice contemplated by clause (w) of this
clause (iii) and the Agent shall have notified the Seller that funding the
related Portion of Investment at the CP Rate is unacceptable to the
Purchaser, or
(iv) any Yield Period relating to a Portion of Investment which is less
than $1,000,000,
the "Bank Rate" for each such Yield Period shall be an interest rate per annum
equal to the Base Rate in effect on each day of such Yield Period.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the "Bank Rate" for each day in a Yield Period
occurring during the continuance of a Termination Event shall be an interest
rate equal to 2% per annum above the Base Rate in effect on such day.
"Bankruptcy Code" means the United States Bankruptcy Reform Act of
1978 (11 U.S.C. (S) 101, et seq.), as amended from time to time.
"Base Rate" means for any day, a fluctuating interest rate per annum
as shall be in effect from time to time, which rate shall be at all times equal
to the rate of interest most recently announced by Bank of Montreal at its
branch in Chicago, Illinois as its prime commercial rate for United States loans
made in the United States.
"Business Day" means any day on which (i) both (A) the Agent at its
branch office in Chicago, Illinois is open for business and (B) commercial banks
in, Atlanta, Boston, Houston, Los Angeles, New York City or Pittsburgh are not
authorized or required to be closed for business, and (ii) if this definition of
"Business Day" is utilized in connection with the Eurodollar Rate, dealings are
carried out in the London interbank market.
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"Change in Control" means the occurrence of any of the following
circumstances:
(a) any Person or two or more Persons acting in concert acquire
beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the SEC under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934), directly or indirectly, of Securities of
Imperial (or other Securities convertible into such Securities) representing 40%
or more of the combined voting power of all Securities entitled to vote in the
election of directors;
(b) during any period of up to 12 consecutive months, whether
commencing before or after the date hereof, the membership of the Board of
Directors of Imperial changes for any reason (other than by reason of death,
disability, or scheduled retirement) so that the majority of the Board of
Directors is made up of Persons who were not directors at the beginning of such
12 month period; or
(c) Holly Sugar Corporation ceases to own directly or indirectly at
least 100% of the outstanding capital stock of the Seller.
"Closing Date" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1 of the
Purchase and Contribution Agreement.
"Collection Account" means that certain bank account maintained at
Mellon Bank, N.A. which is (i) identified as the "Imperial Securitization
Corporation Collection Account," (ii) pledged, on a first-priority basis, to the
Purchaser pursuant to Section 1.2(d), and (iii) is governed by the Collection
Account Agreement.
"Collection Account Agreement" means a letter agreement, in the form
of Annex C to the Agreement, among the Seller, the Agent and the Collection
Account Bank, as the same may be amended, supplemented, amended and restated, or
otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the Agreement.
"Collection Account Bank" means the bank holding the Collection
Account.
"Collection Delay Period" means 2.0 times the Average Maturity or such
other number of days as the Agent may from time to time select (after
consultation with the Seller) upon three Business Days' notice to the Seller.
"Collections" means, with respect to any Pool Receivable, (a) all
funds which are received by the Seller or the Servicer in payment of any amounts
owed in respect of such Receivable (including, without limitation, purchase
price, finance charges, interest and all other charges), or applied to amounts
owed in respect of such Receivable (including, without limitation, insurance
payments and net proceeds of the sale or other disposition of repossessed goods
or other collateral or property of the related Obligor or any other Person
directly or indirectly liable for the payment of such Pool Receivable and
available to be applied thereon), (b)
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all Collections deemed to have been received pursuant to Section 1.4(e) and (c)
all other proceeds of such Receivable.
"Commitment Fee" has the meaning set forth in the Fee Letter.
"Company Note" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2 of the
Purchase and Contribution Agreement.
"Concentration Percentage" means, for any Obligor, the percentage
equal to (a) the aggregate Outstanding Balances of all Eligible Receivables of
such Obligor divided by (b) the aggregate Outstanding Balances of all Eligible
Receivables then in the Receivables Pool.
"Contract" means, with respect to any Receivable, any and all
contracts, understandings, instruments, agreements, invoices, notes, or other
writings pursuant to which such Receivable arises or which evidences such
Receivable or under which an Obligor becomes or is obligated to make payment in
respect of such Receivable.
"Contributed Receivables" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 1.1 of the Purchase and Contribution Agreement.
"Contributed Value" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.4 of the
Purchase and Contribution Agreement.
"CP Rate" for any Yield Period for any Portion of Investment of the
Participation means, to the extent the Purchaser funds such Portion of
Investment for such Yield Period by issuing Notes, a rate per annum equal to the
sum of (i) the rate (or if more than one rate, the weighted average of the
rates) at which Notes of the Purchaser having a term equal to such Yield Period
and to be issued to fund such Portion of Investment may be sold by any placement
agent or commercial paper dealer selected by the Agent on behalf of the
Purchaser, as agreed between each such agent or dealer and the Agent and
notified by the Agent to the Servicer; provided, that if the rate (or rates) as
agreed between any such agent or dealer and the Agent with regard to any Yield
Period for such Portion of Investment is a discount rate (or rates), then such
rate shall be the rate (or if more than one rate, the weighted average of the
rates) resulting from converting such discount rate (or rates) to an interest-
bearing equivalent rate per annum, plus (ii) the commissions and charges charged
by such placement agent or commercial paper dealer with respect to such Notes,
expressed as a percentage of such face amount and converted to an interest-
bearing equivalent rate per annum.
"Credit Agreement" means the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement,
dated as December 22, 1997, as amended by the First Amendment, dated as of March
31, 1998, the Second Amendment, dated as of September 28, 1998 and the Third
Amendment, dated as of June 30, 1999 ( as amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time) among Imperial, formerly known as Imperial Holly
Corporation, the several lenders from time to time parties
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thereto, Lehman Commercial Paper, Inc., as Syndication agent, Lehman Brothers
Inc., as Arranger and Harris Trust and Savings Bank, as Administration Agent and
Collateral Agent.
"Credit and Collection Policy" means those receivables credit and
collection policies and practices of the Servicer in effect on the date of the
Agreement and described in Schedule I hereto, as modified in compliance with the
Agreement.
"Debt" means (i) indebtedness for borrowed money, (ii) obligations
evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments, (iii)
obligations to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services, (iv)
obligations as lessee under leases which shall have been or should be, in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, recorded as capital
leases, (v) obligations under direct or indirect guaranties in respect of, and
obligations (contingent or otherwise) to purchase or otherwise acquire, or
otherwise to assure a creditor against loss in respect of, indebtedness or
obligations of others of kinds referred to in clauses (i) through (iv) above,
and (vi) liabilities in respect of unfunded vested benefits under plans covered
by Title IV of ERISA.
"Default Ratio" means the ratio (expressed as a percentage and rounded
upward to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) computed as of the last day of each Fiscal
Month by dividing (i) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Pool Receivables
that became Defaulted Receivables during such Fiscal Month or that would have
been Defaulted Receivables on such day had they not been written off the books
of the Seller during such month by (ii) the aggregate credit sales made by all
the Originators during the month that is two Fiscal Months before such month.
"Defaulted Receivable" means a Receivable:
(i) as to which any payment, or part thereof, remains unpaid
for more than 61 days from the invoice date for such Receivable or such
other number of days from the invoice date for such Receivable approved
by the Agent subject to the satisfaction of the Rating Agency
Condition;
(ii) as to which the Obligor thereof or any other Person
obligated thereon or owning any Related Security in respect thereof has
taken any action, or suffered any event to occur, of the type described
in paragraph (g) of Exhibit V hereto; or
(iii) which, consistent with the Credit and Collection Policy,
would be written off the Seller's books as uncollectible.
"Delinquency Ratio" means the ratio (expressed as a percentage and
rounded upward to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) computed as of the last day of each
Fiscal Month by dividing (i) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Pool
Receivables that were Delinquent Receivables on such day by (ii) the aggregate
Outstanding Balance of all Pool Receivables on such day.
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"Delinquent Receivable" means a Receivable which is not a Defaulted
Receivable and:
(i) as to which any payment, or part thereof, remains unpaid
for more than 31 days from the invoice date for such Receivable or such
other number of days from the invoice date for such Receivable approved
by the Agent subject to the satisfaction of the Rating Agency
Condition; or
(ii) which, consistent with the Credit and Collection Policy,
would be classified as delinquent by the Seller.
"Designated Obligor" means, at any time, all Obligors except any
Obligor as to which the Agent has given notice to Seller that such Obligor shall
not be considered a Designated Obligor, such notice to become effective on the
last day of the Fiscal Month in which such notice is given.
"Dilution Ratio" means, for any Fiscal Month, the ratio (expressed as
a percentage and rounded upwards to the nearest 1/100th of 1%) of (a) the extent
to which the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Pool Receivables during such
period that have been reduced or adjusted as a result of any defective,
rejected, returned, repossessed or foreclosed goods or services, or any discount
or adjustment made by Seller or Servicer or any dispute between the Seller or
the Servicer and an Obligor, to (b) the aggregate credit sales made by all the
Originators during the Fiscal Month that is two months prior to such Fiscal
Month.
"Discount" means:
(i) for the Portion of Investment of the Participation for any
Yield Period to the extent the Purchaser will be funding such Portion
of Investment on the first day of such Yield Period through the
issuance of Notes,
CPR x I x ED + TF
--
360
(ii) for the Portion of Investment of the Participation for any
Yield Period to the extent the Purchaser will not be funding such
Portion of Investment on the first day of such Yield Period through
the issuance of Notes,
ED
--
BR x I x Year + TF
where:
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BR = the Bank Rate for the Portion of Investment of
the Participation for such Yield Period
I = the Portion of Investment of the Participation
during such Yield Period
CPR = the CP Rate for the Portion of Investment of the
Participation for such Yield Period
ED = the actual number of days during such Yield Period
Year = if such Portion of Capital is funded based
upon: (i) the Eurodollar Rate, 360 days, and
(ii) the Base Rate, 365 or 366 days, as
applicable
TF = the Termination Fee, if any, for the Portion of
Investment of the Participation for such Yield
Period
provided, however, that during the occurrence and continuance of a Termination
Event, the CP Rate shall not be available and Discount for each Portion of
Capital shall be determined for each day in a Yield Period using a rate equal to
the Base Rate in effect on such day plus 2.0%; provided, further, that no
provision of the Agreement shall require the payment or permit the collection of
Discount in excess of the maximum permitted by applicable law; and provided,
further, that Discount for the Portion of Investment of the Participation shall
not be considered paid by any distribution to the extent that at any time all or
a portion of such distribution is rescinded or must otherwise be returned for
any reason.
"Discount Reserve" for the Participation at any time means (a) the sum
of (i) the Termination Discount at such time for the Participation, and (ii) the
then accrued and unpaid Discount for the Participation, divided by (b) 1 minus
the Loss Reserve.
"Dividends" means any dividend or distribution (in cash or
obligations) on any shares of any class of Seller's capital stock or any
warrants, options or other rights with respect to shares of any class of
Seller's capital stock.
"Eligible Receivables" means, at any time, Receivables:
(i) the Obligor of which is (i) a United States resident or
OECD resident; provided, however, if the Obligor of such Receivable is
a resident of a jurisdiction other than the United States or OECD, such
Obligor's obligations with respect to such Receivables are supported by
a letter of credit or guaranty from an entity with a rating of at least
(a) BBB by Standard & Poor's and (b) Baa2 by Moody's, (ii) not a
government or a governmental subdivision, affiliate or agency;
provided, however, if the Obligor of such Receivable is a government or
a governmental
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subdivision, affiliate or agency, the aggregate Outstanding Balance of
all Pool Receivables of such Obligor that are Eligible Receivables when
added to the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all other Eligible
Receivables of Obligors that are governments or governmental
subdivisions, affiliates or agencies shall not exceed 3% of the Net
Receivables Pool Balance, (iii) not an Affiliate of Imperial or any
Affiliate of Imperial, (iv) not subject to an exchange agreement with
any Originator, and (v) not deemed unacceptable by the Agent, and;
(ii) which are denominated and payable only in U.S. dollars in
the United States;
(iii) which have a stated maturity and which stated maturity is
not more than 60 days after the date on which such Receivable was
invoiced;
(iv) which arise under a Contract which is in full force and
effect and which is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the
related Obligor, enforceable against such Obligor in accordance with
its terms; except as enforceability may be limited by (i) bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors' rights generally and by general principles of
equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law or (ii) the availability of the remedy
of specific performance or any other equitable remedies subject to the
discretion of the courts;
(v) which conform in all material respects with all applicable
laws, rulings and regulations in effect;
(vi) which are not the subject of any asserted dispute, offset,
hold back defense, Adverse Claim or other claim and which do not arise
from the sale of inventory which is subject to any Adverse Claim;
(vii) which comply with the requirements of the Credit and
Collection Policy;
(viii) which arise from the sale and delivery of goods or
services in the ordinary course of Seller's business;
(ix) which do not require the consent of the related Obligor to
be sold or assigned;
(x) which have not been modified or restructured since their
creation, except as permitted pursuant to Section 4.2 of the Agreement;
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(xi) in which the Seller owns good and valid title and which
are freely assignable by the Seller;
(xii) for which the Purchaser shall have a valid and enforceable
undivided percentage ownership interest or a first priority perfected
security interest, to the extent of the Participation, and a valid and
enforceable first priority perfected security interest therein and in
the Related Security and Collections with respect thereto, in each case
free and clear of any Adverse Claim;
(xiii) which constitute accounts (and the Purchaser has not
informed the Seller that such account is not acceptable) as defined in
the UCC, and which are not evidenced by instruments or chattel paper;
(xiv) which are not Defaulted Receivables or Delinquent
Receivables;
(xv) the Obligor of which is not the Obligor of Defaulted
Receivables in an aggregate amount in excess of 30% of the aggregate
Outstanding Balance of all Receivables of such Obligor;
(xvi) the Obligor of which is a Designated Obligor; and
(xvii) which do not constitute "bill and hold" or "goods on
consignment" receivables;
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended from time to time, and any successor statute of similar import, together
with the regulations thereunder, in each case as in effect from time to time.
References to sections of ERISA also refer to any successor sections.
"ERISA Affiliate" shall mean with respect to any Person, at any time,
each trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that would, at the time, be
treated together with such Person as a single employer under Section 4001 of
ERISA or Sections 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code.
"Eurodollar Rate" means, for any Yield Period, an interest rate per
annum (rounded upward to the nearest 1/100th of 1%) determined pursuant to the
following formula:
Eurodollar Rate = LIBOR
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1.00 - Eurodollar Reserve Percentage
Where,
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"Eurodollar Reserve Percentage" means, for any Yield Period, the
maximum reserve percentage (expressed as a decimal, rounded upward to the
nearest 1/100th of 1%) in effect on the date LIBOR for such Yield Period is
determined under regulations issued from time to time by the Federal
Reserve Board for determining the maximum reserve requirement (including
any emergency, supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement) with
respect to "Eurocurrency" funding (currently referred to as "Eurocurrency
liabilities") having a term comparable to such Yield Period; and
"Facility Termination Date" means the earlier of (a) June 30, 2004 and
(b) the current scheduled termination date of the commitments of the Liquidity
Banks under the Liquidity Agreement.
"Fairway" means Fairway Finance Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
"Federal Funds Rate" means, for any period, the per annum rate set
forth in the weekly statistical release designated as H.15(519), or any
successor publication, published by the Federal Reserve Board (including any
such successor, "H.15(519)") for such day opposite the caption "Federal Funds
(Effective)". If on any relevant day such rate is not yet published in
H.15(519), the rate for such day will be the rate set forth in the daily
statistical release designated as the Composite 3:30 p.m. Quotations for U.S.
Government Securities, or any successor publication, published by the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York (including any such successor, the "Composite 3:30 p.m.
Quotation") for such day under the caption "Federal Funds Effective Rate." If on
any relevant day the appropriate rate for such previous day is not yet published
in either H.15(519) or the Composite 3:30 p.m. Quotations, the rate for such day
will be the arithmetic mean as determined by the Agent of the rates for the last
transaction in overnight Federal funds arranged prior to 9:00 a.m. (New York
time) on that day by each of three leading brokers of Federal funds transactions
in New York City selected by the Agent.
"Federal Reserve Board" means the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System, or any entity succeeding to any of its principal functions.
"Fee Letter" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.5.
"Final Payout Date" means the date following the Facility Termination
Date on which no Investment or Discount in respect of the Participation under
the Agreement shall be outstanding and all other amounts payable by the
Originators, the Seller or the Servicer to the Purchaser, the Agent or any other
Affected Person under the Transaction Documents shall have been paid in full.
"Fiscal Month" means each accounting period listed on Schedule IV
hereto, as updated with respect to additional accounting periods by notice from
the Servicer to the Agent.
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"Governmental Authority" means any nation or government, any state or
other political subdivision thereof, any central bank (or similar monetary or
regulatory authority) thereof, any body or entity exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining
to government, including without limitation any court, and any Person owned or
controlled, through stock or capital ownership or otherwise, by any of the
foregoing.
"Guaranteed Obligations" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.
"Harris" means Harris Trust and Savings Bank.
