EXHIBIT 10.1
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED RECEIVABLES SALE AGREEMENT
dated as of May 31, 2011
between
ANIXTER INC.,
as Seller
AND
ANIXTER RECEIVABLES CORPORATION,
as Buyer
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ARTICLE I AMOUNTS AND TERMS
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Section 1.1 Purchase of Receivables
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Section 1.2 Payment for the Purchase
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Section 1.3 Purchase Price Credit Adjustments
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Section 1.4 Payments and Computations, Etc.
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Section 1.5 Transfer of Records
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Section 1.6 Characterization
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ARTICLE II REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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Section 2.1 Representations and Warranties of Seller
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ARTICLE III CONDITIONS OF PURCHASE
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Section 3.1 Conditions Precedent to Purchase
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Section 3.2 Conditions Precedent to Subsequent Payments
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ARTICLE IV COVENANTS
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Section 4.1 Affirmative Covenants of Seller
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Section 4.2 Negative Covenants of Seller
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ARTICLE V AMORTIZATION EVENTS
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Section 5.1 Amortization Events
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Section 5.2 Remedies
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ARTICLE VI INDEMNIFICATION
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Section 6.1 Indemnities by Seller
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Section 6.2 Other Costs and Expenses
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ARTICLE VII MISCELLANEOUS
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Section 7.1 Waivers and Amendments
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Section 7.2 Notices
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Section 7.3 Protection of Ownership Interests of Buyer
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Section 7.4 Confidentiality
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Section 7.5 Bankruptcy Petition
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Section 7.6 CHOICE OF LAW
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Section 7.7 CONSENT TO JURISDICTION
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Section 7.8 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
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Section 7.9 Integration; Binding Effect; Survival of Terms
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Section 7.10 Counterparts; Severability; Section References
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Exhibits and Schedules
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EXHIBIT I
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Definitions
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EXHIBIT II
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Principal Place of Business; Location(s) of Records; Federal
Employer Identification Number; Other Names; State of
Incorporation; Organizational Identification Number
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EXHIBIT III
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Lock-Boxes; Collection Accounts; Collection Banks
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EXHIBIT IV
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Form of Compliance Certificate
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EXHIBIT V
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Credit and Collection Policy
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EXHIBIT VI
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Copy of Subscription Agreement
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EXHIBIT VII
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Form of Second Amended and Restated Subordinated Note
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SCHEDULE A
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List of Documents to Be Delivered to Buyer
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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED RECEIVABLES SALE AGREEMENT
THIS SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED RECEIVABLES SALE AGREEMENT, dated as of May 31, 2011, is by
and between ANIXTER INC., a Delaware corporation, (
Seller
), and ANIXTER RECEIVABLES
CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (
Buyer
). Unless defined elsewhere herein,
capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in
Exhibit I
.
PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS
Reference is hereby made to that certain Amended and Restated Receivables Sale Agreement dated
as of October 3, 2002 by and between Seller and Buyer (the
Earlier Receivables Sale
Agreement
).
Seller and Buyer have agreed to amend and restate the Earlier Receivables Sale Agreement on
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.
Seller now owns, and from time to time hereafter will own, Receivables (including Receivables
transferred pursuant to the Accu-Tech Transfer Agreement). Seller wishes to sell and assign to
Buyer, and Buyer wishes to purchase from Seller, all of Sellers right, title and interest in and
to such Receivables, together with the Related Security and Collections with respect thereto.
Seller and Buyer intend the transactions contemplated hereby to be true sales of the
Receivables from Seller to Buyer, providing Buyer with the full benefits of ownership of the
Receivables, and Seller and Buyer do not intend these transactions to be, or for any purpose to be
characterized as, loans from Buyer to Seller.
Following the purchase of Receivables from Seller, Buyer will sell undivided interests therein
and in the associated Related Security and Collections pursuant to that certain Second Amended and
Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of May 31, 2011 (as the same may from time to time
hereafter be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified, the
Purchase
Agreement
) among Buyer, Seller, as Servicer, Falcon Asset Securitization Company LLC and Three
Pillars Funding LLC, as Conduit Purchasers, the financial institutions from time to time party
thereto (
Financial Institutions
and, together with the Conduit Purchasers, the
Purchasers
), JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (
JPMCB
) and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey,
Inc., as managing agents (collectively, the
Managing Agents
)
and JPMCB, or any successor agent appointed pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement,
as agent for the Purchasers (in such capacity, the
Agent
).
ARTICLE I
AMOUNTS AND TERMS
Section 1.1
Purchase of Receivables
.
(a) Pursuant to the Earlier Receivables Sale Agreement, Seller has sold to Buyer, without
recourse (except to the extent expressly provided therein), all of Sellers right, title and
interest in and to all Receivables existing as of the close of business on the day immediately
prior to the closing date of the Earlier Receivables Sale Agreement and all Receivables arising
thereafter, in each case, with all Related Security relating thereto and all Collections thereof.
Seller and Buyer hereby reaffirm that purchase and sale, and, in consideration for the Purchase
Price and upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, Seller does hereby sell,
assign, transfer, set-over and otherwise convey to Buyer, without recourse (except to the extent
expressly provided herein), and Buyer does hereby purchase from Seller, all of Sellers right,
title and interest in and to all Receivables existing today and hereafter arising through and
including the Amortization Date, together with all Related Security relating thereto and all
Collections thereof;
provided
that
Buyer shall be obligated to pay the Purchase
Price therefor in accordance with
Section 1.2
. In connection with the payment of the
Purchase Price for any Receivables purchased hereunder, Buyer may request that Seller deliver, and
Seller shall deliver, such approvals, opinions, information, reports or documents as Buyer may
reasonably request.
(b) It is the intention of the parties hereto that the Purchase of Receivables made hereunder
shall constitute a sale of accounts (as such term is used in Article 9 of the UCC), which sale is
absolute and irrevocable and provides Buyer with the full benefits of ownership of the Receivables.
Except for the Purchase Price Credits owed pursuant to
Section 1.3
, the sale of
Receivables hereunder is made without recourse to Seller;
provided
,
however
, that
(i) Seller shall be liable to Buyer for all representations, warranties and covenants made by
Seller pursuant to the terms of the Transaction Documents to which Seller is a party, and (ii) such
sale does not constitute and is not intended to result in an assumption by Buyer or any assignee
thereof of any obligation of Seller or any other Person arising in connection with the Receivables,
the related Contracts and/or other Related Security or any other obligations of Seller. In view of
the intention of the parties hereto that the Purchase of Receivables made hereunder shall
constitute a sale of such Receivables rather than loans secured thereby, Seller agrees that it
will, on or prior to the date hereof and in accordance with
Section 4.1(e)(ii)
, cause all
Receivable reports relating to the Receivables to bear a legend acceptable to Buyer and to the
Agent or any Managing Agent, as Buyers assignees, evidencing that Buyer has purchased such
Receivables as provided in this Agreement and note in its financial statements that its Receivables
have been sold to Buyer. Upon the request of Buyer or the Agent or any Managing
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Agent, as Buyers assignees, Seller will 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 to perfect and maintain the perfection of Buyers ownership
interest in the Receivables and the Related Security and Collections with respect thereto, or as
Buyer or the Agent or any Managing Agent, as Buyers assignees, may reasonably request.
Section 1.2
Payment for the Purchase
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(a) The Purchase Price for each Receivable coming into existence after the date hereof shall
be due and owing in full by Buyer to Seller or its designee on the date each such Receivable came
into existence (except that Buyer may, with respect to any such Purchase Price, offset against such
Purchase Price any amounts owed by Seller to Buyer hereunder and which have become due but remain
unpaid) and shall be paid to Seller in the manner provided in the following paragraphs (b), (c),
(d) and (e).
(b) With respect to any Receivables coming into existence after the date hereof, on each
Settlement Date, Buyer shall pay the Purchase Price therefor in accordance with
Section
1.2(d)
and
(e)
and in the following manner:
(i)
first
, by delivery of immediately available funds, to the extent of funds
available to Buyer from (i) its subsequent sale of an interest in the Receivables to each
Managing Agent for the benefit of the Purchasers under the Purchase Agreement, (ii)
Collections arising from any Receivables previously sold to Buyer in which Buyer has
retained an interest, or (iii) other cash on hand;
(ii)
second
, by delivery of the proceeds of a subordinated revolving loan from
Seller to Buyer (a
Subordinated Loan
),
provided
that the making of any
such Subordinated Loan shall be subject to the provisions set forth in below; and
(iii)
third
, unless the Seller has declared the Amortization Date to have
occurred pursuant to
Section 5.2
, by accepting a contribution to its capital
pursuant to the Subscription Agreement in an amount equal to the remaining unpaid balance of
such Purchase Price.
The maximum amount of any Subordinated Loan that can be borrowed by Buyer pursuant to clause (ii)
above is limited to the maximum Subordinated Loan that could be borrowed without rendering Buyers
Net Worth less than the Required Capital Amount. The Seller is hereby authorized by Buyer to
endorse on the schedule attached to the Subordinated Note an appropriate notation evidencing the
date and amount of each advance thereunder, as well as the date of each payment with respect
thereto, provided that the failure to make such notation shall not affect any obligation of Buyer
thereunder. Subject to the limitations set forth in the second preceding sentence, Seller
irrevocably agrees to advance each Subordinated Loan requested by Buyer on or
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prior to the Amortization Date. The Subordinated Loans shall be evidenced by, and shall be payable
in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Subordinated Note and shall be payable solely
from funds which Buyer is not required under the Purchase Agreement to set aside for the benefit
of, or otherwise pay over to, the Purchasers, the Agent, the Managing Agents or any other Person
then entitled to any amounts as specified in the Purchase Agreement.
(c) From and after the Amortization Date, Seller shall not sell Receivables to Buyer.
(d) On each day prior to the Amortization Date (unless Buyer or the Agent shall otherwise
direct), Buyer may permit any Originator to retain all or a specified portion of the Collections
received in respect of Receivables theretofore transferred by the Seller to Buyer hereunder, it
being understood that in the event Buyer shall have sold, assigned or otherwise transferred an
interest in such Receivables to the Agent for the benefit of the Purchasers under the Purchase
Agreement, such Collections in the possession of such Originator or Buyer are made available to
Buyer at the discretion of the Agent and the Managing Agents. Any such Collections so retained by
any Originator (
Applied Collections
) shall, on and as of the date of receipt thereof, be
(i) deemed applied toward the Purchase Price of any Receivables of such Originator arising on such
date and then being transferred to Buyer pursuant to the terms hereof, to the extent of any such
Purchase Price, (ii) then, in respect of any balance remaining, deemed applied toward the Purchase
Price of any other Receivables of such Originator arising during such Accrual Period and in respect
of which the Purchase Price shall not theretofore have been paid, to the extent of any such
Purchase Price, and (iii) in respect of any balance remaining, held in trust by such Originator for
the benefit of Buyer until the earlier to occur of (A) application toward the Purchase Price for
any Purchase occurring on any later date and (B) the next following Settlement Date, in which case
such amount shall be remitted to Buyer.
(e) Although the Purchase Price for each Receivable coming into existence after the date
hereof shall be due and payable in full by Buyer to Seller on the date such Receivable came into
existence, and payment of such Purchase Price shall be made from Applied Collections, to the extent
available, as provided in
Section 1.2(d)
, final settlement of the Purchase Price between
Buyer and Seller shall be effected on a monthly basis on Settlement Dates with respect to all
Receivables coming into existence during the same Calculation Period and based on the information
contained in the Monthly Report delivered by the Servicer pursuant to
Article VIII
of the
Purchase Agreement for the Calculation Period then most recently ended. On each Settlement Date,
Buyer and Seller shall cause a reconciliation to be made in respect of all Purchases that shall
have been made during the Calculation Period then most recently ended. To the extent that the
aggregate amount of Applied Collections retained by Seller during such Calculation Period shall
have been less than the aggregate Purchase Price in respect of all Purchases made by Buyer from
Seller during such month, Buyer shall pay the balance due in respect of such aggregate Purchase
Price in the manner described in
Section 1.2(a)
. To the extent that the aggregate amount
of Applied Collections retained by Seller during such
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Calculation Period shall have been greater than the aggregate Purchase Price in respect of all
Purchases made by Buyer from Seller during such Calculation Period, Seller shall turn over such
excess to Buyer either by remitting such excess in immediately available funds to Buyer or by
directing that a reduction in the outstanding balance of the Subordinated Loan occur in an amount
equal to such excess, or a combination of both. Although settlement shall be effected on
Settlement Dates, increases or decreases in the amount owing under the Subordinated Note made
pursuant to
Section 1.2(b)
and any contribution of capital by Seller to Buyer made pursuant
to
Section 1.2(b)
shall be deemed to have occurred and shall be effective as of the last
Business Day of the Calculation Period to which such settlement relates.
(f) At all times prior to the occurrence of the Amortization Date, notwithstanding any delay
in the making of any payment of the Purchase Price in respect of any Purchase, all right, title and
interest of Seller in and to each Receivable shall be sold, assigned and otherwise transferred to
Buyer effective immediately and automatically upon the creation of such Receivable, without any
further action of any type or kind being required on the part of any Person. The monthly
settlement and reconciliation contemplated in this
Section 1.2
has been devised solely for
the administrative convenience of the parties hereto. Buyer and Seller may at any time, as may
agreed between themselves, elect to effect settlement and reconciliation on a more (but not less)
frequent basis.
Section 1.3
Purchase Price Credit Adjustments
. If on any day:
(a) the Outstanding Balance of a Receivable is:
(i) reduced as a result of any defective or rejected goods or services, any discount or
any adjustment or otherwise by any Originator (other than cash Collections on account of the
Receivables or as a result of the insolvency, bankruptcy or lack of creditworthiness of the
relevant Obligor); or
(ii) reduced or canceled as a result of a setoff in respect of any claim by any Person
(whether such claim arises out of the same or a related transaction or an unrelated
transaction); or
(b) any of the representations and warranties set forth in
paragraphs (i)
and
(s)
of
Section 2.1
are no longer true with respect to any Receivable;
then, in such event, Buyer shall be entitled to a credit (each, a
Purchase Price Credit
)
against the Purchase Price otherwise payable hereunder equal to the Outstanding Balance of such
Receivable. If such Purchase Price Credit exceeds the Original Balance of the Receivables coming
into existence on any day, then Seller shall pay the remaining amount of such Purchase Price Credit
in cash within three (3) Business Days thereafter,
provided
that
if the
Amortization Date has not occurred, Seller shall be allowed to deduct the remaining amount of such
Purchase
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Price Credit from any indebtedness owed to it under the Subordinated Note on the next Settlement
Date.
Section 1.4
Payments and Computations, Etc
. All amounts to be paid or deposited by
Buyer hereunder shall be paid or deposited in accordance with the terms hereof on the day when due
in immediately available funds to the account of Seller designated from time to time by Seller or
as otherwise directed by Seller. In the event that any payment owed by any Person hereunder
becomes due on a day that is not a Business Day, then such payment shall be made on the next
succeeding Business Day. If any Person fails to pay any amount hereunder when due, such Person
agrees to pay, on demand, the Default Fee in respect thereof until paid in full;
provided
,
however
, that such Default Fee shall not at any time exceed the maximum rate permitted by
applicable law. All computations of interest payable hereunder shall be made on the basis of a
year of 360 days for the actual number of days (including the first but excluding the last day)
elapsed.
Section 1.5
Transfer of Records
.
(a) In connection with the Purchase of Receivables hereunder, Seller hereby sells, transfers,
assigns and otherwise conveys to Buyer all of Sellers right and title to and interest in the
Records relating to all Receivables sold hereunder, without the need for any further documentation
in connection with the Purchase. In connection with such transfer, Seller hereby grants to each of
Buyer, the Agent and the Servicer, an irrevocable, non-exclusive license to use, without royalty or
payment of any kind, all software used by Seller to account for the Receivables, to the extent
necessary to administer the Receivables, whether such software is owned by Seller or is owned by
others and used by Seller under license agreements with respect thereto,
provided
that
should the consent of any licensor of Seller to such grant of the license described
herein be required, Seller hereby agrees that upon the request of Buyer (or the Agent or any
Managing Agent as Buyers assignees), Seller will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the consent
of such third-party licensor. The license granted hereby shall be irrevocable, and shall terminate
on the date this Agreement terminates in accordance with its terms.
(b) Seller (i) shall take such action requested by Buyer (or the Agent or any Managing Agent
as Buyers assignees), from time to time hereafter, that may be necessary or appropriate to ensure
that Buyer and its assigns under the Purchase Agreement have an enforceable ownership interest in
the Records relating to the Receivables purchased from Seller hereunder, and (ii) shall use its
reasonable efforts to ensure that each of the Buyer, the Agent and the Servicer has an enforceable
right (whether by license, sublicense or otherwise) to use all of the computer software used by
Seller to account for the Receivables and/or to recreate such Records.
Section 1.6
Characterization
. If, notwithstanding the intention of the parties
expressed in
Section 1.1(b)
, any sale or contribution by Seller to Buyer of Receivables
hereunder
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shall be characterized as a secured loan and not a sale or such sale shall for any reason be
ineffective or unenforceable (any of the foregoing being a
Recharacterization
), then this
Agreement shall be deemed to constitute a security agreement under the UCC and other applicable
law. For this purpose and without being in derogation of the parties intention that the sale of
Receivables hereunder shall constitute a true sale thereof, Seller hereby grants to Buyer a duly
perfected security interest in all of Sellers right, title and interest in, to and under all
Receivables now existing and hereafter arising, all Collections, Related Security and Records with
respect thereto, each Lock-Box and Collection Account and all proceeds of the foregoing, which
security interest shall be prior to all other Adverse Claims thereto. After the occurrence of an
Amortization Event, Buyer and its assigns shall have, in addition to the rights and remedies which
they may have under this Agreement, all other rights and remedies provided to a secured creditor
after default under the UCC and other applicable law, which rights and remedies shall be
cumulative. In the case of any Recharacterization, each of the Seller and the Buyer represents and
warrants as to itself that each remittance of Collections by the Seller to the Buyer hereunder will
have been (i) in payment of a debt incurred by the Seller in the ordinary course of business or
financial affairs of the Seller and the Buyer and (ii) made in the ordinary course of business or
financial affairs of the Seller and the Buyer.
ARTICLE II
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 2.1
Representations and Warranties of Seller
. Seller hereby represents and
warrants to Buyer, as of the date hereof and as of the date of each purchase hereunder, that:
(a)
Corporate Existence and Power
. Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, is a registered
organization as defined in the UCC in such jurisdiction, and is duly qualified to do business and
is in good standing as a foreign corporation, and has and holds all corporate power and all
governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals required to carry on its business in
each jurisdiction in which its business is conducted, except where the failure to so qualify could
not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b)
Power and Authority; Due Authorization Execution and Delivery
. The execution and
delivery by Seller of this Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which it is a party,
and the performance of its obligations hereunder and thereunder and, Sellers use of the proceeds
of the Purchase made hereunder, are within its corporate powers and authority and have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action on its part. This Agreement and each other
Transaction Document to which Seller is a party has been duly executed and delivered by Seller.
(c)
No Conflict
. The execution and delivery by Seller of this Agreement and each
other Transaction Document to which it is a party, and the performance of its obligations
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hereunder and thereunder do not contravene or violate (i) its certificate or articles of
incorporation or by-laws, (ii) any law, rule or regulation applicable to it, (iii) any restrictions
under any agreement, contract or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its
property is bound, or (iv) any order, writ, judgment, award, injunction or decree binding on or
affecting it or its property, and do not result in the creation or imposition of any Adverse Claim
on assets of Seller or its Subsidiaries (except as created hereunder), except, in any case, where
such contravention or violation could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
and no transaction contemplated hereby requires compliance with any bulk sales act or similar law.
(d)
Governmental Authorization
. Other than the filing of the financing statements
required hereunder, no authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing
with, any governmental authority or regulatory body is required for the due execution and delivery
by Seller of this Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which it is a party and the
performance of its obligations hereunder and thereunder.
(e)
Actions, Suits
. There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending, or to the
best of Sellers knowledge, threatened, against or affecting Seller, or any of its properties, in
or before any court, arbitrator or other body, that could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. Seller is not in default with respect to any order of any court, arbitrator or
governmental body, which defaults, individually or in the aggregate could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
(f)
Binding Effect
. This Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which
Seller is a party constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of Seller enforceable against
Seller in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws relating to or limiting
creditors rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement
is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(g)
Accuracy of Information
. All information heretofore furnished by Seller or any of
its Affiliates to Buyer (or to the Agent or any Managing Agent, as Buyers assignees) for purposes
of or in connection with this Agreement, any of the other Transaction Documents or any transaction
contemplated hereby or thereby is, and all such information hereafter furnished by Seller or any of
its Affiliates to Buyer (or to the Agent or any Managing Agent, as Buyers assignees) will be, true
and accurate in every material respect on the date such information is stated or certified and does
not and will not contain any material misstatement of fact or omit to state a material fact or any
fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading.
(h)
Use of Proceeds
. No proceeds of the Purchase hereunder will be used (i) for a
purpose that violates, or would be inconsistent with, Regulations T, U or X promulgated by
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the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from time to time or (ii) to acquire any
security in any transaction which is subject to
Section 13
or
14
of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(i)
Good Title
. Immediately prior to each purchase of a Receivable hereunder, Seller
shall be the legal and beneficial owner of each such Receivable and Related Security with respect
thereto, free and clear of any Adverse Claim, except as created by the Transaction Documents.
(j)
Perfection
. This Agreement, together with the filing of the financing statements
contemplated hereby, is effective to transfer to Buyer (and Buyer shall acquire from Seller) legal
and equitable title to, with the right to sell and encumber each Receivable existing and hereafter
arising, together with the Related Security and Collections with respect thereto, free and clear of
any Adverse Claim, except as created by the Transactions Documents. There have been duly filed all
financing statements or other similar instruments or documents necessary under the UCC (or any
comparable law) of all appropriate jurisdictions to perfect Buyers ownership interest in the
Receivables, the Related Security and the Collections.
(k)
Places of Business
. The principal places of business and chief executive office
of Seller and the offices where it keeps all of its Records are located at the address(es) listed
on
Exhibit II
or such other locations of which Buyer has been notified in accordance with
Section 4.2(a)
in jurisdictions where all action required by
Section 4.2(a)
has
been taken and completed. Sellers state of organization, organizational identification number (if
any), and Federal Employer Identification Number are correctly set forth on
Exhibit II
.
(l)
Collections
. The conditions and requirements set forth in Section 4.1(j) have at
all times been satisfied and duly performed. The names and addresses of all Collection Banks,
together with the account numbers of the Collection Accounts of Seller at each Collection Bank and
the post office box number of each Lock-Box, are listed on
Exhibit III
.
(m)
Material Adverse Effect
. Since December 31, 2010 no event has occurred that would
have a Material Adverse Effect.
(n)
Names
. Except for those listed on
Exhibit II
, in the past five (5)
years, Seller has not used any corporate names, trade names or assumed names other than the name in
which it has executed this Agreement.
(o)
Ownership of Buyer
. Seller owns, directly or indirectly, 100% of the issued and
outstanding capital stock of Buyer, free and clear of any Adverse Claim. Such capital stock is
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and there are no options, warrants or other rights to
acquire securities of Buyer.
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(p)
Not an Investment Company
. Seller is not an
investment company
within
the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or any successor statute.
(q)
Compliance with Law
. Seller has complied in all respects with all applicable
laws, rules, regulations, orders, writs, judgments, injunctions, decrees or awards to which it may
be subject, except where the failure to so comply could not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect. Each Receivable, together with the Contract related thereto, does not
contravene any laws, rules or regulations applicable thereto (including, without limitation, laws,
rules and regulations relating to truth in lending, fair credit billing, fair credit reporting,
equal credit opportunity, fair debt collection practices and privacy), and no part of such Contract
is in violation of any such law, rule or regulation, except where such contravention or violation
could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(r)
Compliance with Credit and Collection Policy
. Seller has complied in all material
respects with the Credit and Collection Policy with regard to each Receivable and the related
Contract, and has not made any change to such Credit and Collection Policy except such material
change as to which the Agent has been notified in accordance with
Section 4.1(a)(vii)
.
(s)
Enforceability of Contracts
. Each Contract with respect to each Receivable is
effective to create, and has created, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the related Obligor
to pay the Outstanding Balance of the Receivable created thereunder and any accrued interest
thereon, enforceable against the Obligor in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement
may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws relating
to or limiting creditors rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of
whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(t)
Eligible Receivables
. As of the date of this Agreement, each Receivable included
in the Net Receivables Balance under the Earlier Agreement is an Eligible Receivable as defined
under the Purchase Agreement as of the date of this Agreement. Each Receivable included in the Net
Receivables Balance as an Eligible Receivable on the date it came into existence was an Eligible
Receivable on such date.
(u)
Accounting
. The manner in which Seller accounts for the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement does not jeopardize the true sale analysis.
ARTICLE III
CONDITIONS OF PURCHASE
Section 3.1
Conditions Precedent to Purchase
. The effectiveness of this Agreement is
subject to the condition precedent that Buyer shall have received on or before the date of such
purchase those documents listed on
Schedule A
.
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Section 3.2
Conditions Precedent to Subsequent Payments
. Buyers obligation to pay
for Receivables coming into existence after the date hereof shall be subject to the further
conditions precedent that (a) the Facility Termination Date shall not have occurred; and (b) Buyer
shall have received such other approvals, opinions or documents as it may reasonably request.
Seller represents and warrants that the representations and warranties set forth in
Article
II
are true and correct on and as of the date each Receivable came into existence as though
made on and as of such date.
ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS
Section 4.1
Affirmative Covenants of Seller
. Until the date on which this Agreement
terminates in accordance with its terms, Seller hereby covenants as set forth below:
(a)
Financial Reporting
. Seller will maintain, for itself and each of its
Subsidiaries, a system of accounting established and administered in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles, and furnish to Buyer (and to the Agent and each Managing Agent, as
Buyers assignees):
(i)
Annual Reportin
g. Within 90 days after the close of each of its respective
fiscal years, audited financial statements (which shall include balance sheets, statements
of income and retained earnings and a statement of cash flows) for Seller for such fiscal
year certified in a manner acceptable to Buyer (and to the Agent and the Managing Agents, as
Buyers assignees) by Ernst & Young or other independent public accountants of recognized
national standing.
(ii)
Quarterly Reporting
. Within 45 days after the close of the first three
(3) quarterly periods of each of its respective fiscal years, balance sheets of Seller as at
the close of each such period and statements of income and retained earnings and a statement
of cash flows for Seller for the period from the beginning of such fiscal year to the end of
such quarter, all certified by its chief financial officer or treasurer.
(iii)
Compliance Certificate
. Together with the financial statements required
hereunder, a compliance certificate in substantially the form of
Exhibit IV
signed
by Sellers Authorized Officer on behalf of Seller and dated the date of such annual
financial statement or such quarterly financial statement, as the case may be.
(iv)
Shareholders Statements and Reports
. Promptly upon the furnishing thereof
to the shareholders of Seller copies of all financial statements, reports and proxy
statements so furnished.
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(v)
S.E.C. Filings
. Promptly upon the filing thereof, copies of all
registration statements and annual, quarterly, monthly or other regular reports which Seller
or any of its Subsidiaries files with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
(vi)
Copies of Notices
. Promptly upon its receipt of any notice, request for
consent, financial statements, certification, report or other communication under or in
connection with any Transaction Document from any Person other than Buyer, the Agent, the
Managing Agents or the Purchasers, copies of the same.
(vii)
Change in Credit and Collection Policy
. At least thirty (30) days prior
to the effectiveness of any material change in or material amendment to the Credit and
Collection Policy, a notice (A) indicating such change or amendment, and (B) if such
proposed change or amendment would be reasonably likely to adversely affect the
collectibility of the Receivables or decrease the credit quality of any newly created
Receivables, requesting the consent of each Managing Agent thereto; provided that if such
change or amendment was required pursuant to any change in any applicable law, rule or
regulation, the Seller shall only be required to give notice of such change or amendment and
shall not be required to request the consent of the Managing Agents.
(viii)
Other Information
. Promptly, from time to time, such other information,
documents, records or reports relating to the Receivables or the condition or operations,
financial or otherwise, of Seller as Buyer (or the Agent or any Managing Agent, as Buyers
assignees) may from time to time reasonably request in order to protect the interests of
Buyer (and its assigns) under or as contemplated by this Agreement.
(b)
Notices
. Seller will notify the Buyer (and the Agent and each Managing Agent, as
Buyers assignees) in writing of any of the following promptly upon learning of the occurrence
thereof, describing the same and, if applicable, the steps being taken with respect thereto:
(i)
Amortization Events or Potential Amortization Events
. The occurrence of
each Amortization Event and each Potential Amortization Event, by a statement of an
Authorized Officer of Seller.
(ii)
Judgment and Proceedings
. (A) The entry of any judgment or decree against
Seller or any of its Subsidiaries if the aggregate amount of all judgments and decrees then
outstanding against Seller and its Subsidiaries exceeds $25,000,000, or (B) the institution
of any litigation, arbitration proceeding or governmental proceeding against Seller, which
individually or in the aggregate could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect, or which seeks to enjoin performance of or otherwise relates to the Transaction
Documents.
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(iii)
Material Adverse Effect
. The occurrence of any event or condition that
has, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.
(iv)
Defaults Under Other Agreements
. The occurrence of a default or an event
of default under any other financing arrangement or arrangements governing indebtedness,
individually or in the aggregate for all such arrangements, in a principal amount greater
than or equal to $50,000,000, pursuant to which Seller is a debtor or an obligor.
(v)
Downgrade of the Seller
. Any downgrade in the rating of any Indebtedness
of the Seller by Standard and Poors Ratings Group or by Moodys Investors Service, Inc.,
setting forth the Indebtedness affected and the nature of such change.
(c)
Compliance with Laws and Preservation of Corporate Existence
. Seller will comply
in all respects with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, orders, writs, judgments,
injunctions, decrees or awards to which it may be subject except where the failure to comply could
not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Seller will 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 its business is conducted, except where the failure to maintain or qualify could
not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(d)
Audits
. Seller will furnish to Buyer (and the Agent and each Managing Agent, as
Buyers assignees) from time to time such information with respect to it and the Receivables as
Buyer (or the Agent or any Managing Agent, as Buyers assignees) may reasonably request. Seller
will, from time to time during regular business hours as requested by Buyer (or the Agent or any
Managing Agent, as Buyers assignees), upon reasonable notice and at the sole cost of Seller except
as provided below, permit Buyer (or the Agent or any Managing Agent, as Buyers assignees) or their
respective agents or representatives (and shall cause each other Originator to permit Buyer (or the
Agent or any Managing Agent, as Buyers assignees) or their respective agents or representatives),
(i) to examine and make copies of and abstracts from all Records in the possession or under the
control of such Person relating to the Receivables and the Related Security, including, without
limitation, the related Contracts, and (ii) to visit the offices and properties of such Person for
the purpose of examining such materials described in clause (i) above, and to discuss matters
relating to such Persons financial condition or the Receivables and the Related Security or such
Persons performance under any of the Transaction Documents or such Persons performance under the
Contracts and, in each case, with any of the officers or employees of such Person having knowledge
of such matters. So long as no Potential Amortization Event or Amortization Event exists, the
visits under this
Section 4.1(d)
that are at the sole cost of the Seller and that are
requested by the Agent or any Managing Agent shall be limited to one per calendar year.
