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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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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) May 19, 2000
AMERICAN EXPRESS AMERICAN EXPRESS RECEIVABLES
CENTURION BANK FINANCING CORPORATION II
(as Originators of the American Express Credit Account Master Trust)
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
on behalf of
American Express Credit Account Master Trust
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Utah 11-2869526 333-91473 Delaware 13-3854638 333-91473
(State or Other (I.R.S. Employer (Commission (State or Other Jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer (Commission File
Jurisdiction of Identification Number) File Number) Incorporation or Organization) Identification Number Number)
Incorporation or
Organization
6985 UnionPark Center World Financial Center
Midvale, Utah 84047 200 Vesey Street
(801) 565-5000 New York, New York 10285
(212) 640-2000
(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number,
Including Area Code, of each Registrant's Principal Executive Offices)
N/A N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT
Item 1. Not Applicable.
Item 2. Not Applicable.
Item 3. Not Applicable.
Item 4. Not Applicable.
Item 5. On May 19, 2000, the Registrant acquired approximately
$1,500,000,000 of receivables in additional accounts from
the originators. The conveyance of such receivables was
effected pursuant to (i) the Assignment No. 4 of Receivables
in Additional Accounts, dated as of May 19, 2000, between
the Originators and The Bank of New York, as Trustee of the
Registrant, and (ii) the Supplemental Conveyance, dated as
of May 19, 2000, between American Express Receivables
Financing Corporation II and American Express Credit
Corporation. The Assignment No. 4 in Additional Accounts and
the Supplemental Conveyance are attached hereto as Exhibits
99.01 and 99.02, respectively.
Item 6. Not Applicable.
Item 7. Exhibits.
Exhibit 99.01 Assignment No. 4 of Receivables in Additional Accounts, dated
as of May 19, 2000, among American Express Centurion Bank,
American Express Receivables Financing Corporation II and
The Bank of New York.
Exhibit 99.02 Supplemental Conveyance, dated as of May 19, 2000,
between American Express Receivables Financing Corporation II
and American Express Credit Corporation.
Item 8. Not Applicable.
Item 9. Not Applicable.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf
by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
American Express Centurion Bank,
on behalf of the American Express
Credit Account Master Trust
By: /s/ Maureen Ryan
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Name: Maureen Ryan
Title: Assistant Treasurer
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf
by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
American Express Receivables Financing
Corporation II
on behalf of the American Express
Credit Account Master Trust
By: /s/ Leslie R. Scharfstein
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Name: Leslie R. Scharfstein
Title: President
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Description
Exhibit 99.01 Assignment No. 4 of Receivables in Additional Accounts, dated
as of May 19, 2000, among American Express Centurion Bank,
American Express Receivables Financing Corporation II and
The Bank of New York.
Exhibit 99.02 Supplemental Conveyance, dated as of May 19, 2000,
between American Express Receivables Financing Corporation II
and American Express Credit Corporation.
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EXHIBIT 99.01
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ASSIGNMENT NO. 4 OF RECEIVABLES IN ADDITIONAL ACCOUNTS
(As required by Section 2.09 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement)
ASSIGNMENT NO. 4 OF RECEIVABLES IN ADDITIONAL ACCOUNTS dated
as of May 19, 2000 (this "Assignment"), by and among (i) AMERICAN EXPRESS
CENTURION BANK, a Utah chartered, FDIC insured industrial loan company, and
AMERICAN EXPRESS RECEIVABLES FINANCING CORPORATION II, a Delaware corporation,
as transferors (together, the "Transferors"), and (ii) THE BANK OF NEW YORK, a
New York banking corporation not in its individual capacity but solely as
trustee (the "Trustee"), pursuant to the Agreement referred to below.
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS the Transferors and the Trustee and American Express
Travel Related Services Company, Inc., as the Servicer (the "Servicer"), are
parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 16, 1996
(as amended and supplemented, the "Agreement");
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Agreement, the Transferors wish to
designate Additional Accounts to be included as Accounts and to convey the
Receivables of such Additional Accounts, whether now existing or hereafter
created, to the Trust as part of the corpus of the Trust (as each such term is
defined in the Agreement); and
WHEREAS the Trustee is willing to accept such designation and
conveyance subject to the terms and conditions hereof;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Transferors and the Trustee hereby agree
as follows:
1. Defined Terms. All capitalized terms used herein shall
have the meanings ascribed to them in the Agreement unless otherwise defined
herein.
"Additional Accounts" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.
"Addition Date" shall mean, with respect to the Additional
Accounts designated hereby, May 19, 2000.