"IDI" has the meaning set forth in the preamble to the Agreement.
"Imperial" has the meaning set forth in the preamble to the Agreement.
"Indemnified Amounts" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.
"Indemnified Party" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.
"Insolvency Proceeding" means (a) any case, action or proceeding
before any court or other Governmental Authority relating to bankruptcy,
reorganization, insolvency, liquidations, receivership, dissolution, winding-up
or relief of debtors, or (b) any general assignment for the benefit of
creditors, composition, marshalling of assets for creditors, or other, similar
arrangement in respect of its creditors generally or any substantial portion of
its creditors; in each case (a) and (b) undertaken under U.S. Federal, state or
foreign law, including the Bankruptcy Code.
"Investment" means the amount paid to the Seller in respect of the
Participation by the Purchaser pursuant to the Agreement, or such amount divided
or combined in accordance with Section 1.7, in each case reduced from time to
time by Collections distributed and applied on account of such Investment
pursuant to Section 1.4(d). If such Investment shall have been reduced by any
distribution and thereafter all or a portion of such distribution is rescinded
or must otherwise be returned for any reason, such Investment shall be increased
by the amount of such rescinded or returned distribution, as though it had not
been made.
"Investment Grade" means, with respect to any Person's long term
public senior debt securities, a rating of at least BBB- by Standard & Poor's or
Baa3 by Moody's Investors Service, Inc.; provided, that if such Person's long
term public senior debt securities are rated by more than one of the foregoing
rating agencies, then each such rating agency which rates such securities shall
have given them a rating at least equal to the categories specified above.
"LIBOR" means the rate of interest per annum (i) for deposits in U.S.
dollars for a period equal to such Yield Period which appears on Telerate Page
3750 or (ii) if such rate does not appear on Telerate Page 3750, determined by
the Liquidity Agent to be the arithmetic mean
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(rounded upward, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100th of 1%) of the rates of
interest per annum notified to the Liquidity Agent as the rate of interest at
which dollar deposits in the approximate amount of the Investment associated
with such Yield Period would be offered to major banks in the London interbank
market at their request, in each case at or about 11:00 a.m. (London time) on
the second Business Day prior to the commencement of such Yield Period.
"Liquidation Account" means that certain bank account maintained at
Mellon Bank, N.A., which is (i) identified as the "Imperial Securitization
Corporation Liquidation Account," (ii) pledged, on a first-priority basis, to
the Purchaser pursuant to Section 1.2(d), and (iii) is governed by the
Liquidation Account Agreement.
"Liquidation Account Agreement" means a letter agreement, in the form
of Annex D to the Agreement, among the Seller, the Agent and the Liquidation
Account Bank, as the same may be amended, supplemented, amended and restated, or
otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the Agreement.
"Liquidation Account Bank" means the bank holding the Liquidation
Account.
"Liquidity Agent" means such Person as designated under the Liquidity
Agreement.
"Liquidity Agreement" means a Liquidity Asset Purchase Agreement in
form and substance satisfactory to the Rating Agencies executed in connection
with this Agreement, among the purchasers thereunder, the Liquidity Agent,
Fairway and Nesbitt Burns, as servicing agent, as amended, amended and restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
"Liquidity Bank" has the meaning set forth in Section 5.3(b).
"Lock-Box Account" means an account maintained at a bank or other
financial institution for the purpose of receiving Collections established
pursuant to Section 4.3 and as listed on Schedule II.
"Lock-Box Agreement" means an agreement, in substantially the form of
Annex A, between the Seller and each Lock-Box Bank.
"Lock-Box Bank" means any of the banks or other financial institutions
holding one or more Lock-Box Accounts.
"Loss Percentage" means, on any date, the greatest of (i) 9%, (ii) 4
times the sum of (x) the highest average of the Default Ratios for any three
consecutive calendar months during the twelve most recent calendar months, plus
(y) the highest average of the Dilution Ratios for any three consecutive
calendar months during the twelve most recent calendar months, (iii) 3
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times the quotient (expressed as a percentage) of (x) the aggregate Outstanding
Balance of the Eligible Receivables then included in the Net Receivable Pool
Balance of the non-Investment Grade Obligor with the greatest amount of
Receivables included in the Net Receivables Pool Balance divided by (y) Net
Receivables Pool Balance on such date, and (iv) 4 times the highest average of
Loss-to-Liquidation Ratios for any three consecutive calendar months during the
twelve most recent calendar months.
"Loss Reserve" means, for the Participation, on any date, an amount
equal to
LP x NRPB
where:
LP = the Loss Percentage for the Participation on such date.
NRPB = Net Receivables Pool Balance.
"Loss-to-Liquidation Ratio" means the ratio (expressed as a percentage
and rounded upward to the nearest 1/100th of 1%) computed as of the last day of
each Fiscal Month by dividing (i) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Pool
Receivables written off by the Seller, or which should have been written off by
the Seller in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy, during such
Fiscal Month by (ii) the aggregate amount of Collections of Pool Receivables
actually received during such period.
"Material Adverse Effect" has the meaning set forth in Section 5.20 of
the Purchase and Contribution Agreement.
"Moody's" means Moody's Investors Service, Inc.
"Net Receivables Pool Balance" means at any time an amount equal to
the sum of (a) the aggregate Outstanding Balances of Eligible Receivables then
in the Receivables Pool minus (b) the aggregate amount by which the Outstanding
Balance of the Eligible Receivables of each Obligor then in the Receivables Pool
exceeds the product of (A) the Normal Concentration Percentage for such Obligor
multiplied by (B) the Outstanding Balance of the Eligible Receivables then in
the Receivables Pool.
"Normal Concentration Percentage" for any Obligor means at any time
2.5% if such Obligor is not a Special Obligor, or if such Obligor is a Special
Obligor, 10% if such Special Obligor is rated AA- or better by S&P and Aa3 or
better by Moody's, 8% if such Special Obligor is rated A or better by S&P and A2
or better by Moody's, 6% if such Special Obligor is rated BBB+ or better by S&P
and Baa1 or better by Moody's and 4% if such Special Obligor is not so rated but
is rated at least BBB- by S&P and Baa3 by Moody's.
"Note Issuer" has the meaning set forth in Section 5.3(a).
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"Notes" means short-term promissory notes issued or to be issued by
any Note Issuer (including, without limitation, Fairway) to fund its investments
in accounts receivable or other financial assets.
"Obligor" means, with respect to any Receivable, the Person obligated
to make payments pursuant to the Contract relating to such Receivable.
"Originator" has the meaning set forth in the Purchase and
Contribution Agreement.
"Outstanding Balance" of any Receivable at any time means the then
outstanding principal balance thereof.
"Participation" means, at any time, the undivided percentage ownership
interest in (i) each and every Pool Receivable now existing or hereafter
arising, other than any Pool Receivable that arises on or after the Facility
Termination Date, (ii) all Related Security with respect to such Pool
Receivables, and (iii) all Collections with respect to, and other proceeds of,
such Pool Receivables and Related Security. Such undivided percentage interest
shall be computed as
I + DR + LR + SFR
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NRB
where:
I = the Investment of the Participation at the time of
computation.
DR = the Discount Reserve of the Participation at the time of
computation.
LR = the Loss Reserve of the Participation at the time of
computation.
SFR = the Servicing Fee Reserve of the Participation at the
time of computation.
NRB = the Net Receivables Pool Balance at the time of
computation.
The Participation shall be determined from time to time pursuant to the
provisions of Section 1.3.
"Participation Report" means a report, in substantially the form of
Annex F hereto, furnished by the Servicer to the Agent pursuant to the
Agreement.
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"Participation Report Date" means the 20th Business Day following the
last day of each Fiscal Month.
"Payment Date" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.4 of the
Purchase and Contribution Agreement.
"Permitted Investments" shall mean any of the following (a) negotiable
instruments or securities represented by instruments in bearer or registered or
in book-entry form which evidence (i) obligations fully guaranteed by the United
States of America; (ii) time deposits in, or bankers acceptances issued by, any
depositary institution or trust company incorporated under the laws of the
United States of America or any state thereof and subject to supervision and
examination by Federal or state banking or depositary institution authorities;
provided, however, that at the time of investment or contractual commitment to
invest therein, the certificates of deposit or short-term deposits, if any, or
long-term unsecured debt obligations (other than such obligation whose rating is
based on collateral or on the credit of a Person other than such institution or
trust company) of such depositary institution or trust company shall have a
credit rating from Moody's and S&P of at least "P-1" and "A-1", respectively, in
the case of the certificates of deposit or short-term deposits, or a rating not
lower than one of the two highest investment categories granted by Moody's and
by S&P; (iii) certificates of deposit having, at the time of investment or
contractual commitment to invest therein, a rating from Moody's and S&P) of at
least "P-1" and "A-1", respectively; or (iv) investment in money market funds
rated in the highest investment category or otherwise approved in writing by the
applicable rating agencies; (b) demand deposits in any depositary institution or
trust company referred to in (a)(ii) above; (c) commercial paper (having
original or remaining maturities of no more than 30 days) having, at the time of
investment or contractual commitment to invest therein, a credit rating from
Moody's and S&P of at least "P-1" and "A-1", respectively; (d) Eurodollar time
deposits having a credit rating from Moody's and S&P of at least "P-1" and "A-
1", respectively; and (e) repurchase agreements involving any of the Permitted
Investments described in clauses (a)(i), (a)(iii) and (d) of this definition so
long as the other party to the repurchase agreement has at the time of
investment therein, a rating from Moody's and S&P of at least "P-1" and "A-1",
respectively.
"Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation (including a
business trust), joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint
venture, limited liability company or other entity, or a government or any
political subdivision or agency thereof.
"Pool Receivable" means a Receivable in the Receivables Pool.
"Portion of Investment" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.7. In
addition, at any time when the Investment of the Participation is not divided
into two or more portions, "Portion of Investment" means 100% of the Investment
of the Participation.
"Prime Rate" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1 of the Purchase
and Contribution Agreement.
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"Program Fee" has the meaning set forth in the Fee Letter.
"Program Support Provider" means and includes any Liquidity Bank and
any other or additional Person (other than any customer of the Purchaser) now or
hereafter extending credit or having a commitment to extend credit to or for the
account of, or to make purchases from, the Purchaser or issuing a letter of
credit, surety bond or other instrument to support any obligations arising under
or in connection with Fairway's securitization program.
"Program Support Agreement" means and includes the Liquidity Agreement
and any other agreement entered into by any Program Support Provider providing
for the issuance of one or more letters of credit for the account of the
Purchaser, the issuance of one or more surety bonds for which the Purchaser is
obligated to reimburse the applicable Program Support Provider for any drawings
thereunder, the sale by the Purchaser to any Program Support Provider of the
Participation (or portions thereof) and/or the making of loans and/or other
extensions of credit to the Purchaser in connection with the Purchaser's
securitization program, together with any letter of credit, surety bond or other
instrument issued thereunder.
"Purchase and Contribution Agreement" means the Purchase and
Contribution Agreement, dated as of June 30, 1999, among the Originators, the
Servicer and the Seller, as the same may be modified, supplemented, amended and
amended and restated from time to time in accordance with the Transaction
Documents.
"Purchase and Sale Indemnified Amount" has the meaning set forth in
Section 9.1 of the Purchase and Contribution Agreement.
"Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party" has the meaning set forth in
Section 9.1 of the Purchase and Contribution Agreement.
"Purchase and Sale Termination Date" has the meaning set forth in
Section 1.4 of the Purchase and Contribution Agreement.
"Purchase and Sale Termination Event" has the meaning set forth in
Section 8.1 of the Purchase and Contribution Agreement.
"Purchase Limit" means $110,000,000, as such amount may be reduced
pursuant to Section 1.1(b). References to the unused portion of the Purchase
Limit shall mean, at any time, the Purchase Limit minus the then outstanding
Investment of the Participation under the Agreement.
"Purchase Facility" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1 of the
Purchase and Contribution Agreement.
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"Purchase Price" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1 of the
Purchase and Contribution Agreement.
"Purchase Report" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1 of the
Purchase and Contribution Agreement.
"Purchaser" has the meaning set forth in the preamble to the
Agreement.
"Purchaser's Account" means the special account number 254-58-04 of
the Purchaser maintained at the office of Harris Trust and Savings Bank in
Chicago, Illinois (ABA #071-000-288), or such other account as may be so
designated in writing by the Agent to the Seller and the Servicer.
"Rate Variance Factor" means 1.50.
"Rating Agencies" means Moody's and S&P.
"Rating Agency Condition" means, with respect to any event or
occurrence, receipt by the Issuer of written confirmation from S&P's and Moody's
that such event or occurrence shall not cause the rating of the then outstanding
Notes to be downgraded or withdrawn."
"Receivable" means any indebtedness and other obligations owed to any
Originator or the Seller or any right of any Originator or the Seller to payment
from or on behalf of an Obligor, whether constituting an account, chattel paper,
instrument or general intangible, arising in connection with the sale of goods
or the rendering of services by any Originator or the Seller, and includes,
without limitation, the obligation to pay any finance charges, fees and other
charges with respect thereto. Indebtedness and other obligations arising from
any one transaction, including, without limitation, indebtedness and other
obligations represented by an individual invoice or agreement, shall constitute
a Receivable separate from a Receivable consisting of the indebtedness and other
obligations arising from any other transaction.
"Receivables Pool" means at any time all of the then outstanding
Receivables purchased by the Seller pursuant to the Purchase and Contribution
Agreement prior to the Facility Termination Date (excluding any Receivables that
have been reconveyed by the Seller to any Originator pursuant to Section 3 of
the Purchase and Contribution Agreement).
"Related Rights" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1 of the
Purchase and Contribution Agreement.
"Related Security" means, with respect to any Receivable:
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(i) all of the Seller's interest in any goods (including
returned goods), and documentation or title evidencing the shipment or
storage of any goods (including returned goods), relating to any sale
giving rise to such Receivable;
(ii) all other security interests or liens and property subject
thereto from time to time purporting to secure payment of such
Receivable, whether pursuant to the Contract related to such
Receivable or otherwise, together with all UCC financing statements or
similar filings signed by an Obligor relating thereto; and
(iii) all guaranties, indemnities, insurance and other
agreements (including the related Contract) or arrangements of
whatever character from time to time supporting or securing payment of
such Receivable or otherwise relating to such Receivable whether
pursuant to the Contract related to such Receivable or otherwise.
"Responsible Officer" means when used with respect to the Seller,
Imperial, the Performance Guarantor, IDI or the Servicer any officer of such
person assigned by such person to administer its affairs, including but not
limited to, any President, Vice President, Secretary, Assistant Secretary,
Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer or any officer of such
person customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the
above designated officers.
"S&P" means Standard and Poor's a division of the McGraw Hill
Companies, Inc.
"Seller" has the meaning set forth in the preamble to the Agreement.
"Servicer" has the meaning set forth in the preamble to the Agreement.
"Servicer Report" means a report, in substantially the form of Annex E
hereto, furnished by the Servicer to the Agent pursuant to the Agreement.
"Servicer Report Date" means the 10th Business Day following the last
day of each Fiscal Month.
"Servicing Fee" shall mean the fee referred to in Section 4.6.
"Servicing Fee Reserve" for the Participation at any time means the
sum of (i) the unpaid Servicing Fee relating to the Participation accrued to
such time, plus (ii) an amount equal to (a) the Net Receivables Pool Balance at
the time of computation multiplied by (b) the product of (x) the percentage per
annum at which the Servicing Fee is accruing on such date and (y) a fraction
having the sum of the Average Maturity plus the Collection Delay Period (each as
in effect at such date) as its numerator and 360 as its denominator.
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"Settlement Period" for each Portion of Investment means each period
commencing on the first day and ending on the last day of each Yield Period for
such Portion of Investment and, on and after the Termination Date, such period
(including, without limitation, a period of one day) as shall be selected from
time to time by the Agent.
"Solvent" has the meaning set forth in Section 5.20 of the Purchase
and Contribution Agreement.
"Special Obligor" means an Obligor having a long-term public senior
debt rating of at least Investment Grade or which has been approved by the Agent
and the Surety Bond Provider; provided, however, each of the Rating Agencies
shall have provided a notice in writing to the Agent to the effect that the
inclusion of such Obligor as a Special Obligor will not result in the
downgrading or withdrawal of such Rating Agencies' current rating of the Notes.
"Sub-Servicer" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(d).
"Surety Bond Provider" means MBIA Insurance Corporation, a stock
insurance company organized under the laws of the State of New York.
"Tangible Net Worth" means, with respect to any Person, the net worth
of such Person after subtracting therefrom the aggregate amount of such Person's
any intangible assets (other than Receivables), including, without limitation,
goodwill, franchises, licenses, patents, trademarks, trade names, copyrights,
service marks or brand names.
"Termination Date" means the earlier of (i) the Business Day which the
Seller so designates by notice to the Agent at least 30 Business Days in advance
and (ii) the Facility Termination Date.
"Termination Day" means (i) each day on which the conditions set forth
in Section 2 of Exhibit II are not satisfied and (ii) each day which occurs on
or after the Termination Date.