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(e)
Keeping and Marking of Records and Books
.
(i) Seller will (and will cause each other Originator to) maintain and implement
administrative and operating procedures (including, without limitation, an ability to
recreate records evidencing Receivables in the event of the destruction of the originals
thereof), and keep and maintain all documents, books, records and other information
reasonably necessary or advisable for the collection of all Receivables (including, without
limitation, records adequate to permit the immediate identification of each new Receivable
and all Collections of and adjustments to each existing Receivable). Seller will give Buyer
(and the Agent and each Managing Agent, as Buyers assignees) notice of any material change
in the administrative and operating procedures referred to in the previous sentence.
(ii) Seller will (and will cause each other Originator to) (A) on or prior to the date
hereof, cause all reports relating to the Receivables to bear a legend, acceptable to Buyer
(and the Agent and each Managing Agent, as Buyers assignees), describing Buyers ownership
interests in the Receivables and further describing the Purchaser Interests of the
Purchasers under the Purchase Agreement and (B) from and after the occurrence of an
Amortization Event, (x) mark each Contract with a legend describing Buyers ownership
interests in the Receivables and further describing the Purchaser Interests of the
Purchasers and (y) deliver to Buyer (and the Agent and each Managing Agent, as Buyers
assignees) all Contracts (including, without limitation, all multiple originals of any such
Contract) relating to the Receivables.
(f)
Compliance with Contracts and Credit and Collection Policy
. Seller will (and will
cause each other Originator to) timely and fully (i) perform and comply with all provisions,
covenants and other promises required to be observed by it under the Contracts related to the
Receivables, and (ii) comply in all respects with the Credit and Collection Policy in regard to
each Receivable and the related Contract. Seller will pay when due any taxes payable in connection
with the Receivables, exclusive of taxes on or measured by income or gross receipts of Buyer and
its assigns.
(g)
Performance and Enforcement of Transfer Agreements
. Seller will and will require
each other Originator to, perform each of their respective obligations and undertakings under and
pursuant to the applicable Transfer Agreement, will purchase Receivables thereunder in strict
compliance with the terms thereof and will vigorously enforce the rights and remedies accorded to
Seller under each Transfer Agreement. Seller will take all actions to perfect and enforce its
rights and interests (and the rights and interests of Buyer as assignee of Seller) under each
Transfer Agreement as Buyer (or its assigns) may from time to time reasonably request,
including
,
without limitation
, making claims to which it may be entitled under any
indemnity, reimbursement or similar provision contained in such Transfer Agreement. Seller will
not, and will not permit any other Originator to, amend or otherwise modify any
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Transfer Agreement without the prior written consent of each Managing Agent for the benefit of
the Purchasers.
(h)
Ownership
. Seller will take all necessary action to (and will cause each other
Originator to) establish and maintain, irrevocably in Buyer, legal and equitable title to the
Receivables, the Related Security and the Collections, free and clear of any Adverse Claims other
than Adverse Claims in favor of Buyer (and the Agent and each Managing Agent, as Buyers assignees)
(including, without limitation, the filing of all financing statements or other similar instruments
or documents necessary under the UCC (or any comparable law) of all appropriate jurisdictions to
perfect Buyers interest in such Receivables, Related Security and Collections and such other
action to perfect, protect or more fully evidence the interest of Buyer (and the Agent and each
Managing Agent, as Buyers assignees) as Buyer (or the Agent or any Managing Agent, as Buyers
assignees) may reasonably request).
(i)
Purchasers Reliance
. Seller acknowledges that the Agent, the Managing Agents and
the Purchasers are entering into the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement in
reliance upon Buyers identity as a legal entity that is separate from Seller and any Affiliates
thereof. Therefore, from and after the date of execution and delivery of this Agreement, Seller
shall take all reasonable steps including, without limitation, all steps that Buyer (or the Agent
or any Managing Agent, as Buyers assignees) may from time to time reasonably request to maintain
Buyers identity as a separate legal entity and to make it manifest to third parties that Buyer is
an entity with assets and liabilities distinct from those of Seller and any Affiliates thereof and
not just a division of Seller. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing and in addition to
the other covenants set forth herein, Seller (i) will not hold itself out to third parties as
liable for the debts of Buyer nor purport to own the Receivables and other assets acquired by Buyer
from Seller, (ii) will take all other actions necessary on its part to ensure that Buyer is at all
times in compliance with the covenants set forth in
Section 7.1(i)
of the Purchase
Agreement and (iii) will cause all tax liabilities arising in connection with the transactions
contemplated herein or otherwise to be allocated between Seller and Buyer on an arms-length basis
and in a manner consistent with the procedures set forth in U.S. Treasury Regulations
§§1.1502-33(d) and 1.1552-1.
(j)
Collections
. Seller will cause (1) all proceeds from all Lock-Boxes to be
directly deposited by a Collection Bank into a Collection Account and (2) each Lock-Box and
Collection Account to be subject at all times to a Collection Account Agreement that is in full
force and effect. In the event any payments relating to Receivables are remitted directly to
Seller or any Affiliate of Seller, Seller will remit (or will cause all such payments to be
remitted) directly to a Collection Bank for deposit into a Collection Account within two (2)
Business Days following receipt thereof and, at all times prior to such remittance, Seller will
itself hold or, if applicable, will cause such payments to be held in trust for the exclusive
benefit of Buyer (and the Agent and each Managing Agent, as Buyers assignees). Seller will
transfer exclusive ownership, dominion and control of each Lock-Box and Collection Account to Buyer
and, will
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not grant the right to take dominion and control of any Lock-Box or Collection Account at a
future time or upon the occurrence of a future event to any Person, except to Buyer (or the Agent,
as Buyers assignee) as contemplated by this Agreement and the Purchase Agreement. The Seller
shall instruct the Obligors with the customer prefixes SIE and SG. to pay all amounts due with
respect to their Receivables to an account which is not a Lock-Box or Collection Account.
(k)
Taxes
. Seller will file all tax returns and reports required by law to be filed
by it and promptly pay all taxes and governmental charges at any time 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,
unless
the failure to make any such
payment (1) shall give rise to an immediate right to foreclosure on an Adverse Claim securing such
amounts, or (2) could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(l)
Insurance
. Seller will maintain in effect, or cause to be maintained in effect,
at Sellers own expense, such casualty and liability insurance as Seller deems appropriate in its
good faith business judgement. Seller will pay or cause to be paid, the premiums therefor and
deliver to Buyer and each Managing Agent evidence satisfactory to Buyer and each Managing Agent of
such insurance coverage. Copies of each policy shall be furnished to Buyer, each Managing Agent,
the Agent and any Purchaser in certificated form upon Buyers, any Managing Agents, the Agents or
such Purchasers request. The foregoing requirements shall not be construed to negate, reduce or
modify, and are in addition to, Sellers obligations hereunder.
(m)
Payment to the Originators
. With respect to any Receivable purchased by Seller
from any other Originator, such sale shall be effected under, and in strict compliance with the
terms of, the applicable Transfer Agreement, including, without limitation, the terms relating to
amount and timing of payments to be made to the applicable Originator in respect of the purchase
price for such Receivable.
Section 4.2
Negative Covenants of Seller
. Until the date on which this Agreement
terminates in accordance with its terms, Seller hereby covenants that:
(a)
Name Change, Offices and Records
. Seller will not change its name, identity,
state of incorporation or corporate structure (within the meaning of
Section 9-507(c)
of
Revised Article 9 of the UCC) or relocate its chief executive office or any office where Records
are kept unless it shall have: (i) given Buyer (and the Agent and each Managing Agent, as Buyers
assignees) at least forty-five (45) days prior written notice thereof and (ii) delivered to Buyer
(and the Agent and each Managing Agent, as Buyers assignees) all financing statements, instruments
and other documents requested by Buyer (or the Agent or any Managing Agent, as Buyers assignees)
in connection with such change or relocation.
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(b)
Change in Payment Instructions to Obligors
. Except as may be required by the
Agent pursuant to
Section 8.2(b)
of the Purchase Agreement, Seller will not add or
terminate any bank as a Collection Bank, or make any change in the instructions to Obligors
regarding payments to be made to any Lock-Box or Collection Account, unless Buyer (and the Agent
and each Managing Agent, as Buyers assignees) shall have received, at least ten (10) days before
the proposed effective date therefor, (i) written notice of such addition, termination or change
and (ii) with respect to the addition of a Collection Bank or a Collection Account or Lock-Box, an
executed Collection Account Agreement with respect to the new Collection Account or Lock-Box;
provided
,
however
, that Seller may make changes in instructions to Obligors
regarding payments if such new instructions require such Obligor to make payments to another
existing Collection Account.
(c)
Modifications to Contracts and Credit and Collection Policy
. Seller will not, and
will not permit any other Originator to, make any change to the Credit and Collection Policy that
could reasonably be expected to adversely affect the collectibility of the Receivables or decrease
the credit quality of any newly created Receivables unless required to do so by any applicable law,
rule or regulation. Except as otherwise permitted in its capacity as Servicer pursuant to
Section 8.2(d)
of the Purchase Agreement, Seller will not, and will not permit any other
Originator to, extend, amend or otherwise modify the terms of any Receivable or any Contract
related thereto other than in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy.
(d)
Sales, Liens
. Seller will not sell, assign (by operation of law or otherwise) or
otherwise dispose of, or grant any option with respect to, or create or suffer to exist any Adverse
Claim upon (including, without limitation, the filing of any financing statement) or with respect
to, any Receivable, Related Security or Collections, or upon or with respect to any Contract under
which any Receivable arises, or any Lock-Box or Collection Account, or assign any right to receive
income with respect thereto (other than, in each case, the creation of the interests therein in
favor of Buyer provided for herein), and Seller will defend the right, title and interest of Buyer
(and the Agent and each Managing Agent, as Buyers assignees) in, to and under any of the foregoing
property, against all claims of third parties claiming through or under Seller or any other
Originator. Seller shall not create or suffer to exist any mortgage, pledge, security interest,
encumbrance, lien, charge or other similar arrangement on any of its inventory.
(e)
Accounting for Purchase
. Seller will not, and will not permit any Affiliate to,
account for or treat (whether in financial statements or otherwise) the transactions contemplated
hereby in any manner other than the sale of the Receivables and the Related Security by Seller to
Buyer or in any other respect account for or treat the transactions contemplated hereby in any
manner other than as a sale of the Receivables and the Related Security by Seller to Buyer except
to the extent that such transactions are not recognized on account of consolidated financial
reporting in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
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ARTICLE V
AMORTIZATION EVENTS
Section 5.1
Amortization Events
. The occurrence of any one or more of the following
events shall constitute an Amortization Event:
(a) Seller shall fail (i) to make any payment or deposit required hereunder when due, or (ii)
to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement hereunder (other than as referred to in
clause (i) of this paragraph (a)) or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party and such
failure shall continue for three (3) consecutive Business Days.
(b) Any representation, warranty, certification or statement made by Seller in this Agreement,
any other Transaction Document or in any other document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto shall
prove to have been incorrect when made or deemed made;
provided
,
however
, that any
breach of the representations and warranties set forth in
Sections 2.1(i)
,
(s)
or
(t)
shall not constitute an Amortization Event unless such breach or breaches apply in the
aggregate to a material portion of the Receivables.
(c) Failure of Seller to pay when due any Indebtedness having an outstanding principal balance
in excess of $50,000,000; or the default by Seller in the performance of any term, provision or
condition contained in any agreement under which any such Indebtedness was created or is governed,
the effect of which is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness to cause,
such Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity; or any such Indebtedness of Seller
shall be declared to be due and payable or required to be prepaid (other than by a regularly
scheduled payment) prior to the date of maturity thereof.
(d) (i) Seller or any of its Significant 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 (ii) any proceeding shall be instituted
by or against Seller or any of its Significant Subsidiaries seeking to adjudicate it 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 any substantial part of its property;
provided that in the event any such proceedings shall have been instituted against Seller or any
Significant Subsidiary, such proceedings shall have continued undismissed or unstayed and in effect
for a period of sixty (60) consecutive days or an order for relief shall have been entered in such
proceedings; or (iii) Seller or any of its Significant Subsidiaries shall take any corporate action
to authorize any of the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (i) or (ii) of this subsection
(d).
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(e) A Change of Control shall occur.
(f) One or more final judgments for the payment of money in an amount in excess of
$25,000,000, individually or in the aggregate, shall be entered against Seller, and such judgment
shall continue unsatisfied and in effect for thirty (30) consecutive days without a stay of
execution.
Section 5.2
Remedies
. Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an
Amortization Event, Buyer may take any of the following actions: (i) declare the Amortization Date
to have occurred, whereupon the Amortization Date shall forthwith occur, without demand, protest or
further notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by Seller;
provided
,
however
, that upon the occurrence of Amortization Event described in
Section
5.1(d)(ii)
, or of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to Seller under
the Federal Bankruptcy Code, the Amortization Date shall automatically occur, without demand,
protest or any notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by Seller and (ii) to
the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, declare that the Default Fee shall accrue with
respect to any amounts then due and owing by Buyer to Seller. The aforementioned rights and
remedies shall be in addition to all other rights and remedies of Buyer and its assigns available
under this Agreement, by operation of law, at equity or otherwise, all of which are hereby
expressly preserved, including, without limitation, all rights and remedies provided under the UCC,
all of which rights shall be cumulative.
ARTICLE VI
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 6.1
Indemnities by Seller
. Without limiting any other rights that Buyer may
have hereunder or under applicable law, Seller hereby agrees to indemnify Buyer and its assigns,
officers, directors, agents and employees (each an
Indemnified Party
) from and against
any and all damages, losses, claims, taxes, liabilities, costs, expenses and for all other amounts
payable, including reasonable attorneys fees and disbursements (all of the foregoing being
collectively referred to as
Indemnified Amounts
) awarded against or incurred by any of
them arising out of or as a result of this Agreement or the acquisition, either directly or
indirectly, by Buyer of an interest in the Receivables, excluding, however:
(i) Indemnified Amounts to the extent a final judgment of a court of competent
jurisdiction holds that such Indemnified Amounts resulted from gross negligence or willful
misconduct on the part of the Indemnified Party seeking indemnification;
(ii) Indemnified Amounts to the extent the same includes losses in respect of
Receivables that are uncollectible on account of the insolvency, bankruptcy or lack of
creditworthiness of the related Obligor; or
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(iii) taxes imposed by the jurisdiction in which such Indemnified Partys principal
executive office is located, on or measured by the overall net income of such Indemnified
Party to the extent that the computation of such taxes is consistent with the Intended
Characterization.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing indemnification, Seller shall indemnify Buyer
for Indemnified Amounts relating to or resulting from:
(1) any representation or warranty made by Seller or any other Originator (or any
officers of any such Person) under or in connection with this Agreement, any other
Transaction Document or any other information or report delivered by any such Person
pursuant hereto or thereto, which shall have been false or incorrect when made or deemed
made;
(2) the failure by Seller or any other Originator to comply with any applicable law,
rule or regulation with respect to any Receivable or Contract related thereto, or the
nonconformity of any Receivable or Contract included therein with any such applicable law,
rule or regulation or any failure of Seller or any other Originator to keep or perform any
of its obligations, express or implied, with respect to any Contract;
(3) any failure of Seller or any other Originator to perform its duties, covenants or
other obligations in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or any other
Transaction Document;
(4) any products liability, personal injury or damage suit or similar claim arising out
of or in connection with merchandise, insurance or services that are the subject of any
Contract or any Receivable;
(5) any dispute, claim, offset or defense (other than discharge in bankruptcy of the
Obligor) of the Obligor to the payment of any Receivable (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 merchandise or service related to such
Receivable or the furnishing or failure to furnish such merchandise or services;
(6) the commingling of Collections of Receivables at any time with other funds;
(7) any investigation, litigation or proceeding related to or arising from this
Agreement or any other Transaction Document, the transactions contemplated hereby or
thereby, the use of the proceeds of a Purchase, the ownership of the Receivables, or any
other investigation, litigation or proceeding relating to Buyer, Seller or any other
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Originator in which any Indemnified Party becomes involved as a result of any of the
transactions contemplated hereby;
(8) any inability to litigate any claim against any Obligor in respect of any
Receivable as a result of such Obligor being immune from civil and commercial law and suit
on the grounds of sovereignty or otherwise from any legal action, suit or proceeding;
(9) any Amortization Event described in
Section 5.1(d)
;
(10) any failure of Seller to acquire and maintain legal and equitable title to, and
ownership of any Receivable and the Related Security and Collections with respect thereto
from any other Originator, free and clear of any Adverse Claim (other than as created
hereunder); or any failure of Seller to give reasonably equivalent value to the applicable
Originator under the applicable Transfer Agreement in consideration of the transfer by the
applicable Originator of any Receivable, or any attempt by any Person to void such transfer
under statutory provisions or common law or equitable action;
(11) any failure to vest and maintain vested in Buyer, or to transfer to Buyer, legal
and equitable title to, and ownership of, the Receivables, the Related Security and the
Collections, free and clear of any Adverse Claim;
(12) 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 Receivable, the Related Security and Collections with
respect thereto, and the proceeds of any thereof, whether at the time of the Purchase or at
any subsequent time;
(13) any action or omission by Seller which reduces or impairs the rights of Buyer with
respect to any Receivable or the value of any such Receivable; and
(14) any attempt by any Person to void any Purchase hereunder under statutory
provisions or common law or equitable action.
Section 6.2
Other Costs and Expenses
. Seller shall pay to Buyer on demand all costs
and out-of-pocket expenses in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery and
administration of this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby and the other documents to
be delivered hereunder. Seller shall pay to Buyer on demand any and all costs and expenses of
Buyer, if any, including reasonable counsel fees and expenses in connection with the enforcement of
this Agreement and the other documents delivered hereunder and in connection with any restructuring
or workout of this Agreement or such documents, or the administration of this Agreement following
an Amortization Event.
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ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 7.1
Waivers and Amendments
. No failure or delay on the part of Buyer (or the
Agent or any Managing Agent, as Buyers assignees) in exercising any power, right or remedy under
this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any
such power, right or remedy preclude any other further exercise thereof or the exercise of any
other power, right or remedy. The rights and remedies herein provided shall be cumulative and
nonexclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law. Any waiver of this Agreement shall be
effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given. No provision
of this Agreement may be amended, supplemented, modified or waived except in writing signed by
Seller and Buyer and, to the extent required under the Purchase Agreement, the Agent and the
Financial Institutions or the Required Financial Institutions.
Section 7.2
Notices
. Except as provided below, all communications and notices
provided for hereunder shall be in writing (including bank wire, telecopy or electronic facsimile
transmission or similar writing) and shall be given to the other parties hereto at their respective
addresses or telecopy numbers set forth on the signature pages hereof or at such other address or
telecopy number as such Person may hereafter specify for the purpose of notice to each of the other
parties hereto. Each such notice or other communication shall be effective (i) if given by
telecopy, upon the receipt thereof, (ii) if given by mail, three (3) Business Days after the time
such communication is deposited in the mail with first class postage prepaid or (iii) if given by
any other means, when received at the address specified in this
Section 7.2
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Section 7.3
Protection of Ownership Interests of Buyer
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(a) Seller agrees that from time to time, at its expense, it will promptly execute and deliver
all instruments and documents, and take all actions, that may be necessary or desirable, or that
Buyer (or the Agent or any Managing Agent, as Buyers assignees) may request, to perfect, protect
or more fully evidence the Purchaser Interests, or to enable Buyer (or the Agent or any Managing
Agent, as Buyers assignees) to exercise and enforce their rights and remedies hereunder. At any
time, Buyer (or following the occurrence of an Amortization Event, the Agent, or any Managing
Agent, as Buyers assignees) may, at Sellers sole cost and expense, direct Seller to notify the
Obligors of Receivables of the ownership interests of Buyer and its assigns under this Agreement
and the other Transaction Documents and may also direct that payments of all amounts due or that
become due under any or all Receivables be made directly to Buyer or its designee (or the Agent or
any Managing Agent, as Buyers assignee).
(b) If Seller fails to perform any of its obligations hereunder, Buyer (or the Agent or any
Managing Agent, as Buyers assignees) may (but shall not be required to) perform, or cause
performance of, such obligation, and the costs and expenses incurred by Buyer (or the Agent or any
Managing Agent, as Buyers assignees) in connection therewith shall be payable by
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Seller as provided in
Section 6.2
. Seller irrevocably authorizes Buyer (and the Agent
or any Managing Agent, as Buyers assignees) at any time and from time to time in the sole
discretion of Buyer (or the Agent or any Managing Agent, as Buyers assignees), and appoints Buyer
(and the Agent and each Managing Agent, as Buyers assignees) as its attorney(s)-in-fact, to act on
behalf of Seller (i) to execute on behalf of Seller as debtor and to file financing statements
necessary or desirable in the sole discretion of Buyer (or the Agent or any Managing Agent, as
Buyers assignees) to perfect and to maintain the perfection and priority of the interest of Buyer
in the Receivables and (ii) to file a carbon, photographic or other reproduction of this Agreement
or any financing statement with respect to the Receivables as a financing statement in such offices
as Buyer (or the Agent or any Managing Agent, as Buyers assignees) in its sole discretion deems
necessary or desirable to perfect and to maintain the perfection and priority of Buyers interests
in the Receivables. This appointment is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable.
Section 7.4
Confidentiality
.
(a) Seller shall maintain and shall cause each of its employees and officers to maintain the
confidentiality of this Agreement and the other confidential proprietary information with respect
to the Agent, the Managing Agents and the Purchasers and their respective businesses obtained by it
or them in connection with the structuring, negotiating and execution of the transactions
contemplated herein, except that Seller and its officers and employees may disclose such
information to Sellers external accountants and attorneys and as required by any applicable law or
order of any judicial or administrative proceeding.
(b) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, Seller hereby consents to the disclosure
of any nonpublic information with respect to it (i) to Buyer, the Agent, the Managing Agents or the
Purchasers by each other, (ii) by Buyer, the Agent, the Managing Agents or the Purchasers to any
prospective or actual assignee or participant of any of them or (iii) by the Agent or any Managing
Agent to any rating agency, Commercial Paper dealer or provider of a surety, guaranty or credit or
liquidity enhancement to the Conduits or any entity organized for the purpose of purchasing, or
making loans secured by, financial assets for which any of the Managing Agents acts as the
administrative agent and to any officers, directors, employees, outside accountants and attorneys
of any of the foregoing, provided that each such Person is informed of the confidential nature of
such information. In addition, the Purchasers, the Managing Agents and the Agent may disclose any
such nonpublic information pursuant to any law, rule, regulation, direction, request or order of
any judicial, administrative or regulatory authority or proceedings (whether or not having the
force or effect of law), provided that such Purchaser, Managing Agent or the Agent, as applicable,
shall, if practicable, notify Seller in advance prior to disclosure and will use reasonable efforts
to cooperate with Seller at Sellers expense in obtaining any protective order for such
information.
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Section 7.5
Bankruptcy Petition
. Seller and Buyer each hereby covenants and agrees
that, prior to the date that is one year and one day after the payment in full of all outstanding
senior Indebtedness of a Conduit, it will not institute against, or join any other Person in
instituting against, such Conduit any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or
liquidation proceedings or other similar proceeding under the laws of the United States or any
state of the United States.
Section 7.6
CHOICE OF LAW
. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, 735 ILCS SECTION 105/5-1 ET SEQ.,
BUT OTHERWISE WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAW PROVISIONS) OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.
Section 7.7
CONSENT TO JURISDICTION
. SELLER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE
NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR ILLINOIS STATE COURT SITTING IN CHICAGO,
ILLINOIS IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY DOCUMENT
EXECUTED BY SELLER PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT AND SELLER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS
IN RESPECT OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN ANY SUCH COURT AND
IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE AS TO THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT,
ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT OR THAT SUCH COURT IS AN INCONVENIENT FORUM. NOTHING
HEREIN SHALL LIMIT THE RIGHT OF BUYER (OR THE AGENT OR ANY MANAGING AGENT, AS BUYERS ASSIGNEES) TO
BRING PROCEEDINGS AGAINST SELLER IN THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING
BY SELLER AGAINST BUYER (OR THE AGENT OR ANY MANAGING AGENT, AS BUYERS ASSIGNEES) OR ANY AFFILIATE
THEREOF INVOLVING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ANY MATTER IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF, RELATED TO, OR
CONNECTED WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY DOCUMENT EXECUTED BY SELLER PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL
BE BROUGHT ONLY IN A COURT IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.
Section 7.8
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN
ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING INVOLVING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ANY MATTER (WHETHER SOUNDING IN TORT,
CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF, RELATED TO, OR CONNECTED WITH THIS AGREEMENT, ANY
DOCUMENT EXECUTED BY SELLER PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED HEREUNDER OR
THEREUNDER.
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Section 7.9
Integration; Binding Effect; Survival of Terms
.
(a) This Agreement, the Subordinated Note, the Subscription Agreement and each Collection
Account Agreement contain the final and complete integration of all prior expressions by the
parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and shall constitute the entire agreement
among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof superseding all prior oral or
written understandings.
(b) This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and
their respective successors and permitted assigns (including any trustee in bankruptcy). This
Agreement shall create and constitute the continuing obligations of the parties hereto in
accordance with its terms and shall remain in full force and effect until terminated in accordance
with its terms;
provided
,
however
, that the rights and remedies with respect to (i)
any breach of any representation and warranty made by Seller pursuant to
Article II
, (ii)
the indemnification and payment provisions of
Article VI
, and (iii)
Section 7.5
shall be continuing and shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
Section 7.10
Counterparts; Severability; Section References
. 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. Any provisions of this Agreement which are
prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to
the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions
hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or
render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. Unless otherwise expressly
indicated, all references herein to Article, Section, Schedule or Exhibit shall mean
articles and sections of, and schedules and exhibits to, this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered
by their duly authorized officers as of the date hereof.
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ANIXTER INC.
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/S/ ROD SHOEMAKER
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Name:
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Rod Shoemaker
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V.P.-Treasurer
Address: Anixter Inc.
2301 Patriot Blvd
Glenview, IL 60026
Attn: VP-Treasurer
Facsimile: (224) 521-8990
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ANIXTER RECEIVABLES CORPORATION
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By:
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/S/ ROD SHOEMAKER
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Name:
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Rod Shoemaker
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V.P.-Treasuer
Address: c/o Anixter Inc.
2301 Patriot Blvd
Glenview, IL 60026
Attn: VP-Treasurer
Facsimile: (224) 521-8990
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Signature Page
to
Second Amended and Restated Receivables Sale Agreement
Exhibit I
Definitions
This is Exhibit I to the Agreement (as hereinafter defined). As used in the Agreement and the
Exhibits, Schedules and Annexes thereto, capitalized terms have the meanings set forth in this
Exhibit I (such meanings to be equally applicable to the singular and plural forms thereof). If a
capitalized term is used in the Agreement, or any Exhibit, Schedule or Annex thereto, and not
otherwise defined therein or in this Exhibit I, such term shall have the meaning assigned thereto
in Exhibit I to the Purchase Agreement.
Accu-Tech
means Accu-Tech Corporation, a Georgia corporation.
Accu-Tech Transfer Agreement
means that certain Receivables Transfer Agreement,
dated as of the date hereof, between Accu-Tech and Seller, as the same may be amended, restated or
otherwise modified from time to time.
Agent
has the meaning set forth in the Preliminary Statements to the Agreement.
Agreement
means this Second Amended and Restated Receivables Sale Agreement, dated
as of May 31, 2011, between Seller and Buyer, as the same may be amended, restated or otherwise
modified.
Amortization Date
means the earliest to occur of (i) the Facility Termination Date,
(ii) any Business Day so designated by Seller and Buyer, (iii) the Business Day immediately prior
to the occurrence of an Amortization Event set forth in
Section 5.1(d)
, (iv) the Business
Day specified in a written notice from Buyer to Seller following the occurrence of any other
Amortization Event, and (v) the date which is thirty (30) days after Buyers receipt of written
notice from Seller that it wishes to terminate the facility evidenced by this Agreement.
Amortization Event
has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.1
of the
Agreement.
Applied Collections
has the meaning set forth in
Section 1.2(d)
of the
Agreement.
Authorized Officer
means, with respect to Seller, its treasurer, corporate
controller, chief financial officer or any vice president.
Bankruptcy Code
means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled Bankruptcy, as
amended, and any successor statute thereto.
Base Rate
means a rate per annum equal to the corporate base rate, prime rate or
base rate of interest, as applicable, announced by JPMCB from time to time, changing when and as
such rate changes.
Business Day
means any day on which banks are not authorized or required to close in
New York, New York or Chicago, Illinois and The Depository Trust Company of New York is open for
business.
Buyer
has the meaning set forth in the preamble to the Agreement.
Calculation Period
means each calendar month or portion thereof which elapses during
the term of the Agreement. The first Calculation Period shall commence on the date of the Purchase
of Receivables hereunder and the final Calculation Period shall terminate on the Amortization Date.
Change of Control
means the acquisition by any Person, or two or more Persons acting
in concert, of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the Securities and
Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) of 20% or more of the outstanding
shares of voting stock of Seller.
Credit and Collection Policy
means (i) Sellers credit and collection policies and
practices relating to Contracts and Receivables existing on the date hereof and (ii) Accu-Techs
credit and collection policies and practices relating to Contracts and Receivables existing on the
date hereof, as summarized in
Exhibit V
and as modified from time to time in accordance
with the Agreement.
Default Fee
means a per annum rate of interest equal to the sum of (i) the Base
Rate,
plus
(ii) 2% per annum.
Dilutions
means, at any time, the aggregate amount of reductions or cancellations
described in
Section 1.3(a)
of the Agreement.
Discount Factor
means a percentage calculated to provide Buyer with a reasonable
return on its investment in the Receivables after taking account of (i) the time value of money
based upon the anticipated dates of collection of the Receivables and the cost to Buyer of
financing its investment in the Receivables during such period and (ii) the risk of nonpayment by
the Obligors. Seller and Buyer may agree from time to time to change the Discount Factor based on
changes in one or more of the items affecting the calculation thereof,
provided
that any
change to the Discount Factor shall take effect as of the commencement of a Calculation Period,
shall apply only prospectively and shall not affect the Purchase Price payment in respect of
Purchase which occurred during any Calculation Period ending prior to the Calculation Period during
which Seller and Buyer agree to make such change.
Excluded Receivable
means indebtedness and other obligations owed to Seller, in
respect of: (i) all accounts receivable generated by Sellers Latin American export locations, (ii)
all accounts receivable generated by Sellers Pacer, IMS and Pentacon divisions which are
not included in Sellers main subledger system, (iii) all accounts receivable generated by any of
Sellers divisions which are acquired after July 24, 2009 which are not included in Sellers main
subledger system, (iv) all accounts receivable owing by Obligors with the following customer
prefixes: N-N, NN+, SIE or SG. (in each case, as such customer prefixes are in effect or otherwise
categorized as of July 24, 2009), and thereafter, and (v) all accounts receivable existing at
Sellers general corporate division coded WC (as such division is in effect or otherwise structured
as of July 24, 2009).
Intended Characterization
means, for income tax purposes, the characterization of
the acquisition by the Purchasers of Purchaser Interests under the Purchase Agreement as a loan or
loans by the Purchasers to Buyer secured by the Receivables, the Related Security and the
Collections.
Managing Agents
has the meaning set forth in the Preliminary Statements to this
Agreement.