"Addition Cut-Off Date" shall mean, with respect to the
Additional Accounts designated by this Assignment, the close of business on
April 23, 2000.
"List A" and "List B" have the respective meanings set forth
in Section 2.
2. Designation of Additional Accounts. On or before the date
hereof, the Transferors will deliver to the Trustee two computer files,
microfiche lists or printed lists (one of which will be designated as "List A"
and the other of which will be designated as "List B") containing a true and
complete schedule identifying all Additional Accounts designated hereby by code
designation "J" (the "Additional Accounts") and specifying for each Additional
Account its account number and the aggregate amount of Receivables outstanding
in such Additional Account on the Addition Cut-Off Date (or, with respect to the
Additional Accounts named in List B, May 2, 2000), which computer files or lists
shall be Schedule 1 hereto and shall supplement Schedule 1 to the Agreement.
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3. Conveyance of Receivables. (a) The Transferors do hereby
transfer, assign, set over, sell and otherwise convey, without recourse except
as set forth in the Agreement, to the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, for the
benefit of the Certificateholders, all their respective right, title and
interest in, to and under the Receivables of such Additional Accounts existing
at the close of business on the Addition Cut-Off Date and thereafter created
from time to time until the termination of the Trust, all monies due or to
become due and all amounts received with respect thereto and all Collections
(including Recoveries) and proceeds (including Insurance Proceeds and "proceeds"
as defined in the UCC) thereof. The foregoing does not constitute and is not
intended to result in the creation or assumption by the Trust, the Trustee, any
Investor Certificateholder or any Series Enhancer of any obligation of the
Servicer, the Transferors or any other Person in connection with the Accounts,
the Receivables or under any agreement or instrument relating thereto.
(b) The Transferors agree to record and file, at
their own expense, financing statements (and continuation statements when
applicable) with respect to the Receivables now existing and hereafter created
in Additional Accounts, meeting the requirements of applicable state law in such
manner and in such jurisdictions as are necessary to perfect, and maintain
perfection of, the sale and assignment of their interest in such Receivables to
the Trust, and to deliver a file-stamped copy of each such financing statement
or other evidence of such filing to the Trustee on or prior to the Addition
Date. The Trustee shall be under no obligation whatsoever to file such financing
or continuation statements or to make any other filing under the UCC in
connection with such sale and assignment.
(c) In connection with such sale, the
Transferors further agree, at their own expense, on or prior to the date of this
Assignment, to indicate in the appropriate computer files that Receivables
created in connection with the Additional Accounts designated hereby have been
conveyed to the Trust pursuant to the Agreement and this Assignment for the
benefit of the Certificateholders by including in the securitization field of
such computer files the code "J" for each such Additional Account.
(d) The Transferors do hereby grant to the
Trustee a security interest in all of their right, title and interest, whether
now owned or hereafter acquired, in and to the Receivables existing in each of
the Additional Accounts on related Addition Cut-off Date and thereafter created
all monies due or to become due and all amounts received with respect thereto
and all Collections (including Recoveries) and proceeds (including Insurance
Proceeds and "proceeds" as defined in the UCC) thereof. This Assignment
constitutes a security agreement under the UCC.
4. Acceptance by Trustee. The Trustee hereby acknowledges its
acceptance on behalf of the Trust of all right, title and interest to the
property, now existing and hereafter created, conveyed to the Trust pursuant to
Section 3(a) of this Assignment, and declares that it shall maintain such right,
title and interest, upon the trust set forth in the Agreement for the benefit of
all Certificateholders. The Trustee further acknowledges that, prior to or
simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Assignment, the
Transferors delivered to the Trustee the computer files or microfiche lists
described in Section 2 of this Assignment.