"Termination Discount" means, for the Participation on any date, an
amount equal to the Rate Variance Factor on such date multiplied by the product
of (i) the Investment of the Participation on such date and (ii) the product of
(a) the Base Rate for the Participation plus 2% per annum for a 30-day Yield
Period deemed to commence on such date and (b) a fraction having as its
numerator the sum of the Average Maturity plus the Collection Delay Period (each
as in effect at such date) and 360 as its denominator.
"Termination Event" has the meaning specified in Exhibit V.
"Termination Fee" means, for any Yield Period during which a
Termination Day occurs, the amount, if any, by which (i) the additional Discount
(calculated without taking into
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account any Termination Fee or any shortened duration of such Yield Period
pursuant to clause (iv) of the definition thereof) which would have accrued
during such Yield Period on the reductions of Investment of the Participation
relating to such Yield Period had such reductions remained as Investment,
exceeds (ii) the income, if any, received by the Purchaser from the Purchaser
investing the proceeds of such reductions of Investment, as determined by the
Agent, which determination shall be binding and conclusive for all purposes,
absent manifest error.
"Total Reserves" means the sum of the Discount Reserve, the Loss
Reserve and the Serving Fee Reserve.
"Transaction Documents" means the Agreement, the Fee Letter, the
Purchase and Contribution Agreement, the Lock-Box Agreements, the Collection
Account Agreement, the Liquidation Account Agreement and all other certificates,
instruments, UCC financing statements, reports, notices, agreements and
documents executed or delivered under or in connection with the Agreement, in
each case as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time in accordance with the Agreement.
"UCC" means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect
in the applicable jurisdiction.
"Unmatured Termination Event" means an event which, with the giving of
notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a Termination Event.
"Yield Period" means, with respect to each Portion of Investment:
(a) initially the period commencing on the date of a purchase pursuant
to Section 1.2 and ending such number of days as the Seller shall select,
subject to the approval of the Agent pursuant to Section 1.2, up to 60 days
after such date; and
(b) thereafter each period commencing on the last day of the
immediately preceding Yield Period for any Portion of Investment of the
Participation and ending such number of days (not to exceed 60 days) as the
Seller shall select, subject to the approval of the Agent pursuant to
Section 1.2, on notice by the Seller received by the Agent (including
notice by telephone, confirmed in writing) not later than 11:00 a.m.
(Chicago time) on such last day, except that if the Agent shall not have
received such notice or approved such period on or before 11:00 a.m.
(Chicago time) on such last day, such period shall be one day; provided,
that
(i) any Yield Period in respect of which Discount is computed by
reference to the Bank Rate shall be a period from one to and including
60 days;
(ii) any Yield Period (other than of one day) which would
otherwise end on a day which is not a Business Day shall be extended
to the next succeeding
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Business Day; provided, however, if Discount in respect of such Yield
Period is computed by reference to the Eurodollar Rate, and such Yield
Period would otherwise end on a day which is not a Business Day, and
there is no subsequent Business Day in the same calendar month as such
day, such Yield Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day;
(iii) in the case of any Yield Period of one day, (A) if such
Yield Period is the initial Yield Period for a purchase pursuant to
Section 1.2, such Yield Period shall be the day of purchase of the
Participation; (B) any subsequently occurring Yield Period which is
one day shall, if the immediately preceding Yield Period is more than
one day, be the last day of such immediately preceding Yield Period,
and, if the immediately preceding Yield Period is one day, be the day
next following such immediately preceding Yield Period; and (C) if
such Yield Period occurs on a day immediately preceding a day which is
not a Business Day, such Yield Period shall be extended to the next
succeeding Business Day; and
(iv) in the case of any Yield Period for any Portion of Investment
of the Participation which commences before the Termination Date and
would otherwise end on a date occurring after the Termination Date,
such Yield Period shall end on such Termination Date and the duration
of each Yield Period which commences on or after the Termination Date
shall be of such duration as shall be selected by the Agent.
Other Terms. All accounting terms not specifically defined herein shall be
construed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. All
terms used in Article 9 of the UCC in the State of Texas, and not specifically
defined herein, are used herein as defined in such Article 9. Unless the
context otherwise requires, "or" means "and/or," and "including" (and with
correlative meaning "include" and "includes") means including without limiting
the generality of any description preceding such term.
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EXHIBIT II
CONDITIONS OF PURCHASES
1. Conditions Precedent to Initial Purchase. The initial purchase under
the Agreement is subject to the conditions precedent that the Agent shall have
received on or before the date of such purchase the following, each in form and
substance (including the date thereof) satisfactory to the Agent:
(a) A counterpart of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents
duly executed by the parties thereto.
(b) Certified copies of (i) the resolutions of the Board of Directors of
each of the Seller, the Servicer and each Originator authorizing the execution,
delivery, and performance by the Seller, the Servicer and the Originator of the
Transaction Documents to which they are a party, (ii) all documents evidencing
other necessary corporate action and governmental approvals, if any, with
respect to the Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and (iii) the
certificate of incorporation and by-laws of the Seller, the Servicer and each
Originator.
(c) A certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of each of the
Seller, the Servicer and each Originator certifying the names and true
signatures of its officers authorized to sign the Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents to which it is a party. Until the Agent receives a
subsequent incumbency certificate from the Seller, the Servicer and an
Originator in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, the Agent shall be
entitled to rely on the last such certificate delivered to it by the Seller, the
Servicer and an Originator, as the case may be.
(d) Copies of proper financing statements, that have been duly executed on
or before the date of such initial purchase under the UCC of all jurisdictions
that the Agent may deem necessary or desirable in order to perfect the interests
of the Purchaser contemplated by the Agreement and other Transaction Documents
in the form satisfactory for filing.
(e) Copies of proper financing statements, that have been executed on or
before the date of such initial purchase if any, necessary to release all
security interests and other rights of any Person in the Receivables, Contracts
or Related Security previously granted by the Seller in the form satisfactory
for filing.
(f) Completed UCC requests for information, dated on or before the date of
such initial purchase, listing the financing statements referred to in
subsection (e) above and all other effective financing statements filed in the
jurisdictions referred to in subsection (e) above that name the Seller as
debtor, together with copies of such other financing statements (none of
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which shall cover any Receivables, Contracts or Related Security), and similar
search reports with respect to federal tax liens and liens of the Pension
Benefit Guaranty Corporation in such jurisdictions as the Agent may request,
showing no such liens on any of the Receivables, Contracts or Related Security.
(g) Copies of executed (i) Lock-Box Agreements with the Lock-Box Banks,
(ii) the Collection Account Agreement with the Collection Account Bank, and
(iii) the Liquidation Account Agreement with the Liquidation Account Bank.
(h) Favorable opinions of (i) Baker & Botts, L.L.P., counsel for the
Seller, the Servicer, the Performance Guarantor and (ii) counsel for the
Originators and Imperial in form and substance acceptable to the Agent and as to
corporate and such other matters as the Agent may reasonably request.
(i) Favorable opinions of (i) Baker & Botts, L.L.P. counsel for the Seller
and Imperial, and (ii) counsel for the Originators substantially in form of any
substance acceptable to the Agent and as to bankruptcy matters.
(j) a pro-forma Servicer Report.
(k) Evidence (i) of the execution and delivery by each of the parties
thereto of the Purchase and Contribution Agreement and all documents, agreements
and instruments contemplated thereby (which evidence shall include copies,
either original or facsimile, of each of such documents, instruments and
agreements), (ii) that each of the conditions precedent to the execution and
delivery of the Purchase and Contribution Agreement has been satisfied to the
Agent's satisfaction, and (iii) that the initial purchases under the Purchase
and Contribution Agreement have been consummated.
(l) Evidence of payment by the Seller of all accrued and unpaid fees
(including those contemplated by the Fee Letter), costs and expenses to the
extent then due and payable on the date thereof, together with Attorney Costs of
the Agent to the extent invoiced prior to or on such date, plus such additional
amounts of Attorney Costs as shall constitute the Agent's reasonable estimate of
Attorney Costs incurred or to be incurred by it through the closing proceedings;
including any such costs, fees and expenses arising under or referenced in
Section 5.4.
(m) The Fee Letter between the Seller and the Agent contemplated by
Section 1.5.
(n) Good standing certificates with respect to the Seller, each Originator
and the Servicer issued by the Secretaries of State of the States of such
Person's organization and principal place of business.
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(o) Satisfactory results of a review and audit (performed by
representatives of the Agent) of the Servicer's collection, operating and
reporting systems, the Credit and Collection Policy of each Originator,
historical receivables data and accounts, including satisfactory results of a
review of the Servicer's operating location(s) and satisfactory review and
approval of the Eligible Receivables in existence on the date of the initial
purchase under the Agreement.
(p) [Intentionally omitted]
(q) Written approval of the Facility by the Bank of Montreal and Harris
Trust and Savings Bank.
(r) Such other approvals, opinions or documents as the Agent may reasonably
request.
2. Conditions Precedent to All Purchases and Reinvestments. Each purchase
(including the initial purchase) and each reinvestment shall be subject to the
further conditions precedent that:
(a) in the case of each purchase, (but not reinvestment) the Servicer shall
have delivered to the Agent on or prior to such purchase, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Agent, a completed Servicer Report with respect to the
immediately preceding Fiscal Month, dated within 15 days prior to the date of
such purchase together with a listing by Obligor of all Receivables and such
additional information as may reasonably be requested by the Agent;
(b) on the date of such purchase or reinvestment the following statements
shall be true (and acceptance of the proceeds of such purchase or reinvestment
shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Seller that such statements
are then true):
(i) the representations and warranties contained in Exhibit III are
true and correct on and as of the date of such purchase or reinvestment as
though made on and as of such date; and
(ii) no event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from
such purchase or reinvestment, that constitutes a Termination Event or an
Unmatured Termination Event; and
(iii) in the case of purchases only, no event of the type described in
clause(e) of Exhibit V has occurred and is continuing; and
(c) the Agent shall have received such other approvals, opinions or
documents as it may reasonably request.
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EXHIBIT III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. The Seller represents and
warrants as follows:
(a) The Seller is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and is duly qualified to
do business, and is in good standing, as a foreign corporation in every
jurisdiction where the nature of its business requires it to be so qualified
unless any failure to be so qualified would not materially adversely effect the
business, operations or financial condition of Seller or the ability of Seller
to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the other Transaction
Documents or the collectibility of the Receivables or the validity or
enforceability of this Agreement or other Transaction Documents.
(b) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of the Agreement
and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, including the
Seller's use of the proceeds of purchases and reinvestments, (i) are within the
Seller's corporate powers, (ii) have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action, (iii) do not contravene or result in a default under or
conflict with (1) the Seller's charter or by-laws, (2) any law, rule or
regulation applicable to the Seller, (3) any contractual restriction binding on
the Seller or its property or to which the Seller is a party, or (4) any order,
writ, judgment, award, injunction or decree binding on or applicable to the
Seller or its property, and (iv) do not result in or require the creation of any
Adverse Claim upon or with respect to any of its properties. The Agreement and
the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party have been duly executed
and delivered by the Seller.
(c) No authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or
filing with, any Governmental Authority or other Person is required for the due
execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of the Agreement or any other
Transaction Document to which it is a party other than those previously obtained
or UCC filings.
(d) Each of the Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it
is a party constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Seller
enforceable against the Seller in accordance with its terms except as
enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other
similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and by
general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
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(e) There is no pending or threatened action or proceeding affecting the
Seller before any Governmental Authority or arbitrator which could reasonably be
expected to materially adversely affect the business, operations, property,
financial or other condition or operations of the Seller, the ability of the
Seller to perform its obligations under the Agreement or the other Transaction
Documents or the collectibility of the Receivables, or which affects or purports
to affect the legality, validity or enforceability of the Agreement or the other
Transaction Documents.
(f) The Seller is the legal and beneficial owner of the Pool Receivables
and Related Security, free and clear of any Adverse Claim; upon each purchase or
reinvestment, the Purchaser shall acquire a valid and enforceable perfected
undivided percentage ownership interest or first priority perfected security
interest, to the extent of the Participation, in each Pool Receivable then
existing or thereafter arising and in the Related Security and Collections and
other proceeds, with respect thereto, free and clear of any Adverse Claim; the
Agreement creates a security interest in favor of the Purchaser in the items
described in Section 1.2(d), and the Purchaser has a first priority perfected
security interest in such items, free and clear of any Adverse Claims. No
effective financing statement or other instrument similar in effect covering any
Contract or any Pool Receivable or the Related Security or Collections with
respect thereto or any Lock-Box Account is on file in any recording office,
except those filed in favor of the Purchaser relating to the Agreement (or
except as to the Closing Date only, pursuant to the Credit Agreement, with
respect to which proper financing statements necessary to release all such
security interests have been executed by the secured party thereunder and which
shall be in a form satisfactory for filing.)
(g) Each Servicer Report, information, exhibit, financial statement,
document, book, record or report furnished or to be furnished at any time by or
on behalf of the Seller to the Agent in connection with the Agreement other than
projected and pro forma financial statements, is or will be accurate in all
material respects as of its date or (except as otherwise disclosed to the Agent
at such time) as of the date so furnished, and no such item contains or will
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omits or will omit to state a
material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein, in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. All
projections and pro forma financial statements have been prepared by or on
behalf of the Seller based upon assumptions believed in good faith to have been
reasonable at the time of preparation.
(h) The principal place of business and chief executive office (as such
terms are used in the UCC) of the Seller and the office where the Seller keeps
its records concerning the Receivables are located at the address referred to in
paragraph (b) of Exhibit IV.
(i) The names and addresses of all the Lock-Box Banks, together with the
account numbers of the Lock-Box Accounts of the Seller at such Lock-Box Banks,
are specified in Schedule II to the Agreement (or at such other Lock-Box Banks
and/or with such other Lock-Box Accounts as have been notified to the Agent in
accordance with the Agreement) and all
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Lock-Box Accounts are subject to Lock-Box Agreements. All Obligors have been
directed to make all payment with respect to each Contract to a Lock-Box
Account.
(j) The Seller is not in violation of any order of any court, arbitrator or
Governmental Authority.
(k) No proceeds of any purchase or reinvestment will be used for any
purpose that violates any applicable law, rule or regulation, including, without
limitation, Regulations G or U of the Federal Reserve Board.
(l) Each Pool Receivable included as an Eligible Receivable in the
calculation of the Net Receivables Pool Balance is an Eligible Receivable as of
the date of such calculation.
(m) No event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from a
purchase in respect of, or reinvestment in respect of, the Participation or from
the application of the proceeds therefrom, which constitutes a Termination
Event, provided that, the Seller makes no representation or warranty hereunder
as to the creditworthiness of any Obligor under any Pool Receivable.
(n) The Seller and the Servicer have complied in all material respects with
the Credit and Collection Policy with regard to each Receivable.
(o) The Seller has complied with all of the terms, covenants and agreements
contained in the Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.
(p) The Seller's complete corporate name is set forth in the preamble to
the Agreement, and the Seller does not use and has not during the last six years
used any other corporate name, trade name, doing-business name or fictitious
name, except as set forth on Schedule III and except for names first used after
the date of the Agreement and set forth in a notice delivered to the Agent
pursuant to paragraph (l)(vii) of Exhibit IV.
(q) Seller has filed prior to delinquency all federal and other tax returns
and reports required by law to have been filed by it and has paid, or will pay
prior to delinquency all taxes and governmental charges thereby shown to be
owing.
(r) The Seller is not an "investment company" within the meaning of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(s) The consolidated balance sheet of Imperial as at September 30, 1998, a
copy of which has been furnished to the Agent, fairly presents the financial
condition of Imperial, as at such date, and since the date of such balance
sheet, there has been no material adverse change in the financial condition of
the Seller or Imperial or the ability of the Seller or any Originator to perform
their obligations under the Agreement or the other Transaction Documents
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to which it is a party or the collectibility of the Pool Receivables, or which
affects the legality, validity or enforceability of the Agreement or the other
Transaction Documents.
(t) There is no pending or threatened action or proceeding affecting the
Seller, Servicer or any Originator before any Governmental Authority or
arbitrator which could reasonably be expected to have a materially adversely
affect the business, operations, property, financial or other condition or
operations of such Person, the ability of such Person to perform its obligations
under the Agreement or the other Transaction Documents or the collectibility of
the Pool Receivables, or which affects or purports to affect the legality,
validity or enforceability of the Agreement or the other Transaction Documents.
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EXHIBIT IV
COVENANTS
Covenants of the Seller and the Servicer. Until the latest of the Facility
Termination Date, the date on which no Investment of or Discount in respect of
the Participation shall be outstanding or the date all other amounts owed by the
Seller under the Agreement to the Purchaser, the Agent and any other Indemnified
Party or Affected Person shall be paid in full:
(a) Compliance with Laws, Etc. Each of the Seller and the Servicer shall
comply in all material respects with all applicable laws, rules, regulations and
orders, and preserve and maintain its corporate existence, rights, franchises,
qualifications, and privileges except to the extent that the failure so to
comply with such laws, rules and regulations or the failure so to preserve and
maintain such existence, rights, franchises, qualifications, and privileges
would not materially adversely affect the collectibility of the Receivables or
the enforceability of any related Contract or the ability of the Seller or the
Servicer to perform its obligations under any related Contract or under the
Agreement.