Material Adverse Effect
means a material adverse effect on (i) the financial
condition or operations of Seller and its Subsidiaries, (ii) the ability of Seller to perform its
obligations under the Agreement or any other Transaction Document, (iii) the legality, validity or
enforceability of the Agreement or any other Transaction Document, (iv) Sellers, Buyers, the
Agents, any Managing Agents or any Purchasers interest in the Receivables generally or in any
significant portion of the Receivables, the Related Security or Collections with respect thereto,
or (v) the collectibility of the Receivables generally or of any material portion of the
Receivables.
Net Worth
means as of the last Business Day of each Calculation Period preceding any
date of determination, the excess, if any, of (a) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of the
Receivables at such time,
over
(b) the sum of (i) the aggregate Capital outstanding at such
time,
plus
(ii) the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Subordinated Loans
(including any Subordinated Loan proposed to be made on the date of determination).
Original Balance
means, with respect to any Receivable, the Outstanding Balance of
such Receivable on the date it was purchased by Buyer.
Originator
means (i) Seller, (ii) Accu-Tech or (iii) any other Person approved from
time to time by the Managing Agents, in each case, in such Persons capacity as a Seller party to
the Agreement or a Transfer Agreement.
Potential Amortization Event
means an event which, with the passage of time or the
giving of notice, or both, would constitute an Amortization Event.
Purchase
means the purchase under the Agreement by Buyer from Seller of the
Receivables, the Related Security and the Collections related thereto, together with all related
rights in connection therewith.
Purchase Agreement
has the meaning set forth in the Preliminary Statements to the
Agreement.
Purchase Price
means, with respect to any Purchase on any date, the aggregate price
to be paid by Buyer to Seller for such Purchase in accordance with
Section 1.2
of the
Agreement for the Receivables, Collections and Related Security being sold to Buyer on such date,
which price shall equal (i) the product of (x) the Original Balance of such Receivables,
multiplied
by
(y) one minus the Discount Factor then in effect, minus (ii) any
Purchase Price Credits to be credited against the Purchase Price otherwise payable in accordance
with
Section 1.3
of the Agreement.
Purchase Price Credit
has the meaning set forth in
Section 1.3
of the
Agreement.
Purchasers
has the meaning set forth in the Preliminary Statements to the Agreement.
Receivable
means the indebtedness and other obligations owed to each Originator
(without giving effect to any transfer or conveyance under the applicable Transfer Agreement or the
Agreement) or Buyer (after giving effect to the transfers under the applicable Transfer Agreement
and the Agreement) other than Excluded Receivables whether constituting an account, chattel paper,
instrument or general intangible, arising in connection with the sale of goods or the rendering of
services by such Originator and includes, without limitation, the obligation to pay any Finance
Charges with respect thereto. Indebtedness and other rights and obligations arising from any one
transaction, including, without limitation, indebtedness and other rights and obligations
represented by an individual invoice, shall constitute a Receivable separate from a Receivable
consisting of the indebtedness and other rights and obligations arising from any other transaction.
Related Security
means, with respect to any Receivable:
(i) all of the applicable Originators interest in the inventory and goods (including
returned or repossessed inventory or goods), if any, the sale of which by such Originator
gave rise to such Receivable, and all insurance contracts with respect thereto,
(ii) all other security interests or liens and property subject thereto from time to
time, if any, purporting to secure payment of such Receivable, whether pursuant to the
Contract related to such Receivable or otherwise, together with all financing statements and
security agreements describing any collateral securing such Receivable,
(iii) all guaranties, letters of credit, insurance and other agreements or arrangements
of whatever character from time to time supporting or securing payment of such Receivable
whether pursuant to the Contract related to such Receivable or otherwise,
(iv) all service contracts and other contracts and agreements associated with such
Receivable,
(v) all Records related to such Receivable,
(vi) all of Sellers interest in, to and under the Transfer Agreements, and
(vii) all proceeds of any of the foregoing.
Required Capital Amount
means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to
3.5% of the Outstanding Balance of all Receivables at such time.
Seller
has the meaning set forth in the preamble to the Agreement.
Settlement Date
means the seventeenth day of each calendar month, or if such day is
not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day.
Subordinated Loan
has the meaning set forth in
Section 1.2(a)
of the
Agreement.
Subordinated Note
means a promissory note in substantially the form of
Exhibit
VII
hereto as more fully described in
Section 1.2
of the Agreement, as the same may be
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Subscription Agreement
means that certain Stockholder and Subscription Agreement,
dated as of October 6, 2000, between Seller and Buyer, a copy of which is attached hereto as
Exhibit VI.
Subsidiary
of a Person means (i) any corporation more than 50% of the outstanding
securities having ordinary voting power of which shall at the time be owned or controlled, directly
or indirectly, by such Person or by one or more of its Subsidiaries or by such
Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries, or (ii) any partnership, association, limited
liability company, joint venture or similar business organization more than 50% of the ownership
interests having ordinary voting power of which shall at the time be so owned or controlled.
Transaction Documents
means, collectively, this Agreement, each Transfer Agreement,
each Collection Account Agreement, the Subordinated Note, the Subscription Agreement and all other
instruments, documents and agreements executed and delivered in connection herewith.
Transfer Agreement
means (a) the Accu-Tech Transfer Agreement and (b) each other
receivables transfer agreement entered into from time to time between an Originator (other than
Seller) approved by the Agent, and Seller, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, as the
same may be amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
UCC
means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of
Illinois.
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
Illinois, and not specifically defined herein, are used herein as defined in such Article 9.
EXHIBIT 10.2
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
dated as of May 31, 2011
Among
ANIXTER RECEIVABLES CORPORATION, as Seller,
ANIXTER INC., as Servicer,
FALCON ASSET SECURITIZATION COMPANY LLC
and
THREE PILLARS FUNDING LLC, as Conduits,
THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO,
as Financial Institutions,
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
and
SUNTRUST ROBINSON HUMPHREY, INC., as Managing Agents
and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Agent
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Page 3
ANIXTER RECEIVABLES CORPORATION
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This Second Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of May 31, 2011 is
among ANIXTER RECEIVABLES CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (
Seller
), ANIXTER INC., a
Delaware corporation (
Anixter
), as initial Servicer (Anixter, together with Seller, the
Seller Parties
and each a
Seller Party
), FALCON ASSET SECURITIZATION COMPANY
LLC (
Falcon
) and THREE PILLARS FUNDING LLC (
Three Pillars
), as conduits
(collectively, the
Conduits
and each individually, a
Conduit
), the entities
listed on
Schedule A
to this Agreement (together with any of their respective successors
and assigns hereunder, the
Financial Institutions
), JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
(
JPMCB
) and SUNTRUST ROBINSON HUMPHREY, INC. (
SunTrust
), as managing agents
(collectively, the
Managing Agents
and each individually, a
Managing Agent
) and
JPMCB, as agent for the Purchasers hereunder or any successor agent hereunder (together with its
successors and assigns hereunder, the
Agent
). Unless defined elsewhere herein,
capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in
Exhibit I
.
PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS
A. Reference is made to that certain Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement dated
as of October 3, 2002 by and among the parties hereto (as heretofore amended, the
Earlier
Purchase Agreement
).
B. The Seller Parties, the Conduit, the Financial Institutions, the Managing Agents and the
Agent have, on the terms and conditions set forth herein, agreed to amend and restate the Earlier
Purchase Agreement in its entirety.
AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT
(a) This Agreement amends and restates in its entirety the Earlier Purchase Agreement. Upon
the effectiveness of this Agreement, the terms and provisions of the Earlier Purchase Agreement
shall, subject to the following clauses (b) and (c), be superseded hereby.
(b) Notwithstanding the amendment and restatement of the Earlier Purchase Agreement by this
Agreement:
(i) the Seller shall continue to be liable to the Purchasers, the Agent and the
Managing Agents with respect to (A) all unpaid CP Costs, Yield, fees, expenses and other
obligations of the Seller accrued under the Earlier Purchase Agreement prior to the
effective date of this Agreement and (B) all agreements on the part of the Seller under the
Earlier Purchase Agreement to indemnify the Purchasers, the Agent and the Managing Agents in
connection with events or conditions arising or existing prior to the effective date of this
Agreement, including, but not limited to, those events and conditions set forth in
Article X
thereof;
(ii) Each Purchaser shall continue to be liable in respect of each claim of the Agent
or such Purchasers Managing Agent against such Person arising under the Earlier Purchase
Agreement prior to the effective date of this Agreement, including but not limited to, each
claim arising under
Section 11.6
of the Earlier Purchase Agreement; and
(iii) The Purchasers, the Agent and the Managing Agents shall continue to be liable in
respect of any claim against such Person in favor of the Seller arising under the Earlier
Purchase Agreement prior to the effective date of this Agreement.
(c) This Agreement is entered into in substitution for the Earlier Purchase Agreement and not
as payment of any of the obligations of the Seller thereunder, and is in no way intended to
constitute a novation of the Earlier Purchase Agreement. Nothing contained herein is intended to
amend, modify or otherwise affect any obligation of, or grant of authority by, the Seller existing
prior to the date hereof.
(d) Upon the effectiveness of this Agreement, each reference to the Earlier Purchase Agreement
in any other document, instrument or agreement executed and/or delivered in connection therewith
shall mean and be a reference to this Agreement unless the context otherwise requires.
(e) Upon the effectiveness of this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall govern all
aspects of the facility contemplated herein, including, without limitation, the eligibility of
Receivables purchased under the Earlier Purchase Agreement and any settlements to be made with
respect thereto.
ARTICLE I
PURCHASE ARRANGEMENTS
Section 1.1
Purchase Facility
.
(a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereof, Seller may, at its option, sell and
assign Purchaser Interests to the Agent, for the benefit of the Purchasers, in all of its
Receivables, Related Security, Collections, and proceeds of any of the foregoing, in each case,
whether now owned or hereafter arising. In accordance with the terms and conditions set forth
herein, each Conduit may, at its option, instruct the related Managing Agent to purchase on its
behalf through the Agent, or if any such Conduit shall decline to purchase, the applicable Managing
Agent shall purchase, on behalf of the applicable Financial Institutions through the Agent,
Purchaser Interests from time to time in an aggregate amount not to exceed the Purchase Limit, and
for each Purchase Group, in an aggregate amount not to exceed the Group Purchase Limit for such
Purchase Group, during the period from the date hereof to but not including the Facility
Termination Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, at no time shall a Purchaser Interest be
purchased for a Financial Institution pursuant to this
Section 1.1(a)
if the Capital
allocated to the Financial Institution with respect to such Purchaser Interest would exceed such
Financial Institutions Unused Back-up Commitment at such time.
(b) Seller may, upon at least 30 days notice to the Agent and each Managing Agent, terminate
in whole or reduce in part, ratably among the Financial Institutions based on the
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amount of their
Back-Up Commitments, the Unused Purchase Limit; provided that each partial reduction of the
Purchase Limit shall be in an amount equal to $5,000,000 or an integral multiple thereof. Each
Financial Institutions Back-Up Commitment shall be reduced by its Pro Rata Share of each reduction
in the Purchase Limit, and each Financial Institutions Liquidity Commitment shall be reduced by
its Pro Rata Share of 102% of each such reduction in the Purchase Limit.
Section 1.2
Increases
. Seller shall provide each Managing Agent with at least three
(3) Business Days prior notice in a form set forth as
Exhibit II
hereto of each
Incremental Purchase (collectively, a
Purchase Notice
). Each Purchase Notice shall be
subject to
Section 6.2
hereof and, except as set forth below, shall be irrevocable and
shall specify the requested (i) Purchase Price (which shall not be less than $500,000 per Purchase
Group) and (ii) in the event a Conduit declines to make an Incremental Purchase and such
Incremental Purchase is to be funded by the related Financial Institutions, the type of Discount
Rate and Tranche Period. Following receipt of a Purchase Notice, each Managing Agent will
determine whether the Conduit in its Purchase Group agrees to make the purchase. If any Conduit
declines to make a proposed purchase, its Managing Agent shall promptly notify the Agent and the
Seller, and the Seller may cancel the Purchase Notice in its entirety or, in the absence of such a
cancellation, the Incremental Purchase of the Purchaser Interest will be made by the Financial
Institutions in such Conduits Purchase Group. Each Incremental Purchase to be made hereunder
shall be made ratably among the Purchase Groups in accordance with their Group Purchase Limits. On
the date of each Incremental Purchase, upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions precedent set
forth in
Article VI
, each Conduit or the applicable Financial Institutions, as applicable,
shall make available to the related Managing Agent at its address listed beneath its signature on
its signature page to this Agreement, for deposit to such account as the Seller designates from
time to time, in immediately available funds, no later than 12:00 Noon (Chicago time), an amount
equal to (i) in the case of a Conduit, such Conduits Pro Rata Share of the aggregate Purchase
Price of the Purchaser Interests then being purchased, which amount shall not exceed such Conduits
Pro Rata Share of the Unused Purchase Limit, or (ii) in the case of a Financial Institution, such
Financial Institutions Pro Rata Share of the aggregate Purchase Price of the Purchaser Interests
then being purchased, such amount not to exceed such Financial Institutions Unused Back-Up
Commitment.
Section 1.3
Decreases
. Seller shall provide each Managing Agent with at least three
(3) Business Days prior written notice of any proposed reduction of Aggregate Capital from
Collections (a
Reduction Notice
). Such Reduction Notice shall designate (i) the date
(the
Proposed Reduction Date
) upon which any such reduction of Aggregate Capital shall
occur, and (ii) the amount of Aggregate Capital to be reduced which shall be applied by the
Managing Agents ratably to the Purchaser Interests of the Purchasers in accordance with the amount
of Capital (if any) owing to such Purchaser (ratably, based on such Purchasers Capital Pro Rata
Share) (the
Aggregate Reduction
). Only one (1) Reduction Notice shall be outstanding at
any time.
Section 1.4
Payment Requirements
. All amounts to be paid or deposited by any Seller
Party pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall be paid or deposited in accordance with the
terms hereof no later than 11:00 a.m. (Chicago time) on the day when due in immediately available
funds, and if not received before 11:00 a.m. (Chicago time) shall be deemed to be
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received on the
next succeeding Business Day. If such amounts are payable to a Purchaser they shall be paid to the
related Managing Agent, for the account of such Purchaser, at its address listed beneath its
signature on its signature page to this Agreement until otherwise notified in writing by such
Managing Agent. Upon notice to Seller, the Agent may debit the Facility Account for all amounts
due and payable hereunder. All computations of Yield, per annum fees hereunder and per annum fees
under the Fee Letter shall be made on the basis of a year of 360 days for the actual number of days
elapsed. If any amount hereunder shall be payable on a day which is not a Business Day, such
amount shall be payable on the next succeeding Business Day. All payments to Three Pillar Funding
LLC must be made by 12:00 p.m. (New York time) in order to comply with Section B(1)(a) of the DTC
Operational Arrangements and the DTC Notice (B#2078-07) dated September 11, 2007.
ARTICLE II
PAYMENTS AND COLLECTIONS
Section 2.1
Payments
. Notwithstanding any limitation on recourse contained in this
Agreement, Seller shall immediately pay to each Managing Agent when due, for the account of the
related Purchaser or Purchasers on a full recourse basis, (i) such fees as set forth in the Fee
Letter (which fees shall be sufficient to pay all fees owing to the Financial Institutions), (ii)
all amounts payable as Yield, (iii) all amounts payable as Deemed Collections (which shall be
immediately due and payable by Seller and applied to reduce outstanding Aggregate Capital hereunder
in accordance with
Sections 2.2
and
2.3
hereof), (iv) all amounts payable pursuant
to
Section 2.6
, (v) all amounts payable pursuant to
Article X
, if any, (vi) all
Servicer costs and expenses, including the Servicing Fee, in connection with servicing,
administering and collecting the Receivables, (vii) all Broken Funding Costs and (viii) all Default
Fees (collectively, the
Obligations
). If any Person fails to pay any of the Obligations
when due, such Person agrees to pay, on demand, the Default Fee in respect thereof until paid.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this Agreement or the Fee Letter shall require the
payment or permit the collection of any amounts hereunder in excess of the maximum permitted by
applicable law. If at any time any Seller Party receives any Collections or is deemed to receive
any Collections, such Seller Party shall immediately pay such Collections or Deemed Collections to
the Servicer for application in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof and, at all times
prior to such payment, such Collections or Deemed Collections shall be held in trust by such Seller
Party for the exclusive benefit of the Purchasers, the Managing Agents and the Agent.
Section 2.2
Collections Prior to Amortization.
Prior to the Amortization Date, any
Collections and/or Deemed Collections received by the Servicer shall be set aside and held in trust
by the Servicer for the payment of any accrued and unpaid Aggregate Unpaids or for a Reinvestment
or an Aggregate Reduction as provided in this
Section 2.2
. If at any time any Collections
are received by the Servicer prior to the Amortization Date, (i) the Servicer shall set aside the
Termination Percentage (as hereinafter defined) of Collections evidenced by the
Purchaser Interests of each Terminating Financial Institution and (ii) Seller hereby requests
and the Purchasers (other than any Terminating Financial Institutions) hereby agree to make,
simultaneously with such receipt, a reinvestment of funds (each a
Reinvestment
) with a
portion of the balance of each and every Collection received by the Servicer or Deemed Collection
that is part of any Purchaser Interest (other than any Purchaser Interests of Terminating Financial
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Institutions), such that after giving effect to such Reinvestment, the amount of Aggregate Capital
immediately after such receipt and corresponding Reinvestment shall be equal to the amount of
Aggregate Capital immediately prior to such receipt. On each Settlement Date prior to the
occurrence of the Amortization Date, the Servicer shall remit to the Managing Agents respective
accounts in accordance with the applicable Group Pro Rata Share of its Purchase Group, the amounts
set aside during the preceding Settlement Period that have not been subject to a Reinvestment and
apply such amounts (if not previously paid in accordance with
Section 2.1
)
first
,
to reduce unpaid Obligations and
second
, to reduce the Capital of all Purchaser Interests
of Terminating Financial Institutions, applied ratably to each such Terminating Financial
Institution according to its respective Termination Percentage. If such Terminating Financial
Institutions Capital and other Obligations shall be reduced to zero, any additional Collections
received by the Servicer shall (i) if applicable, be remitted to the Managing Agents respective
accounts in accordance with the applicable Pro Rata Shares of the related Purchasers no later than
11:00 a.m. (Chicago time) to the extent required to fund any Aggregate Reduction on such Settlement
Date and (ii) thereafter, be remitted from the Servicer to Seller on such Settlement Date. Each
Terminating Financial Institution shall be allocated a ratable portion of Collections from the date
on which it became a Terminating Financial Institution (the
Termination Date
) until such
Terminating Financing Institutions Capital shall be paid in full. This ratable portion shall be
calculated on the Termination Date of each Terminating Financial Institution as a percentage equal
to (i) Capital of such Terminating Financial Institution outstanding on its Termination Date,
divided
by
(ii) the Aggregate Capital outstanding on such Termination Date (the
Termination Percentage
). Each Terminating Financial Institutions Termination Percentage
shall remain constant prior to the Amortization Date. On and after the Amortization Date, each
Termination Percentage shall be disregarded, and each Terminating Financial Institutions Capital
shall be reduced ratably with all Financial Institutions in accordance with
Section 2.3
.
Section 2.3
Collections Following Amortization
. On the Amortization Date and on each
day thereafter, the Servicer shall set aside and hold in trust, for the holder of each Purchaser
Interest, all Collections received on such day and an additional amount of funds of the Seller for
the payment of any accrued and unpaid Aggregate Capital and other accrued and unpaid Obligations
owed by Seller and not previously paid by Seller in accordance with
Section 2.1
. On and
after the Amortization Date, the Servicer shall, at any time upon the request from time to time by
(or pursuant to standing instructions from) the Agent (i) remit to the Managing Agents respective
accounts established for the benefit of the related Purchasers, in accordance with the applicable
Capital Pro Rata Shares, the amounts set aside pursuant to the preceding sentence, and (ii) apply
such amounts to reduce the Aggregate Capital and any other Aggregate Unpaids.
Section 2.4
Application of Collections
. If there shall be insufficient funds on
deposit for the Servicer to distribute funds in payment in full of the aforementioned amounts
pursuant to
Section 2.2
or
2.3
(as applicable), the Servicer shall distribute
funds:
(i)
first
, to the payment of the Servicers reasonable out-of-pocket costs and
expenses in connection with servicing, administering and collecting the Receivables,
including the Servicing Fee, if Seller or one of its Affiliates is not then acting as the
Servicer,
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(ii)
second
, to the reimbursement of the reasonable costs of collection and
enforcement of this Agreement incurred by the Agent or any Managing Agent,
(iii)
third
, ratably to the payment of all accrued and unpaid fees under the
Fee Letter and Yield,
(iv)
fourth
, (if applicable) to the ratable reduction of the Aggregate Capital
(without regard to any Termination Percentage),
(v)
fifth
, for the ratable payment of all other unpaid Obligations, provided
that to the extent such Obligations relate to the payment of Servicer costs and expenses,
including the Servicing Fee, when Seller or one of its Affiliates is acting as the Servicer,
such costs and expenses will not be paid until after the payment in full of all other
Obligations, and
(vi)
sixth
, after the Aggregate Unpaids have been indefeasibly reduced to zero,
to Seller.
Collections applied to the payment of Aggregate Unpaids shall be distributed in accordance with
the aforementioned provisions, and, giving effect to each of the priorities set forth in this
Section 2.4
above, shall be shared ratably (within each priority) among the Agent, the
Managing Agents and the Purchasers in accordance with the amount of such Aggregate Unpaids owing
to each of them in respect of each such priority.
Section 2.5
Payment Recission
. No payment of any of the Aggregate Unpaids shall be
considered paid or applied hereunder to the extent that, at any time, all or any portion of such
payment or application is rescinded by application of law or judicial authority, or must otherwise
be returned or refunded for any reason. Seller shall remain obligated for the amount of any
payment or application so rescinded, returned or refunded, and shall promptly pay to the Agent (for
application to the Person or Persons who suffered such recission, return or refund) the full amount
thereof, plus the Default Fee from the date of any such recission, return or refunding.
Section 2.6
Maximum Purchaser Interests
. Seller shall ensure that the Purchaser
Interests of the Purchasers shall at no time exceed in the aggregate 100%. If the aggregate of the
Purchaser Interests of the Purchasers exceeds 100%, Seller shall pay to the Managing Agent of each
Purchase Group within one (1) Business Day of Sellers knowledge thereof, such Purchase Groups
Group Pro Rata Share of an amount to be applied to reduce the Aggregate Capital, such that after
giving effect to such payment the aggregate of the Purchaser Interests equals or is less than 100%.
Section 2.7
Clean Up Call
. In addition to Sellers rights pursuant to
Section
1.3
, Seller shall have the right (after providing three (3) Business Days written notice to
each Managing Agent), at any time, to repurchase from the Purchasers all, but not less than all, of the then
outstanding Purchaser Interests. The purchase price in respect thereof shall be an amount equal to
the Aggregate Unpaids through the date of such repurchase, payable in immediately available funds.
Such repurchase shall be without representation, warranty or recourse of any kind by, on the part
of, or against any Purchaser, any Managing Agent or the Agent.
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ARTICLE III
CONDUIT FUNDING
Section 3.1
Yield
. Seller shall pay Yield at the applicable CP Rate with respect to
the Capital associated with each Purchaser Interest of each Conduit for each day that any Capital
in respect of such Purchaser Interest is outstanding;
provided
, that any Purchaser
Interest, or portion thereof, which, or an undivided interest in which, is being funded by the
Financial Institutions of such Conduits Purchase Group pursuant to such Conduits Liquidity
Agreement shall accrue Yield pursuant to
Article IV
. Each Purchaser Interest funded by
Falcon substantially with Pooled Commercial Paper will accrue Yield at the Falcon CP Rate each day
on a pro rata basis, based upon the percentage share the Capital in respect of such Purchaser
Interest represents in relation to all assets held by Falcon and funded substantially with Pooled
Commercial Paper. Each Purchaser Interest funded by Three Pillars will accrue Yield at the Three
Pillars CP Rate each day.
Section 3.2
Yield Payments
. On each Monthly Settlement Date, Seller shall pay to each
Managing Agent (for the benefit of each Conduit in its Purchase Group) an aggregate amount equal to
all accrued and unpaid Yield in respect of the Capital associated with all Purchaser Interests of
such Conduit for the immediately preceding Accrual Period in accordance with
Article II
.
Section 3.3
Calculation of Yield
. On or before the third Business Day immediately
preceding each Monthly Settlement Date, each Conduit shall calculate the aggregate amount of Yield
in respect of the Capital associated with all Purchaser Interests of such Conduit for the
immediately preceding Accrual Period and shall notify Seller of such aggregate amount.
ARTICLE IV
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION FUNDING
Section 4.1
Financial Institution Funding
. Each Purchaser Interest of the Financial
Institutions shall accrue Yield for each day during its Tranche Period at either the LIBO Rate or
the Base Rate in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof. Until Seller gives notice to the
Managing Agents of another Discount Rate in accordance with
Section 4.4
, the initial
Discount Rate for any Purchaser Interest transferred to the Financial Institutions pursuant to the
terms and conditions hereof shall be the Base Rate. If any Financial Institution acquires by
assignment from the Conduit in its Purchase Group all or any portion of a Purchaser Interest (or an
undivided interest therein) pursuant to such Conduits Liquidity Agreement, each Purchaser Interest
so assigned shall each be deemed to have a new Tranche Period commencing on the date of any such
assignment.
Section 4.2
Yield Payments
. On the Settlement Date for each Purchaser Interest of the
Financial Institutions, Seller shall pay to each Managing Agent (for the benefit of the Financial
Institutions) an aggregate amount equal to the accrued and unpaid Yield for the entire Tranche
Period of such Purchaser Interest in accordance with
Article II
.
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Section 4.3
Selection and Continuation of Tranche Periods
.
(a) With consultation from (and approval by) each related Managing Agent, Seller shall from
time to time request Tranche Periods for the Purchaser Interests of the Financial Institutions.
Seller shall select Tranche Periods such that (i) each Purchase Group shall have Purchaser
Interests with an amount of Capital allocated to each Tranche Period based on such Purchase Groups
Group Pro Rata Share and (ii) at least one Tranche Period for each Purchase Group shall end on a
Monthly Settlement Date.
(b) The Seller or the Agent, with the consent or at the direction of the Managing Agent for
the Purchasers holding such Purchaser Interest, may, upon notice to and consent by the other
received at least three (3) Business Days prior to the last day of a Tranche Period (the
Terminating Tranche
) for any Purchaser Interest, effective on such last day, (i) divide
any such Purchaser Interest into multiple Purchaser Interests, or (ii) combine any such Purchaser
Interest with one or more other Purchaser Interests which either have a Terminating Tranche ending
on such day or are newly created on such day (subject to the Conduits ability to accommodate such
division or combination),
provided
that in no event may a Purchaser Interest of a Conduit
be combined with a Purchaser Interest of the Financial Institutions.
Section 4.4
Financial Institution Discount Rates
. The Seller may, subject to the
terms of this Agreement, select the LIBO Rate or the Base Rate for each Purchaser Interest of the
Financial Institutions. Seller shall by 11:00 a.m. (Chicago time): (i) at least three (3) Business
Days prior to the expiration of any Terminating Tranche with respect to which the LIBO Rate is
being requested as a new Discount Rate and (ii) at least one (1) Business Day prior to the
expiration of any Terminating Tranche with respect to which the Base Rate is being requested as a
new Discount Rate, give each related Managing Agent irrevocable notice of the new Discount Rate for
the Purchaser Interest associated with such Terminating Tranche. Agent will, from time to time, at
Sellers request make available non-binding indications of the LIBO Rate for a new Tranche Period
with respect to any Terminating Tranche. Until Seller gives notice to the Managing Agents of
another Discount Rate, the initial Discount Rate for any Purchaser Interest transferred to
Financial Institutions pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof shall be the Base Rate.
Section 4.5
Suspension of the LIBO Rate
.
(a) If any Financial Institution notifies its related Managing Agent that (i) it has
determined that funding its Pro Rata Share of the Purchaser Interests of the Financial Institutions
at a LIBO Rate would violate any applicable law, rule, regulation, or directive of any governmental
or regulatory authority, whether or not having the force of law, or (ii) deposits of a type and
maturity appropriate to match fund its Purchaser Interests at such LIBO Rate are not available, or
(iii) such LIBO Rate does not accurately reflect the cost of acquiring or maintaining
a Purchaser Interest at such LIBO Rate, then such Managing Agent shall notify the Agent and
shall suspend the availability of such LIBO Rate at the end of any then current Tranche Period,
provided that if required by any applicable law, rule, regulation or directive, any then current
Tranche Period for such Purchaser Interest based on the LIBO Rate shall terminate immediately and a
new Tranche Period based on the Base Rate shall commence.
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(b) If less than all of the Financial Institutions give a notice to the Managing Agents
pursuant to
Section 4.5(a)
, each Financial Institution which gave such a notice shall be
obligated, at the request of Seller or such Financial Institutions Managing Agent (on behalf of
the related Conduit or Conduits), to assign all of its rights and obligations hereunder to (i)
another Financial Institution or (ii) another funding entity nominated by Seller that is acceptable
to the related Conduit or Conduits and willing to participate in this Agreement and the related
Liquidity Agreement through the Liquidity Termination Date in the place of such notifying Financial
Institution;
provided
that (x) the notifying Financial Institution receives payment in
full, pursuant to an Assignment Agreement, of an amount equal to such notifying Financial
Institutions Capital Pro Rata Share of the Capital and Yield owing to all of the Financial
Institutions and all accrued but unpaid fees and other costs and expenses payable in respect of its
Capital Pro Rata Share of the Purchaser Interests of the Financial Institutions, and (y) the
replacement Financial Institution otherwise satisfies the requirements of
Section 12.1(b)
.
ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 5.1
Representations and Warranties of The Seller Parties
. Each Seller Party
hereby represents and warrants to the Agent, the Managing Agents and the Purchasers, as to itself,
as of the date hereof and as of the date of each Incremental Purchase and the date of each
Reinvestment that:
(a)
Corporate Existence and Power
. Such Seller Party is a corporation duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, is a registered
organization as defined in the UCC in effect in such jurisdiction and is duly qualified to do
business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation, and has and holds all corporate power
and all governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals required to carry on its
business in each jurisdiction in which its business is conducted, except where the failure to so
qualify or so hold could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b)
Power and Authority; Due Authorization, Execution and Delivery
. The execution and
delivery by such Seller Party of this Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which it is
a party, and the performance of its obligations hereunder and thereunder and, in the case of
Seller, Sellers use of the proceeds of purchases made hereunder, are within its corporate powers
and authority and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on its part. This
Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which such Seller Party is a party has been duly
executed and delivered by such Seller Party.
(c)
No Conflict
. The execution and delivery by such Seller Party of this Agreement
and each other Transaction Document to which it is a party, and the performance of its obligations
hereunder and thereunder do not contravene or violate (i) its certificate of incorporation or
by-laws, (ii) any law, rule or regulation applicable to it, (iii) any restrictions under any
agreement, contract or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its property is
bound, or (iv) any order, writ, judgment, award, injunction or decree binding on or affecting it or
its property, and do not result in the creation or imposition of any Adverse Claim
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on assets of
such Seller Party or its Subsidiaries (except as created hereunder), except, in any case, where
such contravention or violation could not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
and no transaction contemplated hereby requires compliance with any bulk sales act or similar law.