5. Representations and Warranties of the Transferors. Each
Transferor hereby severally represents and warrants to the Trustee, on behalf of
the Trust, as of the date of this Assignment and as of the Addition Date that:
(a) Legal Valid and Binding Obligation. This
Assignment constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such
Transferor enforceable against such Transferor in accordance with its
terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar
laws now or hereafter in effect affecting
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the enforcement of creditors' rights in general and except as such
enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity (whether
considered in a suit at law or in equity);
(b) Eligibility of Accounts. As of the Addition
Selection Date, each Additional Account designated hereby is an
Eligible Account and each Receivable in each Additional Account
designated hereby is an Eligible Receivable;
(c) Insolvency. As of the Addition Cut-Off Date and
the Addition Date, no Insolvency Event with respect to the Transferors
has occurred and the transfer by the Transferors of Receivables arising
in the Additional Accounts to the Trust has not been made in
contemplation of the occurrence thereof;
(d) Pay Out Event. Such Transferor reasonably
believes that (A) the addition of the Receivables arising in the
Additional Accounts will not, based on the facts known to such
Transferor, then or thereafter cause a Pay Out Event to occur with
respect to any Series and (B) no selection procedure was utilized by
such Transferor which would result in the selection of Additional
Accounts (from among the available Eligible Accounts owned by such
Transferor) that would be materially adverse to the interests of the
Investor Certificateholders of any Series as of the Addition Date;
(e) Security Interest. This Assignment constitutes a
valid sale, transfer and assignment to the Trust of all right, title
and interest, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, of such
Transferor in the Receivables existing in each of the Additional
Accounts at the close of business on the Addition Cut-off Date or
thereafter created, all monies due or to become due and all amounts
received with respect thereto and, to the extent set forth in UCC 9-306
in effect in the relevant state, the "proceeds" thereof, or, if this
Assignment does not constitute a sale of such property, it constitutes
a grant of a "security interest" in such property to the Trust, which,
in the case of existing Receivables and the proceeds thereof, is
enforceable upon execution and delivery of this Assignment, and which
will be enforceable with respect to such Receivables hereafter created
and the proceeds thereof upon such creation. Upon the filing of the
financing statements described in Section 3 of this Assignment and, in
the case of the Receivables hereafter created and the proceeds thereof,
upon the creation thereof, the Trust shall have a first priority
perfected security or ownership interest in such property, except for
(i) Liens permitted under clause (d) of the definition of "Eligible
Receivable" in the Agreement, (ii) the interests of the holders of the
Transferor Certificates under the Agreement and (iii) the right to
receive interest and investment earnings (net of losses and investment
expenses) in respect of the Collection Account as provided in the
Agreement or any Series Account if so provided in the applicable
Supplement;
(f) No Conflict. The execution and delivery by such
Transferor of this Assignment, the performance of the transactions
contemplated by this Assignment and the fulfillment of the terms hereof
applicable to such Transferor, will not conflict with or violate any
Requirements of Law applicable to such Transferor or conflict with,
result in any breach of any of the material terms and provisions of, or
constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) a material
default under, any indenture, contract, agreement, mortgage, deed of
trust or other instrument to which such Transferor is a party or by
which it or its properties are bound;
(g) No Proceedings. There are no proceedings or
investigations, pending or, to the best knowledge of such Transferor,
threatened against such Transferor before any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency or other tribunal or governmental instrumentality
(i) asserting the invalidity of this Assignment, (ii) seeking to
prevent the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by
this Assignment, (iii) seeking any determination or ruling that, in
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the reasonable judgment of such Transferor, would materially and
adversely affect the performance by such Transferor of its obligations
under this Assignment or (iv) seeking any determination or ruling that
would materially and adversely affect the validity or enforceability
of this Assignment; and
(h) All Consents. All authorizations, consents,
orders or approvals of any court or other governmental authority
required to be obtained by such Transferor in connection with the
execution and delivery of this Assignment by such Transferor and the
performance of the transactions contemplated by this Assignment by such
Transferor, have been obtained.
(i) List of Accounts. As of the Addition Date, to the
best knowledge of the Transferors, the computer files or microfiche
lists of Additional Accounts complies with the requirements of Section
2 hereof.
6. Ratification of Agreement. As supplemented by this
Assignment, the Agreement is in all respects ratified and confirmed and the
sAgreement as so supplemented by this Assignment shall be read, taken and
construed as one and the same instrument.
7. Counterparts. This Assignment may be executed in two or
more counterparts, and by different parties on separate counterparts, each of
which shall be an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same
instrument.
8. GOVERNING LAW. THIS ASSIGNMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS
CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE
PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Transferor and the Trustee have
caused this Assignment to be duly executed by their respective officers as of
the day and year first above written.
AMERICAN EXPRESS CENTURION BANK,
as a Transferor
By /s/ Maureen Ryan
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Name: Maureen Ryan
Title: Assistant Treasurer
AMERICAN EXPRESS RECEIVABLES
FINANCING CORPORATION II,
as a Transferor
By /s/ Leslie R. Scharfstein
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Name: Leslie R. Scharfstein
Title: President
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
not in its individual capacity,
but solely as Trustee
By /s/ Catherine Cerilles
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Name: Catherine Cerilles
Title: Assistant Treasurer
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EXHIBIT 99.02
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SUPPLEMENTAL CONVEYANCE
SUPPLEMENTAL CONVEYANCE NO. 4 dated as of May 19, 2000 (this
"Supplemental Conveyance"), by and between AMERICAN EXPRESS CREDIT CORPORATION,
as seller (the "Seller"), and AMERICAN EXPRESS RECEIVABLES FINANCING CORPORATION
II, as purchaser ("RFC II"), pursuant to the Receivables Purchase Agreement
referred to below.