(b) Offices, Records and Books of Account, Etc. The Seller (i) shall keep
its principal place of business and chief executive office (as such terms are
used in the UCC) and the office where it keeps its records concerning the
Receivables at the address of the Seller set forth under its name on the
signature page to the Agreement or, upon at least 30 days' prior written notice
of a proposed change to the Agent, at any other locations in jurisdictions where
all actions reasonably requested by the Agent to protect and perfect the
interest of the Purchaser in the Receivables and related items (including
without limitation the items described in Section 1.2(d)) have been taken and
completed and (ii) shall provide the Agent with at least 60 days' written notice
prior to making any change in the Seller's name or making any other change in
the Seller's identity or corporate structure (including a merger) which could
render any UCC financing statement filed in connection with this Agreement
"seriously misleading" as such term is used in the UCC; each notice to the Agent
pursuant to this sentence shall set forth the applicable change and the
effective date thereof. The Seller also will maintain and implement
administrative and operating procedures (including, without limitation, an
ability to recreate records evidencing Receivables and related Contracts in the
event of the destruction of the originals thereof), and keep and maintain all
documents, books, records, computer tapes and disks and other information
reasonably necessary or advisable for the collection of all Receivables
(including, without limitation, records adequate to permit the daily
identification of each Receivable and all Collections of and adjustments to each
existing Receivable).
(c) Performance and Compliance with Contracts and Credit and Collection
Policy. The Seller shall, at its expense, timely and fully perform and comply
with all material provisions, covenants and other promises required to be
observed by it under the Contracts
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related to the Receivables, and timely and fully comply in all material respects
with the Credit and Collection Policy with regard to each Receivable and the
related Contract.
(d) Ownership Interest, Etc. The Seller shall, at its expense, take all
action necessary or desirable to establish and maintain a valid and enforceable
undivided ownership interest, to the extent of the Participation, in the Pool
Receivables and the Related Security and Collections and other proceeds with
respect thereto, and a first priority perfected security interest in the items
described in Section 1.2(d), in each case free and clear of any Adverse Claim,
in favor of the Purchaser, including, without limitation, taking such action to
perfect, protect or more fully evidence the interest of the Purchaser under the
Agreement as the Purchaser, through the Agent, may request.
(e) Sales, Liens, Etc. The Seller shall not sell, assign (by operation of
law or otherwise) or otherwise dispose of, or create or suffer to exist any
Adverse Claim upon or with respect to, any or all of its right, title or
interest in, to or under, any item described in Section 1.2(d) (including
without limitation the Seller's undivided interest in any Receivable, Related
Security, or Collections, or upon or with respect to any account to which any
Collections of any Receivables are sent), or assign any right to receive income
in respect of any items contemplated by this paragraph (e); provided, however,
that the Seller may reconvey Receivables to any Originator pursuant to Section 3
of the Purchase and Contribution Agreement.
(f) Extension or Amendment of Receivables. Except as provided in the
Agreement or the Credit and Collection Policy, neither the Seller nor the
Servicer shall extend the maturity or adjust the Outstanding Balance or
otherwise modify the terms of any Pool Receivable, or amend, modify or waive any
term or condition of any related Contract that could reasonably be expected to
have an adverse effect on the collection of Receivables.
(g) Change in Business or Credit and Collection Policy. Neither the Seller
nor the Servicer shall make any material change in the character of its business
or in the Credit and Collection Policy, or any change in the Credit and
Collection Policy that would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the
collectibility of the Receivables Pool or the enforceability of any related
Contract or the ability of the Seller or Servicer to perform its obligations
under any related Contract or under the Agreement. Neither the Seller nor the
Servicer shall make any other material change in the Credit and Collection
Policy without the prior written consent of the Agent.
(h) Audits. Each of the Seller and the Servicer shall, from time to time
during regular business hours upon reasonable notice as requested by the Agent,
permit the Agent, or its agents or representatives, (i) to examine and make
copies of and abstracts from all books, records and documents (including,
without limitation, computer tapes and disks) in the possession or under the
control of the Seller or the Servicer relating to Receivables and the Related
Security, including, without limitation, the related Contracts, and (ii) to
visit the offices and properties of the Seller and the Servicer for the purpose
of examining such materials described in clause (i)
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above, and to discuss matters relating to Receivables and the Related Security
or the Seller's or Servicer's performance hereunder or under the Contracts with
any of the officers, employees, agents or contractors of the Seller having
knowledge of such matters.
(i) Change in Lock-Box Banks, Lock-Box Accounts and Payment Instructions to
Obligors. Neither the Seller nor the Servicer shall add or terminate any bank as
a Lock-Box Bank or any account as a Lock-Box Account from those listed in
Schedule II to the Agreement, or make any change in its instructions to Obligors
regarding payments to be made to the Seller or the Servicer or payments to be
made to any Lock-Box Account (or related post office box), unless the Agent
shall have consented thereto (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld by
the Agent) and the Agent shall have received copies of all agreements and
documents (including without limitation Lock-Box Agreements) that it may request
in connection therewith.
(j) Deposits to Lock-Box Accounts. The Seller shall, or shall cause the
Servicer to, (i) instruct all Obligors to make payments of all Receivables to
one or more Lock-Box Accounts or to post office boxes to which only Lock-Box
Banks have access (and shall instruct the Lock-Box Banks to cause all items and
amounts relating to such Receivables received in such post office boxes to be
removed and deposited into a Lock-Box Account on a daily basis), and (ii)
deposit, or cause to be deposited, any Collections of Pool Receivables received
by it or the Servicer into Lock-Box Accounts not later than three Business Days
after receipt thereof. Each Lock-Box Account, the Collection Account and the
Liquidation Account shall at all times be subject to a Lock-Box Agreement,
Collection Account Agreement or Liquidation Account Agreement, respectively.
Neither the Seller nor the Servicer will deposit or otherwise credit, or cause
or permit to be so deposited or credited, to any Lock-Box Account cash or cash
proceeds other than Collections of Pool Receivables.
(k) Marking of Records. At its expense, the Seller (or the Servicer on its
behalf) shall mark its master data processing records relating to Pool
Receivables and related Contracts, including with a legend evidencing that the
undivided percentage ownership interests with regard to the Participation
related to such Receivables and related Contracts have been sold in accordance
with the Agreement.
(l) Reporting Requirements. The Seller will provide to the Agent (in
multiple copies, if requested by the Agent) the following:
(i) as soon as available and in any event within 60 days after the
end of the first three quarters of each fiscal year of Imperial,
consolidated balance sheets of Imperial and its subsidiaries (including the
Seller) as of the end of such quarter and consolidated statements of income
and retained earnings of Imperial and its subsidiaries (including the
Seller) for the period commencing at the end of the previous fiscal year
and ending with the end of such quarter, certified by the chief financial
officer of Imperial;
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(ii) as soon as available and in any event within 60 days after the
end of the first three quarters of each fiscal year of the Seller, balance
sheets of the Seller and its subsidiaries as of the end of such quarter and
statements of income and retained earnings of the Seller and its
subsidiaries for the period commencing at the end of the previous fiscal
year and ending with the end of such quarter, certified by the chief
financial officer of the Seller;
(iii) as soon as available and in any event within 120 days after the
end of each fiscal year of the Seller and Imperial, a copy of the annual
report for such year for the Seller and Imperial and its subsidiaries,
containing financial statements for such year audited by a nationally
recognized independent certified public accountants;
(iv) as soon as available and in any event not later than the
Servicer Report Date, a Servicer Report as of the Fiscal Month ended
immediately prior to such Servicer Report Date ;
(v) as soon as available and in any event not later than the
Participation Report Date, a Participation Report as of the Fiscal Month
ended immediately prior to such Participation Report Date;
(vi) as soon as possible and in any event within five Business Days
after a Responsible Officer of the Seller or Servicer obtains knowledge of
the occurrence of each Termination Event or event which, with the giving of
notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a Termination Event, a
statement of the chief financial officer of the Seller setting forth
details of such Termination Event or event and the action that the Seller
has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto;
(vii) promptly after the filing or receiving thereof, copies of all
reports and notices that the Seller or any Affiliate files under ERISA with
the Internal Revenue Service or the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or
the U.S. Department of Labor or that the Seller or any Affiliate receives
from any of the foregoing or from any multiemployer plan (within the
meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA) to which the Seller or any
Affiliate is or was, within the preceding five years, a contributing
employer, in each case in respect of the assessment of withdrawal liability
or an event or condition which could, in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to result in the imposition of liability on the Seller and/or any
such Affiliate in excess of $5,000,000;
(viii) at least thirty days prior to any change in the Seller's name or
any other change requiring the amendment of UCC financing statements, a
notice setting forth such changes and the effective date thereof;
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(ix) such other information respecting the Receivables or the
condition or operations, financial or otherwise, of the Seller or any of
its Affiliates as the Agent may from time to time reasonably request;
(x) promptly after a Responsible Officer of the Seller obtains
knowledge thereof, notice of any litigation, investigation or proceeding
which may exist at any time between the Seller or the Servicer, on the one
hand, and any other Person if not cured or if adversely determined, as the
case may be, would be reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect
on the business, operations, property or financial or other condition of
the Seller, any Originator or the Servicer, as the case may be;
(xi) promptly after a Responsible Officer of the Seller obtains
knowledge thereof, notice of a material adverse change in the business,
operations, property or financial or other condition of the Seller; and
(xii) as soon as possible and in any event within five Business Days
after a Responsible Officer of the Seller, the Servicer or the Performance
Guarantor obtains knowledge thereof, notice of any change in rating of the
Performance Guarantor's unsecured debt.
(m) Separate Corporate Existence. Each of the Seller and the Servicer
hereby acknowledges that Purchaser and the Agent are entering into the
transactions contemplated by the Agreement and the Transaction Documents in
reliance upon the Seller's identity as a legal entity separate from the Servicer
and any Originator. Therefore, from and after the date hereof, the Seller and
the Servicer shall take all reasonable steps to continue the Seller's identity
as a separate legal entity and to make it apparent to third Persons that the
Seller is an entity with assets and liabilities distinct from those of the
Servicer, any Originator and any other Person, and is not a division of the
Servicer or any Originator or any other Person. Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing and in addition to and consistent with the covenant set forth
in paragraph (a) of this Exhibit IV, the Seller and the Servicer shall take such
actions as shall be required in order that:
(i) The Seller will be a limited purpose corporation whose primary
activities are restricted in its certificate of incorporation to purchasing
Receivables from the Originators, entering into agreements for the
servicing of such Receivables, selling undivided interests in such
Receivables and conducting such other activities as it deems necessary or
appropriate to carry out its primary activities;
(ii) Not less than one member of Seller's Board of Directors (the
"Independent Directors") shall be individuals who are not direct, indirect
or beneficial stockholders, officers, directors, employees, affiliates,
associates, customers or suppliers of any Originator or any of its
Affiliates. The Seller's Board of Directors shall not
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approve, or take any other action to cause the commencement of a voluntary
case or other proceeding with respect to the Seller under any applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, debt arrangement, dissolution or
other similar law, or the appointment of or taking possession by, a
receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, or other similar
official for the Seller unless in each case the Independent Directors shall
approve the taking of such action in writing prior to the taking of such
action. The Independent Directors' fiduciary duty shall be to the Seller
(and creditors) and not to the Seller's shareholders in respect of any
decision of the type described in the preceding sentence. In the event an
Independent Director resigns or otherwise ceases to be a director of the
Seller, there shall be selected a replacement Independent Director who
shall not be an individual within the proscriptions of the first sentence
of this clause (ii) or any individual who has any other type of
professional relationship with any Originator or any of its Affiliates or
any management personnel of any such Person or Affiliate and who shall be
(x) a tenured professor at a business or law school, (y) a retired judge or
(z) an established independent member of the business community, having a
sound reputation and experience relative to the duties to be performed by
such individual as an Independent Director;
(iii) No Independent Director shall at any time serve as a trustee in
bankruptcy for any Originator or any Affiliate thereof;
(iv) Any employee, consultant or agent of the Seller will be
compensated from the Seller's own bank accounts for services provided to
the Seller except as provided herein in respect of the Servicer's Fee. The
Seller will engage no agents other than a servicer for the Receivables,
which servicer will be fully compensated for its services to the Seller by
payment of the Servicer's Fee;
(v) The Seller will contract with the Servicer to perform for the
Seller all operations required on a daily basis to service its Receivables.
The Seller will pay the Servicer a monthly Servicer's fee at a market rate
based on the level of Receivables being managed by the Servicer. The Seller
will not incur any material indirect or overhead expenses for items shared
between the Seller and any Originator or any Affiliate thereof which are
not reflected in the Servicer's Fee. To the extent, if any, that the Seller
and any Originator or any Affiliate thereof share items of expenses not
reflected in the Servicer's Fee, such as legal, auditing and other
professional services, such expenses will be allocated to the extent
practical on the basis of actual use or the value of services rendered, and
otherwise on a basis reasonably related to the actual use or the value of
services rendered, it being understood that Imperial shall pay all expenses
relating to the preparation, negotiation, execution and delivery of the
Transaction Documents, including, without limitation, legal and other fees;
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(vi) The Seller's operating expenses will not be paid by any
Originator or any Affiliate thereof unless the Seller shall have agreed in
writing with such Person to reimburse such Person for any such payments;
(vii) The Seller will have its own separate mailing address and
stationery;
(viii) The Seller's books and records will be maintained separately
from those of each Originator or any Affiliate thereof;
(ix) Any financial statements of any Originator or any Affiliate
thereof which are consolidated to include the Seller will contain detailed
notes clearly stating that the Seller is a separate corporate entity and
has sold ownership interests in the Seller's accounts receivable;
(x) The Seller's assets will be maintained in a manner that
facilitates their identification and segregation from those of any
Originator and any Affiliate thereof;
(xi) The Seller will strictly observe corporate formalities in its
dealings with any Originator and any Affiliate thereof, and funds or other
assets of the Seller will not be commingled with those of any Originator or
any Affiliate thereof. The Seller shall not maintain joint bank accounts or
other depository accounts to which any Originator or any Affiliate thereof
(other than IDI in its capacity as Servicer) has independent access. None
of the Seller's funds will at any time be pooled with any funds of any
Originator or any Affiliate thereof;
(xii) Intentionally omitted; and
(xiii) The Seller will maintain arm's length relationships with the
Originator and any Affiliate thereof. Any Originator or any Affiliate
thereof that renders or otherwise furnishes services to the Seller will be
compensated by the Seller at market rates for such services. Neither the
Seller nor any Originator or any Affiliate thereof will be or will hold
itself out to be responsible for the debts of the other or the decisions or
actions respecting the daily business and affairs of the other.
(n) Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, etc.
(i) The Seller shall not
(A) be a party to any merger or consolidation, or directly or
indirectly purchase or otherwise acquire, whether in one or a series of
transactions, all or substantially all of the assets or any stock of any
class of, or any partnership or joint venture interest in, any other
Person, or sell, transfer, assign, convey or lease
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any of its property and assets (including, without limitation, any Pool
Receivable or any interest therein) other than pursuant to this Agreement;
(B) make, incur or suffer to exist an investment in, equity
contribution to, loan, credit or advance to, or payment obligation in
respect of the deferred purchase price of property from, any other Person,
except for obligations incurred pursuant to the Transaction Documents; or
(C) create any direct or indirect Subsidiary or otherwise acquire
direct or indirect ownership of any equity interests in any other Person.
(o) Restricted Payments.
(i) General Restriction. Except in accordance with this subparagraph
(o), the Seller shall not (A) purchase or redeem any shares of its capital
stock, (B) declare or pay any Dividend or set aside any funds for any such
purpose, (C) prepay, purchase or redeem any subordinated indebtedness of
the Seller, (D) lend or advance any funds or (E) repay any loans or
advances to, for or from any Originator. Actions of the type described in
this clause (i) are herein collectively called "Restricted Payments".
(ii) Types of Permitted Payments. Subject to the limitations set
forth in clause (iii) below, the Seller may make Restricted Payments so
long as such Restricted Payments are made only to the Originators and only
in one or more of the following ways:
(A) Seller may make cash payments (including prepayments) on the
Company Notes in accordance with their terms; and
(B) if no amounts are then outstanding under the Company Notes,
the Seller may declare and pay Dividends.
(iii) Specific Restrictions. The Seller may make Restricted Payments
only out of Collections paid or released to the Seller pursuant to
Sections 1.4(b). Furthermore, the Seller shall not pay, make or declare
(A) any Dividend if, after giving effect thereto, Seller's Tangible
Net Worth would be less than five (5) percent of the Outstanding Balance of
the Pool Receivables; or
(B) any Restricted Payment (including any Dividend) if, after giving
effect thereto, any Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event shall
have occurred and be continuing.
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(p) Use of Seller's Share of Collections. The Seller shall apply its share
of Collections to make payments in the following order of priority: first, the
payment of its expenses (including, without limitation, the obligations payable
to Purchaser, the Affected Persons and the Agent under the Transaction
Documents), second, the payment of accrued and unpaid interest on the Company
Notes, third, the payment of the outstanding principal amount of the Company
Notes, and fourth, other legal and valid corporate purposes.