(d)
Governmental Authorization
. Other than the filing of the financing statements
required hereunder, no authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing
with, any governmental authority or regulatory body is required for the due execution and delivery
by such Seller Party of this Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which it is a party
and the performance of its obligations hereunder and thereunder.
(e)
Actions, Suits
. There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending, or to the
best of such Seller Partys knowledge, threatened, against or affecting such Seller Party, or any
of its properties, in or before any court, arbitrator or other body, that could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Anixter is not in default with respect to any order of
any court, arbitrator or governmental body, which defaults, individually or in the aggregate, could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Seller is not in default with
respect to any order of any court, arbitrator or governmental body.
(f)
Binding Effect
. This Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which such
Seller Party is a party constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of such Seller Party
enforceable against such Seller Party in accordance with their respective terms, except as such
enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar
laws relating to or limiting creditors rights generally and by general principles of equity
(regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(g)
Accuracy of Information
. All information heretofore furnished by such Seller
Party or any of its Affiliates to the Agent, the Managing Agents or the Purchasers for purposes of
or in connection with this Agreement, any Report, any of the other Transaction Documents or any
transaction contemplated hereby or thereby is, and all such information hereafter furnished by such
Seller Party or any of its Affiliates to the Agent, the Managing Agents or the Purchasers will be,
true and accurate in every material respect on the date such information is stated or certified and
does not and will not contain any material misstatement of fact or omit to state a material fact or
any fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading.
(h)
Use of Proceeds
. No proceeds of any purchase hereunder will be used (i) for a
purpose that violates, or would be inconsistent with, Regulation T, U or X promulgated by the Board
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from time to time or (ii) to acquire any
security in any transaction which is subject to Section 12, 13 or 14 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(i)
Good Title
. Immediately prior to each purchase hereunder, Seller shall be the
legal and beneficial owner of the Receivables and Related Security with respect thereto, free and
clear of any Adverse Claim, except as created by the Transaction Documents. There have been duly
filed all financing statements or other similar instruments or documents necessary
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under the UCC
(or any comparable law) of all appropriate jurisdictions to perfect Sellers ownership interest in
each Receivable, its Collections and the Related Security.
(j)
Perfection
. This Agreement, together with the filing of the financing statements
contemplated hereby, is effective to, and shall, upon each purchase hereunder, transfer to the
Agent for the benefit of the Purchasers (and the Agent for the benefit of the Purchasers shall
acquire from Seller) a valid and perfected first priority undivided percentage ownership or
security interest in each Receivable existing or hereafter arising and in the Related Security and
Collections with respect thereto, free and clear of any Adverse Claim, except as created by the
Transactions Documents. There have been duly filed all financing statements or other similar
instruments or documents necessary under the UCC (or any comparable law) of all appropriate
jurisdictions to perfect the Agents (on behalf of the Purchasers) ownership or security interest
in the Receivables, the Related Security and the Collections.
(k)
Places of Business and Locations of Records
. The principal places of business and
chief executive office of such Seller Party and the offices where it keeps all of its Records are
located at the address(es) listed on
Exhibit III
or such other locations of which the Agent
has been notified in accordance with
Section 7.2(a)
in jurisdictions where all action
required by
Section 13.4(a)
has been taken and completed. Each Seller Partys state of
organization, organizational identification number (if any) and Federal Employer Identification
Number are correctly set forth on
Exhibit III
.
(l)
Collections
. The conditions and requirements set forth in
Section 7.1(j)
and
Section 8.2
have at all times been satisfied and duly performed. The names and
addresses of all Collection Banks, together with the account numbers of the Collection Accounts of
Seller at each Collection Bank and the post office box number of each Lock-Box, are listed on
Exhibit IV
. Seller has not granted any Person, other than the Agent as contemplated by
this Agreement, dominion and control of any Lock-Box or Collection Account, or the right to take
dominion and control of any such Lock-Box or Collection Account at a future time or upon the
occurrence of a future event.
(m)
Material Adverse Effect
. (i) The initial Servicer represents and warrants that
since December 31, 2010, no event has occurred that would have a material adverse effect on the
financial condition or operations of the initial Servicer and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
or the ability of the initial Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement, and (ii)
Seller represents and warrants that since December 31, 2010, no event has occurred that would have
a material adverse effect on (A) the financial condition or operations of Seller, (B) the ability
of Seller to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents, or (C) the collectibility of
the Receivables generally or any material portion of the Receivables.
(n)
Names
. In the past five (5) years, Seller has not used any corporate names, trade
names or assumed names other than the name in which it has executed this Agreement.
(o)
Ownership of Seller
. Anixter owns, directly or indirectly, 100% of the issued and
outstanding capital stock of Seller, free and clear of any Adverse Claim. Such capital
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stock is
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and there are no options, warrants or other rights to
acquire securities of Seller.
(p)
Not an Investment Company
. Such Seller Party is not an
investment
company
within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or any successor
statute.
(q)
Compliance with Law
. Such Seller Party has complied in all material respects with
all applicable laws, rules, regulations, orders, writs, judgments, injunctions, decrees or awards
to which it may be subject, except where the failure to so comply could not reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each Receivable, together with the Contract related thereto,
does not contravene any laws, rules or regulations applicable thereto (
including
,
without limitation
, laws, rules and regulations relating to truth in lending, fair credit
billing, fair credit reporting, equal credit opportunity, fair debt collection practices and
privacy), and no part of such Contract is in violation of any such law, rule or regulation, except
where such contravention or violation could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(r)
Compliance with Credit and Collection Policy
. Such Seller Party has complied in
all material respects with the Credit and Collection Policy with regard to each Receivable and the
related Contract, and has not made any change to such Credit and Collection Policy, except such
material change as to which the Agent has been notified in accordance with
Section
7.1(a)(vii)
.
(s)
Enforceability of Contracts
. Each Contract with respect to each Receivable is
effective to create, and has created, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the related Obligor
to pay the Outstanding Balance of the Receivable created thereunder and any accrued interest
thereon, enforceable against the Obligor in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement
may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws relating
to or limiting creditors rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of
whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(t)
Eligible Receivables
. (i) As of the date of this Agreement, each Receivable
included in the Net Receivables Balance under the Earlier Agreement is an Eligible Receivable as
defined hereunder as of the date of this Agreement. (ii) Each Receivable included in the Net
Receivables Balance as an Eligible Receivable on the date of its purchase under the Receivables
Sale Agreement was an Eligible Receivable on such purchase date, and, as of the date of each Report
and any other report delivered pursuant to
Section 8.5
, each Receivable included in the Net
Receivables Balance on each such Report or other report was an Eligible Receivable.
(u)
Net Receivables Balance
. Seller has determined that, immediately after giving
effect to each Incremental Purchase hereunder, the Net Receivables Balance is at least equal to the
sum of (i) the Aggregate Capital,
plus
(ii) the Aggregate Reserves.
(v)
Accounting
. The manner in which each Seller Party accounts for the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the Receivables Sale Agreement does not jeopardize true sale
analysis.
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(w)
Remittances of Collections
. Each remittance of Collections by the Seller to any
Purchaser, any Managing Agent or the Administrative Agent (each, a
Transferee
) under this
Agreement will have been (i) in payment of a debt incurred by the Seller in the ordinary course of
business or financial affairs of the Seller and such Transferee and (ii) made in the ordinary
course of business or financial affairs of the Seller and such Transferee.
ARTICLE VI
CONDITIONS OF PURCHASES
Section 6.1
Conditions Precedent to Initial Incremental Purchase.
(a) The
effectiveness of this Agreement and the initial Incremental Purchase under this Agreement are
subject to the conditions precedent that (i) the Agent and each Managing Agent shall have received
on or before the Closing Date those documents listed on
Schedule B
and (b) the Agent and
each Managing Agent shall have received all fees and expenses required to be paid on or prior to
the Closing Date pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the Fee Letters.
Section 6.2
Conditions Precedent to All Purchases and Reinvestments.
Each Incremental
Purchase of a Purchaser Interest and each Reinvestment shall be subject to the further conditions
precedent that (a) in the case of each such Incremental Purchase or Reinvestment, the Servicer
shall have delivered to the Managing Agents on or prior to the date of such Incremental Purchase or
Reinvestment, in form and substance satisfactory to the Managing Agents, (i) all Reports and other
reports as and when due under
Section 8.5
and (ii) upon the Agents or any Managing Agents
request, the Servicer shall have delivered to the Managing Agents at least three (3) Business Days
prior to any Incremental Purchase or Reinvestment an interim report the form of a Monthly Report
showing the amount of Eligible Receivables; (b) the Facility Termination Date shall not have
occurred; (c) the Agent and each Managing Agent shall have received such other approvals, opinions
or documents as it may reasonably request; and (d) on the date of each such Incremental Purchase or
Reinvestment, the following statements shall be true (and acceptance of the proceeds of such
Incremental Purchase or Reinvestment shall be deemed a representation and warranty by Seller that
such statements are then true):
(i) the representations and warranties set forth in
Section 5.1
are true and
correct on and as of the date of such Incremental Purchase or Reinvestment as though made on
and as of such date;
(ii) no event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such Incremental
Purchase or Reinvestment, that will constitute an Amortization Event, and no
event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such Incremental Purchase or
Reinvestment, that would constitute a Potential Amortization Event; and
(iii) the Aggregate Capital does not exceed the Purchase Limit and the aggregate
Purchaser Interests do not exceed 100%.
It is expressly understood that each Reinvestment shall, unless otherwise directed by any Managing
Agent or any Purchaser, occur automatically on each day that the Servicer shall receive any
Collections without the requirement that any further action be taken on the part of any Person and
notwithstanding the failure of Seller to satisfy any of the foregoing conditions
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precedent in
respect of such Reinvestment. The failure of Seller to satisfy any of the foregoing conditions
precedent in respect of any Reinvestment shall give rise to a right of the Agent, which right may
be exercised at any time on demand of the Agent (with the consent or at the direction of the
Required Financial Institutions), to rescind the related purchase and direct Seller to pay to the
Agent for the benefit of the Purchasers an amount equal to the Collections prior to the
Amortization Date that shall have been applied to the affected Reinvestment.
ARTICLE VII
COVENANTS
Section 7.1
Affirmative Covenants of The Seller Parties
. Until the date on which the
Aggregate Unpaids have been indefeasibly paid in full and this Agreement terminates in accordance
with its terms, each Seller Party hereby covenants, as to itself, as set forth below:
(a)
Financial Reporting
. Such Seller Party will maintain, for itself and each of its
Subsidiaries, a system of accounting established and administered in accordance with GAAP, and
furnish or cause to be furnished to the Agent and each Managing Agent:
(i)
Annual Reportin
g. Within 90 days after the close of each of its respective
fiscal years, audited financial statements (which shall include balance sheets, statements
of income and retained earnings and a statement of cash flows) for Anixter and its
consolidated Subsidiaries for such fiscal year certified in a manner acceptable to each
Managing Agent by Ernst & Young or other independent public accountants of recognized
national standing.
(ii)
Quarterly Reporting
. Within 45 days after the close of the first three
(3) quarterly periods of each of its respective fiscal years, balance sheets of Anixter and
its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the close of each such period and statements of income
and retained earnings and a statement of cash flows for Anixter and its consolidated
Subsidiaries for the period from the beginning of such fiscal year to the end of such
quarter, all certified by its respective chief financial officer or treasurer.
(iii)
Compliance Certificate
. Together with the financial statements required
hereunder, a compliance certificate in substantially the form of
Exhibit V
signed by
such Seller Partys Authorized Officer on behalf of such Seller Party and dated the
date of such annual financial statement or such quarterly financial statement, as the
case may be.
(iv)
Shareholders Statements and Reports
. Promptly upon the furnishing thereof
to the shareholders of such Seller Party copies of all financial statements, reports and
proxy statements so furnished.
(v)
S.E.C. Filings
. Promptly upon the filing thereof, copies of all
registration statements and annual, quarterly, monthly or other regular reports which
Anixter or any of its Subsidiaries files with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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(vi)
Copies of Notices
. Promptly upon its receipt of any notice, request for
consent, financial statements, certification, report or other communication under or in
connection with any Transaction Document from any Person other than the Agent, any Managing
Agent or any Purchaser, copies of the same.
(vii)
Change in Credit and Collection Policy
. At least thirty (30) days prior
to the effectiveness of any material change in or material amendment to the Credit and
Collection Policy, a notice (A) indicating such change or amendment, and (B) if such
proposed change or amendment would be reasonably likely to adversely affect the
collectibility of the Receivables or decrease the credit quality of any newly created
Receivables, requesting the consent of the Managing Agents to such proposed change or
amendment; provided that if such change or amendment was required pursuant to any change in
any applicable law, rule or regulation, such Seller Party shall only be required to give
notice of such change or amendment and shall not be required to request the consent of the
Managing Agents.
(viii)
Other Information
. Promptly, from time to time, such other information,
documents, records or reports relating to the Receivables or the condition or operations,
financial or otherwise, of such Seller Party as either Managing Agent may from time to time
reasonably request in order to protect the interests of the Agent, the Managing Agents and
the Purchasers under or as contemplated by this Agreement.
(ix)
Fiscal Months
. No less frequently than annually, an updated list of
fiscal months.
(b)
Notices
. Such Seller Party will notify each Managing Agent in writing of any of
the following promptly upon learning of the occurrence thereof, describing the same and, if
applicable, the steps being taken with respect thereto:
(i)
Amortization Events or Potential Amortization Events
. The occurrence of
each Amortization Event and each Potential Amortization Event, by a statement of an
Authorized Officer of such Seller Party.
(ii)
Judgment and Proceedings
. (A) (1) The entry of any judgment or decree
against the Servicer or any of its respective Subsidiaries if the aggregate amount of all
judgments and decrees then outstanding against the Servicer and its Subsidiaries exceeds $25,000,000 and (2) the institution of any litigation, arbitration proceeding
or governmental proceeding against the Servicer which, individually or in the aggregate,
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or which seeks to enjoin
performance of or otherwise relates to the Transaction Documents; and (B) the entry of any
judgment or decree or the institution of any litigation, arbitration proceeding or
governmental proceeding against Seller.
(iii)
Material Adverse Effect
. The occurrence of any event or condition that
has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.
(iv)
Termination Date
. The occurrence of the Amortization Date under and as
defined in the Receivables Sale Agreement.
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(v)
Defaults Under Other Agreements
. (A) The occurrence of a default or an
event of default under any other financing arrangement pursuant to which Seller is a debtor
or an obligor and (B) the occurrence of any default or event of default under any other
financing arrangement or arrangements governing Indebtedness, individually or in the
aggregate, in a principal amount greater than or equal to $50,000,000 pursuant to which
Servicer is a debtor or obligor.
(vi)
Downgrade of Anixter
. Any downgrade in the rating of any Indebtedness of
Anixter by S&P or by Moodys, setting forth the Indebtedness affected and the nature of such
change.
(vii)
Appointment of Independent Director
. The decision to appoint a new
director of Seller as the Independent Director for purposes of this Agreement, such notice
to be issued not less than ten (10) days prior to the effective date of such appointment and
to certify that the designated Person satisfies the criteria set forth in the definition
herein of Independent Director.
(c)
Compliance with Laws and Preservation of Corporate Existence
. Such Seller Party
will comply in all respects with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, orders, writs, judgments,
injunctions, decrees or awards to which it may be subject, except where the failure to so comply
could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Such Seller Party will
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 its business is conducted, except where the failure to
preserve and maintain or qualify could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(d)
Audits
. Such Seller Party will furnish to each Managing Agent from time to time
such information with respect to it and the Receivables as either Managing Agent may reasonably
request. Such Seller Party will, from time to time during regular business hours as requested by
either Managing Agent upon reasonable notice and at the sole cost of such Seller Party (except as
provided below), permit each Managing Agent, or its respective agents or representatives, (i) to
examine and make copies of and abstracts from all Records in the
possession or under the control of such Person relating to the Receivables and the Related
Security, including, without limitation, the related Contracts, and (ii) to visit the offices and
properties of such Person for the purpose of examining such materials described in clause (i)
above, and to discuss matters relating to such Persons financial condition or the Receivables and
the Related Security or any Persons performance under any of the Transaction Documents or any
Persons performance under the Contracts and, in each case, with any of the officers or employees
of Seller or the Servicer having knowledge of such matters. So long as no Potential Amortization
Event or Amortization Event exists, the visits under this
Section 7.1(d)
that are at the
sole cost of the applicable Seller Party shall be limited to once per calendar year.
(e)
Keeping and Marking of Records and Books
.
(i) The Servicer will maintain and implement administrative and operating procedures
(including, without limitation, an ability to recreate records
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evidencing Receivables in the
event of the destruction of the originals thereof), and keep and maintain all documents,
books, records and other information reasonably necessary or advisable for the collection of
all Receivables (including, without limitation, records adequate to permit the immediate
identification of each new Receivable and all Collections of and adjustments to each
existing Receivable). The Servicer will give each Managing Agent notice of any material
change in the administrative and operating procedures referred to in the previous sentence.
(ii) Such Seller Party will (A) on or prior to the date hereof, cause all Receivable
reports relating to the Purchaser Interests to bear a legend, acceptable to each Managing
Agent, describing the Purchaser Interests and (B) from and after the occurrence of an
Amortization Event (x) mark each Contract with a legend describing the Purchaser Interests
and (y) deliver to the Agent all Contracts (including, without limitation, all multiple
originals of any such Contract) relating to the Receivables.
(f)
Compliance with Contracts and Credit and Collection Policy
. Such Seller Party
will timely and fully (i) perform and comply with all provisions, covenants and other promises
required to be observed by it under the Contracts related to the Receivables, and (ii) comply in
all respects with the Credit and Collection Policy in regard to each Receivable and the related
Contract.
(g)
Performance and Enforcement of the Receivables Sale Agreement
. Seller will, and
will require Anixter to, perform each of their respective obligations and undertakings under and
pursuant to the Receivables Sale Agreement, will purchase Receivables thereunder in strict
compliance with the terms thereof and will vigorously enforce the rights and remedies accorded to
Seller under the Receivables Sale Agreement. Seller will take all actions to perfect and enforce
its rights and interests (and the rights and interests of the Agent, the Managing Agents and the
Purchasers as assignees of Seller) under the Receivables Sale Agreement and each Transfer Agreement
as either Managing Agent may from time to time reasonably request,
including
,
without
limitation
, making claims to which it may be entitled under any indemnity, reimbursement or
similar provision contained in the Receivables Sale Agreement or any Transfer Agreement.
(h)
Ownership
. Seller will (or will cause the applicable Originator to) take all
necessary action to (i) vest legal and equitable title to the Receivables, the Related Security and
the Collections purchased by Anixter under each Transfer Agreement and by Seller under the
Receivables Sale Agreement irrevocably in Seller, free and clear of any Adverse Claims other than
Adverse Claims in favor of the Agent and the Purchasers (
including
,
without
limitation
, the filing of all financing statements or other similar instruments or documents
necessary under the UCC (or any comparable law) of all appropriate jurisdictions to perfect
Sellers interest in such Receivables, Related Security and Collections and such other action to
perfect, protect or more fully evidence the interest of Seller therein as either Managing Agent may
reasonably request), and (ii) establish and maintain, in favor of the Agent, for the benefit of the
Purchasers, a valid and perfected first priority undivided percentage ownership interest (and/or a
valid and perfected first priority security interest) in all Receivables, Related Security and
Collections to the full extent contemplated herein, free and clear of any Adverse Claims other than
Adverse Claims in favor of the Agent for the benefit of the Purchasers (
including
,
without limitation
, the filing of all
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financing statements or other similar instruments or
documents necessary under the UCC (or any comparable law) of all appropriate jurisdictions to
perfect the Agents (for the benefit of the Purchasers) interest in such Receivables, Related
Security and Collections and such other action to perfect, protect or more fully evidence the
interest of the Agent for the benefit of the Purchasers as either Managing Agent may reasonably
request).
(i)
Purchasers Reliance
. Seller acknowledges that the Purchasers are entering into
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in reliance upon Sellers identity as a legal
entity that is separate from each Originator. Therefore, from and after the date of execution and
delivery of this Agreement, Seller shall take all reasonable steps, including, without limitation,
all steps that either Managing Agent or any Purchaser may from time to time reasonably request, to
maintain Sellers identity as a separate legal entity and to make it manifest to third parties that
Seller is an entity with assets and liabilities distinct from those of each Originator and any
Affiliates thereof and not just a division of any Originator or any such Affiliate. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing and in addition to the other covenants set forth herein,
Seller will:
(A) conduct its own business in its own name and require that all
full-time employees of Seller, if any, identify themselves as such and not
as employees of any Originator (including, without limitation, by means of
providing appropriate employees with business or identification cards
identifying such employees as Sellers employees);
(B) compensate all employees, consultants and agents directly, from
Sellers own funds, for services provided to Seller by such employees,
consultants and agents and, to the extent any employee, consultant or agent
of Seller is also an employee, consultant or agent of any Originator or any
Affiliate thereof, allocate the compensation of such employee, consultant or
agent between Seller and such Originator or such Affiliate, as applicable,
on a basis that reflects the services rendered to Seller and such Originator
or such Affiliate, as applicable;
(C) clearly identify its offices (by signage or otherwise) as its
offices and, if such office is located in the offices of any Originator,
Seller shall lease such office at a fair market rent;
(D) have a separate telephone number, which will be answered only in
its name and separate stationery, invoices and checks in its own name;
(E) conduct all transactions with each Originator (including, without
limitation, any delegation of its obligations hereunder as Servicer)
strictly on an arms-length basis, allocate all overhead expenses
(including, without limitation, telephone and other utility charges) for
items shared between Seller and such Originator on the basis of actual use
to the extent practicable and, to the extent such allocation is not
practicable, on a basis reasonably related to actual use;
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(F) at all times have a Board of Directors consisting of three members,
at least one member of which is an Independent Director;
(G) observe all corporate formalities as a distinct entity, and ensure
that all corporate actions relating to (A) the selection, maintenance or
replacement of the Independent Director, (B) the dissolution or liquidation
of Seller or (C) the initiation of, participation in, acquiescence in or
consent to any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar proceeding
involving Seller, are duly authorized by unanimous vote of its Board of
Directors (including the Independent Director);
(H) maintain Sellers books and records separate from those of each
Originator and any Affiliate thereof and otherwise readily identifiable as
its own assets rather than assets of such Originator and any Affiliate
thereof;
(I) prepare its financial statements separately from those of each
Originator and insure that any consolidated financial statements of Anixter
or any Affiliate thereof that include Seller and that are filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission or any other governmental agency have
notes clearly stating that Seller is a separate corporate entity and that
its assets will be available first and foremost to satisfy the claims of the
creditors of Seller;
(J) except as herein specifically otherwise provided or in connection
with collections in respect of Excluded Receivables, which Collections the
Servicer has indicated are readily identifiable, maintain the funds or other
assets of Seller separate from, and not commingled with, those of any
Originator or any Affiliate thereof and only maintain bank accounts or other
depository accounts to which Seller alone is the account
party, into which Seller alone makes deposits and from which Seller
alone (or the Agent or Managing Agents hereunder) has the power to make
withdrawals;
(K) pay all of Sellers operating expenses from Sellers own assets
(except for certain payments by any Originator or other Persons pursuant to
allocation arrangements that comply with the requirements of this
Section 7.1(i)
);
(L) operate its business and activities such that it does not engage in
any business or activity of any kind, or enter into any transaction or
indenture, mortgage, instrument, agreement, contract, lease or other
undertaking, other than the transactions contemplated and authorized by this
Agreement and the Receivables Sale Agreement; and does not create, incur,
guarantee, assume or suffer to exist any indebtedness or other liabilities,
whether direct or contingent, other than (1) as a result of the endorsement
of negotiable instruments for deposit or
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collection or similar transactions
in the ordinary course of business, (2) the incurrence of obligations under
this Agreement, (3) the incurrence of obligations, as expressly contemplated
in the Receivables Sale Agreement, to make payment to Originators thereunder
for the purchase of Receivables from the Originators under the Receivables
Sale Agreement, and (4) the incurrence of operating expenses in the ordinary
course of business of the type otherwise contemplated by this Agreement;
(M) maintain its corporate charter in conformity with this Agreement,
such that (1) it does not amend, restate, supplement or otherwise modify its
Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws in any respect that would impair its
ability to comply with the terms or provisions of any of the Transaction
Documents, including, without limitation,
Section 7.1(i)
of this
Agreement; and (2) its corporate charter, at all times that this Agreement
is in effect, provides for not less than ten (10) days prior written notice
to the Agent of the replacement or appointment of any director that is to
serve as an Independent Director for purposes of this Agreement and the
condition precedent to giving effect to such replacement or appointment that
Seller certify that the designated Person satisfied the criteria set forth
in the definition herein of Independent Director and the Agents written
acknowledgement that in its reasonable judgment the designated Person
satisfies the criteria set forth in the definition herein of Independent
Director;
(N) maintain the effectiveness of, and continue to perform under the
Receivables Sale Agreement, such that it does not amend, restate,
supplement, cancel, terminate or otherwise modify the Receivables Sale
Agreement, or give any consent, waiver, directive or approval thereunder
(including, without limitation, any consent, waiver,
directive or approval in connection with any Transfer Agreement) or
waive any default, action, omission or breach under the Receivables Sale
Agreement or any Transfer Agreement or otherwise grant any indulgence
thereunder, without (in each case) the prior written consent of each
Managing Agent;
(O) maintain its corporate separateness such that it does not merge or
consolidate with or into, or convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of
(whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions, and except as
otherwise contemplated herein) all or substantially all of its assets
(whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to, or acquire all or
substantially all of the assets of, any Person, nor at any time create,
have, acquire, maintain or hold any interest in any Subsidiary.
(P) maintain at all times the Required Capital Amount (as defined in
the Receivables Sale Agreement) and refrain from making any dividend,
distribution, redemption of capital stock or payment of any
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subordinated
indebtedness which would cause the Required Capital Amount to cease to be so
maintained; and
(Q) take such other actions as are necessary on its part to ensure that
the facts and assumptions set forth in the opinions issued by Schiff Hardin
LLP (f/k/a Schiff Hardin & Waite), as counsel for Seller, in connection with
the closing hereunder and under the Earlier Purchase Agreement and relating
to substantive consolidation issues, and in the certificates accompanying
such opinions, remain true and correct in all material respects at all
times, it being acknowledged that the assumption set forth in the ninth
paragraph of Section 1 of the opinion dated October 3, 2002 to the extent it
indicated that the Seller would not be consolidated with Anixter for
financial reporting purposes, is no longer true.
(j)
Collections
. Such Seller Party will cause (1) all proceeds from all Lock-Boxes to
be directly deposited by a Collection Bank into a Collection Account and (2) each Lock-Box and
Collection Account to be subject at all times to a Collection Account Agreement that is in full
force and effect. In the event any payments relating to Receivables are remitted directly to
Seller or any Affiliate of Seller, Seller will remit (or will cause all such payments to be
remitted) directly to a Collection Bank and deposited into a Collection Account within two (2)
Business Days following receipt thereof, and, at all times prior to such remittance, Seller will
itself hold or, if applicable, will cause such payments to be held in trust for the exclusive
benefit of the Agent, the Managing Agents and the Purchasers. Seller will maintain exclusive
ownership, dominion and control (subject to the terms of this Agreement and the applicable
Collection Agreement) of each Lock-Box and Collection Account and shall not grant the right to take
dominion and control of any Lock-Box or Collection Account at a future time or upon the occurrence
of a future event to any Person, except to the Agent as contemplated by this Agreement (the parties
hereto acknowledge that Receivables of the Seller are paid into Lock-Boxes to which certain
Excluded Receivables of Anixter are paid). The Seller Parties shall
instruct the Obligors with the customer prefixes SIE and SG. to pay all amounts due with
respect to their Receivables to an account which is not a Lock-Box or Collection Account.
(k)
Taxes
. Such Seller Party will file all tax returns and reports required by law to
be filed by it and will promptly pay all taxes and governmental charges at any time owing;
provided
,
however
, that no Seller Party shall be required to pay 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 GAAP shall have been set aside on
its books,
unless
the failure to make any such payment (1) in the case of either Seller
Party, shall give rise to an immediate right to foreclosure on an Adverse Claim securing such
amounts, (2) in the case of the Seller, shall result in the attachment of an Adverse Claim securing
such amounts, or (3) could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Seller will
pay when due any taxes payable in connection with the Receivables, exclusive of taxes on or
measured by income or gross receipts of any Purchaser, Managing Agent or the Agent.
(l)
Insurance
. Seller will maintain in effect, or cause to be maintained in effect,
at Sellers own expense, such casualty and liability insurance as Seller shall deem appropriate in
its good faith business judgment. Seller will pay or cause to be paid, the
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premiums therefor and
deliver to each Managing Agent evidence satisfactory to such Managing Agent of such insurance
coverage. Copies of each policy shall be furnished to each Managing Agent in certificated form
upon such Managing Agents request. The foregoing requirements shall not be construed to negate,
reduce or modify, and are in addition to, Sellers obligations hereunder.
(m)
Payment to Originators
. With respect to any Receivable purchased by Seller from
Anixter, such sale shall be effected under, and in strict compliance with the terms of, the
Receivables Sale Agreement,
including
,
without
limitation
, the terms
relating to the amount and timing of payments to be made to Anixter in respect of the purchase
price for such Receivable. With respect to any Receivable purchased by Anixter from any
Originator, such sale shall be effected under, and in strict compliance with the terms of, the
applicable Transfer Agreement,
including
,
without
limitation
, the terms
relating to the amount and timing of payments to be made to the applicable Originator in respect of
the purchase price for such Receivable.
Section 7.2
Negative Covenants of the Seller Parties
. Until the date on which the
Aggregate Unpaids have been indefeasibly paid in full and this Agreement terminates in accordance
with its terms, each Seller Party hereby covenants, as to itself, that:
(a)
Name Change, Offices and Records
. Such Seller Party will not change its name,
identity, state of incorporation, corporate structure or organizational number, if any, or relocate
its chief executive office or any office where Records are kept unless it shall have: (i) given
each Managing Agent at least forty-five (45) days prior written notice thereof and (ii) delivered
to each Managing Agent all financing statements, instruments and other documents requested by such
Managing Agent in connection with such change or relocation.
(b)
Change in Payment Instructions to Obligors
. Except as may be required by the
Agent pursuant to
Section 8.2(b)
, such Seller Party will not add or terminate any bank as a
Collection Bank, or make any change in the instructions to Obligors regarding payments to be made
to any Lock-Box or Collection Account, unless the Agent and each Managing Agent shall have
received, at least ten (10) days before the proposed effective date therefor, (i) written notice of
such addition, termination or change and (ii) with respect to the addition of a Collection Bank or
a Collection Account or Lock-Box, an executed Collection Account Agreement with respect to the new
Collection Account or Lock-Box;
provided
,
however
, that the Servicer may make
changes in instructions to Obligors regarding payments if such new instructions require such
Obligor to make payments to another existing Collection Account.
(c)
Modifications to Contracts and Credit and Collection Policy
. Such Seller Party
will not make any change to the Credit and Collection Policy that could reasonably be expected to
adversely affect the collectibility of the Receivables or decrease the credit quality of any newly
created Receivables, unless required to do so by a change in any applicable law, rule or
regulation. Except as provided in
Section 8.2(d)
, the Servicer will not extend, amend or
otherwise modify the terms of any Receivable or any Contract related thereto other than in
accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy.