WHEREAS, the Seller and RFC II are parties to a Receivables Purchase
Agreement, dated as of May 16, 1996 (as such agreement may have been, or may
from time to time be, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the
"Receivables Purchase Agreement");
WHEREAS, Additional Accounts have been designated pursuant to the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Receivables Purchase Agreement, RFC II wishes
to purchase the Credco Receivables of such Additional Accounts from the Seller
pursuant to the Receivables Purchase Agreement; and RFC II has delivered an
Addition Notice to the Seller pursuant to Section 2.1(b) of the Receivables
Purchase Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Seller is willing to sell such Credco Receivables subject
to the terms and conditions hereof.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Seller and RFC II hereby agree as follows:
1. Defined Terms. Each capitalized term used but not defined
herein shall have the meaning specified in the Receivables Purchase Agreement,
or, if not defined therein, in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
"Additional Accounts" shall mean the Additional Accounts
referred to in Section 2.
"Addition Date" shall mean, with respect to the Additional
Accounts designated hereby, May 19, 2000.
"Addition Cut-Off Date" shall mean, with respect to the
Additional Accounts designated by this Supplemental Conveyance, the close of
business on April 23, 2000.
2. Conveyance of Receivables. The Seller does hereby sell, transfer,
assign, set over and otherwise convey to RFC II (collectively, a "Supplemental
Conveyance"), without recourse except as provided in the Receivables Purchase
Agreement, all of its right, title and interest in, to and under (i) the Credco
Receivables existing at the close of business on the Addition Cut-Off Date in
the Additional Accounts designated pursuant to Assignment No. 4 of Receivables
in Additional Accounts, dated as of the date hereof, among American Express
Centurion Bank, RFC II, and the Bank of New York, as Trustee, to be included as
an Account, and identified in Schedule 1 to Assignment No. 4, all monies due and
or to become due and all amounts received with respect thereto and all proceeds
(including, without limitation, "proceeds" as defined in the UCC) thereof and
(ii) the right to receive Recoveries with respect to such Credco Receivables.
The Seller hereby grants to RFC II a security interest in all of its
right, title and interest, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in and to
the Credco Receivables existing at the close of business on the Addition Cut-Off
Date and thereafter created in the Additional Accounts, all monies due or to
become due and all amounts received with respect thereto and all Collections
(including Recoveries) and proceeds
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(including Insurance Proceeds and "proceeds" as defined in the UCC) thereof.
This agreement constitutes a security agreement under the UCC.
3. Acceptance by RFC II and Payment of Purchase Price. RFC II hereby
acknowledges its acceptance of all right, title and interest to the property,
now existing and hereafter created, conveyed to RFC II pursuant to Section 2 of
this Supplemental Conveyance. RFC II shall pay to the Seller the Purchase Price,
calculated pursuant to Section 3.1 of the Receivables Purchase Agreement, for
such property no later than the Distribution Date following the Monthly Period
during which the related Addition Date occurs.
4. Representations and Warranties of the Parties. Each of the
Seller and RFC II hereby makes the representations and warranties required by
the Receivables Purchase Agreement to be made as of the related Addition Date.
5. Ratification of the Receivables Purchase Agreement. The Receivables
Purchase Agreement is hereby ratified, and all references to the "Receivables
Purchase Agreement", to "this Agreement" and "herein" shall be deemed from and
after the Addition Date to be a reference to the Receivables Purchase Agreement
as supplemented by this Supplemental Conveyance. Except as expressly amended
hereby, all the representations, warranties, terms, covenants and conditions of
the Receivables Purchase Agreement shall remain unamended and shall continue to
be, and shall, remain, in full force and effect in accordance with its terms and
except as expressly provided herein shall not constitute or be deemed to
constitute a waiver of compliance with or consent to non-compliance with any
term or provision of the Receivables Purchase Agreement.
6. Counterparts. This Supplemental Conveyance may be executed
in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one
and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Supplemental
Conveyance to be duly executed and delivered by their respective duly authorized
officers on the day and the year first above written.
AMERICAN EXPRESS CREDIT CORPORATION
By: /s/ Jay B. Stevelman
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Name: Jay B. Stevelman
Title: Treasurer
AMERICAN EXPRESS RECEIVABLES
FINANCING CORPORATION II
By: /s/ Leslie R. Scharfstein
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Name: Leslie R. Scharfstein
Title: President