(q) Amendments to Certain Documents.
(i) The Seller shall not amend, supplement, amend and restate, or
otherwise modify the Purchase and Contribution Agreement, the Company
Notes, any other document executed under the Purchase and Contribution
Agreement, the Collection Account Agreement, the Lock-Box Agreements, the
Liquidation Account Agreement or the Seller's certificate of incorporation
or by-laws, except (A) in accordance with the terms of such document,
instrument or agreement and (B) with the advance written consent of the
Agent.
(ii) The Seller shall not, and shall not permit any Originator to
enter into or otherwise become bound by, any agreement, instrument,
document or other arrangement that restricts its right to amend,
supplement, amend and restate or otherwise modify, or to extend or renew,
or to waive any right under, this Agreement or any other Transaction
Document.
(r) Incurrence of Indebtedness. The Seller shall not (i) create, incur or
permit to exist, any Debt or liability or (ii) cause or permit to be issued for
its account any letters of credit or bankers' acceptances, except for Debt
incurred pursuant to the Company Notes and liabilities incurred pursuant to or
in connection with the Transaction Documents or otherwise permitted therein.
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EXHIBIT V
TERMINATION EVENTS
Each of the following shall be a "Termination Event":
(a) The Servicer, any Originator or Seller shall fail to make when due any
payment or deposit to be made by it under the Agreement or any other Transaction
Document and such failure shall continue unremedied for two Business Days; or
(b) IDI (or any Affiliate thereof) shall fail to transfer to any successor
Servicer when required any rights, pursuant to the Agreement, which IDI (or such
Affiliate) then has as Servicer; or
(c) Any representation or warranty made or deemed made by the Seller, any
Originator or the Servicer (or any of their respective officers) under or in
connection with the Agreement or any information or report delivered by the
Seller or the Servicer pursuant to the Agreement shall prove to have been
incorrect or untrue in any material respect when made or deemed made or
delivered; provided, however, if the violation of this paragraph (c) by the
Seller or Servicer may be cured without any potential or actual detriment to the
Purchaser, the Agent, or any Program Support Provider, the Seller or the
Servicer as applicable shall have 30 days from the earlier of (i) a Responsible
Officer of such Person's knowledge of such failure and (ii) notice to a
Responsible Officer of such Person of such failure to cure any such violation,
before a Termination Event shall occur so long as such Person is diligently
attempting to effect such cure; or
(d) The Seller, any Originator or the Servicer shall fail to perform or
observe any other term, covenant or agreement contained in the Agreement or any
other Transaction Document on its part to be performed or observed and any such
failure shall remain unremedied for 30 days after a Responsible Officer of the
Seller, any Originator or Servicer, as applicable, has notice or knowledge
thereof (or, with respect to a failure to deliver the Servicer Report pursuant
to the Agreement, such failure shall remain unremedied for five Business Days);
or
(e) The Seller or any Originator shall fail to pay any principal of or
premium or interest on any of its Debt which is outstanding in a principal
amount of at least $10,000,000 in the aggregate when the same becomes due and
payable (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration,
demand or otherwise), and such failure shall continue after the applicable grace
period (and shall not have been waived), if any, specified in the agreement,
mortgage, indenture or instrument relating to such Debt; or any other event
shall occur or condition shall exist under any agreement, mortgage, indenture or
instrument relating to any such Debt and shall continue after the applicable
grace period (and shall not have been waived), if any,
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specified in such agreement, mortgage, indenture or instrument, if the effect of
such event or condition is to accelerate, or to permit the acceleration of, the
maturity of such Debt; or any such Debt shall be declared to be due and payable,
or required to be prepaid (other than by a regularly scheduled required
prepayment), redeemed, purchased or defeased, or an offer to repay, redeem,
purchase or defease such Debt shall be required to be made, in each case prior
to the stated maturity thereof; or
(f) The Agreement or any purchase or any reinvestment pursuant to the
Agreement shall for any reason (other than pursuant to the terms hereof) (i)
cease to create, or the Participation shall for any reason cease to be, a valid
and enforceable perfected undivided percentage ownership interest or a first
priority perfected security interest, to the extent of the Participation in each
Pool Receivable and the Related Security and Collections and other proceeds with
respect thereto, free and clear of any Adverse Claim or (ii) cease to create
with respect to the items described in Section 1.2(d), or the interest of the
Purchaser with respect to such items shall cease to be, a valid and enforceable
first priority perfected security interest, free and clear of any Adverse Claim;
or
(g) The Seller or the Originator shall generally not pay its debts as such
debts become due, or shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts
generally, or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or
any proceeding shall be instituted by or against the Seller or any Originator
seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking liquidation,
winding up, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, protection, relief, or
composition of it or its debts under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency
or reorganization or relief of debtors, or seeking the entry of an order for
relief or the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar
official for it or for any substantial part of its property and, in the case of
any such proceeding instituted against it (but not instituted by it), either
such proceeding shall remain undismissed or unstayed for a period of 30 days, or
any of the actions sought in such proceeding (including, without limitation, the
entry of an order for relief against, or the appointment of a receiver, trustee,
custodian or other similar official for, it or for any substantial part of its
property) shall occur; or Seller or any Originator shall take any corporate
action to authorize any of the actions set forth above in this paragraph (g); or
(h) As of the last day of any Fiscal Month (i) the arithmetic average for
the most recent three Fiscal Months of (A) the Default Ratios shall exceed 4%,
or (B) the Delinquency Ratios from the date hereof until December 31, 1999 shall
not exceed 6%, and thereafter shall not exceed 5% or (C) the Dilution Ratio
shall exceed 2.5% or (ii) the arithmetic average of the Loss-to-Liquidation
Ratios for the most recent twelve Fiscal Months shall exceed 1%; or
(i) at anytime (i) the sum of (A) The Investment plus (B) the Total
Reserves, exceeds (ii) the sum of (A) the Net Receivables Pool Balance at such
time plus (B) the Purchaser's share of the amount of Collections and Permitted
Investments then on deposit in the
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Collection Account (other than amounts therein representing Discount and fees),
and such circumstance shall not have been cured within five Business Days; or
(j) A Change in Control shall occur; or
(k) The Internal Revenue Service shall file notice of a lien pursuant to
Section 6323 of the Internal Revenue Code with regard to any assets of Seller or
any Originator and such lien shall not have been released within ten Business
Days, or the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation shall, or shall indicate its
intention to, file notice of a lien pursuant to Section 4068 of ERISA with
regard to any of the assets of Seller; or
(l) Seller's Tangible Net Worth shall be less than five (5) percent of the
Outstanding Balance of the Pool Receivables.
(m) Imperial shall fail to perform and comply with each of the financial
covenants set forth in Section 7.1(c) (Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio) and
(d) (Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio) of the Credit Agreement) as in
effect on the date hereof, (subject to the proviso below, regardless of whether
such covenants may be amended, modified or waived from time to time in the
accordance with the Credit Agreement), each of which covenants and agreements,
together with all related definitions, exhibits and ancillary provisions, are
hereby incorporated in this Agreement by reference as though specifically set
forth in this paragraph (m) and shall survive the termination and/or expiration
of the Credit Agreement; provided, however, that if the Consolidated Interest
Coverage Ratio, (as such term is defined in the Credit Agreement), is greater
than 1.75 to 1.00 and at least 50% of the Lenders, (as such term is defined in
the Credit Agreement) of which Harris is a part, approves any amendment,
modification or waiver of such ratio, then a Termination Event shall only occur
with respect to a failure to comply with such Section 7.1(c) if Imperial shall
fail to comply with the covenant set forth in Section 7.1(c) of the Credit
Agreement as so amended, modified or waived.
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PURCHASE AND CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
Dated as of June 30, 1999
among
THE ORIGINATORS NAMED HEREIN
IMPERIAL SECURITIZATION CORPORATION
and
IMPERIAL DISTRIBUTING, INC.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
ARTICLE I
AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE AND CONTRIBUTE
1.1. Agreement to Purchase and Sell 2
1.2. Timing of Purchases 3
1.3. Consideration for Purchases 3
1.4. Purchase and Sale Termination Date 3
1.5. Intention of the Parties 3
ARTICLE II
CALCULATION OF PURCHASE PRICE
2.1. Calculation of Purchase Price 4
ARTICLE III
CONTRIBUTION OF RECEIVABLES;
PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE
3.1. Contribution of Receivables 5
3.2. Initial Purchase Price Payment 5
3.3. Subsequent Purchase Price Payments 5
3.4. Settlement as to Specific Receivables 6
3.5. Reconveyance of Receivables 7
ARTICLE IV
CONDITIONS OF PURCHASES
4.1. Conditions Precedent to Initial Purchase 7
4.2. Certification as to Representations and
Warranties 9
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ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE ORIGINATOR
5.1. Organization and Good Standing 9
5.2. Due Qualification 9
5.3. Power and Authority; Due Authorization 9
5.4. Valid Sale or Contribution; Binding
Obligations 10
5.5. No Violation 10
5.6. Proceedings 10
5.7. Bulk Sales Act 11
5.8. Government Approvals 11
5.9. Financial Condition 11
5.10. Margin Regulations 11
5.11. Quality of Title 11
5.12. Accuracy of Information 12
5.13. Offices 12
5.14. Trade Names 12
5.15. Taxes 12
5.16. Licenses and Labor Controversies 13
5.17. Compliance with Applicable Laws 13
5.18. Reliance on Separate Legal Identity 13
5.19. Purchase Price 13
5.20. Certain Definitions 13
ARTICLE VI
COVENANTS OF THE ORIGINATOR
6.1. Affirmative Covenants 15
6.2. Reporting Requirements 17
6.3. Negative Covenants 17
ARTICLE VII
ADDITIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS IN
RESPECT OF THE RECEIVABLES
7.1. Rights of the Company 19
7.2. Responsibilities of Originator 19
7.3. Further Action Evidencing Purchases 19
7.4. Application of Collections 20
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ARTICLE VIII
PURCHASE AND SALE TERMINATION EVENTS
8.1. Purchase and Sale Termination Events 20
8.2. Remedies 22
ARTICLE IX
INDEMNIFICATION
9.1. Indemnities by the Originator 22
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
10.1. Amendments, etc 24
10.2. Notices, etc 24
10.3. No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies 25
10.4. Binding Effect; Assignability 25
10.5. Governing Law 25
10.6. Costs, Expenses and Taxes 25
10.7. Submission to Jurisdiction 25
10.8. Waiver of Jury Trial 26
10.9. Captions and Cross References; Incorporation by
Reference 26
10.10. Execution in Counterparts 26
10.11. Acknowledgment and Agreement 26
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 5.13 Office Locations
SCHEDULE 5.14 Trade Names
EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT A Form of Purchase Report
EXHIBIT B Form of Company Note
EXHIBIT C Form of Opinion of Originator's Counsel
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PURCHASE AND CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
THIS PURCHASE AND CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT (this "Agreement"), dated as of
June 30, 1999, is between IMPERIAL DISTRIBUTING, INC. ("IDI"), a Delaware
corporation, as the initial Servicer, DIAMOND CRYSTAL SPECIALTY FOODS, INC.
("Diamond"), a Michigan corporation, as an Originator, DIAMOND CRYSTAL BRANDS,
INC. ("Diamond Crystal"), a Delaware corporation, as an Originator, WHOLESOME
FOODS, LLC ("Wholesome"), a Florida limited liability company, as an Originator,
HOLLY SUGAR CORPORATION ("Holly"), a New York corporation, as an Originator,
MICHIGAN SUGAR COMPANY ("Michigan"), a Michigan corporation, as an Originator,
GREAT LAKES SUGAR COMPANY ("Great Lakes"), an Ohio corporation, as an
Originator, IMPERIAL-SAVANNAH, L.P. ("I-S"), a Delaware limited partnership, as
an Originator, and KING PACKAGING CO., INC., ("King"), a Georgia corporation, as
an Originator, (Diamond, Diamond Crystals, Wholesome, Holly, Michigan, Great
Lakes, I-S and King are herein collectively called the "Originators" and
individually called an "Originator"), and IMPERIAL SECURITIZATION CORPORATION, a
Delaware corporation (the "Company").
Definitions
Unless otherwise indicated, certain terms that are capitalized and used
throughout this Agreement are defined in Exhibit I to the Receivables Purchase
Agreement of even date herewith (as the same may be amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, the "Receivables Purchase Agreement")
among IDI, Imperial Sugar Company ("Imperial"), the Company, Fairway Finance
Corporation, as Purchaser (the "Purchaser"), and Nesbitt Burns Securities Inc.,
as agent for the Purchaser (to Seller with its successors and assigns, the
"Agent").
Background
1. The Company is a special purpose corporation, all of the capital
stock of which is wholly-owned by Holly.
2. In order to finance their respective businesses, the Originators
wish to sell certain Receivables and Related Rights from time to time to the
Company, and the Company is willing, on the terms and subject to the conditions
set forth herein, to purchase such Receivables and Related Rights from the
Originators.
3. The Company intends to sell to the Purchaser an undivided variable
percentage interest in its Receivables and Related Rights pursuant to the
Receivables Purchase Agreement in order to finance its purchases of certain
Receivables and Related Rights hereunder.
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NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
agreements herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE AND CONTRIBUTE
1.1. Agreement to Purchase and Sell. On the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in this Agreement (including Article IV), and in
consideration of the Purchase Price, each Originator agrees to sell to the
Company, and does hereby sell to the Company, severally and for itself alone,
and the Company agrees to purchase from each Originator, and does hereby
purchase from each Originator, without recourse and without regard to
collectibility, all of such Originator's right, title and interest in and to:
(a) each Receivable of such Originator that existed and was owing to such
Originator as of the close of Originator's business on June 30, 1999 Closing
Date") (other than the Receivables and Related Rights contributed by such
Originator to the Company pursuant to Section 3.1 (the "Contributed
Receivables"));
(b) each Receivable created or originated by such Originator from the
close of such Originator's business on the Closing Date to and including the
Purchase and Sale Termination Date;
(c) all rights to, but not the obligations under, all Related Security;
(d) all monies due or to become due with respect to any of the foregoing;
(e) all books and records related to any of the foregoing; and
(f) all proceeds thereof (as defined in the UCC) received on or after the
date hereof including, without limitation, all funds which either are received
by such Originator, the Company or the Servicer from or on behalf of the
Obligors in payment of any amounts owed (including, without limitation, finance
charges, interest and all other charges) in respect of Receivables, or are
applied to such amounts owed by the Obligors (including, without limitation,
insurance payments, if any, that such Originator or the Servicer (if other than
such Originator) applies in the ordinary course of its business to amounts owed
in respect of any Receivable).
All purchases and contributions hereunder shall be made without recourse,
but shall be made pursuant to and in reliance upon the representations,
warranties and covenants of each Originator set forth in this Agreement and each
other Transaction Document. The Company's foregoing commitment to purchase such
Receivables and the proceeds and rights described in subsections (c)
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through (f) of this Section 1.1 (collectively, the "Related Rights") is herein
called the "Purchase Facility."
1.2. Timing of Purchases.
(a) Closing Date Purchases. Each Originator's entire right, title and
interest in (i) each Receivable that existed and was owing to Originator as of
the close of such Originator's business on the Closing Date, (other than
Contributed Receivables), (ii) all Related Rights with respect thereto shall be
deemed to have been sold to the Company on the Closing Date.
(b) Regular Purchases. After the Closing Date, each Receivable created or
originated by an Originator and described in Section 1.1(b) hereof and all
Related Rights shall be purchased and owned by the Company (without any further
action) upon the creation or origination of such Receivable.
1.3. Consideration for Purchases. On the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company agrees to make all Purchase
Price payments to the respective Originators, and to reflect all contributions,
in accordance with Article III.
1.4. Purchase and Sale Termination Date. The "Purchase and Sale
Termination Date" shall be the earlier to occur of (a) the date of the
termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.2 and (b) the Payment Date
immediately following the day on which the Originators shall have given notice
to the Company that the Originators desire to terminate this Agreement.
As used herein, "Payment Date" means (i) the Closing Date and (ii) each
Business Day thereafter that an Originator is open for business.
1.5. Intention of the Parties. It is the express intent of the parties
hereto that the transfers of the Receivables and Related Rights by each
Originator to the Company, as contemplated by this Agreement be, and be treated
as, sales or contributions, as applicable, and not as secured loans secured by
the Receivables and Related Rights. If, however, notwithstanding the intent of
the parties, such transactions are deemed to be loans, such Originator hereby
grants to the Company a first priority security interest in all of such
Originator's right, title and interest in and to the Receivables and the Related
Rights now existing and hereafter created, all monies due or to become due and
all amounts received with respect thereto, and all proceeds thereof, to secure
all of such Originator's obligations hereunder.