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(d)
Sales, Liens
. Seller will not sell, assign (by operation of law or otherwise) or
otherwise dispose of, or grant any option with respect to, or create or suffer to exist any Adverse
Claim upon (including, without limitation, the filing of any financing statement) or with respect
to, any Receivable, Related Security or Collections, or upon or with respect to any Contract under
which any Receivable arises, or any Lock-Box or Collection Account, or assign any right to receive
income with respect thereto (other than, in each case, the creation of the interests therein in
favor of the Agent and the Purchasers provided for herein), and Seller will defend the right, title
and interest of the Agent and the Purchasers in, to and under any of the foregoing property,
against all claims of third parties claiming through or under Seller or any Originator. Seller
will not create or suffer to exist any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien,
charge or other similar arrangement on any of its inventory, the sale or lease of which would give
rise to a Receivable.
(e)
Net Receivables Balance
. At no time prior to the Amortization Date shall Seller
permit the Net Receivables Balance to be less than an amount equal to the sum of (i) the Aggregate
Capital
plus
(ii) the Aggregate Reserves.
(f)
Amortization Date Determination
. Seller will not designate the Amortization
Date (as defined in the Receivables Sale Agreement), or send any written notice to Anixter in
respect thereof, without the prior written consent of each Managing Agent, except with respect to
the occurrence of such Amortization Date arising pursuant to
Section 5.1(d)
of the
Receivables Sale Agreement. Seller will not, and will not permit Anixter to, designate the
Amortization Date (as defined in each Transfer Agreement), or send any written notice to any
Originator in respect thereof, without the prior written consent of each Managing Agent, except
with respect to the occurrence of such Amortization Date arising pursuant to
Section 5.1(d)
of such Transfer Agreement.
ARTICLE VIII
ADMINISTRATION AND COLLECTION
Section 8.1
Designation of Servicer
.
(a) The servicing, administration and collection of the Receivables shall be conducted by such
Person (the
Servicer
) so designated from time to time in accordance with this
Section
8.1
. Anixter is hereby designated as, and hereby agrees to perform the duties and obligations
of, the Servicer pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. Anixter shall not resign as the Servicer
without the prior written consent of each Managing Agent. The Managing Agent may at any time
designate as Servicer any Person to succeed Anixter or any Successor Servicer. It is understood
and agreed that, solely with respect to the Accu-Tech Receivables, Accu-Tech is hereby designated
as sub-servicer and will perform all of the duties and obligations of the Servicer with respect to
the Accu-Tech Receivables.
(b) Without the prior written consent of the Managing Agents, Anixter shall not be permitted
to delegate any of its duties or responsibilities as Servicer to any Person other than (i) Seller,
(ii) Accu-Tech with respect to the Accu-Tech Receivables and (iii) with respect to certain
Charged-Off Receivables, outside collection agencies in accordance with its customary
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practices.
Neither the Seller nor Accu-Tech shall be permitted to further delegate to any other Person any of
the duties or responsibilities of the Servicer delegated to it by Anixter. If at any time the
Managing Agents shall designate as Servicer any Person other than Anixter, all duties and
responsibilities theretofore delegated by Anixter to Seller may, at the discretion of the Managing
Agents, be terminated forthwith on notice given by the Agent to Anixter and to Seller.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing
subsection (b)
, if Anixter shall have delegated its
duties and responsibilities as Servicer to any Person, (i) Anixter shall be and remain primarily
liable to the Agent, the Managing Agents and the Purchasers for the full and prompt performance of
all duties and responsibilities of the Servicer (other than any Servicer appointed by the Managing
Agents without Anixters consent) hereunder, (ii) the Agent, the Managing Agents and the Purchasers
shall be entitled to deal exclusively with Anixter in matters relating to the discharge by the
Servicer (other than any Servicer appointed by the Managing Agents without Anixters consent) of
its duties and responsibilities hereunder and (iii) none of the Agent, the Managing Agents or the
Purchasers shall be required to give notice, demand or other communication to any Person other than
Anixter in order for communication to the Servicer (other than any Servicer appointed by the
Managing Agents without Anixters consent) and its sub-servicer or other delegate with respect
thereto to be accomplished. Anixter, at all times that it is the Servicer, shall be responsible
for providing any sub-servicer or other delegate of the Servicer with any notice given to the
Servicer under this Agreement.
Section 8.2
Duties of Servicer
.
(a) The Servicer shall take or cause to be taken all such actions as may be necessary or
advisable to collect each Receivable from time to time, all in accordance with applicable laws,
rules and regulations, with reasonable care and diligence, and in accordance with the Credit and
Collection Policy.
(b) The Servicer will instruct all Obligors to pay all Collections directly to a Lock-Box or
Collection Account. The Servicer shall effect a Collection Account Agreement in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Agent with each bank maintaining a Collection Account at any time.
In the case of any remittances received in any Lock-Box or Collection Account that shall have been
identified, to the satisfaction of the Servicer, to not constitute Collections or other proceeds of
the Receivables or the Related Security, the Servicer shall promptly remit such items to the Person
identified to it as being the owner of such remittances. From and after the date the Agent
delivers to any Collection Bank a Collection Notice pursuant to
Section 8.3
, the Agent may
request that the Servicer, and the Servicer thereupon promptly shall instruct all Obligors with
respect to the Receivables, to remit all payments thereon to a new depositary account specified by
the Agent and, at all times thereafter, Seller and the Servicer shall not deposit or otherwise
credit, and shall not permit any other Person to deposit or otherwise credit to such new depositary
account any cash or payment item other than Collections.
(c) The Servicer shall administer the Collections in accordance with the procedures described
herein and in
Article II
. The Servicer shall set aside and hold in trust for the account
of Seller and the Purchasers their respective shares of the Collections in accordance with
Article II
. The Servicer shall, upon the request of the Agent, in its discretion or at the
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direction of the Required Financial Institutions, segregate, in a manner acceptable to the Agent
and the Required Financial Institutions, all cash, checks and other instruments received by it from
time to time constituting Collections from the general funds of the Servicer or Seller prior to the
remittance thereof in accordance with
Article II
. If the Servicer shall be required to
segregate Collections pursuant to the preceding sentence, the Servicer shall segregate and deposit
with a bank designated by the Agent such allocable share of Collections of Receivables set aside
for the Purchasers on the first Business Day following receipt by the Servicer of such Collections,
duly endorsed or with duly executed instruments of transfer.
(d) The Servicer may, in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy, extend the maturity
of any Receivable or adjust the Outstanding Balance of any Receivable as the Servicer determines to
be appropriate to maximize Collections thereof;
provided
,
however
, that such
extension or adjustment shall not alter the status of such Receivable as a Delinquent Receivable or
Charged-Off Receivable or limit the rights of the Agent, the Managing Agents or the Purchasers
under this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, at any time that
an Amortization Event is continuing, the Agent, in its discretion or at the direction of the
Required Financial Institutions, shall have the absolute and unlimited right to direct the Servicer
to commence or settle any legal action with respect to any Receivable or to foreclose upon or
repossess any Related Security.
(e) The Servicer shall hold for Seller and the Purchasers all Records that (i) evidence or
relate to the Receivables, the related Contracts and Related Security or (ii) are otherwise
necessary or desirable to collect the Receivables and shall, as soon as practicable upon demand of
the Agent, in its discretion or at the direction of the Required Financial Institutions, at any
time following an Amortization Event or a Potential Amortization Event, deliver or make available
to the Agent all such Records, at a place selected by the Agent, with the consent or at the
direction of the Required Financial Institutions. The Servicer shall, from time to time at the
request of any Managing Agent, furnish to such Managing Agent (promptly after any such
request) a calculation of the amounts set aside for the Purchasers pursuant to
Article II
.
Section 8.3
Collection Notices
. Upon the occurrence of and during the continuation of
an Amortization Event or Potential Amortization Event, the Agent is authorized at any time to date
and to deliver to the Collection Banks the Collection Notices, and shall deliver such Collection
Notices if directed to do so by the Required Financial Institutions. Seller hereby transfers to
the Agent for the benefit of the Purchasers, effective when the Agent delivers such notice, the
exclusive ownership and control of each Lock-Box and the Collection Accounts. In case any
authorized signatory of Seller whose signature appears on a Collection Account Agreement shall
cease to have such authority before the delivery of such notice, such Collection Notice shall
nevertheless be valid as if such authority had remained in force. Seller hereby authorizes the
Agent, and agrees that the Agent shall be entitled to, following the delivery of the Collection
Notice (i) endorse Sellers name on checks and other instruments representing Collections, (ii)
enforce the Receivables, the related Contracts and the Related Security and (iii) take such action
as shall be necessary or desirable to cause all cash, checks and other instruments constituting
Collections of Receivables to come into the possession of the Agent rather than Seller.
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Section 8.4
Responsibilities of Seller
. Anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding, the exercise by the Agent, the Managing Agents and the Purchasers of their rights
hereunder shall not release the Servicer, any Originator or Seller from any of their duties or
obligations with respect to any Receivables or under the related Contracts. None of the Agent, the
Managing Agents or the Purchasers shall have any obligation or liability with respect to any
Receivables or related Contracts, nor shall any of them be obligated to perform the obligations of
Seller.
Section 8.5
Reports
. The Servicer shall prepare and forward to each Managing Agent:
(a) on each Determination Date, a Monthly Report;
(b) if (x) Rating Level II is in effect or (y) Rating Level I is in effect and the Servicer
has notified the Managing Agents that it will deliver Reports as if Rating Level II were in effect,
on the last Business Day of each calendar month, a Mid-Month Report containing information relating
to the period from the first day of the related fiscal month to and including the Friday closest to
the fifteenth day of such calendar month;
(c) if Rating Level III is in effect, on the Tuesday of each week (or, if such day is not a
Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day), a Weekly Report containing information relating to
the Weekly Period then most recently ended;
(d) if Rating Level IV is in effect, on each Business Day, a Daily Report containing
information relating to the period since the last delivery of any Report hereunder;
(e) at such times as either Managing Agent shall reasonably request, a report in the form of a
Monthly Report updating the information contained in the most recent Monthly Report; and
(f) at such times as either Managing Agent shall request, a listing by Obligor of all
Receivables together with an aging of such Receivables.
Section 8.6
Servicing Fees
. In consideration of Anixters agreement to act as
Servicer hereunder, the Purchasers hereby agree that, so long as Anixter shall continue to perform
as Servicer hereunder, Seller shall pay over to Anixter a fee (the
Servicing Fee
) on the
first calendar day of each month, in arrears for the immediately preceding month, equal to 0.37%
times
the Outstanding Balance of all Receivables generated during such immediately
preceding calendar month, as compensation for its servicing activities.
ARTICLE IX
AMORTIZATION EVENTS
Section 9.1
Amortization Events
. The occurrence of any one or more of the following
events shall constitute an Amortization Event:
(a) Any Seller Party shall fail (i) to make any payment or deposit required hereunder when
due, or (ii) to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement hereunder
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(other than as referred to in clause (i) of this paragraph (a) and
Section
9.1(e)
) and such failure shall continue for three (3) consecutive Business Days.
(b) Any representation, warranty, certification or statement made by any Seller Party in this
Agreement, any other Transaction Document or in any other document delivered pursuant hereto or
thereto shall prove to have been incorrect when made or deemed made;
provided
,
however
, that (i) any breach of the representations and warranties set forth in
Sections 5.1(i)
,
(s)
or
(t)
shall not constitute an Amortization Event
unless such breach or breaches apply in the aggregate to a material portion of the Receivables and
(ii) any breach of the representations and warranties set forth in
Section 7.1(j)
with
respect to the Accu-Tech Accounts shall not constitute an Amortization Event unless such breach
occurs after the date that is thirty (30) days after the Closing Date.
(c) Failure of Seller to pay any Indebtedness when due or the failure of any other Seller
Party to pay when due any Indebtedness having an outstanding principal balance in excess of
$50,000,000; or the default by any Seller Party in the performance of any term, provision or
condition contained in any agreement under which any such Indebtedness was created or is governed,
the effect of which is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness to cause,
such Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity; or any such Indebtedness of any
Seller Party shall be declared to be due and payable or required to be prepaid (other than by a
regularly scheduled payment) prior to the date of maturity thereof.
(d) (i) Any Seller Party or any of its Significant 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 (ii) any proceeding shall be
instituted by or against any Seller Party or any of its Significant Subsidiaries seeking to
adjudicate it 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
any substantial part of its property, provided that in the event any such proceedings shall have
been instituted against such Seller Party or Significant Subsidiary, such proceedings shall have
continued undismissed or unstayed and in effect for a period of sixty (60) consecutive days or an
order for relief shall have been entered in such proceedings, or (iii) any Seller Party or any of
its Significant Subsidiaries shall take any corporate action to authorize any of the actions set
forth in clauses (i) or (ii) above in this subsection (d).
(e) Seller shall fail to comply with the terms of
Section 2.6
.
(f) As at the end of any Collection Period: (i) the average of the Delinquency Ratios as of
the end of such Collection Period and the two preceding Collection Periods shall exceed 14.00%;
(ii) the average of the Dilution Trigger Ratios as of the end of such Collection Period and the two
preceding Collection Periods shall exceed 4.0%; or (iii) the average of the Loss-to-Liquidation
Ratios as of the end of such Collection Period and the two preceding Collection Periods shall
exceed 5.25%.
(g) A Change of Control shall occur.
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(h) (i) One or more final judgments for the payment of money shall be entered against Seller
or (ii) one or more final judgments for the payment of money in an amount in excess of $25,000,000,
individually or in the aggregate, shall be entered against the Servicer, and such judgment shall
continue unsatisfied and in effect for thirty (30) consecutive days without a stay of execution.
(i) The Amortization Date under and as defined in the Receivables Sale Agreement or any
Transfer Agreement shall occur under the Receivables Sale Agreement or any Transfer Agreement or
Anixter or the applicable Originator, as applicable, shall for any reason cease to transfer, or
cease to have the legal capacity to transfer, or otherwise be incapable of transferring Receivables
to Seller or Anixter under the Receivables Sale Agreement or the applicable Transfer Agreement, as
applicable.
(j) This Agreement shall terminate in whole or in part (except in accordance with its terms),
or shall cease to be effective or to be the legally valid, binding and enforceable obligation of
Seller, or the Agent for the benefit of the Purchasers shall cease to have a valid and perfected
first priority security interest in the Receivables, the Related Security and the Collections with
respect thereto, and the Collection Accounts.
(k) (i) The Accu-Tech Accounts shall not be re-titled in the name of the Seller on or before
the date that is thirty (30) days after the Closing Date or (ii) the Seller shall fail to deliver,
on or before the date that is thirty (30) days after the Closing Date, a fully-executed Collection
Account Agreement (or another account control agreement that is reasonably satisfactory to the
Agent) with respect to the Accu-Tech Accounts.
(l) The Leverage Ratio as of the last day of any Fiscal Quarter shall be greater than 3.25 to
1.00.
(m) The Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio calculated at the end of each Fiscal Quarter
for the period of the immediately preceding four Fiscal Quarters shall be less than (a) 2.50 to
1.00 for any period ending after April 8, 2011 but on or prior to the last day of the fourth Fiscal
Quarter of 2011 and (b) 3.00 to 1.00 for any period ending after the last day of the fourth Fiscal
Quarter of 2011.
(n) Any Person shall be appointed as an Independent Director of Seller without prior notice
thereof having been given to the Agent in accordance with
Section 7.1(b)(vii)
or without
the written acknowledgement by the Agent that such Person conforms, to the satisfaction of the
Agent, with the criteria set forth in the definition herein of Independent Director.
Section 9.2
Remedies
. Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an
Amortization Event, the Agent may, and upon the direction of the Required Financial Institutions,
shall, take any of the following actions: (i) replace the Person then acting as Servicer, (ii)
declare the Amortization Date to have occurred, whereupon the Amortization Date shall forthwith
occur, without demand, protest or further notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly
waived by each Seller Party; provided, however, that upon the occurrence of an Amortization Event
described in
Section 9.1(d)(ii)
, or of an actual or deemed entry of an order
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for relief with respect to any Seller Party under the Bankruptcy Code, the Amortization Date
shall automatically occur, without demand, protest or any notice of any kind, all of which are
hereby expressly waived by each Seller Party, (iii) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
law, declare that the Default Fee shall accrue with respect to any of the Aggregate Unpaids
outstanding at such time, (iv) deliver the Collection Notices to the Collection Banks, and (v)
notify Obligors of the Purchasers interest in the Receivables. The aforementioned rights and
remedies shall be without limitation, and shall be in addition to all other rights and remedies of
the Agent, the Managing Agents and the Purchasers otherwise available under any other provision of
this Agreement, by operation of law, at equity or otherwise, all of which are hereby expressly
preserved, including, without limitation, all rights and remedies provided under the UCC, all of
which rights shall be cumulative.
ARTICLE X
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 10.1
Indemnities by the Seller Parties
. Without limiting any other rights
that the Agent, any Managing Agent or any Purchaser may have hereunder or under applicable law, (A)
Seller hereby agrees to indemnify (and pay upon demand to) the Agent, the Managing Agents and each
Purchaser and their respective assigns, officers, directors, agents and employees (each an
Indemnified Party
) from and against any and all damages, losses, claims, taxes,
liabilities, costs, expenses and for all other amounts payable, including reasonable attorneys
fees and disbursements (all of the foregoing being collectively referred to as
Indemnified
Amounts
) awarded against or incurred by any of them arising out of or as a result of this
Agreement or the acquisition, either directly or indirectly, by a Purchaser of an interest in the
Receivables, and (B) the Servicer hereby agrees to indemnify (and pay upon demand to) each
Indemnified Party for Indemnified Amounts awarded against or incurred by any of them arising out of
the Servicers activities as Servicer hereunder excluding, however, in all of the foregoing
instances under the preceding clauses (A) and (B):
(a) Indemnified Amounts to the extent a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction
holds that such Indemnified Amounts resulted from gross negligence or willful misconduct on the
part of the Indemnified Party seeking indemnification;
(b) Indemnified Amounts to the extent the same includes losses in respect of Receivables that
are uncollectible on account of the insolvency, bankruptcy or lack of creditworthiness of the
related Obligor; or
(c) taxes imposed by the jurisdiction in which such Indemnified Partys principal executive
office is located, on or measured by the overall net income of such Indemnified Party to the extent
that the computation of such taxes is consistent with the characterization for income tax purposes
of the acquisition by the Purchasers of Purchaser Interests as a loan or loans by the Purchasers to
Seller secured by the Receivables, the Related Security, the Collection Accounts and the
Collections.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing indemnification, Seller shall indemnify the
Agent, the Managing Agents and the Purchasers for Indemnified Amounts
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(including, without limitation, losses in respect of uncollectible receivables, regardless of
whether reimbursement therefor would constitute recourse to Seller) relating to or resulting from:
(i) any representation or warranty made by any Seller Party or any Originator (or any
officers of any such Person) under or in connection with this Agreement, any other
Transaction Document or any other information or report delivered by any such Person
pursuant hereto or thereto, which shall have been false or incorrect when made or deemed
made;
(ii) the failure by Seller, the Servicer or any Originator to comply with any
applicable law, rule or regulation with respect to any Receivable or Contract related
thereto, or the nonconformity of any Receivable or Contract included therein with any such
applicable law, rule or regulation or any failure of any Originator to keep or perform any
of its obligations, express or implied, with respect to any Contract;
(iii) any failure of Seller, the Servicer or any Originator to perform its duties,
covenants or other obligations in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or any
other Transaction Document;
(iv) any products liability, personal injury or damage suit, or other similar claim
arising out of or in connection with merchandise, insurance or services that are the subject
of any Contract or any Receivable;
(v) any dispute, claim, offset or defense (other than discharge in bankruptcy of the
Obligor) of the Obligor to the payment of any Receivable (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 merchandise or service related to such
Receivable or the furnishing or failure to furnish such merchandise or services;
(vi) the commingling of Collections of Receivables at any time with other funds;
(vii) any investigation, litigation or proceeding related to or arising from this
Agreement or any other Transaction Document, the transactions contemplated hereby, the use
of the proceeds of an Incremental Purchase or a Reinvestment, the ownership of the Purchaser
Interests or any other investigation, litigation or proceeding relating to Seller, the
Servicer or any Originator in which any Indemnified Party becomes involved as a result of
any of the transactions contemplated hereby;
(viii) any inability to litigate any claim against any Obligor in respect of any
Receivable as a result of such Obligor being immune from civil and commercial law and suit
on the grounds of sovereignty or otherwise from any legal action, suit or proceeding;
(ix) any Amortization Event described in
Section 9.1(d)
;
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(x) any failure of Seller to acquire and maintain legal and equitable title to, and
ownership of any Receivable and the Related Security and Collections with respect thereto
from Anixter, free and clear of any Adverse Claim (other than as created hereunder); or any
failure of Seller to give reasonably equivalent value to Anixter under the Receivables Sale
Agreement in consideration of the transfer by Anixter of any Receivable, or any attempt by
any Person to void such transfer under statutory provisions or common law or equitable
action;
(xi) any failure of Anixter to acquire and maintain legal and equitable title to, and
ownership of any Receivable and the Related Security and Collections with respect thereto
from the applicable Originator free and clear of any Adverse Claim (other than as created
hereunder); or any failure of Anixter to give reasonably equivalent value to the applicable
Originator under the applicable Transfer Agreement in consideration of the transfer by such
Originator of any Receivable, or any attempt by any Person to void such transfer under
statutory provisions or common law or equitable action;
(xii) any failure to vest and maintain vested in the Agent for the benefit of the
Purchasers, or to transfer to the Agent for the benefit of the Purchasers, legal and
equitable title to, and ownership of, a first priority perfected undivided percentage
ownership interest (to the extent of the Purchaser Interests contemplated hereunder) or
security interest in the Receivables, the Related Security and the Collections, free and
clear of any Adverse Claim (except as created by the Transaction Documents);
(xiii) 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 Receivable, the Related Security and Collections with
respect thereto, and the proceeds of any thereof, whether at the time of any Incremental
Purchase or Reinvestment or at any subsequent time;
(xiv) any action or omission by any Seller Party which reduces or impairs the rights of
the Agent or the Purchasers with respect to any Receivable or the value of any such
Receivable;
(xv) any attempt by any Person, other than a Purchaser, to void any Incremental
Purchase or Reinvestment hereunder under statutory provisions or common law or equitable
action; and
(xvi) the failure of any Receivable included in the calculation of the Net Receivables
Balance as an Eligible Receivable to be an Eligible Receivable at the time so included.
Section 10.2
Increased Cost and Reduced Return
. (a) If any Regulatory Change (i)
subjects any Purchaser or any Funding Source to any charge or withholding on or with respect
to any Funding Agreement or a Purchasers or Funding Sources obligations under a Funding
Agreement, or on or with respect to the Receivables, or changes the basis of taxation of
payments to any Purchaser or any Funding Source of any amounts payable under any Funding
Agreement (except for changes in the rate of tax on the
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overall net income of a Purchaser or Funding Source or taxes excluded by
Section
10.1
) or (ii) imposes, modifies or deems applicable any reserve, assessment, fee, tax,
insurance charge, special deposit or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or
for the account of, or liabilities of a Funding Source or a Purchaser, or credit extended by
a Funding Source or a Purchaser pursuant to a Funding Agreement or (iii) imposes any other
condition the result of which is to increase the cost to a Funding Source or a Purchaser of
performing its obligations under a Funding Agreement, or to reduce the rate of return on a
Funding Sources or Purchasers capital as a consequence of its obligations under a Funding
Agreement, or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by a Funding Source or
a Purchaser under a Funding Agreement, or to require any payment calculated by reference to
the amount of interests or loans held or interest received by it, then, upon demand by the
Agent or the relevant Managing Agent, Seller shall pay to the applicable Managing Agent, for
the benefit of the relevant Funding Source or Purchaser, such amounts charged to such
Funding Source or Purchaser or such amounts to otherwise compensate such Funding Source or
such Purchaser for such increased cost or such reduction. The term
Regulatory
Change
shall mean (i) the adoption after the date hereof of any applicable law, rule or
regulation (including any applicable law, rule or regulation regarding capital adequacy) or
any change therein after the date hereof, (ii) any change after the date hereof in the
interpretation or administration thereof by any governmental authority, central bank or
comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance
with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any such
authority, central bank or comparable agency, or (iii) the compliance, whether commenced
prior to or after the date hereof, by any Funding Source or Purchaser with the requirements
of the final rule titled Risk-Based Capital Guidelines; Capital Adequacy Guidelines; Capital
Maintenance: Regulatory Capital; Impact of Modifications to Generally Accepted Accounting
Principles; Consolidation of Asset-Backed Commercial Paper Programs; and Other Related
Issues, adopted by the United States bank regulatory agencies on December 15, 2009 (the
FAS 166/167 Capital Guidelines
), or any existing or future rules, regulations,
guidance, interpretations or directives from the U.S. bank regulatory agencies relating to
the FAS 166/167 Capital Guidelines (whether or not having the force of law).
(b) A certificate of the applicable Purchaser or Funding Source setting forth the
amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Purchaser or Funding Source pursuant to
paragraph (a) of this
Section 10.2
shall be delivered to Seller and shall be
conclusive absent manifest error. The Seller shall pay such Purchaser or Funding Source the
amount as due on any such certificate on the next Settlement Date following receipt of such
notice.
(c) If any Purchaser or any Funding Source has or anticipates having any claim for
compensation from the Seller pursuant to clause (iii) of the definition of Regulatory Change
appearing in paragraph (a) of this
Section 10.2
, and such Purchaser or Funding
Source believes that having the facility publicly rated by one credit rating agency would
reduce the amount of such compensation by an amount deemed by such Purchaser or Funding
Source to be material, such Purchaser or Funding Source shall provide written notice to
Seller and the Servicer (a
Ratings Request
) that such Purchaser or Funding Source
intends to request a public rating of the facility from one credit rating agency
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selected by such Purchaser or Funding Source and reasonably acceptable to Seller, of at
least the equivalent of A by S&P and A2 by Moodys (the
Specified Rating
). Seller
and the Servicer agree that they shall cooperate with such Purchasers or Funding Sources
efforts to obtain the Specified Rating, and shall provide the applicable credit rating
agency (either directly or through distribution to the Agent, Purchaser or Funding Source),
any information requested by such credit rating agency for purposes of providing and
monitoring the Specified Rating. The Purchasers shall pay the initial fees payable to the
credit rating agency for providing the rating and all ongoing fees payable to the credit
rating agency for their continued monitoring of the rating. Nothing in this
Section
10.2(c)
shall preclude any Purchaser or Funding Source from demanding compensation from
Seller pursuant to
Section 10.2(a)
hereof at any time and without regard to whether
the Specified Rating shall have been obtained, or shall require any Purchaser or Funding
Source to obtain any rating on the facility prior to demanding any such compensation from
Seller.
Section 10.3
Other Costs and Expenses
. Seller shall pay to the Agent, the Managing
Agents and Purchasers on demand all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses in connection with
the preparation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement, the transactions
contemplated hereby and the other documents to be delivered hereunder, including without
limitation, the cost of any Purchasers auditors auditing the books, records and procedures of
Seller, reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of legal counsel for the Purchasers, Managing
Agents and the Agent with respect thereto and with respect to advising Purchasers, the Managing
Agents and the Agent as to their respective rights and remedies under this Agreement. Seller shall
pay to the Agent or the applicable Managing Agent on demand any and all costs and expenses of the
Agent, the Managing Agents and the Purchasers, if any, including reasonable counsel fees and
expenses in connection with the enforcement of this Agreement and the other documents delivered
hereunder and in connection with any restructuring or workout of this Agreement or such documents,
or the administration of this Agreement following an Amortization Event.
ARTICLE XI
THE AGENT
Section 11.1
Authorization and Action
. Each Purchaser hereby designates and appoints
JPMCB to act as Agent hereunder and under each other Transaction Document, and authorizes the Agent
and such Purchasers related Managing Agent to take such actions as Agent or Managing Agent, as the
case may be, on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Agent or such
Managing Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents together with
such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Neither the Agent nor any Managing Agent shall
have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein or in any other
Transaction Document, or any fiduciary relationship with any Purchaser, and no implied covenants,
functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities on the part of the Agent or the
Managing Agents shall be read into this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or otherwise
exist for the Agent or the Managing Agents. In performing their respective functions and duties
hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents, (i) the Agent shall act solely as agent for
the Purchasers, (ii) each Managing Agent shall act solely
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as agent for the Conduits and Financial Institutions in the related Purchase Group and (iii)
neither the Agent nor any Managing Agent shall be deemed to have assumed any obligation or
relationship of trust or agency with or for any Seller Party or any of such Seller Partys
successors or assigns. Neither the Agent nor any Managing Agent shall be required to take any
action that exposes the Agent or the Managing Agents to personal liability or that is contrary to
this Agreement, any other Transaction Document or applicable law. The appointment and authority of
the Agent and the Managing Agents hereunder shall terminate upon the indefeasible payment in full
of all Aggregate Unpaids. Each Purchaser hereby authorizes the Agent and the Managing Agent for
its Purchase Group, as applicable, to execute each of the Uniform Commercial Code financing
statements, this Agreement and such other Transaction Documents as may require the Agents or such
Managing Agents signature on behalf of such Purchaser (the terms of which shall be binding on such
Purchaser).
Section 11.2
Delegation of Duties
. The Agent and the Managing Agents may execute any
of their respective duties under this Agreement and each other Transaction Document by or through
agents or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters
pertaining to such duties. Neither the Agent nor any Managing Agent shall be responsible for the
negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable care.
Section 11.3
Exculpatory Provisions
. None of the Agent, the Managing Agents or any of
their respective directors, officers, agents or employees shall be (i) liable for any action
lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it or them under or in connection with this Agreement or
any other Transaction Document (except for its, their or such Persons own gross negligence or
willful misconduct), or (ii) responsible in any manner to any of the Purchasers for any recitals,
statements, representations or warranties made by any Seller Party contained in this Agreement, any
other Transaction Document or any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or
provided for in, or received under or in connection with, this Agreement, or any other Transaction
Document or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of
this Agreement, or any other Transaction Document or any other document furnished in connection
herewith or therewith, or for any failure of any Seller Party to perform its obligations hereunder
or thereunder, or for the satisfaction of any condition specified in
Article VI
, or for the
perfection, priority, condition, value or sufficiency of any collateral pledged in connection
herewith. Neither the Agent nor any Managing Agent shall be under any obligation to any Purchaser
to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements or
covenants contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, or to
inspect the properties, books or records of the Seller Parties. Neither the Agent nor any Managing
Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge of any Amortization Event or Potential Amortization Event
unless the Agent or such Managing Agent has received notice from Seller or a Purchaser. No
Managing Agent shall have any responsibility hereunder to any Purchaser other than the Purchasers
in its Purchase Group.
Section 11.4
Reliance by Agent
. The Agent and the Managing Agents shall in all cases
be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any document or conversation
believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person
or Persons and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including, without limitation, counsel
to Seller), independent accountants and other experts selected by the Agent or
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any Managing Agent. The Agent and the Managing Agents shall in all cases be fully justified
in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document
unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Conduits or the Required Financial
Institutions or all of the Purchasers, as applicable, as they deem appropriate and they shall first
be indemnified to their satisfaction by the Purchasers, provided that unless and until the Agent or
any Managing Agent shall have received such advice, or unless the Required Financial Institutions
or each Managing Agent, as applicable, shall have directed the Agent to take or refrain from taking
any action, the Agent or such Managing Agent may take or refrain from taking any action, as the
Agent or such Managing Agent shall deem advisable and in the best interests of the Purchasers. The
Agent and the Managing Agents shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining
from acting, in accordance with a request of the related Conduits or the Required Financial
Institutions or all of the Purchasers, as applicable, and such request and any action taken or
failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Purchasers.
Section 11.5
Non-Reliance on Agent and Other Purchasers
. Each Purchaser expressly
acknowledges that none of the Agent, the Managing Agents or any of their respective officers,
directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates has made any representations or
warranties to it and that no act by the Agent or any Managing Agent hereafter taken, including,
without limitation, any review of the affairs of any Seller Party, shall be deemed to constitute
any representation or warranty by the Agent or such Managing Agent. Each Purchaser represents and
warrants to the Agent and the Managing Agents that it has and will, independently and without
reliance upon the Agent, any Managing Agent or any other Purchaser and based on such documents and
information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of and investigation into the
business, operations, property, prospects, financial and other conditions and creditworthiness of
Seller and made its own decision to enter into this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents and
all other documents related hereto or thereto.
Section 11.6
Reimbursement and Indemnification
. The Financial Institutions agree to
reimburse and indemnify the Agent, and the Financial Institutions in each Purchase Group agree to
reimburse the Managing Agent for such Purchase Group, and their respective officers, directors,
employees, representatives and agents ratably according to their Pro Rata Shares or Adjusted Pro
Rata Shares, as applicable, to the extent not paid or reimbursed by the Seller Parties (i) for any
amounts for which the Agent, acting in its capacity as Agent, or any Managing Agent, acting in its
capacity as a Managing Agent, is entitled to reimbursement by the Seller Parties hereunder and (ii)
for any other expenses incurred by the Agent, in its capacity as Agent, or any Managing Agent,
acting in its capacity as a Managing Agent, and acting on behalf of the related Purchasers, in
connection with the administration and enforcement of this Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents. If there is a Terminating Financial Institution, for purposes of this Section, Pro Rata
Share and Adjusted Pro Rata Share shall be calculated based on such Terminating Financial
Institutions Back-up Commitment immediately prior to its becoming a Terminating Financial
Institution;
provided
,
however
, that no Terminating Financial Institution shall be
required to reimburse or indemnify the Agent or any Managing Agent, or their respective officers,
directors, employees, representatives or agents for any amounts referenced in this
Section
11.6
resulting from events occurring after such Terminating Financial Institutions Capital
shall have been paid in full.
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Section 11.7
Agents in their Individual Capacities
. The Agent, each Managing Agent
and each of its respective Affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from and generally engage
in any kind of business with any Seller Party or any Affiliate of any Seller Party as though it
were not the Agent or a Managing Agent hereunder. With respect to the acquisition of Purchaser
Interests pursuant to this Agreement, the Agent and each Managing Agent shall have the same rights
and powers under this Agreement in its individual capacity as any Purchaser and may exercise the
same as though it were not the Agent or a Managing Agent, and the terms Financial Institution,
Purchaser, Financial Institutions and Purchasers shall include the Agent and each Managing
Agent in its individual capacity.
Section 11.8
Successor Agent
. The Agent may, upon fifteen (15) days notice to Seller
and the Purchasers, and the Agent will, upon the direction of all of the Purchasers (other than
such Agent, in its individual capacity) resign as Agent. Each Managing Agent may, upon fifteen
(15) days notice to Seller and the Purchasers in its Purchase Group, and a Managing Agent will,
upon the direction of all the Purchasers in its Purchase Group (other than such Managing Agent in
its individual capacity), resign as Managing Agent. If the Agent shall resign, then the Required
Financial Institutions during such fifteen-day period shall appoint from among the Purchasers a
successor agent. If a Managing Agent shall resign, then the Purchasers in the related Purchase
Group shall appoint a successor agent during such fifteen-day period. If for any reason no
successor agent is appointed by the Required Financial Institutions or the applicable Purchase
Group, as applicable, during such fifteen-day period, then effective upon the termination of such
fifteen-day period, the Purchasers shall perform all of the duties of the Agent, or the Purchasers
in the related Purchase Group shall perform all of the duties of the applicable Managing Agent, as
applicable, hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents and Seller and the Servicer (as
applicable) shall make all payments in respect of the Aggregate Unpaids directly to the applicable
Purchasers and for all purposes shall deal directly with the Purchasers. After the effectiveness
of any retiring Agents or Managing Agents resignation hereunder as Agent or Managing Agent, as
applicable, the retiring Agent or Managing Agent shall be discharged from its duties and
obligations hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents and the provisions of this
Article XI
and
Article X
shall continue in effect for its benefit with respect to
any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Agent or Managing Agent under this
Agreement and under the other Transaction Documents.
ARTICLE XII
ASSIGNMENTS; PARTICIPATIONS
Section 12.1
Assignments
.
(a) The Seller, each Financial Institution and each other party hereto hereby agree and
consent to the complete or partial assignment (or participation) by each Conduit of all or any
portion of its rights under, interest in, title to and obligations under this Agreement to the
Financial Institutions pursuant to a Liquidity Agreement, and upon such assignment, such Conduit
shall be released from its obligations, if any, so assigned. Further, with the consent of the
Seller (not to be unreasonably withheld), each Conduit may assign all of its rights and obligations
hereunder to another commercial paper issuing conduit for which the Managing Agent of such
assigning Conduit acts as administrator. Further, Seller and each Financial
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Institution hereby agree that any assignee of a Conduit of this Agreement or all or any of the
Purchaser Interests of such Conduit shall have all of the rights and benefits under this Agreement
as if the term Conduit explicitly referred to such party, and no such assignment shall in any way
impair the rights and benefits of the Conduits hereunder. Neither the Seller nor the Servicer
shall have the right to assign its rights or obligations under this Agreement.
(b) Any Financial Institution may at any time and from time to time, assign to one or more
Persons (Purchasing Financial Institutions) all or any part of its rights and obligations under
this Agreement and its Liquidity Agreement pursuant to an assignment agreement, substantially in
the form set forth in
Exhibit VII
hereto (the Assignment Agreement) executed by such
Purchasing Financial Institution and such selling Financial Institution. The consent of the
Conduit or Conduits in such Financial Institutions Purchase Group and the Agent shall be required
prior to the effectiveness of any such assignment. Each assignee of a Financial Institution must
have a short-term debt rating of A-1 or better by S&P and P-1 by Moodys (the Required Ratings)
and must agree to deliver to the Agent, promptly following any request therefor by the Managing
Agent for its Purchase Group or the affected Conduit or Conduits, an enforceability opinion in form
and substance satisfactory to such Managing Agent and such Conduit or Conduits. Upon delivery of
the executed Assignment Agreement to the Agent (with a copy to the Seller), such selling Financial
Institution shall be released from its obligations hereunder to the extent of such assignment.
Thereafter the Purchasing Financial Institution shall for all purposes be a Financial Institution
party to this Agreement and shall have all the rights and obligations of a Financial Institution
under this Agreement to the same extent as if it were an original party hereto and no further
consent or action by Seller, the Purchasers or the Agent shall be required.
(c) Each of the Financial Institutions agrees that in the event that it shall cease to have
the Required Ratings (an Affected Financial Institution), such Affected Financial Institution
shall be obliged, at the request of the Conduits in such Financial Institutions Purchase Group or
the applicable Managing Agent, to assign all of its rights and obligations hereunder and under its
Liquidity Agreement to (x) another Financial Institution or (y) another funding entity nominated by
such Managing Agent and acceptable to the affected Conduit or Conduits that has the Required
Ratings, and willing to participate in this Agreement through the Liquidity Termination Date in the
place of such Affected Financial Institution; provided that the Affected Financial Institution
receives payment in full, pursuant to an Assignment Agreement, of an amount equal to such Financial
Institutions Pro Rata Share of the Capital and Yield owing to the Financial Institutions and all
accrued but unpaid fees and other costs and expenses payable in respect of its Pro Rata Share of
the Purchaser Interests of the Financial Institutions. In the event and on the date that an
Affected Financial Institution becomes a Terminating Financial Institution, the Purchase Limit
shall be reduced by an amount equal to such Affected Financial Institutions Back-up Commitment.
Section 12.2
Participations
. Any Financial Institution may, in the ordinary course of
its business at any time sell to one or more Persons (each a
Participant
) participating
interests in its Pro Rata Share of the Purchaser Interests of the Financial Institutions, its
obligation to purchase Purchaser Interests from the applicable Conduits under a Liquidity Agreement
or any other interest of such Financial Institution hereunder. Notwithstanding any such sale by a
Financial Institution of a participating interest to a Participant, such Financial Institutions
rights
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and obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, such Financial Institution shall
remain solely responsible for the performance of its obligations hereunder, and Seller, the
Conduits, the Managing Agents and the Agent shall continue to deal solely and directly with such
Financial Institution in connection with such Financial Institutions rights and obligations under
this Agreement. Each Financial Institution agrees that any agreement between such Financial
Institution and any such Participant in respect of such participating interest shall not restrict
such Financial Institutions right to agree to any amendment, supplement, waiver or modification to
this Agreement, except for any amendment, supplement, waiver or modification described in
Section 13.1(b)(i)
.
Section 12.3
Extension of Liquidity Termination Date
. The Seller may advise any
Managing Agent in writing of its desire to extend the Liquidity Termination Date for an additional
364 days, provided such request is made not more than 60 days prior to, and not less than 40 days
prior to, the then current Liquidity Termination Date. Each Managing Agent so advised by the
Seller shall promptly notify each Financial Institution in its related Purchase Group of any such
request and each such Financial Institution shall notify its related Managing Agent, the Agent and
the Seller of its decision to accept or decline the request for such extension no later than 30
days prior to the then current Liquidity Termination Date (it being understood that each Financial
Institution may accept or decline such request in its sole discretion and on such terms as it may
elect, and the failure to so notify its Managing Agent, the Agent and the Seller shall be deemed an
election not to extend by such Financial Institution and, with respect to SunTrust and JPMCB, their
respective Conduits; it being further understood that SunTrusts or JPMCBs decision to decline an
extension request shall also constitute the decision of its related Conduit to decline such
extension request). In the event that at least one Financial Institution and the Conduit in its
Purchase Group agree to extend the Liquidity Termination Date, the Seller Parties, the Agent, the
applicable Conduit or Conduits, the extending Financial Institutions and the applicable Managing
Agent or Agents shall enter into such documents as such extending Financial Institutions may deem
necessary or appropriate to reflect such extension, and all reasonable costs and expenses incurred
by such Financial Institutions, such Conduit or Conduits, such Managing Agent or Agents and the
Agent (including reasonable attorneys fees) shall be paid by the Seller. In the event that any
Financial Institution (a) declines the request to extend the Liquidity Termination Date or (b) is
in a Purchase Group with respect to which the Seller did not seek an extension of the Liquidity
Termination Date (each such Financial institution being referred to herein as a
Non-Renewing
Financial Institution
), and, in the case of a Non-Renewing Financial Institution described in
clause (a), the Back-up Commitment and Liquidity Commitment of such Non-Renewing Financial
Institution are not assigned to another Person in accordance with the terms of this
Article
XII
prior to the then current Liquidity Termination Date, the Purchase Limit shall be reduced
by an amount equal to each such Non-Renewing Financial Institutions Back-up Commitment on the then
current Liquidity Termination Date.
Section 12.4
Federal Reserve
. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement
to the contrary, any Financial Institution may at any time pledge or grant a security interest in
all or any portion of its rights (including, without limitation, any Purchaser Interest and any
rights to payment of Capital and Yield) under this Agreement to secure obligations of such
Financial Institution to a Federal Reserve Bank, without notice to or consent of the Seller, any
Managing Agent or the Administrative Agent;
provided
that no such pledge or grant of a
security interest
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shall release a Financial Institution from any of its obligations hereunder, or substitute any
such pledgee or grantee for such Financial Institution as a party hereto.
ARTICLE XIII
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 13.1
Waivers and Amendments
.
(a) No failure or delay on the part of the Agent, any Managing Agent or any Purchaser in
exercising any power, right or remedy under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor
shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or remedy preclude any other further
exercise thereof or the exercise of any other power, right or remedy. The rights and remedies
herein provided shall be cumulative and nonexclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law.
Any waiver of this Agreement shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific
purpose for which given.
(b) No provision of this Agreement may be amended, supplemented, modified or waived except in
writing in accordance with the provisions of this
Section 13.1(b)
; it being understood that
notwithstanding anything in this
Section 13.1(b)
to the contrary, no material amendment to
this Agreement shall become effective with respect to any Conduit unless, if required by the
documents governing such Conduits commercial paper program, such Conduit (or the applicable
Managing Agent on its behalf) shall have received written confirmation from each of the Rating
Agencies that such amendment shall not result in the reduction or withdrawal of the rating of such
Conduits Commercial Paper. The Conduits, the Seller, the Servicer, the Managing Agents and the
Agent, at the direction of the Required Financial Institutions, may enter into written
modifications or waivers of any provisions of this Agreement, provided, however, that no such
modification or waiver shall:
(i) without the consent of each affected Purchaser, (A) extend the Liquidity
Termination Date or the date of any payment or deposit of Collections by Seller or the
Servicer, (B) reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of Yield (or any component
thereof), (C) reduce any fee payable to the Agent or the Managing Agents for the benefit of
the Purchasers, (D) except pursuant to
Article XII
hereof, change the amount of the
Capital of any Purchaser, any Financial Institutions Pro Rata Share (except as may be
required pursuant to a Conduits Liquidity Agreement) or any Financial Institutions Back-up
Commitment or Liquidity Commitment, (E) amend, modify or waive any provision of the
definition of Required Financial Institutions, this
Section 13.1(b)
, (F) consent to
or permit the assignment or transfer by Seller of any of its rights and obligations under
this Agreement, (G) change the definition of
Facility Termination Date
,
Eligible Receivable
,
Loss Reserve
,
Default Proxy Ratio
,
Delinquency Ratio
,
Delinquent Receivable
,
Dilution Reserve
,
Dilution Reserve Ratio
,
Dilution Trigger Ratio
,
Loss Reserve
,
Loss Reserve Ratio
,
Loss-to-Liquidation Ratio
, or
Yield
Reserve
, or (H) amend or modify any defined term (or any defined term used directly or
indirectly in such defined term) used in clauses (A) through (G) above in a manner that
would circumvent the intention of the restrictions set forth in such clauses; or
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(ii) without the written consent of the Agent or any Managing Agent, amend, modify or
waive any provision of this Agreement if the effect thereof is to affect the rights or
duties of the Agent or such Managing Agent, as applicable.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) without the consent of the Financial Institutions in any
Purchase Group (other than the Purchase Group to which such Financial Institutions are being
added), the Agent may, with the consent of Seller, amend this Agreement solely to add additional
Persons as Financial Institutions hereunder and (ii) the Agent, the Required Financial
Institutions, the Managing Agents, and the Conduits may enter into amendments to modify any of the
terms or provisions of
Article XI
,
Article XII
and
Section 13.13
or any
other provision of this Agreement without the consent of Seller,
provided
that such
amendment has no negative impact upon Seller. Any modification or waiver made in accordance with
this
Section 13.1
shall apply to each of the Purchasers equally and shall be binding upon
Seller, the Purchasers, the Managing Agents and the Agent.
Section 13.2
Notices
. Except as provided below, all communications and notices
provided for hereunder shall be in writing (including bank wire, telecopy or electronic facsimile
transmission or similar writing) and shall be given to the other parties hereto at their respective
addresses or telecopy numbers set forth on the signature pages hereof or at such other address or
telecopy number as such Person may hereafter specify for the purpose of notice to each of the other
parties hereto. Each such notice or other communication shall be effective (i) if given by
telecopy, upon the receipt thereof, (ii) if given by mail, three (3) Business Days after the time
such communication is deposited in the mail with first class postage prepaid or (iii) if given by
any other means, when received at the address specified in this
Section 13.2
. Seller
hereby authorizes the Agent to effect purchases and each Managing Agent to make Tranche Period and
Discount Rate selections based on telephonic notices made by any Person whom the Agent or such
Managing Agent, as applicable, in good faith believes to be acting on behalf of Seller. Seller
agrees to deliver promptly to the Agent or the applicable Managing Agent a written confirmation of
each telephonic notice signed by an authorized officer of Seller;
provided
,
however
, the absence of such confirmation shall not affect the validity of such notice. If
the written confirmation differs from the action taken by the Agent or such Managing Agent, the
records of the Agent or such Managing Agent shall govern absent manifest error.
Section 13.3
Ratable Payments
. If any Purchaser, whether by setoff or otherwise, has
payment made to it with respect to any portion of the Aggregate Unpaids owing to such Purchaser
(other than payments received pursuant to
Section 10.2
or
10.3
) in a greater
proportion than that received by any other Purchaser entitled to receive a ratable share of such
Aggregate Unpaids, such Purchaser agrees, promptly upon demand, to purchase for cash without
recourse or warranty a portion of such Aggregate Unpaids held by the other Purchasers so that after
such purchase each Purchaser will hold its ratable proportion of such Aggregate Unpaids; provided
that if all or any portion of such excess amount is thereafter recovered from such Purchaser, such
purchase shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, but
without interest.
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Section 13.4
Protection of Ownership Interests of the Purchasers
.
(a) Seller agrees that from time to time, at its expense, it will promptly execute and deliver
all instruments and documents, and take all actions, that may be necessary or desirable, or that
the Agent or any Managing Agent may request, to perfect, protect or more fully evidence the
Purchaser Interests, or to enable the Agent or the Purchasers to exercise and enforce their rights
and remedies hereunder. At any time after the occurrence of an Amortization Event, the Agent may
(or at the direction of the Managing Agents, shall), or the Agent may (or at the direction of the
Managing Agents, shall) direct Seller or the Servicer to, notify the Obligors of Receivables, at
Sellers expense, of the ownership or security interests of the Purchasers under this Agreement and
may (or at the direction of the Managing Agents, shall) also direct that payments of all amounts
due or that become due under any or all Receivables be made directly to the Agent or its designee.
Seller or the Servicer (as applicable) shall, at any Purchasers request, withhold the identity of
such Purchaser in any such notification.
(b) If any Seller Party fails to perform any of its obligations hereunder, the Agent or any
Purchaser may (but shall not be required to) perform, or cause performance of, such obligations,
and the Agents or such Purchasers costs and expenses incurred in connection therewith shall be
payable by Seller as provided in
Section 10.3
. Each Seller Party irrevocably authorizes
the Agent at any time and from time to time in the sole discretion of the Agent, and appoints the
Agent as its attorney-in-fact, to act on behalf of such Seller Party (i) to execute on behalf of
Seller as debtor and to file financing statements necessary or desirable in the Agents sole
discretion (including financing statements describing the collateral covered thereby as all
assets of the Seller or words to similar effect) to perfect and to maintain the perfection and
priority of the interest of the Purchasers in the Receivables and (ii) to file a carbon,
photographic or other reproduction of this Agreement or any financing statement with respect to the
Receivables as a financing statement in such offices as the Agent in its sole discretion deems
necessary or desirable to perfect and to maintain the perfection and priority of the interests of
the Purchasers in the Receivables. This appointment is coupled with an interest and is
irrevocable.
Section 13.5
Confidentiality
.
(a) Each Seller Party and each Purchaser shall maintain and shall cause each of its employees
and officers to maintain the confidentiality of this Agreement and the other confidential or
proprietary information with respect to the Agent, the Managing Agents and the Purchasers and their
respective businesses obtained by it or them in connection with the structuring, negotiating and
execution of the transactions contemplated herein, except that such Seller Party and such Purchaser
and its officers and employees may disclose such information to such Seller Partys and such
Purchasers external accountants and attorneys and as required by any applicable law or order of
any judicial or administrative proceeding. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, each
Seller Party, each Purchaser, the Agent, each Indemnified Party and any successor or assign of any
of the foregoing (and each employee, representative or other agent of any of the foregoing) may
disclose to any and all Persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax
structure (in each case, within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4) of the
transactions contemplated herein and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax
analyses) that are or have been provided to any of the foregoing relating to such tax treatment or
tax structure, and it is hereby confirmed that each of
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the foregoing have been so authorized since the commencement of discussions regarding the
transactions. In addition, each Purchaser (or any administrative agent on its behalf), may
disclose any information delivered to it in connection with any Transaction Document to a
nationally recognized statistical rating organization in compliance with Rule 17g-5 under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (or to any other rating agency in compliance with any similar rule
or regulation in any relevant jurisdiction).
(b) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, each Seller Party hereby consents to the
disclosure of any nonpublic information with respect to it (i) to the Agent, the Managing Agents or
the Purchasers by each other, (ii) by the Agent, the Managing Agents or the Purchasers to any
prospective or actual assignee or participant of any of them and (iii) by the Agent or the Managing
Agents to any rating agency, Commercial Paper dealer or provider of a surety, guaranty or credit or
liquidity enhancement to the Conduits or any entity organized for the purpose of purchasing, or
making loans secured by, financial assets for which either Managing Agent acts as the
administrative agent and to any officers, directors, employees, outside accountants and attorneys
of any of the foregoing, provided that any Person receiving information shall be advised by the
Agent or the applicable Managing Agent, as applicable, of the obligation to keep such information
confidential. In addition, the Purchasers, the Managing Agents and the Agent may disclose any such
nonpublic information pursuant to any law, rule, regulation, direction, request or order of any
judicial, administrative or regulatory authority or proceedings (whether or not having the force or
effect of law), provided that Purchasers, the Managing Agents and Agent shall, if practicable,
notify Seller in advance prior to disclosure and will use reasonable efforts to cooperate with
Seller at Sellers expense in obtaining any protective order for such information.
(c) Notwithstanding any other express or implied agreement to the contrary, the parties hereto
agree and acknowledge that each of them and each of their employees, representatives, and other
agents may disclose to any and all Persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and
tax structure of the transaction and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax
analyses) that are provided to any of them relating to such tax treatment and tax structure, except
to the extent that confidentiality is reasonably necessary, to comply with U.S. federal or state
securities laws. For purposes of this paragraph, the terms tax treatment and tax structure
have the meanings specified in Treasury Regulation section 1.6011-4(c).
Section 13.6
Bankruptcy Petition
. Each of the Seller, the Servicer, the Agent, each
Managing Agent and each Financial Institution hereby covenants and agrees that, prior to the date
that is one year and one day after the payment in full of all outstanding senior indebtedness of a
Conduit, it will not institute against, or join any other Person in instituting against, such
Conduit or any such entity any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation
proceedings or other similar proceeding under the laws of the United States or any state of the
United States.
Section 13.7
Limitation of Liability; Limitation on Payment; No Recourse
.
(a) Except with respect to any claim arising out of the willful misconduct or gross negligence
of any Purchaser, Financial Institution, Managing Agent or the Agent, no claim
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may be made by any Seller Party or any other Person against any Conduit, the Agent, any
Managing Agent, or any Financial Institution or their respective Affiliates, directors, officers,
employees, attorneys or agents for any special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages in
respect of any claim for breach of contract or any other theory of liability arising out of or
related to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or any act, omission or event occurring
in connection therewith; and each Seller Party hereby waives, releases, and agrees not to sue upon
any claim for any such damages, whether or not accrued and whether or not known or suspected to
exist in its favor.
(b) No Conduit shall be required to make payment of the amounts required to be paid pursuant
hereto unless, and then only to the extent that, such Conduit has Excess Funds (as defined below).
If a Conduit does not have Excess Funds, the excess of the amount due hereunder over the amount
paid shall not constitute a claim (as defined in Section 101(5) of the Bankruptcy Code) against
such Conduit until such time as such Conduit has Excess Funds. If a Conduit does not have
sufficient Excess Funds to make any payment due hereunder, then such Conduit may pay a lesser
amount and make additional payments that in the aggregate equal the amount of deficiency as soon as
possible thereafter. The term Excess Funds means with respect to a Conduit the excess of (1) the
aggregate projected value of such Conduits assets and other property (including cash and cash
equivalents), over (2) the sum of (A) the sum of all scheduled payments of principal, interest and
other amounts payable on publicly or privately placed indebtedness of such Conduit for borrowed
money, plus (B) the sum of all other liabilities, indebtedness and other obligations of such
Conduit for borrowed money or owed to any credit or liquidity provider, together with all unpaid
interest then accrued thereon, plus (C) all taxes payable by such Conduit to the Internal Revenue
Service, plus (D) all other indebtedness, liabilities and obligations of such Conduit then due and
payable, but the amount of any liability, indebtedness or obligation of such Conduit shall not
exceed the projected value of the assets to which recourse for such liability, indebtedness or
obligation is limited. Excess Funds shall be calculated once each Business Day.
Section 13.8
CHOICE OF LAW
. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, 735 ILCS SECTION 105/5-1 ET SEQ.,
BUT OTHERWISE WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAW PROVISIONS) OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.
Section 13.9
CONSENT TO JURISDICTION
. EACH SELLER PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO
THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR ILLINOIS STATE COURT SITTING IN
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY
DOCUMENT EXECUTED BY SUCH PERSON PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT AND EACH SELLER PARTY HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND
DETERMINED IN ANY SUCH COURT AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE AS
TO THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT OR THAT SUCH COURT IS
AN INCONVENIENT FORUM. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL LIMIT THE RIGHT OF THE AGENT, ANY MANAGING AGENT OR
ANY PURCHASER TO BRING PROCEEDINGS AGAINST ANY SELLER PARTY IN THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER
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JURISDICTION. ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING BY ANY SELLER PARTY AGAINST THE AGENT, ANY MANAGING
AGENT OR ANY PURCHASER OR ANY AFFILIATE OF SUCH PARTIES INVOLVING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ANY
MATTER IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF, RELATED TO, OR CONNECTED WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY DOCUMENT
EXECUTED BY SUCH SELLER PARTY PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE BROUGHT ONLY IN A COURT IN
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.
Section 13.10
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN
ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING INVOLVING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ANY MATTER (WHETHER SOUNDING IN TORT,
CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF, RELATED TO, OR CONNECTED WITH THIS AGREEMENT, ANY
DOCUMENT EXECUTED BY ANY SELLER PARTY PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED
HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER.
Section 13.11
Integration; Binding Effect; Survival of Terms
.
(a) This Agreement and each other Transaction Document contain the final and complete
integration of all prior expressions by the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter
hereof and shall constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the
subject matter hereof superseding all prior oral or written understandings.
(b) This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and
their respective successors and permitted assigns (including any trustee in bankruptcy). This
Agreement shall create and constitute the continuing obligations of the parties hereto in
accordance with its terms and shall remain in full force and effect until terminated in accordance
with its terms;
provided
,
however
, that the rights and remedies with respect to (i)
any breach of any representation and warranty made by any Seller Party pursuant to
Article
V
, (ii) the indemnification and payment provisions of
Article X
, and
Sections
13.5
and
13.6
shall be continuing and shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
Section 13.12
Counterparts; Severability; Section References
. 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. Any provisions of this Agreement which are
prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to
the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions
hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or
render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. Unless otherwise expressly
indicated, all references herein to Article, Section, Schedule or Exhibit shall mean
articles and sections of, and schedules and exhibits to, this Agreement.
Section 13.13
Agent Roles
.
(a)
JPMCB Roles
. Each of the Financial Institutions acknowledges that JPMCB acts, or
may in the future act, (i) as Agent for the Purchasers, (ii) as Managing Agent for Falcon, (iii) as
issuing and paying agent for Falcons Commercial Paper, (iv) to provide credit or
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liquidity enhancement for the timely payment for the Commercial Paper and (v) to provide other
services from time to time for some or all of the Conduits (collectively, the JPMCB Roles).
Without limiting the generality of this
Section 13.13(a)
, each Financial Institution hereby
acknowledges and consents to any and all JPMCB Roles and agrees that in connection with any JPMCB
Role, JPMCB may take, or refrain from taking, any action that it, in its discretion, deems
appropriate, including, without limitation, in its role as Agent and Managing Agent for the related
Conduits, and the giving of notice to the Agent or Managing Agent of a mandatory purchase pursuant
its Liquidity Agreement.
(b)
Managing Agent Institution Roles
. Each of the Financial Institutions acknowledges
that each Financial Institution that serves as a Managing Agent hereunder (a Managing Agent
Institution) acts, or may in the future act, (i) as Managing Agent for a Conduit or Conduits, (ii)
as issuing and paying agent for such Conduits Commercial Paper, (iii) to provide credit or
liquidity enhancement for the timely payment for the Commercial Paper and (iv) to provide other
services from time to time for some or all of the Conduits (collectively, the Managing Agent
Institution Roles). Without limiting the generality of this
Section 13.13(b)
, each
Financial Institution hereby acknowledges and consents to any and all Managing Agent Institution
Roles and agrees that in connection with any Managing Agent Institution Role, the applicable
Managing Agent Institution may take, or refrain from taking, any action that it, in its discretion,
deems appropriate, including, without limitation, in its role as Managing Agent for the related
Conduits, and the giving of notice to the Agent or Managing Agent of a mandatory purchase pursuant
to its liquidity back-stop program.
Section 13.14
Commercial Paper
. Anixter and the Seller hereby acknowledge and agree
that any Purchaser or any affiliate of a Purchaser may, from time to time (but without any
obligation) purchase and hold Commercial Paper issued by any Conduit for its own account,
regardless of the terms (so long as such terms are substantially similar to the terms of a sale of
Commercial Paper to a third party).
Section 13.15
Characterization
.
(a) It is the intention of the parties hereto that each purchase hereunder shall constitute
and be treated as an absolute and irrevocable sale, which purchase shall provide the applicable
Purchaser with the full benefits of ownership of the applicable Purchaser Interest. Except as
specifically provided in this Agreement, each sale of a Purchaser Interest hereunder is made
without recourse to Seller;
provided
,
however
, that (i) Seller shall be liable to
each Purchaser and the Agent for all representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities made by
Seller pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and (ii) such sale does not constitute and is not
intended to result in an assumption by any Purchaser or the Agent or any assignee thereof of any
obligation of Seller or any Originator or any other person arising in connection with the
Receivables, the Related Security, or the related Contracts, or any other obligations of Seller or
any Originator.
(b) In addition to any ownership interest which the Agent may from time to time acquire
pursuant hereto, Seller hereby grants to the Agent for the ratable benefit of the Purchasers a
valid and perfected security interest in all of Sellers right, title and interest in, to and under
all Receivables now existing or hereafter arising, the Collections, each Lock-Box,
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each Collection Account, all Related Security, all other rights and payments relating to such
Receivables, and all proceeds of any thereof prior to all other liens on and security interests
therein to secure the prompt and complete payment of the Aggregate Unpaids. The Agent and the
Purchasers shall have, in addition to the rights and remedies that they may have under this
Agreement, all other rights and remedies provided to a secured creditor under the UCC and other
applicable law, which rights and remedies shall be cumulative.
(c) If, notwithstanding the intention of the parties expressed above, any sale or transfer by
Seller hereunder shall be characterized as a secured loan and not a sale or such sale shall for any
reason be ineffective or unenforceable (any of the foregoing being a
Recharacterization
),
then this Agreement shall be deemed to constitute a security agreement under the UCC and other
applicable law. In the case of any Recharacterization, Seller represents and warrants that each
remittance of Collections to the Agent or the Purchasers hereunder will have been (i) in payment of
a debt incurred in the ordinary course of business or financial affairs and (ii) made in the
ordinary course of business or financial affairs.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered
by their duly authorized signatories as of the date hereof.