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ARTICLE II
CALCULATION OF PURCHASE PRICE
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2.1. Calculation of Purchase Price. On each Servicer Report Date, the
Servicer shall deliver to the Company, the Agent and each Originator a report in
substantially the form of Exhibit A (each such report being herein called a
"Purchase Report") with respect to the matters set forth therein and the
Company's purchases of Receivables from Originator
(a) that are to be made on the Closing Date (in the case of the Purchase
Report to be delivered on the Closing Date), or
(b) that were made during the period commencing on the Servicer Report
Date immediately preceding such Servicer Report Date to (but not including) such
Servicer Report Date (in the case of each subsequent Purchase Report).
The "Purchase Price" (to be paid to each Originator in accordance with the
terms of Article III) for the Receivables and the Related Rights that are
purchased hereunder from such Originator shall be determined in accordance with
the following formula:
PP = OB X FMVD
where:
PP = Purchase Price for each Receivable as calculated on the
relevant Payment Date.
OB = the Outstanding Balance of such Receivable.
FMVD = Fair Market Value Discount, as measured on such Payment Date,
which is equal to the quotient (expressed as percentage) of
(a) one divided by (b) the sum of (i) one, plus (ii) the
product of (A) the Prime Rate on such Payment Date, and (B) a
fraction, the numerator of which is the Average Maturity
(calculated as of the last day of the calendar month next
preceding such Payment Date) and the denominator of which is
365.
"Prime Rate" means a per annum rate equal to the "prime rate" as published
in the "Money Rates" section of The Wall Street Journal or such other
publication as determined by the Agent in its sole discretion.
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ARTICLE III
CONTRIBUTION OF RECEIVABLES;
PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE
3.1. Contribution of Receivables. On the Closing Date, Holly shall, and
hereby does, contribute to the capital of the Company, Receivables and Related
Rights with respect thereto consisting of each Receivable of Imperial that
existed and was owing to Holly on the Closing Date, beginning with the oldest of
such Receivables and continuing chronologically thereafter, and all or an
undivided interest in the most recent of such contributed Receivables such that
the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all such contributed Receivables shall be
equal to $6,689,000.
3.2. Initial Purchase Price Payment. On the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company agrees to pay to each
Originator the Purchase Price for the purchase to be made from such Originator
on the Closing Date, partially in cash in the amount of the proceeds of the
Purchase made by the Purchaser on the Closing Date under the Receivables
Purchase Agreement, and partially by issuing a promissory note in the form of
Exhibit B to such Originator with an initial principal balance equal to the
remaining Purchase Price (as each such promissory note, as it may be amended,
supplemented, indorsed or otherwise modified from time to time, together with
all promissory notes issued from time to time in substitution therefor or
renewal thereof in accordance with the Transaction Documents, being herein
called a "Company Note").
3.3. Subsequent Purchase Price Payments. On each Business Day falling
after the Closing Date and on or prior to the Purchase and Sale Termination
Date, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement,
the Company shall pay to each Originator the Purchase Price for the Receivables
generated by such Originator to the Company on such Business Day, in cash, to
the extent provided under Section 1.2 of the Receivables Purchase Agreement, and
to the extent any of such Purchase Price remains unpaid, such remaining portion
of such Purchase Price shall be paid by means of an automatic increase to the
outstanding principal amount of the Company Note issued to such Originator.
Servicer shall make all appropriate record keeping entries with respect to
the Company Notes or otherwise to reflect the foregoing payments and to reflect
adjustments pursuant to Section 3.4, and Servicer's books and records shall
constitute rebuttable presumptive evidence of the principal amount of and
accrued interest on any Company Note at any time. Furthermore, Servicer shall
hold the Company Notes for the benefit of the Originators, and all payments
under the Company Notes shall be made to the Servicer for the account of the
applicable payee thereof. Each Originator hereby irrevocably authorizes Servicer
to mark the Company Notes "CANCELLED" and to return such Company Notes to the
Company upon the final payment thereof after the occurrence of the Purchase and
Sale Termination Date.
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3.4. Settlement as to Specific Receivables and Dilution.
(a) If on the day of purchase or contribution of any Receivable from any
Originator hereunder, any of the representations or warranties set forth in
Section 5.4 or 5.11 of such Originator is not true with respect to such
Receivable or as a result of any action or inaction of such Originator, on any
day any of such representations or warranties set forth in Section 5.4 or 5.11
is no longer true with respect to such a Receivable, then the Purchase Price (or
in the case of a Contributed Receivable, the Outstanding Balance of such
Receivable (the "Contributed Value")) with respect to such Receivables shall be
reduced by an amount equal to the Outstanding Balance of such Receivable and
shall be accounted to such Originator as provided in subsection (c) below;
provided, that if the Company thereafter receives payment on account of
Collections due with respect to such Receivable, the Company promptly shall
deliver funds to such Originator.
(b) If, on any day, the Outstanding Balance of any Receivable (including
any Contributed Receivable) purchased (or contributed) hereunder is reduced or
adjusted as a result of any defective, rejected, returned goods or services, or
any discount or other adjustment made by any Originator, the Company or the
Servicer or any offset, setoff or dispute between such Originator or the
Servicer and an Obligor as indicated on the books of the Company (or, for
periods prior to the Closing Date, the books of such Originator), then the
Purchase Price or the Contributed Value, as the case may be, with respect to
such Receivable shall be reduced by the amount of such net reduction and shall
be accounted to such Originator as provided in subsection (c) below.
(c) Any reduction in the Purchase Price (or Contributed Value) of any
Receivable pursuant to subsection (a) or (b) above shall be applied as a credit
for the account of the Company against the Purchase Price of Receivables
subsequently purchased by the Company from such Originator hereunder; provided,
however if there have been no purchases of Receivables from such Originator (or
insufficiently large purchases of Receivables) to create a Purchase Price
sufficient to so apply such credit against, the amount of such credit
(i) shall be paid in cash to the Company by such Originator in the
manner and for application as described in the following proviso, or
(ii) shall be deemed to be a payment under, and shall be deducted
from the principal amount outstanding under, the Company Note payable to
such Originator to the extent permitted under clause (o) of Exhibit IV of
the Receivables Purchase Agreement;
provided, further, that at any time (y) when a Termination Event or Unmatured
Termination Event exists under the Receivables Purchase Agreement or (z) on or
after the Purchase and Sale Termination Date, the amount of any such credit
shall be paid by such Originator to the Company by deposit in immediately
available funds into the Collection Account for application by Servicer to the
same extent as if Collections of the applicable Receivable in such amount had
actually been received on such date.
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(d) Each Purchase Report (other than the Purchase Report delivered on the
Closing Date) shall include, in respect of the Receivables previously generated
by each Originator (including the Contributed Receivables), a calculation of the
aggregate reductions described in subsection (a) or (b) relating to such
Receivables since the last Purchase Report delivered hereunder, as indicated on
the books of the Company (or, for such period prior to the Closing Date, the
books of Originator).
3.5. Reconveyance of Receivables. In the event that Originator has paid
to the Company the full Outstanding Balance of any Receivable pursuant to
Section 3.4, the Company shall reconvey such Receivable to such Originator,
without representation or warranty, but free and clear of all liens created by
the Company.
ARTICLE IV
CONDITIONS OF PURCHASES
4.1. Conditions Precedent to Initial Purchase. The initial purchase
hereunder is subject to the condition precedent that the Company shall have
received, on or before the Closing Date, the following, each (unless otherwise
indicated) dated the Closing Date, and each in form, substance and date
satisfactory to the Company:
(a) A copy of the resolutions of the Board of Directors of each
Originator approving the Transaction Documents to be delivered by it and the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, certified by the Secretary or
Assistant Secretary of each Originator;
(b) Good standing certificates for each Originator issued as of a recent
date acceptable to Servicer by the Secretary of State of the jurisdiction of
such Originator's incorporation and the jurisdiction where such Originator's
chief executive office is located;
(c) A certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of each
Originator certifying the names and true signatures of the officers authorized
on such Originator's behalf to sign the Transaction Documents to be delivered by
it (on which certificate the Company and Servicer (if other than such
Originator) may conclusively rely until such time as the Company and the
Servicer shall receive from such Originator a revised certificate meeting the
requirements of this subsection (c));
(d) The articles of incorporation of each Originator, duly certified by
the Secretary of State of the jurisdiction of such Originator's incorporation as
of a recent date acceptable to Servicer, together with a copy of the by-laws of
such Originator, each duly certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary
of such Originator;
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(e) Copies of the proper financing statements (Form UCC-1) that have been
duly executed and name each Originator as the assignor and the Company as the
assignee (and Purchaser as assignee of the Company) of the Receivables generated
by such Originator and Related Rights or other, similar instruments or
documents, as may be necessary or, in Servicer's or the Agent's opinion,
desirable under the UCC of all appropriate jurisdictions or any comparable law
of all appropriate jurisdictions to perfect the Company's ownership interest in
all Receivables and Related Rights in which an ownership interest may be
assigned to it hereunder;
(f) A written search report from a Person satisfactory to Servicer and
the Agent listing all effective financing statements that name each Originator
as debtor or assignor and that are filed in the jurisdictions in which filings
were made pursuant to the foregoing subsection (e), together with copies of such
financing statements (none of which, except for those described in the foregoing
subsection (e), shall cover any Receivable or any Related Right), and tax and
judgment lien search reports from a Person satisfactory to Servicer and the
Agent showing no evidence of such liens filed against such Originator;
(g) Favorable opinion of (i) Baker and Botts, L.L.P., special counsel to
each Originator and (ii) local counsel to each Originator, in the forms of
Exhibit C;
(h) Evidence (i) of the execution and delivery by each of the parties
thereto of each of the other Transaction Documents to be executed and delivered
in connection herewith and (ii) that each of the conditions precedent to the
execution, delivery and effectiveness of such other Transaction Documents has
been satisfied to the Company's satisfaction; and
(i) A certificate from an officer of each Originator to the effect that
Servicer and each Originator have placed on the most recent, and have taken all
steps reasonably necessary to ensure that there shall be placed on subsequent,
summary master control data processing reports the following legend (or the
substantive equivalent thereof): "THE RECEIVABLES DESCRIBED HEREIN HAVE BEEN
SOLD OR CONTRIBUTED TO IMPERIAL SECURITIZATION CORPORATION PURSUANT TO A
PURCHASE AND CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF JUNE 30, 1999, AS AMENDED,
AMONG IMPERIAL DISTRIBUTING, INC., THE ORIGINATORS NAMED THEREIN AND IMPERIAL
SECURITIZATION CORPORATION; AND AN UNDIVIDED, FRACTIONAL OWNERSHIP INTEREST IN
THE RECEIVABLES DESCRIBED HEREIN HAS BEEN SOLD TO FAIRWAY FINANCE CORPORATION
PURSUANT TO A RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF JUNE 30, 1999, AS
AMENDED, AMONG IMPERIAL SECURITIZATION CORPORATION, IMPERIAL DISTRIBUTING, INC.,
AS SERVICER, IMPERIAL SUGAR COMPANY, AS PERFORMANCE GUARANTOR, FAIRWAY FINANCE
CORPORATION AND NESBITT BURNS SECURITIES INC.
4.2. Certification as to Representations and Warranties. Each Originator,
by accepting the Purchase Price related to each purchase of Receivables (and
Related Rights)generated by such Originator, shall be deemed to have certified
that the representations and warranties contained in
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Article V are true and correct on and as of such day, with the same effect as
though made on and as of such day (except to the extent relating to an earlier
date).
ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE ORIGINATORS
In order to induce the Company to enter into this Agreement and to make
purchases and accept contributions hereunder, each Originator, hereby makes with
respect to itself the representations and warranties set forth in this
Article V.
5.1. Organization and Good Standing. Such Originator has been duly
organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the
laws of the state of its incorporation, with power and authority to own its
properties and to conduct its business as such properties are presently owned
and such business is presently conducted.
5.2. Due Qualification. Such Originator is duly licensed or qualified to
do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in the jurisdiction where
its chief executive office and principal place of business are located and in
all other jurisdictions in which (a) the ownership or lease of its property or
the conduct of its business requires such licensing or qualification and (b) the
failure to be so licensed or qualified would reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
5.3. Power and Authority; Due Authorization. Such Originator has (a) all
necessary corporate power, authority and legal right (i) to execute and deliver,
and perform its obligations under, each Transaction Document to which it is a
party, and (ii) to generate, own, sell, contribute and assign Receivables and
Related Rights on the terms and subject to the conditions herein and therein
provided; and (b) duly authorized such execution and delivery and such sale,
contribution and assignment and the performance of such obligations by all
necessary corporate action.
5.4. Valid Sale or Contribution; Binding Obligations. Each sale or
contribution, as the case may be, of Receivables and Related Rights made by such
Originator pursuant to this Agreement shall constitute a valid sale or
contribution, as the case may be, transfer, and assignment thereof to the
Company, enforceable against creditors of, and purchasers from, Originator; and
this Agreement constitutes, and each other Transaction Document to be signed by
such Originator, when duly executed and delivered, will constitute, a legal,
valid, and binding obligation of such Originator, enforceable in accordance with
its terms; except in each case as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors' rights generally and by general principles of equity, regardless of
whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
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5.5. No Violation. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the fulfillment of the
terms hereof or thereof will not (a) conflict with, result in any breach of any
of the terms and provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse
of time or both) a default under (i) such Originator's certificate of
incorporation or by-laws, or (ii) any indenture, loan agreement, mortgage, deed
of trust, or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it
is bound, (b) result in the creation or imposition of any Adverse Claim upon any
of its properties pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, loan agreement,
mortgage, deed of trust, or other agreement or instrument, other than the
Transaction Documents, or (c) violate any law or any order, rule, or regulation
applicable to it of any court or of any federal, state or foreign regulatory
body, administrative agency, or other governmental instrumentality having
jurisdiction over it or any of its properties.
5.6. Proceedings. There is no litigation or, to any Originator's
knowledge, any proceeding or investigation pending before any court, regulatory
body, arbitrator, administrative agency, or other tribunal or governmental
instrumentality (a) asserting the invalidity of any Transaction Document, (b)
seeking to prevent the sale or contribution of Receivables and Related Rights to
the Company or the consummation of any of the other transactions contemplated by
any Transaction Document, or (c) seeking any determination or ruling that could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.7. Bulk Sales Act. No transaction contemplated hereby requires
compliance with any bulk sales act or similar law.
5.8. Government Approvals. Except for the filing of the UCC financing
statements referred to in Article IV, all of which, at the time required in
Article IV, shall have been duly made and shall be in full force and effect, no
authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with,
any governmental authority or regulatory body is required for any Originator's
due execution, delivery and performance of any Transaction Document to which it
is a party, as seller.
5.9. Financial Condition.
(a) On the date hereof, and on the date of each sale of Receivables by
Originator to the Company (both before and after giving effect to such sale),
each Originator shall be Solvent.
(b) The consolidated balance sheets of Imperial and its consolidated
subsidiaries (including the Originators) as of September 30, 1998, and the
related statements of income and shareholders' equity of Imperial and its
consolidated subsidiaries (including the Originators) for the fiscal year then
ended certified by Imperial's independent accountants, copies of which have been
furnished to the Company, present fairly the consolidated financial position of
Imperial and its consolidated subsidiaries (including the Originators) for the
period ended on such date, all in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles consistently applied; and since such date no event has occurred that
has had, or is reasonably likely to have, a Material Adverse Effect.
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5.10. Margin Regulations. No use of any funds acquired by any Originator
under this Agreement will conflict with or contravene any of Regulations T, U
and X promulgated by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from
time to time.
5.11. Quality of Title.
(a) Each Receivable (together with the Related Rights) which is to be
sold or contributed to the Company hereunder is or shall be owned by each
Originator, free and clear of any Adverse Claim. Whenever the Company makes a
purchase, or accepts a contribution, hereunder, it shall have acquired a valid
and perfected ownership interest (free and clear of any Adverse Claim) in all
Receivables generated by such Originator and all Collections related thereto,
and in such Originator's entire right, title and interest in and to the other
Related Rights with respect thereto.
(b) No effective financing statement or other instrument similar in
effect covering any Receivable generated by any Originator or any right related
to any such Receivable is on file in any recording office except such as may be
filed in favor of the Company or such Originator, as the case may be, (or except
as to the Closing Date only, pursuant to the Credit Agreement, with respect to
which proper financing statements necessary to release all security interests
have been executed by the secured party thereunder and which shall be in a form
satisfactory for filing) in accordance with this Agreement or in favor of the
Purchaser in accordance with the Receivables Purchase Agreement.
(c) Unless otherwise identified to the Company in the related Purchase
Report, each Receivable purchased or contributed hereunder is on the date of
purchase or contribution an Eligible Receivable.
5.12. Accuracy of Information. No factual written information furnished or
to be furnished in writing by each Originator, to the Company, the Purchaser or
the Agent for purposes of or in connection with any Transaction Document or any
transaction contemplated hereby or thereby is, and no other such factual written
information hereafter furnished (and prepared) by such Originator, to the
Company, the Purchaser, or the Agent pursuant to or in connection with any
Transaction Document, taken as a whole, will be inaccurate in any material
respect as of the date it was furnished or (except as otherwise disclosed to the
Company at or prior to such time, or, in the case of estimates, projections and
pro forma financial statements, will be based on assumptions believed by the
Company in good faith to be reasonable, on the date as of which such information
is stated or certified) as of the date as of which such information is dated or
certified, or shall contain any material misstatement of fact or omitted or will
omit to state any material fact necessary to make such information, in the light
of the circumstances under which any statement therein was made, not materially
misleading on the date as of which such information is dated or certified.
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5.13. Offices. Each Originator's principal place of business and chief
executive office is located at the address set forth under such Originator's
signature hereto, and the offices where such Originator keeps all its books,
records and documents evidencing the Receivables, the related Contracts and all
other agreements related to such Receivables are located at the addresses
specified on Schedule 5.13 (or at such other locations, notified to Servicer and
the Agent in accordance with Section 6.1(f), in jurisdictions where all action
required by Section 7.3 has been taken and completed).
5.14. Trade Names. Except as disclosed on Schedule 5.14, no Originator
uses any trade name other than its actual corporate name. From and after the
date that fell five (5) years before the date hereof, no Originator has been
known by any legal name other than its corporate name as of the date hereof, nor
has any Originator been the subject of any merger or other corporate
reorganization except as disclosed on Schedule 5.14.
5.15. Taxes. Each Originator has filed all material tax returns and
reports required by law to have been filed by it and has paid all taxes and
governmental charges thereby shown to be owing, except any such taxes which are
not yet delinquent or are being diligently contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles shall have been set aside on its books.
5.16. Licenses and Labor Controversies.
(a) No Originator has failed to obtain any licenses, permits, franchises
or other governmental authorizations necessary to the ownership of its
properties or to the conduct of its business, which violation or failure to
obtain would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect; and
(b) There are no labor controversies pending against any Originator that
have had (or are reasonably likely to have) a Material Adverse Effect.
5.17. Compliance with Applicable Laws. Each Originator is in compliance,
in all material respects, with the requirements of (i) all applicable laws,
rules, regulations, and orders of all governmental authorities (including,
without limitation, Regulation Z, laws, rules and regulations relating to usury,
truth in lending, fair credit billing, fair credit reporting, equal credit
opportunity, fair debt collection practices and privacy and all other consumer
laws applicable to the Receivables and related Contracts) (excluding with
respect to environmental matters which are covered by clause (ii)), and (ii) to
the best of its knowledge, all applicable environmental laws, rules, regulations
and orders of all governmental authorities.
5.18. Reliance on Separate Legal Identity. Each Originator is aware that
Purchaser and the Agent are entering into the Transaction Documents to which
they are parties in reliance upon the Company's identity as a legal entity
separate from such Originator.
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5.19. Purchase Price. The purchase price payable by the Company to each
Originator hereunder is intended by such Originator and Company to be consistent
with the terms that would be obtained in an arm's length sale. The Servicer's
Fee payable to the Servicer is intended to be consistent with terms that would
be obtained in an arm's length servicing arrangement.
5.20. Certain Definitions. With respect to this Agreement, the terms
"Material Adverse Effect" and "Solvent" are defined as follows:
"Material Adverse Effect" means, with respect to any event or
circumstance, a material adverse effect on:
(i) the business, assets, financial condition of any Originator;
(ii) the ability of any Originator or the Servicer (if it is such
Originator) to perform its obligations under the Receivables Purchase
Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party or the
performance of any such obligations;
(iii) the validity or enforceability of the Receivables Purchase
Agreement or any other Transaction Document;
(iv) with respect to the Purchase and Contribution Agreement, the
status, existence, perfection, priority or enforceability of Company's
interest in the Receivables or Related Rights; or
(v) the validity or enforceability of the Receivables.
"Solvent" means, with respect to any Person at any time, a condition
under which:
(i) the fair value and present fair saleable value of such Person's
total assets is, on the date of determination, greater than such Person's
total liabilities (including contingent and unliquidated liabilities) at such
time;
(ii) such Person is and shall continue to be able to pay all of its
liabilities as such liabilities mature; and
(iii) such Person does not have unreasonably small capital with which
to engage in its current and in its anticipated business.
For purposes of this definition:
(A) the amount of a Person's contingent or unliquidated liabilities
at any time shall be that amount which, in light of all the facts and
circumstances then existing,
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represents the amount which can reasonably be expected to become an actual
or matured liability;
(B) the "fair value" of an asset shall be the amount which may be
realized within a reasonable time either through collection or sale of such
asset at its regular market value;
(C) the "regular market value" of an asset shall be the amount
which a capable and diligent business person could obtain for such asset
from an interested buyer who is willing to purchase such asset under
ordinary selling conditions; an d
(D) the "present fair saleable value" of an asset means the amount
which can be obtained if such asset is sold with reasonable promptness in
an arm's length transaction in an existing and not theoretical market.
ARTICLE VI
COVENANTS OF THE ORIGINATORS
6.1. Affirmative Covenants. From the date hereof until the first day
following the Final Payout Date, each Originator will, unless the Company and
the Agent shall otherwise consent in writing:
(a) Compliance with Laws, Etc. Comply in all material respects with all
applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders, including those with respect to
the Receivables generated by it and the related Contracts and other agreements
related thereto.
(b) Preservation of Corporate Existence. Preserve and maintain its
corporate existence, rights, franchises and privileges in the jurisdiction of
its incorporation, and qualify and remain qualified in good standing as a
foreign corporation in each jurisdiction where the failure to preserve and
maintain such existence, rights, franchises, privileges and qualification could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Receivables Review. (i) At any time and from time to time (but not
more than twice during the term of this Agreement so long as no Termination
Event has occurred and is continuing) during regular business hours, upon
reasonable prior notice, permit the Company and/or the Agent, or their
respective agents or representatives, (A) to examine, to audit and make copies
of and abstracts from all books, records and documents (including, without
limitation, computer tapes and disks) in the possession or under the control of
each Originator relating to the Receivables and Related Rights, including,
without limitation, the Contracts and other agreements related thereto, and (B)
to visit such Originator's offices and properties for the purpose of examining
such materials described in the foregoing clause (A) and discussing matters
relating to
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the Receivables and Related Rights or such Originator's performance hereunder
with any of the officers or employees of such Originator having knowledge of
such matters; and (ii) without limiting the provisions of clause (i) next above,
from time to time on request of the Agent, permit certified public accountants
or other auditors acceptable to the Agent to conduct a review of its books and
records with respect to the Receivables and Related Rights.
(d) Keeping of Records and Books of Account. Maintain an ability to
recreate records evidencing the Receivables in the event of the destruction of
the originals thereof.
(e) Performance and Compliance with Receivables and Contracts. At its
expense timely and fully perform and comply with all provisions, covenants and
other promises required to be observed by it under the related Contracts and all
other agreements related to the Receivables and Related Rights.
(f) Location of Records. Keep its principal place of business and chief
executive office, and the offices where it keeps its records concerning or
related to Receivables and Related Rights, at the address(es) referred to in
Schedule 5.13 or, upon 30 days' prior written notice to the Company and the
Agent, at such other locations in jurisdictions where all action required by
Section 7.3 shall have been taken and completed.
(g) Credit and Collection Policies. Comply in all material respects with
its Credit and Collection Policy in connection with the Receivables and the
related Contracts.
(h) Separate Corporate Existence of the Company. Take such actions as
shall be required in order that:
(i) the Company's operating expenses (other than certain
organization expenses and expenses incurred in connection with the
preparation, negotiation and delivery of the Transaction Documents) will
not be paid by any Originator;
(ii) the Company's books and records will be maintained separately
from those of any Originator;
(iii) all financial statements of any Originator that are
consolidated to include the Company will contain detailed notes clearly
stating that (A) all of the Company's assets are owned by the Company, and
(B) the Company is a separate entity with creditors who have received
interests in the Company's assets;
(iv) Each Originator will strictly observe corporate formalities in
its dealing with the Company;
(v) Each Originator shall not commingle its funds with any funds of
the Company;
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(vi) Each Originator will maintain arm's length relationships with
the Company, and such Originator will be compensated at market rates for
any services it renders or otherwise furnishes to the Company; and
(vii) Each Originator will not be, and will not hold itself out to
be, responsible for the debts of the Company or the decisions or actions in
respect of the daily business and affairs of the Company.
(i) Post Office Boxes. Within 30 days after the date hereof, deliver to
the Agent (with a copy for Purchaser) a certificate from an authorized officer
of each Originator to the effect that (i) the name of the renter of all post
office boxes into which Collections may from time to time be mailed have been
changed to the name of the Company (unless such post office boxes are in the
name of the relevant Lock-Box Banks) and (ii) all relevant postmasters have been
notified that each of Servicer and the Agent are authorized to collect mail
delivered to such post office boxes (unless such post office boxes are in the
name of the relevant Lock-Box Banks).
6.2. Reporting Requirements. From the date hereof until the first day
following the Purchase and Sale Termination Date, each Originator shall, unless
the Agent and the Company shall otherwise consent in writing, furnish to the
Company and the Agent:
(a) Proceedings. As soon as possible and in any event within three
Business Days after such Originator has knowledge thereof, written notice to the
Company and the Agent of (i) all pending proceedings and investigations of the
type described in Section 5.6 not previously disclosed to the Company and/or the
Agent and (ii) all material adverse developments that have occurred with respect
to any previously disclosed proceedings and investigations.
(b) Other. Promptly, from time to time, such other information,
documents, records or reports respecting the Receivables, the Related Rights or
such Originator's performance hereunder that the Company or the Agent may from
time to time reasonably request in order to protect the interests of the
Company, the Purchaser, the Agent or any other Affected Party under or as
contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
6.3. Negative Covenants. From the date hereof until the date following
the Final Payout Date, each Originator agrees that, unless the Agent and the
Company shall otherwise consent in writing, it shall not:
(a) Sales, Liens, Etc. Except as otherwise provided herein or in any
other Transaction Document, sell, assign (by operation of law or otherwise) or
otherwise dispose of, or create or suffer to exist any Adverse Claim upon or
with respect to, any Receivable or related Contract, Collections or Related
Security, or any interest therein, or assign any right to receive income in
respect thereof.
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(b) Extension or Amendment of Receivables. Except as otherwise permitted
in Section 4.2(a) of the Receivables Purchase Agreement or in accordance with
the Credit and Collection Policy, extend, amend or otherwise modify the terms of
any Receivable in any material respect, or amend, modify or waive, in any
material respect, any term or condition of any Contract related thereto (which
term or condition relates to payments under, or the enforcement of, such
Contract).
(c) Change in Business or Credit and Collection Policy. Make any change
in the character of its business or materially alter its Credit and Collection
Policy, which change would, in either case, materially change the credit
standing required of particular Obligors or potential Obligors or impair, in any
material respect, the collectibility of the Receivables generated by it.
(d) Receivables Not to be Evidenced by Promissory Notes or Chattel Paper.
Take any action to cause or permit any Receivable generated by it to become
evidenced by any "instrument" or "chattel paper" (as defined in the applicable
UCC) unless such "instrument" or "chattel paper" shall be delivered to the
Company (which in turn shall deliver the same to the Purchaser (or the Agent on
its behalf)).
(e) Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, etc. Merge or consolidate with another
Person (except pursuant to a merger or consolidation involving two or more
Originators where an Originator is the surviving corporation), or convey,
transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (whether in one or in a series of
transactions), all or substantially all of its assets (whether now owned or
hereafter acquired), other than pursuant to this Agreement.
(f) Lock-Box Banks. Make any changes in its instructions to Obligors
regarding Collections or add or terminate any Lock-Box Bank unless the
requirements of clause (i) of Exhibit IV of the Receivables Purchase Agreement
have been met.
(g) Accounting for Purchases. Account for or treat (whether in financial
statements or otherwise) the transactions contemplated hereby in any manner
other than as sales of the Receivables and Related Security by any Originator to
the Company.
(h) Transaction Documents. Enter into, execute, deliver or otherwise
become bound by any agreement, instrument, document or other arrangement that
restricts the right of any Originator to amend, supplement, amend and restate or
otherwise modify, or to extend or renew, or to waive any right under, this
Agreement or any other Transaction Documents.
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ARTICLE VII
ADDITIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS IN
RESPECT OF THE RECEIVABLES
7.1. Rights of the Company. Each Originator hereby authorizes the Company
and the Servicer or their respective designees to take any and all steps in such
Originator's name necessary or desirable, in their respective determination, to
collect all amounts due under any and all Receivables and Related Rights,
including, without limitation, endorsing such Originator's name on checks and
other instruments representing Collections and enforcing such Receivables and
the provisions of the related Contracts that concern payment and/or enforcement
of rights to payment.
7.2. Responsibilities of Originator. Anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding:
(a) Each Originator agrees, to direct, and hereby grants to each of the
Company and the Agent the authority to direct, all Obligors to make payments of
Receivables directly to a Lock-Box Account at a Lock-Box Bank. Each Originator
further agrees to transfer any Collections that it receives directly, to
Servicer (for deposit to such a Lock-Box Account) within three Business Days of
receipt thereof, and agrees that all such Collections shall be deemed to be
received in trust for the Company.
(b) Each Originator shall perform its obligations hereunder, and the
exercise by the Company or its designee of its rights hereunder shall not
relieve such Originator from such obligations.
(c) None of the Company, Servicer, Purchaser or the Agent shall have any
obligation or liability to any Obligor or any other third Person with respect to
any Receivables, Contracts related thereto or any other related agreements, nor
shall the Company, Servicer, Purchaser or the Agent be obligated to perform any
of the obligations of any Originator thereunder.
(d) Each Originator hereby grants to Servicer an irrevocable power of
attorney, with full power of substitution, coupled with an interest, to take in
the name of such Originator all steps necessary or advisable to indorse,
negotiate or otherwise realize on any writing or other right of any kind held or
transmitted by such Originator or transmitted or received by the Company
(whether or not from such Originator) in connection with any Receivable or
Related Right.
7.3. Further Action Evidencing Purchases. Each Originator agrees that
from time to time, at its expense, it will promptly execute and deliver all
further instruments and documents, and take all further action that the Company
or Servicer may reasonably request in order to perfect, protect or more fully
evidence the Receivables (and the Related Rights) purchased by, or contributed
to, the Company hereunder, or to enable the Company to exercise or enforce any
of its rights
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hereunder or under any other Transaction Document. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, upon the request of the Company, each Originator
will:
(a) execute and file such financing or continuation statements, or
amendments thereto or assignments thereof, and such other instruments or
notices, as may be necessary or appropriate; and
(b) mark the summary master control data processing records with the
legend set forth in Section 4.1(i).
Each Originator hereby authorizes the Company or its designee to file
one or more financing or continuation statements, and amendments thereto and
assignments thereof, relative to all or any of the Receivables (and the Related
Rights) now existing or hereafter generated by such Originator. If any
Originator fails to perform any of its agreements or obligations under this
Agreement, the Company or its designee may (but shall not be required to) itself
perform, or cause performance of, such agreement or obligation, and the expenses
of the Company or its designee incurred in connection therewith shall be payable
by such nonperforming Originator as provided in Section 9.1.
7.4. Application of Collections. Any payment by an Obligor in respect of
any indebtedness owed by it to any Originator shall, except as otherwise
specified by such Obligor or otherwise required by contract or law and unless
otherwise instructed by the Company or the Agent, be applied after a Termination
Day first, as a Collection of any Receivables of such Obligor, in the order of
the age of such Receivables, starting with the oldest of such Receivables, and
second, to any other indebtedness of such Obligor.
ARTICLE VIII
PURCHASE AND SALE TERMINATION EVENTS
8.1. Purchase and Sale Termination Events. Each of the following events
or occurrences described in this Section 8.1 shall constitute a "Purchase and
Sale Termination Event":
(a) The Facility Termination Date (as defined in the Receivables Purchase
Agreement) shall have occurred; or
(b) Any Originator shall fail to make any payment or deposit to be made
by it hereunder when due and such failure shall remain unremedied for one
Business Day after notice; or
(c) Any representation or warranty made or deemed to be made by any
Originator (or any of its officers) under or in connection with this Agreement,
any other Transaction Document
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or any other information or report delivered pursuant hereto or thereto shall
prove to have been false or incorrect in any material respect when made or
deemed made; or
(d) Any Originator shall fail to perform or observe in any material
respect any agreement contained in any of Sections 6.1(h) or 6.3; or
(e) Originator shall fail to perform or observe any other term, covenant
or agreement contained in this Agreement on its part to be performed or observed
and such failure shall remain unremedied for thirty (30) days after written
notice thereof shall have been given by Servicer, the Agent or the Company to
Originator; or
(f) (i) Any Originator or any of its subsidiaries shall generally not pay
its debts as such debts become due, or shall admit in writing its inability to
pay its debts generally, or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of
creditors; or any proceeding shall be instituted by or against any Originator or
any of its subsidiaries seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or
seeking liquidation, winding up, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment,
protection, relief, or composition of it or its debts under any law relating to
bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or relief of debtors, or seeking the
entry of an order for relief or the appointment of a receiver, trustee, or other
similar official for it or for all or any substantial part of its property and,
in the case of any such proceeding instituted against it (but not instituted by
it), such proceeding shall remain undismissed or unstayed for a period of 30
days; or any Originator or any of its subsidiaries shall take any corporate
action to authorize any of the actions set forth in clause (i) above in this
Section 8.1(f);
(g) A contribution failure shall occur with respect to any benefit plan
sufficient to give rise to a lien under Section 302(f) of ERISA, or the Internal
Revenue Service shall, or shall indicate its intention in writing to any
Originator to, file notice of a lien asserting a claim or claims pursuant to the
Code with regard to any of the assets of such Originator, or the Pension Benefit
Guaranty Corporation shall, or shall indicate its intention in writing to such
Originator or an ERISA Affiliate to, either file notice of a lien asserting a
claim pursuant to ERISA with regard to any assets of such Originator or an ERISA
Affiliate or terminate any benefit plan that has unfunded benefit liabilities;
or
(h) The Internal Revenue Service shall file notice of a lien pursuant to
Section 6373 of the Internal Revenue Code with regard to any of assets of any
Originator and such lien shall not have been released within ten Business Days,
or the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation shall, or shall indicate its
intention to, file notice of a lien pursuant to Section 4068 of ERISA with
regard to any of the assets of such Originator.