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Rod Shoemaker
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Address: c/o Anixter Inc.
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Address: Anixter Inc.
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FALCON ASSET SECURITIZATION COMPANY LLC, as a Conduit
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JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., its attorney-in-fact
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Address: c/o JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as
Managing Agent
Asset Backed Finance
Suite IL1-0079, 1-19
Chase Tower
Chicago, Illinois 60670-0079
Fax: (312) 732-1844
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JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as a Financial
Institution, a Managing Agent and as Agent
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Address: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Asset Backed Finance
Suite IL1-0596, 1-21
Chase Tower
Chicago, Illinois 60670-0596
Fax:
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6525 Morrison Boulevard
Suite 318
Charlotte, NC 28211
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SunTrust Bank
24
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Floor MC 3950
303 Peachtree Street
Atlanta, GA 30308
(404) 230-1344
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SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.
24
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Floor MC 3950
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Signature Page
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Second Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement
EXHIBIT I
DEFINITIONS
As used in this Agreement, 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):
Accrual Period
means each calendar month, provided that the initial Accrual Period
hereunder means the period from (and including) the date of the initial purchase hereunder to (and
including) the last day of the calendar month thereafter.
Accu-Tech
means Accu-Tech Corporation, a Georgia corporation.
Accu-Tech Accounts
means, collectively, Collection Account #s 3750777965,
3750777981 and 3750905180 maintained at Bank of America, N.A.
Accu-Tech Receivables
means any Receivables originated by Accu-Tech and sold to
Anixter pursuant to the Accu-Tech Transfer Agreement.
Accu-Tech Transfer Agreement
means that certain Receivables Transfer
Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between Accu-Tech and Anixter, as the same may be amended,
restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
Adjusted Pro Rata Share
means, for each Financial Institution, the Back-up
Commitment of such Financial Institution within a given Purchase Group divided by the sum of the
Back-up Commitments of each Financial Institution in such Purchase Group, adjusted as necessary to
give effect to any assignments pursuant to
Section 12.1(b)
and to the termination of the
Back-up Commitment of any Terminating Financial Institution in such Purchase Group.
Adverse Claim
means a lien, security interest, charge or encumbrance, or other right
or claim in, of or on any Persons assets or properties in favor of any other Person.
Affected Financial Institution
has the meaning specified in
Section 12.1(c)
.
Affiliate
means, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control with, such Person. A Person
shall be deemed to be controlled by any other Person if such other Person possesses, directly or
indirectly, power (a) to vote 33% or more (or, in the case of an Affiliate of a Purchaser, 20% or
more) of the securities (on a fully diluted basis) having ordinary voting power for the election of
directors or managing general partners; or (b) to direct or cause the direction of the management
and policies of such Person whether by contract or otherwise.
Agent
has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
Aggregate Capital
means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate amount of
Capital of all Purchaser Interests outstanding on such date.
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Aggregate Reduction
has the meaning set forth in
Section 1.3.
Aggregate Reserves
means, on any date of determination, the sum of the Loss Reserve,
the Servicer Reserve, the Yield Reserve, and the Dilution Reserve.
Aggregate Unpaids
means, at any time, an amount equal to the sum of all accrued and
unpaid fees under the Fee Letter, Yield, Aggregate Capital and all other unpaid Obligations
(whether due or accrued) at such time.
Agreement
means this Second Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement, as
it may be amended or modified and in effect from time to time.
Agreement Accounting Principles
means GAAP as of the date of this Agreement together
with any changes in GAAP after the date hereof which are not Material Accounting Changes (as
defined below). If any changes in GAAP are hereafter required or permitted and are adopted by
Anixter International Inc. or Anixter with the agreement of its independent certified public
accountants and such changes result in a material change in the method of calculation of any of the
financial covenants, restrictions or standards herein or in the related definitions or terms used
therein (
Material Accounting Changes
), the parties hereto agree to enter into
negotiations, in good faith, in order to amend such provisions in a credit neutral manner so as to
reflect equitably such changes with the desired result that the criteria for evaluating Anixters
consolidated financial condition shall be the same after such changes as if such changes had not
been made;
provided
,
however
, that no Material Accounting Change shall be given
effect in such calculations until such provisions are amended in a manner reasonably satisfactory
to the Required Financial Institutions. If such amendment is entered into, all references in this
Agreement to Agreement Accounting Principles shall mean GAAP as of the date of such amendment
together with any changes in GAAP after the date of such amendment which are not Material
Accounting Changes.
Amortization Date
means the earliest to occur of:
(i) the day on which any of the conditions precedent set forth in
Section 6.2
(except for
Section 6.2(d)(iii)
) are not satisfied;
(ii) the Business Day immediately prior to the occurrence of an Amortization Event set
forth in
Section 9.1(d)(ii)
;
(iii) the Business Day specified in a written notice from the Agent pursuant to
Section 9.2
following the occurrence of any other Amortization Event; and
(iv) the Business Day specified in a written notice from the Agent following the
failure to obtain the Specified Rating within 90 days following delivery of a Ratings
Request to Seller and the Servicer, and (v) the date which is thirty (30) Business Days
after the Agents receipt of written notice from Seller that it wishes to terminate the
facility evidenced by this Agreement.
Amortization Event
has the meaning set forth in
Article IX
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Applicable Loss Horizon Period
means, at any time:
(a) if Rating Level I is in effect, the four Collection Periods most recently
ended;
(b) if (x) Rating Level II is in effect or (y) Rating Level I is in effect and the
Servicer has notified the Managing Agents that it will deliver Reports as if Rating Level II
were in effect (and the Servicer is actually delivering Reports as if Rating Level II were
in effect), the three Collection Periods most recently ended and one-half of the fourth
Collection Period most recently ended;
(c) if Rating Level III is in effect, the three Collection Periods most recently
ended and one-quarter of the fourth Collection Period most recently ended; and
(d) if Rating Level IV is in effect, the three Collection Periods most recently
ended.
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For purposes of clarification, if any Applicable Loss Horizon Period includes a fraction of
a Collection Period, the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Receivables generated during
such fraction of such Collection Period for purposes of calculating the Loss Horizon Ratio
shall be calculated by multiplying (a) such fraction by (b) the aggregate Outstanding
Balance of all Receivables generated during such Collection Period.
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Applicable Margin
means 2.90%.
Assignment Agreement
has the meaning set forth in
Section 12.1(b)
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Authorized Officer
means, with respect to any Person, its president, corporate
controller, treasurer or chief financial officer.
Back-up Commitment
means, for each Financial Institution, the commitment of such
Financial Institution to purchase Purchaser Interests from the Seller, in an amount not to exceed
(x) in the aggregate, the amount set forth opposite such Financial Institutions name under the
Back-up Commitment column on
Schedule A
to this Agreement, as such amount may be modified
in accordance with the terms hereof, and (y) with respect to any individual purchase from the
Seller hereunder, its Pro Rata Share of the Purchase Price therefor.
Bankruptcy Code
means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled Bankruptcy, as
amended, and any successor statute thereto.
Base Rate
means:
(a) with respect to each Financial Institution in the Falcon Purchase Group, for any
day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b)
the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus
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of 1% and (c) the LIBO Rate
for a one month Tranche Period on such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the
immediately preceding Business Day) plus 1%,
provided
that, for the avoidance
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of doubt, the LIBO Rate for purposes of this definition for any day shall be based on
the rate appearing on the Reuters BBA Libor Rates Page 3750 (or on any successor or
substitute page of such page) at approximately 11:00 a.m. London time on such day; and
(b) with respect to each Financial Institution in the Three Pillars Purchase Group, for
any day, a rate per annum equal to the greater of (i) the SunTrust Federal Funds Rate most
recently determined by SunTrust Bank plus one half of one percent (0.50%), and (ii) the
SunTrust Prime Rate.
Any change in the Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective
Rate, the SunTrust Federal Funds Rate or the LIBO Rate shall be effective from and including
the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate, the
SunTrust Federal Funds Rate or the LIBO Rate, respectively.
Broken Funding Costs
means, with respect to the Falcon Purchase Group, Falcon Broken
Funding Costs and, with respect to the Three Pillars Purchase Group, Three Pillars Broken Funding
Costs.
Business Day
means any day on which banks are not authorized or required to close in
New York, New York or Chicago, Illinois and The Depository Trust Company of New York is open for
business, and, if the applicable Business Day relates to any computation or payment to be made with
respect to the LIBO Rate, any day on which dealings in dollar deposits are carried on in the London
interbank market.
Capital
means with respect to any Purchaser Interest, at any time, (A) the Purchase
Price of such Purchaser Interest,
minus
(B) the sum of the aggregate amount of Collections
and other payments received by the Agent or the applicable Managing Agent which in each case have
been applied to reduce the Capital of such Purchaser Interest in accordance with the terms and
conditions of this Agreement; provided that such Capital shall be restored (in accordance with
Section 2.5
) in the amount of any Collections or other payments so received and applied if
at any time the distribution of such Collections or payments are rescinded, returned or refunded
for any reason.
Capital Pro Rata Share
means, for any Purchaser at any time, the amount of Capital
allocated to the Purchaser Interests of such Purchaser at such time divided by the Aggregate
Capital at such time.
Change of Control
means (i) the acquisition by any Person, or two or more Persons
acting in concert, of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the Securities and
Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) of 20% or more of the outstanding
shares of voting stock of any Seller Party or (ii) the failure of Anixter to own, directly or
indirectly, 100% of the equity interests of the Seller.
Charged-Off Receivable
means a Receivable: (i) as to which the Obligor thereof has
taken any action, or suffered any event to occur, of the type described in
Section 9.1(d)
(as if references to Seller Party therein refer to such Obligor); (ii) as to which the Obligor
thereof, if a natural person, is deceased, (iii) which, consistent with the Credit and Collection
Policy, would
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be written off Sellers books as uncollectible, (iv) which has been identified by Seller as
uncollectible or (v) as to which any payment, or part thereof, remains unpaid for 120 days or more
from the original invoice date for such Receivable.
Closing Date
means May 31, 2011.
Collection Account
means each concentration account, depositary account, lock-box
account or similar account in which any Collections are collected or deposited and which is listed
on
Exhibit IV
.
Collection Account Agreement
means an account control agreement in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent.
Collection Bank
means, at any time, any of the banks holding one or more Collection
Accounts.
Collection Notice
means a notice of exclusive control, a springing notice or the
equivalent of any of the foregoing that could be delivered by the Agent to a Collection Bank from
time to time pursuant to a Collection Account Agreement.
Collection Period
means each fiscal month of the Seller Parties.
Collections
means, with respect to any Receivable, all cash collections and other
cash proceeds in respect of such Receivable, including, without limitation, all yield, Finance
Charges or other related amounts accruing in respect thereof and all cash proceeds of Related
Security with respect to such Receivable.
Commercial Paper
means promissory notes of any Conduit issued by such Conduit in the
commercial paper market.
Conduit
means each of Falcon and Three Pillars, and their respective successors and
assigns as Conduits hereunder.
Consolidated EBITDA
means, for any period, for the Consolidated Group calculated in
accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles, (a) Consolidated Net Income for such period taken
as a single accounting period
plus
(b) the sum of the following, without duplication, to
the extent deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period: (i) the provision for
depreciation and amortization expense of the Consolidated Group for such period, (ii) income taxes
of the Consolidated Group for such period, and (iii) net interest expense of the Consolidated Group
for such period;
provided
that there shall be excluded from Consolidated EBITDA any
non-cash, non-operating gains or losses (including, without limitation, extraordinary or unusual
gains or losses, gains or losses arising from the sale of capital assets or the sale of owned
buildings and properties and other non-recurring gains or losses) during such period.
Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio
means, as of any date of determination, the
ratio of (a) the sum of Consolidated EBITDA and Rental Expense to (b) the Consolidated Fixed
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Charge Expense, in each case determined in accordance with Section 7.18 of the Credit
Agreement as in effect as of the date hereof for the period of four consecutive Fiscal Quarters
ending on or immediately prior to such determination date.
Consolidated Fixed Charge Expense
means, for any period, the net interest expense of
the Consolidated Group (including the interest component of capital leases, the interest component
of synthetic lease obligations, commitment fees and fees for standby letters of credit, excluding
amortization of deferred financing fees)
plus
consolidated yield or discount accrued on the
outstanding aggregate investment or principal amount of claims held by purchasers, assignees or
other transferees of (or of interests in) receivables of Anixter and its Subsidiaries in connection
with any Receivables Securitization Transaction (as defined in the Credit Agreement in effect as of
the date hereof) (regardless of the accounting treatment of such Receivables Securitization
Transaction)
plus
Rental Expense for such period calculated in accordance with Agreement
Accounting Principles.
Consolidated Funded Indebtedness
means, as of any date of determination, for the
Consolidated Group on a consolidated basis, the sum of (a) the outstanding principal amount of all
obligations and liabilities, whether current or long-term, for borrowed money (including
Obligations (as defined in the Credit Agreement in effect as of the date hereof)), (b) that portion
of obligations with respect to capital leases that are capitalized in the consolidated balance
sheet of the Consolidated Group, (c) the principal portion of synthetic lease obligations, (d) the
outstanding aggregate investment or principal amount of claims held by purchasers, assignees or
transferees of (or of interests in) receivables under Receivables Securitization Transactions (as
defined in the Credit Agreement in effect as of the date hereof), and (e) without duplication, all
Accommodation Obligations (as defined in the Credit Agreement in effect as of the date hereof) with
respect to Indebtedness of the type specified in subsections (a), (b), (c) and (d) above of Persons
other than Anixter or any Subsidiary.
Consolidated Group
means Anixter and each of its Subsidiaries.
Consolidated Net Income
means, for any period, for the Consolidated Group on a
consolidated basis, the net income of the Consolidated Group for that period, determined in
accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles.
Contract
means, with respect to any Receivable, any and all instruments, agreements,
invoices or other writings pursuant to which such Receivable arises or which evidences such
Receivable.
CP Rate
means for any Accrual Period, with respect to any Purchaser Interest owned
by the Falcon Purchase Group, the Falcon CP Rate and with respect to any Purchaser Interest owned
by the Three Pillars Purchase Group, the Three Pillars CP Rate.
Credit Agreement
means that certain Five-Year Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of
April 8, 2011 by and among Anixter, the Subsidiaries of Anixter identified as Borrowing
Subsidiaries thereunder, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association as Administrative Agent, Bank of
America, N.A. and JPMCB, as Co-Syndication Agents, SunTrust Bank and The Royal Bank
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of Scotland plc as Co-Documentation Agents, and the lenders party thereto from time to time,
as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Credit and Collection Policy
means (i) Anixters credit and collection policies and
practices relating to Contracts and Receivables existing on the date hereof and (ii) Accu-Techs
credit and collection policies and practices relating to Contracts and Receivables existing on the
date hereof, as summarized in
Exhibit VIII
and as modified from time to time in accordance
with this Agreement.
Daily Report
means a report, in the form agreed to by the Servicer and the Managing
Agents from time to time (appropriately completed), furnished by the Servicer to the Managing
Agents pursuant to
Section 8.5
.
Debt Rating
for any Person at any time means the then current rating by (i) S&P,
(ii) Moodys or (iii) any other nationally recognized statistical rating agency of such Persons
long term public senior unsecured noncredit enhanced debt.
Deemed Collections
means the aggregate of all amounts Seller shall have been deemed
to have received as a Collection of a Receivable. Seller shall be deemed to have received a
Collection in full of a Receivable if at any time (i) the Outstanding Balance of any such
Receivable is either (x) reduced as a result of any defective or rejected goods or services, any
discount or any adjustment or otherwise by Seller (other than cash Collections on account of the
Receivables) or (y) reduced or canceled as a result of a setoff in respect of any claim by any
Person (whether such claim arises out of the same or a related transaction or an unrelated
transaction) or (ii) any of the representations or warranties in
Article V
are no longer
true with respect to such Receivable.
Default Fee
means with respect to any amount due and payable by Seller in respect of
any Aggregate Unpaids, an amount equal to interest on any such unpaid Aggregate Unpaids at a rate
per annum equal to 3.90% above the Base Rate.
Default Proxy Ratio
means, for any Collection Period, a fraction (calculated as a
percentage) equal to (i) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Receivables (without duplication)
which, as of the last day of such Collection Period, remain unpaid for at least one hundred twenty
(120) but less than one hundred fifty (150) days from the original invoice date
plus
the
aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Receivables (without duplication) which, consistent with the
Credit and Collection Policy, were or should have been written off the Sellers books as
uncollectible and are less than one hundred twenty (120) days past invoice date during such period,
divided
by
(ii) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Receivables generated
during the Collection Period which ended on the date four (4) months prior to the last day of the
current Collection Period.
Delinquency Ratio
means, at any time, a percentage equal to (i) the aggregate
Outstanding Balance of all Receivables that were Delinquent Receivables at such time divided by
(ii) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Receivables at such time.
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Delinquent Receivable
means a Receivable as to which any payment, or part thereof,
remains unpaid for 91 days or more from the original invoice date for such Receivable.
Determination Date
means the third Business Day prior to each Monthly Settlement
Date.
Dilution Horizon Ratio
means, as of any date as set forth in the most recent Monthly
Report, a ratio computed by dividing (i) the aggregate of all Receivables generated during the two
(2) most recently ended Collection Periods by (ii) the aggregate Net Receivables Balance as at the
last day of the most recently ended Collection Period.
Dilution Ratio
means, for any Collection Period, the ratio (expressed as a
percentage) computed as of the last day of such Collection Period by dividing (i) the aggregate
amount of Dilutions during such Collection Period by (ii) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all
Receivables generated during the preceding Collection Period.
Dilution Reserve
means, on any date, an amount equal to (x) the greater of (i) 9%
and (ii) the Dilution Reserve Ratio then in effect,
times
(y) the Net Receivables Balance
as of the close of business on the immediately preceding Business Day.
Dilution Reserve Ratio
means, as of any date, an amount calculated as follows:
DRR = [(Stress Factor x ADR) + [(HDR-ADR) x (HDR/ADR)]] x DHR
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DRR
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the Dilution Reserve Ratio;
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ADR
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the average of the Dilution Ratios for the past twelve Collection Periods;
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HDR
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the highest average Dilution Ratio for any two (2) consecutive Collection Periods during the most recent twelve months; and
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DHR
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the Dilution Horizon Ratio.
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The Dilution Reserve Ratio shall be calculated monthly in each Monthly Report and such Dilution
Reserve Ratio shall, absent manifest error, be effective from the corresponding Monthly Settlement
Date until the next succeeding Monthly Settlement Date.
Dilutions
means, at any time, the aggregate amount of reductions or cancellations
described in clause (i) of the definition of Deemed Collections.
Dilution Trigger Ratio
means, as of the end of any Collection Period, the ratio
(expressed as a percentage), computed as of the last day of such Collection Period by dividing (i)
the aggregate amount of Dilutions during such Collection Period by (ii) the aggregate Outstanding
Balance of all Receivables at the end of such Collection Period
minus
the aggregate
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outstanding amount of all credit memos from Originators outstanding at the end of such
Collection Period.
Discount Rate
means, the LIBO Rate or the Base Rate, as applicable, with respect to
each Purchaser Interest of the Financial Institutions, and any Purchaser Interest of a Conduit, an
undivided interest in which has been assigned by such Conduit to a Financial Institution pursuant
to the applicable Liquidity Agreement.
Eligible Receivable
means, at any time, a Receivable:
(i) the Obligor of which (a) if a natural person, is a resident of the United
States or, if a corporation or other business organization, is organized under the laws of
the United States or any political subdivision thereof and has its chief executive office in
the United States; (b) is not an Affiliate of any of the parties hereto; (c) is not the
subject of a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code or any other insolvency proceeding and (d)
is not a government or a governmental subdivision or agency;
(ii) due from an Obligor that is the Obligor on another Receivable or Receivables,
and the Outstanding Balance of all Receivables from such Obligor which are Charged-Off
Receivables is less than 20% of the Outstanding Balance of all Receivables from such
Obligor;
(iii) which is not a Charged-Off Receivable or a Delinquent Receivable;
(iv) which by its terms is due and payable within 90 days of the original billing
date therefor and has not had its payment terms extended; provided, however, that no more
than 25% of the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Receivables which are due and payable
between 61 and 90 days of the original billing date therefor will be deemed to be Eligible
Receivables;
(v) which is an account within the meaning of Section 9-102(a)(2) of the UCC of
all applicable jurisdictions, and which represents all or part of the sales price of
merchandise, insurance and services within the meaning of Section 3(c)(5) of the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended;
(vi) which is denominated and payable only in United States dollars in the United
States;
(vii) which arises under a Contract in substantially the form of one of the form
contracts set forth on
Exhibit IX
hereto or otherwise approved by the Managing
Agents in writing, which, together with such Receivable, is in full force and effect and
constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the related Obligor enforceable
against such Obligor in accordance with its terms;
(viii) which arises under a Contract which (A) does not require the Obligor under
such Contract to consent to the transfer, sale or assignment of the rights
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and duties of any
Originator or any of its assignees under such Contract (unless such
consent has been obtained) and (B) does not contain a confidentiality provision that
purports to restrict the ability of any Purchaser to exercise its rights under this
Agreement, including, without limitation, its right to review the Contract;
(ix) which arises under a Contract that contains an obligation to pay a specified
sum of money, contingent only upon the sale of goods or the provision of services by an
Originator;
(x) which, together with the Contract related thereto, does not contravene any law,
rule or regulation applicable thereto (including, without limitation, any law, rule and
regulation relating to truth in lending, fair credit billing, fair credit reporting, equal
credit opportunity, fair debt collection practices and privacy) and with respect to which no
part of the Contract related thereto is in violation of any such law, rule or regulation;
(xi) which satisfies all applicable requirements of the Credit and Collection
Policy;
(xii) which was generated in the ordinary course of an Originators business;
(xiii) which arises solely from the sale of goods or the provision of services to
the related Obligor by an Originator, and not by any other Person (in whole or in part);
(xiv) as to which the Agent has not notified Seller that the Agent has determined
that such Receivable or class of Receivables is not acceptable as an Eligible Receivable,
including, without limitation, because such Receivable arises under a Contract that is not
acceptable to the Agent;
provided
, that Agent shall not determine a Receivable to be
ineligible pursuant to this clause (xiv) because the Obligor is in a particular industry if
on the date hereof any Originator has outstanding Receivables from Obligors in such
industry; and
provided
further
, that Agent shall not determine a Receivable
to be ineligible pursuant to this clause (xiv) because it is generated by a particular type
of business of any Originator if such Originator is engaged in such type of business on the
date hereof.
(xv) which is not subject to any right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim, any
other defense (including defenses arising out of violations of usury laws) of the applicable
Obligor against any Originator or any other Adverse Claim;
(xvi) due from an Obligor that holds no right as against any Originator to cause
such Originator to repurchase the goods or merchandise the sale of which shall have given
rise to such Receivable (except with respect to sale discounts effected pursuant to the
Contract, or defective goods returned in accordance with the terms of the Contract);
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(xvii) as to which the applicable Originator has satisfied and fully performed all
obligations on its part with respect to such Receivable required to be fulfilled by it, and
no further action is required to be performed by any Person with respect thereto other than
payment thereon by the applicable Obligor;
(xviii) all right, title and interest to and in which has been validly transferred
by (A) the applicable Originator directly to Anixter under and in accordance with the
applicable Transfer Agreement and subsequently to Seller under and in accordance with the
Receivables Sale Agreement, and Seller has good and marketable title thereto free and clear
of any Adverse Claim or (B) Anixter directly to Seller under and in accordance with the
Receivables Sale Agreement, and Seller has good and marketable title thereto free and clear
of any Adverse Claim;
(xix) (A) for which Anixter has given reasonably equivalent value to the applicable
Originator in consideration therefor pursuant to the applicable Transfer Agreement, which
was not made for or on account of an antecedent debt and which is not voidable under any
section of the Bankruptcy Code and for which Seller has subsequently given reasonably
equivalent value to Anixter in consideration therefor pursuant to the Receivables Sale
Agreement, which was not made for or on account of an antecedent debt and which is not
voidable under any section of the Bankruptcy Code or (B) for which Seller has given
reasonably equivalent value to Anixter in consideration therefor pursuant to the Receivables
Sale Agreement, which was not made for or on account of an antecedent debt and which is not
voidable under any section of the Bankruptcy Code;
(xx) in which the Agent, for the benefit of the Purchasers, has a valid and
perfected first priority undivided percentage ownership or security interest, free and clear
of any Adverse Claim;
(xxi) that does not represent billed but not yet shipped goods or merchandise,
partially performed or unperformed services, consigned goods or sale or return goods and
does not arise from a transaction for which any additional performance by any Originator, or
acceptance by or other act of the Obligor thereunder, including any required submission of
documentation, remains to be performed as a condition to any payments on such Receivable or
the enforceability of such Receivable under applicable law; and
(xxii) which is not associated with the delivery of goods with free on board
destination terms (
FOB Receivables
) where goods have not yet been delivered to
the related Obligor (any determination whether a Receivable would not constitute an Eligible
Receivable hereunder because of this clause (xxii) shall be made based upon (1) the
information available to the Servicer at such time and/or (2) the information with respect
to accruals related to FOB Receivables most recently prepared by the Servicer in accordance
with
Section 8.5
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ERISA
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from
time to time.
Excluded Receivable
means indebtedness and other obligations owed to Anixter, in
respect of: (i) all accounts receivable generated by Anixters Latin American export locations,
(ii) all accounts receivable generated by Anixters Pacer, IMS and Pentacon divisions which
are not included in Anixters main subledger system, (iii) all accounts receivable generated by any
of Anixters divisions which are acquired after July 24, 2009 which are not included in Anixters
main subledger system, (iv) all accounts receivable owing by Obligors with the following customer
prefixes: N-N, NN+, SIE or SG. (in each case, as such customer prefixes are in effect or otherwise
categorized as of July 24, 2009), and thereafter, and (v) all accounts receivable existing at
Anixters general corporate division coded WC (as such division is in effect or otherwise
structured as of July 24, 2009).
Facility Account
means Sellers Account No. 8188016122 at Bank of America.
Facility Termination Date
means the earliest of (i) the Liquidity Termination Date
and (ii) the Amortization Date.
Falcon
has the meaning set forth in the preamble in this Agreement.
Falcon Broken Funding Costs
means (a) for any Purchaser Interest owned by JPMCB on
behalf of the Purchasers in the Falcon Purchase Group which: (i) has its Capital reduced without
compliance by Seller with the notice requirements hereunder or (ii) does not become subject to an
Aggregate Reduction following the delivery of any Reduction Notice or (iii) is assigned pursuant to
the Falcon Liquidity Agreement or has a Tranche Period to which it is subject terminated prior to
the date on which it was originally scheduled to end; an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (A)
the Yield that would have accrued during the remainder of the Tranche Periods or the tranche
periods for Commercial Paper determined by JPMCB to relate to such Purchaser Interest (as
applicable) subsequent to the date of such reduction, assignment or termination (or in respect of
clause (ii) above, the date such Aggregate Reduction was designated to occur pursuant to the
Reduction Notice) of the Capital of such Purchaser Interest if such reduction, assignment or
termination had not occurred or such Reduction Notice had not been delivered, over (B) the sum of
(x) to the extent all or a portion of such Capital is allocated to another Purchaser Interest with
respect to the same Purchaser, the amount of Yield actually accrued during the remainder of such
period on such Capital for the new Purchaser Interest, and (y) to the extent such Capital is not
allocated to another Purchaser Interest, the income, if any, actually received during the remainder
of such period by the holder of such Purchaser Interest from investing the portion of such Capital
not so allocated, and (b) any loss or expense incurred by any Purchaser (including any loss or
expense incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of funds acquired by such Purchaser
in order to make any such requested Incremental Purchase) as a result of any Incremental Purchase
not being made in accordance with a request therefor under
Section 1.2
(whether because of
the failure of the conditions precedent with respect to such Incremental Purchase to be satisfied
or for any other reason, other than default by the relevant Purchaser). All Falcon Broken Funding
Costs shall be due and payable upon demand.
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Falcon CP Rate
means for any Accrual Period for any Purchaser Interest owned by
Falcon if and to the extent it funds the Purchase or maintenance of its Purchaser Interest by the
issuance of commercial paper notes during such Settlement Period, the per annum rate that reflects,
for each day during such Settlement Period, the sum of (i) discount accrued on Pooled Commercial
Paper of Falcon on such day, plus (ii) any and all accrued commissions in respect of placement
agents and commercial paper dealers, and issuing and paying agent fees incurred, in respect of
Pooled Commercial Paper of such Conduit for such day, plus (iii) other costs associated with
funding small or odd-lot amounts with respect to all receivable purchase facilities which are
funded by Pooled Commercial Paper of Falcon for such day, minus (iv) any accrual of income net of
expenses received on such day from investment of collections received under all receivable purchase
facilities funded substantially with Pooled Commercial Paper of Falcon, minus (v) any payment
received on such day net of expenses in respect of Broken Funding Costs related to the prepayment
of any Purchaser Interest of Falcon pursuant to the terms of any receivable purchase facilities
funded substantially with Pooled Commercial Paper; provided, however, that in addition to the
foregoing costs, if the Seller shall request any additional Purchase by Falcon during any period of
time determined by Falcons Managing Agent in its sole discretion to result in an incrementally
higher CP Rate applicable to such additional Purchase, the Capital associated with any such
additional Purchase shall, during such period, be deemed to be funded by Falcon in a special pool
(which may include capital associated with other receivable purchase facilities) for purposes of
determining such higher CP Rate applicable only to such special pool and charged each day during
such period against such Capital.
Falcon LIBO Rate
means, with respect to any Tranche Period, the rate per annum equal
to the sum of:
(i) (a) the applicable British Bankers Association Interest Settlement Rate for deposits in
U.S. dollars appearing on Reuters Screen FRBD as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days
prior to the first day of the relevant Tranche Period, and having a maturity equal to such Tranche
Period,
provided
that, (1) if Reuters Screen FRBD is not available to the Agent for any
reason, the applicable LIBO Rate for the relevant Tranche Period shall instead be the applicable
British Bankers Association Interest Settlement Rate for deposits in U.S. dollars as reported by
any other generally recognized financial information service as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) two
Business Days prior to the first day of such Tranche Period, and having a maturity equal to such
Tranche Period, and (2) if no such British Bankers Association Interest Settlement Rate is
available to the Agent, the applicable LIBO Rate for the relevant Tranche Period shall instead be
the rate determined by the applicable Managing Agent to be the rate at which such Managing Agent
offers to place deposits in U.S. dollars with first-class banks in the London interbank market at
approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the first day of such Tranche
Period, in the approximate amount to be funded at the LIBO Rate and having a maturity equal to such
Tranche Period,
divided by
(b) one minus the maximum aggregate reserve requirement
(including all basic, supplemental, marginal or other reserves) which is imposed against the Agent
(or, in the case of clause (ii), such Managing Agent) in respect of Eurocurrency liabilities, as
defined in Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as in effect from
time to time (expressed as a decimal), applicable to such Tranche Period;
plus
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(ii) the Applicable Margin in effect from time to time.
Falcon Liquidity Agreement
means an agreement entered into by Falcon with its
Financial Institutions in connection herewith for the purpose of providing liquidity with respect
to the Capital funded by Falcon under this Agreement.
Falcon Purchase Group
means Falcon, JPMCB and each of the Financial Institutions
identified as a member of the Falcon Purchase Group on Schedule A hereto, together with their
respective successors, assigns and participants.
Federal Funds Effective Rate
means, for any day, the weighted average (rounded
upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the rates on overnight Federal funds
transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as
published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such
rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average (rounded upwards, if
necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the quotations for such day for such transactions received
by the Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
Fee Letter
means that certain letter agreement dated as of May 31, 2011 hereof among
Seller and each Managing Agent, as it may be amended or modified and in effect from time to time.
Finance Charges
means, with respect to a Contract, any finance, interest, late
payment charges or similar charges owing by an Obligor pursuant to such Contract.
Financial Institutions
has the meaning set forth in the preamble in this Agreement.
Fiscal Quarter
means a 13-week (or, as the case may be, periodically a 14-week)
accounting period of Anixter ending on or about March 31, June 30, September 30 or December 31 of
any fiscal year.
Funding Agreement
means this Agreement and any agreement or instrument executed by
any Funding Source with or for the benefit of a Conduit, including any Liquidity Agreement.
Funding Source
means (i) any Financial Institution or (ii) any insurance company,
bank or other funding entity providing liquidity, credit enhancement or back-up purchase support or
facilities to a Conduit.
GAAP
means generally accepted accounting principles in effect in the United States
of America as of the date of this Agreement.
Group Pro Rata Share
means, with respect to any Purchase Group and as of any date of
determination, an amount equal to (expressed as a percentage) the Back-Up Commitment of such
Purchase Group on such date divided by the Purchase Limit as of such date.
Group Purchase Limit
means, for each Purchase Group, the sum of the Back-up
Commitments of the Financial Institutions in such Purchase Group, adjusted as necessary to give
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effect to the termination of the Back-up Commitment of any Terminating Financial Institution
in such Purchase Group.
Incremental Purchase
means a purchase of one or more Purchaser Interests which
increases the total outstanding Aggregate Capital hereunder.
Indebtedness
means, as to any Person at a particular time, all of the following
(without duplication): (i) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money and all obligations of
such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments;
(ii) any direct or contingent obligations of such Person arising under letters of credit (including
standby and commercial), bankers acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and similar
instruments; (iii) net obligations under any hedging contract in an amount equal to (x) if such
hedging contract has been closed out, the termination value thereof, or (y) if such hedging
contract has not been closed out, the mark-to-market value thereof determined on the basis of
readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such hedging contract; (iv)
whether or not so included as liabilities in accordance with GAAP, all obligations of such Person
to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services, and indebtedness (excluding prepaid
interest thereon) secured by a lien on property owned or being purchased by such Person (including
indebtedness arising under conditional sales or other title retention agreements), whether or not
such indebtedness shall have been assumed by such Person or is limited in recourse; (v) capital
leases and synthetic lease obligations; (vi) the outstanding aggregate investment or principal
amount of claims held by purchasers, assignees or transferees of (or of interests in) receivables
of such Person in connection with any Receivables Securitization Transaction (as defined in the
Credit Agreement in effect as of the date hereof); and (vii) all Accommodation Obligations (as
defined in the Credit Agreement in effect as of the date hereof) of such Person in respect of any
of the foregoing.
For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any
partnership or joint venture in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer, unless
such Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to such Person except for customary exceptions
acceptable to the Required Financial Institutions. The amount of any capital lease or synthetic
lease obligation as of any date shall be deemed to be the amount of Attributable Indebtedness (as
defined in the Credit Agreement in effect as of the date hereof) in respect thereof as of such
date.
Independent Director
shall mean a member of the Board of Directors of Seller who (i)
shall not have been at the time of such Persons appointment or at any time during the preceding
five years, and shall not be as long as such Person is a director of Seller, (A) a director,
officer, employee, partner, shareholder, member, manager or Affiliate of any of the following
Persons (collectively, the
Independent Parties
): the Servicer, any Originator, or any of
their respective Subsidiaries or Affiliates (other than Seller), (B) a supplier to any of the
Independent Parties, (C) a Person controlling or under common control with any partner,
shareholder, member, manager, Affiliate or supplier of any of the Independent Parties, or (D) a
member of the immediate family of any director, officer, employee, partner, shareholder, member,
manager, Affiliate or supplier of any of the Independent Parties; (ii) has prior experience as an
independent director for a corporation or limited liability company whose charter documents
required the unanimous
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consent of all independent directors thereof before such corporation or limited liability
company could consent to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it or
could file a petition seeking relief under any applicable federal or state law relating to
bankruptcy and (iii) has at least three years of employment experience with one or more entities
that provide, in the ordinary course of their respective businesses, advisory, management or
placement services to issuers of securitization or structured finance instruments, agreements or
securities.
JPMCB
means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. in its individual capacity and its successors.
Leverage Ratio
means, as of any date of determination, for Anixter and its
Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis and in accordance with Section 7.18 of the Credit
Agreement as in effect as of the date hereof, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Funded Indebtedness as
of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of the four Fiscal Quarters ending on or
immediately prior to such date,
provided
that, for purposes of calculating the Leverage
Ratio, Consolidated EBITDA shall be calculated on a pro forma basis (in accordance with Article 11
of Regulation S-X of the Commission) to the extent necessary to give effect to (i) any acquisition
made by Anixter or any Subsidiary during such period (without giving effect to any increase in
Consolidated EBITDA reflecting projected synergies resulting from such acquisition) so long as, and
to the extent that, (A) Anixter delivers to the Agent (which shall promptly deliver to each
Financial Institution) a summary in reasonable detail of the underlying assumptions, and the
calculations made, in computing Consolidated EBITDA on a pro forma basis and (B) the Required
Financial Institutions do not object to such assumptions and/or calculations within 10 Business
Days after receipt thereof; and (ii) any divestiture of a Subsidiary, division or other operating
unit made during such period.
LIBO Rate
means the Falcon LIBO Rate or the Three Pillars LIBO Rate, as the case may
be.
Liquidity Agreement
means the Falcon Liquidity Agreement and/or the Three Pillars
Liquidity Agreement, as the case may be.
Liquidity Commitment
means, for each Financial Institution, the commitment of such
Financial Institution to purchase Purchaser Interests from the Conduit in its Purchase Group in an
amount not to exceed (a) in the aggregate, the amount set forth opposite such Financial
Institutions name under the Liquidity Commitment Column on Schedule A to this Agreement, as such
amount may be modified in accordance with the terms hereof, and (b) with respect to any individual
purchase from such Conduit, its Adjusted Pro Rata Share of the Purchase Price therefor.
Liquidity Termination Date
means May 31, 2013.
Lock-Box
means each locked postal box with respect to which a bank who has executed
a Collection Account Agreement has been granted exclusive access for the purpose of retrieving and
processing payments made on the Receivables and which is listed on
Exhibit IV
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Loss Horizon Ratio
means, for any Collection Period, a fraction (calculated as a
percentage) computed by dividing (i) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Receivables generated
during Applicable Loss Horizon Period by (ii) the aggregate Net Receivables Balance as at the last
day of the most recently ended Collection Period.
Loss Reserve
means, on any date, an amount equal to (x) the greater of (i) 12% and
(ii) the Loss Reserve Ratio then in effect times (y) the aggregate Net Receivables Balance as of
the close of business on the immediately preceding Business Day.
Loss Reserve Ratio
means, as of any date, an amount calculated as follows:
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The Loss Reserve Ratio shall be calculated monthly in each Monthly Report and such Loss Reserve
Ratio shall, absent manifest error, be effective from the corresponding Monthly Settlement Date
until the next succeeding Monthly Settlement Date.
Loss-to Liquidation Ratio
means, for any Collection Period, a fraction (calculated
as a percentage) equal to (i) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Receivables (without
duplication) which, as of the last day of such Collection Period, remain unpaid for at least one
hundred twenty (120) but less than one hundred fifty (150) days from the original invoice date
plus
the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Receivables (without duplication) which,
consistent with the Credit and Collection Policy, were or should have been written off the Sellers
books as uncollectible and are less than one hundred twenty (120) days past invoice date during
such period,
divided
by
(ii) the aggregate amount of Collections during such
Collection Period.
Managing Agent
means, as to any Conduit, the financial institution responsible for
the administration of such Conduits Commercial Paper program and related activities. As of the
date hereof, JPMCB is the Managing Agent for Falcon and its Financial Institutions, and SunTrust is
the Managing Agent for Three Pillars and its Financial Institutions.
Material Adverse Effect
means a material adverse effect on (i) the financial
condition or operations of any Seller Party and its Subsidiaries, (ii) the ability of any Seller
Party to perform its obligations under this Agreement, (iii) the legality, validity or
enforceability of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, (iv) any Purchasers interest
in the Receivables generally or in any significant portion of the Receivables, the Related Security
or the Collections with respect thereto, or (v) the collectibility of the Receivables generally or
of any material portion of the Receivables.
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Mid-Month Report
means a report, in substantially the form of
Exhibit XI
hereto (appropriately completed), furnished by the Servicer to the Managing Agents pursuant to
Section 8.5
.
Mid-Month Report Date
has the meaning set forth in
Section 8.5
.
Monthly Report
means a report, in substantially the form of
Exhibit X
hereto
(appropriately completed), furnished by the Servicer to the Managing Agents pursuant to
Section
8.5
.
Monthly Settlement Date
means the 17th day of each month, or if such day is not a
Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day.
Moodys
means Moodys Investors Service, Inc., and any successor thereto.
Net Receivables Balance
means, at any time, the aggregate Outstanding Balance of
Eligible Receivables at such time reduced by the aggregate amount by which the Outstanding Balance
of Eligible Receivables from each Obligor and its Affiliates exceeds the Standard Concentration
Limit or Special Concentration Limit for such Obligor, as the case may be.
Non-Renewing Financial Institution
has the meaning set forth in
Section
12.3
.
Obligations
has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.1
.
Obligor
means a Person obligated to make payments pursuant to a Contract.
Originator
means (i) Anixter, (ii) Accu-Tech or (iii) any other Person approved from
time to time by the Managing Agents, in each case, in such Persons capacity as a Seller party to
the Receivables Sale Agreement or a Transfer Agreement.
Outstanding Balance
means, with respect to any Receivable at any time, the then
outstanding principal balance thereof.
Outstanding Balance of Eligible Receivables
means, for purposes of the definitions
of
Net Receivables Balance
,
Special Concentration Limit
and
Standard
Concentration Limit
, the Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Receivables (the Outstanding
Balance of an Eligible Receivable subject to any right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or
other defense as described in clause (xv) of the definition of Eligible Receivable being the
outstanding principal balance of such Receivable
less
the amount of such right of
rescission, set-off, counterclaim or other defense).
Participant
has the meaning set forth in
Section 12.2
.
Person
means an individual, partnership, corporation (including a business trust),
limited liability company, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture or
other entity, or a government or any political subdivision or agency thereof.
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Pooled Commercial Paper
means Commercial Paper notes of a Conduit subject to any
particular pooling arrangement by such Conduit, but excluding Commercial Paper issued by such
Conduit for a tenor and in an amount specifically requested by any Person in connection with any
agreement effected by such Conduit.
Potential Amortization Event
means an event which, with the passage of time or the
giving of notice, or both, would constitute an Amortization Event.
Prime Rate
means the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time
by JPMCB as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York City; each change in the
Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced as
being effective.
Proposed Reduction Date
has the meaning set forth in
Section 1.3
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Pro Rata Share
means, (1) for each Financial Institution, the Back-up Commitment of
such Financial Institution divided by the Purchase Limit, adjusted as necessary to give effect to
the application of any assignments pursuant to
Article XII
and (2) for each Conduit, the
Group Pro Rata Share of its Purchase Group.
Purchase Group
means each Conduit, its Financial Institutions and their related
Managing Agent.
Purchase Limit
means $275,000,000, as such amount may be increased or decreased in
accordance with the provisions of
Article XII
.
Purchase Notice
has the meaning set forth in
Section 1.2
.
Purchase Price
means, with respect to any Incremental Purchase of a Purchaser
Interest, the amount paid to Seller for such Purchaser Interest which shall not exceed the least of
the amount requested by Seller in the applicable Purchase Notice, the Unused Purchase Limit on the
applicable purchase date and the excess, if any, of the Net Receivables Balance (less the Aggregate
Reserves) on the applicable purchase date over the aggregate outstanding amount of Aggregate
Capital determined as of the date of the most recent Monthly Report.
Purchaser
means any Conduit or Financial Institution, as applicable and Purchasers
means, collectively, all Conduits and Financial Institutions.
Purchaser Interest
means, at any time, an undivided percentage ownership interest
(computed as set forth below) associated with a designated amount of Capital, selected pursuant to
the terms and conditions hereof in (i) each Receivable arising prior to the time of the most recent
computation or recomputation of such undivided interest, (ii) all Related Security with respect to
each such Receivable, and (iii) all Collections with respect to, and other proceeds of, each such
Receivable. Each such undivided percentage interest shall equal:
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Such undivided percentage ownership interest shall be initially computed on its date of purchase.
Thereafter, until the Amortization Date, each Purchaser Interest shall be automatically recomputed
(or deemed to be recomputed) on each day prior to the Amortization Date. The variable percentage
represented by any Purchaser Interest as computed (or deemed recomputed) as of the close of the
business day immediately preceding the Amortization Date shall remain constant at all times
thereafter.
Purchasing Financial Institution
has the meaning set forth in
Section
12.1(b)
.
Rating Level
means, any of the following based upon the Debt Rating of Anixter then
in effect:
Rating Level I: Greater than or equal to BBB- by S&P and Baa3 by Moodys;
Rating Level II: Less than BBB- by S&P or Baa3 by Moodys but greater than or equal to
BB by S&P or Ba2 by Moodys;
Rating Level III: Less than BB by S&P and Ba2 by Moodys but greater than or equal to
B+ by S&P and B1 by Moodys; and
Rating Level IV: Less than B+ by S&P or B1 or by Moodys or unrated by S&P or Moodys.
Ratings Request
has the meaning set forth in
Section 10.2(c)
hereof.
Receivable
means all indebtedness and other obligations owed to Seller or any
Originator (at the time it arises, and before giving effect to any transfer or conveyance under the
applicable Transfer Agreement, the Receivables Sale Agreement or hereunder) other than Excluded
Receivables or in which Seller or such Originator has a security interest or other interest,
including, without limitation, any indebtedness, obligation or interest constituting an account,
chattel paper, instrument or general intangible, arising in connection with the sale of goods or
the rendering of services by an Originator, and further includes, without limitation, the
obligation to pay any Finance Charges with respect thereto. Indebtedness and other rights and
obligations arising from any one transaction, including, without limitation, indebtedness and other
rights and obligations represented by an individual invoice, shall constitute a Receivable
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separate from a Receivable consisting of the indebtedness and other rights and obligations
arising from any other transaction;
provided
further
, that any indebtedness, rights
or obligations referred to in the immediately preceding sentence shall be a Receivable regardless
of whether the account debtor or Seller treats such indebtedness, rights or obligations as a
separate payment obligation.
Receivables Sale Agreement
means that certain Second Amended and Restated
Receivables Sale Agreement, dated as of May 31, 2011, between Anixter and Seller, as the same may
be amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
Recharacterization
has the meaning set forth in
Section 13.15(c)
hereof.
Records
means, with respect to any Receivable, all Contracts and other documents,
books, records and other information (including, without limitation, computer programs, tapes,
disks, punch cards, data processing software and related property and rights) relating to such
Receivable, any Related Security therefor and the related Obligor.
Reduction Notice
has the meaning set forth in
Section 1.3
.
Regulatory Change
has the meaning set forth in
Section 10.2(a)
hereof.
Reinvestment
has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.2
.
Related Security
means, with respect to any Receivable:
(A) all of Sellers interest in the inventory and goods (including
returned or repossessed inventory or goods), if any, the sale of which by an
Originator gave rise to such Receivable, and all insurance contracts with
respect thereto,
(B) all other security interests or liens and property subject
thereto from time to time, if any, purporting to secure payment of such
Receivable, whether pursuant to the Contract related to such Receivable or
otherwise, together with all financing statements and security agreements
describing any collateral securing such Receivable,
(C) all guaranties, letters of credit, insurance and other
agreements or arrangements of whatever character from time to time
supporting or securing payment of such Receivable whether pursuant to the
Contract related to such Receivable or otherwise,
(D) all service contracts and other contracts and agreements
associated with such Receivable,
(E) all Records related to such Receivable,
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(F) all of Sellers right, title and interest in, to and under the
applicable Transfer Agreement and the Receivables Sale Agreement in respect
of such Receivable, and
(G) all proceeds of any of the foregoing.
Rental Expense
means, for any period, the total rental expense for operating leases
of the Consolidated Group on a consolidated basis, as determined in accordance with Agreement
Accounting Principles.
Report
means a Monthly Report, a Mid-Month Report, a Weekly Report or a Daily
Report, as applicable.
Required Financial Institutions
means, at any time, (a) if any Conduit holds any
Purchaser Interests, the Managing Agent for each such Conduit and Financial Institutions with
Back-Up Commitments equal to or greater than 50% of the Purchase Limit, and (b) if no Conduit holds
any Purchaser Interests, Financial Institutions with Back-up Commitments equal to or greater than
50% of the Purchase Limit.
Required Ratings
has the meaning set forth in
Section 12.1(b)
.
S&P
means Standard & Poors Ratings Services, a Standard & Poors Financial Services
LLC business.
Seller
has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
Seller Parties
has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
Servicer
means at any time the Person (which may be the Agent) then authorized
pursuant to
Article VIII
to service, administer and collect Receivables.
Servicer Reserve
means, on any date, an amount equal to (a) if Anixter or any
Affiliate of Anixter is the Servicer on such date, the product of (x) 0.36% and (y) the Outstanding
Balance of all Receivables generated during the most recently ended Collection Period immediately
preceding such date, or (b) if a Person other than Anixter or any Affiliate of Anixter is the
Servicer on such date, the product of (i) 0.33% and (ii) the Outstanding Balance of all Receivables
as at the end of the most recently ended Collection Period immediately preceding such date, or such
other amount as the Managing Agents shall determine in its reasonable judgment.
Servicing Fee
has the meaning set forth in
Section 8.6
.
Settlement Date
means (A) the Monthly Settlement Date, and (B) the last day of the
relevant Tranche Period in respect of each Purchaser Interest of the Financial Institutions.
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Settlement Period
means (A) in respect of each Purchaser Interest of the Conduits,
the immediately preceding Accrual Period, and (B) in respect of each Purchaser Interest of the
Financial Institutions, the entire Tranche Period of such Purchaser Interest.
Significant Subsidiary
has the meaning set forth in Regulation S-X of the Securities
and Exchange Commission, 17 C.F.R. Part 210, as in effect on the date hereof.
Special Concentration Limit
means, at any time, with respect to any Special Obligor,
a dollar amount equal to a percentage of the aggregate Outstanding Balance of Eligible Receivables
or such other limit as the Agent, with the consent of Moodys and S&P, may designate for such
Special Obligor;
provided
, that the Agent may, upon notice to Seller, cancel or reduce any
Special Concentration Limit.
Special Obligor
means any Obligor as may be designated by the Agent from time to
time as a Special Obligor.
Specified Rating
has the meaning set forth in
Section 10.2(c)
hereof.
Standard Concentration Limit
means, at any time, with respect to any Obligor other
than a Special Obligor, 3% of the aggregate Outstanding Balance of Eligible Receivables at such
time.
Stress Factor
means, as of any date, (i) if the Servicers Debt Ratings are greater
than or equal to BB- and Ba3 as of such date, 2.0 and (ii) at all other times, 2.25.
Subsidiary
means, with respect to any Person, (i) any corporation more than 50% of
the outstanding securities having ordinary voting power of which shall at the time be owned or
controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or by one or more of its Subsidiaries or by such
Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries, or (ii) any partnership, association, limited liability
company, joint venture or similar business organization more than 50% of the ownership interests
having ordinary voting power of which shall at the time be so owned or controlled. Unless
otherwise expressly provided, all references herein to a Subsidiary shall mean a Subsidiary of
Anixter.
SunTrust
has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
SunTrust Bank
means SunTrust Bank in its individual capacity and its successors.
SunTrust Federal Funds Rate
means, for any day the greater of (i) the average rate
per annum as determined by SunTrust Bank at which overnight Federal funds are offered to SunTrust
Bank for such day by major banks in the interbank market, and (ii) if SunTrust Bank is borrowing
overnight funds from a Federal Reserve Bank that day, the average rate per annum at which such
overnight borrowings are made on that day. Each determination of the SunTrust Federal Funds Rate
by SunTrust Bank shall be conclusive and binding on the Seller except in the case of manifest
error.
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SunTrust Prime Rate
means, as of any date of determination, the rate of interest
most recently announced by SunTrust Bank at its principal office in Atlanta, Georgia as its prime
rate (it being understood that at any one time there shall exist only one such prime rate so
announced, which rate is not necessarily intended to be the lowest rate of interest determined by
SunTrust Bank in connection with extensions of credit).
Terminating Financial Institution
means (i) any Affected Financial Institution or
Non-Renewing Financial Institution which has not assigned all of its rights and obligations
hereunder pursuant to
Article XII
, and (ii) a Financial Institution (a) to which the
related Conduit has assigned such Financial Institutions Pro Rata Share of the Purchaser Interests
then held by such Conduit, or (b) which, pursuant to the applicable Liquidity Agreement, has had
its Liquidity Commitment under the Liquidity Agreement and Back-up Commitment hereunder terminated
by the Conduit, in either such case in connection with such Financial Institutions decision not to
renew its Liquidity Commitment under such Liquidity Agreement or its Back-up Commitment hereunder
or such Financial Institutions becoming an Affected Financial Institution.
Terminating Tranche
has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.3(b)
.
Termination Date
has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.2
.
Termination Percentage
has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.2
.
Three Pillars
has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
Three Pillars Broken Funding Costs
if
(a) any request for an Incremental Purchase is made and such Incremental Purchase
does not occur; or
(b) any Incremental Purchase or Reinvestment that is funded through the issuance of
commercial paper (a
CP Rate Funding
) or any Incremental Purchase or Reinvestment
that is not funded through the issuance of commercial paper (an
Alternate Rate
Funding
) (i) in either such case, has its principal reduced without compliance by
Seller with the notice requirements hereunder, (ii) [Reserved], (iii) in the case of a CP
Rate Funding, is assigned under any Three Pillars Credit Agreement to the related Three
Pillars Credit Bank for credit related reasons, due to a termination event or event of
default or as required under the Three Pillars Credit Agreement or (iv) in the case of an
Alternate Rate Funding, is terminated or reduced prior to the last day of the then current
Settlement Period,
then, the amount of Three Pillars Broken Funding Costs related thereto shall be equal to
the excess, if any, of (1) the CP Costs and fees that would have accrued during the
remainder of the Settlement Period determined by SunTrust to relate to such Incremental
Purchase or Reinvestment subsequent to, as applicable, the proposed date related to such
failure to complete such Incremental Funding or Reinvestment or the date of such reduction,
assignment or termination, assuming that, as applicable, such Incremental Purchase or
Reinvestment had occurred, such reduction, assignment or termination had
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not occurred or such notice had not been delivered, over (2) the income, if any, actually
received during the remainder of such period by Three Pillars from investing the principal
related to, as applicable, such Incremental Purchase that did not occur or such reduction,
assignment or termination that did not occur. All Three Pillars Broken Funding Costs shall
be due and payable hereunder upon demand.
Three Pillars Credit Agreement
means any program-wide agreement entered into by any
Three Pillars Credit Bank providing for the issuance of one or more letters of credit for the
account of Three Pillars, the issuance of one or more surety bonds for which Three Pillars is
obligated to reimburse the applicable Three Pillars Credit Bank for any drawings hereunder, the
sale by Three Pillars to any Three Pillars Credit Bank of receivables or other financial assets
owned or held by Three Pillars (or portions thereof) and/or the making of loans and/or other
extensions of credit to Three Pillars in connection with its commercial paper program, together
with any cash collateral agreement, letter of credit, surety bond or other agreement or instrument
executed and delivered in connection therewith (but excluding the Three Pillars Liquidity
Agreement, or similar agreement, or any voluntary advance agreement).
Three Pillars Credit Bank
means SunTrust Bank and any other or additional bank or
other Person (other than the Seller or any other customer of Three Pillars or any liquidity
provider as such) now or hereafter extending credit or a purchase commitment to or for the account
of Three Pillars or issuing a letter of credit, surety bond or other instrument, in each case to
support any obligations arising under or in connection with Three Pillars commercial paper
program.
Three Pillars CP Rate
means, for any day during any Accrual Period, the per annum
rate equivalent to the sum of the weighted average of the per annum rates paid or payable by Three
Pillars from time to time as interest on or otherwise in respect of the Commercial Paper issued by
Three Pillars that are allocated, in whole or in part, by the Managing Agent for the Three Pillars
Purchase Group (on behalf of Three Pillars) to fund or maintain the Purchaser Interests owned by
Three Pillars, the commissions and charges charged by placement agents and commercial paper dealers
with respect to such Commercial Paper.
Three Pillars LIBO Rate
means, for any Tranche Period (i) the rate per annum,
determined by SunTrust Bank, on the Rate Setting Day (as defined below) of such Tranche Period on
the basis of the offered rates shown on Telerate Page 3750 or any successor page as the composite
offered rate for London interbank deposits, as shown under the heading USD as of 11:00 a.m.
(London time); provided that in the event no such rate is shown, the LIBOR Rate shall be the rate
per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest one thousandth of one percent), determined
by SunTrust Bank, based on the offered rates at which Dollar deposits for are displayed on the
Reuters Screen as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the Rate Setting Day (it being understood that if
at least two such offered rates appear on such page, the rate will be the arithmetic mean of such
displayed rates); provided further, that in the event fewer than two such rates are displayed, or
if no such offered rate is relevant, the LIBO Rate shall be the rate per annum, determined by
SunTrust Bank, equal to the average of the rates at which deposits in Dollars are offered by the
Managing Agent for the Three Pillars Purchase Group at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on
the Rate Setting Day to prime banks in the London
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interbank market plus (ii) the Applicable Margin. The Rate Setting Day for any Tranche
Period shall mean, two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Tranche Period. In the
event such day is not a Business Day, then the Rate Setting Day shall be the immediately preceding
Business Day.
Three Pillars Liquidity Agreement
means (i) the Liquidity Asset Purchase Agreement
(regarding the Seller), dated as of October 3, 2002, among Three Pillars, as borrower, SunTrust
Bank, as liquidity agent for the Liquidity Banks, SunTrust Capital Markets, Inc., as administrator
for Three Pillars, and the Liquidity Banks, and (ii) any other agreement thereafter entered into by
Three Pillars providing for the sale by Three Pillars of Purchaser Interests owned by it (or
portions thereof), or the making of loans or other extensions of credit to Three Pillars secured by
security interests in the Purchaser Interests owned by it (or portions thereof), to support all or
part of Three Pillars payment obligations under its Commercial Paper or to provide an alternate
means of funding Three Pillars investments in accounts receivable or other financial assets, in
each case as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Three Pillars Liquidity Bank
means SunTrust Bank and the various financial
institutions as are, or may become, parties to the Three Pillars Liquidity Agreement, as purchasers
thereunder.
Three Pillars Purchase Group
means Three Pillars, SunTrust, each Three Pillars
Credit Bank and each of the Financial Institutions identified as a member of the Three Pillars
Purchase Group on Schedule A hereto, together with each of their respective successors, assigns and
participants.
Tranche Period
means, with respect to any Purchaser Interest held by a Financial
Institution, including any Purchaser Interest or undivided interest in a Purchaser Interest
assigned to a Financial Institution pursuant to a Liquidity Agreement:
(a) if Yield for such Purchaser Interest is calculated on the basis of the LIBO Rate,
a period of one, two or three months, or such other period as may be mutually agreeable to
the applicable Managing Agent and Seller, commencing on a Business Day selected by Seller or
such Managing Agent pursuant to this Agreement. Such Tranche Period shall end on the day in
the applicable succeeding calendar month which corresponds numerically to the beginning day
of such Tranche Period, provided, however, that if there is no such numerically
corresponding day in such succeeding month, such Tranche Period shall end on the last
Business Day of such succeeding month; or
(b) if Yield for such Purchaser Interest is calculated on the basis of the Base Rate,
a period selected by Seller and agreed to by the applicable Managing Agent, commencing and
ending on a Business Day, provided no such period shall exceed one month.
If any Tranche Period would end on a day which is not a Business Day, such Tranche Period shall end
on the next succeeding Business Day, provided, however, that in the case of Tranche Periods
corresponding to the LIBO Rate, if such next succeeding Business Day falls in a new
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month, such Tranche Period shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day. In the case of any
Tranche Period for any Purchaser Interest which commences before the Amortization Date and would
otherwise end on a date occurring after the Amortization Date, such Tranche Period shall end on the
Amortization Date. The duration of each Tranche Period which commences after the Amortization Date
shall be of such duration as selected by the applicable Managing Agent. In no event shall any
Tranche Period extend beyond the Facility Termination Date.
Transaction Documents
means, collectively, this Agreement, each Purchase Notice,
each Transfer Agreement, the Receivables Sale Agreement, each Collection Account Agreement, the Fee
Letter, the Subordinated Notes (as defined in the Receivables Sale Agreement) and all other
instruments, documents and agreements executed and delivered in connection herewith.
Transfer Agreement
means (a) the Accu-Tech Transfer Agreement and (b) each other
receivables transfer agreement entered into from time to time between an Originator (other than
Anixter) approved by the Agent, and Anixter, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, as
the same may be amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
UCC
means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the
specified jurisdiction.
Unused Back-up Commitment
means, with respect to any Financial Institution at any
time, such Financial Institutions Back-up Commitment at such time
minus
such Financial
Institutions Pro Rata Share of the Aggregate Capital outstanding at such time.
Unused Purchase Limit
means, at any time, the Purchase Limit at such time
minus
the Aggregate Capital outstanding at such time.
Weekly Period
means, a period commencing on a Monday and ending on the immediately
following Sunday.
Weekly Report
means a report, in the form agreed to by the Servicer and the Managing
Agents from time to time (appropriately completed), furnished by the Servicer to the Managing
Agents pursuant to
Section 8.5
.
Yield
means (a) for each respective Tranche Period relating to Purchaser Interests
of the Financial Institutions, including any Purchaser Interests or undivided interest in a
Purchaser Interest assigned to a Financial Institution pursuant to a Liquidity Agreement, an amount
equal to the product of the applicable Discount Rate for each Purchaser Interest multiplied by the
Capital of such Purchaser Interest for each day elapsed during such Tranche Period, annualized on a
360 day basis, and (b) for each respective Settlement Period relating to Purchaser Interests of the
Conduits, other than a Purchaser Interest which, or an undivided interest in which, has been
assigned by a Conduit to a Financial Institution pursuant to a Liquidity Agreement, an amount equal
to the product of the applicable CP Rate multiplied by the Capital of such Purchaser Interest for
each day elapsed during such Settlement Period, annualized on a 360 day basis.
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Yield Reserve
means, on any date, an amount equal to the product of (a) the Purchase
Limit and (b) 1.875%.
All accounting terms not specifically defined herein shall be construed in accordance with
GAAP. All terms used in Article 9 of the UCC in the State of Illinois, and not specifically
defined herein, are used herein as defined in such Article 9.
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