8.2. Remedies.
(i) Optional Termination. Upon the occurrence of a Purchase and
Sale Termination Event, the Company (and not Servicer) shall have the
option by notice to each
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Originator (with a copy to the Agent) to declare the Purchase and Sale
Termination Date to have occurred.
(ii) Remedies Cumulative. Upon any termination of the Purchase
Facility pursuant to this Section 8.2, the Company shall have, in addition
to all other rights and remedies under this Agreement or otherwise, all
other rights and remedies provided under the UCC of each applicable
jurisdiction and other applicable laws, which rights shall be cumulative.
Without limiting the foregoing, the occurrence of the Purchase and Sale
Termination Date shall not deny the Company any remedy in addition to
termination of the Purchase Facility to which the Company may be otherwise
appropriately entitled, whether at law or equity.
ARTICLE IX
INDEMNIFICATION
9.1. Indemnities by the Originators. Without limiting any other rights
which the Company may have hereunder or under applicable law, each Originator,
severally and for itself alone, hereby agrees to indemnify the Company and each
of its assigns, officers, directors, employees and agents (each of the foregoing
Persons being individually called a "Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party"),
forthwith on demand, from and against any and all damages, losses, claims,
judgments, liabilities and related costs and expenses, including reasonable
attorneys' fees and disbursements (all of the foregoing being collectively
called "Purchase and Sale Indemnified Amounts") awarded against or incurred by
any of them arising out of or as a result of the following (provided that in no
event shall amounts indemnified hereunder include amounts payable under any Pool
Receivables and remaining unpaid due to the lack of creditworthiness of any
Obligor under a Receivable):
(a) the transfer by such Originator of an interest in any Receivable or
Related Right to any Person other than the Company;
(b) the breach of any representation or warranty made by such Originator
under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, or
any information or report delivered by Originator pursuant hereto or thereto
which shall have been false or incorrect in any material respect when made or
deemed made (other than with respect to the creditworthiness of any Obligor
under a Receivable);
(c) the failure by such Originator to comply with any applicable law,
rule or regulation with respect to any Receivable generated by such Originator
or the related Contract, or the nonconformity of any Receivable generated by
such Originator or the related Contract with any such applicable law, rule or
regulation;
(d) the failure to vest and maintain vested in the Company an ownership
interest in the Receivables generated by such Originator and Related Rights free
and clear of any Adverse Claim,
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other than an Adverse Claim arising solely as a result of an act of the Company,
whether existing at the time of the purchase or contribution of such Receivables
or at any time thereafter;
(e) the failure of such Originator to file with respect to itself, or any
delay by such Originator in filing, financing statements or other similar
instruments or documents under the UCC of any applicable jurisdiction or other
applicable laws with respect to any Receivables or purported Receivables
generated by such Originator or Related Rights, whether at the time of any
purchase or contribution or at any subsequent time;
(f) any dispute, claim, offset or defense (other than discharge in
bankruptcy) of an Obligor to the payment of any Receivable or purported
Receivable generated by such Originator (including, without limitation, a
defense based on such Receivables or the related Contracts not being a legal,
valid and binding obligation of such Obligor enforceable against it in
accordance with its terms), or any other claim resulting from the goods or
services related to any such Receivable or the furnishing of or failure to
furnish such goods or services;
(g) any product liability claim or any other claim involving health or
safety issues, arising out of or in connection with goods or services that are
the subject of any Receivable;
(h) any litigation, proceeding or investigation against Originator;
(i) any tax or governmental fee or charge (other than any tax excluded
pursuant to the proviso below), all interest and penalties thereon or with
respect thereto, and all out-of-pocket costs and expenses, including the
reasonable fees and expenses of counsel in defending against the same, which may
arise by reason of the purchase, contribution or ownership of the Receivables or
any Related Right connected with any such Receivables; and
(j) any failure of such Originator to perform its duties or obligations
in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or any other Transaction
Document;
excluding, however, (i) Purchase and Sale Indemnified Amounts to the extent
resulting from gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of a Purchase
and Sale Indemnified Party, (ii) without limiting provisions of Section 3 any
indemnification which has the effect of recourse for non-payment of the
Receivables due to credit reasons to any indemnitor and (iii) any tax based upon
or measured by net income or gross receipts. IT IS THE INTENTION OF THE PARTIES
HERETO THAT THE PURCHASE AND SALE INDEMNIFIED PARTIES BE INDEMNIFIED IN THE CASE
OF THEIR OWN NEGLIGENCE, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH NEGLIGENCE IS SOLE OR
CONTRIBUTORY, ACTIVE OR PASSIVE, IMPUTED, JOINT OR TECHNICAL.
If for any reason the indemnification provided above in this Section 9.1 is
unavailable to a Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party or is insufficient to hold
such Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party harmless, then each of the Originators,
severally and for itself alone, shall contribute to the
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amount paid or payable by such Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party as a result
of such loss, claim, damage or liability to the maximum extent permitted under
applicable law; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall
the Purchased Sale Indemnified Amounts include an obligation (direct or
indirect) (i) of any Originator to maintain or preserve the Company's financial
condition or to cause the Company to achieve any specified levels of operating
results, or (ii) for Holly to subscribe for additional equity interest of the
Company.
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
10.1. Amendments, etc.
(a) The provisions of this Agreement may from time to time be amended,
modified or waived, if such amendment, modification or waiver is in writing and
consented to by the Company, the Agent and the Originators (with respect to an
amendment) or by the Company (with respect to a waiver or consent by it).
(b) No failure or delay on the part of the Company, Servicer, any
Originator or any third party beneficiary in exercising any power or right
hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial
exercise of any such power or right preclude any other or further exercise
thereof or the exercise of any other power or right. No notice to or demand on
the Company, Servicer, or any Originator in any case shall entitle it to any
notice or demand in similar or other circumstances. No waiver or approval by the
Company or Servicer under this Agreement shall, except as may otherwise be
stated in such waiver or approval, be applicable to subsequent transactions. No
waiver or approval under this Agreement shall require any similar or dissimilar
waiver or approval thereafter to be granted hereunder.
10.2. Notices, etc. All notices and other communications provided for
hereunder shall, unless otherwise stated herein, be in writing (including
facsimile communication) and shall be personally delivered or sent by express
mail or courier or by certified mail, postage-prepaid, or by facsimile, to the
intended party at the address or facsimile number of such party set forth under
its name on the signature pages hereof or at such other address or facsimile
number as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the other
parties hereto. All such notices and communications shall be effective, (i) if
personally delivered or sent by express mail or courier or if sent by certified
mail, when received, and (ii) if transmitted by facsimile, when sent, receipt
confirmed by telephone or electronic means.
10.3. No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. The remedies herein provided are
cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.
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10.4. Binding Effect; Assignability. This Agreement shall be binding upon
and inure to the benefit of the Company and each Originator and their respective
successors and permitted assigns; provided, however, that no Originator may
assign its rights hereunder or any interest herein or delegate its duties
hereunder without the prior consent of the Company and the Agent. This Agreement
shall create and constitute the continuing obligations of the parties hereto in
accordance with its terms, and shall remain in full force and effect until the
date after the Purchase and Sale Termination Date on which each Originator has
received payment in full for all Receivables and Related Rights purchased
pursuant to Section 1.1 hereof. The rights and remedies with respect to any
breach of any representation and warranty made by any Originator pursuant to
Article V and the indemnification and payment provisions of Article IX and
Section 10.6 shall be continuing and shall survive any termination of this
Agreement.
10.5. Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS (WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE
CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF).
10.6. Costs, Expenses and Taxes. In addition to the obligations of the each
Originator under Article IX, each Originator agrees to pay on demand:
(a) all reasonable costs and expenses in connection with the enforcement
of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents; and
(b) all stamp and other similar taxes and fees payable or determined to
be payable in connection with the execution, delivery, filing and recording of
this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents, and agrees to indemnify each
Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party against any liabilities with respect to or
resulting from any delay in paying or omission to pay such taxes and fees.
10.7. Submission to Jurisdiction. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY (a)
SUBMITS TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY COURT OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS
OR OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS, OVER ANY ACTION
OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO ANY TRANSACTION DOCUMENT; (b) AGREES
THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND
DETERMINED IN SUCH STATE OR UNITED STATES FEDERAL COURT; (c) WAIVES, TO THE
FULLEST EXTENT IT MAY EFFECTIVELY DO SO UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, THE DEFENSE OF AN
INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING; (d) CONSENTS
TO THE SERVICE OF ANY AND ALL PROCESS IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY THE
MAILING OF COPIES OF SUCH PROCESS TO SUCH PERSON AT ITS ADDRESS SPECIFIED IN
SECTION 10.2; AND (e) TO THE EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW, AGREES THAT A NONAPPEALABLE
FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE
ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER
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PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION 10.7 SHALL AFFECT THE COMPANY'S RIGHT
TO SERVE LEGAL PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR TO BRING ANY
ACTION OR PROCEEDING AGAINST ANY ORIGINATOR OR ITS RESPECTIVE PROPERTY IN THE
COURTS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTIONS.
10.8. Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY HERETO EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT
TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING TO ENFORCE OR DEFEND ANY RIGHTS
UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT, OR UNDER ANY AMENDMENT,
INSTRUMENT OR DOCUMENT DELIVERED OR WHICH MAY IN THE FUTURE BE DELIVERED IN
CONNECTION HEREWITH OR ARISING FROM ANY RELATIONSHIP EXISTING IN CONNECTION WITH
THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT, AND AGREES THAT ANY SUCH
ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE TRIED BEFORE A COURT AND NOT BEFORE A JURY.
10.9. Captions and Cross References; Incorporation by Reference. The
various captions (including, without limitation, the table of contents) in this
Agreement are included for convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or
interpretation of any provision of this Agreement. References in this Agreement
to any underscored Section or Exhibit are to such Section or Exhibit of this
Agreement, as the case may be. The Exhibits hereto are hereby incorporated by
reference into and made a part of this Agreement.
10.10. Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any
number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts,
each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of
which when taken together shall constitute one and the same Agreement.
10.11. Acknowledgment and Agreement. By execution below, each Originator
expressly acknowledges and agrees that all of the Company's rights, title, and
interests in, to, and under this Agreement shall be assigned by the Company to
the Purchaser pursuant to the Receivables Purchase Agreement, and each
Originator consents to such assignment. Each of the parties hereto acknowledges
and agrees that the Agent and the Purchaser are third party beneficiaries of the
rights of the Company arising hereunder and under the other Transaction
Documents to which each Originator is a party.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed
by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date first
above written.
IMPERIAL SECURITIZATION CORPORATION
By: /s/ W.F. Schwer
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Name: W.F. Schwer
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Title: President
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PO Box 9
8016 Highway 90A
Sugar Land, TX 77478
Attention: Bill Schwer
Telephone: (281) 490-9795
Facsimile: (281) 490-9881
IMPERIAL DISTRIBUTING, INC.
as initial Servicer
By: /s/ W.F. Schwer
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Name: W.F. Schwer
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Title: Sr. Vice President
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PO Box 9
8016 Highway 90A
Sugar Land, TX 77478
Attention: Bill Schwer
Telephone: (281) 490-9795
Facsimile: (281) 490-9881
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ORIGINATORS:
DIAMOND CRYSTAL SPECIALITY FOODS, INC.
By: /s/ W.F. Schwer
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Name: W.F. Schwer
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Title: Sr. Vice President
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10 Burlington Avenue
Wilmington, MA 01887-3997
Attention: Dave Sharpe
Telephone: (978) 658-3131
Facsimile: (978) 657-7944
DIAMOND CRYSTAL BRANDS, INC.
By: /s/ W.F. Schwer
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Name: W.F. Schwer
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Title: Sr. Vice President
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3000 Tremont Road, PO Box 9177
Savannah, GA 31412
Attention: Julie Wynn
Telephone: (912) 651-5112
Facsimile: (912) 233-1304
WHOLESOME FOODS, LLC
By: /s/ W.F. Schwer
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Name: W.F. Schwer
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Title: Manager
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525 Fentress Blvd., PO Box 2860
Daytona, FL 32120-2860
Attention: Dalilah Smith
Telephone: (904) 258-4708
Facsimile: (904) 947-4708
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HOLLY SUGAR CORPORATION
By: /s/ W.F. Schwer
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Name: W.F. Schwer
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Title: Sr. Vice President
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PO Box 9
8016 Highway 90A
Sugar Land, TX 77478
Attention: Bill Schwer
Telephone: (281) 490-9795
Facsimile: (281) 490-9881
MICHIGAN SUGAR COMPANY
By: /s/ W.F. Schwer
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Name: W.F. Schwer
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Title: Sr. Vice President
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4800 Fashion Square Blvd., #300
300 Plaza North Building
PO Box 1348 (48605)
Saginaw, MI 48604
Attention: Jim Ruhlman
Telephone: (517) 799-7300
Facsimile: (517) 799-7310
GREAT LAKES SUGAR COMPANY
By: /s/ W.F. Schwer
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Name: W.F. Schwer
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Title: Sr. Vice President
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1101 North Front Street
Fremont, OH 43420
Attention: Jim Ruhlman
Telephone: (419) 332-9931
Facsimile: (419) 332-8803
Purchase and Contribution Agreement
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IMPERIAL-SAVANNAH, L.P.
By: /s/ W.F. Schwer
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Name: W.F. Schwer
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Title: Sr. V.P. of General Partner
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PO Box 9
8016 Highway 90A
Sugar Land, TX 77478
Attention: Bill Schwer
Telephone: (281) 490-9795
Facsimile: (281) 490-9881
KING PACKAGING CO., INC.
By: /s/ W.F. Schwer
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Name: W.F. Schwer
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Title: Sr. Vice President
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407 Sangamore Road, PO Drawer 1197
Bremen, GA 30110
Attention: Doug Hutchins
Telephone: (770) 537-5548
Facsimile: (770) 537-2461
Purchase and Contribution Agreement
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EXHIBIT 99.1
Investor Relations:
Morgen-Walke Associates
Gordon McCoun, Eric Boyriven,
Andra Fogel
Media Contact: Eileen King,
Stacey Reed
(212) 850-5600
IMPERIAL SUGAR COMPANY ANNOUNCES
RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
-- $100 Million in Proceeds Used to Reduce Debt --
SUGAR LAND, TX, July 12, 1999 -- Imperial Sugar Company (AMEX:IHK) today
announced that Imperial Securitization Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of
the Company, has executed a receivables purchase agreement with Fairway Finance
Corporation and Nesbitt Burns Securities Inc. pursuant to a securitization
transaction.
The agreement establishes a five-year, $110 million revolving receivable
purchase facility, which allows the Company sell receivables to the subsidiary
on a non-recourse basis, and for it to sell from time to time, undivided
interests in these receivables to Fairway Finance. Imperial Sugar and its
subsidiaries will continue to act as servicer of the receivables.
James C. Kempner, Chief Executive Officer, commented, "We are very pleased
to have entered this agreement, which will reduce our annual interest expense
costs by approximately $1.5 million, and will therefore be immediately accretive
to earnings. We believe this is a significant step in better managing our cash
flow, providing Imperial Sugar with greater financial flexibility for the
future, and enhancing shareholder value."
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To date, the Company has sold a $100 million undivided interest in its
receivables to Fairway Finance. Imperial Sugar has used these proceeds to pay
down debt under its senior secured credit facilities.
Imperial Sugar Company is the largest processor and marketer of refined
sugar in the United States and a major distributor to the food service market.
The Company markets its products nationally under the Imperial(TM), Dixie
Crystals(TM), Spreckels(TM), Pioneer(TM), Holly(TM), Diamond Crystal(TM) and
Wholesome Foods(TM) brands.
Statements regarding future market prices, operating results and other
statements which are not historical facts contained in this release are forward-
looking statements that involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions.
These include, but are not limited to, market factors, the effect of weather and
economic conditions, farm and trade policy, the ability of the Company to
realize cost savings from acquisitions, the available supply of sugar, available
quantity and quality of sugar beets and other factors detailed in the Company's
Securities and Exchange Commission filings. Should one or more of these risks or
uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect,
actual outcomes may vary materially from those indicated.
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